Musicians on YFC Program at Austin High Rally
Youth for Christ rally features Jerry Boyer tenor soloist from York Pa and Pauline Thompson soprano from Denver with Paul Ferrin pianist organist and vibra harpist and Herb Moise saxophonist formerly with Harry James. Don Lonie YFC evangelist to speak. Austin High School Auditorium 7:30 p m Sunday admission free with free will offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Boyer
York
Youth For Christ
Austin High School
Don Lonie
YFC
Boyer
Northwestern Schools Quartet
Paul Ferrin
Souls Harbor
Pauline Thompson
Denver
Herb Moise
Harry James
Blooming Prairie PC A Stockholders Meeting Scheduled
Blooming Prairie Production Credit Association to hold its annual stockholders meeting in the Community Building Saturday. R. E. Hodgson of the agriculture experimental station Waseca will be the main speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie Production Credit Association
R. E. Hodgson
Agriculture Experimental Station
Waseca
Rochester to Present Messiah Sunday
The annual Handel Messiah will be performed at Mayo Civic Auditorium Arena at 8 30 p m Sunday with Harold Cooke directing. Over 350 singers from Southeastern Minnesota form the massed chorus. The performance is free, with tickets available at Weber and Judd Drug Store. Soloists include Mary Ann Staffa Rochester soprano Marian Collins Minneapolis contralto Charles Fullmer St Paul tenor and William Loomis St Paul baritone.
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Rochester
Mayo Civic Auditorium
Harold Cooke
Minnesota
Weber and Judd
Mary Ann Staffa
Marian Collis
Minneapolis
Charles Fullmer
St. Paul
William Loomis
Youth 16 Admits Snatching Purse at River and Bridge
A 16 year old boy admitted stealing a purse from Miss Violet Beatty at about 6 30 p m on Bridge Street after following her for five blocks. Police turned him over to juvenile authorities. The purse held $3 and personal items, later found behind the Ace Hotel.
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Violet Beatty
W. Cllege
River and Bridge
Miss Beatty
Bridge Street
Harvey Ross
Lyndale
Ace Hotel
E. Mill
Iowa Education Budget Push and State Payroll Notes
The State Board of Education seeks a 50 percent budget rise for the next biennium. An AP survey shows Iowa legislators in 1943 leaning 8 to 5 for a plan to fund 25 percent of school operating costs. Also noted are Farm Co op Electric’s Mitchell County meeting, the Iowa Vegetable Growers Association turnout, a pickpocket incident in Hampton, and top state salaries of Hancher Finley Brechler at 16 000 and 12 000 for the governor and athletic director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
William S. Beardsley
Glen Sarsfield
Iowa
Associated Press
Co-Op Electric Company
Mitchell County
St. Ansgar
Mason City
Iowa Vegetable Growers Association
Wendell K. Wade
Ackley
Wade
Hampton
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Virgil M. Hancher
University
Charles E. Finley
Paul Brechler
University of Iowa
Forest City
Leslie M. Revland
Mason City Hospital
Progress in County Fight on TB Cited
Mower County reports progress in tuberculosis control with an infection rate under 10 per 100 000 and a 5.8 death rate for 1946–1950 placing it fifth among Minnesota counties. The annual Tuberculosis and Health Association meeting noted a 8392 Christmas Seal total, a 6000 X-ray unit, and extensive school tuberculin testing with 2700 tested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Minnesota
Minerals Springs
Mineral Springs Sanatorium
Cannon Falls
Association
Leck
Christmas Seals
Grand Meadow PTA Sets Safety Theme for December Meeting
Grand Meadow PTA will feature highway safety as its December meeting topic. Mrs Hueman's social studies class will present a choral reading during the program.
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Grand Meadow
PTA
Grand Meadow — Safety
Rice origins traced to Indian native flora says scholars
It is believed that rice developed from plants native to India, guiding theories on the crop's early cultivation and spread across regions. Researchers note genetic links to varieties found in the Indian subcontinent.
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India
Dr Lawrence Carpenter Leads Distillers Feed Research Council
Dr Lawrence Carpenter associate professor of animal husbandry at the Hormel Institute has become executive director of the Distillers Feed Research Council Inc after returning to Cincinnati to arrange his move. He will sever ties with the Hormel Institute January 15 and coordinate research on distillery by products as animal feeds with universities and 15 distilleries. His goal is to improve nutritional value and promote industry acceptance of these feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Carpenter
Hormel Institute
Cincinnatti
Distillers Feed Research Council, Inc
Carpenter
Past Masters Night at Masonic Hall Draws 24 Attendees
Twenty four past masters joined the annual Past Masters Night at Masonic Hall on Thursday. They presented Third Degree work after a Shrine Auxiliary turkey dinner. Officers and dignitaries included Gus Butzke W E Peterson Leonard Flannery Henry Oots Wallace Gregson R G Anderson Chester Boyd M J Hardy Max Proctor Simon Johnson Carl Voelker Elmer Greening Francis Earl William Warfield Bert Ellefson G N Reppe Ray Fell Clyde Peed Elgar Greening Casper Tollefson Alvin Gerhart Roy Richards Spencer Jordan Dick Taylor Archie Wilson announced Fidelity Lodge No 39 election plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Shrine
Gus Butzke
W. E. Peterson
Leonard Flannery
Henry L. Oots
Wallace Gregson
R. G. Anderson
Chester Boyd
Simon Johnson
Carl Voelker
Elmer Greening
Francis Earl
William Warfield
Bert Ellefson
G. N. Reppe
Ray Fell
Clyde Peed
Elgar Greening
Casper Tollefson
Alvin Gerhart
Roy Richards
Spencer Jordan
Dick Taylor
Fidelity Lodge No. 39
Archie Wilson
Poster Contest Open to All 6th Graders
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary announces the America My Country poster contest is open to sixth graders. Entrants must be 12 by 12 inches and turned in to Mrs. Arthur Hughson before January 31. Contact 3929 for details. Cash prizes are $10, $5, and $3 with winners advancing to district and state contests. Judges include Marvin Brill, Rev Chester Gallagher, and Miss Dora Tollefson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
America
Country
Arthur Hughson
Hughson
Marvin Brill
Chester Gallagher
Dora Tollefson
Austin Area Service Men Listed From Herald Readers
A Herald column lists service members from the Austin area. Charles F. Martin George T. Martin Robert J. Martin and Joseph Groth Jr are stationed in New York City San Diego Cherry Point North Carolina Becky lives with Joseph Groth Jr. Richard E. Ashton serves with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. Maurice E. Doebbeling of Spring Valley is with the 1092nd Engineer Battalion in Korea and helped maintain a floating bridge across the Imjin River.
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Herald
Korea
Charles J. Martin
Austin Rt. 4
Charles F. Martin
Inf
APC
C-O
New York City
George T. Martin
USMC
MCRD
San Diego
Calif
Robert J. Martin
Joseph Groth, Jr
Cherry Point
N. C
Puerto Rico
Becky
Rowell Circle
Havelock
Richard E. Ashton
William E. Ashton
W. Winona
Japan
Ashton
Maurice E. Doebbeling
Harold Doebbeling
Spring Valley
1092Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
West Virginia National Guard
United States
1092Nd
Imjin
Doebbeling
Army
Hormel Film Shown To Stockholders At Meeting
A 29 minute color motion picture from Geo A Hormel & Co will be shown at the annual stockholders meeting in the plant office at 2 p m Tuesday. The film covers interior operations at Austin and Fremont Neb plants exterior views and shows livestock buying scenes and all branches including Stockton and Owatonna productions. Produced by Erling Runquist and L W Murphy the film promises the most extensive Hormel property showing yet at stockholders meetings.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Co
At & P. m. Tues
Austin
Fremont
Nebr
Stockton
Owatonna
Erling Runquist
L. W. Murphy
Hormel
November Leaders in North Mower County Cow Testing
Taylor Herd CTA Leader averaged 34.4 pounds butterfat from 951 pounds milk. Ches ter Taylor’s 29 Holsteins topped the group, with 382 cows average 20.9 pounds butterfat from 532 pounds milk and 103 dry. Other leaders include Eugene Blake 24 head 31.7 pounds from 866, Lyle Richards 14 Guernseys 26.6 from 569, Lee Machacek 22 Holsteins 25.9 from 676, and John Hill 17 cows 24.9 from 706. Twenty-five cows produced over 50 pounds and 47 over 40 pounds. two complaints of illness from eating field corn lowered production. five cows culled for low yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Taylor
North Mower County
Eugene Blake
Lyle Richards
Guernseys
Lee F. Machacek
John Hill
Clarence Otterson
Baby Deals With Smoke After House Fire
One year old Barry Hill son of George Hill 2309 S Collins is in St Olaf Hospital after smoke exposure from a minor morning fire at their home. His condition is described as good. Barry was taken to hospital around 7 45 a m after his older siblings aged 3 and 5 started the blaze on the stair top leading to a second floor bedroom. Firemen report minor damage to the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Hill
George Hill
S. Collins
St. Olaf Hopital
Barry
Project Leaders Hold Beaver Township Demonstration
LEROY Miss Marily Stumps home demonstration agent led a lesson on Short Cuts and Hot Dishes for Beaver Township project leaders of Fillmore County. Eight leaders attended the meeting at Mrs. Donald McGillivary Jr.’s home and a dinner was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Marily Stumps
Beaver Township
Fillmore County
Donald McGillivary Jr
CIO Winner in Albert Lea Plant Election
A CIO affiliated union won the representation election at Queen Stove Works in Albert Lea, with 266 votes to 133 for AFL. NLRB supervised the consent election, 399 of 424 eligible ballots counted, choosing between Local 3539 CIO and AFL unit, or neither.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
Queen Stove Works, Inc
Albert Lea
National Labor Relations Board
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
American Gas Machine Co
Queen Stove Works
AGM
Queen
American Gas
Woodland Mothers Club Hears War Article Report
Mrs. Lloyd Fawyer reported on an article about war at the District 45 Mothers Club meeting at Woodland School. The group planned a Christmas program and served lucah by Mrs. Allen Frank and Mrs. Everett Haney. Mrs. Frank won the door prize.
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Lloyd Fawyer
Dist
Woodland School
Lucah
Aillen Frank
Everett Haney
Frank
714th Traffic Crash Listed
Three additional accidents have been reported to Austin police bringing the year’s total to 714. William J. Gilsdorf’s car collided with Donald Kolb’s parked vehicle at 110 Division, causing $200 and $15 damages respectively. Leo C. Hansen’s car and Helen Probart’s car collided at Oakland and Fourth with $40 and $15 damages. Donald F. Pell’s car collided with H. J. Rafferty’s, with $100 damage to Pell’s auto.
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Austin
William Joseph Gilsdorf
Clark
Donald Kolb
Division
Gilsdorf
Kolb
Leo Calvin Hansen
1200
Grove
Helen Probart
Austin Rt. 3
Oakland
Fourth
Hansen
Probart
Donald F. Pell
H. J. Rafferty
Pell
Five Day Forecast for Midwest States
The forecast covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa with temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Normal highs range from 21 to 38 and lows from 4 to 20. Warmer Saturday then colder Sunday and Monday, followed by a milder Wednesday. Precipitation totals range from percent to percent, with rain and snow Sunday and snow Monday.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Ross, Seient
George Leach
Leach
Clifford W. Hildreth
St. Olaf Hospital
Dr. Leck
Jay Duane
William Bandler
C. W. Wilkins
Joseph Carroll
George Reppe
George E. Anderson
Doyle Richardson
Vance Torgerson
Suzanne Radermacher
E. H. Witt
Hildreth
Hormel Film
Taylor Herd
CTA
Wothers
Gildner
Catalina
Albert Lea Plant
Woodland Club
Holan T-V
Austin TV
Admiral
Holan’s
Holan TV
N. Main
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