Local Births Reported at St Olaf Hospital and Area
Birth notices from St Olaf Hospital list Raymond Gullick and Robert Cafourek families with newborn sons, plus Denis Sime and Richard Stedola newborns. Also mentions outside Austin births for Leo Casey Bloomington Minnesota and Kenneth Michel Grand Meadow, with details on families and residences.
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St. Olaf Hospital
Raymond Gullick
W. Oakland
Robert Cafourek
Austin Rt
Denis Sime
Airport Dr
Richard Stedola
Harlan Rogne
Elkton
Son
Austin
Leo Casey
Bloomington
Minn
Casey
Claire McKallor
W. F. McKallor
W. Bridge
Kenneth Michelson
Grand Meadow
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
LeClair Dohlman
le Roy
Riceville City Hospital
Mrs Ben Johanns dies at 82 in Rochester
Mrs. Ben Johanns 82 of Spring Valley died Thursday at Community Hospital Rochester after a fracture hip and hospitalization since Monday. Lifelong resident of Spring Valley Racine and Grand Meadow areas. Survived by husband deceased, two daughters Mrs Erwin Stoppel and Mrs Royal Berg, two sons Leon and Lawrence, three sisters and five brothers, eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Services will be Monday morning at Spring Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Adolph
Julius Weiland
Theodore Green
Grand Meadow
Lester L. Green
Austin
Maynard Green
Amanda Pollard
Stewartville
Leonard Durhman
Martha Krueger
Minneapolis
Walter
Herman Weiland
Bruce
Bryan
Barbara
Jan
Judy
Joanne Green
Grand Meadow Lutheran Church
Eugene V. Holland
Bear Creek
Ralph Turner
Melvin Sween
Otto Dettloff
Melvyn Anderson
Alfred Jacobson
Forrest Finhart
Ben Johanns
Spring Valley
Community Hospital
Rochester
Racine
Erwin Stoppel
Royal Berg
Seattle
Leon
Lawrence
Paul Leinenangel
Sauk City
Wis
George Denny
New Haven
Iowa
Doris Rademacher
Colorado Springs
Colo
Frank Johnel
Henry Johnel
Murdo
al Johnel
Ed Johnel
Herman Johnel
Death of Mathew D. Darr at St. Olaf Hospital
Mathew D. Darr, 58, died Thursday afternoon at St. Olaf Hospital. He resided at 1105 N Sixth. Survived by wife Charlotte two daughters Vera Mae Darr and Carmen Judge Rochester a sister Mrs Oscar Wyatt Fontana California. Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon.
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Mathew D. Darr
St. Olaf Hospital
Charlotte
Vera Mae Darr
Jerry Judge
Carmen
Rochester
Oscar Wyatt
Fontana
Calif
Funeral service for Atlee F Shope in Blooming Prairie
Funeral services for Atlee F Shope of Hayfield are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Blooming Prairie Funeral Home with Rev. E R Weeks officiating. Burial will follow at Blooming Prairie Cemetery.
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Atlee F Shope
Hayfield
Blooming Prairie Funeral Home
Rev. E. R. Weeks
Blooming Prairie Cemetery
Funeral services for Mathew Carr at St. Olaf Lutheran
Funeral services for Mathew D. Carr of 1105 North Sixth will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church with Rev Arthur L Swenson officiating. Interment follows in Oakwood Cemetery with American Legion Post 91 conducting military rites. Memorials are preferred to the Heart Fund.
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Mathew D. Carr
N. Sixth
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Arthur L. Swenson
Oakwood Cemetery
American Legion Post 91
Emma Green Birth Record From Pleasant Valley Town
Obituary notice notes Emma Green born October 5 1890 in Pleasant Valley Town to Ferdinand and Augusta Weiland. The entry records later life details and family lineage through 1957. This concise card preserves the naming and birth origin as the primary facts.
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Emma Weiland Green
Ferdinand and
Augusta Weiland
Pleasant Valley Town
Baumgartel Rites Celebrate Long Life on Farm in Austin Area
Frank David Baumgartel born January 3 1878 in Lyle Township Minnesota spent life on a farm south of Austin. He married Etta Padelford April 4 1904 at Lyle. A son was born. He died November 30 1957 in Rochester at 79 years 10 months 27 days leaving wife Leo and grandson Sharon.
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Frank David Baumgartel
Julius and
Bany Baumgartel
Lyle Township
Mower County
Minnesota
Red Star
Etta Padelford
Lyle, Minn
Austin
Rochester
Etta
Leo
Sharon
Austin Rt. 2
Funeral Services for Violet C. Dunning Held in Santa Ana
Funeral services for Violet C. Dunning of Santa Ana were held at Smith and Tuthill Chapel at 2 p.m. on November 30 with Rev. Niedringhouse officiating. Interment followed at Fairhaven Memorial Park. Born February 2 1907 in St Cloud Minnesota she died November 27 1957 at Doctors Hospital Santa Ana after a heart attack. She was a 1929 graduate nurse from Deaconess Hospital Great Falls Montana and later supervised the surgical floor at St. Joseph Hospital in Santa Ana.
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Violet C. Dunning
Santa Ana
Calif
Smith
Tuthill Chapel
Niedringhouse
Fairhaven Memorial Park
Mrs. Dunning
St. Cloud
Minn
Doctors Hospital
Dunning
Deaconess Hospital
Great Falls
Mont
St. Jo
Thanks for support after loss of Emma Green and family
Expressions of gratitude from the Green and Quandt families for condolences, gifts, and funeral rites following the illness and death of Emma Green wife and mother. Special thanks to Rev. Eugene V. Holland nurse Katherine Jacobson pallbearers and those who helped with music cars and ushering.
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Emma Green
Eugene V. Holland
Katherine Jacobson
Klausmeier
Amanda Quandt
Vernon Quandt
Kenneth Quandt
Leslie Rupkalvis
Edmund Draheim
Satellite launch effort amid crowds tests optimism and risk
J Paul Walsh deputy director of Project Vanguard voiced cautious optimism for a successful satellite launch while noting preparation for possible failure. The US planned three to four small aluminum test satellites before attempting a larger 21 inch instrumented sphere to study Earth and space.
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J. Paul Walsh
Project Vanguard
U. S
Earth
Indonesian seizures hit Dutch property as KLM losses mount
Indonesian workers seize KPM and other Dutch assets across Sumatra and Java amid government pleas for calm. Royal Dutch KLM faces mass asset losses including aircraft under repair and the Des Indes hotel as about 300 Indonesian staff lose their jobs and await clarification on property confiscations.
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KLM
Constellation
Transpera
Garuda
Indonesia
Palembang
South Sumatran
Semarang
Central Java
Medan
North Sumatra
Bandung
West Java
Djuanda
Col
Barlian
South Sumatra
KPM
Iowan Killed in Crash Near Salix
Mondamin resident Winfred C. Currier, 45, was killed late Thursday when his car ran out of control and skidded into an embankment on U.S. 75 about three miles south of Salix, Iowa, according to Highway Patrolman Richard Lutyens.
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Salix
Iowa
Winfred C. Currier
Mondamin
U.S. 75
Here
Richard Lutyens
Currier
Hollandale Honors First Eagle Scouts in 30 Years
In Hollandale Minnesota three scouts Roger King Henry De Raad and Duane Engel were named Eagles at a Court of Honor held at the Hollandale School. State Treasurer Val Bjornson praised Scouting values and leaders while local and regional executives attended and spoke. The event followed a dinner program with music and presentations from charter members and current leaders.
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Hollandale
Minn
Roger King
Henry de Raad
Duane Engel
Val Bjornson
Bjornson
Bjjornson
Earl Engbritson
Charles King
John Bothof
Henry Posthumus
Cornie Roorda
Cornie Bothof
Roy de Vries
John Drenth
Richard Grace
Lloyd Ogren
George Hedrick
Adrian Wrucke
Blue_Earth
Frank Kraft
Henry Frendt
Birgit Gudlaugsson
St. Paul
Darrell Beaty
Cedar Valley
William Bankester
Congregational Church
K A. Dykstra
Reformed Church
New Books at City Library Readers Find Diverse Works
City library announces new acquisitions across fiction and non fiction. Titles include Durrell Justine Spota Wounds of Hunger O Meara Devils Cross Cost L Rachel Ross Return of Lady Brace Brittain Testament of Experience and ABC of Driftwood Flowers Arrangers McBride Harvest of American Cooking Hastings Search for Little Yellow Men Sinclair Southern Belle.
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Durrell
Justine
Spota
O'Meara
Cost
L. Rachel
Ross
Return of
Lady Brace
Brittain
Schaffer
ABC of Driftwood Flowers
McBride
Harvest
Hastings
Search
Sinclair
Southern Belle
Chicago Unit Studies Rochester's Schools
Mid west Administration Center at the University of Chicago will conduct a two year study of Rochester's 12 month teaching program financed by a special grant. A expert team will observe education processes focusing on teacher utilization while Chicago staff will offer advisory support to Rochester school administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Midwest Administration Center
University of Chicago
Rev Campbell Shows Slides of Japan at Club Dinner
The Ram sey 4H Club hosted a Christmas dinner at Liebenstein Hall with Rev. and Mrs. William J. Campbell as guests. The Rev Campbell presented colored slides and described his 1955 mission trip to Japan as about fifty parents and children looked on. Gifts were exchanged.
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William J. Campbell
Ramsey 4H Club
Liebenstein Hall
Mr. Campbell
Japan
Teamsters Funds Under Scrutiny At AFL-CIO Convention
Hoffa refused to step aside as a condition for avoiding Teamsters expulsion. Four other unions face similar action next week for disclosures before congressional committees. Mitchell outlined Taft Hartley reforms including union fund disclosure and secret ballots. Meany touted tough stance, Eisenhower praised measures, proposals aim at corruption, election rules, and limited picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Laundry, Bakery, Distillery
United Textile Workers Unions
Aflcio
Building Trades
George Meany
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Congress
Officers Elected by Dodge County Riders
Verlyn Haukom was chosen president of the Dodge County Saddle Club at the annual meeting held at Hayfield High School. Elected with him were Louis Toemm es as vice president Everet Mc Cradey as treasurer Lloyd Bakken as director one year Lloyd Rand as director three years and Mrs Allen Unger as reporter. Gifts were exchanged and a pot luck supper followed with Mark Jensen giving a reading and Sarah Bakken playing a piano solo.
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Hayfield
Minn
Verlyn Haukom
Dodge County Saddle Club
Louis Toemmes
Everet McCradey
Lloyd Bakken
Lloyd Rand
Allen Unger
Mark Jensen
Sarah Bakken
Blooming Prairie Schools Move to Insure Buildings
Blooming Prairie Minnesota school district will buy fire insurance totaling 1.4 million dollars for the district's buildings. The school board valued the new structure at 1 million and the old grade school at 400 thousand, with five agencies sharing contracts at about ten cents per 100 dollars.
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Blooming Prairie, Minn
Blooming Prairie
Riceville Farm Wife Breaks Leg Unloading Corn
A Riceville farm wife, Mrs. Paul Finley, was unloading corn with an elevator when she broke her right leg midway between the knee and ankle. She is hospitalized at Riceville City Hospital.
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Paul Finley
Riceville
Riceville City Hospital
Villa Rica blast kills gas line workers and 5 others
A gas line in a Villa Rica drug store basement exploded at about 11 a.m. destroying several shops and injuring dozens. Superintendent Oscar Hixon and two Dyer family members were killed, as were 3 others including a 13 year old boy and a Breman woman. Aiding volunteers rushed from Atlanta and surrounding areas to assist.
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Oscar Hixon
C. T Dyer
Johnny
Hixon
Atlanta
Villa Rica
Elkton Grange to hold Christmas party in school gym
Elkton Grange will host its annual Christmas party in the Elkton school gymnasium on December 17, announced master Anton Wellik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
Minn
Elkton Grange
Anton Wellik
Austin Public Schools Weekly Simple Menus
School meals listed for Monday through Friday with items including Chile and crackers, sliced cheese and peanut butter, bread, butter, milk, and cake on Monday. baked beans and cabbage salad on Tuesday. creamed chicken and rice on Wednesday. steamed potatoes and hamburger gravy on Thursday. tuna salad and jello vegetable salad on Friday.
St Ansgar to Hear Decorah Minister
The Rev. Iver Gjelistad pastor of the Decorah Lutheran Church will speak at a congregational dinner in St. Ansgar on Saturday. He serves as stewardship secretary for the south central district of the ELC covering Iowa Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
Iver Gjelistad
Decorah Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
ELC
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Spring Valley Man Named Heart Fund Director
Arnold M. Nelson of Spring Valley is named one of 14 area chairmen directing the Minnesota Heart Association's 505,000 Heart Fund campaign for 1958. The drive runs February 1 through February 28. Other southern Minnesota directors include Lyle W. Falk of Owatonna and Maurice F. Schuh and Roland Limpert of Winona.
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Arnold M. Nelson
Spring Valley
Minnesota Heart Assn
Minnesota
Lyle W. Falk
Owatonna
Maurice F. Schuh
Roland Limpert
Winona
Two Suspects Held in Minneapolis Liquor Store Holdup
In Minneapolis two men were held as suspects in the Railway Liquor Store holdup. One man is described as a former inmate of Stillwater Prison. A police lineup identified both suspects by a store customer. They deny knowledge of the robbery, though one indicated he would issue a statement later.
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Minneapolis
Stillwater Prison
Railway
Charles Wetherile
Wetherille
Farewell Held for C. M. Swenson in Lyle Minnesota
Lyle Minnesota farewell dinner for Supt and Mrs C M Swenson was hosted by the school board and faculty at the Fox Hotel Austin. Gifts were given to the Swensons. Swenson will become business manager of Richfield Lutheran Church on January 1 and will leave Lyle during Christmas vacation.
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Lyle, Minn
C. M. Swenson
Lyle School Board
Fox Hotel
Austin
Swensons
Swenson
Richfield Lutheran Church
Lyle
Le Roy Puts Up Christmas Lights
LeRoy Minnesota volunteers led by Douglas Hutchins arranged Christmas decorations on the main street. The annual lighting contest opens to village and trade area residents with H and Larson as chairs. Santa Claus will visit LeRoy on December 23.
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Leroy
Minn
Douglas Hutchins
H. &. Larson
Santa Claus
Alexandria TV Station Wins FCC Approval
The Federal Communications Commission authorized Central Minnesota Television Co to operate a Channel 7 station at Alexandria Minnesota after competitors withdrew. The unopposed bid led to a new community project headed by President Joseph O Perino of Alexandria. The station will affiliate with WDAY TV Fargo North Dakota.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Central Minnesota Television Co
Alexandria
Minn
St. Cloud Television Co
8&T. Cloud
Central Minnesota
Joseph O. Perino
Wday-Tv
Fargo
N.D
Veterans of U S wars total about nineteen million in 1950
About 19,000,000 American men had served in U S wars by 1950, comprising roughly forty percent of the nation’s adult male population.
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U. S. Wars
United States
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Three Forks
M. D Faulkner
W. D Allan
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Frank Baumgartel
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Ray Tyson
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Johnny Dyer
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Carolyn Davis
Bremen
Bobby
Jack Burnham Jr
Austin Public Schools
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Heart Fund
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Kglo-Tv
Standard Oil
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WCCO
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Oakland & Main
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