The Messiah Concert At Austin High School
The Austin Chorus Club presents Handel The Messiah at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Austin High School Auditorium with soloists James Olswold Mrs M Arthur Bustad and Dr Roger L Downing and 157 singers paying one dollar enrollment for director and production costs No admission charge or offering is taken under Austin school policy Wilbur E Funk directs Delbert Saman organist accompanist Thirty symphony members perform The program includes seven choruses and solo numbers The event continues a local tradition since 1946 and reflects postwar funding shifts for community arts programs
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Austin Chorus Club
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Wilbur E. Funk
Delbert Saman
Symphony
M. Arthur Bustad
James Olswold
Roger L. Downing
Lamb of God
Settlement Reached In Auto Injury Case
A $9,750 out of court settlement was reached for Allen Skogebo of 1310 Medary for injuries from a car crash on October 14 1956 at Water and River streets. The rear collision with Joy M Zerby of Austin prompted negotiations ending before trial. Attorneys William Bandler represented Skogebo. Clayton Narveson Swensen and Miley St Paul represented Zerby.
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Allen Skogebo
Skogebo
Joy M. Zerby
Austin
William Bandler
Clayton Narveson
Swensen and Miley
St. Paul
Zerby
AHS Activities Week Schedule Lights Up Campus
Christmas par tuesdays and midweek events dominate the week as Junior FHA meets at 3:15, Dirk and Bauble at 7:15, Mother-Daughter Style Show on Wednesday, and activities from GAA to Austin Swim Club. Friday features pep assembly and varsity wrestling and swimming matches with basketball games against Albert Lea. Concession: Thespians.
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Austin
Northfield
Shattuck
Albert Lea
Thespians
Tractor Load Goes in Ditch
The county sheriff reports two traffic collisions and a tractor accident with one injury and total damages of 1575 dollars. A Pleasant Valley township crash caused 200 dollar damage to Obert Narveson’s car and 250 to Myrtle Wilkerson’s. A Highway 56 collision caused 650 in Jess Wentworth’s car and 475 in Rev William Foster’s car. Delmar Laurence sustained minor injuries. A. E. Haseth’s bean load tipped a tractor, causing no damage beyond loss of beans.
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Sheriff's Office
Pleasant Valley
Obert Narveson
Grand Meadow
Myrtle D. Wilkerson
Sargeant
Jess H. Wentworth
Brownsdale
William Foster
Dexter
Delmar Laurence
Holly Springs
Miss
St. Olaf Hospital
A. E. Haseth
Blood Drive At Blooming Prairie On Monday
Sixty nine people have appointments to donate to the Red Cross bloodmobile when it stops at Blooming Prairie Monday. The event is sponsored by the Owatonna Elks Club with Vyrle Krejci as chairman and American Legion auxiliary staff assisting at the Community Building.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Red Cross
Owatonna
Rev Parmer to Leave City for California Home
The Rev and Mrs Parmer with son Jerry and daughter Patricia will depart December 23 for Los Angeles area where they will settle. Parmer to continue ministry in pioneer field after leading Assembly of God Church in Austin since December 1953.
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Neil Parmer
Jerry
Patricia
Los Angeles
Calif
Parmer
Pioneer Field
Austin
Assembly of God Church
Corn Picking Bee for Dettloff Ends at Grand Meadow Farm
Grand Meadow gun club members and neighbors held a corn picking bee on Lyle Dettloff’s farm. Dettloff, who lost a hand in a picker accident last week, is recovering at St Marys Hospital in Rochester. Helpers included Hubert Babbitt Glen Warn Paul Girton Rollo Chamberlain Ted Anderson and others. A cooperative dinner was shared at noon. Some participants later picked at Bennie Lindelien’s farm. Lindelien had broken his arm weeks earlier.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Lyle Dettloff
Dettloff
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Hubert Babbitt
Glen Warn
Paul Girton
Rollo Chamberlain
Ted Anderson
Marvin Skaran
Roman Phillips
Ralph Turner
Ralph Kuhn
Harold Partridge
Lloyd Sween
Otto Dettloff
Paul Durham
Herman Hovda
Thaylo Hovda
Kenneth Nickel
Lloyd Plath
Frank Lorenzen
Bennie Lindelien
Lindelien
Pecan Trees Yield Vast Harvest Records Across Years
Some pecan trees produce 400 to 500 pounds annually with a record 3000 pounds. The note highlights exceptional yields and farming potential for nut growers.
COPE Drive Collects $2264 For Political Education
Local 9s Committee on Political Education reports total donations of 2264 as an off year drive continues. Ray Weis chairs COPE stating aim to register labor voters and inform them on issues and candidate qualifications. He emphasizes duties of citizenship and responsibility.
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Local 9
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Ray Weis
Weis
Spring Valley Development converts to stock company
Spring Valley Development Co. gains authority to convert from an association to a stock corporation. President Les Gaugert said $7,500 will be raised via stock sales. The group, with 82 members and two parcels of property valued at $11,495, plans to file articles of incorporation in January.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Spring Valley Development Co
Les Gaugert
Six Re-elected In Preston Village Election
Preston Minnesota voters cast 106 ballots Tuesday in a village election where six incumbents were re elected. Frank Ashton remained mayor with 64 votes and councilman Ed Steinkopf earned 92. Treasurer D E Broadwater had 93, justice of the peace A H Langum 94, and constable Lee Trenter 83. Write in H R Spies received 29 for mayor and A D Gray 86 for justice of the peace.
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Preston
Minn
Preston Village
Frank Ashton
Ed Steinkopf
D. E. Broadwater
A. H. Langum
Justice of the Peace
Lee Trenter
H. R. Spies
A. D. Gray
Berthiaumes Awarded 14200 in Belt Line Condemnation
A jury in District Court awarded Mr and Mrs Clifford Berthiaume 14200 for condemnation of their Austin Belt Line property. The 70 by 250 foot lot on Highway 16 near Brownsdale Avenue faced a 70 foot wide strip taken. Judge A C Richardson presided with attorneys Hugh Plunkett Jr for the Berthiaumes and Rolf Slew for the state.
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Clifford Berthiaume
Austin Belt Line
Berthiaumes
A. C. Richardson
Hugh Plunkett, Jr
Rolf Slew
Attorney General's Office
Shriners Elect John R. Jones New President
John R. Jones was elected president of the Austin Shrine Club at the annual meeting in Masonic Hall. George Gulbrandson became vice president, Simon Johnson secretary treasurer, and George N Reppe trustee. Installation set for Jan 14 at the Fox Hotel with an inaugural ball in February. The group approved donations to the Austin Association for the Mentally Retarded DeMolay and the Community Ambassador program and heard reports on the Oriental Band and other lodge activities.
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Austin Oratorio Society
Oratorio Society
John R. Jones
Austin Shrine Club
Masonic Hall
C. F. Burgeson
George Gulbrandson
Simon Johnson
George N. Reppe
Fox Hotel
Wille
Shrine Auxiliary
St. Paul
Osman Temple
Earl Sauer
Dean Field
Austin Association
H. L. Oots Sr
Brownsdale
St. Bernard Commandery
Knights Templar
John Tate
Oriental Band
Charles W Armstrong
United States
Canada
Gene Orr
Minnesota bankers group earns national recognition
R F Lichty of First National Bank led a Minnesota bankers group honored by the American Bankers Association Agricultural Commission for 19 years of quality banking and agrarian programs. The award cites scholarships tree planting soil conservation and soil testing and youth group support. Lichty chaired the state association agricultural and conservation committee, led by P I Kenefick of Mankato.
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Minnesota
R. F Lichty
First National Bank
Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Assn
Lichty
State Bankers Assn. Agricultural and Conservation Committee
P. I Kenefick
Mankato
Ellsworth Masters Ceremonies at Brownsdale Square Dance
Ard Ellsworth served as master of ceremonies for the Southeast Square Dance festival in Brownsdale Minnesota. He calls for the host Brownsdale Squares club during the event.
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Brownsdale
Minn
Howard Ellsworth
Maxine Davis Enters Miss Austin Contest
Maxine Davis a 1958 Miss Austin contestant from Austin Junior College sings in the JC Swingtet and chorus and aims for the University of Minnesota. She is 5 6 and 132 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair and is active in school music and activities.
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Austin
Maxine
The
Elkton
Jayne Gannon
Barbara Weideman
Jan
Austin High School
Integrated Math and Physics Curriculum Studied at Minnesota
Dean R. J. Meland and Charles Jahren from Austin Junior College joined Minnesota educators at the University of Minnesota to review a new integrated math physics curriculum for pre engineering students. The program aligns with Minnesota's Institute of Technology and marks a shift to combined courses and re weighted credits across freshman and sophomore years.
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R. J. Meland
Charles Jahren
Austin Junior College
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Meland
Institute of Technology
October Blood Report Lists 53 Recipients
Fifty-three Mower County residents received 123 pints of Red Cross blood during October. Most of the blood, 80 pints, was given at St. Olaf Hospital, with donations also at Rochester Minneapolis St. Paul and Chicago facilities. Recipients include Richard Anderson and Olena Johnson at St. Olaf, Roy Meickle at Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis, Hazel R. Johnson at Mayo Clinic, and Julia Heimer at University Hospitals in Minneapolis.
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Mower County
Red Cross
Harold Lamon
St. Olaf Hospital
Rochester
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
St. Olaf
Richard Anderson
Janet Augustine
Torger Berge
Jay Best
Gunting Broadhay
Walter Christian
John Clark
Stephen Cunnington
Elizabeth Deneen
Florentine Eisterhold
Gladys Fortney
Grace Gooden
Anne Haugen
Ralph Huber
Olena Johnson
Carol Koch
Ed Laugen
Alice Leif
Ruth Nagle
Harriet Newman
Truman Nygard
Forest Playle
Elmer Rinehart
Daniel Rockers
Dorothy Sunder
Darla Tegland
Helen Tews
Janice Tinkham
Marvin Thompson
Josephine Tuchek
Sally Wodnick
Martin Wold
Albert Zerby
Veterans Hospital
Roy Meickle
Louis Swehla
Augustana Hospital
Hazel R. Johnon
Mayo Clinic
Carl M. Danburg
Arnold H. Duken
Park Dougherty
Verna M. Kirtz
Rebecca Mace
Duane H. Smith
Alvin H. Alland
Olmsted Community Hospital
Joseph Kumm
Gina Skaran
University Hospitals
Julia Heimer
Gillette State Hospital
Linda Goebel
Le Roy School Levy Set at 75.82 Mills for Nonagricultural Property
Mower County Auditor Graham Uzlck announced LeRoy-Ostrander School Dist 499 levy at 75.82 mills for nonagricultural property and 50.82 mills for agricultural land. The total 1958 levy for Le Roy rises to 163.58 mills, 12.72 above 1957’s 150.86 mills, with agricultural property levied at 138.58 mills.
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Mower County
LeRoy-Ostrander
Graham Uzlck
le Roy
Seed Selection is Discussed at St Ansgar Night School
In St Ansgar Iowa a discussion on oats and soybeans for 1958 plantings will be held at the farmer's night school class at St Ansgar High School Wednesday. Instructor Lyle Abrahamson says the talk will cover disease resistance standing ability yield prospects quality and other desirable traits from test plots.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
St. Ansgar High School
Lyle Abrahamson
Local 9 to Name State Local 9 Officers
Local 9 Thursday will nominate officers for the coming year and delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention in Minneapolis September 1958 will also be chosen. Nominations will be made for president, vice president, business agent, financial secretary, executive board five guards trustees bargaining committee and seniority board members. All terms except bargaining committee and seniority board are for one year. Officers will be elected in early January in a 48 hour secret ballot.
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Minnesota
Afl-Cio
Minneapolis
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