Vital Statistics and Obituaries from Austin Area
Birth notices show Duane and Arlene Napp of Spring Lake Park Minn naming a son on December 8 and David Bonella of Austin naming a daughter the same day. Funeral notices list Arnold Baldus of 1306 5th Ave NW with services at St Augustine Church and Mayer Funeral Home. Numerous thanks from families of the deceased Celecta Schroeder Leo Fleming and Walter Bellin. Hospital notices include Mrs Roger Noble and Mrs Anna Derr at Worrell Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Duane Napp
Spring Lake Park
Minn
Son
Arlene Anhorn
ST. Olaf Hospital
Roger Noble
12Th St. NW
Anna Derr
8Th Ave. NW
Worrall Hospital
Rochester
Toeterville Church Elects ’67 Officers
Toeterville Iowa Peter Lutheran Brotherhood elected officers at a Wednesday meeting. K Dean Zuehl was chosen vice president to replace Ewald Ehlke Sr. for a three year term. Other officers are hold-overs with one new three year term each year. Rev William Kamke read the Gospel Christmas story. Family Night final plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toeterville
Iowa
S&j. Peter Lutheran Brotherhood
Dean Zuehl
Ewald Ehlke Sr
William Kamke
Area Students in Festival of Music
The Mankato State music department presents its annual Christmas Festival of Music at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday in the Valley Campus gym. Jo ann Kronebusch from Austin, a sophomore, and Douglas Nenison from Austin, a senior, will sing in the choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato State Music Dept
Valley
Joann Kronebusch
Austin
Douglas Nenison
North Star 4-H Meeting Reports Washington Trip
Donald Halbach spoke about his trip to Washington D C at the North Star 4 H meeting held Wednesday night at Enterprise School. A Christmas party followed with gifts exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Halbach
Washington, D.C
North Star 4-H
Enterprise School
Nurses Warned of Deadline for Licenses
Minnesota Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses renewed for 1966 must renew by January 1 1967 to practice in Minnesota in 1967. Renewal fee is 2 dollars with application to Minnesota Board of Nursing in St. Paul. Postmarked after December 31 1966 pay 3 dollars. Nonpractice status option available for those not practicing in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Minnesota Board of Nursing
Minnesota Building
St. Paul
Supersonic Race Dominates TV Preview on SST Plans
CBS Reports examines four major SST contenders Boeing Lockheed a British French consortium and the Soviet union as they push rival designs and near term decisions loom with President Johnson to choose U S SST direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
Bill Stout
Jack Beck
Boeing
Lockheed
Soviet Union
Johnson
U. S
Christmas Pageant Planned at Lime Springs Auditorium
The Talking Christmas Tree pageant features all Lime Springs Chester Lime Springs school children from kindergarten through seventh grade and is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lime Springs auditorium.
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Lime Springs
Iowa
Chester- Lime Springs
Michigan Nurses Sign First Collective Contract
The Michigan Nurses Association signs its first contract in 62 years covering 124 Highland Park General Hospital nurses. Raises amount to 692 dollars annually with a top salary of 9,609 dollars. The union claims about eight thousand members statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park, Mich
Michigan Nurses Association
Highland Park General Hospital
Drinking and Driving Increases Accident Risk, States Chart
Minnesota Highway Dept adapted Indiana University study showing accident risk multiplies with each drink. The chart, part of the Governors Crusade for Safety, calculates odds based on four drinks per hour or two strong drinks per hour. For two martinis a 160 pound man’s risk triples. four martinis raise it to thirty times normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Highway Dept
Indiana University
Highway Dept
Wheaton Man and 2 Boys Die in Local Traffic Toll Rise
The Minnesota traffic toll rose to 891 with the addition of three deaths. John W. Kinzie, 72, of Wheaton was found dead in his car on Highway 27 after an apparent single vehicle crash. Stephen K. Simon, 15, of Roseville was struck by a car in Roseville. In Winona a five year old boy was hit by a white truck whose driver remains sought. Robert J. Blood died at Winona Hospital.
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Wheaton
Minn
Minnesota
John W. Kinzie
Highway 27
Stephen K. Simon
Roseville
St. Paul
Winona
They Specialize in Mutilated Money Handling at Treasury
Margaret Litowski heads a 25-member team in the Currency and Redemption Division. They process about 40,000 cases a year and reimburse banks and individuals around $20 million. The unit, kept inside the Treasury Building, examines damaged currency from burned, chewed or rotted bills and even a Navy airman’s burned billfold from a helicopter crash.
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Washington
Margaret Litowski
Currency and Redemption Division
Treasury Department
Litowski
Navy
Indian journalist elected president of UN Correspondents
Chakravarti Raghavan of the Press Trust of India has been chosen as president of the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York. His election spotlights India’s press presence at the UN and follows a year of active reporting by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Chakravarti Raghavan
The
Press Trust of India
United Nations Correspondents Association
Sicilian Victim Breaks With Centuries Old Tradition
In Trapani, 26 year old Filippo Melodia faces rape and kidnapping charges after Franca Viola, then 19, refused to marry him, breaking a medieval tradition that normally bars prosecution when a woman consents to marriage or accepts the attacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trapani
Sicily
Filippo Melodia
Franca Viola
Water reservoirs spill over in Braintree as rains ease drought
Water supplies in Braintree improve after heavy rainfall and conservation efforts. Water Commission Chairman Thomas H. Matthews jokes that residents should take two baths daily this winter to save space for spring runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braintree
Mass
New England
Water Commission
Thomas H. Matthews
Johnson reviews budget in White House sessions
President Johnson, back in Washington after a three week Texas ranch stay, continues work on the budget to be sent to Congress next month. He will confer with Budget Director Charles L. Schultze and Postmaster General Lawrence F. O Brien. Eugene Black, his economic development envoy to Asia, also participates. Johnson plans to stay in the capital about a week before returning to Texas for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
White House
Texas
Congress
Charles L. Schultze
Lawrence F. O’brien
Eugene Black
Asia
Swine Management Meeting Dec 14 in Riceville
Riceville Iowa December 14. Emmett Stevermer Iowa State University Ames extension swine specialist to speak at 8 p m in Riceville High School agriculture room. He will cover swine feeding and management and nutritional needs at various growth stages. Edgar Dorow Mitchell County extension director says the session is open to farmers and others in swine production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riceville
Iowa
Emmett Stevermer
Iowa State University
Ames
Riceville High School
Edgar Dorow
Mitchell County
Stevermer
Carnival at St Ansgar High School Raises Pool Fund
The carnival at St Ansgar High School grossed over $1,000 for the swimming pool fund. Dean Torkelson, general chairman, reports that $18,141.01 has been raised so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ansgar
Iowa
St. Ansgar High School
Dean Torkelson
Stacyville Marian Mustangs Top Lansing 75 58 in Catholic Conf.
Stacyville Marian Mustangs defeated Lansing St George 75-58 to stay near .500 in North Iowa Catholic Conference play. Denny Church scored 30 points while Ken Inhoff led Lansing with 22. the game featured 47 fouls and a two game skid snapped. The Mustangs next play at Elma Immaculate Conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville
Iowa
Dick Hogan
Marian Mustangs
Lansing St. George
Elmo Immaculate Conception
Ex-Cannon Falls Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Theft
Lawrence L. Drager, 37, former cashier at First National Bank of Cannon Falls, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in Federal Court to a November 1962 theft of 6500 dollars through fictitious loans. He faces up to five years in prison and a 5000 dollar fine for the bank accounts he diverted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Cannon Falls
Minn
Lawrence L. Drager
First National Bank of
Asst. U.S. Atty
Stanley H. Green
Drager
Authorities Seek Trio of Robbers in Twin Lakes
Three men robbed 70 year old Harold E. Anderson at his home four miles southeast of Twin Lakes. They beat him and threatened to blow his head off after stealing $2000 in cash and other valuables Thursday night, prompting police to search for the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Lakes, Minn
Freeborn County
Harold E. Anderson
Twin Lakes
Lime Springs School Addition Nearing Completion
Lime Springs Iowa the new Lime Springs School addition is nearing completion. Workmen apply finishing touches as moving is planned for Christmas vacation. Students and teachers expect to occupy the new building after the first of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime Springs
Iowa
Buick dealers set November sales record in Minneapolis zone
Buick dealers in the Minneapolis zone posted a record 1,846 deliveries in November, announced zone manager L. F. Carpenter. Raymond Hegre has been promoted to manager of advertising for Red Owl Stores Inc, to oversee corporate and agency advertising as well as branch operations. Hegre replaces Michael McMahon who resigned last month. Crowley Beverage Co of Milwaukee has been named distributor for Miller Brewing Co in the area, covering all of Mower County and parts of Steele and Freeborn counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Minneapolis
L. F. Carpenter
Raymond Hegre
Red Owl Stores, Inc
James A. Watson
Red Owl
Hegre
James Wille
Watson
Michael McMahon
Miller Brewing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Crowley Beverage Co
11Th St
Crowley
Mower County
Steele
Freeborn
Blooming Prairie School to Hold Yu'e Concerts
Blooming Prairie Minnesota announces Christmas concerts by the elementary and high school vocal music departments. A 7 30 p m performance is set for December 2 in the high school auditorium featuring the mixed chorus girls chorus junior chorus Madrigals grade school chorus and a triple trio of senior girls. An instrumental Christmas concert follows on December 19 by the senior and junior band. A caroling party is planned for December 16 at 6 30 p m by the junior high chorus and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Blooming Prairie High School
Woodbury 4-H Club Hosts Yale Party and Gift Exchange
The Woodbury 4 H Club held its annual family night Christmas party at KP Hall with carol singing and a gift exchange. Plans include inviting an exchange student to the January 4 meeting. Arnie Scheffel spoke about his trip to St Louis Missouri to visit Purina Farms.
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Woodbury
4-H
KP Hall
Arnie Scheffel
St. Louis
Purina Farms
Mayer & Co. Posts Record 1966 Earnings on Higher Sales
Oscar Mayer Co. reports 1966 profits of 8.3 million dollars or 1.85 a share on sales near 360 million, up from 6.6 million in 1965. The rise comes from stronger sales and procurement adjustments, with a 735 thousand dollar special credit from machine-rights sales. Mayer Jr. chairs the firm with P. Goff Beach as president, noting Venezuelan unit gains boosted results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Mayer Co
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer Jr
P. Goff Beach
Grand Meadow Man Is Awarded School Diploma
Kenneth Bratrude received a high school equivalency certificate after completing the GED test as the Grand Meadow Board of Education met. The board also approved buying a tape recorder for the music department and C. T. Holland’s approval to attend the Midwest Regional Drive In Conference in Topeka Kansas April 16 17 18 on a panel about fringe benefits.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Kenneth Bratrude
LeRoy Church to Build New Manse
LeRoy Minnesota First Presbyterian Church votes to raise up to 20000 dollars to construct a new manse on the old site. Work begins once eight thousand dollars is raised. Officers elected include Mrs. D. Wood Donald McGillivray and Robert Hobson as elders and Joe Kempe Donald Mossage and Kenneth McRoberts as trustees. Nominating committee names are Mrs. H S Martz Mrs. John Jensen Viggo Petersen LaVerne Martz and George Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Minn
First Presbyterian Church
D. Wood
Donald McGillivray
Robert Hobson
Joe Kempe
Donald Mossage
Kenneth McRoberts
H. S. Martz
John Jensen
Viggo Petersen
LaVerne Martz
George Wells
Hormel buys livestock prices for Saturday market
Ge o A Hormel and Company reports the day’s livestock prices paid on Saturday December 10 1966. The bulletin lists animal categories and bid amounts received from the Hormel firm reflecting market activity for that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Advent Choral Vespers and Sunday Services Schedule
Pastors Arthur Swenson Harvey W Johnson Ronald F Pechauer and J O Jovang lead services at 8 15 9 30 and 10 45 am with Sunday School at 9 15 and 10 30 am Nursery open in the Annex. The 10 45 am service airs on KAUS radio and sermon title A Camels Hair Coat Locusts and Wild Honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Swenson
Harvey W. Johnson
Ronald F. Pechauer
J. O. Jovang
KAUS
Advent
Christmas at Our Home Brightens with Caroling Gifts
The season fills the home with decorations and trees as gifts arrive. Father Quinn led Mass while Sister Spiritu and St. Augustine School girls performed. St. Olaf students shared the Christmas Story. Joe Dolan marked 60 and Maud Farr 86 with family visits. Vacancies available for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Roy Ness
Quinn
Spiritu
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Mary Cronan
Clara Schaefer
Marion Knutson
Richard Johnson
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
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David Bonella
Austin Rt. 5
Schroeder
Celecta
Magyar
O’rourke
David Anderson
Reinhart
Clasen
Richardson
Presbyterian Church
Avenue
Celecta Schroeder
Swenson
St. Olaf Church
Lemmen
John Hagen
Arthur L. Swenson
Memoriam
Toeterville Church
Michigan
Sears
Decorator Service
Donald Welch
Mr. Wayne Siffing
Minnesota Highway Department
Mee
Associated Press
Melodia
LBJ
Lansing
Cannon Falls Man
Smith’s
Puppi
Wolverine
Miller Beer Franchise
Blooming Prairie School
Yale Party
Venezuela
Mayer & Co
NEW York Poultry
NEW York
U.S
Indi
Cate
Cash Gan
Yeakgo
S.D
King Ee
Chicago
Low Close High
LeRoy Church
1St St. NW
Toys
White Owl
Alka-Seltzer
Sylvania
Lanvin
Coty
Shulton
Motorifie
Dominion
Joe
Pat
Rexall Drug
Sterling
State Bank
F.d.1.c
Raymond
Raymond’s Nursing Home
Joe Dolan
Arizona
Maud Farr
Maud
John
Etta) O’leary
George
Leona) Pinke
Our Home
St. Olaf
Raymonds
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