Area Superintendents Hear Field Study Talk
Dr. Otto Domain of the University of Minnesota outlined a field study survey to area districts LeRoy-Ostrander Adams Grand Meadow Elkton Rose Creek Lyle and Glenville. The survey would assess buildings use enrollment trends finances and program emphasis with a Jan. 15 decision deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy, Minn
Otto Domain
Bureau of Field Studies
University of Minnesota
LeRoy-Ostrander
Adams
Grand Meadow
Elkton
Rose Creek
Lyle
Glenville
Travel Inn
Dr. Domain
Domain
C. T. Holland
Robert Aarsvold
LeRoy Ostrander
Chief Deputy Sheriff Rolfson Resigns In Transition
Dale Rolfson resigns after four years as chief deputy and more than a decade as a deputy. Sheriff-elect Carmen Halsten son reports staff changes with 10 deputies named, two not returning, and replacements planned. Salaries delay naming guards and court bailiffs until pay scales are settled. Halsten son assumes office January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Rolfson
Austin
Carmen Halstenson
Rolfson
Halstenson
District Court
Osage Council Approves Low Bid For 500000 Gallon Tower
Osage Iowa council awards 136100 bid to Chicago Bridge and Ironworks for a 500000 gallon pedes tal spheroid water tower to be erected at Park and 3rd Street. Alternate bids ranged up to 141800 with maintenance favored pedestal design. tower slated to rise 150 feet with footings next spring and completion by August 1967. The existing 80000 gallon tank becomes auxiliary.
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Osage
Iowa
Chicago Bridge and Ironworks
Prairie Village
Kans
Pittsburgh- Des Moines Steel Co
Des Moines
Universal Tank & Ironworks
Indianapolis
Ind
Universal
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Park and
3Rd St
Officers Named at CBMC Meeting Austin Group
Gerald Learned of Austin was elected Chairman of the Austin Christian Business Men's Committee. Other officers elected were Dale Madison Brownsdale vice chairman Roger Campbell Lyle secretary Earl Lemberg treasurer and Paul Hemenway Harlan Knight and Byron Crippen Austin councilmen. The next CBMC meeting is set for 7 30 a.m. Dec 17 at the Oak Leaf Restaurant to hear a taped message from a former Harlan gang leader.
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Gerald Learned
Austin
Austin Christian Business Men
Dale Madison
Brownsdale
Roger Campbell
Lyle
Earl Lemberg
Paul Hemenway
Harlan Knight
Byron Crippen
CBMC
Oak Leaf
Harlan Gang
Ostrander Children to See Santa Claus
Ostrander Minnesota youngsters circle December 22 for Santa Claus visit at the town hall. The Ostrander Commercial Club helps organize the event with free treats and a drawing for attendees at 3 p.m.
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Ostrander
Santa Claus
Minn
Ostrander Commercial Club
Younsters
Local Temperatures and Readings Snapshot
A weather snapshot lists today’s temperatures with a low 15 and high 54, alongside 11 a.m. reading of 26. It compares to year ago figures for Monday showing a high 52 and low 15, and another high 34 with a low 83.
Women Scream and Man Flees From Bedrooms
Austin police report two separate apartment intrusions in the northeast area during the early hours. In the first case at 2 am a man entering a bedroom claimed to be Bill after a woman woke and screamed, then fled. A second incident at 3:15 am in another building involved a man who fled after a scream. he claimed the name Phil. Both descriptions matched, and the women say they would recognize him.
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Bill
Phil
Luther League Holds Yale Party in St Ansgar Christmas
The First Lutheran Church Luther League hosted a Christmas party Sunday night. A film Love at Christmas was the highlight and the sextet sang Drummer Boy. After devotions the group enjoyed skits and games with 135 attending including pastors sponsors and guests from St Ansgar churches St Johns Lutheran Grafton Deer Creek and Mona.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
First Lutheran Church Luther League
St. John’s Lutheran
Grafton
Deer Creek
Mona
Lois Kellogg New Area Correspondent for McIntire
Mrs. Lois Kellogg named Austin Herald correspondent for the McIntire area succeeding Mrs. Ray Turner. The Turners have sold their McIntire home and gasoline station and are relocating to Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Mcintire
Iowa
Lois Kellogg
Austin Herald
Kellogg
Ray Turner
Marshalltown
Kathy Ennen Crowned Lyle's Miss Snowflake
Kathy Ennen of Lyle Minnesota was crowned Miss Snowflake at the FTA Christmas Ball. Marsha Murphy, last year's queen, selected the winner from candidates Barb Corson Dorothy Hotson and Barb Priem. Escorted by Doug Johnson Bill Reinartz Arnie Scheffel and Roger Uecker Santa read student wishes as KAUS DJ Dale K provided music.
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Lyle, Minn
Kathy Ennen
John H. Ennen
Lyle
Marsha Murphy
Roy Kemp
Barb Corson
Kenneth Corson
Dorothy Hotson
Wayne Hotson
Barb Priem
Lawrence Priem
Doug Johnson
Bill Reinartz
Arnie Scheffel
Roger Uecker
Santa Claus
KAUS
Dale K
Christmas Programs Planned by St Ansgar Churches
St Ansgar First Lutheran plans a Sunday School program for pre-nursery to second graders at 2 30 p m titled Little Children Tell of Jesus. Older students perform Love Came Down at Christmas at 7 30 p m. Christmas Eve services, carols and a sermonette follow. Immanuel Lutheran Choir to carol. final Advent service at 7 30 p m Dec 21. St Ansgar Methodist schedules a 7 p m Dec 24 program then 11 p m candlelight service.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
First Lutheran Church of
Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir
St. Ansgar Methodist Church
Six Mile Grove
Chinchilla Group Holds Annual Show
The Minnesota South Central Chinchilla group held their annual field day show Sunday at Brownsdale. More than 100 animals were entered from 17 communities. Local breeders who received ribbons from Judge Jack Anderson were Maynard Eppen, Brownsdale, Art Schroeder and Kenneth Kahler, Austin, Kenneth Mahoney, Le Roy, and Norman Hoest and Kenneth Kramer, Adams.
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Minnesota
Lyle Area Churches Plan Special Christmas Services
Lyle Minnesota area churches announce Christmas programs next Sunday through Dec 24 with multiple services. Mona Lutheran Our Savior’s Lutheran Bethel Alliance Six Mile Grove St Peter Lutheran Queen of Peace Catholic Church feature nativity scenes, solos, and children’s recitations. Police warn drivers about new stop signs.
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Lyle, Minn
Lyle Area
Red Cross Names New Directors
The Mower County Red Cross Board announced three new directors Oliver Herrick Ted Colescott and Mrs William Nierengarten to three year terms. Grand Meadow and Lansing have met fund drive quotas with Rodney Burrington and O P Quam chairmen. The blood program survey yielded 250 potential donors in the villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Declining DUI Revocations Contrast Rising Fatal Drinking-Driver Accidents
State records show DUI license revocations fell from a 1957 peak of 10 000 to 6 307 by 1964 and 6 133 in 1965 while fatal accidents involving drinking drivers rose from 154 in 1962 to 199 in 1965. Highway Dept proposes two bills to tighten enforcement and lower the blood alcohol threshold.
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Highway Dept
John Jamieson
American Bar Assa
American Medical Assn
Three Auto Crashes Reported in Austin
Three automobile collisions occurred in Austin on Monday. At 9 10 a m a.m. Jean Lewis and Paul Vanpelt collided at 1st St and 5th Pl NW with damages of 165 to the Lewis car and 75 to the Vanpelt car. At 2 05 p m Marlys Swanson and Lester Fahre collided at 4th St and 12th Ave NW with damages of 185 to Swanson and 5 to Fahre. At 8 10 p m Janet Vietor and Richard Marsh collided at 8th Ave NW and Austin Rt 5 with 75 damage to Vietor.
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Austin
Jean Lewis
7Th Ave
Paul Vanpelt
3Rd Ave
1St St
5Th Pl
Vanpelt
Lewis
Marlys Swanson
5Th St. NW
Lester Fahre
1St Ave. NE
4Th St
12Th Ave
Swanson
Fahre
Janet Vietor
8Th Ave. NW
Richard Marsh
Austin Rt. 5
Vietor
Sumner School String Quartet Forms Across Four Elementary Schools
Mrs Elizabeth Holmes an elementary school music instructor organized the Sumner String Quartet and orchestras at four Sumner Elementary Schools. The group gave a concert at David's Mapleview home with members Ralph Peters John Peiter David Leeding and John Conway.
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Elizabeth Holmes
Sumner
String Quartet
Ralph Peters
John Peiter
David Leeding
John Conway
Mapleview
Mrs Cafourek Named Mothers March of Dimes Chairman
William Nordstrom of Mower County appoints Mrs Frank Cafourek as the 1967 Mothers March Chairman in Austin. She will organize the door to door solicitation, with the event expected in late January, and invites volunteers to help the March of Dimes fund efforts against crippling diseases.
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Mrs. Cafourek
Mothers March of Dimes
William Nordstrom
Mower County
March of Dimes
Frank Cafourek
2Nd Ave
Nordstrom
Cafourek
Austin
St. Olaf Hospital
League of Women Voters
Austin Red Cross
Milwaukee engineer at controls identified in train collision
Arnold C. Johnson of 109 12th St NE was the Milwaukee Railroad engineer steering train No. 92 when an automobile slid into a boxcar on Thursday.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Arnold C. Johnson
12Th St
Mower County nursing homes seek Medicare payment schedule
Four nonprofit nursing homes in Mower County ask the County Welfare Board to adopt the federal Medicare payment schedule for welfare patients starting Jan 1. They propose payments cover costs and invite cost verification, noting about 60 welfare patients across St. Mark's Grand Meadow Manor Comfort Care and Sacred Heart Hospice. The board will decide by month end.
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Mower County
County Welfare Board
Welfare Dept
State Welfare Dept
St. Mark’s
Grand Meadow Manor
Comfercare
Sacred Heart Hospice
Welfare Board
Medicare
State Health Dept
State Drive to Raise Funds for UNCF Announced
The United Negro College Fund launches a December Drive to raise 85000 in Minnesota towards the national UNCF goal of 5174000 this year. Roger G Kennedy, state chairman, urges foundations, corporations, groups and citizens to contribute tax deductible gifts to UNCF Box 4005 University Station Minneapolis MN 55414.
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United Negro College Fund
Minnesota
UNCF
Roger G. Kennedy
Mall Developers Seek Aid If Liable in Flood Suit
Washington Properties Inc. warns that if Minneapolis firm is found liable for the March 1965 flood damages totaling 151 568 they will seek contributions from Mower County the City and Utilities Co. The county board denied the claim and sent it to the County Attorney and Insurance Agency. Also notes Elkton street project funding plans and tax forfeited land auction details.
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Washington Properties Inc
Mower County
Minneapolis
County
City, and Utilities Co
Elkton
McIntire Churches Plan Christmas Programs
McIntire Iowa churches prepare Christmas programs with Faith Baptist Church on December 21, Methodist Church on December 22, and Wayne Baptist Church on Christmas Eve.
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Mcintire
Iowa
Mciintire
Faith Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Wayne Baptist Church
VFW Post Officers Present Bonds and Award
The VFW Post and Auxiliary officers presented savings bonds and cash awards to winners of the Voice of Democracy contest. Presenters were Mrs Joe James Auxiliary chairman, Joe James Post commander, and Mrs Joe Carter Auxiliary president.
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VFW
Joe James
Joe Carter
Guardsmen Honored for SRF Training Efforts by Gen Johnson
A Minnesota National Guard Selected Reserve Force appreciation letter from Gen. Harold K. Johnson praises SRF units for accelerated training. Maj. Gen. Chester J. Moeglein notes 7,500 guard members in SRF and 3,500 in Reinforcing Reserve units, with high readiness across Austin Albert Lea Rochester Owatonna Winona and Red Wing.
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Gen. Johnson
Minnesota National Guard
SRF
Harold K. Johnson
U.S. Army
Chester J. Moeglein
Adjutant General of
Minnesota
Johnson
Austin
Albert Lea
Rochester
Owatonna
Winona
Red Wing
Moeglein
Rose Creek School Plans Yale Program
Rose Creek Minnesota announces a Christmas program at 8 p m Thursday in the school gym. Performers include the junior and senior bands and girls chorus with soloists Kathleen Bendtsen Morley Johnson. The highlight is the annual Christmas operetta by elementary grades with soloists Virginia Crouch John Halverson Sherrie Schlichter Mary Anne Loots Verlyn Ryks all from grades five and six.
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Rose Creek
Minn
Rose Creek Public School
Kathleen Bendtsen
Morley Johnson
Virginia Crouch
John Halverson
Sherrie Schlichter
Mary Anne Loots
Verlyn Ryks
Diane Knobe
Debra Hartwig
Carolyn Kilgore
Blooming Prairie Church to Hold Lecture Series
Blooming Prairie Minn First Lutheran Church offers a five session program titled Sexuality and Responsibility. The two hour talks, running Jan 16 23 30 and Feb 6 27, invite adults and teens from ninth grade up to enroll with Tuesday registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blooming Prairie, Minn
First Lutheran Church
Blooming Prairie
Osage Golf Club Elects New Officers
New officers for Sunny Brae Golf and Country Club at Osage Iowa have been elected for the coming year William Schiller Osage was elected president succeeding James E Millard 1966 president Dick Hankenson was re elected secretary treasurer Millard joins Lorenz Helfter and Dr William Spencer as board members
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Osage
Iowa
Sunny Brae Golf and Country Club
William Schiller
James E. Millard
Dick Hankenson
Millard
Lorenz Helfter
William Spencer
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Osage Council
Luther League
Yale Party
Mrs. Kellogg
New Area
Chinchilla
Mona Lutheran
Helen Nelson
Leland Haugen
Mary
Wanda Fossey
Joseph
Roger Wogstad
Our Saviou
Howard Lewick
Bernard Sam
Jean Pearson
Bryce Haugland
Bethel Alliance Church
William Bell
G. T. Jorgenson
Kathy de Laney
John Sipley
Pamela Bell
Accompan
Rudolph Nitardy
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
City Engineering Dept
Robert Nelson
Courthouse Square
Jolly Gentleman
Santa
Red Cross
Sumner School String Quartet
By Bob Lee
Faribault State Hospital
Graham Uzick
East Side
Avery
James H. Shorter
Mower
Dodge
Yale
Blooming Prairie Church
Osage Golf Club
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