Glenville farmer performs magic as a hobby for communities
Glenville area farmer Arling Holmes, 57, pursues magic as a hobby for 15 years, not a career. He performs with Pearl Nitcher and 10-year-old Karen Olson, delivering table and stage tricks to church banquets and lodge gatherings, with shows lasting 30 to 45 minutes.
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Herald
Glenville
Minn
Arling Wolmes
Holmes
Pearl Nitcher
Mason City
Iowa
Karen Olson
Norman Olson
Pearl
Karen
Twin Cities
Geneva
Parent-Teachers Association
Foreman from Brownsdale Heads Evergreen Aamland Helicopter Fleet
Everett Barrick son of Mr and Mrs Roy Barrick Brownsdale Minnesota is chief foreman at Evergreen Aamland Co McMinnville Evergreen recently unveiled one of two heavy lift helicopters called sky cranes. The firm has bases in Alaska Georgia and California and invested over 3 million dollars in the program for aerial logging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Barrick
Roy _ Barrick
Brownsdale
Minn
Evergreen _aamland Co
McMinnville
Evergreen
Alaska
Georgia
California
Church of Christ Adult Choir presents The Story of Christmas
The Church of Christ at W Oakland Ave and 2nd St invites the Austin community to an Adult Choir concert at 7 p.m. Sunday featuring John W. Peterson s The Story of Christmas. Director Kenneth Howells organist Mrs Melvin Lagervall pianist Steve Houston and narrator David Harmon guest soloist from Rochester Mark Howells Mrs David Harmon Kenneth Howells and Mrs Gary Johnston will perform.
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Church of Christ
W. Oakland Ave
2Nd St. Is
Austin
John W. Peterson
Peterson
Kenneth Howells
Melvin Lagervall
Steve Houston
David Harmon
Mark Howells
Gary Johnston
Rochester
Boyd Kuester
Volunteers honored in Adams for Special Education program
About 60 to 70 volunteers from the Dist 500 area, including high school students and adults, were thanked at a luncheon in the Little Cedar Education Building Adams. Each volunteer gives a half day weekly to assist mentally and physically handicapped children. Pictured: Peter GroverJeff Dist 500 elementary principal Mrs Ben Jordan Adams and son Tenis cerebral palsy and Mrs Roy Torgerson coordinator.
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Southland Dist
Little Cedar
Adams
Dist
Peter Grover
Jeft
Ben Jordan
Tenis
Roy Torgerson
Ernest Danek
Dist 500 names seven head coaches for 1973 program
Adams and Elkton communities learn the Dist. 500 School Board approved seven head coaches for cross country football basketball wrestling track baseball golf in a merger starting with the 1973 school year. The board also set senior Elkton trip dates and approved a shared prom concept.
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Adams
Minn
Glen Bernard
Stewart Nordquist
Brian Espe
Dan Scrabeck
Elkton
Richard Strand
Rose Creek
Larry Luke
Robert Bulger
Vo Tech School evaluation of Austin Center programs
Representatives from around the state visited Austin Area Vocational School to inspect facilities chat with students and instructors and rate how training aligns with business needs. A printing student Michael Schapp operates a Heidelberg offset press while observers include Svendsen Gedker and Pamel.
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State
Austin Area Vocational School
Michael Schapp
Svene E. Svend
Three City Accidents Reported With Vehicle Damages
Three separate crashes occurred in the city on Wednesday. At 8:54 p.m. at 4th Ave and North Main St a collision between Mark Heimsness and Donald Penkava caused 300 and 500 dollars in damages respectively. A 4:30 p.m. crash at 4th Ave NE and 8th St NE involved Shelly Kamp and Lori Olund with damages of 200 and 150 dollars. A late 10:45 p.m. incident on 2nd Ave NE near 8th St NE damaged a car driven by Larry Miland by 500 dollars in a collision with John Flicek.
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4Th Ave
North Main St
Mark Heimsness
16Th Ave
Donald Penkava
9Th Ave
Heimsness
Penkava
8Th St
Shelly Kamp
Oakland Ave
Lori Olund
6Th St. NW
Kamp
Olund
Larry Miland
John Flicek
Austin Rt. 1
2Nd Ave
Mental Health Association seeks gifts for state hospital
The Mower County Association for Mental Health urges Christmas gifts for Rochester State Hospital patients. Deadline is Wednesday per Mrs. Edmund Smock. Donation boxes are at Austin Banks, Rose Creek State Bank, and Mall Shopping Center.
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Rochester State Hospital
Edmund Smock
Mower County Assn
Austin Banks
Rose Creek State Bank
Elkton Grange Hosts Holiday Potluck with Christmas Program
The Elkton Grange met at the Grand Meadow Masonic Hall for a holiday potluck supper. An offering was taken for the Austin Activity Center. Lecturer Mrs. Juanita Angell led a Christmas program of carols games and readings.
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Elkton
Minn
Elkton Grange
Grand Meadow Masonic Hall
Austin
Juanita Angell
Mower County ASC names new officers and committee members
Kenneth A. Spray announced the newly elected officers and committee members for the Mower County ASC and various district subgroups. The list includes Adolpho Lansing, Chester A. Taylor, and others across Austin, Waltham, Windom, Sargeant-Dexter, Grand Meadow, Racine, Pleasant Valley, and Bennington-Leroy, with chairmen, vice chairmen, regular members, and alternates. The county convention to elect the County Committee is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Sterling State Bank Community Room in Austin. Parker Goodsell is not eligible for re-election.
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Mower County
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASC
Kenneth A. Spray
Adolpho Lansing
Chester A. Taylor
Austin Rt. 4
Ralph Noble
Cate Peterson
William Pichoda
Blooming Prairie
Carl Syverud
Austin Rt. 1
Austin - Lyle
Wilfred C. Denison
Austin Rt
Larry Murphy
Lyle
CC. A. Watkins
Cletus Johnson
Richard Magee
Waltham Red Rock
Walter Felty
Waltham
Nei. R. Johnson
Sargeant
Vic
Elmer H. Ruther
Ray Ha
Racine
Frankford
Martin Boone
Duane Wolfgram
Roger Temanson
Spring Valley
Howard B. Evans
Howard J. Clark
Bennington - LeRoy
Wayne L. Guy
Grand Meadow
Alvin Jacobson
Ostrander
Virgil D. Kling LeRoy
Erlyn J. Finhart
LeRoy
Richard DeWall
Sterling State Bank
Austin
Cou
Parker Goodsell
Nature Center seeks funds after tale of stolen bird feeders
Audubon Society feeders at the Nature Center were destroyed or stolen over the past two weeks. Plans to replace them accompany efforts to fund an interpretive building and pursue land acquisitions for expanded facilities and programs. Don Fendrick of Wood Lake Nature Interpretive Center will visit Austin January 15 to observe the center and meet with local groups.
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Bruce Bergstrom
Nature Center
Audubon Society
Don Fendrick
Wood Lake
Richfield
Austin
Don
Cinderella to be staged by Austin Junior High students
Cinderella will be presented by Austin Central Junior High School students at 7 39 p m Friday and 16 a m Saturday in Christgau Hall at AHS. Cast includes Val Hompe Sandy Voss Peggy Brown Arden Haug with Karen King and Katie Kraft in background. Directed by Tedda Thomas admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Austin Central
Christgau Hall
AHS
Val Hompe
Sandy Voss
Peggy Brown
Arden Haug
Karen King
Katie Kraft
Tedda Thomas
Herald
Judy McDermott
Shrine Club to Aid Salvation Army Bell Ringing
The Austin Area Shrine Club will again ring bells for the Salvation Army this year on downtown streets and in shopping centers. Proceeds go to Salvation Army Christmas projects and Shriner participants should contact Jack Tate or Mark Andersen to sign up.
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Austin Area
Salvation Army
Shrine Club
Jack Tate
Mark Andersen
Trinity Parish Leaguers Host Bible Spell-Down Event
Mona Iowa. Trinity Parish Leaguers of Mona and Six Mile Grove hosted visitors from St Johns Lutheran Elkton for a Bible spelling contest at Six Mile Grove church. Rev Jack Bredfelt and Rev Inar Unseth prepared questions from John chapter one. Andrew Unseth won.
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Mona
Iowa
Trinity Parish Leaguers
Six Mile Grove
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Elkton
Jack Bredfelt
Inar Unseth
John
Andrew Unseth
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Arling Holmes
Albert Lea- Austin
Area Man
Little
Chicago
State Board of Education
Warren Bowe
University of Iowa
Adams High School
Sigrid Ode
Minnesota Commisssioner of Education
St. Paul
William Wettergren
Minnesota School Board
Ass'n
Farmers State Agency
Wisconsin
James F. Roberts
Roberts
U.S. Treasury
Minneapolis
Vo-Tech
Mental Health Assn
Marshal Adams
Byron J. Huseby
Lavern Hanson
Merle Harle
Ervin Mullenback
Roger Weness
Pleasant Valley
George J. Gehling
Dean Jensen
LeRoy Baldus
Dexter
Johnie Holm
Derwin Lester
Clayton + Lodi
William J. Minnihan
Taopi
Richard Oxley
George H. Nolte
Keith E. Voorhees
Clifford Kiefer
Nature
Trinity Leaguers
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