Births at St. Olaf Hospital Highlight Local Families
The following births were reported at St. Olaf Hospital: a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Christen sen of Waltham born December 16. a son for Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Slowinski of 405 Lyman Lane born December 15. a son for Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of Aus tin Rt. 1 born December 15. and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ehmke of 1709 W. Oakland born December 15.
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St. Olaf Hospital
Robert Christensen
Waltham
Marriage Licenses Issued to Wayne H. Ehlers and Mildred P. Engen
Wayne H. Ehlers of Austin Route 1 and Mildred P. Engen of Austin Route 1 were issued marriage licenses on December 15.
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Wayne H. Ehlers
Austin
Mildred P. Engen
Austin Rt
Death of Louis Dvorak in Minnesota Hospital
Louis Dvorak age 71 died at 2 a.m. today in a Little Falls Minnesota hospital. He lived in Lincoln Minnesota and had formerly resided in Mower County.
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Louis Dvorak
Little Falls
Minn
Lincoln
Mower County
Funeral rites set for Chancy Elliott in Albert Lea
Funeral services for Chancy Elliott of Albert Lea are scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Theodore's Church with Msgr. Bernard Mangen officiating. Interment follows at St. Theodore's Cemetery. A rosary will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at the Bonnerup and Son Chapel in Albert Lea. Private services for Arthur H. Van Etten of Elmhurst Addition will be held Saturday afternoon at Jordan Chapel with Rev. Arthur L. Swenson officiating. Friends may call there until noon Saturday.
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Chancy Elliott
Albert Lea
St. Theodore’s Church
Msgr
Bernard Mangen
St. Theodore’s Cemetery
Bonnerup and Son
Arthur H. van Etten
Elmhurst Addition
Jordan Chapel
Arthur L. Swenson
Ambulance Routes Busy City Thursday
An ambulance run at 10:23 a.m. moved from 1109 West Allegheny to 300 West Oakland. Later at 2:45 p.m. another trip departed St. Olaf Hospital bound for 503 South Second.
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W. Allegheney
Oakland
St. Olaf Hospital
S. Second
Blood donations tally at St Olaf Hospital
Red Cross blood use totaled 1 105 pints since January 1 with two pints utilized Thursday at St Olaf Hospital as part of ongoing transfusion services.
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Red Cross
St. Olaf Hospital
Court News: Wold Fined for Failure to Yield to Pedestrian
Clifford E. Wold of Austin Route 3 paid a $25 fine after failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian, according to court records.
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Clifford E. Wold
Austin Rt. 3
Turkey’s Asia-Europe Land Split Revealed
A geographic note states that about 97 percent of Turkey lies in Asia while roughly 3 percent sits in Europe, highlighting the country’s transcontinental location.
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Turkey
Asia
Europe
Chorus and basketball team depart Spring Valley for Minneapolis
Spring Valley High School's 60 member chorus directed by Leslie Roth travels to Minneapolis for an afternoon performance at the Hotel Radisson. The varsity plays Manston high school in a prelim to the Minnesota Purdue game at Williams Arena. Coaches are Charles McDonald and Charles Reps. Mothers accompany the group.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Spring Valley High School
Minneapolis
Leslie Roth
Hotel Radisson
Manston
Wis
Williams Arena
Charles McDonald
Charles Reps
Grain Exchange
Art Institute
Radisson
Frank Persons
O. V. Wickmark
Thomas Healy
Ervin Hintze
Farmington
AF and AM Install Officers in Spring Valley Lodge
Spring Valley Minnesota officers of Masonic Lodge 58 AF and AM were installed Thursday night by Donald Henderson. New officers include Wykoff worshipful master Charles Thompson Thor JorgensonSpring Valley senior warden Heleon Gill Spring Valley junior warden Cliff Bruse Ostrander senior deacon John Johnson Spring Valley junior deacon Arlo Laging Wykoff senior steward Donald Billman Spring Valley junior steward Rev Walter RoffSpring Valley chaplain Dion B Adams Spring Valley marshal Hugh Walker Wykoff tyler Lawrence Hansen Spring Valley secretary Donald Henderson Spring Valley treasurer Lunch followed the ceremony.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Masonic Lodge 58
AF & AM
Donald Henderson
Charles Thompson
Wykoff
Thor Jorgenson
Heleon Gill
Srping Valley
Cliff Bruse
Ostrander
John Johnson
Arlo Laging
Donald Billman
Walter Roff
Dion B. Adams
Marshall
Hugh Walker
Tyler
Lawrence Hansen
Hall Sees GOP Winning Florida in 1956
Miami Florida Leonard W Hall national chairman predicted Florida would join Republican ranks permanently in 1956. He arrived from Washington for a vacation and brushed aside questions about President Eisenhower's future status while expressing optimism for GOP prospects in the state.
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Miami
Fla
Leonard W. Hall
Florida
Hall
Washington
Eisenhower
Emperor Hosts Rotary Leader At Palace Audience
The Emperor and Empress welcomed President A. Z. Baker of Rotary International and Mrs. Baker to a day audience at the imperial palace, showcasing royal hospitality and goodwill.
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Tokyo
A. Z. Baker
Rotary International
Mrs. Baker
Imperial Palace
Crater Lake Shows Minor Signs of Activity in 1945
Crater Lake inside Mount Mazama Ore revealed minor signs of underground surface activity during 1945 as recorded in a historic seismic note.
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Mounty Mazama, Ore
Minnesota School Costs Near Nation’s Top Levels
Minnesota ranks second from the top in the share of personal income devoted to school construction and seventh in operating expenditures per pupil for 1954 55. The state expended 1.65 percent of personal income on school construction, with South Carolina higher, and Midwest comparisons show Iowa Michigan North Dakota Ohio Illinois Wisconsin South Dakota Nebraska Indiana Kansas trailing. State revenue mainly comes from property taxes, while Minnesota’s 1954 state aid funded 43.0 percent of school maintenance revenue, up from 40.7 percent in 1953 per the Minnesota Department of Education Bulletin March 1955.
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Minnesota
Associated Press
South Carolina
Midwest
Iowa
Michigan
North Dakota
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
Minnseota
Midwest States
Letters for All Activities Urged
SPRING VALLEY Minn A project to award letters in all school activities not just athletics will be undertaken by the Student Council this year. The Council will also take over the noon hour activities program and freshmen and sophomores will operate some game concession stands. The juniors and seniors have had the stands. Officers elected were Dan Shafer president and Richard Olson vice president. Richard Russell is advisor.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Dan Shafer
Richard Olson
Richard Russel
Building Razed Next to Bank Opens Space for Expansion
The cement block at 131 W. Bridge Street, formerly Henry's Cafe, was razed Wednesday by First National Bank. Bank President Robert Lichty said no immediate plans, with space possibly used to expand the bank lot. The cafe was purchased last summer and vacant since September.
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W. Bridge
Henry's Cafe
First National Bank
Robert Lichty
Loot Stolen From Bergeson’s Garage in Dodge Center
Police and the county sheriff were alerted to a burglary at Bergeson’s Garage in Dodge Center on Thursday with $500 in tools and equipment stolen. Items taken include a snap-on tool case, a Bur roughs adding machine, a Remington typewriter, a Milwaukee buffer, a half inch drill, and a large box of mechanics tools.
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Bergeson
Dodge Center
Burroughs
Mothers honor Mrs Cotter at Dist 32 handkerchief shower
Mrs Kenneth Cotter was honored at a handkerchief shower held by the Mothers Club of District 32. Vocal selections were performed by Hazel, Jane, and Elaine Handeland while Sandra and Karen Cotter played instrumentals. Gifts were exchanged, door prizes won by Mrs Ray Kenevan and Mrs Leonard Cotter, and eleven members attended.
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Kenneth Cotter
Mothers Club of Dist
Hazel
Jane
Elaine Handeland
Sandra
Karen Cotter
Ray Kenevan
Leonard Cotter
Firemen Plan Ball at Spring Valley High School
The Spring Valley Fire Department held its annual meeting to plan a firemen's ball. The event is set for January 19 at Spring Valley High School with Vern's Orchestra performing. Officers reelected were Ramon Dennstedt chief Art Christopherson assistant chief Melvin Hoopman secretary and Gilbert Hovey treasurer.
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Spring Valley
Mini
Spring Valley Fire Department
Spring Valley High School
Vern
Ramon Dennstedt
Art Christopherson
Melvin Hoopman
Gilbert Hovey
Adams Lutheran to Host Three Children’s Christmas Services
Adams Minnesota. The Adams Lutheran Parish will hold three children’s worship services in addition to traditional Christmas services. The Little Cedar Sunday School leads a Sunday morning program with Claus Julifs Ro bert Hanson and several helpers in charge. The Lutheran Week Day School of Religion plans an 8 p.m. service and features Holy Night written by Margrete Holte. Marshall Lutheran Sunday School will present Light a Candle for the Savior at 8 p.m. on December 23 with a Mary Flo, Ralph Voight and others in charge.
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Janice L. Anderson
Lutheran Week-Day School of Religion
Margrette Holte
Marshall Lautheran Sunday School
Otto Flo
Ralph Voight
Robert Kellogg
Henry Kimebaugh
David Gilderms
Elvira Flo
Warren Bee
Shirley Himebaugh
Sondra Sprau
Moscow Lutheran Officers Installed
The Rev. C. A. Rust installed the Moscow Lutheran Church officers at morning worship. Officers include Olav Aakre vice chairman, Mrs. Harold Stoa secretary, Richard Bergstrom treasurer, Vernon Lunde trustee and janitor, John Nordby deacon, Mrs. Obert Berg organist, Mrs. Joseph Stoa assistant, Ivan Johnson church building fund treasurer, Arthur Stoa parsonage fund treasurer, Joseph Stoa and John Soli parish board, Clayton Stoa Olaf Lunde Lutheran Welfare chairs, Peter Lunde convention delegate, cemetery board member Mrs. Leonard Larson, board of education Ronald Aakre Gary Nordland Louis Larson Thomas Braaten Gordon Soli Curtis Underdahl.
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C. A. Rust
Moscow Lutheran Church
Olav Aakre
Harold Stoa
Richard Bergstrom
Vernon Lunde
John Nordby
Obert Berg
Joseph Stoa
Ivan Johnson
Arthur Stoa
John Soli
Clayton Stoa
Olaf Lunde
Lutheran Welfare
Horace Smeby
Synodical Convention
Peter Lunde
Leonard Larson
Board of Education
Ronald Aakre
Gary Nordland
Louis Larson
Thomas Braaten
Gordon Soli
Curtis Underdahl
Austin High School Activity Schedule and Holiday Notices
Austin High School lists Monday and Tuesday club sessions in various rooms including Latin Club FFA German and Spanish for different times. Basketball and wrestling events at Winona Carpenter and Minneapolis South locations are noted with holiday break dates and cafeteria con- cessions. Menu items include beans cheese bread beef and chicken noodle soup with desserts and fruit. Airplane spraying in 1955 covered over 1.6 million acres in western states for grasshopper control.
Police recruit Schauss brings grocery grit to patrols
Patrolman Edward J. Schauss, a former Austin supermarket produce manager, joined the Police Department in July 1953 to gain public contact and security. Serving as a versatile four hour patrol runner and four hour walker, he filled in at many posts last summer. A Rose Creek High School graduate, he served in the Army Signal Corps in Europe from 1943 to 1945. He and wife Arilayne Grimm Schauss have two children and reside at 1307 Baldwin.
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Edward J. Schauss
Police Department
Austin Supermar
Schaals
Schauss
Rose Creek High School
Signal Corps
Europe
Ariayne Grimm
Austin
John 1
Cheryl
Baldwin
Coral Sea Battle Marks First All Aircraft Damage Record
The Coral Sea naval clash stands as the first battle where all damage was inflicted solely by aircraft. This historic shift highlights the carrier air power pivotal to Pacific warfare.
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Coral Sea
Open letter appeals for fluorine study in Austin
An open letter to Mayor Hansen from the People’s Pulpit urges halting fluorine use in Austin’s water and forming a joint committee of dental and medical professionals to study the issue before a final decision. It notes public debate and the need for careful, nonpolitical review amid controversy.
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Austin Daily Herald
Hansen
United States
Austin
Average depth of underground coal mines in the United States
A historical data note states the typical underground coal mine depth in the United States is 190 feet. This figure reflects common mining environments and underground layout considerations.
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The
United States
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