Red Cross Overseas Assignment for Sharon Ahlgren
Sharon Gail Ahlgren daughter of Floyd and Helen Ahlgren 701 7th St SW accepted congratulations from Gen James F Collins president of the American Red Cross after completing an orientation course and being assigned as a recreation worker in Korea She will work in the Red Cross Club mobile service providing informal recreational programs for U S military personnel Sharon a registered nurse is noted in the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Gail Ahlgren
Floyd Ahlgren
7Th St. SW
James F. Collins
American Red Cross
Orienta
Korea
Red Cross Club
U. S
Sharon
Pressures on Youth Highlighted by City Educator
Miss Josephine Kremer an elementary school administrator spoke to Rotarians at the Holiday Inn on pressures facing youth including social acceptance and early adulthood. She warned these pressures can lead to harmful outcomes yet urged adults to foster curiosity and self confidence through moral example. Rollin C. Alderson shared a personal career path from Duluth to Austin, noting early life, education, law career, and service in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiday Inn
Josephine Kremer
Rollin C. Alderson
Alderson
Duluth
Iowa
Wisconsin
Austin
Kinsman’s
South Main St
Seventeen FFA Chapters Enter 1964 Minnesota Livestock Show
Seventeen area FFA chapters showed 449 head at the 1964 Minnesota Town Livestock Show at Mower County Fair. The got 2,510 total fair head this year across FFA open class 4H and Midwest Shows. with 278 swine 64 dairy cattle 94 sheep and 13 beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Mower County Fair
Roy
Lyle
Medford
Osage
Iowa
Owatonna
Riceville
Spring Valley
Stewartville
Donald Rutland
Austin
Truman Tilleraas
Blooming Prairie
William Turgeon
Grand Meadow
Dwain Vangsness
Adams
Pete Godfredson
Roger Ruehling
Donald Haugland
LeRoy
Elmer Larson Elected LeRoy Fire Chief
Elmer Larson was elected fire chief of the LeRoy Volunteer Fire Dept at a Monday meeting. He succeeds M. C. Iverson who retires after 27 years. Earl Lamon also retires after 20 years. Douglas Hutchins becomes fire captain Merle Lamon fire marshal and Grant Hawkins secretary treasurer. The tanker moved to new quarters behind the Municipal Building connected by a walkway. A Christmas party followed with village councilmen as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Larson
LeRoy Volunteer Fire Dept
M. C. Iverson
Earl Lamon
Douglas Hutchins
Merle Lamon
Grant Hawkins
Hayfield Mayor Receives Johnson Humphrey Inauguration Invite
Hayfield Mayor and Mrs. Fredriksen received an invitation to the Johnson Humphrey inauguration events in Washington. They spent four days there for election night at the Democratic headquarters, while work on platforms and seating progressed. They do not plan to attend the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Fredriksen
Hayfield
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fredriksen
Washington, D.C
National Democratic
Mayflower Hotel
Fredriksens
Rights Worker Speaking Here at Queen of Angels Church
Austin area residents will hear a first account of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. Joe Morse a Minnesota native and Mississippi Summer Project participant will speak at 7 30 p m about white harassment and the murder of three civil rights workers near Meridian last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mississippi
Queen of Angels Church
Joe Morse
Meridian
Brotherhood Elects Mona Iowa Officers
The Mona Trinity Parish Brotherhood elected officers Charles Truckenmiller president Arnold Johnson vice president Robert Rohne secretary and Billy Klusmeier treasurer Other Brotherhoods attending included St Peter Lutheran Tocerville St Johns and First Lutheran St Ansgar
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Mona
Iowa
Trinity Parish Brotherhood
Charles Truckenmiller
Arnold Johnson
Robert Rohne
Billy Klusmeier
St. Peter Lutheran of
Toc‘erville
St. Johns
First Lutheran
St. Ansgar
Valen Named Distinguished AF Graduate at Maxwell
Capt. Richard D. Valen, son of the Rev and Mrs E Valen of Sargeant Minnesota, is named a distinguished graduate in a class of over 800 officers at the Squadron Officer School Maxwell AFB Alabama. He was honored at graduation and will be reassigned to Lincoln AFB Nebraska. The Butterfield High School and St Olaf College graduate earned a BA and completed ROTC in 1958 with wife Patricia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J Henry Johnson of St James Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Valen
E. Valen
Sargeant
Minn
U.S. Air Force
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Valen
Lincoln Afb
Neb
Butterfield (Minn.) High School
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Patricia
J. Henry Johnson
St. James
The
Air University
Fire destroys empty Iowa farmhouse
A Christmas morning fire destroyed the Sam Eberline home in McIntire Iowa while the family were away in California. passerby Oral Engelhardt reported flames about 2 am and firefighters from McIntire and Riceville fought the blaze but could not save the house or its contents. Fire officials suspect a furnace explosion though no official cause is set. The residence stood at the northeast edge of McIntire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcintire
Iowa
Sam Eberline
California
Oral Engelhardt
Riceville
W Christian Tops County Corn Growers in seed category
Hampton Iowa Walter Christian of Grand Meadow is Mower County Champion Corn Grower in the hand pick category of Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Co Hampton Iowa. Christian planted Farmers 223 and yielded 119 25 bushels per acre. Another local winner is Milton Griffel Grand Meadow with 111 68 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Iowa
Walter Christian
Grand Meadow
Mower County
Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Co
Christian
Milton Griffel
Cedar Valley to Hear Legislators
State Reps Harvey Sabre and Helen McMillan will address the Cedar Valley Conservation Club at 8 p.m. Monday in the clubhouse two miles north of Austin. Vice President Glenn Domino announced they will discuss future legislation and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Sabre
Helen McMillan
Cedar Valley Conservation Club
Austin
Glenn Domino
Christmas Spirit Urged for Holiday Road Travel
Minnesota Highway Patrol reports Rochester District roads in good condition with scattered snowy and icy spots. Christmas travel is expected to bring heavier traffic. motorists are urged to start home earlier and drive with the Christmas spirit, not Christmas spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Rochester
Queen of Peace Project Contracts Awarded For Church
Austin firms QUEEN OF PEACE PROJECT Hagstrom Loock win general contract at 75670 for electrical Schammel 3775 plumbing Rosel Ansgar 1950 heating Hill Heating 12158 totaling 75783 for church conversion of a former store site location in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansgar
Hill Heating
Austin
Queen of Peace Church
Lyle
Edward Novak
Christmas Traffic Wrecks Spark Six Accident Citations
Austin Police reported six Christmas Day incidents on city streets leaving no injuries. One citation was issued for driving too fast for conditions. Accidents involved Violet Kuhl and Pamela Hook in The Mall parking lot, Randall Modene and Thomas Smith at 7th Ave and 5th St NW, and multiple incidents with parked cars along 3rd St NE and 4th Ave SW with damage totals from $10 to $70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Violet J. Kuhl
Thomas W. Smith
5Th St
7Th Ave
Smith
Jane M. Uhlig
St. James
Charles C. Marsden
6Th Ave
Marsden
3Rd St
Robert W. Rosavy
4Th Ave
Fredrick E. Westendorf
4Th St
Westendorf
Rosavy
Clarence P. Johnson
2Nd St. NE
Timothy J. McAnnany
21St St. NE
McAnnany
Johnson
Snowplow Blinds Drivers Four-Car Crash on 218 N
A Christmas Day four car crash on High way 218 N north of Austin involved Clarence Smith and Charles Gleason of Austin, Warren Warner of Minneapolis, and Terry Riker Jr of Faribault. Snow from a state plow blinded drivers. about $400 damage. no serious injuries. Police note the Warner car was rear ended as it pulled onto the shoulder. eight people were in the Smith vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Minnesota
Warner
Steven
Dwight
Smith
Warner and
Riker
Austin Camera Club Gifts Photo Books to Library
The Austin Camera Club donated eight new photographic books to the Austin Public Library helping residents with Christmas cameras. Highlights include works by Keeley Aaron Feininger Lootens and Kinne on topics from family photography to color processing and nature shooting with notable images by Steichen and Avedon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Camera Club
Austin Public Library
Nowell Leitzke
Joseph C. Keeley
Jules Aaaron
Andrea Feininger
Life
Fred Bond
Looten
Kathy Wersen
Russ Kinne
Camera
Edward Steichen
Man Ray
Edward Weston
Irving Pen
Richard Avedon
Lord Snowdon
Eliot Porter
Osage Schools Set January Bond Election
Osage Iowa Osage Community Schools board schedules a January 14 bond vote to finance a 700000 building program including a new junior high, an all purpose room at Washington Elementary, and a five classroom elementary building on Seminary Campus. The plan reduces the prior 900000 proposal by dropping an auditorium. A petition signed by 281 voters aided the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osage
Iowa
Osage Community Schools Board of Education
Washington
Seminary
6Th St. N
Concordia Dean's Honor List Doings Highlight Two Students
Lynn Havener daughter of Loretta Havener of 701 8th St SW and Theodore Lewis Wuerf fel son of Rev. and Mrs Carl Wuerffel of St Ansgar Iowa named to the Dean's Honor List for the Fall term at Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne Indiana Both are graduates of Concordia College St Paul and plan to attend Concordia Seminary St Louis Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Havener
Loretta Havener
8Th St
Theodore Lewis Wuerffel
Carl Wuerffel
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Concordia Senior College
Fort Wayne
Ind
Concordia College
St. Paul
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
AJC Offering Extended Day College Classes
Austin Junior College will offer five three credit courses for the Winter Quarter Extended Day Program. Classes meet 7 to 10 p.m. on Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the college library. Registration ends January 4. Courses include English Composition Shakespeare American History 1828 to 1876 Music Literature and Appreciation and Speech Fundamentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Junior College
Hatten to Start Mortuary School in Minnesota
Stacyville resident Nicholas Hatten plans to leave Stacyville with his wife Sharon and their son to attend a two year mortuary science program at the University of Minnesota. Orientation begins December 29 30 as they move to St Paul after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville
Iowa
Nicolas Hatten
C. F. Hatten
University of Minnesota
Hatten
Sharon Mullenbach
St. Paul
School of Mortuary Science
Youths Steal Return Auto Behind 805th Ave NE
Several youths were seen fleeing a car in an alley behind 805th Ave NE at 9:19 p.m. Friday after allegedly returning the vehicle. The 1962 Ford was reported stolen about 8:45 p.m. from the same location. Owner Harold Regner lives at 1402 6th St SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
805Th Ave
Austin
Harold Regner
6Th St. SE
Kuppers Wins Lighting Prize in Spring Valley
Edwin Kuppers residence topped a Christmas Lighting contest in Spring Valley Minnesota. Clifford Bruce display placed second and Oscar Waihel third. Judges were Donald Krom Spring Valley Boosters Club president Dr Charles Parker Chambers of Commerce president and William Calloway Kiwanis Club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Minn
Edwin Kuppers
Howard Ronken
Clifford Bruce
Oscar Waihel
Donald Krom
Spring Valley Boosters Club
Charles Parker
Chambers of Commerce
William Calloway
Kiwanis Club
Birth rate steady keeps Mower County economy buzzing
Mower County records an annual birth rate of 20.1 per 1000, with 1,008 births in the year ending January 1, 1963. Local baby-related spending averages about 300 dollars per child, totaling roughly 302000 dollars yearly for baby supplies and equipment, reflecting a steady, if wavering, economic impact amidst nationwide declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mower County
Census Bureau
Grand Meadow Aldermen Take Oath and Pass Ordinances
Aldermen Donald Engel Kenneth Ostgard and Rodney Burrington took the oath of office at the final village council meeting. Ostgard and Burrington were elected. Engel was appointed. The council limited trailer parking and required permits, mandated year round leashing of dogs, abolished the constable post, and assigned police chief Ralph Sveska to duties. Four way stops planned at Main and 1st, assessors to be appointed, and bids opened for a lift station and blanket insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Meadow, Minn
Donald Engel
Kenneth Ostgard
Rodney Burrington
Grand Meadow
Ostgard
Burrington
Engel
Main
1St St
Mower County
Maple St
Highway 16
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Ellendale
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Kenyon
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Lanesboro
Glenville
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Freeborn
Canton
Capt. Valen
W. Christian
Cedar Valley
Queen OF Peace Project
Kew
John Tighe
Knights of Columbus Honor Guard
St. Augustine
Highway Patrol
Smith and Gleason
Osage School Board
Lincoln
Mitchell
AJC
Kuppers
U.S. Public Health Service
Ralph Sveska
Boy Scout Troop
Ill
St. Olaf
Court OF Honor
Fred Jensen
Ronnald Barnet
Nell Jonasson
Maeve Housker
Todd Lewis
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