Minnesota youths win top 4-H honors at Chicago Congress
Three Minnesota 4-H Club members joined about 200 national winners at the 4-H Congress awards banquet in Chicago. James Spangler Janesville and Terry Lorch Rochester received $500 scholarships. Lance Sorensen Welch won a $400 regional forestry scholarship. Marvin Meier Ogema earned a $400 regional scholarship though not at the event. Barbara Horihan Hokah received an $800 Meredith Foundation scholarship as a Winona State College freshman.
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Chicago
Conrad Hilton Hotel
James Spangler
Janesvile
Terry Lorch
Rochester
Spangler
John Deere
Lorch
Moorman Mfg. Co
Kenneth Spangler
Loreh
C. F. Lorch
Lance Sorensen
Bennett Sorenson
Welch
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Marvin Meier
Ogema
Wis
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Meier
Forest
Carl Meier
University of Minnesota
Barbara Horihan
Hokah
Edwin T. Meredith Foundation
Winona State College
Martin Horihan
New Year's Eve Traditions Across Austin and Britain
The piece notes New Year's celebrations in Austin with crepe paper and favors and explains calendar changes from the Julian to the Gregorian system in England and America. It recalls the 1725 shift moving dates 11 days and describes midnight bells and cheers of "Happy New Year" across the nation.
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Austin
George Washington
England
America
Amelca
YMCA Weekly Schedule Indian Guides Winter Encampment
YMCA timetable lists Monday 7 5 p.m. Indian Guide meetings at members homes. Thursday 9 45 a.m. bus to Winter Encampment Camp Ihduhapi with sack lunches and gear. Friday Winter Encampment at Camp Ihduhapi. Saturday no Ga Y program. 4 p.m. Bus returns from camp.
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Ihduhapi
Camp Ihduhapi
Top Ten Records at AHS Christmas Pep Rally
Students at AHS share holiday cheer as the weekly top ten songs are listed. The lineup shows a mix of classic and newer tunes with Jingle Bell Rock at number one and a slight shuffle to accommodate a fresh chart topper.
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AHS
Dominique
Pacelli Students Embrace Vacation Fun and Winter Dance
Christmas break features carols parties and the Winter Frolic semi formal dance in Pacelli gym with alumni invited. Upcoming events include the Winter Carnival dance at St. Edward's gym with queen candidates Mary Haukum Janet LaClair Lois Jacobson Bonnie Majerus Linda Nybo open to Austin High and Pacelli students.
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Pacelli
St. Edward’s
Mary Haukum
Janet LaClair
Lois Jacobson
Bonnie Majerus
Linda Nybo
Austin High School
Pacelli Students Share Resolutions And Honest Doubts
Teens discuss New Year resolutions with candid admissions about keeping them. A light note adds a fact about raccoons soaking food in water due to presumed weak salivary glands.
Rural Youths Invited to Join Community 4-H Clubs
Leonard Harkness, State 4-H Club Leader, invites Minnesota youth ages 9 to 21 to join local 4-H clubs. Freeborn County hosts 32 clubs with 1270 members this year, offering projects in conservation, safety, health, crafts, leadership, homemaking and agriculture, plus urban youth options and career exploration. The Four Hs on the cloverleaf—Head Heart Hands Health—guide aims and activities, including new pilot topics like marriage preparation and public affairs.
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Minnesota
Leonard Harkness
University of Minnesota
County Extension Office
Freeborn County
Harkness
AH Students Share New Year Resolutions
AHS students reveal a mix of aims from study goals to simple habits for 1964. Sandi Eastman aims to be a good girl, Pam Milbrath wants an A in World History, and Kenny Johnston vows to make the honor roll next quarter. Others joke about jobs, fewer kiddie shows, or buying a dishwasher.
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Pam Milbrath Jr
Jim Nord Soph
Kenny Johnston Soph
AHS
Starkey
Te en- age bowler stance guide by Judy Audsley
A Brunswick advisory column stresses the importance of proper stance for teen bowlers. It explains standing erect but relaxed sets up timing and coordination for a smooth approach and delivery, and warns against rushing into delivery without planning.
Science Club to Tour Echo Science Centers in Northfield
The AHS Science Club plans a January or February trip to Northfield visiting the G T Schjeldahl Company and Carleton College Observatory. Students will tour a balloon material supplier and view Minnesota’s largest reflecting telescope, with an astronomy lecture, weather permitting. Advisor Norbert Nelson will accompany the group.
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AHS Science Club
G.T. Schjeldahl Company
Carleton College Observatory
Northfield
G. T. Schjeldahl Company
Minnesota
Norbert Nelson
Austin High School
State teens earn $81,000 in sugar beet field work
Minnesota teenagers earned $81,344.06 last summer hoeing and weeding sugar beets for 76 state growers. 1,545 youths aged 14 and up worked 120,918 man hours across 61 crews in the Red River Valley and southern Minnesota with average hourly earnings varying by region. Don Henrick and Carolyn Manthei top season earnings and service length respectively.
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Minnesota
Frank T. Starkey
Minnesota Department of Employment Security
State Employment Service
Starkey
Red River Valley
Chess Club Prepares for Big 9 Meet at AHS
The AHS Chess Club, about a year old with 30 members, meets Thursdays 3 15 to 5 p m. under adviser Mr Nicolai. Student teachers guide sessions as members plan an interscholastic conference with Big 9 schools and future meets with Twin Cities schools. Last year Rochester was a club opponent.
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AHS
Nicolai
Jim Plehal
Gregg Nelson
Ross Johnson
Jim Watkins
Tom Roberts
Rick Holman
Twin Cities
Rochester
Drake University Dean Martin Tollefson Dies at 69
Martin Tollefson longtime Drake University law faculty member and former dean died in a hospital after a cancer illness. He had served since 1926 and led Drake for 18 years retiring earlier in the year. In 1961 he received the Iowa State Bar Association’s award of merit.
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Des Moines
Martin Tollefson
Drake University
Iowa State Bar Association
Tollefson
Drake
Service Members Featured In Army and Marine Deployments
Pvt Gene M Hansen of Austin completes a 12 week engineer equipment course at Fort Belvoir Virginia. Ronald D Underdahl of 1503 8th Ave NW promoted to specialist four in Korea with the 7th Infantry Division ArtilIery. Airman Charles FE Briggs, son of Douglas Wing, is a new USAF munitions and weapons maintenance specialist at Lowry AFB Colorado. Sgt Gerald E Kreinbring, 27, serves with The Old Guard at Fort Myer, participated in JFK funeral honor cordon. Marine Cpl Duane D Coffman serves with First Marine Aircraft Wing in Iwakuni Japan.
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Gene M. Hansen
Morris E. Hansen
Austin
Rt. 3
Army Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Hansen
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Lyle High School
Ronald D. Underdahl
Leon Underdahl
8Th Ave
Korea
7Th Infantry Division
Underdahl
Austin High School
Cpl
Duane D. Coffman
Henry P. Coffman
11Th St. NE
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
Hiroshima
Osaka
Kyoto
Tokyo
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Cooperative Extension Service
Barbara Hortihan
YMCA
Winona Cotter
TEEN
ED von Feldt
Mary Beth Cunningham
Sharon Feierer, Sopho
Denny Majerus
New York
Robert J. Gurney Jr
K. Zane Yost
Sandi Eastman Sr
Gary Vogel Jr
Ginny McGrew Jr
Judy Audsley
Brunswick Advisory Staff
Science Club
Echo
Don Henrick
Madison
Don
Carolyn Manthei
Renville
Carolyn
Chess Club
Drake Dean
Charles FE. Briggs
Mrs
Douglas
Ing
United States Air Force
Briggs
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Austin Junior College
Lowry Afb
Colo
Gerald E. Kreinbring
Melvin H. Kreinbring
2Nd Ave., SE
John F. Kennedy
Kreinbring
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Old Guard
3D Infantry
Fort Myer
Fort
Myer
Washington Monument
Washington
the Sergeant
Concordia Academy
St. Paul
American Can Co
Patricia
Arlington, Va
Charles E. Briggs
Dange
Girl Scout
St. Edward's Community Center
Heritage
Severite
Austin Daily Herald
Children’s Records
Austin, Minnesota
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