Quilt show highlights area women's needlework at YMCA
The bicentennial exhibit at the YWCA showcases seven bed cover styles including trapunto, shadow quilting and crazy quilts. Pieces range from an 1800s Lindsey Woolsey loom weaving to a Jefferson Company jacquard from 1840 and quilts owned by Mrs. Prada Young, Miss Frances Baxter, and Mrs. Arthur Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Sargent
YWCA
Trapunto
Prada Young
Jefferson Company
Frances Baxter
Arthur Johnson
May Day activities mark Nursing Home Week at Sacred Heart Hospice
The Sacred Heart Hospice held a May Day themed set of events with St. Augustine Church sponsoring Senior Citizens Day. Residents enjoyed a sing along and dances, with prizes awarded to several guests. A bicentennial tea honored the Sisters of St. Francis 67 years of service. Children led a May crowning in the chapel as the Telstar 4 H Club staged a skit and a parade cartridge noted the hospice’s long local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Hospice
Carol Schaefer
Cathe Ruth
Dorothy Keefe
St. Augustine Church
Agnes Carroll
Beatrice Barry
Mary Cronan
Annette Winzenburg
Bernice Hintzen
Rose Leaty
David Zimprich
Joseph Rollins
Emmet Gavin
Catherine Sheedy
Tesar
Eleanor Flaherty
Genevieve Harvey
Edward Steinbauer
Cronan
Anna Bissen
Florence Stearns
Winzenburg
William Smith
Warren Greenman
Richard Cotter
Michael Cotter
Richard Cotter Jr
Edward O. Ivers
Mattson
Kirk Alland
Mari Laack
Tracy
Rhonda Kraft
Sherry
Greg
Joan Mattson
David
Daniel Ivers
Sisters of St. Francis
Peter Loescher
Dom Dante
Vernon Gavin
Oscar Johnsons celebrate 40th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson of 1408 Swan Hill Dr in Albert Lea will mark 40 years of marriage with an open house from 2 to 8 p.m. hosted by their children. A quilt exhibition by local makers including Mrs Harvey Johnson and Mrs Gale Leek features designs from 1885 and a Bicentennial piece alongside a replica of the City of Austin seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
City of Austin
Gale Leek
Oscar Johnson
Swan Hill
Albert Lea
Harvey Johnson
YWCA
Judy Jensen and Frank Gerberding Engaged to Wed
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Lloyd L Jensen of 1909 3rd Ave NW states their daughter Judy Kaye Jensen will wed Frank W Gerberding son of Mrs William S Gerberding of Argonia Kansas and the late William Gerberding. The couple plans to marry August 21 at Faith United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. Jensen
3Rd Ave
Judy Kaye
Frank W. Gerberding
William S. Gerberding
Argonia
William Gerberding
Faith United Methodist Church
Miss Jensen
Austin High School
Austin Community College
University of Minnesota
Colorado Springs
Colo
Argonta High School
Kansas State College
Emporia
Woolco Department Stores
Carmichael
Calif
Lutheran Women host LSS display and quilt show
Grace Lutheran Church Women hosted guests from Lutheran Social Service Rochester to discuss adoption work and collect infant wear. The event featured devotions, musical selections, and a quilting exhibit open through Saturday with admission proceeds aiding Grace J. Combs’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Kirsten
Bondy Anderson
Lutheran Social Service Office
Rochester
Grace Lutheran Church
Adolph Loots
David Pickett
Lawrence Wiedemann
James Kellogg
George Jensen
Edson Quast
Christian Service Committee
Auxiliary installs officers at FOE Hall
New officers were installed by the Eagles Auxiliary Sunday at the FOE Hall. Luella Holdgrafer became president with Nancy Drees as vice president and Evelyn Ring as chaplain. The event honored longtime worker Mrs. Clara Thompson and musician Betty Fiala with a 40 year pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Foe Hall
Ellie Bultman
Luella Holdgrafer
Nancy Drees
Evelyn Ring
Joyce Lillegaard
Marie McFarland
Charlotte Miller
Mayme Gaddis
Ruth Moe
Jeanne Rolfson
Evelyn Irvin
Ethel Humker
Arlene Pike
Clara Thompson
Gloria Williamson
Thompson
Aenue
Betty Fiala
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Blooming Prairie
Judy McDermott
Young
Dennis Dingman
First United Methodist
Schutter
Denny Nelson
Rose Creek
Greg Becker
Colleen McCarter
St. Paul
Methodist
Twin Lakes Parishes
Laura Rhymer
Danylyszyn
Myron
Lidia
Mary Ellen O'Leary
Naomi Yokiel
Ruth O'Brien
Joseph
Telstar 4-H Club
Lansing
Oscar Johnsons
Frank Gerberding
Judy Jensen
F. Gerberding
Sydney F. Schaub
7Th St. NW
DeSmet
M. D
Greg Anthony Roberts
May
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Perryville, MO
Sherry Gibbar
James Gibbar
Perryville
George Roberts
Louisville
Roberts
Springfield
Missouri
Evelyn King
Standing
Cleone
Terry Tuttrup
C.M.W
Elams Jewelry
N. Main St
Brownsdale
Austin (Minn
Herald
Roger
N. Main
Austin
Whirlpool Appliances and Service
Brownsdale, Minn
Cement of Me
Woolworth
Tee Ae
Celees By
Dr. Scholl
Constance Carroll
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