Bible Book of Power theme at Zion EUB meeting
Women’s Society of World Service at Zion EUB Church Sargeant held a program titled The Bible the Book of Power presented by Clara Anderson Verl Heydt Lester Anderson. Elmer Heydt reported on the WSWS convention at Farmington and Raymond Bartell spoke on the society’s church missionary work. An ice cream social July 18 and a Todd Park picnic July 6 were planned. hostesses were Gunther Bello and Carl Bartlett. Next meeting set for June 29.
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Women’s Society of World Service
Zion Eub Church
Sargeant
Clara Anderson
Verl Heydt
Lester Anderson
Elmer Heydt
WSWS
Farmington
Raymond Bartell
Society
Church Missionary
Todd Park
Gunther Bello
Carl Bartlett
Playlet at Immanuel Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting
A playlet My Neighbor and I was presented Thursday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church Ladies Aid in St Ansagar. Participants included Mrs J Schroeder Mrs Arthur Janzow Mrs Carl Wuerffel Mrs Alvin Perau and Mrs George Crouch. Devotions were led by Mrs Schroeder and a hymn study by Mrs Leon Titus. Mrs Wuerffel read a paper on College Campus Missions in North America. Retreat planning for June 29 at Sportsman Park with Trinity and St John Osage guests. Hostesses were Mrs Vern Joy and Mrs Elvira Mueller.
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Ladies Aid
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Ansgar
J. Schroeder
Arthur Janzow
Carl Wuerffel
Albin Perau
George Crouch
Schroeder
Leon Titus
Wuerffel
North America
Sportsman Park
Trinity, Church
St. John's Church
Osage
Vern Joy
Elvira Mueller
Lutheran Women Meet at Lyle with Cooperation Program
Our Savior's Lutheran Ladies Aid met at Lyle with Mrs Merland Johnson presenting Lutheran Cooperation. Readings by Mrs Earl Martell Mrs L G Howard Mrs Warren Chaffee. Devotions by Mrs Ronald Haugland and a playlet by Mrs Robert Gleason and others. A donation was made to the Austin Retirement Home in memory of Mrs Lena Larson. Hostesses named.
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Lutheran Cooperation
Merland Johnson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Ladies Aid
Lyle
Earl Martell
L. G. Howard
Warren Chaffee
Ronald Haugland
Robert Gleason
Clifford Nelson
Orville Neversath
Austin
Lena Larson
Mrs Lafer Addresses Lutheran Women at Six Mile Grove
Mrs Richard Lafer of Waltham spoke to the ladies and guest day meeting at Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church in Lyle on youth. Rev Stanley Klemesrud led devotions and prayer. Barbara Olson Lonna Meyer and Sherri (Ener son) played piano. Marie Johnson and Marilyn Anderson sang selections.
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Richard Lafer
Waltham
Six Mile Grove Lutheran Church
Lyle
Rochester
Stanley Klemesrud
Newell Nelson
Barbara Olson
Lonna Meyer
Sherri Enerson
Marie Johnson
Marilyn Anderson
Fifty Gray Ladies Will Receive Caps in Red Cross Ceremony
Fifty Austin women will graduate as American Red Cross Gray Ladies Monday. Gene McLaughlin will introduce Rev. William J. Campbell who will speak on Tribute to Gray Ladies. Miss Mae Wells will play music and Mrs Donald Sandeen will sing.
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American Red Cross
Gene McLaughlin
Mower County
Mae Wells
Donald Sandeen
William Bauer
Gray Ladies
McLaughlin
Gertrude Banfield
C. E. Schra
Area Woman Joins Drake 50 Year Club
Mrs. Josephine Bailey Serrill of Dexter was inducted into the Drake University 50-Year Club during Friday night’s annu al commencement weekend banquet on the Drake campus in Des Moines. She is among 15 members of the Drake class of 1911 who returned for the induction. The class members received A B and B Pe degrees from Drake in 1911. The 1911 alumni held a reunion luncheon and will attend the all alumni dinner with the Gray Ladies pledge to follow. Ten earlier-class members will receive three-year service bars and 23 will receive one-year bars. The list includes numerous Drake alumnae such as Mrs. Heilman Allen, Mrs. Roscoe Blanchard, Mrs. Eugene Blaser, and many others from the class of 1911.
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Dexter
Drake University
Drake
Des Moines
Heilman Allen
Roscoe Blanchard
Eugene Blaser
George Beer
Joseph Bock
Ralph Braford
Harold Burroughs
L. J. Butman
David Campbell
Wesley Crowder
Rex Cutter
Eldon Dankers
Lucille Lane
Ernest Lawrence
Roger Lockrem
Milo Mach
Marie Magner
Esther Mickelson
Glen S. Nelson
Kenneth Nelson
Leroy Nielsen
Robert Olson
Frank Orlowski
Donald Osborn
Lowell Pepper
Burton Plehal
Donald Rector
C. L. Sargent
William C. Sayles
Fayette Sherman
A. W Sommer
John Thorsell
Ray Tomaschko
Edward Usem
Thomas Young
Liquor Store Door Glass Is Broken
The Bell Liquor at 200 Main St S reported to police that the front door glass was broken today. No items appeared to be stolen if an entry occurred.
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Bell Liquor Store
Main St. S
Surma Brothers win bid for Austin area roads
The Surma Brothers Construction Co. of Bowlus won the low bid of 116,070 for applying light bituminous seal coating on state projects in the Austin area. The contracts cover Highway 56 from Tappi to Highway 16, Highway 30 between Highway 65 and Blooming Prairie, and Highway 63 from the south state line to Spring Valley. James C. Marshall, state highways commissioner, announced the award after five bids.
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Surma Brothers Construction Co
Bowlus
Austin
James C. Marshall
Austin Area
Tappi
Highway 16
Highway 65
Blooming Prairie
South State Line
Spring Valley
Peace Pilgrim Walks to Austin on Quest for Peace
Peace Pilgrim, the wanderer whose legal name she uses, has logged about 18 200 miles in 23 pairs of shoes through 48 states and 10 Canadian provinces. She journeys as a prayer for world peace and will speak at 10 45 Sunday to the Immanuel Bible class of the First Methodist Church, instructed by Dr Lois Richardson.
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Peace Pilgrim
First Methodist Church
Lois Richardson
Blooming Prairie Girl Accepted to Augustana College
Teresa Christianson of Blooming Prairie has been admitted to Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD for the fall term. She is a Blooming Prairie High School graduate and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Christianson of Austin Route 1.
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Teresa Christianson
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Teresa Is
Blooming Prairie High School
Orville Christianson
Austin Rt. 1
Austin Man Reports Cigarette Set Car Ablaze
Police said an Austin man saw another person toss a lit cigarette into a car owned by Ronald D. Kneeskern at 1208 South Street NW. The cigarette burned the front seat, causing about 150 dollars in damage.
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Austin
Ronald D. Kneeskern
Sth
Iowa Liquor Board Defends Efficient Operation
Iowa's Liquor Control Commission, facing criticism from Gov. Norman Erbe, touts $165 million in profits to the treasury over 27 years. Commissioners say modernization and efficiency boosted income, while budget cuts threaten profits and store hours and staff.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Norman Erbe
Gerald Smith
Creston
C. J. Burris
Maquoketa
Homer Adcock
Brendan Behan Vows to Fight Charge in Hollywood Bar Incident
Irish playwright Brendan Behan says he will contest charges of drunk and disorderly conduct from a Hollywood bar room episode. A jury trial is set for June 30 after his attorney entered pleas of innocent to three misdemeanor counts. Behan, free on $105 bail, claims he was singing a song when the bar manager placed him under citizen arrest. police reportedly held him in an isolation cell after an alleged swing at a patrolman.
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Ous
Brendan Behan
Hollywood
Max Solomon
Innocent
Behan
Two Named to Iowa Curator Board by Governor
Gov. Norman Erbe announced two appointments to the State Historical Society of Iowa board of curators. Mrs. Margaret Hinderman of Washington and William Ferguson of Glidden were named to join the panel.
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Des Moines
State Historical Society of Iowa
Norman Erbe
Margaret Hinderman
Washington
Iowa
William Ferguson
Glidden
Owner jailed after dog bite case in Des Moines
Wilbur Pickett, 32, of Des Moines, jailed in lieu of 14000 bond after failing to surrender a dog that bit a Des Moines boy last week. Arrested Friday he said the dog was at his mother in law's home in Marshalltown. Health officials planned to retrieve the dog for quarantine and test the animal to decide if the boy must receive rabies shots.
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Des Moines
Wilbur Pickett
Pickett
Marshalltown
Pic
Kett
Nixon to pen at least ten articles for Times-Mirror
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon has agreed to write a series of at least ten articles for the Times- Mirror Syndicate. The collaboration marks a notable return to the national press arena after his resignation.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Times- Mirror
Bedbound teen graduates from high school in Louisville
Billy Browne, 14, spent days in bed and nights in an iron lung as he graduated from high school in Louisville. polio left him bedridden at age six, but Southern Bell's two way system let him join St Bartholomew class via knee switch. His brother Paul helped with assignments and both brothers enjoyed a party with ice cream and cake. Billy dreams of becoming a scientist.
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Billy Browne
Billy
The
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
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St. Bartholomew School
Paul
Southern Bell
Iowa parole agent hired for Des Moines region
Mrs. Phy lis Kocur of Des Moines has been hired by the Iowa Board of Parole to supervise women parolees in Des Moines and western Iowa. She is the state's second woman parole agent with a salary of 4260 dollars per year.
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Des Moines
Phylis Kocur
Iowa Board of Parole
Iowa
Eugene Smith Jr. Drowned While Swimming Near Farm Pond
Eugene Smith Jr. 12 drowned Friday while swimming in a pond near his parents' farm. Authorities said he apparently was seized with cramps during the incident.
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Weldon
Eugene Smith, Jr
Fire rescue heroic youth saves two infants
Marshalltown boy Victor Stokely, 16, saw smoke at the Thomas Leavy home on Friday. He reportedly stopped a truck driver with a two way radio, then returned inside to carry out two Leavy babies, ages 6 months and 2 years.
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Marshalltown
Victor Stokely
Thomas Leavy
Stokely
Leavy
Kiron native chosen chairman of State Soil Conservation Committee
Bryan Weberg of Kiron was elected chairman of the Iowa State Soil Conservation Committee for the year beginning July 1. Committee director William H. Greiner announced the selection.
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Des Moines
Bryan Weberg
Kiron
State Soil Conservation Committee
William H. Greiner
Federal grain payments treated as Social Security earnings
The AP reports that new federal feed grain payments to farmers will be treated the same as solid bank payments for social security purposes. Leo W. Smith, appears in the source text.
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Des Moines
Social Security Office
Leo W. Smith
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