Army program brings home town soldier to Austin
Sp 5 Robert Dunlop 22 is assigned to the Army Recruiting Office in Austin to answer questions about the new modern Army. The Mankato State College speech therapy graduate will tour local groups to dispel fears and promote accelerated promotion after five months of active duty. Dunlop, an honor student, trained at Ft. Campbell and Ft. Sam Houston before coming to Austin. He is married, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dunlop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Austin
Army
Robert Dunlop
Army Recruiting Office
Sfc
Bob McDaniel
Dunlop
Mankato State College
Houston
Texas
Hugh Dunlop
2Nd St. SE
St Ansgar Jaycees Elect Officers for 1960s Term
Marvin Krause elected president of the St. Ansgar Jaycees with Rolland Schubert and Gary Robertson as first and second vice presidents. Other officers include Paul Groth Larry Muller Jack Edgington and Don Francis as directors plus Gus Levanen secretary James Lunsen treasurer and Garth Jordan chaplain. County Conservation Board action ends Jaycees jurisdiction in Halvorson Park south of St. Ansgar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ansgar
Iowa
Marvin Krause
St. Ansgar Jaycees
Rolland Schubert
Gary Robertson
Paul Groth
Larry Muller
Jack Edgington
Don Francis
Gus Levanen
James Luense
Garth Jordan
County Conservation Board
The
Jaycees
Halvorson Park
Miss Minnesota Entrants Profile for Cheryl Benton Karen Amundson and Margaret Wojtowicz
Three entrants for Miss Minnesota are profiled with bios. Cheryl Benton from Crystal is 18 and a Cooper High grad eyeing nursing or aviation and singing The Look of Love. Margaret Wojtowicz of North St. Paul, 19, studies special education, sings Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, and tours Europe. Karen Amundson from Brainerd, 21, a Gustavus Adolphus student and teacher candidate, will sing Rogers and Hammerstein and crafted her gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Jean Benton
Crystal
Cooper High School
New Hope
Airlines
Crystal Jaycees
Margaret Jean Wojtowicz
North St. Paul
North Senior High School
Lakewood State Junior College
White Bear Lake
Will
My Fair Lady
Europe
No. St. Paul Jaycees
Karen Kay Amundson
Brainerd
Brainerd High School
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter
Rogers and Hammerstein
Brainerd Jaycees
Summer Playground Programs Sees 1588 Registrations In Austin
Ed Bork reports 1588 registrations for Austin summer playground programs with 32 instructors across city parks. Over 900 children aged five to nine join the games and crafts program June 14 to July 23, while 188 enroll in a girls only tumbling program at Shaw Gym June 15 to July 23. The softball program attracts over 500, starting June 15 to July 23. Crane and Community Parks omit activities this year. 12 other parks host game and craft programs, with Community Park youngsters directed to Kaufman or Galloway and Crane children to Wildwood.
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Bork
Shaw Gym
Community Park
Kaufman Or Galloway Park
Crane
Wildwood
AREA ROUNDUP ST ANSGAR IOWA POOL OPENS SATURDAY
St Ansgar Community Swimming Pool opens Saturday with recreational swims 1 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM daily. Thursday night is reserved for adult swimming. Lessons begin June 21 with a $2 fee, season tickets not valid for lessons. Other items note stamp club meeting and Michigan plans.
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ST. Ansgar
Iowa
Arthur Elmer Sr. 85 dies. longtime Austin post supervisor
Arthur B. Elmer Sr. 85 lifelong Austin resident died Thursday at his home. He served 45 years at the Austin Post Office, retiring in 1956 as foreman and partial superintendent of mails. He was born January 3 1886 and married Minnie Skare May 10 1921. He belonged to multiple Masonic bodies and the First Congregational Church. Memorials preferred. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Masonic services at Jordan Mortuary. Public viewing through today 9 p.m.
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Arthur B. Elmer, Sr
Austin
2Nd St
Austin Post Office
Austin High School
Minnie Skare
First Congregational Church
Fidelity Lodge AF & AM
Royal Arch Masons
St. Bernard
Charles MacCallister
Oakwood Cemetery
Jordan Mortuary
Fidelity Lodge 39
AF & AM
Two Vehicle Accidents Investigated in Waltham and City
The Mower County Sheriff's Dept investigated two crashes reported Thursday. In Waltham a 11:10 p.m. collision involved Bruce Danks and Charles Danks with $275 total damage. In the city a 9:54 p.m. crash on 1st Ave NW and 5th St NW damaged both cars $350 combined involving Alan Zerby and M R Kirchdoerfer.
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Bruce Danks
Waltham, Minn
Charles Danks
Waltham
Mower County
Rebecca Monsoor Elected Vice President at St. Teresa
Rebecca Monsoor of Austin was elected vice president of the 1974 class at the College of St. Teresa in Winona. She will help plan freshman week events and the calendar for the 1971 72 academic year.
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Rebecca Monsoor
Austin
College of St. Teresa
Winona
LeRoy-Ostrander names Queen Karen Volkart for North Iowa Festival
Karen Volkart daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Volkart LeRoy chosen as queen by the LeRoy Ostrander Band for the North Iowa Band Festival in Mason City Iowa where the band will march Karen is active in cheerleading chorus track band student council CRA Future Homemakers newspaper staff basketball and church choir.
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Karen Volkart
Raymond Volkart
LeRoy
LeRoy-Ostrander
North Iowa
Mason City
Iowa
Karen
CRA
Future Homemakers
Eberhart Inspires AHS Graduates With Voyage Of Life
Pulitzer poet Richard Eberhart reminded Austin High School's 577 graduates that life is a voyage through mysteries such as birth and death. He urged them to seek new possibilities, value youth, and learn to use personal power within natural laws to avoid chaos and pursue meaning.
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Rosalie Seltz
Richard Eberhart
Austin
Eberhart
AHS
Dartmouth College
Baudelaire
Vietnam
Elgar
Paul Helme
James Peck
Christ Episcopal Church
Alfred Reed
Irwin T. Mickelson
Ray M. Wescott
Legion installs officers and honors unit growth
American Legion Post 91 in Austin installed a full slate for the coming year led by Commander Charles McDonald and officers including Orville Fingarson and Francis Stoltzenberg. First District Commander Andrew Iverson praised Post 91 for record membership as Dept Adjutant Frank Morsen installed the officers.
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Austin American Legion
Charles McDonald
Orville Fingarson
Francis Stoltzenberg
Ray Waters
Sig Qvale
O. P
Dug) Dalager
Kenneth Clayton
Andrew Iverson
Kasson
G. Warren Anderson
Post 91
Dist
Mem
Bership
Minnesota
Iverson
Frank Morsen
Department of Minnesota
American Legion
Roy Anderson
Legion
Giles Healy
Don Johnson
Austin
Legionville
Quie set to speak at Macalester and Mankato State
First District Rep Albert H Quie will visit Minnesota June 11 12 to address Macalester College in St Paul and keynote Mankato State College Friday afternoon He will also attend Diamond Jubilee ceremonies for St Augustine Church in South St Paul and address Dakota County Teenage Republicans at 8 30 pm He plans a preliminary ride with trail ride organizers at Forestville State Park Saturday ahead of the September event open to all district horsemen Quie returns to Washington Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Quie
Minnesota
al Quie
Preston
Quie
Macalester College
St. Paul
Mankato State College
Church of St. Augustine
South St. Paul
Dakota County
South St Paul
Forestville State Park
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Kiwanis Club
al Lehrke
Arship Committee
Teresa Nedderson
Joanne Juenger
Pacelli High School
Richard Nordin
Miss Ned
Derson
Winona State College
Miss Juenger
Austin State Junior College
Ft. Campbell, Ky
Ft. Sam
Ises
Red Cedar
Springfield
Mystery Cave
Spring Valley
Rita Arett
Jill Austin
Kathy Borchardt
Sheri Dunlop
Shelley Fossey
Jane Gilbert
Julie Higbe
Jill Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Betsy Jacobsen
Shelley Johnson
Linda Josephson
Lori Keilen
Carol Ketner
Karin Lein
Kathy Reller
Debbie Ruetten
Barbara Ulrich
Joanne Wendt
Patti Witt
Ed Ruetten
Robert Lein
Bob MC Daniel
Check Records
Miss Minnesota
Cheryl Benton
Margaret Wojtowicz
Karen Amundson
Ed Bork
Stamp Club
Austin Stamp Club
Jerome Stejskal
League of Minnesota Municipalities
Radisson South Hotel
Bloomington
ST. Olaf
Austin Area
St. Olaf College
Sandra C. Frijs
21St Ave
Bruce G. Helland
12Th Ave
Heidi A. Morreim
4Th St
Crookston Perry L. Tilleraas
Blooming Prairie
Kent S. Knutson
American Lutheran Church
Arthur Elmer Sr
Minnie
Bryan Elmer
Garnet Gahagen
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Norma McCormick
COED
Cherilee Christopherson
John Noel
Frank Momsen
Joseph Gosha
Mary Hall
Rodney Kolpin
Ruth Lunde
Wescott
Karen Bertilson
Bonita Bliese
Jonell Carey
Bonita Christianson
Susan Denisen
Tamra Fett
Daniel Friedrich
Bruce Gill
Daryl Hagstrom
Duane Haugstad
Vickie Hubbard
Carl Krob
Kay Lewison
Roxanne Loewen
Wendy Marquesen
Gary McDonald
Margaret Milton
Marsha Richardson
Timothy Solberg
Cathy VandenHeuvel
Rebecca Wakefield
Jeanette Watkins
Jean Williamson
Richard Wilson
John F. Sperry
Board of Education
James Nickels
Randall McCune
Robert Hanks
Williams
Macalester
Mankato State
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