Twin daughters announced at St Olaf Hospital
Vital statistics list births at St Olaf Hospital and surrounding area. Jerome Schammel and wife of 704 S Millfield greet twins born June 4. Virgil Van Camp of Austin Route 4 welcomed a daughter June 4. Outside Austin Raymond Schaefer of McIntire Iowa born June 3 Mitchell County Hospital Osage. Roger Folven of Decorah Iowa welcomed a daughter May 27. The girl is the former Judy Clement daughter of Myrtle Clement of 707 N Fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Schammel
S. Millfield
Virgil van Camp
AusTin Rt. 4
Raymond Schaefer
McIntire
Mitchell County Hospital
Osage
Roger Folven
Decorah
Iowa
Judy Clement
Myrtle Clement
Fifth
Wayne Faber
LeMars
LeMars Hospital
Faber
Ruth Marie Peterson
Austin
Carl E. Peterson
Austin Rt
Central Av. SE
Marriage Licenses Neil Farnsworth and Audrey King
CORRECTION The sister of Miss Clara Christianson Loren Frankson is Ina Christianson. Frankson, 41, head of Frankson Insurance Agency, Spring Valley, died on the Preston golf course after a heart attack. He founded his agency 18 months ago with offices in Spring Valley Austin and Rochester. He previously led Ostro ud life insurance and left a wife two sons James and Robert a brother Thomas and sister Alyce Hess of Austin. Funeral by Jerris Funeral Home, Spring Valley. Kenneth Erickson of Wichita Falls Texas will have services at 1 30 p m Saturday at Worlern Funeral Home with Rev S M Schreitemuller officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Brownsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren
Frankson
Frankson Insurance Agency
Spring Valley
Preston
Austin
Rochester
Ostroud Agency
James
Robert
Thomas
Alyce Hess
Jerris Funeral Home
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Benedix
I thank all my relatives friends and neighbors who sent cards letters and gifts. Thanks to those who visited me at Methodist Hospital Rochester and during recovery at home. It was deeply appreciated. Mrs. FE Benedix
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
FE. W. Benedix
Drunken Driving and Probations in Local Reports
A series of ambulance runs and legal notices appear, including a drunken driving plea with a $100 fine or nine days, license revocation, and multiple probation and suspension actions. Officers note curfew violations and non-support with restricted jail terms and probation supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obed Peterson
Adams
Julane A. Troester
N. Railway
Melvin Smith
Mower County
Clarence Lunde
Lafayette Drive
Robert Grunwald
Owatonna
Wheat support plan faces amendment by House lawmakers
Rep Don Short and Rep Quie of the agriculture committee back an amendment by Rep Page Belcher to keep 75 percent parity and a 55 million acre national allotment but tighten planting rules. The Belcher proposal would end the 15 acre exemption, limiting wheat planting to quota holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Short
R-Nd
Agriculture Committee
Quie
Short
Page Belcher
Okla
Belcher
Conferees discuss tax issues and reapportionment plans
In St Cloud Minnesota Robert Farrington Pett, 23, is sent to reform school to serve the final months of a one year sentence for third degree murder in his foster mother’s death. The tax talks yielded no firm withholding solution as a five week session continues. A reapportionment compromise would redraw the legislature by population before 1942 and set a 1960 constitutional vote, with pay rules tied to completing work in regular sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zwach
Senate
Fred Cina
House
Conference Committee
ST. Cloud, Minn
Robert Farrington Pett
St. Cloud Reformatory
Sacred Heart Graduates 26 in Adams Minn
Adams Minnesota Twenty six eighth grades graduated from Sacred Heart School Adams. Rev Richard Barden presented diplomas gave the graduation address and offered Mass. Graduates include Virginia Bissen Robert Douty Ralph Drees Rosalie Dvorak Patricia Fasbender Dennis Freund and others. A breakfast followed mass and the class presented their teacher Sister Mary Fintan with roses.
Albert Lea Unions Study Welfare Fund
In Albert Lea Minnesota the feasibility of a health and welfare trust fund for carpenters and laborers will be studied by contractors and workers. The one year contract expires May 31 and terms were not disclosed. The union will cooperate on code-related issues and stress value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Robbery Suspect Denies State Job
Eugene Davis Edwards Jr. of California is charged with a Ogden Utah supermarket robbery and will have a preliminary hearing June 9. He is being held on a 5000 dollar bond after Albert Lea police filed a detainer. Authorities say Edwards did not admit to the Minnesota crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Eugene Davis Edwards Jr
Edwards
Utah
Bible School at St Olaf Opens with 700 Enrolled
Two week Vacation Bible School at St Olaf Lutheran Church opens Monday with about 700 children enrolled. Daily worship precedes classes, sessions run 8 50 a m and 12 50 p m, dismissals 11 30 a m and 3 30 p m. Miss Marian Johnson and Miss Marion Knutson direct registrations closed May 24. Douglas Swendseid to speak on Lutheran Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Douglas Swendseid
Lutheran Church
Japan
Marian Johnson
Marion Knutson
Two Spring Valley Teens Plead Not Guilty in Beer Case
James Cleveland 19 and Marvin G Pierce 18 pleaded innocent to possession and control of beer in Municipal Court. Police chased a car after a beer bottle was thrown, arresting driver Edwin Whitcomb 30. A Georgia transient and three Rochester youths received varied sentences or were turned over to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cleveland
Marvin G. Pierce
Spring Valley
Fox Drive
Edwin Karl Whitcomb
Rochester
Belt Line Project
Airport Drive
Charles W. Hayes
Savannah
Whitcomb
Hayes
Daniel Clinton to Be Vicar at St. John's
Daniel L. Clinton of Traverse City Michigan will be inducted as vicar at St. John's Lutheran Church in a 10 30 am Sunday service led by Rev R B Hamp. Clinton has completed six years of seminary study at Concordia in St Louis and Milwaukee and will serve as an intern at St John's through summer 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel L. Clinton
Traverse City
Mich
St. John's Lutheran Church
R. B. Hamp
Clinton
Missouri Synod Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Concordia College
Milwaukee
Wis
Concordia Seminary
Concordia
St. John’s
Fourteen Lobbyists Registered Despite New Rule
In St Paul AP report says fourteen individuals registered with Senate secretary H Y Torrey though the rule requiring lobbyists to list names employers and lobbying subjects was not to take effect until the next regular session. The rule allows barring any lobbyist who furnishes false information to a Senate committee.
Somoza Declares Threats to Regime Over in Nicaragua
President Luis Somoza told foreign correspondents the threat from rebels and a general strike is about over. He asserted his 2,000 man army has the situation under control and cited the OAS decision to investigate as a guarantee of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Organization of American States
OAS
Rose Creek to Open Bible Class Monday
Rose Creek Congregational Church will open a vacation Bible school Monday through Friday with the theme Following Jesus. Classes run 9 am to 11 30 am daily for children of all ages, led by teachers including Mrs John Merrill Mrs Carl Hanson Mrs George Nelson and Mrs Jay Jobrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Creek
Minn
Jesus
Congregational Church Vacation Bible School
Wilbur Junker
John Merrill
Carl Hanson
George Nelson
Jay Jobrison
St Ansgar Band Sets First Summer Concert
ST ANSGAR IOWA The St Ansgar High School concert band will perform its first summer season concert Saturday night. Director Leon Titus said non students will be invited to join the band again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ansgar
Iowa
St. Ansgar High School
Leon Titus
Nonstudents
Catholic Men Plan Recollection Retreat in Spring Valley
A day of recollection for St. Ignatius parish men at Spring Valley will be held Sunday with Mass at 7 and 9 am by Rev. Vernon Schafer. After breakfast at home, men return to the church for talks on Christian living, prayer, and meditation, followed by a noon dinner. Women will hold a similar retreat Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Minn
Vernon Schafer
Dodge Center
Sisters to Teach Vacation Classes at St Ignatius Church
Religious vacation school to be held at St Ignatius Church Spring Valley from Monday through June 19. Sisters M Gratia M Cor dis and M Mario of the Sisters of St Francis will conduct catechism Bible history and Mass instruction from 8 15 to 11 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Minn
St. Ignatius Church
M. Gratia
M. Cordis
M. Mario
The
Sisters of St. Francis
Brownsdale Driver Injured in Collision
Edward Robbins of Brownsdale suffered a slight cut in a collision about 11 55 a m Thursday a half mile east of Austin on Highway 16. Robbins car damage was about 250 dollars and James Scott of Rochester also faced about 250 dollars in damages. Highway Patrol said charges are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Robbins
Brownsdale
Austin
Robbins
James Scott
Rochester
Highway Patrol
Bethany Lutheran Sets Special Series
The Rev. B. F. Molstre of Eagle Grove will lead services Sunday through Tuesday at Bethany Lutheran Church northeast of Le Roy. He is noted as a former Spring Valley pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Minn
B. F. Molstre
Eagle Grove
Bethany Lutheran Church
le Roy
Elaine Ulland Named Austin High Nominee for Hawaii Plan
Elaine Ulland daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin H Ulland Austin Rt 1 was chosen from 30 applicants as Austin High School's candidate for the Hawaiian Exchange Plan. Final selection will be made by a Minnesota Principals Assn committee at Bemidji June 12 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Ulland
Alvin H. Ulland
Austin Rt. 1
Austin High School
Thespians
Elaine
William Carlson
Northfield
Minnesota Principals’ Assn
Bemidji
Hawaii
Dean M Schweickhard
Walton M. Gordon
Dept of Public Instruction
AHS
W. R. Kirchdoerfer
Japan Missionary to Speak at Toeterville Festival
Philip Luttio, a Japanese missionary, will speak at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Toeterville for the mission festival on June 7. The Luttio family has spent the past year in the United States. A noon potluck will be served by church women, with special anthems by the choir at both morning and afternoon services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Luttio
Japan
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Toeterville
Luttio
United States
Carpenter Bible School Set Monday
Vacation Bible school will be held at Deer Creek Lutheran Church in Carpenter Iowa from Monday through June 19, 9 a.m. to noon. Classes run from kindergarten through seventh grade with teachers listed including Mrs Carl Rowe Carol Olson and others. substitute is Mrs Harry Dockum and Rev Henry Erickson serves as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Iowa
Deer Creek Lutheran Church
Carl Rowe
Carol Olson
Elmer Hanson
Sharon Hanson
Myra Hanson
Beverly Anderson
Gustav Lee
Leonard Larson
Harry Dockum
Henry Erickson
Cancer Group Starts Drive Against Fags
The American Cancer Society launched an intensified drive in Boston to alert physicians and the public to the dangers of cigarette smoking. Directors approved pilot showings of a 17-minute film testing movie use in presenting tobacco dangers. Researchers Brown and Taylor noted studies showing lung cancer patients are predominantly cigarette smokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
American Cancer Society Today
Dean Davies
New York
American Cancer Society
Howard C. Taylor
Norstad to Speak at Legion Convention
Gen Lauris Norstad NATO commander and Red Wing Minnesota native will address the American Legion national convention in Minneapolis this summer. He is slated to speak on August 25 about the European situation as the convention runs August 23 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Red Wing
Minn
American Legion
Norstad
Preston J. Moore
National Legion
Youth Drowns Jumping for Broken Fishing Line
In Center North Dakota a 13 year old angler, Donald Freidig, leaped into Square Butte Creek to retrieve a broken line and drowned. He was with his grandfather Joe Freidig when the accident occurred and the body was found in about 12 feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
N.D
Angier
Square Butte
Donald Freidig
John Freidig
Joe Freidig
Able to Be Mounted for Use in Exhibits
The Ward's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester will mount Able the spacefaring Rhesus monkey for armed forces displays. The request came from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington and involves preparing the seven pound astronaut for exhibit use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester, N.Y
Able
Rochester
Ward
Natural Science Establishment, Inc
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington
Foiled San Quentin Escape Plot In California
Two convicts, Robert Logan 26 of Los Angeles and Stan Kearney 22 of Riverside, were foiled in a plan to escape from San Quentin Prison. They attempted to use a Napa State Hospital fire truck, found in repair, with tank bolts filed and replaced by tape. The truck was to return to Napa when the plot was uncovered by Associate Warden Louis Nelson. Inside the tank were clothing, a knife, and two oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
Napa State Hospital
Louis Nelson
Napa
Nelson
Robert Logan
Los Angeles
Stan Kearney
Riverside
State Sugar Beets Set a New Record
Minnesota reports a 1958 beet sugar harvest of 321 million pounds, a record and 0.76 percent of U S output. Western Beet Sugar Producers says Minnesota ranks fourth nationwide behind California Colorado and Idaho. Broadlawns General Hospital sues Clarke County for 1399 dollars for indigent patient treatment in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Western Beet Sugar Producers, Inc
California
Colorado
Idaho
Des Moines
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Broadlawns General Hospital
Broadlawns
Clarke County
Erickson Re elected Lutheran President
The Rev. D. A. Erickson of Fergus Falls was re elected president of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America at the annual convention. Also reelected were Rosinia Norheim, Pasadena California vice president Rev Theodore Thompson Bergenfield New Jersey second vice president Rev Everald Strom Minneapolis secretary and Rev Harold Or son Fergus Falls treasurer. In Wabasso Minnesota the body of man missing for seven months was found under a church floor and coroner Dr W S Brand ruled the death as self inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
D. A. Erickson
Church of the Lutheran Bretheren of America
Rosinia- Norheim
Pasadena
Calif
Theodore Thompson
Bergenfield
Everald Strom
Minneapolis
Harold §. Or.son
Wabasso
Knox Presbyterian Church
W. S. Brand
Redwood County
Roman Kretsch
Gov Earl K Long Sanity Hearing Date Expected
Galveston Texas AP A probate judge plans to set a date for Louisiana Governor Earl K Longs sanity hearing after committing him to hospital custody. Arguments are expected June 16, two weeks after a National Guard plane flew him from Baton Rouge and Texas law requires a hearing within 14 days of commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Hugh Gibson
National Guard
Long
Fifteen VFW Members to Attend 40th State Meet
Fifteen members of Austin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1216 will attend the 40th state VFW convention in St. Cloud June 10 to 13. The program includes business sessions, a memorial service, luncheon with VFW officers and Gov. Freeman, a drum pageant, a military ball, officer elections, and a downtown parade on June 13. Tom Forstner, a two time national drum champion, will perform in the Pageant of Drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1216
VFW
St. Cloud
Freeman
Tom Forstner
Austin
Austin Post
L. W. Lacy
Clifford Salisbury
Sailor Kusy Completes Training at San Diego Center
Serviceman Jerome Kusy, FN, completes training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego and receives assignment to the Philippine Islands for further training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Kusy of St Ansgar Iowa. His address is Jerome Kusy FN 973-91-41 Box 19 USNS Navy 3002 co FPO San Francisco Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Kusy
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Phillipine Islands
Eddie Kusy
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Navy
FPO
San Fancisco
Calif
New Navy Aide Nominated by Ike
President Eisenhower named James Henry Wakelin Jr. of Lawrenceville New Jersey a scientist and research expert as assistant secretary of the Navy. At 48 he would succeed Fred Bant whose elevation to under secretary of the Navy was Senate confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
James Henry Wakelin Jr
Lawrenceville
N. J
Wakelin
Fred A. Bant
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ST. Olaf Hospital
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Farnsworth, Rochester
Audrey I. King
Racine
Inga Christianson
Clara Christianson
St Olaf Hospital
Lyndale
Burr Oaks
N. Ltd
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W. Bridge
Great Western
East Street
N. Kenwood
Lansing
Fox Hotel
Nicholson
Court News
Sacred Heart
Albert Lea Unions Study Welfare Fund
St. Olaf
Iceland
U.S
Grenadier
Buyers Guide To Auto
Allstate
Imer
HAROLD S/MEBY
Allstate Insurance Companies
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Main St
Aallstate Iinewence
OPPE
SHOKM
Plains
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Middle
Upper
Florida
Daniel Clinton
St. Ansgar Band
A.m
Bethany Lutheran
Kingston, N.Y
Ole Windingstad
Benjamin Franklin
Bach Fur CO
Carpenter Bible School
Scotts
Cleveland
ACE Hardware
Legion Convention
Erickson
Lutheran
Gov. Long
Ike
Johnson
DA Lux
N. Railway St
Austin, Minn
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