Lansing voters weigh school building and district merger
Lansing residents and five state officials met to discuss remodeling the present school basement for classrooms, alternatives including a new multi classroom unit, and possible consolidation with Austin or Blooming Prairie. Officials outlined costs, bonds, and tax implications for each path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Owen
Lansing
Minn
W. E. Hanson
Education Department
Eugene Meyer
Education Department Rural Schools
Guy Tollerud
J. G. Thaung
Thaung
State Office
Tollerud
Tolcost
Jesson
Blooming Prairie
Austin
Hanson
Bureau of Field Stud
Dist
Oakland
Laning
Hormel Institute Announces Staff Promotions
Austin Minnesota Herald reports July 1 promotions across Hormel Institute staff. Ralph Holman advances to professor for dis placement chromatography lipid studies and cholesterol fatty acid links. Herman Schlenk becomes professor in agricultural biochemistry. Nora Larson promoted to assistant professor in veterinary medicine. Jean Labarre rises to research fellow. Elis Warmanen and Herbert Hayes promoted to junior scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hormel Institute
W. O. Lundberg
Ralph Holman
Holman
Herman Schlenk
Schlenk
Nora Larson
Larson
Jean Labarre
Institute
University of Paris
Labarre
Elis Warmanen
Herbert Hayes
Adults Called to Scout Meeting
A Spamland District meeting for all scouters and other adults interested in scouting will be held at 8 p m today by the pines in Todd Park. Plans for the summer programs and activities will be discussed and those interested in Scouting will be told how they can help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spamland
Pines
Todd Park
Victim Nephew of Three Women in Area
Larry Nixon a 20 year old Pipestone youth was killed in a traffic accident north of Pipestone Wednesday. He is survived by three aunts in the Austin area Mrs Kenneth Nelson 700 S Fourth Mrs Melvin Conklin 510 S Franklin and Mrs Joel Hanson Sargeant Nixon would have been discharged from the Navy next January.
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Pipestone
Larry Nixon
Austin
Kenneth Nelson
Melvin Conklin
S. Franklin
Joel Hanson
Sargeant
Nixon
Navy
Centennial Combined Unit Planned for July 4 Parade
At a joint Brothers of the Brush and Sisters of the Swish meeting plans emerge for a combined unit in the centennial parade and ball on June 28. Members urged to dress in mid 19th century outfits and wear centennial buttons sold Friday and Saturday on Main Street and at the Red Cross office. Proceeds fund hall entrance, Henry Charles Orchestra, square dancing, and a souvenir.
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Joint Brothers’ and Sisters
Brothers of the Brush
Sisters of the Swish
Kenneth Soderberg
Main Street
Red Cross
Jobs Continue Climb in City
Austin employment rose in May with 32 new payroll jobs, bringing total to 11,384. A stronger year over year gain of 240 from May 1955. June projections expect 50 to 75 more positions, led by construction and cement firms. Labor supply grows as students seek summer work. shortages remain in agriculture, office machines, and domestic fields.
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Austin
Le Roy Vacation Bible Schools Open Across Community
LeRoy Minnesota hosts multiple Vacation Bible schools through June 15. First Baptist reports 58 children enrolled with teachers including Rev Wesley Swedberg and Mrs. Carroll Byrd. St Patrick’s Catholic School runs 49 students taught by Sisters Anicetus and Antoinette. Lutheran Bible School lists 150 pupils with a large team led by Rev R E Reusche and a long roster of local teachers. First Presbyterian hosts 50 children taught by Miss Marjorie Risser and local clergy and volunteers from Cresco and Stewartville.
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Lutheran Bible School
R. E. Reusche
Charles Hanson
Walter Schwark
T. Mange
W. Stensberg
Gale Mills
Norman Erie
Ben Unruh
Jens Nelson
Harry Kurth
Vernon Larson
Marion Knutson
Helen Knutson
Donna Hazelstad
First Presbyterian Church
Marjorie Risser
Stewartville
Robert Fogal
Wayne A. Wells
John Jensen
Walter Greenleaf
R. W. Greenleaf
Cresco
Iowa
Pacific Coast League scores roll in from opening day
The standings show Los Angeles at 17 5 Sacramento undefeated 7 0 Seattle 3 3 San Francisco 2 4 with first game going 10 innings. Hollywood defeats Vancouver 4 1 and Portland 3 San Diego 2.
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Los Angeles
Sacramento
Seattle
San Francisco
Hollywood
Vancouver
Portland
San Diego
Kiwanis Auction Prep and New Members Highlight Town News
Pickup trucks haul donated items for the Kiwanis Club annual auction on June 15 with auctioneers Albert Leonard and Orval Hopfe volunteering. Three new Kiwanians Gordon Fogdall Louis Bradford and Raymond Ondov are initiated.
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Kiwanis Club
Don Denneson
Bridge Street
Main
Chatham
Albert
Leonard
Orval Hopfe
Albert Hopfe
Gordon Fogdall
Louis Bradford
Raymond Ondov
D. J. Warren
The
Kiwanis Education Committee
Rural schools face teacher shortages in Mower County
Ten years ago in Mower County rural schools 35 had no teachers while 93 operated and 21 closed the prior year. Twenty five years ago the Izaak Walton League staged The Follies of 1931 with chorus members including Ed Beadell Ed Blomiey John Orme Louis Melenek and others.
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Mower County
The
Izaak Walton League
Ed Beadell
Ed Blomiey
John Orme
Louis Melenek
C. W. Hildreth
Ralph Hogan
Ronald Evenson
Carl Kraatz
Johnson Trial May Run Into Next Week
The Delores Johnson suit seeking 17 500 damages over her husband Lester Johnson 37 fatally burned at the municipal plant may extend into next week. The jury has heard cross examination of engineers from Industrial Electric Westinghouse Batzli Electric and the Austin Utilities Board on cubicle bus bar clearance amid a fatal June 4 1954 incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Johnson
Industrial Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Co
Batzli Electric Co
Austin Utilities Board
Lester Johnson
Mother Grabs for Child Hits Car in Busy Street
A mother driving with two children on North Seventh pulled to retrieve her son Craig from the front door window. In the grab, her car struck Delmar Miller’s parked vehicle causing $125 plus $100 damage. Craig suffered a head bruise and Marc a small head cut.
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Donna E. Thomsen
Baldwin
North Seventh
Craig
Marc
Thomsen
Miller
South Kenwood
Lanny J. O’marro
Euclid
Everett A. Sommer
Austin Rt. 3
Kenwood
O’marro
Sommer
Johannas E. Johnson
E. Winona
Kenneth D. Bulson
E. Water
Oakland
John R. Sorenson
S. River
Sorenson
Railway
Howard County 4-H Rally Day Delegates Named
Jamestown Jol ly Juniors 4-H Club sent twelve members to the Howard County Rally Day in Cresco. Mary Bodensteiner, Janet McMaster, Linda Miles, Marilyn Graves, Virginia Stevenson and Trudy Stevenson scored 100 in the picture study contest. Jane and Margie Affeldt won better grooming, with Virginia Stevenson chosen as a state convention delegate. Club leaders are Mrs. James McMasters, Mrs. Leo Green, and Mrs. Marion Graves.
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Riceville
Iowa
Jamestown Jolly
Howard County
Cresco
Jane
Margie Affeldt
Mary
Margaret Bodensteiner
Janet McMaster
Linda Miles
Marilyn Graves
Virginia
Trudy Stevenson
Virginia Stevenson
Ames
James McMasters
Leo Green
Marion Graves
Thirty nine enroll in Lansing Daily Bible School
Thirty nine pupils enrolled in vacation Bible school at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Lansing Minn. Mrs Heikie Hartema leads the program with teachers Mrs Harm Husinga Mae Bjork Lavonne Hanson and Roberta Bjork. Classes run through next week.
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Lansing, Minn
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Heikie Hartema
Harm Husinga
Mae Bjork
Lavonne Hanson
Roberta Bjork
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