50 to Teach Use of Firearms to Youths
Minnesota rolls out a youth firearms safety program led by Mower County director Al Schurman. About 50 certified instructors will train youths aged 10 to 16 in gun handling, with fees and licenses varying by age group and a Sept 1 1957 start. The statewide effort relies on tens of thousands of volunteers and partnerships with civic groups and companies.
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Minnesota
al Schurman
Mower County
Schurman
Roland Hrubetz Receives Boys Town High School Diploma
One of 96 Boys Town seniors to graduate under Msgr. Nicholas Wegner at Father Flanagan's Boys Home Boys Town Nebr Roland Hrubetz of Austin earned his diploma He entered Boys Town in July 1954 and also learned the bakery trade He is a member of the Boys Town unit of the U S Army Reserve
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Boys Town
Msgr
Nicholas H. Wegner
Father Flanagan
Boys Home
Nebr
Roland Hrubetz
Austin
U. S. Army
St Olaf Vacation School Sets Record
St Olaf Lutheran Bible School enters its second week with a record enrollment of 856 students. Classes run 9 to 11:30 a m for older groups and 1:15 to 3:15 p m for younger children. Highlights include two mission films Fujita Orphan in Japan and Yesudas The Outcast and the making of an aluminum prayer plaque.
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St. Olaf Lutheran Bible School
Fujita
Japan
Births Outpace Deaths in Austin by Three to One
City Health Officer H. M. Fisch reports for the year ending May 31, 1946, births exceed deaths in Austin by three and a half to one. Also noted, 25 years ago Dr. W. R. Cullen of Austin was elected president of the Southeastern Division of the Minnesota Dental Assn at a Rochester convention.
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H. M. Fisch
Austin
W. R. Cullen
The
Minnesota Dental Assn
Rochester
Degree Presented at Mower County Pomona Grange Meet
The fifth degree was presented at Mower County Pomona Grange at Sumner Grange Hall Thursday. Plans were made to support the Daily Night Baseball game between the Austin Packers and the Winona Chiefs on June 29. Grange Day at the Mower County Fair is planned for August 8 with committees appointed to run the booth and entertain guests. State Master William B. Pearson will attend. A district grange picnic will be held at Lyle Park on July 1 with Roy Smith and Anton Granle in charge of horseshoe contests and the youth committee supervising games. The next Pomona Grange meeting will be at Frankford on August 2.
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Mower County
Pomona Grange
Sumner Grange Hall
Austin Packers
Winona Chiefs
Mower County Fair
William B. Pearson
District Grange
Lyle Park
Roy Smith
Anton Granle
Frankford
Ellen Torgrimson to receive Illinois degree at Urbana campus
Ellen Adelia Torgrimson of Grand Meadow will receive a master of science degree from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. The 1952 largest class will graduate with 2,956 degrees split between 10 a.m. and 2 30 p.m. Brookings Institution president Robert D. Calkins will be commencement speaker.
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Ellen Adelia Torgrimson
Grand Meadow
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Robert D. Calkins
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Induction Call For Four Men Sent By Board
Mower County Selective Service Board issued an induction call for four men who are to depart for Minneapolis on July 24. The action confirms the local draft processing step and schedules the transport date.
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Mower County
Bear Creek Lutheran Church Celebrates Centennial
More than 1,000 people gathered at Bear Creek north of Grand Meadow Minnesota for the centennial of the Bear Creek Lutheran Church. The Rev J C Sampson spoke at the anniversary program and Dr Fredrik Schiotz noted as ELC body president. The service featured greetings from several pastors and many former members including Edmund Hansen as program chair.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Bear Creek Lutheran Church
J. C. Sampson
Nelson
Wis
Fredrik Schiotz
ELC
John Skepstad
Fargo
Earl R. Weeks
Hayfield
Bear Creek
J. S. Strand
Minneapolis
O. J. Borge
East
West St. Olaf
Byron
Edward Erickson
Otis Finhart
Julius Finhart
Josephine Olson
Edmund Hansen
Alvin Hansen
Ole Issacson
Mertie Lindland
Marvin Skustad
Fr Kellen Named Administrator Pro Tem at Blooming Prairie
The Rev Elmer Kellen, longtime assistant at St Augustine and Queen of Angels, is appointed administrator pro tem at St Columba Blooming Prairie. He replaces Rev George Moudry on vacation while Rev John M Tighe becomes temporary assistant at Queen’s. Rev Chester Gallagher, ex assistant at Queen’s now at St Francis Rochester, is granted leave to enlist as Air Force chaplain.
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Elmer Kellen
St. Augustine
Queen of Angels
St. Columbanus Church
Blooming Prairie
Father Kellen
St. Augustine Church
George Moudry
John M. Tighe
Queen's
Chester Gallagher
St. Francis Parish
Rochester
Winona
Air Force
Five room house sold at auction in city
The Mrs Grace Bardouche estate’s five room house at 111 S Jay St was sold last Saturday night at auction to Harry S Christensen. Col Albert Hopfe and Son conducted the sale.
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S. Jay St
Grace Bardouche
Harry S. Christensen
Col. Albert Hopfe and Son
Old Settlers Day Sets Chester Parade Records
A record crowd over 1000 filled Chester Iowa for the 75th Old Settlers Day with two parades. Mary Lee Shankland rode the winning basket design float, while John Ripple's Cub Scout den was second.
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Chester
Iowa
Mary Lee Shankland
John Ripple
Oakdale
Chester Cub Scouts
Lightly Clan to Observe Its Centennial
The Lightly clan centennial in Oakland area will be marked at the annual reunion on the old Lightly farmstead near Oakland village. John Lightly Sr. immigrated from New York and started the farm later run by Bradley Lightly and now owned by daughter Mrs. Lloyd Rosenthal. Descendants of ten of thirteen John Lightly's children will attend or send greetings. several relatives from California and Oregon plan visits. Committee members arranging the reunion include Herbert Lightly, Mrs. Henry Lightly, Miss Marcella Hoban, Mrs. Leo Wehner, Miss Mable Lightly, Mrs. Charles Lightly, Mrs. William Sheedy and Mrs. Ethel Bradford.
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Oakland
Lightly
Oakland Village
John Lightly Sr
Minnesota
New York
Bradley Lightly
Lloyd Rosenthal
John Lightly
John Lightly Jr
Maria Lightly Odgen
Henry Lightly
Phebe Lightly Earl
Mary Lightly
Glen Long to Speak at Lyle Farm Meet
Glen Long manager of South St. Paul Farmers Union Marketing Service will speak at the Lyle Farmers Union Local meeting at Lyle Village Hall at 8 p.m. He will discuss livestock marketing outlooks and price trends.
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Glen Long
Lyle Farm
Lyle, Minn
South
GOP Workshop review marks first year in Minnesota
Members of the Mower County Republican Workshop reflected on their inaugural year and eyed Eisenhower surgery bulletins while gathering at the Old Mill for a noon luncheon. Mrs. Harmon urged outreach to the independent one third and highlighted the group’s three major projects this year including a county fair booth and Rep. Judd’s speech.
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Mower County
Republican Workshop
Eisenhower
Old Mill
R. D. Harmon
St. Paul
Minnesota
Harmon
County Workshop
Walter H. Judd
H. G. Dillingham
State Workshop
Burton Myers
Minneapoliis
Louella Nangle
Austin
John Holmes
R. E. Cook
Ella Marie Lausen
Judd
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
New Warehouse Near Mower County Fairgrounds
NEW WAREHOUSE Certified Building Products Co is finishing a concrete block warehouse on their South Eighth Street site, opposite the fairgrounds front gate, expanding local industrial capacity.
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Certified Building Products Co
South Eighth Street
Four Hurt When Car Ditches North of Corning near Owatonna
A Saturday night crash near Red Oak Grove Church left four hospitalized in Fair Freeborn County. Rosco Helleck 24 of Blooming Prairie Rt. 3 owner of the car suffered a right shoulder injury. Eugene Summer 25 and Julius Summer 25 of Owatonna had chest head and foot and back injuries. Columbus Busch 32 of Owatonna had leg and back injuries. None in critical condition. The car traveled 390 feet off CAR 13 into a ditch and over an embankment before stopping on the Freeborn County side. Sheriff Reinartz turned the case to Sheriff Lindahl. Scene was 14 miles north of Austin.
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Owatonna
Red Oak Grove
Corning
Rosco Helleck
Blooming Prairie Rt. 3
Eugene Summer
Julius Summer
Columbus Busch
Helleck
Albert Reinartz
Owatonna Canning Co
Canning
Canning Company
Reinartz
Freeborn County
Carl Lindahl
Albert Lea
Austin
Shrine Club Hosts Weekend Events In Austin
Two weekend events marked by Austin Shriners National Shrine Hospital Day aired on NBC coast to coast featuring Shrine and hospital leaders. Saturday night saw the annual spring dinner dance at the Elks Club with guests from the Rochester Club.
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Austin Shriners
National Shrine Hospital
NBC
National Shrine
Austin Shrine Club
Elks Club
Rochester Club
Deadline for City Licenses Nears as Applications Lag
City records official John Weiland warns June 15 deadline approaches for renewing licenses in Austin. Fewer than 20 percent of licenses for liquor cigarette and food sales have been renewed as applications come in slowly.
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John Weiland
Weiland
Austin
Seven Dogs Held for Identification by Pound Master
Seven dogs picked up by Pound master Harold Carlstrom are being held today for identification of owners. They include a brown and white Cocker male one and a half years, a part Collie male nine months, a white Spitz male one year, a large brown and black male nine months, a black and white Springer male one year, and a brown and white Fox Terrier male. The pound offers for adoption an English Shepherd male three months and a cat.
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Harold Carlstrom
Cold Items Added to Stand at PO
Mrs Amelia Medin runs a candy and magazine stand at the Post Office aided by the Minneapolis Society for the Blind and the State Division of Social Welfare. She plans to sell ice cream bars and frozen suckers in summer alongside candy cigarettes and magazines.
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Amelia Medin
Cars Back Up and Collide In Austin Street Incidents
Multiple minor crashes reported in Austin with backing maneuvers and parked-car damage. Frank Bucklin and Leo Brands backed into each other on Greenwich Street. damages around 80 dollars. James Tiede and Dwight Larson rear-ended on Winona. Larson cited for careless driving.
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Frank D. Bucklin
W. Maple
Leo Brands
Winona
James T. Tiede
S. Franklin
Dwight E. Larson
Austin Rt. 1
Tiede
Larson
Mill
Franklin
Wilbur R. Williams
E. Mill
Vernon R. Bjorgo
Brownsdale
Oakland and
River
Chester A. Johnson
Hemmenway Car Tagged for Failure to Yield
Automobile damage report in Austin Minnesota notes Arthur Hemmenway of 401 Cleveland was tagged for failure to yield the right of way after a collision.
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Arthur Hemmenway
Cleveland
Hemmeway
Municipal League Meeting Set for Detroit Lakes
City officials will join the League of Minnesota Municipalities meeting June 13 to 18 in Detroit Lakes. Officials from cities and villages across Minnesota gather annually to discuss common problems and workable solutions.
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League of Minnesota
Minnesota
Chinese inmate escapes Communist labor camp swim to Amoy Bay
A young inmate swam seven miles from a forced labor camp in Formosa to Amoy Bay in a bid for freedom, according to the Defense Ministry.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy Bay
Defense Ministry
Two Austin area men enlist in U S Air Force
Eugene Allen and Gordon Langerud of the Austin area have enlisted at the Austin recruiting station. They will complete six weeks of basic training at Parks Air Force Base California. Nine have applied for the flight to Parks Air Force Base with departure set for June 20. Sergeant Fred Fazer said up to 25 more applications can be handled.
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Austin Area
Eugene Allen
Gordon Langerud
Air Force
Austin
Parks Air Force Base
Calif
Fred Fazer
Cigarette Ignites Fire at Brown Derby Bar
Firefighters responded at 7 42 p m Sunday to the Brown Derby bar at 318 North Chatham. The blaze started from a cigarette igniting paper and rubble in an outside window well. Fire was quickly extinguished with no damage reported.
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Chatham
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