Little Visitor From Uruguay Learns English In Austin Visit
Gregory Holcomb aged 22 months travels with his mother from Montevideo Uruguay to spend the summer in Austin with his grandmother Mrs Lafayette French. The family plans to join the group in July after stops in Buenos Aires Santos Rio de Janeiro Barbados and Bermuda.
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Gregory Holcomb
Lafayette French
Fairview
Gregory
Hansel Holcomb
Montevideo
Uruguay
Austin
New York
Austin area youths sail to San Francisco Lutheran convention
Thirty eight young people from the Austin area depart by chartered bus for the 16th biennial Luther League convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in San Francisco. The trip includes Grand Canyon stopovers, major stops across the West, a return planned for July 2, and notable speakers and musical groups at the six day gathering.
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Austin
Luther League of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
San Francisco
California
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Sioux City
Iowa
Burlington
Colo
Santa Fe
N. M
Flagstaff
Prescott
Ariz
Los Angeles
Reno
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
Yellowstone
Temple Square
David Helgen
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Nora Frank
Spring Valley
Luther League
Karen Jacob
Joanne Watt
Dar Roa
ELC
United States
Canada
San Francisco Civic Auditorium
Opera House
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
William E. Hulme
Wartburg College
Waverly
Alvin N. Rogness
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Oscar Overby
Northfield
Leif Christianson
Concordia College
Moorhead
Bay Area
Muir Woods National Monument
Leaguers
Austin Area
St. Olaf Church
Bonnie Ries
Darlene Bakke
Nancy Williams
Joan Loewen
Dorothy Jorden
Anne Hammer
Carol Randahl
Janet Anhorn
Gift to Heart Fund Is Austin Memorial
The Minnesota Heart Association acknowledged a memorial gift in memory of Mrs. Carrie Staples of Austin. Gifts from friends fund research on heart and blood vessel diseases, which caused over half of Minnesota deaths last year. Dr. Charles N. Hensel, president, says memorials support researchers in this fight.
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Minnesota Heart Association
Carrie Staples
Austin
Charles N. Hensel
Kiwanians to Hear New Auction Plans on Bridge Street
Kiwanians at their Wednesday noon meeting will announce new plans for the benefit auction postponed from last Saturday. A new call will be issued for salable articles to donate for the sale set for 6 30 p m on Bridge Street north of the Courthouse.
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Bridge Street
Five Day Forecast For Minnesota Iowa And Wisconsin
Temperatures will run near normal with highs from 75 in northern Minnesota to 84 in southern Iowa and lows from 51 to 61. Mild midweek and Thursday, becoming cooler by weekend. Precipitation averages .25 to .75 inches with scattered showers Thursday or Friday and new showers in the weekend.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Time Running Out for WWII POW Cash Benefits Claims
Time is running out for veterans to file for prisoner of war cash awards from World War II. The Aug 31 1955 deadline looms as over 900 veterans have not yet filed with the Foreign Claims Commission for the $2.50 compensation. warnings from Frank Dunsmore, Mower County veterans service officer, urge Austin area claims before the cutoff. He notes death cases may pass benefits to husband, children, or parents and explains payment comes from assets seized from enemy powers, not taxpayers.
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Foreign Claims Commission
Frank Dunsmore
Mower County
Veterans Service
Austin Area
Contest Prize Cowboys Seek Young Entrants in Texas Ranch Prize
A National Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation contest invites 6 to 16 year olds to finish the sentence I would like to be a cowboy because in 25 words or less. Five winners receive free vacations on Senator Price Daniel’s Texas ranch. Entries require one dollar and are sent to Raymond Waller, Liberty Postmaster, Texas.
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Texas
Sen. Price Daniel
Raymond Waller
National
Muscular Dystrophy Research Foundation
Aymond
Raymond
C-O
Liberty
Tex
Shrine Circus Set for August 1 2 in Austin
The seventh annual Shrine Circus is planned for August 1 and 2 in Austin with over 200 performers in 46 acts across three rings. Proceeds go to the Shrine Hospital St Paul. tickets will be sold by the Austin Shrine club and distributed by merchants for guest children seats.
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Austin Shrine Club
Austin
Frank Hardy
Shrine Club
Hardy
C. W. McCoy
Gene Loefler
C Burgeson
Dwight Kneeskern
al Gerhart
A. & Zaetn Coo
Celleance
J. E. Loring, Jr
W E. Peterson
Springfield
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Iowa
Marcusen Park
Shriners
Shrine Hospital
St. Paul
Eagles to Send 10 Delegates to State Meet
Ten delegates from the Austin Eagles Aerue will attend the state convention at Grand Rapids Thursday through Sunday. Delegates include Ernest Wolfe Kenneth Apold George Lembrick Maynard Weiss Paul Meany Richard Hogan William Rosenbrock Ossie Gulbrandson Arnold Remk and Henry Graff. Clarence Dugan attends as a past state officer. The Austin drum and bugle corps will march in the parade at 7 p.m. Saturday.
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The
Austin Eagles Aerue
Grand Rapids
Ernest Wolfe
Kenneth Apold
George Lembrick
Maynard Weiss
Paul Meany
Richard Hogan
William Rosenbrock
Ossie Gulbrandson
Arnold Remk
Henry Graff
Clarence Dugan
Early Mar May Have Been Agriculture God Too
Historical notes suggest that while Mar is famed as a war god, ancient evidence points to him serving as a deity of agriculture in early times. The shift to martial prominence appears over time as cults and rites evolved.
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Mar
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Mrs. Holcomb and
Dr. Judd
Walter H. Judd
Fredrik A. Scholtz
Minneapolis
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Olaf
Shan Lillquist
Elveda Lund
Deanna Hovland
Roger Knutson
David G. Johnson
Ruby Serum
Delores Cummins
Oakland Lutheran Church
Ardell Ward
Carole Magnuson
Robert Ulland
John Alland
Duane Tollefson
Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church
Lorna Haugland
Shirley Bisbeen
Marlene Chilson
Sally Lerud
Paul Anderson
Trinity Lutheran Parish
Lyle
Joanne Bock
Barbara Rund
Robert Sauer
Ostrander
Sharon Johnson
James Noble
First Lutheran Church
Blooming Praire
Gary Nordland
Gordon Soli
Moscow Lutheran Church
Melville Olson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
James Hanson
Ronnie Alwen
Little Cedar Lutheran Church
Adams
Austin Memorial
Nontesus
Tyas
Rorper
Tos5
Epaetel
Lido Beach
Ee Gelder Senne
Sido Enema
Lode
Gulf of Bhexico
Florida Keys
Capital Airlines
Happiness Tours, Inc
E. Monroe St
Chicago
W. 46Th St
N. Y
Sarasota Terrace
Sarasota
Florida
Atlanta
Boston
Ringling
P. O
Renee
Eottesrasis
Alvis Schlicher
Herald
Harry Anderson
Hormel Co
Hospital
Shrine
Circus
Deadwood
Autores
Austria
Gibson Family
Capt
Joe Hayworth
Eagles
Austin Drum and Bugle Carr
Mac-Tog
Phoenix
Sterling Shopping Center
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Leuthold Co
Jaymar and
Esquire
Dad
van Huesen
MacGregor
Sea Islands
Paris Belts
Wembley
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