Judy Mendenhall Wins Miss Minnesota 1969 Title
Judy Mendenhall Miss Edina won the 1969 Miss Minnesota crown at Austin High School auditorium after a talent prelim. The 18 year old University of Minnesota freshman plans a career as a performing artist and thanked her music teaching parents. She will crown her successor next year and compete in Miss America in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Alland
Judith Mendenhall
Edina
Minnesota
Austin High School
Ralph Mendenhall
Judy
University of Minnesota
Miss Mendenhall
Atlantic City
N. J
Kathryn Schad
Owatonna
Lynn Krueger
Miss Ball Congratu
Summer theater at ASJC presents The Father
Summerset II at Austin State Junior College Theater opens its second season with The Father by August Strindberg directed by Frank Bridges arriving 8 p.m. Wednesday June 25. The Father is followed by The Rainmaker inspired musical 110 in the Shade directed by Miss Mary Thompson opening June 26. Subsequent shows See How They Run July 16 directed by Roger Hallam and Ten Nights in a Bar Room July 17 directed by Bridges complete the summer lineup with tickets available at Nemitz's or at the door.
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Austin
Summer Repertory Theater
Austin State Junior College Theater
August Strindberg
Frank Bridges
Mary Thompson
Summerset II
Rose Creek
Lyle
Adams
LeRoy
Grand Meadow
St. Ansgar
Roger Hallam
Bridges
Nemitz’s
Austin State Junior College
State insurance investigator to visit Austin monthly
An insurance investigator for the State of Minnesota Insurance Department will be available in Austin on a monthly basis starting Wednesday. William Jerry Elliott will be located from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Minnesota Employment Security Office. He can be contacted personally or by telephone to address inquiries about policy coverages, life accident and health policies, Medicare supplements, complaints against insurers or agents, and recovering premiums paid on misrepresented policies.
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State of Minnesota Insurance Dept
Austin
William Jerry Elliott
Minnesota Employment Security Office
Austin woman faces charge in bank fraud case
MINNEAPOLIS AP An Austin Minn woman Sally Ann Forstner 41 a former teller at the Austin State Bank faces a U S District Court appearance in St Paul June 9 Judge Philip Neville told her to consult an attorney before deciding how to plead to a government information charging her with making a false entry with intent to defraud The information alleges a June 23 1968 false entry understating the bank s savings liabilities by 13526 87
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Minneapolis
Austin, Minn
U.S. District Court
St. Paul
Sally Ann Forstner
Austin State Bank
Philip Neville
See How They Run auditions at local college theater
Auditions for Summerset II third production of See How They Run will be held 5 30 to 7 p m Wednesday and Thursday at Austin State Junior College theater greenroom. Residents are encouraged to try out. The comedy farce by Philip King will be directed by Roger Hallam St Ansgar and opens Wednesday July 16.
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Austin State Junior College Theater
Philip King
Roger Hallam
St. Ansgar
DFL memorial fund named for Nemitz
Ardell Nemitz former Mower County DFL chairman has a memorial fund. Donations go to Robert Bandler Mower County DFL treasurer to purchase memorial bricks for the new state DFL headquarters in Minneapolis. Nemitz's name will be placed on the bricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardell Nemitz
Mower County
DFL
Robert Bandler
Minneapolis
Nemitz
Mower County DFL Meeting Cancelled
The June Mower County DFL meeting slated for Tuesday is cancelled. DFL officials hoped local liberal legislators would speak on the past session but cannot attend. A similar program on the legislature is tentatively set for July.
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Mower County
DFL
One-Car Crash Injures Driver Near Austin
A Friday night one car crash on CSAH 46 three miles north of Austin left driver Gregory Noske from Adams with minor injuries after he failed to turn and left the road. Passenger Carolyn Sack, 16, 922 2nd Ave NE, sustained minor injuries but was not hospitalized. Vehicle damage reported.
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CSAH
Austin
Gregory Noske
Adams
Carolyn Sack
2Nd Ave
Rochester Airport Closed For Ten Days For Runway Work
Rochester Airport will close to all traffic from 5 a.m. June 21 to 5 a.m. July 1 for runway construction. Special ground transportation by Jefferson Bus Lines will run between Kahler Hotel and the airport with pickups and unloadings at both sites.Outbound passengers must check in 24 hours before Minneapolis departure and baggage is checked through to Minneapolis. travelers must claim baggage there before boarding the special bus back to Rochester.
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Rochester
Minneapolis
Jefferson Bus Lines
Kahler Hotel
Rochester Airport
Theft reports sweep local area from homes to garage
Police investigate two thefts in the area. Lesslie McBeain reports $222 cash receipts stolen from his home at 401 8th St NE between Saturday noon and Sunday 2 40 PM from Bob's Deep Rock. Separate theft at 1202 3rd Ave NE from Lloyd Camerer garage involved fishing gear and a baseball glove valued at $82.45 between Wednesday and Saturday.
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Lesslie McBeain
8Th St
Bob
Lloyd Camerer
3Rd Ave. NE
Record notes 1965 check passed by Joe Gorman
Joe Gorman of 1103 5th St SE forfeited bail on a worthless check charge last week but asserts the record should show the check was passed in 1965 and that he has since made good.
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Joe Gorman
5Th St. SE
Two Austin High grads join Coast Guard Academy class of 1969
Two Austin High School graduates Jerome Ahles and William Helgeson have been accepted into the Coast Guard Academy at New London Connecticut. They will report for cadet training June 30, among about 200 accepted from 4550 seniors. The article details academy curriculum and graduates receive a bachelor of science degree before five years of service.
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Austin High School
Coast Guard Academy
The
New London, Conn
Jerome Ahles
Jerome Ahles Sr
7Th Ave
William Helgeson
Clarence Helgeson
2Nd Ave
Coast Guard
Dept. of Transportation
United States Coast Guard
United States Navy
Jerome
AHS
National Honor Society
Science Club
Thespians Lettermen’s
William
Carleton College Commencement Honors Two Austin Graduates
Two Austin girls, Shirley A. Mattfeld and Patricia J. Daigneau, were among Carleton College's 290 graduates in its 95th Commencement. Dr. Willis D. Weatherford delivered the speech. Mattfeld majored in psychology and participated in campus activities. Daigneau earned magna cum laude in chemistry with a project on Chlorophyll-Water Interactions and conducted research at Argonne National Laboratory. Daigneau, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi member, received an NSF graduate grant.
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Austin
Carleton College
Willis D. Weatherford
Bern College
Carleton
Shirley A. Mattfeld
Patricia J. Daigneau
Mattfeld
Austin High School
Women’s League
Women's Recreation Assn
Harold W. Mattfeld
2Nd St. NW
Daigneau
Argonne National Laboratories
Chicago
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
NSF
Berkeley
Calif
Lawrence S. Daigneau
24Th St. SW
Austin Teens Charged Over Car Theft In Tempo Lot
Three Austin teenagers were apprehended by police and turned over to juvenile authorities after allegedly stealing a car owned by Marcella Mullins of 206 8th St NW. The vehicle was taken from the Tempo parking lot around 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Austin
Marcella Mullins
8Th St
Tempo
Mary Klapperich
Barbara Hatten
Linda Munson
Adolph Svejkovsky
6Th Ave
Norge
1St Ave
Svejkovsky
3Rd Ave
Verner Harrington
4Th St. NW
Rita Kraft
Harrington
Isensee elected grand counselor at UCT meeting
Donald Isensee of Red Wing was named Grand Counselor at the Grand Session of the Minnesota and North Dakota Jurisdiction held Thursday through Saturday in Mankato. Ted Kolb, now past grand counselor, was elected national delegate. The 1970 Grand Session will be June 11 to 13 in Williston, North Dakota, with the Supreme Convention June 29 to July 3 in St. Louis, Missouri, and thirteen delegates from the Minnesota and North Dakota Jurisdiction will attend.
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Donald Isensee
Red Wing
Minnesota
North Dakota
Mankato
Ted Kolb
Isensee
Williston
N.D
St. Louis
Car stolen from Ace Body Shop reported by owner
Theodore Erickson of 709 Oakland Ave W reports his 1956 black and white Ford taken from Ace Body Shop on Highway 218 S between Thursday and Friday. License 1CB 739. James Caswell of 1301 3rd Ave NE reports garden rototiller stolen from home between Tuesday and Saturday valued at $50.
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Theodore Erickson
Oakland Ave. W
Mower County
New pastor appointed for Oelwein Sacred Heart Church
Archdiocese of Dubuque announces Rev. John J. A. Breitbach, longtime pastor of Visitation Catholic Church Stacyville, will become pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Oelwein effective July 8. Rev. Joseph F. Griffin will take over Visitation Church in Stacyville from Gilbert.
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Stacyville
Iowa
John J. A. Breitbach
Visitation Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Church
Oelwein
James J. Byrne
Dubuque
Breitbach
Visitation Church
Joseph F. Griffin
St. Peter and Paul
Gilbert
Weekend City Accidents Leave Two People with Minor Injuries
Over the weekend two of six auto accidents left two people with minor injuries. Norman Miller struck a light pole at 1 30 a m Sunday. Fern Hull was injured but not hospitalized. Other crashes injured John McMichael Jr and involved James Fritz, Lyle Turner, and Mary Klapperich with varying vehicle damages.
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Norman Miller
1St St
4Th Ave
4Th St
Fern Hull
James Fritz
1St Ave
Lyle Turner
2Nd St
John McMichael Jr
Fritz
Turner
Carl Hanson
5Th Ave
12Th St. NW
Catherine Murphy
Sth St
Sharon Eastlee
Gary
Ind
Mary Klapperich
6Th Ave. NW
Barbara Hatten
Austin
Rt. 5
2Nd St. NW
4Th Ave. NW
Sertoma Club Honors Daughters at Austin Breakfast
Sertoma Club of Austin hosted a father daughter breakfast at the Holiday Inn on Saturday with Miss Minnesota contestants as special guests. Contestants sang their nightly group song while Dr. Walter Nordin Jr and Jack Rosenberg led the singing with Mrs. Conrad Muzik. Sertomans sang the state song in response and the news report was given by John Mayer Jr and Dr. Milton Stensland. Robert Willard Son won the attendance award.
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Sertoma Club
Austin
Holiday Inn
Walter Nordin, Jr
Jack Rosenberg
Conrad Muzik
Sertomans
John Mayer, Jr
Milton Stensland
Robert Willardson
Sister M Shane attends geriatric care conference
Sister M. Shane administrator of Sacred Heart Hospice at 1200 12th St. SW attended a meeting of the District Council of the Minnesota Hospital Association Conference on Geriatric Care in Albert Lea. The program explained the long term care facilities accreditation program of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals.
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M. Shane
Sacred Heart Hospice
12Th St
The
Minnesota Hospital Assn
Albert Lea
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Local graduate plans to teach in Rochester
Lynn E. Van Buskirk son of Mr and Mrs Earl Van Buskirk Brownsdale graduated Friday from Winona State College with a bachelor of science in elementary education. This fall he will teach fifth grade at Holmes Elementary School Rochester. The couple, Lynn and Gloria, reside at 3908 19th Ave NW Rochester and will work in the Sheraton Hotel personnel office during the summer.
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Lynn E. van Buskirk
Earl van Buskirk
Brownsdale
Winona State College
Lynn
Holmes Elementary School
Rochester
Gloria
19Th Ave. NW
Sheraton
Membership drive tops 2000 at VFW post in Minnesota
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Olaf B Damm Post 1216 reports a membership total surpassing 2000 for 1969. A celebration is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday in the basement dining hall of the VFW Clubrooms for all card holders. The Austin post remains the largest in Minnesota.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Olaf B Damm Post
VFW
Austin Post
Minnesota
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Judy Mendenhall
Roxanne Trickey
Brooklyn Center
Mary Holmquest
ASJC
Austin Woman
Pollyanne Ball
Ken Carter
Miss Ball
Mary Louise Williams
Charlotte Ann Sims
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Douglas Wyant
Craig Wyant
Terest
Mary Geraghty
Patrick Geraghty
St. Augustine
Mary
Spikey
UCT
Lynn van Buskirk
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