Woman recalls life saved by Red Cross Bloodmobile donation
Betty Jensen of 1407 10th Ave NW recounts donating blood for years and receiving seven units during January surgery at St Marys Rochester. She urges Austin and Mower County residents to donate when Bloodmobile visits St Edwards Community Center and Adams Public School.
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Betty Jensen
10Th Ave. NW
Cerebral Palsy Center
Oak Grove Center
Austin and Mower County
Austin
St. Edward's Community Center
Adams Public School
Adams
Mower County
Red Cross
Herald
Judy McDermott
Scouting News in Austin Area Pack 129 and Pack 106
Pack 129 held its annual picnic at Todd Park awarding pins and badges to members including David Moses Danny Austin Allen Andrews and others. Pack 106 in Lansing met June 5 at Todd Park with a potluck and Weblos awards while noting summer schedule changes and day camp callouts.
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PACK
Todd Park
David Moses
Danny Austin
Allen Andrews
Mike Moes
Terry Diggens
Denner
Christ Johnson
Rodney Nelson
Danny Read
Dar McBeamn
Ev Culbert
Webbs
Pack 106
Lansing
Bruce Blowers
Mike Hayes
Weblos
Troy Gardner
Karvin Wollschlager
University students win degrees and honors across campuses
Polly Nyberg earned a social work certificate and nursery school certification while teaching in St. Paul Wilder Center programs. Duane K. Haugstad made the North Dakota State Dean's list. he is a pre medicine sophomore from Austin High School. Thomas S. Anderson earned a pharmacy bachelor degree with distinction at Minnesota. he interns at Salk Drugs. Yvonne Schaefer and Richard Wolff, Morris branch, will graduate with bachelor’s degrees. Mary J. Gerhart earned a doctoral degree at the University of Chicago in religion and literature. William H. Schlichting graduated from Columbia Law School with a Juris Doctor. his parents attended.
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U OF M
Polly Nyberg
Warren Nyberg
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Duane K. Haugstad
A. C. Haugstad
18Th St
College of Arts and Sciences
North Dakota State University
Fargo
Austin High School
Duane
Thomas S. Anderson
G. Warren Anderson
1St Ave
Anderson
Kappa Psi Fraternity
Rho Chi
Salk Drugs
Richfield
Adams
Morris Branch
Yvonne Ann Schaefer
Richard Morse Wolff
Wolff
Columbia University Law School
New York City
William H. Schlichting
Schlichting
John Schlichting
Waltham
Osage 4th of July Parade Plans Parade entries invited
Osage Jaycees plan a July 4 parade with morning events at Osage Iowa. Parade chairman Roger Hackman asks groups clubs and businesses to contact him soon to enter. Entries may include commercial floats auto dealers horse clubs wagons decorated bikes and antique cars. Convertibles are needed and drivers are urged to volunteer.
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Osage
Iowa
Osage Jaycees
Roger Hackman
Hackman
Deadline set for annual photo contest entries
Entry blanks for photographs to be entered in competition at the Mower County Fair are now available at photographic supply stores or from Manly Hammer, president of the Austin Camera Club. All entries must be received by midnight July 10. Categories include black and white prints, open, portraiture, scenes, and nature. Color prints go to open. Color transparencies go to open, still life, scenes, and nature. Prizes: first 10, second 50, third 3, plus five $1 honorable mentions per category. Entries must be 16 by 20 mounts and previously entered fair exhibits are not eligible. Reproduction rights are waived unless denied on the entry blank.
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Mower County Fair
Manly Hammer
Austin Camera Club
Mower County
Developmentally disabled recreation program planned in Austin area
A summer recreation program for developmentally disabled children and adults is being organized in Austin. It is sponsored by Mower County Center for the Developmentally Disabled United Cerebral Palsy Austin chapter and the Association for Retarded Children. Contact Lynne Romo at 437-6557 or 437-2380 to sign up. Sessions run July 2–27 and July 30–Aug 24 with two or three days per week of park activities, swimming, and bowling on alternate days.
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Sharon Holmen
The
United Fund
Austin Area
Mower County
Lynne Romo
UMD Graduate Alan Anderson among 792 at Duluth commencement
Alan FE Anderson a 1968 graduate was among 792 University of Minnesota Duluth 1973 graduates at commencement Friday. Anderson earned cum laude honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in music.
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Alan FE. Anderson
Austin High School
University of Minnesota
Duluth
Anderson
Stevenson joins Austin Veterinary Clinic
John P. Stevenson, DVM, joined the staff of the Austin Veterinary Clinic early this week. He was born in Mason City, Iowa on November 14, 1948 and is a 1973 Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine graduate. The Stevenson family resides at 1506 6th St SE.
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John P. Stevenson
Dvm
Austin Veterinary Clinic
Dr. Stevenson
Mason City
Iowa
North Iowa Area Community College
Iowa State University
Rockwell Veterinary Clinic
Rockwell
Julie
6Th St
Frankford Grange Plans Summer Meetings and Show
The Frankford Grange in Spring Valley Minnesota voted to hold monthly meetings starting in July and to stage a flower show, needle work contest, and ice cream social on August 19 at the Grange Hall. Winter meetings will be daytime events, and $16.16 in coupons were accumulated to aid senior citizens. The group planned a fourth degree Grange program with Concord Grange presenting the third degree this fall.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Frankford
Frank Persons
Grange
Mower County
Concord
Probe into the Future at Assembly of God Vacation Bible School
Austin Assembly of God hosts a Monday start Vacation Bible School with the theme Probe into the Future. The program runs 8:45 a.m. to 12 noon Monday through Friday for children aged four to 12 and includes Bible stories singing crafts murals and supervised recesses. Director Gay Norwood leads a large staff including Sally Gunion Myrtle Whitcomb Donna DeGolier and many more.
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Austin
Assembly of God
Gay Norwood
New Brighton
Sally Gunion
Myrtle Whitcomb
Donna DeGolier
Loretta Pope
Jill Kunze
Judy Mix
Diane Bailey
Tom Flynn
Sharon Flynn
Pauline Kunze
Carolyn Blum
Pat Davis
Anita Kunze
Patti Kunze
Florence Ohms
Debbie Shoden
Clara Bailey
Esther Cummings
Emma St. John
Auto makers and dealers blamed for gas shortage
Herald report quotes Richard Knauer a Midway Car Sales salesman who accuses large manufacturers and oil firms of provoking a fuel crisis to push compact cars. Dealers say heavy cars sell for bigger profits while mileage and efficiency facts are debated amid rising demand for smaller models.
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Austin
Richard Knauer
Midway Car Sales
Knauer
Austin Car
James Lebens
Aaron Sherman
Europe
Japan
the Herald
Sehene
Sherman
T. M. Brink
Brink
Lebens
United States
Memorial gifts aid research into heart disease in Minnesota
Gifts in memory of Alfred Baaisch, a Grand Meadow resident, support research into heart disease and its control. Clayton F. Meyer, heart memorial gifts chairman for the Mower County Minnesota Heart Assn., announced the contribution.
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Alfred Baaisch
Grand Meadow
Clayton F. Meyer
Heart Memorial Gifts
Mower County
Minnesota
Heart Assn
Area Girl Scouts to offer Day Camps in Southeast Minnesota
River Trails Girl Scout Council will run Day Camp sessions for Girl Scouts from five Service Units at the Lansing campsite. July 30 to August 3, daily 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m, bus transport to Austin Blooming Prairie and Hayfield. Registrations are being accepted and camp folders distributed.
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River Trails
Warren Finkelson
Lansing
River Trails Girl Scout Councils
Austin United War
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UMM Graduates
U OF Chicago
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Mary A. Gerhart
University of Chicago
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Stevenson
Barry Askerud
Anthony Geannakouri
7Th Ave
Carl Mapleview
Andersen
Cindy Hanson
705 &Th St
Edwin Hansen
Mike Wendel
Chester
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