Dedicate New Wing Delayed at Aging Home Ceremony
Rev Arthur Swenson chairman of the Home's Board, Rev John Mason director of aging services for the American Lutheran Church, and Einar Soberg lead the dedication of a new wing at the Home. The event highlighted ongoing efforts to expand care facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Swenson
John Mason
America Lutheran Church
Einar Soberg
St. Mark's Lutheran Home
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Worse Than Vietnam Guardsmen Battle Rain at Camp Ripley
Minnesota National Guardsmen recount a muddy field week at Camp Ripley near Little Falls. Rain drenched convoys, weapon pits, and vehicles. two inches fell at night while mortars fired 150 rounds with excellent results. Guardsmen bailed water from holes and choked mud, facing delays and a heavy schedule before returning to Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrel Koehler
Austin
National Guardsman
Ripley
Minn
Vietnam
Minnesota
Owatonna
Minneapolis
Gerald Kramer
Chow
Albert Sea
Brainerd
Harold LeVander
Weekend Auto Mishaps Reported With $505 In Damages
Four auto accidents reported by Austin Police over the weekend caused $505 in damage with no injuries. A hit and run struck a parked car at Norgaard 66 service station on Hwy 116 W. Ryan of Park Ridge collided at 1st St. and 3rd Ave NW. Betty Brewer Adams and Linda Wilson collided at the A W Rootbeer stand on 1st Ave NW. Emery Fosmark’s parked car rolled into the Midwest Aquatic Center front plate glass. Gary Fischer and Brian Fischer were involved in a second late Saturday collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dibble Pontiac
Buick
Norgaard 66
Hwy
Ryan
Park Ridge
Ill
1St St
3Rd Ave
Fischer
Betty A. Brewer
Adams
Linda Wilson
A&w Rootbeer
1St Ave
Emery N. Fosmark
2Nd Ave. NW
Len’s Standard
Oakland Ave
Midwest Aquatic Center
Aquatic Center
Fosmark
Brian K. Fischer
2Nd St. SE
Gary A
Austin High School Class of 1917 50th Reunion
The Austin High School Class of 1917 marked their 50th reunion at the Elks Club with 75 attendees from across the country. Notables included class president Floy Murray Morris, speaker Walter Lindsey, and host city welcome by Mayer Fayette Sherman. The group toured the city by bus and shared lunch at the Sommer home, chaired by Ralph Sayles and Zelda Sommer, with Rachel Anderson as secretary treasurer and dozens of classmates from multiple states in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Elks Club
New York
California
Addie Fitzgerald
Floy Murray Morris
el Monte
Calif
Ralph Colby
Mayer Fayette Sherman
Jeanne Berhow
Cindy Lerum
Don Sandeen
Mitchell Berhow
Walter Lindsey
Gardena
Loren Sayles
Zelda Sommer
Lawyers to Hear Talk on State Taxes Convention
Minnesota lawyers and clients face tax implications as the Minnesota State Bar Association meets in Duluth. Mitchell Rogovin assistant Attorney General Tax Division will address the luncheon Friday at Hotel Duluth in place of Barefoot Sanders who is tied to the President's Legislative Counsel duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Minnesota State Bar Assn
Duluth
Mitchell Rogovin
Tax Division Dept. of Justice
Rogovin
Barefoot Sanders
Ritland Elected as Elks Youth Camp Director
Austin Elks Lodge 414 attended the State convention in Rochester with delegates including Mr and Mrs Ritland. Everett Anderson of Brainerd was elected Grand Exalted Ruler and Ritland was re elected to a two year term as Elks Youth Camp director. The Austin American Legion Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps won outstanding unit in the parade. The 1968 convention will be held in Detroit Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Elks Lodge
Rochester
Merle Weidt
Arthur Dubke
L. FE. Hatch
Donald Ritland
Orval Hopfe
Hippo Allas
L. W. Wagner
George Fett
Max Brown
Everett Anderson
Brainerd
Rutland
Elks
Austin American Legion Lancers
Detroit Lakes
Mrs Nelson Moves From Rochester Hospital After Fire
Mrs Carl P Nelson of 710 9th Rev SW has been discharged from Methodist Hospital Rochester after burns from a trailer camper flash fire near Yellville Arkansas on May 5. Her husband remains hospitalized with skin grafting on both legs in room 731 and is expected to stay several more weeks in satisfactory condition, per a hospital spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Nelson
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Yellville
Ark
LeVander Praises 47th Viking Division Review at Camp Ripley
Gov LeVander expresses pride in Minnesota 47th Viking Division during Governor's Day parade at Camp Ripley. He honors five Guardsmen with Minnesota Medal of Merit and attends a ground breaking for a $100000 non denominational chapel. The tour covers training sites as the mock battle tests division capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeVander
Viking
Camp Ripley
Harold LeVander
Minnesota
United States
Adj
Chester Moeglein
Paul V. Meyer
Mankato
Robert O. Baker
Paul
John J. Hohncke
Little Falls
Maurice H. Plasschaert
Owatonna
Julius A. Loeber
Stillwater
Donald C. Grant
Golden Valley
Twin Cities
Darling to Present Paper on Center Concept for Exceptional Pupils
Glenn Darling, Ellis Junior High School principal, will present The Center Concept in Providing Services for Exceptional Children at the Minnesota School Administrators Health Conference in Hill City. The four day event runs June 18 to 21 with sessions on child health, health service personnel, handicapped child teams, and health curriculum development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Glenn Darling
Ellis
Minnesota
Hill City
Minn
Minnesota Depts. of Health, Education and Public Welfare
Minnesota Heart Assn
Minnesota Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Food and Drug Administration
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Shurtz
Oakland Girls 4-H Hold Mothers Tea
Oakland Girls 4 Her Club hosted a mothers tea at Oakdale Community Hall last week. Debor ah Dohlman Adela Knight Deborah Koehele Sharon Knade Janetice Knade Donna Jones and Connie Dohlman were named in a group program with gifts presented and a tour planned for August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE Roy, Minn
Oakdale
Deborah Dohlman
Adela Knight
Deborah Koehele
Sharon Knade
Janice Knade
Donna Jones
Connie Dohlman
County Treasurer to Distribute Tax Proceeds
The County Treasurer's office reports 3,779,673.42 dollars in first half real estate taxes collected. Treasurer Donald Sandeen announced the funds will be apportioned to various governmental units this week by the County Auditor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Sandeen
Grand Meadow student wins Rosemount Instrumentation Award
Dennis K. Kreid of Grand Meadow, a University of Minnesota graduate student, received the Rosemount Engineering Co. Instrumentation Award and a $400 cash prize. Kreid, pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering, was cited for innovative work on freezing point cells and Doppler-based fluid velocity measurements with 0.1 percent accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis K. Kreid
Grand Meadow
University of Minnesota
Rosemount Engineering Co
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Frank Werner
Rosemount Engineering
Kreid
National Science Foundation
R. C
Jordan
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Austin Man Earns M D Degree at Chicago Convocation
Charles F. Grose, son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Grose of 1509 4th Ave SW, received his medical degree from The University of Chicago at its 319th Convocation. He will intern at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center in New York. Grose completed premedical training at Beloit College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Grose
Frederick Grose
4Th Ave
University of Chicago
Grose
Bronx Municipal Hospital
Bronx
N. Y
Beloit College
Wis
School of
University
Midway
Upward Bound Staff Named at College of Saint Teresa
Sister M Baylon announces complete staff appointments for the Upward Bound project at the College of Saint Teresa Winona The program runs today through July 19 Faculty include Sister M Genoveia O S F of Austin as Choral Director Teachers assistants are Patricia Schrandt and Diane Sterling both from Austin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Saint Teresa
Winona
M. Baylon
M. Genoveia
O.S.F. of
Austin
Patricia Schrandt
Diane Sterling
Local 9 Retirees Picnic At Todd Park In Iowa
The Retirees Club of Local 9 holds its second annual picnic at Todd Park on Saturday at 12 noon. Guests travel from Albert Lea Cedar Rapids and Fort Dodge. Rain plan uses Union Hall. Free for members and spouses. silverware provided. Registration due by Wednesday via Local 9 Union Hall. Speakers expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 9 Union Hall
Memorial Gifts Support Heart Research In Minnesota
Heart Fund memorials in honor of Betty Heslip Hocker and Edith Hill of Austin have been received by the Minnesota Heart Association. The gifts, coordinated by county memorial chair Lucille Lane, will fund heart research as heart disease caused 170 of 373 county deaths last year. Vandals damaged Todd Park leaving five tables destroyed and others damaged. three Austin youths were parted from the incident but will repair and pay for materials under park supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart Fund
Betty Jane Heslip
H. J. Hocker
Edith Hill
Austin
Minnesota Heart Assn
Lucille Lane
Main St. L. County
Todd Park
Louis Faber
Carmen Halstenson
Tourism Guide Meetings Set Here Tuesday
The Austin Tourist Guide Meetings begin 10:30 am Tuesday at the Union Center to aid service workers in engaging visitors and convention crowds. Speakers include B J Larson Wayne Austin Jack Dibble and Stan Studnicki with slide film on local points of interest and candid footage of service staff. The second session is at 7:30 pm and the new brochure will be shown. Door prizes will be awarded with no admission or pre-registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Tourist Guide
Union Center
B. J. Larson
Wayne Austin
Jack Dibble
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Stan Studnicki
Austin
Riceville Girl Crowned Dairy Princess at Osage
Nancy Huegel, 19, of Riceville, winner of Mitchell County Dairy Princess, was chosen at the Town and Country Barbecue in Osage. She will compete in the state dairy princess contest in Des Moines Oct 17 and 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Huegel
Riceville
Mitchell County
Osage
Cletus Huegel
Rosalie Pitzen
Alfred Pitzen
Stacyville
Ann May
Bernard May
Huegel
Riceville Community High School
College of Saint Teresa
Winona
Minnesota
Future Nurses Club
Nancy
Ron Stauner
Manly
Jim Shovein
Nancy Kelly
Mason City
Stauner
Judy Robertson
Lyle
Miss Huegel
Little Cedar Cooperative Creamery
Des Moines
Vandalism and House Entry Reported in Austin Weekend
Austin Police logged five vandalism incidents and one home entry over the weekend. A slingshot shattered five windows at Leroy Stahl’s 1208 4th Ave SE home at 2 45 p.m. Sunday, damage $12 50. A car at Mrs. Thomas Humper’s Austin Rt. 1 lot was scratched Sunday 9 20 to 10 30 a.m. damage $25. A chemical poured on Marvin Mathwig’s car 1005 4th Ave SW between Friday 9 p.m. and Saturday 3 20 p.m. damage $30. Walter Lembcke’s home at 1901 Oakland Ave W entered Friday 4 p.m. to Saturday 11 a.m. while on vacation. no loss estimated. A thermopane window broke at Southgate Elementary School. damage $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Leroy Stahl
4Th Ave
Thomas Humper
Austin Rt. 1
Presbyterian Church
Marvin Mathwig
Walter Lembcke
Oakland Ave
Lembcke
Europe
Southgate
Dooley to speak at Minnesota 4-H Junior Leadership Conference
Malcolm Dooley founder of the Dooley Foundation will headline Minnesota 4-H Junior Leadership Conference at the State Fair Grounds and University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus. About 800 Minnesota 4-H junior leaders ages 14 to 19 are expected to attend Tuesday to Friday with Wednesday morning remarks on Pursuit of Excellence Stewardship of Self.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Dooley
Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Foundation
Dooley
Minnesota
Plan to Explain New Gas Service in Stacyville
Iowa line inter state Power Co. workers will visit homes to explain the new gas service plan. Local residents will vote on June 30 to approve a 25 year natural gas franchise for Inter state Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyvlle
Iowa
Interstate Power Co
Austin VFW Post Earns State Awards and Citations
The Austin VFW Post 1216 led a large delegation to the Moorhead state convention. Awards included National Post Publication Award and Largest Post in the State for five years, plus trophies, plaques, and scrapbook citations for commander and auxiliary members. The convention approved a $9,500 ambulance fund for the Minnesota Veterans Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Vfw
VFW
Moorhead
Austin Post
Post Publicatons
Ward
Benny Schmidt
National Post
American Heritage
Richard Schumacher
LaVerne Carter
Minnesota
Tag Day Date Corrected for American Legion Lancers Riders
Correction note in the Herald states the Lancers Riders Tag Day occurs Friday, June 23, replacing the previously listed Thursday date. Local volunteers and organizers urge participation and detail collection points across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Lancers
Herald
Kolb Elected Grand Junior UCT Counselor
Ted Kolb of Austin was elected grand junior counselor at the Minnesota North Dakota Unit ed Commercial Travelers jurisdiction convention in Winona. He was named a delegate to the supreme session in San Francisco July 10 13. The 1968 convention will be in Bismarck June 6 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kolb
Austin
United Commercial Travelers Jurisdiction
Winona
Austin Act Council
Bismarck
N. D
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William Vogel
Leland Evenson
Winkels and Johnston
Brewer
Wilson
AHS
Kitty Cress Coulter
Olympia
Wash
Katy Cress McLaughlin
Salem
Ore
Ruth Dawes
Appleton
Otto Dawes
San Bernadino
H. Francis Drost
Chicago
Miriam Elton Silar
Concord
Doris Gregson Harder
Ethel Gripman
Albert Lea
Josephine Harris Burkham
van Airt
Ohio
Merle Henefin Nelson
Judge Nelson
St. Paul
Ruth King Littleman
Menominee
Frank Kearns
Anna Laird Allen
Courtland
Malinda Lewis McKinney
Walter J. Lindsay
Wilma List Tarlton
Santa Barbara
Francis Lightly
Oakland
Harold Lovold
Spring Grove
Edward J. Murphy
Ruth Peck Heise
Alice Rassmussen Nielson
Mandalena Running
Zelda Warfield Sommer
Lillian Waterman Chatterton
Hollywood
Glenn G. Weber
Mildred Wilder
Cecile Austin Lynde
Dr. Lynde
Ethel Bergstrom Dunbar
Laura Bendickson James
Oliva Bridley Knutson
Hayward
Eva Bullis Gunderson
Brownsdale
Alma Root Callahan
Jess Johnson Cipra
Agnes Fraser Hall
Edna Goslee Jones
Christin Hickok Ritter
Winnebago
Ruth Jacobson Samuelson
Rebecca Knutson Cafourak
Mayme Lowry Nelson
Grace Lowry Tveit
Rube Overlie Threlson
Martha Woodson Fiebelkorn
Helen Bergstrom Johnson
Rose Creek
Ritland
Mrs. Nelson
Rochester Hospital
Carl Shultz
Paul Riddle
State Dept
Austin Man
Mower County Sheriffs
Coopera
Nancy Huebgel
Joseph James
James Cahill
Joseph Carter
Wesley Klinger
Ray Schaefer
Clifford Salisbury
L. W
Bud) Lacey
Richard Schroeder
Benno Schaefer
B. W. Dukes
James Rasmussen
Bernard Schmist
Elmer Peterson
Bud
Kolb
UCT
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