Vacation Church School Closes With 227 Children
The First and Fellowship Methodist churches wrap up a two week two hour daily session serving 227 children. Enrollment breaks down to 66 in kindergarten 97 in primary and 64 in junior. Staff included 22 teachers 22 helpers two nursery workers devotional leaders and three refreshment girls. Theme Jesus with CROP project Christian Rural Overseas Produce. Parents visit worship Thursday and Friday mornings.
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Vacation Church
First and Fellowship Methodist Churches
Jesus
Co-operative
Christian Rural Overseas
Fire damages Preston business firm and clubrooms
A Preston Minnesota fire gutted the National Bushing Co building on the main floor and caused extensive smoke damage to the American Legion Clubrooms on the second floor. Firemen kept the blaze downstairs. five employees had left for the day. No damage estimate yet.
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Preston
Minn
National Bushing Co
American Legion
Legion
Parts Distributing Company
Jackie Krueger Speaks at Farm Bureau Meeting
Mower County Dairy Princess Jackie Krueger served ice cream and spoke on dairy value at the Four Township Farm Bureau gathering at the Roland Zimmerman farm in Frankford Township Grand Meadow Minnesota. Attendance prizes went to Donald Zimmerman and Tony Fruth. The July meeting will be a picnic at Mystery Cave Spring Valley.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Jackie Krueger
Mower County
Beverly Hessler Receives Abbot Hospital Nurse's Cap
Miss Beverly Hessler daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hessler 1210 N Sixth Minneapolis was awarded the cap of the Abbot Hospital School of Nursing at a Westminster Presbyterian Church capping ceremony. The cap marks completion of nine months of training and she is a 1955 Austin High School graduate who attended the University of Minnesota for two years. Her mother is a registered nurse.
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Arthur Hessler
Abbot Hospital School of Nursing
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Miss Hessler
Austin High School
University of Minnesota
Orchestra
G.A.A
The
Friendship Club
Mayor promotes Civil Aviation Week in Austin
Mayor Baldy Hansen announces Civil Aviation Week with a city level observance following Austin’s Aviation Day on June 1. The event marks the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 which led to the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Baldy Hansen
Austin
Hayfield Swimmers to Use Kasson Pool
Hayfield area youngsters will swim at the Kasson pool this year. Meet at the school for transportation at 9 a.m. Monday.
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Hayfield
Kasson
Minn
School For Transportation
Priest Starts New Duties at Queens Pacelli High School
The Rev. Charles G. MacDonald, 26, assigned as full-time religious instructor at Pacelli High School and assistant at Queen of Angels Parish. He replaces Rev. John Tighe at St. Mary's College, Winona and was ordained May 31 at St. John's Church Rochester.
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Charles G. MacDonald
Pacelli High School
Queen of Angels Parish
Father MacDonald
John Tighe
St. Mary's College, Winona
Boston
Lourdes High School
Rochester
St. Mary’s Fr. MacDonald College
Winona
St. Paul's Seminary
St. Paul
St. John’s Church
Queen of Angels
Edward A. Fitzgerald
Post Office Wins Fourth Straight Safety Citation
The National Safety Council awarded the Post Office Dept. a fourth consecutive safety citation for traffic safety. Austin Postmaster Elmer Requa said the Austin office contributed to the record. In 1957 eighteen drivers logged about 100000 miles without an accident. Nationally, postal vehicles traveled 884,069,485 miles with 2.13 accidents per 100000 miles. Seven Austin drivers earned safe driver awards among 37500 nationwide. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield said the safety program shifted the department from a poor to a best-in-government safety record.
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Post Office Dept
National Safety Council
Austin
Elmer Requa
Safety Council
Arthur E. Summerfield
Austin Students Attend St Olaf College Summer Session
Three Austin students James Hammer Paul Sollie and Julie Sorenson attend St Olaf College summer session the first since World War II. The five week program will be evaluated for permanence after completion.
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Austin
St. Olaf College
James Hammer
Myrtle
Paul Sollie
Julie Sorenson
S. Millfield
293000 Loan to St Ansgar Co op
The Rural Electrification Administration granted a 293000 loan to Cedar Valley Electric Coop in St Ansgar Iowa to build three distribution lines and serve 50 new customers. The cooperative serves Mitchell County and adjacent counties.
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St. Ansgar Co-op
Cedar Valley Electric Coop
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Rural Electrification Administration
Co-Op
Coop
Mitchell County
Stacyville Banquet Draws 300 as America’s Funniest Farmer Speaks
About 300 people attended the Stacyville Co op Co banquet on Monday. David Livingston, billed as America's funniest farmer, was the featured speaker.
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Stacyville
Iowa
Stacyville Co-op Co
David Livingston
America
Man and woman hurt in falls in Brownsdale incident
A Brownsdale man Oscar Gabriel, 60, underwent surgery after falling from a tractor at about 5 p.m. Friday, suffering a fractured knee and a cracked bone in his right arm. His condition is reported good. Mrs Vivian Hatlestad, 45, of 921 E. Water, is in good condition after bruises from a fall at her home about 8 p.m. Friday.
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Brownsdale
Oscar Gabriel
Vivian Hatlestad
Stamp Oddity Announced for July 24 Commemorative Issues
A philatelic oddity is scheduled by the Post Office for July 24 with a four and eight cent stamp honoring Simon Bolivar in the Champion of Liberty series. The four cent stamp in ochre prints on Cottrell paper, panes of 70, with 120 million total. the eight cent stamp in red blue and golden ochre, panes of 72, with 40 million. Both share the same Bolivar medallion design and the torch motif. First day covers available by sending SAE money order and request to the Washington DC postmaster.
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Post Office Department
Simon Bolivar
Washington D. C
Elmer Requa
Cottrell
Giori
Bolivar
Champions of Liberty
Washington, D. C
31 Boys Set for YMCA Camps at Camp Olson
Thirty one Austin boys will attend Camp Olson on Little Boy Lake near Brainerd for two week sessions, YMCA executive secretary Cliff Maxwell said today. The group includes Peter Darling Jack Murphy Jim Murphy Dean Osland Gary Osland Steve Canfield Richard Rabideau John Allen Richard Lee David Baumgartner Paul Buck Raymond McAllister Scott Johnson Glenn Ollman Tom Peterson Larry LaBar Jeff Strong Sid Strong Jim Peterson Ransome Holmes Rolf Campbell Jim Meland and Jerry Fletcher. A second group of nine will depart June 29 including David Kilgore Dennis Anderson Gregory Kittelson Gary Pepper Larry Anderson John Anderson and John Vandenover.
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Austin
Camp
Olson
Little Boy Lake
Brainerd
Cliff Maxwell
YMCA
Peter Darling
Jack Murphy
Jim Murphy
Dean Osland
Gary Osland
Steve Canfield
Richard Rabideau
John Allen
Richard Lee
David Baumgartner
Paul Buck
Raymond McAllister
Scott Johnson
Glenn Ollman
Tom Peterson
Larry LaBar
Jeff Strong
Sid Strong
Jim Peterson
Ransome Holmes
Rolf Campbell
Jim Meland
Jerry Fletcher
David Kilgore
Dennis Anderson
Gregory Kittelson
Gary Pepper
Larry Anderson
John Anderson
John Vandenover
Bible School Closes at West St Olaf Near Hayfield
Bible school at West St Olaf Lutheran church Hayfield completes two weeks on God's Holy Law. Teachers were Mrs Knute Quill Mrs Donald Gilderhus Mrs Rudy Gulbrandson and Sandra Gunderson. Children presented a program Sunday and enjoyed a Kasson Park picnic.
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Hayfield
Minn
West St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Knute Quill
Donald Gilderhus
Rudy Gulbrandson
Sandra Gunderson
Kasson Park
Banfield Teacher to Represent County at NEA Convention
Miss Effie Tollefson of Banfield School will represent Mower County at the National Education Association convention in Cleveland from June 29 to July 4. A life NEA member and Austin teacher, she will attend delegate sessions, NEA assemblies, and a special classroom teaching meeting.
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Effie Tollefson
Mower
Austin
The
NEA
Minnesota Education Assn
Austin Education Assn
Minnesota
Representative
Miss Tollefson
Two Crashes Lead to Tags and Damages on Friday
Two drivers were tagged after collisions Friday with total damage of 550 dollars. At 6 25 p m Highway 16 and Kenwood Helen C Majerus 501 River damaged 350 dollars and 150 dollars to Mary T Klapperick 607 Baldwin who suffered stomach injuries. Helen Majerus was tagged for running a red light. A 10 25 a m crash at Highway 16 and Greenwich caused 50 dollars damage to Donald K Joseph 1002 Bauman and none to Joseph Wolf of San Antonio Texas. Wolf was tagged for an improper turn.
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Highway 16
Kenwood
Helen C
Majerus
River
Mary T. Klapperick
Baldwin
Helen Majerus
Donald K. Joseph
Bauman
Joseph Wolf
San Antonio
Tex
Greenwich
Wolf
Board of Review to Meet Monday in Austine
The Austinites city board of review will hear assessment complaints at 10 a.m. Monday. The board includes one citizen from each ward and one at large, appointed by the mayor, meeting at the Municipal Building 419 E. Water. Members listed are H. W. Hurlbut, Robert Hunt, Earl Dunfee and Eugene LaVine.
Scouts Start Canoe Jaunt to Canada
Brownsdale Minnesota Troop 101 Boy Scouts began a canoe trip through northern Minnesota and into Canada. The scouts funded the journey themselves and local Brownsdale businessmen provided colored film to record the expedition.
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Canada
Brownsdale
Minn
Boy Scouts
Minnesota
Correction Made in Bus Schedules
The Jefferson Lines issues a correction to the Friday published bus schedule. Buses depart for St Paul Minneapolis at 7:35 a.m., 12:30 p.m. via Albert Lea, 3:15 p.m., 6:45 p.m., and 9:40 p.m. via Albert Lea.
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Jefferson Lines Today
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Albert Lea
Belt Line Hearing for 152 Scheduled
Notices go to 152 Austin area residents for a Belt Line condemnation hearing set for 10 a.m. August 1 at the Courthouse. The case concerns property extending to a point 10 miles east of Austin along the proposed interstate route.
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Austin Area
al Reinartz
Austin
David Wead Succeeds at Minnesota Bible College Graduation
David Wead, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wead of Bloomington Minn, earned a bachelor of arts in theology at Minnesota Bible College in Minneapolis. He ranked second in his class with an A minus average and completed five years of study in four. He serves as pastor of Bloomington Christian Church. Mrs Wead is Marilyn Osmonson daughter of Mr and Mrs Rufus Osmonson Oakland.
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Fred Wead
E. Winona
Minnesota Bible College
Minneapolis
Bloomington Christian Church
Bloomington
Minn
Church of Christ
Wead
Marilyn Osmonson
Rufus Osmonson
Oakland
Elks Winners Announced at Minnesota Convention
The Minnesota Elks convention June 5 to 7 drew 250 voting delegates with over 500 Elks attending. The parade featured 106 units. Austin High School Band won first in the high school division, Fairmont second, Blooming Prairie third. Rochester Elks Band won $25 for arriving first, Man koto Elks Band $25 for most active. Fish fry drew 540 attendees. Golf winner: B A Miller. runners up Charles Bettecher and Papp Farry.
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Fairmont High School
Blooming Prairie
Rochester Elks Band
Mankato Elks Band
Minnesota Elks
B. A. Miller
Albert Lea
Charles Bettecher
Red Wing
Papp Farry
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