Youngsters Shine in Le Roy Old Settlers Parade
At Le Roy Minn the Old Settlers Day parade drew crowds of youngsters and seniors alike. The LeRoy High School band led with visiting bands and drum corps from Rochester Postville Adams and Austin. Winners included LeRoy Garden Club Cub Scouts and several commercial sponsors. A kiddies parade wedding party spoof and horse division honors followed the main event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy
LE Roy
Minn
LeRoy High School
Adams
Austin
Rochester
Postville
Iowa
LeRoy Garden Club
LeRoy Saddle Club
Cub Scouts
Bergland’s
Hanson's Service Station
Folgerud Plumbing
Lageson Hardware
Martz Furniture
Interstate Power
Kenneth Hitzman
Brownsdale
Harland Williamson
Lime Springs
Conrad Halvorson
Tappi
Mary Ryan
John Johnson
Taopi
Ernest Meister
Richard Cray
Chester
Parade
George Hanna
Cap Walthof
C. W. Russell
Colwell
LeRoy Commercial Club
Mrs Carlstrom earns regional honor in PSA slide show
Mrs Harold Carlstrom of 506 W Oakland received a regional Photographic Society of America honorable mention for a color slide titled Early Morning Beauty at the Minneapolis convention. She led Austin entrants with PSA award and highlighted other winners including Mrs Carroll Reis and Ed Arons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Carlstrom
Oakland
Photographic Society of America
Minneapolis
Austin Camera Club
Carlstrom
Girls Tennis Golf and More Summer Programs at Shaw Gym
The Austin Park and Recreation announces a girls summer recreation program directed by Judy Gendler. Sign ups at Shaw Gym with Monday through Friday tennis slots for ages 11 to 15, plus golf badminton softball and bikes on select days. Tennis times vary by age group. volleyball offered on rainy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Park and Recreation
Judy Gendler
Shaw Gym
Municipal Judges Bid to Austin for 1961 Convention
Municipal Judge Kenneth K. McMillan announced the Minnesota Municipal Judges Assn will consider holding its 1961 convention in Austin. The group favored the Austin invitation after McMillan attended the 1959 Minneapolis meeting where the proposal was extended. If accepted the event would be at Red Cedar Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Municipal Judges Assn
Austin
Kenneth K. McMillan
McMillan
Minneapolis
Red Cedar Inn
Walton Ladies to Organize Tonight
Women interested in wildlife conservation join the Austin Izaak Walton Ladies Chapter for an organizational meeting at the Ike Cabin in Todd Park at 8 p.m. today. Organizer Mrs. Lawrence Streif expects at least 11 signups, aiming for 25 charter members.
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Austin
Izaak Walton
Todd Park
Lawrence Streif
Sailor Vorhees home on 14 day leave after sonar training
Serviceman Terry Vorhees SA USN son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Vorhees 809 N 4th is home on 14 days leave after finishing boat training at San Diego Recruit Training Center California He will return to San Diego to attend Navy school for operation of sonar underwater listening devices
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Terry Vorhees
SA Usn
Joseph Vorhees
4Th
San Diego
Calif
Vorhees
Navy School
Napp to Attend Colorado State Institute
Duane Napp, a 1951 Austin High School graduate and Harmony High School teacher, will start an eight week NSF sponsored science institute at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He will pursue a master's degree in chemistry as one of 50 high school and junior college teachers selected for the program.
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Duane Napp
Austin
Harmony High School
National Science Foundation
Colorado State Univer
Napp City
Ft. Collins
Napp
Enters Navy Until His 21st Birthday
Frank Hunter aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Burns leaves Minneapolis for enlistment in the Navy under the minority program. He will serve until his 21st birthday and departs Tuesday to attend San Diego RTC for boat training. Ex secretary dies in Paris Clara Guillemont Despcher 77 former secretary to Gen John J Pershing dies Saturday.
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Frank Hunter
Maurice Burns
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Navy
Austin
B. O. Russell
Hunter
San Diego
Paris
Clara Guillemont- Despcher
John J. Pershing
Dexterous 4-H Club Tour Sets July 19 Plans
Dexterous 4-H Club in Dexter Minnesota set a July 19 tour and a June 25 trip to Red Wing and Rochester. County Agent Don Hasbargen led a judging session and spoke on fair pre entries and records. Mrs L Bergstrom and Mrs Charles Wehaman provided lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter, Minn
Red Wing
Rochester
Don Hasbargen
Iris Salton Wins $200 Sears Roebuck Scholarship
Iris Salton of Otranto Iowa daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Salton receives a 200 Sears Roebuck scholarship to Iowa State College Ames after earning ISC aid. she plans a home economics major and was Carpenter High School valedictorian. In Toluca Mexico four died and about twenty injured as a movie theater roof collapsed in a wind storm causing a stampede.
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Otranto, Iowa
Iris Salton
Arthur Salton
Otranto
Sears Roebuck
Iowa State College
Ames
ISC
Iris
Carpenter High School
Toluca
Mexico
O Brien suit for 90300 goes to trial
Tom O'Brien of 1308 Medary sues Fred and James Reinartz of 1208 N 8th for 90300 in Mower County District Court over injuries from a collision at Moscow and sixth streets on October 29 1958. James Reinartz alleged careless operation and speeding. Fred Reinartz owner of the car. Hugh Plunkett Jr and Joseph Mooney represent the parties.
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Tom O'Brien
Fred
James F. Reinartz
N. 8Th
Mower County
O’brien
James Reinartz
Moscow
Reinartz
Fred Reinartz
James
O'Brien
Hugh Plunkett Jr
Joseph Mooney
Waseca
Youth Killed in Car Upset West of Mabel
Gerald Dono van Ekker 17 of Mabel died early Sunday when his car lost control and overturned several times two miles west of Mabel on Highway 44. The collision, likely caused by sleepiness, threw his body into a culvert. He would have been a senior at Mabel High School. He is survived by his father Chalmer and his mother Mrs. Clara Ekker. The death raises Minnesota traffic fatalities to 259 for the year.
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Mabel
Minn
Gerald Donovan Ekker
Fillmore County
Gerald
Mabel High School
Chalmer
Clara Ekker
Jehovah's Witnesses from Austin to Attend Iowa Convention
Twenty six members of the Austin Congregation will travel to Des Moines for the Awake Ministers district convention at the Iowa State Fair Grounds June 25 to 28. Edwin B. Perkins presiding minister announced local meetings are canceled during the event. Nathan H. Knorr, president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, will give a public discourse titled When God Speaks Peace to the All Nations.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Austin
Awake
Iowa State Fair Grounds
Des Moines
Edwin B. Perkins
Here
Nathan H. Knorr
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
Bike Hits Car Roy Unhurt
Gerald Clark, 5, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Clark of 303 Gleason, was shaken but uninjured after his bicycle struck a car fender at Gleason and Kenwood driven by James Wempe, 1311 W Allegheny, about 5 30 p m Saturday. Subsequent entries note other minor accidents and parking lot hit run with listed names and small amounts.
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Gerald
Marvin Clark
Gleason
James H. Wempe
W. Allegheney
Gleason and
Kenwood
St. Paul and Mill
Thomas Myers
N. Kenwood
Gene E Stuhr
Owatonna
National Tea
Herman Lewerke
Clarks Grove
Arthur H. Hall
Gerry M. Studer
Austin Rt
Baumgart Attends Juvenile Sessions at Wisconsin
An intensive two weeks course at the University of Wisconsin covers all phases of juvenile law enforcement. Thirty one officers attend including Robert Baumgart of the Austin Police Dept. Topics include juvenile fire setter psychology public relations community service and delinquency statistics.
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University of Wisconsin
Robert Baumgart
Austin Police Dept
Theft Reported At YMCA Safe Break-In
Police investigate theft of 52.76 from a safe at the YMCA office 406 N. Main. A screen was removed from a rear window and the file cabinet safe broken into. The theft occurred between noon Saturday and 9 a.m.
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YMCA
N. Main
Executives Train At King's Wood Hotel In Minneapolis
The third management training course for executives from General Mills Northwestern National Bank Daytons and Minneapolis Honeywell is in progress at King's Wood Hotel. Thirty men began the two week session last week and will finish Friday. A later group from Archer Daniels Midland will check in for a similar program, says Geordie Hormel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
King’s Wood Hotel
General Mills
Northwestern National Bank
Dayton's
Minneapolis Honeywell
Archer-Daniels- Midland
Geordie Hormel
Damages Awarded in 3 Plane Deaths
A federal court jury awarded nearly half a million dollars for the 1956 Grand Canyon airliner collision deaths of three executives. Carl J. Snyder's estate received 142 200, Donald F. Kehl's widow 147 300, and Theodore M. Kubiniec's widow 160 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Carl J. Snyder
Chrysler Corp
Donald F. Kehl
Theodore M. Kubiniec
Commander and Family Die in Fire in Mathews Virginia
A Navy commander Cmdr Daniel Grant Bailey aged about 39 his wife Betty Carter Howell Bailey 36 and their two daughters Melissa 8 and Virginia Page 3 died in a bungalow fire at Miles near Mathews County Virginia A 14 year old son Daniel Jr 14 survived with third degree burns and was taken to Portsmouth Naval Hospital Fire officials said the cause was undetermined The article also notes the death of Dr Samuel Ramos Magana 62 a University of Mexico professor after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews, Va
Miles
Mathews County
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Cmdr
Daniel Grant Bailey
New London
Milk Truck Tractor Collision Near Corning Causes Damages
A collision Saturday at about 3 45 p m on a county road 1 1/2 miles north of Corning damaged a milk truck driven by Gary Bradford Austin Route 4 for 5 dollars and a tractor bale r and two wagons owned by Rae burn Hanson of Wal tham for 15 dollars. The sheriff s office investigated.
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Corning
Gary Bradford
Austin Rt. 4
Raeburn Hanson
Waltham
Sheriff’s Office
Resuscitation of 15 Month Old Robin Carle After Boat Sinks
On Father’s Day at Turtle Lake near St. Paul the Carle family rode out with friends when their boat hit submerged timbers and overturned. Ronald Carle and another boater freed Robin who was trapped under the seat, then Erlin Fras! revived her with mouth to mouth breaths.
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Robin Carle
Sunday
Turtle Lake
St. Paul
Carles
Carle
Kenneth
Robin
Darnell
Ronald
Erlin Fras
Carlos
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