Priest to Take Farm Skills Back to India
Indian priest Rev Singalayer Fernando, visiting Austin for three days with Joe and Vince Wondra, seeks to raise funds for Indian lepers and learn agricultural and carpentry skills. He plans studies and teaching at Loyola Chicago and DePaul, and aims to send a tractor to India to aid rural development and illiteracy reduction.
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India
Vadakangalam
Tinnevelly
South India
Austin
Singalayer Fernando
Joseph Wondra
E. Bridge
Vince Wondra
Vince
Father Fernando
Loyola University
Chicago
DePaul University
Joe
England
Rome
Fernando
United States
Wendorf Buys Lansing Home at Auction
The seven room house at 918 Lansing owned by Mr and Mrs Dean Barkhoff was sold to Carl A Wendorf. The sale was conducted by Col Albert Hopfe and Son.
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Lansing
Dean Barkhoff
Carl A. Wendorf
Col
Albert Hopfe & Son
Sisters Prepare for Centennial Parade and Buttons
The Sisters of the Swish will discuss their roles in the Centennial Parade whisker judging and button sales at an 8 p.m. meeting at the Vocational School chaired by Mrs. Alice MacLaren. Girls of all ages are urged to enlist to support Austin's 100th birthday celebration.
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Sisters of the
Alice MacLaren
Austin
Austin Area Service Men Reach Out From The Pacific
Service men from the Austin area are stationed near Seoul Korea and at Amarillo Air Force Base. Sp 3 Donald E Hanson lists his APO and wife in Division Street address. Others include A/B Robert L Pater and A/B Francis E Olson at Amarillo jet mechanics school after Parks training. Darel Jay Johnson serves aboard the USS Wisconsin with a Blooming Prairie link, while Sgt 1/e William G Mielke moves the 8th Infantry toward Europe. John J Nobel earns airman status in California. Kenneth M Cosgrove rises to interior communications electrician second class on USS Tidewater. Eugene A Thorson participates in midshipmen training cruises aboard USS Iowa. Over 3,000 midshipmen depart Norfolk for Northern Europe.
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William G. Mielke
George C. Mielke
Johnson
8Th Infantry
Fort Carson
Colo
Mielke
28Th Field Artillery
8Th
Europe
Germany
Dana
Security Village
John J. Nobel
Albert Noble
Blooming Prairie
Rt. 3
Brown Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Chula Vista
Calif
Blooming Prairie High School
Navy Department
Kenneth M. Cosgrove
Merc Cosgrove
Lincoln
Interior Communications Electrician
Uss
Tidewater
Iowa
Eugene A. Thorson
Donald A. Thorson
St. Ansgar
Naval Academy and College Nrotc
Norfolk
Kenyon Centennial crowns Dorothy Kitzman queen
Dorothy Kitzman aged 18 was crowned queen at Kenyon Centennial ceremonies on Friday night in Kenyon Minnesota.
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Kenyon, Minn
Dorothy Kitzman
Kenyon
Stacyville Plans Two Day Centennial Celebration
Stacyville Iowa marks its centennial with July 3 4 festivities highlighted by a horse pulling contest at Visitation School grounds a Centennial Parade at 945 am July 4 featuring the Austin Drum and Bugle Corps the Austin National Guard and local bands and floats. Churchwomen serve chicken and ham dinner with prizes for various age groups and distances. An afternoon program includes baseball games races visiting celebrities carnation of the queen judging of Brothers of the Brush and Sisters of the Swish a style show and a dance with fireworks to close. Overnight rooms and housing chair Mrs C E Staudt 45 coordinates arrangements.
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Stacyville
Iowa
Visitation
Minnesota
Austin Drum and Bugle Corps
Austin National Guard
Adams High School
Women of Visitation Church
C. E. Staudt
Savings Bond Sales Boosted in Mower County
Mower County residents bought 528329 in government savings bonds during the first five months of the year, a 7.3 percent rise from 1955. Bond chairman A H Haakenson announced the county has 42.1 percent of its 1956 goal of 1254000. May sales reached 92653, up 41.8 percent from a year earlier. Other counties reported various five month totals.
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Mower County
A. H. Haakenson
Freeborn County
Olmsted County
Fillmore County
Dodge County
Steele County
Light Common Service Merger Affects Austin Churches
Pending merger approval at the Minneapolis convention would unite three Austin Lutheran congregations. St Olaf Our Savior’s and Grace Lutheran would join under a common service while retaining current members. Grace Church plans new southeast Austin building.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church Convention
Minneapolis
Austin
Evangelical Synod of the Lutheran Church
ELC
American Lutheran Church
ALC
United Evanglical Lutheran Church
UELC
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Church
Highway 56 Link Gets Asphalt Mat
WALTHAM Minnesota resurfacing of Highway 56 from Waltham south to Brownsdale is in progress. Crews apply an asphalt mat to the unfinished section. The project completes work begun years ago after last summer widening, bridge removal, and curve changes. Highway from Waltham north to Hayfield was resurfaced last summer.
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Waltham, Minn
Waltham South
Brownsdale
Gress
Waltham North
Hayfield
Average housewife walks 450 miles in kitchen yearly
A claimed statistic states the typical housewife travels about 450 miles in her kitchen each year. It highlights daily chores and cooking routines as the main activities contributing to the distance.
Protection Against Disease Adequate in Mower County Schools
A Mower County study reports satisfactory protection against smallpox diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough among school and pre school children. Coverage varies by grade with 67 percent adequately protected in grades 1–6 for diphtheria tetanus and 71 percent for smallpox, while seventh through twelfth grades show lower adequate protection due to age-based vaccine recommendations. The clinics were organized by public health services and sponsored by the Mower County Medical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Austin
Suzanne Radermacher
Radermacher
Police Picnic Will Cater to Big Appetites
Austin police announce their annual picnic at the Todd Park big pavilion at 6 p.m. Monday. Beef and ham with trimmings will feed officers and their families as off duty personnel rotate through duties. Capt. Ray Locher heads an eight member family, while Capt. Donald Mattice has seven.
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Austin
Todd Park
Ray Locher
Donald Mattice
Ground Broken for New High School in Blooming Prairie
Ground breaking held today for a 600 pupil high school in Blooming Prairie Minnesota. Participants include Sam Harms school board president Dr B Melby Supt Maurice McFarlane and other board members. Lysne Construction holds the contract and will begin next week. The school targets fall 1957 occupancy.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Sam Harms
B. Melby
Maurice McFarlane
Victory Field
Bray
Lysne Construction
Captain Cecil Dye Named Institute Delegate
Capt. Cecil Dye of the Austin Salvation Army was named a delegate to the National Breagle Institute at Booth Memorial College in Chicago from June 26 to July 10. The institute offers a refresher course for Salvation Army officers and Dye will study four subjects.
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Cecil Dye
Austin Salvation Army
Booth Memorial College
Chicago
Salvation Army
Dye
Boy Thrusts Hand Through Window at Home
Stewart F. Olson four year old son of Mr and Mrs Duane Olson 2304 E Oakland was treated for a deep cut to his left hand after his hand went through a picture window at home Friday He fell against the window while playing near it and the pane broke He was taken to St Olaf Hospital about 140 p m and released this morning after overnight treatment
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Stewart F. Olson
Duane Olson
Oakland
St. Olaf Hospital
Stewart
4 H Dairy Judging Practice Set at Kehret Farm
Mower County Extension announces a 4 H dairy judging practice at Karl Kehret farm at 730 pm Monday. All 4 H members are invited to attend for practice and instruction.
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Kehret Farm
Karl Kehret
Mower County
Beverly Havens wins pony in Austin Daily Herald contest
In a local nostalgia item 25 years ago Beverly Havens of Austin Route 5 won a pony in a contest sponsored by the Austin Daily Herald and the Paramount Theater. Ray Chaffee of Austin was elected president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles chapters in Minnesota North and South Dakota at the Cloquet convention.
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Beverly Havens
Austin Rt. 5
Austin Daily Herald
Paramount Theater
Ray Chaffee
Austin
Fraternal
Order of Eagles of
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Cloquet
Three City Crashes Cause 555 Damage in Austin
Three collisions in Austin Friday caused 555 in damage and one minor injury. At 6 40 p m at College and First Ernest E Allen 710 W College sustained 250 damage and John R Alle m Austin Rt 4 200 damage. Allen headed East on West College and then South on First. He suffered a small head cut but was not hospitalized. Other crashes on Water and St Paul and in a Water Street Lot caused 40 and 15 35 15 damages respectively to several vehicles.
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Austin
College
Ernest E. Allen
W. College
John R. Allem
Austin Rt
Allen
West College
First Street
Water and
St. Paul
Call for Girls Softball Players in Austin Park Program
Betsy Christianson of the Austin Park and Recreation Department invites girls to enroll in the softball program to choose team positions. Games are Mondays and Wednesdays at 4 p.m. at the Athletic Field. A season tournament will award medals. Tennis and golf instruction are underway and the hiking club has met four times.
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Austin Park and Recreation Department
Betsy Christianson
Former City Couple Named Missionary Candidates
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Martin Alland of Dallas were accepted as foreign missionary candidates by the Disciples of Christ Church. Mrs. Alland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Evans of Park Street, and Fort Worth native Mr. Alland, a Texas Christian University graduate, will work in churchmanship religious education and home life. They join 19 others approved by the United Christian Missionary Society board.
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Lawrence Martin Alland
Dallas
Tex
Disciples of Christ Church
Alland
William K. Evans
Park
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Forth Worth
Brite College of the Bible
Allands
Board of Trustees
Disciples of Christ
Earl Family Farm Centennial Observed at Oakland Reunion
The Earl family settled one mile west of Oakland in 1856 and will mark a centennial at the Todd Park reunion. The farm, now owned by Marion and Marcella Hoban, is traced to Harvey B. Earl who moved from Berlin Wisconsin to Oakland in 1852 and received a Buchanan 1856 patent. The narrative recounts early camp life, mail runs, Civil War service, and generational transfer to the Hoban family.
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Earl
Oakland
Todd Park
Marion
Marcella Hoban
Harvey B. Earl
Chester, VI
Berlin
Wis
Vermont
Pewaukee
Minnesota
Zachariah Warren
White
Tennessee
Warren
Chatfield
Austin
James Buchanan
William
Ethan
Playgrounds Boost Austin Attendance Across 14 Parks
Park activities drew about 6,000 attendees this week across Austin’s 14 playgrounds. Special events included a Kaufman pet show, a PSC carnival and family night, Cranes art contest won by Sherry Thompson, Whittier and Wildwood castle contests won by Peggy Bawek, a northwest watermelon bust, and a Cullen track meet. softball saw Neveln, Northwest, Sterling, and Kaufman win. Next week features carnivals, pet shows, dances, watermelon events, and hobby shows at multiple locations including Cullen Decker Northwest Sumner Sut ton Whittier and Wildwood with Crane Galloway Kaufman Sterling also hosting special activities.
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Austin
Kaufman
Psc
Sherry Thompson
Whittier
Wildwood
Peggy Bawek
Northwest
Cullen
Neveln
Galloway
Sterling
Decker
Dhesner
Lafayette
Nevern
Sumner
Sutton
Crane, Galloway
Aid to Cambodia Agreement Signed in Peiping
An agreement providing for Communist Chinese aid to Cambodia worth 22.4 million dollars was signed in Peiping, according to Peiping radio. The deal assignes financial and material assistance as part of ongoing support to Cambodia as reported today.
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Hong Kong
Cambodia
Peiping
Peiping Radio
Hawaii Health Metrics Slightly Lag National Averages
A report notes Hawaii's disease and mortality rates run below the U S national averages, reflecting comparatively lower health risk indicators. The data highlight Hawaii performing steadier in public health while facing ongoing care challenges.
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Hawaii
U. S
Fire trucks kept in tip-top shape after thorough inspections
A Chicago mechanic has spent this week inspecting each fire truck at the station and performing necessary repairs. The six month inspection cycle keeps the fleet in top condition.
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Chicago
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Victor Dvorak
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Dvorak
Loyola
St. Teresa's High School
St. Joseph's Leper Colony
Vadakangalam Fernando
Assumption Church
West
Ilinois St
Ill
Wendorf
Goodyear
Goodfvear Service Store
North Main
Donald E. Hanson
Christ Hanson
Glenville
Seoul
Korea
N. Division
Austin Area
Amarillo Air Force Base
Texas
Robert L. Paterson
Norman B. Paterson
Francis E. Olson
Agnes Olson
Grand Meadow
Parks Air Force Base
Conrad J. Schaefer
Ord. Dep. Storage Co., Apo
New York
N. Y
Darel Jay Johnson
Raymond Johnson
Wisconsin
Kenyon Queen
Austin Daily
Herato Community News
Little Saver
New
Austin Savings and Loan Assn
Cathy Thal
Debbie
Main and
Maple
Cathy
Mary Ryks
Capt. Dye
Institute
Lorenzo’s Pizza Spaghetti Ravioli
Owetonia
Sally Plager
Germaine Chipault
Congregational Church
Harvey Earl
Louisa Dillin
Sarah Earl Lightly
Orland
Nelson
Norman
Eugene
Louisa Earl Bird
Norman F. Earl
Casper Earl
Martin Hoban
Hoban
Austin State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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