Open House Today at Great Western Station in Austin
Officers from midwest and Kansas City attend formal opening of the Chicago Great Western Railway station in southeast Austin. Open house begins at 4 p.m. Visitors view the modern depot with a California canopy on a four acre tract near Ohio Street. Fred Ten Eyck said guides will show the station. E T Reidy and R P Harris arrived from Kansas City earlier today.
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Midwest
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Railway
Austin
Ohio Street
South River
Eyck
E. T. Reidy
R. P. Harris
German Youth Enrolls at Spring Valley High School
German Foreign Student Gunther Hedderich will arrive in August for a 10 month stay through the American Field program. He will live with the Jorris family and attend Spring Valley High School as a senior. Funds were raised by a share sale and class contests at the local German Foreign Student Fund. Gunther hails from Wiesbaden with parents who are gynecologists, and he lived in Berlin during the war, including 1945.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Gunther Hedderich
Gunther
Loren Jorris
Spring Valley High School
United States
Hedderich High School
Gunther Truly
Wiesbaden
Germany
East Berlin
Berlin
Students Predicted to Return from Berlin Bombardment Era
Youngsters evacuated to rural areas as Berlin bombardment began. The Spring Valley AFS program mirrored the Austin AFS model, established by researchers. Le Roy area school plans to welcome a student in the fall.
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Berlin
Spring Valley
Jim Loebig to Compete in Minnesota Rodeo Championship
Grand Meadow, Minn. sophomore Jim Loebig, 14, will ride bareback and saddle bronc, rope calves, and attempt Brahma bull riding at the Minnesota State High School Championship Rodeo in Granite Falls. Twenty-three high schools field 45 contestants. stock supplied by Sutton Brothers of Agar.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Jim Loebig
Minnesota
Granite Falls
Sutton Brothers Ranch
Agar
Will Our Song Belong author from Riceville ties music to church weddings
Dale Noble, a Riceville native and State University of Iowa graduate student, authored the article Will Our Song Belong? in the national church magazine Youth in Action. He explores the role of music in a church wedding and is the son of Mr and Mrs Merwin Noble.
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Riceville
Iowa
Dale Noble
Youth In Action
National
Noble
State University of Iowa
Merwin Noble
He Is
the Son
Mr. and
Mrs
Ernest Kleckner
France Names New Aircraft Carrier Clemenceau
France unveils the aircraft carrier Clemenceau, boasting a speed of 32 knots and marking a significant addition to its naval fleet. The vessel joins existing battleships and showcases modern aviation capabilities.
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France
Clemenceau
Schedule Test for CD Sirens in Austin Inauguration
Austin civil defense will activate two new sirens at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday after their inauguration. The Bel Air Water Tower and East Water foot bridge sirens, already installed, will join the system with a monthly 1 pm test, as officials observe the ceremony at the police station.
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Austin Civil Defense
Bel Air Water Tower
East Water
Tom O’brien
O'Brien
J. David Christianson
Mower County
Adams Mother-Daughter Tea Showcases Centennial Styles
Adams Minnesota hosts the Full-O-Pep 4H Club annual tea with a centennial fashion show spanning 1894 to present. Judy Himebaugh Diane Prescott and others modeled early 1900s street and old and new chemise while Mary Jo Dvorak read about 4-H leaders and the Dvorak Sisters.
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Adams, Minn
Adams
The
Conservation Club
Judy Himebaugh
Diane Prescott
Gloria Hatle
Mary Joe Dvorak
Mary Jax
Mardel Knight
Jackie Coquelin
Suzanne Goergen
Aaron Huseby
Marlys Dammann
Elkton Upstreamers
Dvorak
Mary Francis
Mary Donata
Rosalie
Betty Lou Jax
Vincent Mullenbach
Kenneth Nelson
Grace
Mardell Knight
Riceville girl attends all state music camp
Carol Matzen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mathias Matzen of Riceville, is attending the all state music camp at the University of Iowa this week.
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Riceville
Iowa
Carol Matzen
Mathias Matzen
University of Iowa
Clelle Brown Leads Minnesota IOOF Session
Clelle Brown presided as grand master at the Minnesota Odd Fellows session in Minneapolis and was elected grand representative for Sovereign Grand Lodge in Memphis. The Radisson Hotel hosted the event with attendees from Austin lodges and local families. Saturday featured a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Minnesota Odd Fellows Home addition in Northfield with a $370,000 contract.
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Clelle Brown
Odd Fellows
Minneapolis
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Memphis
Radisson Hotel
Roy Harrington
Austin Rebekah Lodge
Gerhardt Hellen
Odd Fellows Lodge
Brown
Martin Jensen
Harry Neilsen
Henry Snater
Austin
Assembly
Grand Lodge
Northfield
Minnesota
Odd Fellows Home
Local Servicemen Earn Military Distinctions and Degrees
Servicemen Ronald D. Wolf of St Ansgar received the 11th Division Certificate of Achievement at Fort Knox for outstanding duty. First Lt. James K. Kleckner of St Ansgar, Iowa, among 53 Air Force personnel, earned a Bachelor of Science in Military Science from Heidelberg University as part of the University of Maryland overseas program. He previously attended Loras College in Dubuque.
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Ronald D. Wolf
Alfred Wolf
St. Ansgar
Division
Fort Knox, Ky
James K. Kleckner
St. Ansgar, Iowa
Air Force
University of Maryland
Heidelberg University
Germany
Kleckner
Loras College
Dubuque
Iowa
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Ulland
Corning
Chicago
Great Western
Johnson Cashway
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
E. Oakland
Great Western Station
Fred Ten
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
the Glass Shop, Inc
Glidden
Mickelson Concrete
Mickelson
Johnson
Concrete Products Company Cars
Chicago-Great Western Railroad
Call
Martin Bustad
South
A. A
Great Western Ilway Company
Austin Electric Service, Inc
Hwy
Wagner Construction Co
General
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