4-H Conservation Day tours teach wildlife knowledge
John Beyers from the soil conservation office led questions on wildlife Wednesday morning at the Art Peck farm behind the Sheriff's Boys Ranch. In the afternoon Beyers and Ron Seath from the extension office guided 4-Hers to the J. C. Hormel Nature Center.
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Mower County
John Beyers
Art Peck
Sheriff's Boys Ranch
Beyers
The
Soil Conservation Office
Ron
Seath
J.C. Hormel Nature Center
Herald
John Enright
Capacity audience greets Summerset Oklahoma opener
The Summerset VI season begins with Oklahoma at the Austin State Junior College Theater. A capacity crowd packed the venue Wednesday and gave a standing ovation for the turn of the century musical.
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Summerset
Oklahoma
Austin State Junior College
Delegates Named for Missouri Synod Convention in New Orleans
Rev. R H Marquardt and Arnold Georg elected as delegates for Holy Cross and St Johns Lutheran churches to the 1973 Lutheran Church Missouri Synod convention in New Orleans July 6 to 13. Delegates will tackle doctrine church relations doctrinal controversy and administrative restructuring amid reports on Concordia Seminary. About 110 voting delegates and 400 officials expected. theme Ever Only All for Thee. Dr August R Suelflow to deliver the convention address. 477 pages of reports and resolutions to consider at Rivergate Center. Also notes on Oklahoma stage production and She Stoops to Conquer opening tonight.
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R. H. Marquardt
Holy Cross Luteran Church
Arnold Georg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
New Orleans
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Marquardt
George
Minnesota South
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
August R. Suelflow
Concordia’s Historical Institute
Rivergate Convention Center
Miss Minnesota pageant promotion bike winner named
Mrs. E. G. Gullickson of 603 12th Ave. SW won a bicycle donated by 12 Austin merchants during a Miss Minnesota Pageant week sales promotion. Readers could clip forms and deposit them with participating merchants. Gullickson looks forward to learning cycling and thanked the merchants for the prize.
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Austin
Minnesota
E. G. Gullickson
12Th Ave
Austin Herald
Gullickson
Austin Students Highlight Winona State Commencement and Honors
Seven Austin residents graduated June 2 from Winona State College among 431 total. The Austin graduates include Douglas Hoban Edward Joel Lon Newman Brian Weis Bernard Bartholomew Marilyn Meany and Robert Hambright. George Plasterer from Austin made Marion College Dean's List with a 3.56 GPA. Richard L Maas from Brownsdale graduated from Alexandria Voc-Tech School. Loann Mae Baker of Austin graduated from Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis after completing the Private Secretarial Course. She now works for Northwest National Life Insurance.
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Austin
Winona State College
Douglas Hoban
Edward Joel
Lon Newman
Brian Weis
Bernard Bartholomew
Marilyn Meany
Robert Hambright
Loann Mae Baker
Lowell C. Baker
11Th Ave
Minnesota School of Business
Minneapolis
Northwest National Life Insurance Company
Miss Baker
Austin High School
Summerset Theater Reaches Sixth Austin Season Milestones
Judy McDermott notes Summerset theater enters its sixth Austin season with five plays. Attendance rose from 820 in 1968 to 1331 last year while Austin area share climbed from 2.63 to 4.29 percent. Productions include Oklahoma, a Restoration Comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Of Mice and Men.
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Austin
Summerset Theater
Fantasticks
Austin Area
John Steinbech
Three Juveniles Petitioned Over Rose Creek School Burglary
Three area juveniles were petitioned to juvenile court Tuesday in connection with the burglary of Rose Creek school on May 30 night. Petitions on the 17-year olds were signed by Mower County Sheriff Carmen Halstenson. Two juveniles are from Austin and one from Rose Creek.
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Rose Creek
Mower County
Carmen Halstenson
Austin
Yearbook Distribution at Austin High School
Austin High School announces the arrival of the Austinian Yearbooks and they are available in the gym from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Friday. A revised distribution window replaces the previously listed evening hours. No evening distribution is planned.
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Austin High School
Austinian
Vegors Named to Bank Position in Austin
R F Lichty president of the First National Bank of Austin announces Keith J Vegors as Agricultural Representative. Vegors, a Webster City Iowa native and Iowa State University graduate, will begin duties immediately. He is a 2nd Lt in the Iowa National Guard and a Iowa Military Academy graduate residing at 600 14th St NW.
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R. F. Lichty
First National Bank
Keith J. Vegors
First National Bank of Austin
Vegors
Webster City
Iowa
Iowa State University
Iowa National Guard
Iowa Military Academy
14Th St
Mower County Tax Collections Reported for March to May
Mower County Treasurer Eileen Tapager announced that tax collections from March 1 to May 31 totaled 4 476 735 dollars. Real estate taxes form the larger share with the first half due May 31. The funds have been apportioned to townships cities villages and school districts and forwarded to the auditor for check issuance.
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Mower County
Eileen Tapager
Art display at Ist National Bank by local children
An art exhibit by children in grades one through six, part of the Key 73 Outreach, will be shown in the lobby of the Ist National Bank. The display runs Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and centers on themes Calling our Continent to Christ and What Christ Means in our Lives.
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Key 73
Ist National Bank
Christ
County planning group approves radio tower
Mower County Planning Commission approved a 170 foot radio tower in Lansing Township as part of a joint effort by Mower and Freeborn counties to support mobile radio for law enforcement. A separate special permit for an anhydrous ammonia plant was tabled pending standards.
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County Planning Group
Mower County Planning Commission
Lansing Township
Mower and
Freeborn
Freeborn and Mower
Thorn Bros, Inc
Red Oak Grove
Commission
Six Mile Grove
Sanitarian
Donald Bissen
Windom Township
Planning Commission
Junk Yard
Todd Park
Bike Supporters Motorcycle Club
Moving into Austin Urban Renewal role for Mrs Storvick
Dolores Storvick serves as Relocation Director for Austin urban renewal projects overseeing land acquisition and property management. She has relocated dozens of parcels in downtown Austin and near the Holme plant and aims to move downtown residents by fall to make way for demolition and parking facilities.
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Dolores Storvick
Storvick
Austin
Dugan
Albert Lea
Channel View
Fortun Graduates as Second Lieutenant at Williams AFB Arizona
Richard Fortun son of Mr and Mrs Max Fortun from Des Moines and grandson of Mr and Mrs Art Fortun earned his commission as a Second Lieutenant at Williams Air Force Base Arizona. He will be stationed in Sacramento California.
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Lyle
Mion
Richard Fortun
Max Fortun
Des Moines
Art Fortun
William Air Force Base
Arizona
Fortun
Sacramento
Calif
VFW Post and Auxiliary Win State Awards in St Paul
Olaf B Damm Post 1216 Austin and the Auxiliary earned multiple state honors at the Department convention in St Paul at the Hilton. Citations covered Voice of Democracy Buddy Poppy programs and community service. Individual awards went to Mrs Elvy Collette and Mrs Douglas Wilson with cash prizes and recognitions. Attendees from Austin included several members and officers and the 1974 convention is planned for Moorhead in June.
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Olaf B. Damm
Austin
Department
St. Paul
Hilton Hotel
Voice of Democracy
Post
Keith Johnson
Elvy Collette
National
Collette
Douglas
Kenneth Otto
Ray Schaefer
Robert Dunn
Leona Lawrence
Ray Blaser
Elmer Peterson
Wesley Klinger
James Cahill
Wilson
Robert Rasmussen
Moorhead
Quick Stop Sandwich Shop Hosts Grand Opening
The Quick Stop Sandwich Shop held a three day grand opening Friday through Sunday last week. Owned by Bernard and Mrs McAllister and their son David the 15 staff eatery at 503 EF Oakland Ave offered a full menu of short order foods.
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Bernard McAllister
David
Oakland Ave
Herald
John Enright
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Oklahom
Dean's List
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Marion College
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Indiana
VO - Tech
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Dorothy Maas
Brownsdale
Alexandria Voc - Tech School
Alexandria
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Henry Swenson, Jr
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