Burglaries Reported on a Two-Block Stretch of 7th St NW
Three homes on 7th St NW were burglarized Thursday evening in separate entries through back doors and windows. John Iverson lost 130 dollars in cash plus 80 dollars in smaller bills. Arnold Hanson lost 105 dollars but no other items. Robert Bang reported no missing property. Police cite several suspects as investigations continue.
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7Th St. NW
Austin
John C. Iverson
Iverson
Robert B. Bang
Arnold M. Hanson
Hanson
World War I Vets Seek Higher Pensions Support
Veterans of World War I Bar Racks 647 Austin unit urge pension legislation in Congress. National group says 1% million veterans could gain up to 100 dollars monthly, with widows receiving 75 dollars and about 56,000 WWI vets in the state. Local officers list Harold Hompe and other leaders ready to contact interested veterans.
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Austin
Congress
National Organization of the Veterans of
National Organization
Harold Hompe
John Simon
Lyle Tate
Lyman Lingbeck
Paul Lattin
FE. Meister
Arthur Ashley Sr
Local Girl Enrolls at U Morris
Helen Marie Gerber has enrolled at the University of Minnesota Morris for the September session. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilman M Peterson of Austin she is a Hayfield High School graduate who served on the student newspaper staff and was a member of the national honor society. She plans to major in nursing at the university established in 1960.
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University of Minnesota
Morris
Gilmin M. Peterson
Austin
Hayfield High School
Helen Gerber
Helen
The
University
Fire Truck Blocks Albert Lea Youths
Four Albert Lea boys aged 14 to 16 accused of stealing cars were arrested after driving through a Mason City police roadblock. They were stopped by a fire truck across the street and held for Albert Lea authorities. no charges were filed in Mason City.
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Albert Lea
Clear Lake
Iowa
Mason City
Fourth break in at Spring Valley reported
The fourth break in in two days occurred Wednesday causing about $18 loss to a resident. Earlier, thieves entered three firms Tuesday stealing around $140 in cash and merchandise. The Wolfgram home was entered Wednesday with a broken front door glass and about $18 missing. County and city officers investigate the thefts.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Zara Wolfgram
Athletic Club Sets Auditions for Saturday Talent Show
The Austin Athletic Club announces auditions for the second annual talent show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tower. Garland Nash reports strong regional interest and a promising nucleus for a fine show. The event is April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium with 25 contestants vying for 105 dollars in prizes. A two hour program is planned and intermission features a twist contest with cash prizes.
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Austin Athletic Club, Inc
Garland Nash
Iowa
Minnesota
Local Woman's Kin Wins $25,000 Prize
Mrs Leona Greenman of 2000 16th Ave SW learned her niece Mrs Robert Spencer won 25 000 in the Family Circle magazine contest. Greenman called the winner a hard working fine woman and said she is glad. Mrs Spencer lives in Newton Iowa.
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Leona Greenman
16Th Ave
Robert Spencer
Family Circle
Spiritual Life Week Set at Bear Creek Church
A spiritual life mission begins Sunday at Bear Creek Lutheran Church in Grand Meadow Minnesota. Rev Allen Lee of the American Lutheran Church evangelism department will lead the sessions starting in the morning and nightly at 8 p m through Wednesday.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Bear Creek
Two Crashes Ink Minor Damages in Austin
Austin police investigated two traffic accidents with no injuries. Leonard F. Johnson and Annette Schuler collided on icy streets near 16th Ave and 8th St NE, with $250 damage. George M. Murphy was tagged for failure to yield after a collision with Margaret Ann Beyant at 10th St and 2nd Ave NE, causing $250 damage.
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Austin
Leonard F. Johnson
14Th St
Annette Schuler
17Th Ave
16Th Ave
8Th St
George M. Murphy
St. Paul
Trumpeter David Haas to solo with Austin Symphony March concert
David Haas, trumpet principal of the Austin Symphony and Austin Public Schools staff, will be featured soloist with the Austin Symphony at a concert Sunday March 10 at 4 p m in the Austin High School Auditorium. Haas, a Concordia College and University of Iowa graduate, has performed with the Tri City Symphony and the Iowa State University ensembles. He will perform Haydn s Concert in Eb with orchestral accompaniment. his wife Jeanette Haas is the principal flutist of the Austin Symphony.
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David Hans
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Austin Public Schools
Austin Symphony
Austin High School
Haas
Concordia College
Moorhead
State University of Iowa
Tri - City Symphony
Davenport
Iowa
State University of Iowa Symphony
H. D. Harmon
Moorhead State College
J. R. Hanson
Ist
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
John Beer
Atlanta Symphony
Dan Tetzlaff
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Austin
Burlington
Town
Jeanette
Franz Joseph Haydn
Haydn
Concert Set Tonight at St Ansgar High School
Local students present a winter band concert at 8 p.m. in the St Ansgar High School auditorium directed by Dean Torkelson. The program features the St Ansgar Elementary and high school bands plus a premier 90 piece senior high symphonic band with beginners and cadets performing as well.
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St, Ansgar
Iowa
St. Ansgar High School
Dean Torkelson
St. Ansgar
Blooming Council Plans Special Meet
Blooming Prairie Minnesota town councilmen plan a Monday special meeting to continue probing the possibility of a new municipal liquor store.
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Blooming Council
Blooming Prairifk
Minn
Dale Rugg Seeks State Outstanding Young Farmer Honor
Dale Rugg of Lyle is entered as a candidate for 1962 Minnesota Outstanding Young Farmer by the Austin Jaycees. The OYF banquet will be held in Ada with about 25 to 35 competitors. Rugg, 32, with four children, runs 240 acres and a 26 cow dairy herd, and his farm profits factor in the judging along with community service. Mervin Syverson will speak at the awards event, following a farm tour at 1 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Ada Elementary School.
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Dale Rugg
Lyle
Minnesota
Austin Jaycees
Ada
Minn
Minnesota Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rugg
Ihe
Mervin Syverson
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Department of Agriculture
Crop Improvement Association
Jaycees
Finals Over No Classes Today at Austin JC
Finals over at Austin Junior College with no classes today as a teacher workshop day. Enrollment is expected to rise about 10 percent next quarter, with total cumulative enrollment at 582 this year, up eight percent from last year. Spring registration is Monday and Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the college library. A range of courses is available for prospective students.
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Austin Junior College
Austin JC
Two Cars Hit Broadside Near Austin in Twilight Collision
Two cars collided broadside Thursday at 5 45 p m on a Lansing township road nine miles northwest of Austin. No injuries occurred but about 550 dollars damage. Driver Alice Decker 52 of Austin Rt 1 pulled from a farm driveway and was struck in the rear by Michael Case 23 of Austin Rt 4 who could stop in time. Decker spun into a ditch, stopping 105 feet from the driveway. cars ended 54 feet apart. Deputy Charles P Johnson investigated.
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Lansing
Austin
Doyle Lindahl
Mower County
Alice ©. Decker
Austin Rt. 1
Michael R. Case
Austin Rt. 4
Decker
Charles P. Johnson
MY FAITH Inspired Holy Men Wrote Bible Baptists' Belief
The piece presents a Baptist view of scripture as inspired, infallible, and the sole guide for faith and life. It centers on loving God and neighbor, cites Romans 5 12 John 14 6 and John 3 3 to explain sin salvation and rebirth, and notes Jenkins a general insurance agent and member of First Baptist Church affiliated with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.
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Jesus
Lord
God
Jesus Christ
Calvary
Lord Jesus Christ
Jenkins
First Baptist Church
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Contracts Let at Osage for 4-H Buildings
Osage signs construction contracts exceeding $3,000 for 4-H buildings at Mitchell County Fair Grounds. Livestock and exhibit building slated for completion by July with spring start, weather permitting. About $11,000 donated. costs may exceed. Osage Lumber Co. secures lumber bid at $7,817 and Robert Winkels wins $1,536 labor bid to supervise livestock building.
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OSAGE
Town
Mitchell County Fair Grounds
Mitchell County Fair Association
Osage Lumber Co
Robert Winkels
Little Cedar Church Gets Building Bids
Nine bids were received for the Little Cedar Lutheran Church construction. The four lowest bids came from Wagner of Austin 104444 Winkels and Johnson of Austin 104747 Dick Dickema of Albert Lea 105347 and Weis of Rochester 106064. Wagner teamed with Ebert Plumbing for mechanical work. Schammel Electric will handle electrical. Construction should finish in five to six months.
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Austin
Wagner
Ebert Plumbing and Heating Co
Alden
Schammel Electric of
Little Cedar Businessmen Put on Parole
Osage Iowa Raymond Duke reports Conrad a Little Cedar businessman charged with larceny from the Little Cedar Creamery received a suspended sentence and two year parole to the Iowa Parole Board. He pled guilty to stealing money from the creamery and was caught with marked funds by Mitchell County sheriff's office in February. Losses estimated at 1500 dollars though Conrad said he did not know the amount. Judge C H Wild gave a five year penitentiary term suspended and placed him on parole. Conrad runs a general store in Little Cedar and had earlier worked at the creamery.
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Osage
Iowa
Raymond Duke
Conrad
Little Cedar
Iowa Parole Board
Mitchell County
C. H Wild
Iowa State Penitentiary
Creamery
District One High School Speech Contest Draws 100
District one speech contests for high school students were scheduled today with more than 100 participants expected. Students from Rushford Preston Mable and Spring Valley will compete.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Rushford
Preston
Mable
Prayer study groups begin second session at First Methodist
The second in a new series of adult prayer study-discussion groups meets at 9 15 a m Sunday in First Methodist Church led by Rev Robert Rollin. Sixteen attended last week’s session discussing a controversial article and the group uses Dimensions of Prayer by Douglas Steere.
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First Methodist Church
Robert Rollin
Rollin
Douglas Steere
Hobby Show Tryouts Set Saturday in Shaw Gym
The Mth annual Austin area Hobby Show talent auditions are Saturday from 1 to 5 pm at Shaw Gym. Participants from Albert Lea and Wells Minnesota are expected to join. Mrs Edmund Smock, show director, invites all with instrumental vocal dancing acrobatic or gymnastic talent to drop in. The show runs April 20 21 at the National Guard Armory with several Austin area groups entered. Admission remains 10 cents. Paul Keading will emcee, Henry Ferris and Carl Nelson will demonstrate fly casting as in 1961.
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Mth
Austin and Area
Albert Lea and
Wells, Minn
Edmund Smock
Holy Show
Shaw Gym
National Guard Armory
Austin Area
Henry Ferris
Carl Nelson
Tly Casting
Osage Council Deadlocked 3 to 3 Over Water Fluoridation
In USAGF Iowa the Osage city council split 3 3 on fluoridating the water supply. Councilmen Roger Nold Mrs Jackson Baty and Rod Crain supported fluoridation while L A Doyle M I Lawrence Decklever and Ed Tesch opposed. A motion failed but may return for another vote.
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Usagf
Iowa
Roger Nold
Jackson Baty
Rod Crain
L. A. Doyle
M. I
Lawrence Decklever
Ed Tesch
Adult Farmer Night School Banquet Set in Riceville
The annual Adult Farmer Night School banquet is set for next Thursday at 7 p.m. in Immaculate Conception Church parish hall. Laton M. Henderson of Doughboy Industries will speak on the common market and share experiences from a Russia trip. Excellent attendance will be recognized. to attend contact Glen Dillon at the vocational agriculture building on Highway 9.
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Riceville
Iowa
Immaculate Conception Church
Laton M. Henderson
Doughboy Industries
Russia
Glen Dillon
Outstanding Austin High senior John Baudler profile
John Baudler, 17, son of the Baudlers of 1408 2nd St. NW, excels in football basketball and track while maintaining an outstanding academic record. A two year letter man in each sport, he earned all conference tackle last season and plans to study medicine at the University of Minnesota. He participates in the German CK YMCA and Junior Academy of Science and attends St. Olaf Church as an usher. His hobbies include collecting paperback books and reading broadly. He will join the YMCA seminar trip to New York and Washington this spring to study federal government buildings and the United Nations.
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John Baudler
Austin High School
William Baudlers
2Nd St. NW
John
YMCA
Junior Academy of Science
St. Olethavheran Church
New York
Washinston
United Nations
University of Minnesota
Two Austinites Named to St Catherine College Dean's List
Judith Anne Lacy freshman and Marry Jane Ellsworth sophomore from Austin are named to the dean's list at St Catherine College in St Paul for scholastic achievement. Both are daughters of local residents L W Lacy and Howard Ellsworth.
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St. Catherine College
St. Paul
Austin Area
Judith Anne Lacy
L. W Lacy
Jane Ellsworth
Howard Ellsworth
Lyle High Wins Sub-District Speech Contest at G Meadow
Lyle High School placed first in the sub district speech contest held Saturday at G Meadow, with 18 total winners. Grand Meadow High followed with 11 winners, while Adams Elkton Hayfield and LeRoy also posted multiple qualifiers. Winners advance to the district contest at Blooming Prairie next Saturday.
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Lyle High
G. Meadow
Grand Meadow
Minn
Lyle High School
Grand Meadow High
Adams
Elkton
Hayfield
LeRoy
Blooming Prairie
Lyle
Barbara Priem
Sharron Neus
Sherry Everson
Marjorie Howard
Bonnie Eggers
Lynn Balgeman
Mike Weisman
Norma Peterson
Cherryl Campbell
Diane Amuacher
James Hall
Joann Hotser
Marie Flickinger
Warren Gvrathwohl
Carol Johnson
Herbert Jensen
Marvin Cole
Jacqueline Berg
Joann Hathaway
Arlyne Queensland
Joanne Schwemmer
Linda Wright
Jéan Schissel
Karen Weness
Daniel Funk
Diane Klassen
Ruth French
Dana Larson
Jill Spray
Lyla Flo
Elizabeth Gordon
Gerald Sullivan
Mrs
Monace. Mahon
St. Mary’s College At
Winona
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H. H. Jenkins
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Geese
Red Cedar
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N.D
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Luther Theological Seminary
North Prairie
Arthur L. Swenson
St. Olaf Church
KAUS
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John Metz
Goodwill Industries, Inc
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Austin Ministerial Association
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