Messiah Selections Sung by 375-Voice Austin Choir
A 375-voice massed choir from 10 Austin churches will perform selections from Handel's The Messiah Sunday at 3 30 p m in the high school auditorium. The concert by the Austin Choirmasters and Organists Guild includes Behold the Lamb of God Surely He Hath Born Our Griefs Lift Up Your Heads Oh Ye Gates and the Hallelujah Chorus with Delbert Saman at organ and a string ensemble from the Austin Symphony Orchestra.
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Austin
Austin Choirmasters and Organists Guild
St. Olaf
Roger L. Downing
First Congregational
Paul Helme
Delbert Saman
a_ string
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Downing
Westminster Presbyterian
Don Sandeen
Jirele
St. Olaf Senior
Heltne
Fellowship
Vandalism at Woolworth site and car collision reported
Police investigated a vandalism case where three Austin boys aged 15 and 14 removed red bulbs from a warning sign at the Woolworth Co. construction site. A witness identified them and they admitted the act. In a separate incident, Dale Wakefield backed into Mavis Arlene Bishop’s car in the Hormel lot causing $40 damage.
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Austin
Woolworth Co
Dale Wakefield
13Th Ave
Hormel
Mavis Arlene Bishop
11Th Ave
Bloodmobile Visit Scheduled in Lansing School
Red Cross bloodmobile set to visit Lansing school on April 8. Local residents urged to donate as part of community blood drive.
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Lansing
Minn
Red Cross
MY FAITH Pre Easter Season Re-evaluates Belief
In this Austin readers essay Mrs. Earl Rohde, a Faith EUB Church member, reflects during Lent on personal faith in Christ as a source of strength and moral responsibility. She urges living out The Lord's Prayer on earth, notes the church's 747,932 members in 4,299 churches per the 1963 Yearbook.
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Austin
United Brethren
Earl Rohde
God
Rohde
Faith Eub Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Sathre Drafts State Parks Finance Plan
State Rep. Harvey Sathre of Adams outlines a financing plan for developing new state parks, including Lake Louise in Mower County. He urges combining funds into the Minnesota Capital Improvement Account and State Bond Fund, pairing the park land bill with the state building bill, and seeks better interest rates than a separate bond issue.
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Lake Louise State Park
Mower County
Harvey Sathre
Adams
Sathre
State Park Division
Minnesota
Sabre
Game and Fish Fund
Lake Louise Park
Wildwood Park
LeRoy
Cemetery Unit Elects Trustees in Mona Iowa
Two new trustees were elected to the Pleasant Hill Lutheran Cemetery Association at the Mona Church. Ira Hofland will serve a one year term and Raymond Carlson a two year term. Pete E. Anderson was elected president Carroll Rustad vice president and R A Anderson secretary treasurer.
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Mona
Iowa
Pleasant Hill Lutheran Cemetery
Mona Church
Ira Hofland
Raymond Carlson
Pete E. Anderson
Carroll Rustad
R. A. Anderson
State Legion Commander to Honor Post 91 Members
The 44th anniversary of Amer ican Legion Post 91 is observed at a joint post and auxiliary meeting with department commander Donald M. Miller of Worthington. Miller will award life memberships to six members and present long service cards to others amid a pot luck gathering.
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American Legion
Donald M. Miller
Worthington
Miller
Legion
D. A. Cunningham
Roy T. Anderson
Paul Sommers
Harry L
Phone Officials Promote Tele Manners to Clubs
Austin telephone officials outline a three minute direct dial call option across 48 states for 1.10 dollars tax included with 25 cent per added minute. They present ten tips for proper telephone use and offer to give informational clinics to clubs and groups.
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Austin
Continental United States
John Gebo
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Talent Show Schedules In Lansing Minnesota
Grange youth will present a talent program at 8 p m Saturday. The state talent contest is set for 11 a m April 20 at Byron School.
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Lansing
Minn
Grange
Byron
Identical Salt Bids Seen Across Counties
Bids for calcium chloride show identical prices across Mower Olmsted and Freeborn counties. Olmsted commissioners halted award amid identical bids from Lyon Chemical Hawkins Chemical and Materials Supply at 41.70 per ton. Albert Lea bids for 100 pound bags were 49.60 per ton due to different salt grade.
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Mower County
Daily Herald
Olmsted County Commissioners
Rochester
Lyon Chemical
St. Paul
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Minneapolis
Materials Supply Co
Olmsted
Tew
Olmsted Highway Department
Freeborn County
Highway Department
Albert Lea
Bill Aanerud
Lyon
Hawkins Chemical, Inc
U. S. Labor Department
Wyant trial delayed. community fire patrol notes
The J. W. Wyant trial for first degree grand larceny was set for April 1 but continued. Austin residents in the southwest were told by Fire Chief John Tobar that a fire rig patrol was checking leaves and rubbish fires after many people burned debris.
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J. W. Wyant
William Suche
Austin
Quadrant
John Tobar
Tobar
Nelson Warns Rats Invade Areas of City
Austin police report a rat invasion as muskrats and sewer rats spill from the Red Cedar River and Fart Side Lake due to high water. Chief Robert Nelson says police will respond with nets and killings to remove rats spotted in all city areas.
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Nelson
Austin
Robert Nelson
Red Cedar
Farm Bureau selects cake contest winners at Lyle meeting
Lyle Nevada farm bureau held a Thursday meeting at W H Barnes home. Members sponsored an entry in the dairy princess contest and chose winners in the unfrosted cake contest Mrs W H Barnes Mrs Harold Fossey and Mrs Ozro Brown were the prize recipients Elmer Kruger demonstrated feed grinding and distribution systems and led a farm tour The next meeting is set for April 25 at the Delos Frank farm.
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Lyle - Nevada Farm Bureau
W. H. Barnes
Lyle Rt. 1
Lyle Township
Harold Fossey
Nevada Township
Ozro Brown
Elmer Kruger
Austin Rt. 1
Barres Farm
Delos Frank Farm
Carnival fund drive at JC carnival targets Bob Gunderson
Junior College carnival runs 8 to 11 p m to raise funds for University World Service. Bob Gunderson will be ducked in a sponge booth and other fund raisers include a bake sale hair contributions and a baby picture contest chaired by Joe Trejo.
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Bob Gunderson
University World Service
Joe Trejo
Weekend Door-to-Door Sales by Local Groups
Two groups will canvass neighborhoods this weekend selling sponges by the Lancers and Riders drum corps and YMCA youth will distribute candy. Girl Scout cookies have just been delivered to boost fund drives.
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Lancers
Riders
YMCA
Foreign students dine with Elkton High seniors
Foreign students from Holland Turkey Philippines and Japan joined Elkton High School seniors for a dinner hosted by advanced home economics students. The visitors stay with Rochester and Austin hosts while Minnesota high school seniors participate in the American Field Service student exchange, Austin's ten year member.
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Elkton High School
Cor Wiergenga
Holland
Byron
Gladys G. San Juan
Philippines
Rochester
Filiz Tune
Turkey
Austin
Kazuka Yokomizo
Japan
Donald Miller
Walter van Felth
Har
Old Luedtke
Elkton
Robert Roesler
Minnesota
American Field Service
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St. Olaf Lutheran Senior Choir
Methodist
Madura
St. Edward's Catholic
Sterling Christian
Faith Eub
Christ Episcopal
Downing
Bloodmobile
Mrs
State Legion
L. P
Cy) Stadler
Austin Coordinating Council
Gebo and
Stadler
Austin (Minn
Herald
Jerry Wagner
Enos Wagner
Mapleview
Merrill Smith
4Th Ave
Jerry
Woodson School
Pension Fund Report
United Packinghouse Workers of America
UPWA
Robert Shaw
Austin Labor Center
Shaw
Austin Jaycees
Mel Haldorson
Eldon Peter
Peter
Dubinsky's
West Siders
Austin Area
Larry Jacobson
Ostrander
Julie Halvorson Caron
Westsiders
Winona State College
Jacobson
Caron
Harold Halvorson
15Th Ave
LeRoy Future Farmers of America
Wallace Shodean
Farm Bureau
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