Lyle School to Graduate Class of 32 in Big Enterprise
Thirty two graduates, averaging 18, finish a $254,565 annual educational operation covering 60 square miles. Superintendent John Ennen notes bond debts from 1956 58 totaling over $2 million liquidating by 1986. The district serves 437 students this year with a large lunch program and a full slate of academics and activities.
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Lyle
Lyle, Minn
Minnesota
Future Farmers of America
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Park Site Bought Developed in 1881
The village park was founded in 1881 when five acres were purchased and shade trees planted. Today the park features playground equipment a band shell outdoor cooking pits benches and picnic tables. Band concerts and other entertainment occur in the park with overnight parking allowed at no charge unless staying a week or longer. There are no hotels in Lyle to accommodate visitors.
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Lyle
Legion Post 105 in Lyle Traces 1919 Origins to Present
American Legion Post 105 in Lyle traces roots to 1919 after World War I. The group, with 97 members and 36 in the auxiliary, rebuilt after a 1957 fire and now occupies the current post built on that site. Carroll Hofland serves as post commander and auxiliary president is Mrs. Milford Carroll.
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American Legion Post
Lyle
The
Legion
Blakestad Furniture
Post
John Hanson
First National Bank
Pavlac
Carroll Hofland
Milford Carroll
Recreational Gaps Press Lyle Entertainment Shortfalls
The lack of a theatre bowling alley or swimming pool in Lyle limits local recreation and youth entertainment as residents often drive to nearby towns for diversions.
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Lyle
Lyle Minnesota once boomed with trains and fire
Lyle is a small Minnesota town near Highway 218 with about 612 residents and a 4 square mile area largely used for farming and railroad right of way. It flourished in the early 1900s with as many as 34 trains daily and multiple businesses before a devastating 1891 fire.
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Lyle
Minnesota
Best
Austin
Robert Lyle
Ohio
Lyle Area Lutheran Churches Lead Small Town Faith
Lyle and surrounding rural area are predominantly Lutheran with Our Savior's Church built in 1911 and a 650-strong congregation led by Rev. Merland Johnson. Bethel Alliance, led by Rev. M H Averbeck, serves 60 worshippers, while Queen of Peace Catholic Church, started about 1946 under Rev. John Tighe, serves 192 members with the Austin Pacelli High School principal officiating.
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M. H. Averbeck
Queen of Peace Catholic Church
John Tighe
Austin Pacelli High School
Lyle High Graduation Speaker Announced for Tonight
W. A. Wettergren will address 32 Lyle High seniors at commencement tonight. He serves as executive secretary of the Minnesota School Boards Association and editor of the Minnesota School Board Journal. He previously worked in dairy business, was a country newspaper columnist, and spent two decades as a baseball referee and two as a semi pro player.
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W. A. Wettergren
Lyle
Minnesota School Boards Association
Minnesota School Board Journal
Airman Wangen Reassigned for Tech Training at Sheppard AFB
Airman Robert C. Wangen is reassigned to Sheppard AFB Texas for technical training as a United States Air Force base utilities specialist. He completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is a 1982 Austin High School graduate, son of Mr and Mrs Odean E. Wangen of rural Lyle.
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Robert C. Wangen
Lyle
Sheppard Afb
Tex
United States Air Force
Wangen
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Odean E. Wangen
Austin High School
Lyle Mayor Frames Sewage Plant as Top Local Issue
Lyle Minnesota mayor Charles Ekle ranks a new sewage treatment plant as the town's biggest project and notes the State Board of Health dislikes dumping raw sewage into Otter Creek. He says a bond issue will be needed to fund the system within the town’s means while engineers study options. The 36 year old mayor, manager of Huntting Elevator Co, moved to Lyle in 1950 and voices public life as education and service. The town relies on a municipal liquor store for revenue, netting about $20,000 in 1962, about 72 of the general budget, with council members named and basic services listed.
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Lyle
Minn
Charles Ekle
State Board of Health
Otter Creek
Ekle
Huntting Elevator Co
South Dakota
Childern
Carol
Tom
Ted
Paula
Lke
William Bell
Wayne Libersky
LaVerne Taylor
Dennis Elienpier
2000 Pencils on Hand Yet She Can't Use Them
Mina It must be frustrating to have 2000 pencils in the house yet be unable to use them. Mrs Ray Libersky collects writing instruments from 14 years of work and still cannot write with them. The odd hobby began in childhood and continues despite a busy home life and a son aged 16.
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Lyle
Mina
Ray Libersky
Europe
Geo A Hormel & Co
Liberskys
Larry
Lions Active Civic Group Lead Lyle Community Efforts
Lyle residents engage in fraternal and charitable work through clubs led by the Lions, the Lyle Study Group, Happy Homemakers, Knight of Pythias, Pythian Sisters, Commercial Club, American Legion, and Royal Neighbors. Lions support youth recreation gear, blind entertainment for athletes, and an annual vehicle safety check as part of town civic life.
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Lyle
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Lyle Study Group
Happy Homemakers Club
Knight of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Commercal Club
American Legion
Royal Neighbors
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Letic
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Pythias
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Royal Neaahbors
Village Provides Office For Visiting Doctor's Use
A 1962 report details Lyle Minnesota hosting a visiting physician from Ansgar twice weekly to treat residents. The municipal medical building holds an exam room, two patient rooms, and a waiting area, with facilities unused on other days.
Baseball 65 Years Old in Lyle’s Life
Lyle has fielded a baseball team for the ket sears and home games are popular events in town each summer. The Lyle Baseball Team competes in the North Central League against clubs from Stacyville Weser Osage Sto Ansgar Adams Johnsbury and Rose Creek. Home games are Sundays on the school diamond. Warren Vastonson, team manager, reports 13 to 20 men turning out for spring tryouts. The team’s finest season was 1944 with 23 wins.
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Lyle
Sears
Tyle
Stacyvile Weser
Osage Sto Ansgar
Adams
Johnsbure
Rose Creek
Hrah
Warren Vastinson
Tow
2nd in Series on Area Town
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Offshore Fields Claim Vast European Reserve Edge
The Groammegen natural gas field in Holland is reported to hold about twice the reserves of Europe’s two largest fields, with major fields located in southern France and the Po Valley in Italy.
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Holland
Town Marshal Holds Dual Roles in Quiet Lyle
Charles Berg, 34, serves as town marshal of Lyle and its only full time employee. He handles street maintenance park work and water system duties by day then patrols streets in a car with a red light and siren at night. Berg averages fewer than 10 arrests yearly in a town with a minimal jail and juvenile matters sent to Austin authorities.
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Charles Berg
Lyle
Berg
Austin
Justice Court
Mower County
Doyle Lindahl
Oldest Bachelor of Lyle Reflects on Town’s Changes
Walter Wiborny, 84, lifelong resident of Lyle Minnesota, recalls building a yellow cottage near the state line and living a solitary life. He notes his decades of masonry work, past jobs in Austin and Lyle, and laments that progress with paved roads and cars diminished the town’s vitality.
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Lyle
Minn
Walter Withorny
Lean
Wiborny
Lyle Commuters to Austin Fuel Local Economy
Rural Lyle reflects a small town economy based on Hormel and Co machine house work in Austin. Many residents also earn from Bade School operations and Burehad Produce Co, with a sizable portion employed in local manufacturing, education, and related trades.
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Lyle
Austin
Oncome
Gee
Hormel & Co
Hormel Co
Ats
Burehad
Kofyars of Africa Brew Culture Draws Cincinnati Report
Cincinnati anthropologist Robert Meetting reports on the Kofyars of Africa who brew thick soupy beer from grains, use beer as courtship tribute and reward for deeds, and even pour beer on graves. The study links beer production to social status, exchange, and community discipline, noting plentiful grain aided beer culture development.
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Ohio
Africa
Robert Meetting
University of Chicago
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