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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1968
Page
2
Vital statistics report births at St Olaf Hospital and outside Austin with parental details. Obituary notices honor Alma Evanson Margaret Wehner and Emma Roberts plus Langowski graduation from St Mary's College Winona. Grandparents and relatives named accompany each item.
WWI veterans will meet at Lake City for the annual First District picnic hosted by Lakeview Barracks No. 1733. The event moves to Rosen Park on Lake Pepin and Mississippi River with wives and families invited. It begins at 10 a.m. and features excursions on the Chicago Queen. Lawrence E. Haase chairs the event with Lawrence Lunde directing the program.
Decorah Iowa The second Luther College summer school session ends this weekend marking the finale of related programs on campus The Institute in American Studies for Scandinavian Teachers ended last week as did the NSF institute in math biology and chemistry The second session attracted 209 students with Iowa 113 Minnesota 30 and eight from five foreign countries The first session drew 186 students from seven states and four foreign countries
Lyle Minnesota announces bus routes for the 1968-69 year with five regular routes and a kindergarten route. Supt. John H. Ennen lists drivers Marie Freese Maurice Learn Shirly Nelson George Ransom Charles Trunk enmiller and Donald Ransom.
Sears introduces the term Neatnik to describe people living in a neat no-iron world created by Permanently pressed fabrics. Kenneth Cady says Perma-Prest fabrics sparked a revolution in apparel and home fashions with expanded catalogs and widespread adoption.
The Upper Wapsie River Conservation Club in McIntire Iowa elected officers for the coming year with Wilber Jensen as president Fred Elwood as vice president Walter Affeldt as secretary treasurer. Directors named were Donald Adams Glenn Austinson Donald Decker Roger Ginder Walter Hemann Art Jahn and Arthur Kesten. The group will meet the first Saturday night of each month with the next meeting on September 7.
Chicago defeated St Paul on Friday to oust the defending champions from the 60th Union Printers Baseball Tournament, advancing in the event.
Activity builds on the fairgrounds as the 85th Mower County Fair nears opening Monday. 4 H dress revue and shows in progress, booths set, and preparations by fair board members and volunteers noted. Bookmobile plans displays for daily hours from noon to 9 p.m. with staff ready to assist visitors.
The Austin Daily Herald will deploy its staff for the 86th Mower County Fair with Darrel Koehler leading livestock coverage at Crane Pavilion. Barbara Hogan and Linda Alland handle features, Pat Sargent covers the women’s angle and Miss Mower County Fair judging, Ken Hanson shoots frequent photos during the seven day run ending Aug. 11.
Riceville Iowa village council sold 14000 in sewer improvement bonds and 52000 in sewer construction bonds this week Christensen Bros Construction Co Cedar Rapids submitted the bid for sewer improvement at five percent par and accrued interest with no premium There were no other bidders Riceville State Bank had the low bid on bonds at 450 percent per annum payable semi annually with a premium of 28
Linda Rovang of Osage Iowa after completing her junior year at Augsburg College signs a contract to teach art music and drama to talented preschool children next fall at the McPhail School of Music in Minneapolis Minnesota.
John R. Murphy of the Veterans Administration Center in St Paul says seriously disabled WWII veterans may have until June 30 1975 to complete vocational rehabilitation training. Eligible veterans may enroll in schools on the job on the farm or in mixed programs and receive subsistence along with tuition and training costs while in and for two months after training.
Merchants buying baby beef calves from 4 H and FFA show will know the appraised price as packers weigh the animals. The auction starts 1 p.m. Monday August 5 weather permitting in front of the grandstand with auctioneers Gene Dorsey and Robert Sherrard donating their services.
The 15th annual Berne Swissfest features yodeling bell ringing bands concerts folk dancing alphorn blowing and more. Activities run all day on the grounds of the Zinglie United Church of Christ in Berne near West Concord.
The Mc Intire Community Club announces its annual Watermelon Day from 2 to 5 p.m. August 25 at the former Mc Intire School. Free watermelon and other activities will be offered.
The reader weighs options for converting high growth stocks into income. If Sears or similar holdings are sold to fund higher current yield, taxes reduce proceeds but reinvestment at 6% in bonds could raise annual income. Also includes Minneapolis grain receipts and commodity prices.
Thomas E. Jenkins of Austin Route 2 has been selected for the Marquette University honors program. He is among an elite class of 50 representing the top two percent of incoming freshmen.
Market report shows hogs graded No 3 butcher hogs at 150 to 160 price range. Hor mel buys today with prices paid listed for Saturday August 3 1968 in Austin market notes.
The Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming hires Larry Knickerbocker a school teacher to inspect most of the towns several hundred miles of sidewalks for defects this summer. He is paid as the sidewalk superintendent and will conduct the inspection work through the season.
Seabrook New Hampshire officials Emroy N. Eaton and James S. Eaton appointed Leslie A. Eaton to complete an unexpired term on the three member Board of Selectmen for the 2,500 population town. The Eaton relatives say any relation is distant.
A Maine state library collection includes 3,301 books by Maine authors. Older volumes are locked away and some prestatehood prints have worn or hidden covers.
Bill Ertel of Point Pleasant wins the first 25-lap race for three-quarter midget autos at Pine Brook Stadium. In the program’s second race, Bob Watkins of Levittown finishes first.
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