State Plans 44.5 Million Highway Work in South State
Minnesota details a three year highway program totaling 44.5 million dollars for 1964 to 1966 in District 6 covering Mower and 9 other counties. Regular trunk routes account for 13.6 million with 78.4 miles of grading and 89.8 miles of surfacing plus 20 bridges, while Interstate funds total 30.8 million with 52.7 miles grading and 30.9 miles surfacing and 55 bridges. Specific projects include grading and surfacing on TH 16 TH 52 TH 42 TH 218 TH 30 TH 61 and TH 14 among others, with multiple quarters in FY 64 65 and 66 and emergency funds of 13 thousand for 1964 and 60 thousand for 1965 1966.
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Dist. 6
Mower
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Olmsted
Rice, Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Whalen
Peterson
Qtr
CSAH
Manchester
Goodhue—Dakota Co
Hader
Goodhue- Dakota Co
Zumbrota
Jet
Eyota
Plainview
Owatonna
New Richland
Ellendale
Wabasha Co
Kellogg
Stockton
New Jet
Petran
Clarks Grove
Austin
Marion
Ject
N. Line of
Rice. Co
Faribault
N. Jet
Dakota
C.N
Miss
LaCrosse
Lyle School Board Hires Elementary Principal and Vocational Instructor
Lyle Minnesota board hires Benhardt Abrendt as elementary teaching principal from Rapid City and Fredrick Peter Godfredson as vocational agriculture instructor from Grove City. Godfredson succeeds Stillwell who left for Howard Lake. a second and third grade vacancy remain. The Explorers Canoe Derby Aug 16 18 from Red Wing to Winona draws 25 30 scout units. Post 260 Blooming Prairie fields two teams. race starts 1 p m Aug 16 Covill Park Red Wing and ends near 2 p m Sunday in Winona.
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Lyle
Minn
Lyle Board of Education
Benhardt Abrendt
Fredrick Peter Godfredson
Abrendt
Rapid City
S. D
Black Hills Teachers College
Spearfish
Godfredson
Stillwell
Howard Lake
Grove City
Rose Creek
Bloming Prairie
University of Minnesota
Red Wing
Winona
Minnesota
Covill Park
Tractor Rolls Pins Youth in the Ditch
Thomas Thorson 14 of Rose Creek is in poor condition at St Olaf Hospital after a tractor rollover on County Road 3. Leslie Gran 33 of Waterloo was hospitalised after a car crashed a road barrier on Highway 16E. Roy E. Lee and spouse from Cedar Falls were treated and released after a rear end collision on Highway 56 near Brownsdale.
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Thomas Thorson
William Thorson
Rose Creek Rt. 1
St. Olaf Hospital
Thorson
Doyle Lindahl
Waterloo
Iowa
Leslie M. Gran
Spring Valley Hospital
Gran
Highway
Lindahl
Mower County
Roy E. Lee
Cedar Falls
Brownsdale
Edward B. Arons
1St Ave
Lee
Mower County Fair Opens With Livestock Exhibits andEvents
The Mower County Fair and Midwest Livestock Shows kickoff with 45 000 head of livestock expected this week. Byers Brothers Carnival, a wrestling card, and nightly parades highlight opening day. FFA and 4 H members organize exhibits while 400 Austin Chamber tickets cover gate lunch and grandstand access Friday.
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FFA
4 - HH
Mower County Fairgrounds
Mower County Fair
Byers Brothers
Holand
Mower
Midwest
Agrico Plans Fertilizer Plant in Area
Lawrence Hansen of the Austin Agrico Warehouse announced plans to add a fertilizer blending service to the plant. In operation six years, Agrico will offer farmers custom analyses and soil tests to determine the ideal blend and ratio before application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hansen
Austin Agrico Warehouse
Troops 93 55 to Check In At Camp Hok-Si-La
Troops 93 and 55 from Spring Valley are expected to be among the 1L Boy Scout units checking in for the final camping week at Camp Hok-Si-La in the Gamehaven Council district.
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Spring Valley
Hok - Si - la
Gamehaven Council
Saturday Traffic Crash Toll Blazes Across City
Eight accidents kept Austin police busy on Saturday with several injuries and heavy property damage. Injured riders received care at St. Olaf Hospital. Notable crashes involved Daniel Wage man and Eugene Heskett, Ernest Adams after a centerline cross, and multiple rear end and intersection collisions along Main Street and 8th Avenue. various citations were issued including driving under suspension and intoxicated driving.
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Austin
St. Olaf Hospital
Ernest A. Adams
St. Francis Hotel
1St Drive
9Th Place
Adams
Chester E. Shatek
9Th Ave
Main St
Norman D. Laksik
Austin Rt. 3
Laksik
150 Attend Corn Party A Southwest Austin Social Gala
About 150 people attended a Corn Party in Bustad Addition on Sunday afternoon described as Southwest Austin 1963 social gala. Sponsored by Bud Johnson Forrest Crawford and Kenneth Lindgren the event was on Lindgren’s lawn 1903 12th St SW. Guests enjoyed over 600 ears of corn boiled over charcoal.
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Bustad Addition
Austin
Bustad
Bud Johnson
Forrest Crawford
Kenneth Lindgren
Lindgren
12Th St. SW
What’s On At The Fair Today Event schedule and activities
Exhibits open by 5 p.m. with admission charges. Grandstand features professional wrestling and Tractor pulling. 4-H lambs judging at 7 p.m. north arena. FFA swine at 7 p.m. south arena. Girl Scout uniform show in Crane Pavilion. Multiple livestock judging and shows fill the day in north and south arenas with 9 a.m. starts and 1–9 p.m. ending times. Special events include Girl Scout copper knit work, Kid’s Day, and a Lawrence Welk Show stage appearance by Jo Ann Castle and Jack Imel.
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North Arena
FFA
Sterling State Bank
Austin Savings and Loan
Home Federal Savings and Loan
Chamber
FFA Swine
South Arena
Crane Pavilion
FFA Market
FFA Dairy
Rabbit
Jo Ann Castle
Jack Imel
Lawrence Welk
Minnesota
Austin Area
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Jack Inne
Guernsey
Jersey
Sheep
Tex Ritter
Ayrshire
Angus and
Hereford
Crane
Girl Scout
Youth Admits Long String of House Prowls
A 17 year old boy admitted breaking into several homes in then listed offenses. He confessed to stealing ignition keys using the Chambers car and damaging the transmission. He also admitted thefts in the area and selling tires and wheels in Medford and Lyle. Police filed a petition in Juvenile Court seeking delinquency declaration.
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C. F. Chamers
4Th St
Eriing Pike
6Th St
M. B. Thompson
Dennis Nelson
Chambers
Medford
Lyle
City Scouts Earn Mile Swim Badges
Six scouts from Troop 131 in Austin earned one mile swim badges at Camp Luck last week. The group Pat Bradley James Fischer Barry Moen Chuck List Dan Brewster and Dan Howley completed the required distance with Howley also testing for additional merit badges. The camp hosts 300 Mower County scouts this summer as the session nears its end with 37 scouts joining the Philmont Scout Ranch trip.
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Austin
Luck
Pat Bradley
James Fischer
Barry Moen
Chuck List
Dan Brewster
Dan Howley
Mower County
Peak Entries Mark Mower County Fine Arts Show
Mrs. Virginia Strate and James Hayden Jr. lead with four and seven awards at the Mower County Fair Fine Arts Show judged by Herbert Hultgren of Winona State College. About 300 attendees at a Preview Tea as results announced. high school entries doubled from last year and the adult section grew by fifty entries.
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Virginia Strate
James Hayden Jr
Strate
Hayden
Herbert Hultgren
Winona State College
Fine Arts
Austin Camera Club
Austin Art Group
Francis Miller
Harold Carlstrom
Emerson Strate
Alton Peterson
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Wis
Warren MacLaren
Chaplin
Steve Tshui
Hong Kong
China
St. Paul Lutheran Seminary
South
Blooming
Blooming Prairie
American Legion Post
Troop 231
Kasson
Fairgrounds
P. J. Holand
FAIR
Humboldt
Towa
United States
Austin Lancers
Holland
LUCKY
Diane Prescott
Karen Weness
Boothe
Agrico
Daniel P. Wageman
Stacyville
Eugene E. Heskett
11Th Ave
12Th St
Linda Schradle
12Th St. NE
Mary Baumgarner
1St Ave. NW
James Carroll
3Rd St. SE
Shatek
Byron L. Peterson
3Rd Ave. SE
Kenneth E. Stoltz
Rosemont
8Th Ave
Soltz
Evelyn R. Wollenburg
20Th St. NW
2Nd Ave
Wollenburg
Jimmie D. Allgood
Mapleview
Robert Leidale
Inter
4Th Ave
Genevieve D. Sanborn
5Th St
Sanborn
Leidale
Alan James Kimpell
3Rd Ave
Reuben O. Wignes
Sth Ave
2Nd St
Wignes
Alice M. van Vleet
5Th Ave. NW
Clark S. Poorman
VanVleet
Poorman
Howley
Carol Westphal
Jewell McKee
Candy Dankers
Raymond Bliss
Jo Anne Clark
Peggy Higgins
Don Weisgram
Colleen Gavin
Bonnie Warrington
Mauren Spinler
Mary Johnson
Esther Flom
Mary Anne Peterson
Kitty Tenhoff
Phylis Richardson
Mercy Pettitt
H. Nelson
Dick Hall
Johnson
Nelson
Palmer Hegstad
Esthe
Flom
Thelma Bowlby
David L Wiedemann
Betty Catherwood
Elizabeth Paleich
Mary Tate
Sharrene Brooks
Hall
Ginge
M. Andrew
Maybelle Johnson
John Bayer
Gloria Larkin
Janell McKee
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