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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1952
Page
9
Todd Park in Southern Minnesota draws thousands weekly in summer. Park superintendent Louis Faber notes 248 picnic tables 26 stoves four pavilions and various play structures across 100 acres. Annual maintenance runs around 12 thousand dollars with park activities year round from scouts groups to teen crowds.
Austin High School announces student registration from August 18 to 23 with grade based days and hours 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm. Returning students report to Room 101 for materials while new rural ninth graders go to Room 122 for assignment cards.
One hundred fifty per cent more retired persons applied for old age insurance payments in July. Emil C. John of the Mankato Social Security Office explained the rise is due to workers since 1950 now having 18 months of covered work, enabling the new formula for higher benefits. He noted further increases may come as law changes allow recent wages to be used immediately for those retiring this year and for self employed beneficiaries and survivors. The amendments also let 1952 earnings be used for refiguring payments and permit post 75 work to trigger a new computation under the updated formula.
The Austin Ministerial Association launches free Sunday bus service from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with 11 churches underwriting the project and the Austin Bus Line providing service at cost. Buses will add 8:30 a.m. departures from Mapleview and Crane to fit the 9 and 10 a.m. schedules, open to all regardless of church affiliation.
LOOKING BACK 10 YEARS AGO Four and one-half tons of old phonograph records collected by Boy Scouts in a Mower County drive left Austin on a Milwaukee Railroad car for Chicago to be converted into new records to entertain servicemen. 25 YEARS AGO Mower County swine breeders again led all the counties in the state in the number of entries in the 1927 litter contest promoted by the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association Minnesota Swine Breeders Association and the University of Minnesota agricultural extension service. Remodeling operations got under way on the old opera house building on North Main street.
Blooming Prairie edition announces a public flower show Saturday afternoon in the service men’s club rooms. Entries must be in fruit jars and are accepted until 2 30 p m. All attendees may vote for first place, with prizes for bouquets and corsages. Annual status depends on attendance.
Douglas Graff aged 9 is under observation for a possible head injury at St Olaf Hospital after a fall from a hayloft Thursday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Elton Graff Brownsdale. Donald Rumsey aged 10 was struck in the cheek by a fishhook Thursday while fishing. He received first aid at the hospital and was released. Donald is the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Rumsey 604 Garfield.
Blooming Prairie Book Club members plan a picnic on Tuesday at the Gun Club grounds with dinner served at 6 30 p m. Committee members include Mrs E O Habberstad Mrs Bert Hunter Mrs A B Magnusson and Mrs H Halenston.
Maurice Ditlevson resigns from Red Oak Grove Co operative Creamery to join Blooming Prairie Police Night Shift, effective August 15. He was selected from five applicants at the Monday council meeting.
Kenneth E. Myhre 3/c aged 20 arrived at Fifth Air Force headquarters Korea for auto body and fender work with the motor vehicle squadron. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Myhre of 1111 S. River, previously stationed at Mitchell Air Force Base New York. A/B Floyd Martell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Loewen of 1002 Foster, serves at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas with 17331109 Sqdn 3728 Flight 907. William Todd Jr. and Bradley Sutter are home on 29 day leave from the Naval Academy Annapolis. William is son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Todd of Austin Route 3 and Bradley is son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sutter, formerly of Austin but now of Minneapolis.
Blooming Prairie High School announces fall term registration dates and hours. Registration runs August 20 to 22 from 9:00 to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Students in grades 11 and 12 register Aug. 20, 9th and 10th Aug. 21, 7th and 8th Aug. 22. Fees are $2.25 for 9th–12th and $1.50 for 7th–8th, covering lyceum programs locker rental class dues and group accident benefit plan.
Postmaster Julian Bordona in Riverbank California relates a woman asked where to buy postoffice pens declaring they are the finest pens she has ever used. The remark underscores local attention to postal supplies.
Arden Neus, age six, cuddles a baby chick at the Children's Farmyard display. The Adams exhibit features a peacock, golden pheasant, ponies, lambs, kittens and pups, drawing crowds of both children and adults at the Mower County Fair.
State Rep. Jake Herzog will discuss the states mental health program and his role at the Austin Association for the Betterment of the Mentally Retarded meeting at 8 p m Monday in the Elks dining room A recording of The People Act broadcast from April 27 will be shown The group will also plan the Oct 20 indoor circus presented under its sponsorship during the business session
Albert Lea police warned Austin authorities that Rodney Tenney, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds with dark hair, is believed hitchhiking near the city. He is accused of forging checks in Austin, using the name Robert Thomson and Thompson's driver license, and was last seen in a yellow brown shirt and red white reversible jacket.
Louis Kraft of 1006 Moscow reports that juveniles cut a wire coop to steal two pigeons. He requested police interrogation of the boys to pursue the case.
Judging results announced in many divisions at the Mower County Fair on Thursday. The rabbit show drew 230 entries with 11 from 4-H, the Dutch breed listing 80 entries and New Zealand Whites and Champs 30 each. Best of Breed winners included Checkered Giants blue Chester Berndt Austin and others across several breeds. 4-H exhibits strengthening yearly. Grains open class awarded to growers in barley oats flax soybeans sweet corn and more with numerous prize recipients from Austin Grand Meadow Racine and other towns.
Glen Hovland, airport manager, expects 100 to 200 planes to land at Austin Airport Sunday if weather cooperates. The Flight Breakfast sponsored by the Austin Flyers Club will draw pilots from Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas and Minnesota for pancakes, coffee, and a likely after noon Mower County Fair program. John Accurso notes grandstand tickets are provided for flying guests.
An 11 year old runaway girl from Minot North Dakota turned herself in to Austin police after they learned she was at the 20th Century Carnival on the fair grounds. Minot authorities think she rode the carnival train from Minot to the Mower County Fair.
Hollandale Business Men's Club approved a three day Vegetable Fiesta for August 29 to September 1, skipping Sunday. It will be the town's first fiesta with a children's parade and band concert on Aug 29, a Mexican Aces Club program on Saturday, and Labor Day events including a parade and square dance.
Four representatives from the Austin Water and Light Board traveled to Omaha to study expanding natural gas allocations. The Northern Natural Gas Company, seeking to extend pipeline facilities, faced FPC conditions limiting reserves trading, which company officials say could cost up to 50 million dollars. An FPC hearing on September 10 will review the issue.
Seven teen Boy Scouts from Troops 260 and 261 are set to return today from a week long camping trip at Lake Pepin. Dee Carey is supervising the group.
Petition of T. H. Braaten to transfer from Joint School Dist. 79 to Joint Dist. 72 was denied at the county commissioners meeting. Routine business conducted.
Five day outlook for Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with highs near 78 in the north and 85 in the south and lows around 62. Cooler Saturday warmer Sunday and cooler again Tuesday with precipitation totaling local amounts around one inch in the south and lighter amounts in the north. Showers are expected tonight in the southeast with more widespread showers Saturday Sunday and Tuesday nights into Wednesday.
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