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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
7
Officials declare the 86th Mower County Fair the best ever with 205 492 attendees in 1968, topping 164 251 in 1965. Six day totals rose to 175 683 while Saturday drew 34 462. Weather was erratic and costs rose amid a shift to 50 cent admission.
Austin police logged three burglary incidents over the weekend. A window at First Baptist Church on Oakland Avenue caused 35 dollars in damage with no items reported missing. Waynes Liquor Store on 4th Street SE suffered a break in and 120 dollars of liquor stolen. The Austin Bakery on 2nd Avenue NE reported a window break with 120 dollars in damage but no entry.
Lyle Stephenson of Rose Creek and William Church of Riceville top open class Ayrshire results at the Mower County Fair. Chambering adds: Church claims senior and grand champion bull. various Gaedy and Steinberg entries place in cows, heifers, and herds with multiple firsts and seconds.
Final plans for the annual YMCA membership drive are set as Walter Carstenbrock announces a budget of 119,883 with 77,809 to be raised through memberships. The Austin YMCA plans a city wide canvass to grow roles for 1968 69 and outlines a new dues structure effective Sept 1.
Tom Schissel, KAUS TV sales manager for nearly two years, leaves to join Northfield’s new radio station as sales manager and special events announcer. Jan Stydnicki, KYMN station manager, announces the move. Schissel, born in Adams, previously worked at Gordon Electric and Schissel Bros. Elevator Co. in Adams.
Nancy May of Adams, 16, is named Mower County Fair Queen at the Young America Center. She will represent the county during the year. her talent was a dramatic reading. Nancy plans practical nursing training after Peace Corps service and has been active in chorus, band, student council, 1968 Argo, and is Adams FHA president. Runner-ups include Vicki Burns and Yvonne Schaefer, with other contestants Donna Blaser Beth Satre and Larkie Sheimo.
Austin area hog farmers swept top honors at the Mower County Fair open class judging. Names and placings include Huinker of Austin with multiple boars and sows earning junior and grand champion titles, Kulow of Riceville with spot class wins, Kozak of Riceville earning multiple junior and grand champion awards, and Marquardt of Dodge Center securing several gilt and sow titles across landrace and spots divisions.
An Angus steer shown by Douglas Scheider of Adams Full- O-Pep 4H won top honors in the annual 4-H beef carcass contest held with the Mower County Fair. The winner received a $30 premium, with multiple placings recorded for crossbred and Angus entries including DeWayne Lonergan and Joanne Sorenson among others. dairy steer competition saw Cindy Anderson win with a Holstein steer and Roxanne Wilder and Joanne Snyder placing second and third.
A Saturday 9 15 a m collision at 19th St SE and 5th Ave SE involved Ardys Fogdall and Sterling Haugen. Fogdall’s car sustained 50 dollars in damage and Haugen’s 100 dollars with no injuries reported. Police Chief Robert Nelson filed the report.
A Rose Creek man finished second in the Midwest Market Hog carcass contest at the Mower County Fair. Ronald Hammermeister’s entry had a hamloin index of 154.7, while Gary Laabs of Lone Rock Iowa won with 141.2. Other placings include Jon Yusten Kasson 134.6 and Milton Quesenberry Red Wood Falls 132.4.
Busy Beavers No 2 won the 4 H livestock judging at the Mower County Fair with 1 014 points led by Jean Reagan Gary Asken and Mary Weis Jolly Youth took second with 1 003 points Team members were Jeanne Snyder Jo Anne Snyder and Barb Snyder Third was Waltham 4 H with 994 points Top individuals include Roger Peterson Janet Oelkers Myron Weis and Jeanne JoAnne Snyder tied with 344 points for high scores.
The eighth annual Farm to Market Day sponsored by the Austin Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday. Local residents can buy farm fresh produce, baked goods, handicrafts, poultry, eggs and other items from farmers and groups at city commercial areas. Shoppers are urged to come early as merchandise moves quickly.
Leo Sandgren III aged 19, former Austin resident, was injured when a car struck his motorcycle in Minneapolis last week. He is the grandson of Rev. Leo Sandgren Sr former Grace Baptist Church minister at 100 4th Ave SE.
The Scout Roundtable will hold an organizational meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the St Augustine Grade School basement. All Boy Scout leaders cubmasters den mothers and assistant leaders are welcome.
At the Mower County Fair the Milwaukee Junction display recreates an early rail station scene. Visitors view the old baggage car, trunks, mail carriers, and a LaCrosse Candy box, plus the Elkton Post Office with 55 boxes moved into place and a vintage milk car. The display includes the Milwaukee 1004 engine, a Hormel freight car, caboose, hand cars, and other era artifacts.
The Austin YMCA schedules a trip to Metropolitan Stadium to see the Minnesota Twins play the Baltimore Orioles. Open to boys and girls aged 8 to 14, with a $4 member or $5 nonmember fee paid at registration by Thursday. Bus departs at 10 a.m. and returns at 6 p.m. Chaperones call 453-1804.
Burke Bros Blooming Prairie swept Angus awards at the Mower County Fair with top prizes in senior and junior yearling bulls, summer yearling bulls, and multiple heifer classes. Miller, Paulson, Kelly, Harms, and Podein and Curran earned several firsts, with Burke Bros. collecting reserve and multiple champion titles in the Angus division.
Allen Corey Olson 17 of 812 8th Ave SW injured in a two a.m. Sunday crash on CSAH 29 three miles south of Austin. Olson, a passenger in a car driven by Frederick Schmidt of Albert Lea, sustained neck and back injuries and was kept for observation at St Olaf Hospital. Schmidt’s car damage estimated at 1500 dollars.
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