Library addition to start Wednesday at Austin Public Library
Ground will be broken at 8 am Wednesday for an 108000 dollar wrap around addition to the Austin Public Library. The project includes a children’s department, adult reading room, more stacks and new offices, financed from current income with no borrowing.
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Austin Public Library
Roy F. Randall
Winkels and Johnston
Budd Plumbing
Paton Electric
JWR Inc
Randall
Kane and Graves
Library
Charter Commission
Library Board
Spring Valley Girl to Sail Friday Attend School Abroad
Catherine Lindsay and Karen Van Auken, both connected to Winona, depart from Minneapolis to Oslo Norway for the Oslo Laerer skole as part of a Winona State College exchange program. Cathy will live with the Simon Norstebo family and return with Inghild Norstebo joining Winona State next year. They will spend two days in New York before sailing August 16 on the Stavenger Fjord. A going away party was held at St Ignatius parish hall.
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Spring Valley, Minn
Catherine Lindsay
Sam Lindsay
Spring Valley
Karen van Auken
Winona
Minneapolis
Osso
Norway
Oslo Laererskole
Winona State College
Cathy
Simon Norstebo
Inghild
Winona State
Karen
New York
Stavenger
St. Ignatius
Austin July Employment Stabilizes With Small Net Gain
Austin total employment in July stood at 11 306, up 14 from June and 52 below July 1962. Finance added 26 jobs in banks and insurers, construction hired 25, manufacturing gained 25, while government shed 26 due to school vacations. Trade, service, and labor supply trends reflected typical summer patterns.
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Austin
Cate
Austin Club Rates Fourth in June Kiwanis Activity
Austin placed fourth among Kiwanis clubs of the Minnesota Dakotas District in June activities, announced President Harold Lamon. Harvey and Mandan North Dakota and Webster South Dakota ranked above Austin, while attendance was seventh at 92.7 percent, with Spring Valley 95.7 percent and Sisseton leading at 96.9 percent.
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Austin
Minnesota Dakotas
Harold Lamon
Harvey
Open Herald Swim Meet Registration Wednesday
Registration for the annual swim meet co sponsored by the Park and Recreation Department and the Austin Daily Herald will be accepted 10 a m to noon Wednesday through next Tuesday at the pool. The meet on August 21 features prelims at 10 a m finals at 6 p m with novice and open divisions and trophies for top places.
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Park and Recreation Department
Austin Daily Herald
Traveling Herald
Red Cross
Dolphinetts
Park and Recreation
Parents Plan Miami Beach Trip for Lancers
The Lancers drum and bugle corps will travel to Miami Beach starting Sept 3 as part of a motorcade with two buses and seven cars. The trip follows their state convention showing in Minneapolis and includes chaperones and the equipment bus. Return is Sept 11 after performances and national bids.
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Lancers
Miami Beach
Parents’ Club
American Legion Club
Minneapolis
Giles Healy
Kiders
Florida
Austin Roundup of a Pair of Accidents and Missing Ladder
At 5 30 p m on May 7 Ted Kolb and his wife were seriously injured in a second Austin crash that same hour. Kolb’s rib earlier broken in the first crash was re injured and their car totaled. Kolb Bakery employee. Mrs James Tate attended a Minnesota University coffee hour for new students A theft of a wooden extension ladder from Marion Josephson’s garage occurred between Saturday and Monday.
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Ted Kolb
2Nd Ave. NE
Austin
Kolb
Kolb Bakery
Chris
Louie Kolb
James Tate
Austin Rt. 1
Mary Tate
University of Minnesota
Coffman Memorial Union
Minneapolis
Marion Josephson
9Th St
Mrs Rasmussen Hurt Crossing Street in City Collision
Mrs Geraldine Rasmussen former coowner of the Herald was struck by a car while crossing 1st Drive NW at Main St N Monday morning. She remains in St Olaf Hospital with a fractured shoulder and is resting comfortably according to her physician.
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Geraldine Rasmussen
the Herald
St. Olaf Hospital
Welfare Sets Distribution of Free Food in August
The second monthly distribution of Federal Surplus foods will be Wednesday at the Liebenstein 4-H Hall county fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Austin and vicinity, with rural areas Thursday at Adams county garage 9 to 10 a.m., LeRoy fire hall 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Grand Meadow county garage 1 to 2 p.m., Brownsdale Marks Roller Rink 3 to 4 p.m. 1,355 people have been certified for August distributions, up from 1,080 last month. Volunteers from the Retired Hormel group assist in distribution. Foods include rice, beans, flour, rolled wheat, dry milk solids, chopped meat, cornmeal, cheese, butter, lard, and peanut butter. Over 20,000 pounds of surplus foods moved last month in 4 hours at the Austin center.
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Harold Mickelson
Austin
Vicinity
Liebenstein
County Fairgrounds
Adams
LeRoy
Grand Meadow
Brownsdale
Marks
Hormel Group
Mickelson
Police List 5 Accidents in 24 Hours
Police reported five accidents in the past 24 hours. Harry Johannsen and David R. Bar douche collided at 10:50 a.m. Monday at 2nd Ave and 2nd St NE. A red vehicle hit and run occurred in Hormel parking lot between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday. Harold Jarvis reported a red vehicle parked beside his car. Howard Hofner received a ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian after Mrs. Geraldine Rasmussen was injured. Berl FE. Oleson stopped at a stop sign and collided with Leonard J. Larson’s car. Melvin D. Skiles had his left door torn off by Caroline Olson’s car as he opened his door.
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Harry Johannsen
4Th St
David R. Bardouche
Sth Ave
2Nd Ave
2Nd St
North
Hormel
Harold Jarvis
11Th St
Howard Hofner
Oakland Ave
Ghven
Geraldine Rasmussen
Berl FE. Oleson
1St Ave
1St St
Leonard J. Larson
Austin
Melvin D. Skiles
Keokuk
Iowa
Caroline Olson
11Th Ave. NE
Student Lynda Moeykens Named to FHA Public Relations Panel
Lynda Moeykens of Austin Route 1 is chosen for the state Future Homemakers of America public relations committee for 1963 64. She will serve with Judy Campbell of Byron Minnesota as part of the state group.
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Lynda Moeykens
Austin Rt. 1
State Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Judy Campbell
Byron
Minn
Children’s Heritage Albums Ideal Gifts for Boys and Girls
Austin Daily Herald offers Our Children’s Heritage Records and Storybooks volumes IV to VI as reader service gifts. Each 40 minute narration pairs with an illustrated storybook showing every word. Families use them to read along, boosting reading skills, with themes like Peter and the Wolf Hansel and Gretel and The Three Little Pigs.
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Austin Daily Herald
Gretel
Baby
MacDonald
Austin
Margie Bell
Steele County 4-H Style Revue Opens Five Day Fair
Steele County opens a five day fair in Owatonna featuring the largest entertain ment and educational lineup in two decades. The event includes new exhibits at the historical park, renamed buildings, and moved log cabins. Premiums exceed 13 000 with many attractions daily from 4-H style revue to grandstand performances and auto races.
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Steele County
Owatonna
Hubert Fischer
Austin Road
The
Historical Society
Fair Board
Ayrshire
Atomic Energy Commission
Bongard
Doughertys Found Italy Has Almost Everything a Tourist Seeks
Mrs. Richard Dougherty spoke to Rotarians about a month-long study trip to Italy to savor its history art music and scenery. The couple traveled Europe yearly visiting South America England Norway Italy this time. They highlighted Alpine scenery Amalfi Drive Venice gondolas medieval towns Italian food and driving habits noting fewer stop signs and a shift in the European view of Americans.
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Richard Dougherty
Red Cedar Inn
Italy
Dougherty
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Hormel News
South America
Noel
England
Norway
Doughertys
Alps
Amalfi Drive
Venice
Roe of LeRoy Claims 4-H Beef Carcass Honors
Brian Roe of LeRoy won the 4-H beef carcass contest at the fair on Monday. Mark Machacek of Lyle took second place. Other winners include Vernon Wood of Austin and Diane Cafaurek of Glenville, with Robert also listed among results.
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Brian Roe
LeRoy
Mark Machacek
Lyle
Vernon Wood
Austin
Diane Cafaurek
Glenville
Robert
Kim David Anderson
Adams
Angus Steer
Five youngsters risk lake dangers amid pollution and silt hazard
The scene shows youths diving from a bridge over the Dobbins Creek spillway into a polluted East Side Lake where 18 foot depths and thick silt raise health risks. Police urge parental caution after a past drowning caused by silt in lungs t. A crowded fair displays 4-H livestock winners across Angus steers hog carcass contest and blue ribbons awarded to Kim David Anderson and others.
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Dobbins Creek
City Native's Son Wins Golf Crown
Gregg McHatton of Whittier Calif wins the USGA Junior Amateur golf title, becoming the second Californian in a row to take the crown. He is a junior at La Serna High School and comes from a golfing family led by his mother Ilona DeRemer.
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Lyle
Minn
Whitti- Calif
Gregg McHatton
Alva Gregs
McHatton
Ilona DeRemer
Austin
LaSerna High School
Whittier
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Mary Ja
Austin Swim Club
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Sheehy Construction Co
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le Roy Anderson
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Grace Lutheran Church
Gerald Chopski
Fd Smock
le Roy
Central Pony Association
Art Swenson
Dodge Racing Inc
Siro
Magic Circus
America
Europe
International Motor Contest Association
State Fair Group
William T. Collings
Roe of LeRoy
Robert Nelson
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