Austin Area Municipal Liquor Stores 1965 Sales Rise
An analysis of 1965 municipal liquor store operations shows 18 new stores since repeal of county option. Total reported sales across 404 municipalities reached $1,504,355, up 2.8 percent from 1964, with gross profit up 2.5 percent to $453,172 and net income rising 5 percent to $37,591 despite higher operating expenses. Major stores and their results include Adams off-sale $46,088 sales with $45,883 net, Blooming Prairie $117,633 sales and $9,382 net, Brownsdale $59,465 sales and $1,780 net, and Spring Valley $159,585 sales and $20,930 net. Other towns listed include Dexter, Dodge Center, Grand Meadow, LeRoy, Lyle, Mapleview, Preston, Rose Creek, Stewartville, and more with varied gross profits and net incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of the Public Examiner
Blooming Prairie
Brownsdale
LeRoy
Lyle
Mapleview
Preston
Rose Creek
Spring Valley
Stewartville
Driver and 7 year old Hurt in Ford Township Crash
A two car collision on a hilltop road in Frank ford Township at 3 15 p m Saturday left minor injuries to both drivers and passengers. Mrs Dean Jensen of Grand Meadow suffered minor contusions and was to be released from Spring Valley Community Memorial Hospital. Jeffrey Mayer age 7 of Grand Meadow received a nose cut and was released from a Spring Valley doctor’s office. Damages were about 750 dollars to each vehicle.
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Frankford
Grand Meadow
Dean Jensen
Spring Valley Community Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Mayer
Marlin Mayer
Austin Man VISTA Volunteer With Indians
Loren F. Bellrichard son of Mrs Ethel Bellrichard Austin Rt 3 was among 28 graduates from a Vista Training Program at the University of Wisconsin Extension He will spend one year as a Volunteer in Service to America working with the Three Affiliated Tribes Fort Berthold Reservation in New Town North Dakota The 20 year old Pacelli High School graduate and Austin State Junior College AA recipient previously led the Austin YMCA program and served as St Augustine Grade School playground director
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren F. Bellrichard
Ethel Bellrichard
Austin
Rt. 3
Vista
University of Wisconsin Extension
Upson
Wis
America
Bellrichard
Fort Berthold Reservation
New Town
D.D
University of Wisconsin
Pacelli High School
Austin State Junior College
Austin Ymca
St. Augustine
Weekend car crashes injure two teens in Austin
Two teenagers suffered minor injuries in a Saturday collision at 7 24 p m involving a Duenow vehicle driven by 19 year old Gene C Duenow and a Hallman car driven by Harry R Hallman with damages listed. Multiple other weekend incidents include a hit and run damaging Florence Farrell’s car and several described fender benders with named drivers and addresses.
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Austin
Gene C. Duenow
4Th Ave
Peggy Garrity
Duenow
Harry R. Hallman
18Th St
9Th Ave
12Th St
Hallman
Richard W. Pustad
21St St
Main St
Leo Swank
1Th Ave
Austin Doctor Drafted by AF
Dr Morris Lemmen of 709 18th Ave SW has been drafted by the U S Air Force for two years and departs Sept 9 for an Area Space School in San Antonio Texas. After eight weeks of basic training he will be stationed at the SAC base near Great Falls Montana where his wife and two children will join him. He was commissioned as a captain and plans to return to practice at the Lommen Clinic 610 2nd St NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Lemmen
18Th Ave
U.S. Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
SAC
Great Falls
Mont
Lommen
2Nd St
Albert Lea Plans School Bond Issue
Albert Lea School District 241 weighs a 3.6 million bond vote to fund remodeling Central High conversion of Lincoln Elementary to a high school, a new 27 room Abbott Field elementary, a Hammer site athletic facility, Ramsey Elementary addition, and land acquisition with about 1.1 million in funds on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea School Dist
Board of Education
Central High School
Lincoln Elementary
Abbott Field
Abbott
Lincoln
Ramsey
Practical Nurses Pinned At Vocational School Ceremony
Twenty one practical nursing students were pinned Friday night at the Vocational School auditorium by Miss France Benson director of Nursing services at St Olaf Hospital. Names pictured include Ruth Bauer Elaine Boysel Cynthia Burtch Lavene Dawson Kathleen Helland Barbara Howden Nancy Jacobson Christine Ludvigson Val aleria Maloney Nancy Mayrick Ruth Ann Moore Shirley Nuehring Shirley Kensink Nancy Read Myrtle Schleusner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational School
France Benson
St. Olaf Hospital
Pic
Tured
Ruth Bauer
Elaine Boysel
Cynthia Burtch
Lavene Dawson
Kathleen Helland
Barbara Howden
Nancy Jacobson
Christine Ludvigson
Valaleria Maloney
Nancy Mayrick
Ruth Ann Moore
Shirley Nuehring
Shirley Kensink
Nancy Read
Myrtle Schleusner
Light on Austin Nightlife By Will Jones
Austin’s bars and nightlife draw mixed reactions after Will Jones column in the Minneapolis Tribune. Readers say it’s merely his opinion and not representative of the town, with some criticizing focus on bars while others suggest broader coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jones
Will Jones
Minneapolis Tribune
Thomas Smith
Geordie Hormel
East Side
Upper Midwest
Hormel
Launch Final Street Paving Phase in City
The City Engineering Dept enters the final phase of the 1966 summer street paving. Main Street north of the new bridge is finished and 15th Ave from Main to 4th NE should finish after three weeks of digging and pouring. Lysne Construction Co. of Blooming Prairie will complete five paving projects by summer’s end at a bid of $205,123.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Engineering
Main St
Dick Murphy
15Th Ave
4Th St
Lysne Construction Co
Blooming Prairie
Bloodmobile to Visit Hayfield Friday at Trinity Lutheran
Red Cross Bloodmobile returns to Hayfield on Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. The drive stresses urgent need for blood due to summer accidents and higher demand from servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayfield
Minn
Red Cross
Trinity Lutheran Church
Austin Student Receives Degree At Mankato State
Nathan J. Johnson of Austin received his bachelor of science degree at commencement exercises Friday at Mankato State College. He will teach speech and English at a Waterville, Minnesota school, and he and his wife and child will remain at 525 Hickory Street in Mankato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan J. Johnson
Wilburn Johnson
Austin
Mankato State College
Waterville
Minn
Nathan
Hickory St
Mankato
Man From Riceville Takes Airline Job
Stacyville Iowa Leon ard Pitzen has accepted a position with Ozark Airlines at O'Hare field in Chicago. He will work in ramp service after graduating August 5 from Gale Institute in Minneapolis with airline reservations and ticketing training. He is son of Mr and Mrs Clem Pitzen and a 1965 graduate of Visitation High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville
Iowa
Leonard Pitzen
Ozark Airlines
O'Hare Field
Chicago
Pitzen
Gale Institute
Minneeapolis
Clem Pitzen
Visitation High School
Windows Broken at 2 Stores in Downtown Austin
Two vandalism or attempted burglary incidents occurred in a downtown alley last weekend. Scovill Jewelry Store at 411 Main St N had a rear window broken Sunday at 10 24 p m with a rock used to reach in and fail to enter. Heise Roberts Electric at 107 4th Ave NW reported a back door window broken Monday at 1 20 a m. Damage totals cited. Police continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scovill Jewelry
Main St. N
Heise & Roberts Electric
4Th Ave
Carman wins semi modified auto race at Iowa State Fair
Vern Carman of Webster City won the 12 and a half mile semi modified feature at the Iowa State Fair on Friday night with Bob Malachek of Marshalltown finishing second.
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Des Moines
Vern Carman
Webster City
Bob Malachek
Marshalltown
League of Women Voters urge Austin registration drive
The Austin League of Women Voters through its Voters Service committee led by Mrs. Richard La Londe urges citizens to register before the primary election deadline September 13. They parade on Main Street with reminders, arrange for church notices, and call residents and new movers to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin League of Women Voters
Voters Service Committee
Richard la Londe
League
Main Street
City Recorder's Office
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Leon Robbins
City Recorder
Lansing Methodist Church celebrates 100th anniversary
Old friends from near and far gathered Sunday to mark the Lansing Methodist Church centennial. A 10:30 am service featured Dr. Edwin Foote from Rochester as guest speaker. A dinner program at the Elementary School reviewed the church’s history with Rev. John Gabriel as minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing Methodist Church
Edwin Foote
Dist
Rochester
John Gabriel
Blooming Prairie Scouts Take Two Third Places in Canoe Derby
Blooming Prairie Boy Scouts secured third place in both Class A and Class B divisions of the 12th annual Gamehaven Council Canoe Derby. Post 11 from Winona won both divisions. Blooming Prairie fielded three teams in total, with a route spanning Colvill Park Red Wing to Winona and back, ending with a victory dinner at Winona State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Post 11
Winona
Colvill Park
Red
Hok-Si-La
Wabasha
West Newton
Winona State College
George Frederickson
Frederickson
George Hansen
Doug Carlson
Craig Ilk
Greg Han
Owatonna
Red Wing
Lake City
St. Charles
Rochester
Gamehaven Council
Seven Colleges Set for National Swine Judging Contest
Seven teams and coaches are listed for the College Division of the National Swine Judging Contest at the opening of the 1966 World Series of Swine Shows on Sept 12. Teams include Illinois Iowa State North Dakota State South Dakota State Minnesota Southern Illinois Wisconsin with others expected. Judging starts 9:30 am at Crane Pavilion and eight market class, one hog carcass class will be judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of
University of Georgia
Randall Grooms
Michigan State University
Harlan Ritchie
University of Missouri
G. P. Thompson
University of Nebraska
Richard Warren
Western Illinois University
Gary L. Cowman
Austin Junior College
Lee Aronson
Worthington Junior College
Walter Larson
FFA
Crane Pavilion
Sunday Accident South of Blooming Hospitalizes Pair
A two car crash on Highway 218 south of Blooming Prairie at 12 15 p m Sunday sent a St Paul couple to St Olaf Hospital with multiple injuries. John F Martignacco 33 and Gerhard T Flatin 62 collided. Martignacco car $900 damage Flatin car $800. Flatin uninjured. Patrol investigation continues.
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Blooming Prairie
St. Paul
St. Olaf Hospital
John F. Martignacco
Gerhard T. Flatin
Spring Grove
Martignacco
St. Olaf
Flatin
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Austin Lancers Head to Washington for National Legion Meet
About 65 Austin Lancers and chaperones depart at 3 a.m. Tuesday for the National Legion Convention in Washington D C. The trip splits at Bowling Green Kentucky with a Drum and Bugle Corps overnight, then reaches D C Wednesday night. They perform Friday and Saturday against national corps with finals possible Saturday night at D C Stadium.
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Austin Lancers
Washington
D. C
National Legion Convention
Minnesota
Bowling Green
Eugene McCarthy
White House
Lancers
United States
Leo Weis
Post 91
Legion
Paul Hallman
The
Manger
Area Students Get Degrees at Mankato State College
Seventy two graduates earned masters degrees at Mankato State College this Friday marking the largest single class in the school’s history. Sixty two received Master of Science and ten earned a Master of Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato State College
Mankato State
Winston Benson
School of Graduate Studies
UCT Members Attend Grand Promotion Meet in Minneapolis
Four Austin members of the United Commercial Travelers of America attended a Grand Promotion meeting Saturday in Minneapolis Minnesota. The delegates were Kenneth Tapp Donald Pell Budd Hoffman and Joseph Hahn.
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Austin
United Commercial Travelers of America
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Kenneth Tapp
Donnald Pell
Budd Hoffman
Joseph Hahn
Keokuk Driver Wins 100 Mile Des Moines Stock Race
Rame Stott of Keokuk Iowa won the 100 mile late model stock car race at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday. He finished three lengths ahead of Lenny Funk Otis to claim the title.
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Order of the Arrow
Scoutmasters Round Table
1St Congregational Church
Dan Howelly
Dave Murphy
Mark ‘Thul
Howelly
Lert
Tom Smith
Thul
Dave Hart
Murphy
Austin Area Municipal Liquor Stores
Adams
Dexter
Dodge Center
Boy Hart
Austin Man Vista
Florence Farrell
Austin Rt. 1
Country Kitchen
709
Marine
Dennis G. Church
Osage
Carl F. Augustin
Tempo
Church
Augustin
3Rd Ave
1St St
Robert (. Bartholomew
James A. Nord
Albert Lea
Cheryl Shoop
Sandra Storm
Cynthia Waage
Nancy Wachal
Sally Williams
Susan Haaland
St Olaf Hospital
Bloodmobile
Man
Riceville
Manley Wengert
7Th Ave
Keith Larson
Oakland
League of Women Voters
Sen
Mike Walsh
David Johnson
Larry Lorenzen
Dale Magnuson
Bruce Krejci
Greg Olson
Tom Peterson
Bill Carroll
American Legion Post
National Assn., of
Swine Records
Blooming
Washington D.C
Linda K. Anderson
2Nd Ave
Harry Norman Amond
Thomas E. Griffin
19Th St
Larry M. Kruger
1St Ave
William L. Lloyd
Jane V. Michelson
6Th Ave
David J. Johnson
Delores B. van Wyngeeren Hollandale
Sharon M. Capretz
Martha ¢. Ziemer
Waltham
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