Raymond's Nursing Home to Add 44 Beds in Expansion
Raymond's Nursing Home plans a two story brick L shaped addition increasing beds from 80 to 124 at 400 10th Ave NW. Groundbreaking is today with completion next spring. Project includes 20 double rooms four singles 20 baths, new living and activity spaces, therapy room, library barber shop dining and more. Architects Ross Graves Associates and Hagstrom and Loock of Austin lead the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond’s Nursing Home, Inc
10Th Ave. NW
Raymond Olson
Raymond's
Raymond’s
Mower County
Ross Graves and Associates
Austin
Hagstrom and Loock
Schammel Electric
Arnold Plumbing
Johnson Heating
Albert Lea
Federal County Vets Benefits Total 246 055 for Fiscal Year
Mower County Veterans Service reports total federal and state benefits of 246 055 for the fiscal year ending June 1968. Benefits stem from 1967 and 1968 claims, with 600 income report cards for non-service pensions adding 600 000 yearly to the county. Various benefit categories, interview totals, grants and denials outlined with key figures and upcoming fiscal year plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Frank E. Dunsmore
Veterans Service Office
Adams High Band Heads to Minnesota State Fair
The Adams High School band, a 63 member group, will travel from Adams to St. Paul by bus at 7 a.m. Saturday to perform at the Education Building at noon and again at the grandstand in the evening before returning to Austin. Ten bands are invited each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams, Minn
St. Paul
Austin
Twelve seek Local 9 Financial Secretary post
Twelve candidates vie for the Local 9 UPWA Financial Secretary slot to be filled after Helen McDermott retires next month. A 48 hour secret ballot will run Sept 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The meeting also noted a $7,100 Salvation Army donation and changes in UPWA structure including District 4 leadership and officers serving four year terms.
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Local 9
UPWA
Helen McDermott
Salvation Army
Fund Drive
Barney Thomson
Lyman Halligan
Emerson Moseley
Halligan
International
Amalgamated
Professional Scout Leaders to Attend Training Meeting
Boypower 76 outlines a January 1969 start for a long range plan guiding a weeklong professional staff training August 25 to 31 at Colorado State University. Attendees include Paul Lutzke Edwin Dery Thomas Manko Gene Lenard Gene St Martin and William Eisenbarth as district executives and other top Scouting leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boypower
Boy Scouts of America
Gamehaven Council
Roy R. Butler
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colo
Paul Lutzke
Edwin Dery
Thomas Manko
Rochester
Gene Lenard
Owatonna
Gene St. Martin
Red Wing
William Eisenbarth
Winona
Citadel Ceremony Scheduled Sunday Opens Austin Salvation Army Citadel
A cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Austin Salvation Army Citadel is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. Col. Raymond Johnson of Minneapolis will preside with Major Alfred Gorton and Purl Enger on the advisory board. A brief event precedes plans for an open house and dedication on September 7 and 8. The building and its equipment, costing about $175,000, are nearing completion.
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Austin
Salvation Army
Raymond Johnson
Minneapolis
Alfred Gorton
Purl Enger
Citadel
Thefts and Vandalism Reported in Austin Police Blotter
Austin police investigate three thefts and a vandalism case since Monday. A window was broken at Austin High School Thursday night with doors damaged and a pop machine opened causing 39 dollars in damage. A radio and watch valued at 65 dollars were stolen from Clarence Root at 1004 11th Ave SW between Monday and Thursday. Ten cases of beer valued at 82 dollars were stolen from a Gopher Distributing Co. truck at Northwest Park over the weekend. A wedlock was cut on a freezer at Ankeny Dairy between 7:50 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday with 58 dollars worth of ice cream missing.
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Austin
Austin High School
Clarence Root
11Th Ave
Gopher Distributing Co
Northwest Park
Preliminary Hearing Set for Hall on Sept 6
James R. Hall 23 of Mapleview appeared in Municipal Court on two counts from a July 17 traffic death of Richard A. Walterman in Dexter. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sept. 6. Hall faces charges of gross negligence causing death and driving while intoxicated from a rollover crash on I-90 west of Austin. Bond set at $500. released to attorney Robert Leighton pending higher bond.
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James R. Hall
Mapleview
Richard A. Walterman
Dexter
Hall
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Walterman
Austin
Bond
Robert Leighton
Little Girl Hit by Car In Austin Injured
An Austin girl, 2 year old Marcia Uhlis, was slightly injured after darting into the street near her home and was struck by a car driven by Janet Lynn. The girl was not hospitalized. A second crash occurred in Norge Village when Winifred Swank and Daniel Attlessey collided in a parking lot. Attlessey’s car sustained $60 damage.
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Austin
Marcia Uhlis
Oakland Ave
Janet Lynn
9Th St
Norge Village
1St Ave
Winifred Swank
17Th St
Daniel Attlessey
3Rd St. NW
Attlessey
Swank
Grand Meadow Saddle Club to Host First Horse Show
Grand Meadow Minnesota hosts the first annual horse show by the Grand Meadow Saddle Club. Registration for halter classes starts 9 30 a m at the Grand Meadow Gun Club one mile east on Highway 16. Performance class registration begins 12 30 p m with Donald Stein of the Diamond B Ranch in Chester judging.
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Grand Meadow
Minn
Grand Meadow Saddle Club
Blooming Prairie couple stayed at Prague hotel during unrest
A Blooming Prairie pair, Mr and Mrs Ross Ferguson, recently returned from a tour across the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Germany Belgium Switzerland and Spain. They stayed at the Hotel Alcron in Prague where Czech leaders were said to be held amid the invasion. The Fergusons traveled with a Minnesota livestock feeders and breeders goodwill group led by Prof Lester E Hanson and left Minneapolis July 30. Two Ferguson children live nearby in Lansing and Blooming Prairie.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Alcron
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ross Ferguson
Soviet Union
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Spain
Lester E. Hanson
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Fergusons
Russia
Ferguson
Austin
David
Lansing
Owen
Cocker Spaniel and Mallard Duck Share Rice Krispies Home
Sunnee Johnson and Jeff Flynn raise a unique pair a male cocker spaniel named Chip and a female mallard duck named Perky who share food and a backyard home in Des Moines. Perky enjoys swimming in a plastic pool while Chip stays nearby. Sunnee plans to relocate Perky to Cedar River if she cannot safely return home.
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Barbara Hogan
Sunnee Johnson
6Th Ave
Sunnee
Clestine Johnson
Jeff Flynn
16Th St
Johnson
Chip
Perky
Jeff
Synne
East Side Lake
Cedar River
N. Main St
Juvenile Boys Attend Twins Game on Thursday
John Jetty and James Peyton of Mower County Probation led 17 juvenile boys aged 8 to 14 to a Twins game Thursday. The group enjoyed popcorn, celebrated a Twins victory, and hoped for autographs. Donations funded the activity through the Juvenile Court Contingency Fund.
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John Jetty
James Peyton
Mower County
Pop
Mickey Mantle
Peyton
Juvenile Court
Local Heart Fund Surpasses Goal in 1968 Drive
Mower County raised 10096 dollars for the Heart Fund exceeding the 9000 goal as Tommy's Supper Club in Austin hosted meetings. Tom Smith Jr receives a coal line portrait from William Quirin Rochester State Heart Fund chairman. statewide goal 600000 exceeded by 85000 making 1968 Minnesota Heart Assn year strongest yet.
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Tom Smith, Jr
Mower County Heart Fund
Tommy's Supper Club
Austin
William Quirin
Rochester
State Heart Fund
Heart Fund
Mower County
Minnesota Heart Assn
Iowa Sargeant Dies in Crash
Lime Springs Iowa suffers its first Vietnam death as SFC Merlin H Bergan 43 a 20 year veteran dies from burns after a military aircraft crash and fire He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Bergan and brother Elmer of Austin Bergan served in Korea as well as Vietnam and died Monday Aug 12 in the crash inquiry continues into the incident.
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Lime Springs
Iowa
Vietnam
Merlin H. Bergan
Ben Bergan
Bergan
Elmer
Austin
Watermelon Day Set at McIntire Gym
Mc Intire Iowa community club sponsors Watermelon Day from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the McIntire Gym. Free watermelon will be served and games plus kiddie rides will be available for the afternoon.
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Mcintire
Iowa
McIntire Community Club
Riceville Schools Set to Open Monday With Full Faculty
Riceville Iowa plans a full day opening Monday at three attendance centers. High School faculty includes Donald Johnston superintendent and 28 others. Junior High lists Everett Berends and staff. Elementary lists Dinsmore Bradmill as principal and a large slate of teachers and aides.
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Riceville
Iowa
Donald Morasch
Robert Rasmussen
David Ripley
Dennis Schroeder
Norma Stone
Marvin Wasseling
Maurice Williams
Jerry Markham
Everett Berends
Ruth Grace
E. J. Feather
Lloyd Bartlett
Ferne Hockens
Mary Lou Koschmeder
Fred Elwood
Dinsmore Bradmill
Arthur Sobolik
Roy H
Della Spring
Barbara Huddeston
Glen Dillon
Kay Lott
Jeanette Evans
Connie Johnson
County DFL Plan Todd Park Picnic Announcement
The DFL will hold a county wide picnic at Todd Park Sunday Sept 22 starting at noon in the Izaak Walton Cabin. Vernon Schaefer is special events chairman in charge of picnic arrangements. Tickets available from county officers or precinct chairmen and at the Sept 17 meeting in the Austin Labor Center.
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DFL
Todd Park
Kenneth Kneeskern
Izaak Walton
Vernon Schaefer
Adams
Austin Labor Center
Local Parents Attend U Minnesota Coffee Session
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ramlo of 1714 3rd St. NE attended a university coffee hour for parents of new students. Their daughter Mary Ramlo plans to enter the University this fall as a freshman in the College of Liberal Arts.
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Donald Ramlo
3Rd St. NE
University of Minnesota
Mary Ramlo
College of Liberal Arts
Head loses in milking contest to Holstein Carla
State Attorney General Douglas M. Head stood at center in a hand milking contest. The purebred Holstein yielded four pounds of milk to Carla in three minutes, while Head coaxed only half a pound. Owner Danki Deml, 18, of Owatonna Rt 2, sponsored the event.
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Douglas M. Head
Carla
Head
Danki Deml
Owatonna Rt
Lansing Grange Presents Traveling Project at Elkton
Elkton Grange hosted Lansing Grange traveling program at Elkton School featuring songs games and a Manitoba reading. Estelle Thompson urged visits to the state fair booth and attendance at the Kasson state convention in October. The next meeting is Sept 5 at the school when Elkton will present the travel program to Pomona Grange. Officers will be elected Sept 18 at the Willis Danielson home.
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Manitoba
Estelle Thompson
Grange
Kasson
Elkton
Pomona Grange
Willis Danielson
Tiegen Assumes New Role in Hormel Food Service Dept
Irwin B. Tiegen is named Convenience Foods Specialist reporting to James Hardenbergh. He will focus on marketing Hormel products to food service trade including hotels restaurants hospitals colleges and universities and plant feeding operations.
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James Hardenbergh
Food Service
Tiegen
Baltimore
Burlington
Davenport
Fort Madison
Iowa
Austin
Food Service Division
Adams
Two Car Crash Investigated Near Austin
Mower County Sheriff deputies investigated a two car collision a half mile southeast of Austin on Thursday night at the CSAH 45 and Highway 218 S intersection about 10 10. Estimated damages were 250 for Timothy Meier of Brownsdale and 100 for Barbara McKissick of Austin Route 2.
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Mower County Sheriffs Dept
Austin
Timothy Meiier
Brownsdale
Barbara McKissick
Austin Rt. 2
Meier
Meckissick
Farewell Sermon for Rev Pechauer at St Olaf Church
Rev Ronald Pechaver will preach farewell sermons at 7 30 and 10 a m Sunday before leaving Tuesday for Farmington Minnesota to lead Farmington Lutheran Church. Receptions for Rev and Mrs Pechauer follow the 8 30 and 10 a m services with St Olaf Church Women serving.
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Rev. Pechaver
Ronald Pechavey
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Farmington, Minn
Farmington Lutheran Church
Mendota Bridge Reopens Before Minnesota State Fair
The Mendota Bridge, closed since April 15 for redecking, will reopen today ahead of the Minnesota State Fair. A ceremony led by Gov. Harold LeVander and Highway Commissioner N. Ted Walder will feature a gate opening and a procession. Normal traffic expected by 3:30 p.m. Detours had routed motorists to three alternate bridges.
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Mendota
Harold le Vander
Minnesota
N. Ted Walder
Hall Brothers Jazz Bend
Mendota Bridge
Piano Lessons Registration At St Edwards School
Pupils wishing to register for piano lessons must visit St Edwards Convent Studio from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. on Wednesday August 28 to enroll for the fall term.
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St. Edwards School
St. Edwards Convent
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Raymond's Nursing Home
Butler
GM Saddle Club
Small Nation
Shirley Temple Black
Sunnee Johnson, Chip, Perky and
Rise Krisptes
Sargeant
Donald Johnston
Dale Guldberg
Claire Adams
Charles Baird
Ruth Brandmill
William Diederich
Lyle Dinger
Thomas George
Peter Govern
Gordon Jensson
William Jura
R. L. Manly
Stanley Milewsky
M. S. Moore
Carla Rne Larson
Princess Kay
Pets
Steele County Fair
Lansing Grange
Elkton Grange
Elkton School
Hormel
Adjutant General Dept
U.S. Army
Iowa State University
Irwin B
St. Olaf Church
Pechauer
Arthur Swenson
Call
Ronald Pechauer
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