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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1956
Page
12
Burbank California comedians Tommy Noonans and his wife are proud parents of a son named Vincent Anthony born yesterday. It is the couple’s first child. Noonans recently co starred with Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher in Bundle of Joy and has completed that film.
Discussion on communication gaps across ages and contexts stresses that talking and gestures may fail to convey intent. Examples show misread messages between children, parents, and teachers, urging careful transmission and reception for real understanding. Institute of Child Welfare Minnesota.
Fourteen floats and musical groups were set to take part in Faribault’s annual Christmas on Wheels parade this afternoon. City churches cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce committee staging the event. The 2:30 parade is strictly non commercial with no advertising. A Twin Cities station will televise some floats.
Madelia Centennial Inc has been organized and set dates for the village centennial and homecoming June 21 to 23. Hal Garvin Productions Minneapolis will direct a two night pageant and a Saturday parade on June 22.
A local radar sign in the Winona area warns drivers to slow down. The playful prompt suggests speed enforcement and awareness for passing motorists.
Police used radar in November to catch speeding drivers. Forty six were arrested, fifty one given written warnings, and one hundred fifty eight lectured. Authorities urged obeying traffic laws to prevent accidents and arrests.
A joint Friday night meeting of Grace Lutheran and St. Paul's Lutheran discussed merging the two congregations. Two bishops were invited to present views during the session.
Caledonia and Houston County contributed 521 pints to the Red Cross bank. Seventeen joined the Gallon Club. Houston reported 137 pints and Caledonia 128, placing them as top villages while Spring Grove reached 119 pints.
Franklin J. Borth age 43 general manager of the Winona Milk Co died Thursday from a heart attack. He had served the company for 23 years and funeral services were scheduled for this afternoon in Winona.
Faribault reaffirms support for the American Field Service Student Exchange Program. A citywide fund drive will occur after Christmas with Laurence Wendt, a high school faculty member, elected to head the committee.
EAST NORWICH N Y Bill Chadwick former National Hockey League referee has quit the ice. For two years he served as Pine Hollow Golf Club manager and turned down a chance to be a part time hockey official.
The report states that trees growing across Brooklyn and the four other New York City boroughs total roughly 2,300,000 trees. The finding highlights the scale of urban forestry in the five boroughs and the distribution of trees citywide.
Austin Minnesota Herald outlines Little People’s Coloring Contest No 2 held on Saturday December 1 with a second drawing event and color entries featured.
Children ten and under are invited to color sketch number two for the contest. Read about grand local and national prizes including a trip to New York with a parent and chances to meet Steve Allen on December 23. Four sketches total, with two more to come. submit to the contest editor of The Austin Daily Herald.
A public notice urges participants to carefully read and follow contest rules. Officials emphasize compliance and fair play, listing where rules are published and the deadline for submissions.
Dinah Shore, touted as Hollywoods hardest working TV gal, stars a quarter hour program weekly and nine one hour NBC specials. She says family life stays similar with late mornings and dinner at home, though NBC may cut the 15 minute show and she doubts future hours. Her husband George Montgomery hopes she slows down next year.
Stamps feature Commodore Barry as Ireland releases a 3 pence stamp and a 1 shilling 3 pence piece while the US presents a Barry statue to Wexford. Ireland collectors seek first day covers. prices shown. In Liechtenstein, three new sets honor the principality and royals. Israel plans a 3000 prota airmail stamp of Tiberias. Ecuador issues four stamps for printing bicentennial. Australia stamps for Olympic Games orders due Oct 15.
Tonight at the Sterling show You Cant Run Away From It with June Allyson and Jack Lemmon plus Trail Blazer Magoo. Wednesday to Friday features The Mole People and Beas t of Ama. Sunday to Wednesday Julie with Doris Day and Louis Jourdan and Disney In The Bag. Thursday to Saturday Shake Rattle and Rock with Fats Domino and Runaway Daughters. At the State Sunday to Tuesday High Society with Bing Crosby Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra plus Napoleon Bunnypart. Wednesday to Thursday Kiss the Blood Off My Hands with Joan Fontaine Burt Lancaster and Johnny Steol Pigeon. Friday to Saturday Mohawk with Scott Brady Rita Gam plus Rumpus in the Harem Up n Atom and Green Gold.
Chairman Leonard W. Hall has scheduled a Republican National Committee meeting for January 19 in Washington. The gathering occurs two days before President Eisenhower's second inauguration, with many members expected to attend.
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse began its blinking in Bermuda in 1846 and remains one of the few full cast iron beacon structures worldwide.
In Long Beach California a shoe repair shop customer asked for rubber heels. The cobbler fitted the heels and returned to the front. the customer had vanished along with $130 from the cash register.
Open to boys and girls 10 and under excluding relatives of the newspaper employer. Clip and color all four Little People drawings in the Herald, sign them, and mail or bring to the Little People's Coloring Contest Editor of Austin Daily Herald. Entries due by noon on Dec. 8. Judging based on beauty coloring neatness and originality. Local winners announced Dec. 15. Top two local entries advance to the National Coloring Contest.
A Denver socialite Mrs. Jane Tomberlin and Hawaiian Prince Samuel Crowningburg-Amalu wed in a delayed ceremony in Colorado Springs. The couple stayed at the Anteles Hotel in the General Palmer suite at $82.50 a day. The Rev. Ben H. Lehmberg presided as the ceremony, held two days after the original date. The prince said he had been kidnaped by relatives who wanted to delay the marriage. He arrived from Dallas yesterday.
An Oak Ridge worker received a $10 fine and a 10 day jail term to be served during his vacation after a drunken driving incident.
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