SBA Buys Blooming Prairie Soybean Mill at Sheriff Sale
The Small Business Administration of Minneapolis purchased Amelia Mills Inc at a sheriff's auction in Blooming Prairie for 200000. About 15 people attended. no other bids were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SBA
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Small Business Administration
Minneapolis
Amelia Mills, Inc
Bernard
Bud) Coufal
Steele County
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association
Amelia Mills Inc
George Goodheard
Fremont
Neb
County Board Studies City County Assessing Merger Proposal
Mower County board of commissioners votes to study merging city and county assessors offices and planning commissions. Shaw says cities may buy assessing from county. Hatfield meeting sought in St. Paul or Austin. Board also sets bids for poor farm lease, seeks bids on workers comp and boiler insurance, and plans district redistricting before 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Robert Shaw
Austin
Paul
Shaw
Austin City
Board of Review
State Sheriffs’ Association
County Welfare Board
Smock Heads Mental Health Group In County Election
Mrs. Edmund L. Smock was elected president of the Mower County Association for Mental Health at the Monday meeting succeeding Robert Belknap. Dr. Donald Osborn and Mrs. Lowell Smythe were elected vice president and secretary with Next Brown reappointed treasurer. The board of directors for 1964 includes 39 members with many from Austin and Adams alongside reelected officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund L. Smock
Mower
Rochester Dairy Cooperative Holds Annual Meet Saturday
The Rochester Dairy Cooperative will hold its 22nd annual meeting of stockholders and patrons at the Mayo Civic Auditorium theater section on Saturday at 11 a.m. WCCO’s Jim Hill will speak, with Lewis ton president George Daley presiding. A Maynard Speece MC program follows the business session with local dairy royalty and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Dairy Cooperative
Mayo Civic Auditorium
Jim Hill
Wcco Radio
George Daley
Lewiston
Sct of Directors
Audrey Meyer
Clarks Grove
Princess Kay
Milky Way
Maynard Speece
Firearms Safety Class Opens For Young Hunters
The winter firearms safety program for children who will be 12 by June 1 begins Thursday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Clubrooms. Cyle Waldron, director, says registrations start at 6 p.m. with class at 7 p.m. Completion allows hunting without a license until age 16. otherwise a license is required. The program is supported by the county’s conservation and service groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cyle Waldron
Mower County Firearms Safety Program
Fertilizer Plant Set Near Mona Iowa
The American Cyanamid Co of Wayne New Jersey plans a fertilizer plant near Mona Iowa with 4 percent acres of land purchased north of Mona. It aims to begin operations in January with Rodney Armour Brownsville Wisconsin as manager and 2 fulltime plus 3 or 4 part time workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona
Iowa
American Cyanimid Co
Wayne
N. J
G. R
Dick) Lancaster
Charles City
Consumer Fertilizer
Lowa
Illinois Central
Milwaukee
Rodney Armour
Brownsville
Wis
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Assault Case
A District Court jury finds Earl M. Hayes of Austin guilty of indecent assault on an 11 year old girl after an 82 hour deliberation by eight women and four men. Judge A C Richardson set a pre-sentence investigation before sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl M. Hayes
Austin
Hayes
A. C. Richardson
Wallace Sieh
Kermit Haversten
Richardson
State Commissioner of Corrections
Man Pleads Guilty Before Trial Here
Samuel Lester Flom 21 of Austin changed his plea to guilty before a District Court jury for indecent assault against a 16 year old girl. Judge A C Richardson ordered a pre sentence investigation before passing sentence. Flom committed the offense Sept 14 and posted a $1000 bond Sept 18 before trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lester Flom
Austin
A. C. Richardson
State Corrections Department
Flom
William Nierengarten
Wallace Sich
Nierengarten
Fred Vogel
Isele to Lead County Heart Fund Campaign
Dr Reginald Isele of Austin was named 1964 campaign chair for Mower County as Minnesota Heart Association launches February fund drive aiming for 575000. Regional chair E William Quirin of Rochester announced. The drive supports heart disease research and notes last year 214 of 423 Mower County deaths were cardiovascular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Isele
Austin
Heart Fund
Mower County
E. William Quirin
Rochester
Minnesota Heart Association
Isele
Escapes Injury In Iowa Car Crash Near Riceville
Guy Gue, 70, escaped injury when his car skidded on Highway 9 east of Riceville and overturned into a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riceville
Iowa
Guy Gue
Highway 9
Minnesota towns vote on liquor, elect new mayors and trustees
In Adams and Sargeant advisory votes on liquor and Sunday beer sales failed. Rose Creek and Dexter chose new mayors while Blooming Prairie saw a close trustee race between George Frederikson and Robert Oswald. Taopi reported no opposition, Racine Lyle Glenville Taopi shared quiet results.
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Adams
Sargeant
Rose Creek
Dexter
George Fredrickson
Robert Oswald
Blooming Prairie
Local Mayors, Treasurers, and Trustees Elected in Multiple Towns
In Dexter and nearby towns voters chose mayors and trustees with varied margins. Dexter names Dexter Glen Tucker mayor with 78 votes against Ralph DeYoung 13, while Charles Ekle was re elected mayor of Lyle with 66. Other results include 100 votes for J J Ruiter treasurer and 15 for C J Weisman justice of peace. In Racine unopposed officials gained votes such as Robert Peterson mayor 33 and Mrs Eveyln Meschke treasurer 47. Glenville saw Verle Hanson win mayor with 98 write ins. In nearby races Glenn sprite details show Walter Gleason 192 votes for justice of peace and W B Thros sel 143 for constable. Overall vote totals range from under 50 to over 270 in various races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ekle
Lyle
Wayne Hartson
Wayne Libersky
J. J. Ruiter
C. J. Weisman
Justice of Peace
LaVern Leidall
Charles Berg
Constable
Racine
Robert Peterson
Joyce Johnson
Eveyln Meschke
Julius Johnson
Vernon Wilson
Verle Hanson
Glenville
George Rayman
Albert Hanson
Harold Knutson
Henry Sorenson
Cyril Carroll
Norman Fredin
Walter Gleason
Allan Berven
W. B. Throssel
Carroll Seviertson
Council to decide on Old Post Office Friday night
Austin councilmen expect a decision on the old post office building at the Friday meeting. A cultural center proposal from the Fine Arts Group is on the table while a Chicago bidder offers $40 000 for possible city ownership for a free off street parking lot.
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Austin
Fine Arts
John K. Kough
Chicago
Midtown Association
Sasse Heads Shrine Band Elects Officers at Elks Club
Victor Sasse was elected president of the Shrine Oriental Band at the annual Elks Club meeting. Other officers named include Dr. R L Wagner as vice president and W E Peterson as secretary treasurer. Plans were made for a July trip to New York and a full uniform appearance at Salvation Army kettles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Sasse
Shrine Oriental Band
Elks Club
Irvin Tiegen Sr
R. L. Wagner
W. E. Peterson
Jack Sietsema
Ferris Furtney
Rueben Thompson
New York
Salvation Army
Austin High Senior Wins Bausch Science Honor
David Macy, Austin High School senior, is named the 1963-64 Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award recipient, the top science student in the graduating class. The award will be presented in May at the school awards assembly after December notification to aid scholarship applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Macy
Austin High School
Bausch and Lamb
Macy
Bausch and Lomb
University of Rochester
Rochester
N.Y
Rochester Scholarship Committee
C. D. Macy
9Th St
National Science Foundation
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
National Merit Scholarship Foundation
Austinian and Sentinel
California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Overseas clothing drive organized by Austin parishes
Catholic parishes Queen of Angels St Augustine and St Edward s joined to collect Thanksgiving clothing for the needy overseas. Volunteers packed the items Tuesday at a depot set up by the three churches.
Grange Dance Boosts March of Dimes Funds
The Frank ford Grange reports $366.50 more raised by March of Dimes dances at the Terp Ballroom. Dale Stockdale led arrangements as the event moved to an earlier date after weather limited attendance last year. Over nine years the Grange netted about $7,000 to $8,000.
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Amelia Mills, Inc
Frank C. Moore
Frankford Grange
Terp
The
Grange
Dale Stockdale
Girl 7 Struck by Car in City Suffers Leg Fracture
A seven year old girl, Nancy Brink of 1304 3rd St NW, is in good condition at St Olaf Hospital with a broken left femur after a car struck her near the corner of 4th St and 12th Place NW Tuesday at 12 22 p m. Witness Waldemar Swenson, 47, of St Peter, said she darted into the street, unable to stop in time. The vehicle sustained about $20 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Brink
3Rd St
St. Olaf Hospital
4Th St
12Th Place NW
Nancy
Ted Brink
Waldemar
Swenson
St. Peter
Austin
Merrill Hk. Smith
Elmore
Main St. N
Galen L. Lehnhardt
Lyle
Milwaukee Road Depot
Gary E. Walsh
Austin Rf. 2
14Th St
4Th Ave
Jeanne L. Wedding
18Th St
Mitchell Vote Favors Shaff Plan Despite Statewide Loss
Mitchell County supported the Shaff reapportionment with 2156 yes to 986 no in a countywide vote, out of 3144 total ballots. Precinct results included Bur Oak 104 yes 18 no, Cedar 137 yes 31 no, Osage wards 1 201 yes 92 no, and Stacyville 124 yes 125 no.
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Mitchell
Iowa
Mitchell County
Bur Oak
Cedar
Douglas
East Lincoln
West Lincoln
Jenkins
Liberty
Newburg
Osage
Ward
Osage Township
Otranto
Rock
Stacyville
St. Ansgar
Union — Lll
And
Wayne
Christmas Caroling Drives Aid in Adams Community
Thirty youths and parents joined a Christmas caroling visit from Marshall Lutheran Church feeder in Adams Minnesota. They visited shut ins and others unable to attend church services, spreading holiday cheer.
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Adams, Minn
Marshall Lutheran Church Feeder
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Doug Fladland
A. W. Malcomson
City Charter Commission
Minnesota
Mrs. Smock
Donald Pearson
A. G. Patterson
Gordon Wendland
Roger Larson
Lowell Moon
Russell Robinson
Joe Barry
Donald Osborn
Nancy Crain
Beatrice Witt
Roger Plunkett
Clifford Wold
Fred Gravenish
Arthur L. Swenson
William G. Law
Dan Corcoran
Dick Cords
Ray Wescott
Leonard Johnson
Wayne Quicbell
Leonard Classen
Harvey Sabre
Virgil Suptkin
Tappi
D. A. Cunningham
Kenneth Davis
Paul Espe
H. M. Ferris
Kerr
Carl P. Nelson
Stanley Peterson
Ed Smith
Lowell Smythe
James Wilson
Paul Kimball
Cormac
Olga
Ward Bergene
Sepko
Eagles Funsters
4-H Entertainment
Jerry Tupper
Organ
Mary Miller
Eleanor Maley Thatcher
Donna Mae Pederson
Olmsted County
Ann Brit
American Dairy Association
Dr. R. Isele Heads
County Heart Fund
Racine, Lyle
Taopi
Willie Lindeland
Floyd Kiefer
John Johnson
Carl Hanson
Kenneth Retterath
Harry Dubinsky
George Johnson
Edward Anderson
Ben J. Huseby
Harrison Hines
Ralph Majerus
Vern Meister
Melvin Schnorenburg
Roma Samuelson
George Draves
James Jensen
Anton Jensen
Lester Anderson
Glen Tucker
Ralph DeYoung
Lewis Drake
DeYoung
Owen Jacobson
Jim Newkirk
Harris Baker
Fredrickson
Oswald
Ross W. Hollowell
Claude Grandprey
Charles Ellis
Kenneth Lee
Lee
Arthur Lassahn
Oakland Ave
8Th Ave
6Th Place
6Th Ave
22Nd Ave
Main Street
1St Drive
Calvary Cemetery
East Side
11Th St
Sasse Heads Shrine Band
William Dodge
St. Paul
Osman Temple
Dave Macy
Bausch Science
Oakland Ave. W
Richard Lalonde
John Novak
Frank Kocik
LaVerne Anderson
Norman Perl
Grange Dance Aids
March of Dimes
Dorothy B. Schulz
16Th St
Lawrence D. Schewe
Oakland
William E. Weis
1St Ave
Iy 1St Ave
Highway 116
Raymond P. Wagner
Austin Rt 3
Weis
Sydney F. Schaub
Shaw School
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