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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1973
Page
8
Seven winners receive $100 in gift certificates usable at Austin stores in the first of three drawings by the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce Retail Promotion Division. Winners plan Christmas shopping, gifts, clothing, and needed items. two more drawings set for Tuesday and December 18.
Close to 90 dogs entered the Kanine Obedience Training Club match on November 18 at the Mower County Fairgrounds 4-H Building. Top score went to a Poodle handled by Mrs. Tomiko Lindemann of St. Paul with 1992 points. Winners included Farthest Distance Mrs. Virgil Westland Anoka and Junior Handler Lizz Coxsee Rochester with 198 percent.
The 69 year old Leo Grossman was discovered near his barn on the Stacyville farm five miles northeast of Little Cedar. Authorities say heart failure on Monday caused his death with no foul play suspected. Funeral arrangements are pending.
The Clear Light Singers eight member Christian college group performs contemporary and traditional numbers at St Olaf Betis Church on Wednesday. Sponsored by the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement they tour through several states and Canada. They will also sing at St Mark's Lutheran Home at 10 50 a m and at High Rise apartments at 2 p m Wednesday Dec 12. The public is welcome. Santa visits in St Ansgar on Saturday from 1 30 to 4 pm with a trailer location near Nelson TV Co and Rosel Plumbing. A holiday drawing for a black and white TV is at 1 pm Dec 22 by St Ansgar businessmen.
Two male youths aged 17 and 18 were picked up by Austin police for questioning over at least five burglaries in the city. One incident involved the YMCA on 704 1st Drive NW where a window was forced open and about $600 in vending machines damaged. Police promised more details Saturday.
Toeterville Iowa voters gathered for the Co-op Elevator annual meeting. Dean Rockafellow was re elected as director and John Patterson became board president with a new one year term for all officers. Norris Anderson reported sales of 3 000 000 in the past year. One hundred twenty members attended the dinner meeting.
The Y's Men tree lot is open daily through Christmas run by Y's Mennettes and Y's Men's Club members. Trees, roping, wreaths, sprays, boughs and stands are available with all proceeds supporting camp scholarships and other youth projects.
A Rochester Minnesota Highway Patrol spokesman reports about 90 percent of motorists observe the 50 mph limit. He notes no formal study, cites personal observation, and says excess speed arrests have fallen about 30 percent while signs on IS 90 are largely removed.
Police logged six crashes during winter conditions with total vehicle damages reported at multiple sites. Incidents occurred on 1st Ave SW 7 19 p m 10th St NE Oakland Place and N Main St along with a three car collision on 1st Ave NW and a Red Owl parking lot incident. A YMCA Winter Sports Sale is set for Dec 15 with donations or consignment and proceeds benefit YMCA World Service.
Opening night drew about 2000 hockey fans to the $1.2 million Austin Civic Arena. The project grew from a $450000 door to door pledge drive led by the Austin Youth Hockey Assn winning $455393. Arena funds included $655000 in general revenue bonds and $100000 federal revenue sharing. The arena aims to host community events and conventions, with Pete Jacobsen cited for key leadership.
United States Senator Walter Mondale will address a high rise open house in Austin Sunday from 1 to 5 PM with Mayor Leo Reding and Housing Authority officials. The event includes building tours, a flag-raising at 1 30 PM, and donations from local veterans posts and Concrete Units Inc for the base. Invitations were extended to Gov Wendell Anderson and other state and national figures.
Jay Hamernick of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge spoke at the Austin Kiwanis Club about the 194000 acre refuge from Wabasha Minnesota to Rock Island Illinois. He showed color slides of restored species including white tailed deer egrets and wood ducks and described marsh habitats from locks and dams attracting waterfowl. He noted past populations of bison and elk and the roles of muskrats in marsh ecology while warning of thermal and toxic discharges threatening river wildlife.
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin launches Advent with the theme The Light Shines In The Darkness. Weekly sermons address seeing, reflection, easing burdens, courage, and stars with a Candlelight service on December 24. Children light the chancel wreaths, special Christmas music from brass and strings, a Christmas Pageant directed by James Smucker on December 16, and an under-tens service at 5 p.m. on December 24 around the creche. Ten murals illuminate in Fellowship Hall. Holy Communion concludes the season on Epiphany Sunday January 6. Services are 9:30 and 11 a.m. at 801 6th St. SW.
Veterans of Foreign Wars First District plans a district meeting in Rochester on Sunday December 9 with Whitlock Sonnenberg Post 1215 hosting. Registration 8 30 a m luncheon at noon and afternoon session 1 p m state rep Harold Genrich of Fairmont will speak. All posts officers and VFW Ladies Auxiliary members invited to attend.
Austin police report multiple snowmobile violations since Tuesday's snowfall. Chief Robert Nelson warns snowmobiles are only allowed in Wildwood Sutton South Dreisner Lafayette and land around East Side Lake not on the lake. Operators may travel only 8 a.m. to 10 30 p m from residence or storage to city limits or authorized areas using the shortest direct route. Copies of the ordinance are at the Austin Police Dept.
Cynthia Morgan age 18 from 2020 4th Ave SE bound over to Mower County District Court on Assault and Assault with a Deadly Weapon charges for a Nov 3 knifing that left two men with abdominal wounds. She was released on her own recognizance. A 17 year old Austin juvenile also connected with the stabbing was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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