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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1963
Page
11
Maple Island School classes joined a long standing community custom as 30 kindergarten through grade 2 pupils took turns striking a paper mache pinata crafted by Mrs. Jose De La Cruz. Each child spun blindfolded three times and took three swings, ending with candy showered on all.
Five Austin High School girls vie for queen honors in the first Snowflake Festival January 11 to 19. Candidates are Mary Haukom Lois Jacobson Janet LaClair Bonnie Majerus and Linda Nybo. The 1965 queen will be chosen from Pacelli High School with crowning at the festival opening dance.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Viall presented a Christmas story in slides at the Photo Fun December dinner meeting held at the Odd Fellows Hall. Winners included Miss Helen Sjodin for multiple places, Miss Edna Rolands, Jesse True, and others with merit in N4C, and gifts were collected for the Scully Rest Home.
Cub Scouts from Pack 113 at St Augustine Church collected gifts for the state school for the retarded in Faribault. The effort included a collection for Mrs Wallace Peterson and raised 21.30 dollars.
Awards were presented to Kev Schrandt Bill Taufic David Wagner Ed Labrash and Mike Mitchell for their services.
Adams Minnesota report says the Little Cedar Junior Choir met at Little Cedar Lutheran Church for a brief rehearsal and will go caroling at 8 p.m. on Saturday by junior high youth.
Police logged nine crashes Thursday and one Friday morning as ice gripped streets. Vehicles involved include Caroline G. Teats and Clark W. Nelson at Oak land Ave and 21st St NE, plus Anita Kirtz and John Morrison near 12th St NE. Damages ranged from $20 to $250 with minor injuries to a driver named Wilson Jr. at 4th Ave NE.
Two large supervised rinks will open at 10 a.m. Saturday as city youth begin vacation. Athletic Field and Kaufman rinks start first. East Side Lake and Lagoon expect opening next week after ice reaches six inches. Neighborhood rinks remain open with no supervision. hours vary by day and facility.
Randy McCune of Austin High School recalls finding a yellowed envelope from a captain’s cabin on a Great Lakes steamer sunk after running aground in Lake Superior. He describes diving gear, underwater exploration, and safety tips while noting the hobby appeal despite hazards.
A total of 177 students will receive degrees at Mankato State College today at 1 30 p m in the main auditorium. Stephen T Quigley Minnesota commissioner of administration will deliver the commencement address. Area graduates include Ronald Altstadt Carol Evenson Larry Long Willis Sween Sandra Gulbransen Charlotte Hansen Fred Knutson Bruce Lunde Stanley Morrow and George Tonelli. A reception will follow the ceremony.
Vic Holst of Mower County NFO reports unity after the national convention in Des Moines Iowa where the group backs national president Orin Lee Staley. The NFO now supplies 100 percent of commodities for one Iowa processor and seeks six more contracts. Emmett Filley notes NFC membership doubled since 1962 63 and plans meetings to explain the membership agreement. County officer elections are set for Brownsdale School on Jan 8.
Fidelity Lodge officers were elected on Wednesday night and will be installed at a public ceremony at Masonic Hall. Incoming Worshipful Master C. W. McCoy will be assisted by Harold Finch as senior warden F. J. Butler as junior warden W. E. Peterson as treasurer and Simon Johnson as secretary. Ernest Wilcox will serve a three year trusteeship with appointive officers to be named by McCoy.
District Court concludes third tax dispute over the Elam house at 107 21st St. SW. The case traces back to a 1950s assessment contested by Judge Warren F. Plunkett and owners, with multiple hearings and appeals. Final ruling sets market value at 47,550 and refunds 689.88 to the judge.
Jack Yeager a Nebraska television executive was named manager of KMMT TVV by Blackhawk Broadcasting Co Thomas L Young vice president announced Yeager comes to Austin from KHOL TV Hastings and Kearney Neb where he served three years as general sales manager He began in broadcasting in 1948 at KGFW Kearney as announcer later became manager at KGFW in 1951 and salesman for WOW Omaha 1954 60 He is son of Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Mrs John W Yeager of Lincoln Neb Yeager attended Lincoln High School and the University of Nebraska He served as vice president of the Nebraska News Directors Association during its charge year He is married with two boys and a girl.
The Usman Temple Shrine Band in Austin will man kettles for the Salvation Army Christmas Tree of Lights fundraiser. Members will staff banks, supermarkets, the Mail, Sterling Shopping Center, East Side Red Owl and other stores, collecting donations for the Christmas Fund. A large kettle will stand on a tripod near 2nd Ave St. N with a concert by the band from 2:30 to 3 pm near the Salvation Army brotherhood main.
Otranto Iowa teachers Mrs Arthur Saltow Mrs Denver Osmondson and Mrs Lloyd Johnson directed a Monday evening program at the Otranto School. The kindergarten through second grade performed Timmy Tim the Snowman. The Christmas Choir by grades three and four led audience carols. A comedy play Too Much Mistletoe followed by the fifth and sixth grades.
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