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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
3
Austin Police Chief Robert Nelson urges citizen participation as essential to curb crime. He cites a national discussion of police leadership and notes a public attitude shift, calling for witnesses jurors and support for prosecutions while stressing officer training and youth outreach.
A new Basics of Modern Digital Computers course will start January at the Austin Adult Evening School. The 10 week lab style class, limited to 15 students, covers operation theory programming and peripherals for BI TRAN 6 educational use. Eligibility requires algebra knowledge and registration runs December 28 29 and January 3 4 5 6 9 in Room 113 Austin High School.
Glenville Minnesota sees several servicemen on Christmas leave. Ronald Gayken and Eugene Jensen return home. Leslie Lorentzen and Steven Koester are stationed at Fort Bliss Texas. Clair Flaten and Andy Hag erud have Vietnam service. James Becker serves on a troop carrier. Raymond Thompson served in Japan. Mervin McCullough comes home from Fort Hood Texas. Richard Jensen returns from Norfolk Virginia.
The 1967 Farmer's Tax Guide is now available from the Mower County extension office. Prepared by the Internal Revenue Service the 64 page publication answers many federal income tax questions for farmers with explanations and examples. The first 20 pages include a sample return with filled in blanks. The rest covers filing requirements and forms.
The Mower County Association for Mental Health thanks residents who donated to about 600 forgotten patients at Rochester State Hospital for Christmas. Gifts were delivered December 22 and sorted for ward needs. needed items include men's underclothes, smoking items, toiletries, and deodorant.
Elkton Minnesota will host an adult business machines course for residents beginning in January. The first meeting is at 8 p.m. January 16. Participants may use IBM Dictation Transcription equipment, key-punch simulators, calculators, adding machines, comptometer, and typewriters. The class is open to men and women with no charge.
Stacyville Iowa Dr Robert J Smith appointed a director of the Stacyville Community Nursing Home He fills the unexpired term of Ralph Beland who is moving to Detroit Plans call for the new home to be open by mid January Officers include Bernard May president Edward Hatten vice president and directors Carl Theobald Anton Bawek and Erwin Gerk
Residents asked to place Christmas trees and greens in front yards for Boy Scouts to collect January 7. The greens burn at 4 30 p m that day at the athletic field with a king and queen crowned at the bonfire.
Christmas time for children is not all getting. This morning Santa Claus received a thank you note from Janelle and Denise Nedderson at 1808 3rd St NE thanking him for their presents. The old gentleman, tired but happy, said he was sure they spoke for all the boys and girls around the world.
The Mower County Humane Society announces two small part-Labrador male puppies aged 7 to 8 weeks are available for free at Dr. C E Schrafel's. A six month old black male Cocker Labrador cross found near Plaza Gas Station by a state patrolman is waiting for its owner at Dr. Lawrence Pint's.
The Arnold Gullickson residence at 805 17th St. SW reported a robin perched on a back yard telephone cable on Christmas Eve. Gullickson noted a prior sighting by Ed Wikse and said the bird may return south if snow forecasts hold.
The St Ansgar American Legion voted to donate 125 dollars to the swimming pool fund about one dollar per member. Walter T Enneberg Post membership stands at 118 with a 125 member quota.
Over Christmas weekend two people were injured in 11 car accidents across Mower County. David Riles, 21, of Lansing, was treated at St. Marys Hospital Rochester after a single car crash on IL 90 near the Geo. A. Hormel exit in Austin. Tirzah Derand, 63, of Austin, suffered minor injuries when struck by a Franklin Park Illinois driver on Main Street.
Poundmaster Harlan Meier today urged owners to identify their pets at the Animal Shelter. If unclaimed in a few days, five dogs including a female golden pekinese, a brown and white female springer spaniel, a male black cocker, a male German shepherd, and a spotted black male cocker puppy will be up for adoption.
A fire at 811 8th Ave. SW spread from cushions in a davenport and chair to the first floor before 9:08 a.m. when Austin firefighters gained control. The house owned by William Myhre housed four Austin State Junior College students and suffered extensive heat and smoke damage.
Sharon Sherrard of St Ansgar and Linda Morreel of Osage are named winners of the two DAR Good Citizens awards for Mitchell County. Both girls received pins from the Lucretia Deering Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution.
The County Auditor announced township village and school district mill rates for 1967. Township rates include at least one mill for a county library. several districts budget for fire protection. Acreage based figures list mills and dollars for each area with many also showing fire district allocations. A five generation family photo from Austin accompanies the notice.
Four vandalism incidents were logged by Austin Police during a quiet Christmas weekend. A fire set on Henry Slowinski’s welcome mat at 603 4th Ave SE caused $5 damage at 7 25 p.m. Monday. Harv ey Smally’s trees at 1020 1st Dr NW sustained $20 damage at 1 20 a.m. today. A rock through a window damaged the Austin Coca Cola Bottling Co. at 1600 1st Ave NE for $75 before 10 42 p.m. Sunday. A second window at Eckart Implement Co. 205 Oakland Pl SE caused $15 damage around 5 05 p.m. Saturday.
Freeborn County 4 Hers prepare for a Western Lamb Project tour starting at 10 am Friday from the county extension office. Fourteen members care for 589 lambs, with about 100 days of feeding ahead, including Austin area youths Clair Bradley Davis Myrtle Cindy Vicki and Gary Davis of Oakland.
A $60,000 grant to the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare will fund special social work instruction for high school and college students. The grant supports field trips classroom materials and an information and referral service to help students obtain scholarships and jobs in welfare agencies. Plans include expanded student employment and lectures by county welfare staff in schools.
Lyle Minnesota January 3 exhibition will feature current judo students demonstrating between halves of the A and B basketball games with St. Ansgar. Fred Thom as an Austin YMCA instructor plans adult judo classes in Lyle soon.
Sp.4 James R. Dooley of Austin Rt. 5 serves with the 272nd Military Police Company in Vietnam. The unit provides security for the Headquarters I Field Force Vietnam staff and the Grand Hotel complex, manages POWs, enforces laws, and operates checkpoints across Phu My Tuy Hoa Phan Thiet and Nha Trang. The 187-man detachment is led by Capt. Stephen A. Taylor and has participated in Masher White Wing Byrd Irving Seward and Thayer I and II operations.
Post master Oliver Herrrick reports Austin postal figures show a rise in Christmas mail from Dec 1 to Dec 26. Incoming items climbed from 2,904,100 to 3,030,300, a 4.3 percent gain, while outgoing mail declined, aligning with national trends of smaller outbound volumes.
The Frankford Grange March of Dimes dance will be held January 15 at the Terp Ballroom. An annual project, the Grange has turned over thousands of dollars for research. The Blue Banners will play. Meetings will be held in members' homes during winter. Monthly card parties meet at Dale Stockdale home on the second Friday unless announced.
The 1966 Federal Tax return will be processed under the new Revenue Service computer system. The success of this new system depends upon the taxpayers accuracy. Remember these important points in preparing your return: Enter your correct name and address including zip code. Copy your social Security number exactly as it appears on your Account Number card. Be sure your return is complete. Fill out each line and item which applies to you. Attach all forms W-2 received from employers. Be sure to sign your return and file early.
Gerhard K. Haukebo assistant professor of education at Concordia College Moorhead since 1959 will join Moorhead State College January 3 as director of student teaching and associate professor of education.
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