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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1962
Page
2
A long list of births and deaths and funeral notices from St Olaf Hospital and area towns. Notable items include births to Ambrose and Fred Durben and to Madson, Kraft, Eittreim, and Meling families. Obituaries cover Carr, Morris, Hennessey, Balk, Seim, Osmonson, and related relatives with service details and burial plans.
Helen Dorothea Bliese born March 13 1875 in Waltham Minnesota died May 26 1962 at Butts Nursing Home Austin after four years illness. She married Gust Bliese in 1895 and had six children. Funeral May 29 at St John Lutheran Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
Ambulance departed Webster School at 8:50 p.m. en route to St Olaf Hospital. Fr id ay at 8:15 a.m. an ambulance moved from 603 2nd Ave NW to 300 1st Ave NW.
Municipal Court Judge Fred Vogel presiding fines Darrell Rosenthal of 503 6th Ave SE ten dollars for fishing without a license.
The notice lists patients under surgical care at St Olaf Austin and St Joseph Cresco including Mrs Astor Thompson and Mrs John Montgomery. Also named are Mrs LeRoy Runge Oakland Mrs Nellie Sanborn Lime Springs and Earl Miller Lime Springs with Cedar Valley connections and Marty Jones Lime Springs Iowa.
Austin will host rabbit breeders from Minnesota and neighboring states Saturday and Sunday. Darrell Bramhall of Mason City will judge the event at Mower County Fairgrounds starting 9 a.m. Saturday. A banquet is planned at the Hub at 6 30 p.m. Saturday. Gerald J. Gorman, secretary, notes growing demand for breeding stock and meat.
The Milwaukee Road announces that former Austin agent A. C. Anderson has retired after 44 years with the railroad. He served as agent in Minneapolis from 1957 and previously at Austin from 1933 to 1939, with prior postings at Faribault Mason City Iowa Aberdeen South Dakota and La Crosse Wisconsin.
Adams High School band will open a four show summer series at 7 p.m. today in front of the Adams Co op Creamery. The schedule includes June 15, June 29 and July 6. The group also joins the Centennial Parade in Grand Meadow July 4 and the Austin VFW parade June 16.
Austin's American Legion Post 91 and Legion Auxiliary are expected to send the largest representation at the First District convention opening in Albert Lea this afternoon. District officers will meet today with regular sessions starting Saturday and ending Sunday with officer elections. A Sunday parade, part of Freeborn County June Daily Days, will cap the meet with Commander E M Diederich presiding over Legion sessions and Mrs Wilbur Zoller guiding the Auxiliary. About 450 to 550 delegates from 60 posts across 10 southeast Minnesota counties are anticipated.
Contenders for UAW Local 867 offices include Frank Butler and Harold R. Johnson for president. Voting June 15 noon to 8 p m at the Union Hall. Other races list Roger Cooling and Ronald Pogones for trustee, Harold G Johnson and Al Unverzagt for guide, with Fred Miles unopposed for financial secretary. Remaining unopposed are Robert Lukes vice president Cecil Dahlgren recording secretary and Richard Jensen guard, with Ernest Winkels and David Rockers as holdover trustees.
Ace Taxi Co led by Ray and Alice Van Vleet begins operations in Austin from 106 1st St NW with a three-car Rambler fleet signaling a new local cab service.
Michigan State University education professor Ernest O Melby will deliver the commencement address to Austin Area Vocational School and Austin Junior College students at 8 p.m. in the Austin High School auditorium. About 115 junior college and 80 vocational students will graduate. Degrees and certificates will be awarded by R C Dougherty. The event includes invocation by Rev Charles MacDonald and introductions by Morton Carney and R I Meland.
A teenage boy with big blue eyes and no pants frightened a Austin High School girl leaving the building after 5 p m Thursday. Police believe the youth is about 15 or 16 and could identify him. Mitchells Tavern on 10th Dr SE was entered Wednesday night by prying a door and pads were loosened on two doors. Two pinball machines and a juke box were pried open with cash stolen. Police are following two leads. Memorial Day losses included three hubcaps valued at 38 and a $5 wreath from Joe Wehners grave. A man tried to lure boys near the Turtle Creek area. license traced to a St Paul man. Adval Trustem Kiester Minn reported blue stripe painted on his convertible top. Two wheels and tires worth 90 were stolen from the Fordtown car lot. Mrs Edie Cardell reported a prowler and missing swing set seats valued at 10 to 15 dollars.
Pamela Pumory, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pumroy, was injured while riding piggy back at Webster School playground. She flipped over Sandra Snyder and landed on asphalt, was taken to St Olaf Hospital at 8:30 p m, listed in good condition with a minor back strain and to be released after routine checks.
The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a teen hop in the Legion Hall Saturday at 7 30 p m Auxiliaries and Legion members will chaperone.
Adolf Eichmann was executed by hanging in Jerusalem after death sentence reaffirmed by the Supreme Court. The body was cremated aboard an Israeli police boat and ashes scattered at sea after a government examination. He had claimed faith in God and said farewell to family and friends before death.
Robert Crelly of 602th Ave SW parked his car and opened the left door at 5 14 p m Thursday. Robert Julius Eastvold of Le Roy clipped the door with his car on Main St N near 3rd Ave causing 65 damage to the Crelly vehicle and 75 damage to the Eastvold car.
Oakland Ordean, 25, of Glenville Route 2, seeks a preliminary hearing in Albert Lea Municipal Court on indecent assault. Bail set at 1000 dollars. remanded to Freeborn County sheriff Everett H. Stevern. Also detained is a 17 year old Lyle youth to appear in Freeborn County Juvenile Court. The charges stem from a London township incident Monday involving a Lyle girl in a car.
Our Savior's Lutheran Confirmation League hosts a panel at 7 p.m. Monday titled Puzzled Parents Troubled Teens. Panelists include Cynthia Windfeldt Larry Anderson Mary Johnson Robert Wetterberg plus Mr and Mrs George Aanstad and Sidney Russell to answer questions from parents of 8th and 9th graders in the congregation.
Fifty percent of all traffic accidents occur at speeds below 40 miles per hour, a statistic highlighting that slower driving still yields a significant share of crashes.
A list of individuals includes Dr. P. A. Lommen Sr and Jr, Morris Lommen, Herman Miller, M. P. Morse, James A. Nesse, Donald O. Osborn, Stanley C. Peterson. The names suggest a roster or committee from a medical or professional group.
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