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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1963
Page
7
The map shows redistricting of rural Mower County into three new county commissioner districts. The first district includes four townships with 8 283 people or 17.07 percent of the population. The second district covers 6 712 people or 13.84 percent, and the third district holds 5 595 people or 11.54 percent.
County commissioners wrestle with drawing new lines to keep any single member under 30 percent of about 50 000 residents. Multiple plans from Shaw Goldberg Turner and Wuertz propose shifting townships and wards among three districts to balance representation while awaiting potential legal changes.
Chandler-Wilbert Vault Co. plans a 25 000 addition at Plymouth Avenue to begin vault manufacturing in Austin. The 30 by 62 foot facility will produce Wilbert and Monarch vaults, creating new local jobs as the firm expands from its Minnesota service operations.
Riceville Iowa announces summer reading program starting Monday led by librarian Mrs Burt Duncomb. Programs target lower elementary tricks and magic and sixth graders junior friends of the library. Readers earn points toward new books and first graders may join. Library hours are 2 6 pm Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday and 7 8 30 pm Wednesday and Saturday.
Herald reports over 200 albums ordered in the Our Children’s Heritage series offered now as three volumes. Each ~40 minutes of timeless stories poems and songs with complete text in a booklet. Volume One features Mother Goose Gingerbread Boy Princess and the Pea Little Red Riding Hood and more narrated by Margie Bell.
Earl Anderson, son of Mrs. R. G. Anderson of 609 S. Main, was elected vice president of the Newspaper Enterprise Association in a move announced by President Editor Boyd Lewis and General Manager Meade Monroe. He will oversee finance and production and all fiscal operations while remaining in Cleveland.
A pre-convention gathering centered around a piano featured Sig Qvale Austin Don Whalen Albert Lea Hap Littlefield Austin Lars Bondhus Austin Dan Foley Wabasha and Claire. The list shows attendees from Austin and nearby towns at a social or civic event. The excerpt captures local participants and their hometowns rather than a detailed agenda or outcomes.
Queen of Angels Junior High recognizes its standout pupils at a Friday awards ceremony. Rt. Rev. Msgr. D A Cunningham presents, with recipients named across Religion Scholastic Honors Spelling Science and sports awards including Rosemary King Linda Bissen David Handy JoAnne Fleming and many others.
Mankato State College will award bachelor’s degrees to 500 graduates at its 94th commencement held Tuesday at the Highland Campus Arena. Associate Justice Robert Sheran will deliver the address, with President C. L. Crawford presiding. Local Austin area graduates include LaVern Christianson Stephen Knudsen Ann Littlefield Pederson and several others.
Robert A. Butler of Blooming Prairie appeared in Municipal Court before Judge Fred Vogel for a preliminary hearing on a first degree grand larceny charge. He was bound over to District Court and remanded to custody of Sheriff Doyle Lindahl in lieu of a $1,000 bond after allegedly writing a bad check for more than $1,945 to pay for a car at Fordtown.
Austin Lancers and Riders drum corps stage a fundraiser offering a sledge hammer and car target on the Legion parking lot at 1st Ave and 4th St NE. Bob Wolfe and Leo Weis ran concessions while Merlin Beebe took a healthy swing at the target.
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