Prairie States Report High Tornado Frequency
Britannica notes that prairie states experience as many as five tornadoes per square mile each year, indicating dense twister activity in those regions.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
6
Britannica notes that prairie states experience as many as five tornadoes per square mile each year, indicating dense twister activity in those regions.
Pastor Herman Kooy delivered the baccalaureate at Austin High School urging graduates to pursue a royal life through four aims health learning good home life and character. He cited Roosevelt and Stevenson as examples and emphasized seeking God before success with guidance from church leaders and a chorus performance marking the service.
SARGEANT Minn Home assignments will mark the Sargeant EUB Vacation Bible School this week. Mrs E O Heydt, director, explains each morning session will include work to do at home with mother assistance. Staff includes Mrs Kenneth Heydt Mary Vugteveen Patricia and Marilyn Heydt and Barbara Butturff. Beginning primary and junior departments.
Adams Grange set July 8 as the traveling project date to present in Adams and July 16 in Elkton. Mrs. Joel Osmundson spoke on Arlington Unknown Soldier tombs and a memorial service. Mr and Mrs Harold Shurson showed Norway slides. Herb and Joel Osmundsons served lunch.
St Ansgar Iowa announces swimming instruction for beginners and advanced swimmers starting June 16 as part of the recreation program. Buses will depart from the high school for the Osage municipal pool, directed by Kermit Shaw.
St Ansgar Iowa Forrest Schmidt 35 Buffalo Center has purchased the Robert MacGre gor locker plant.
In Mower county probate court James William Thompson also known as James W Thompson died intestate. J Harold filed a petition for general administration naming Harold Thompson as administrator. Hearing set for June 25 1958 at 10 am with four month claim period and September 30 1958 claim hearing in Austin Minnesota publication and mailed notice required.
The Crown School in Union No. 3 east of Mona Iowa will close Wednesday after 87 years due to enrollment below the minimum. Pupils will attend St Ansgar School next fall. The 1870 building opened 1871 with 26 pupils. Generations learned there as the district fades into a ghost school.
Servicemen Duane A. Bakken, now sergeant, and Larry J. Bakken, SA, receive new addresses at San Diego and New London postings. Both are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bakken of Waltham. National Guard Pvt. John F Schmitz, Adams, completed a Reserve Forces Act food service course at Fort Leonard Wood and holds a Minnesota education and George A. Hormel employment background. Ph Arnold L. Fredriksen is listed with wife Gracia at 106 S Ken…
A two week religious instruction course began today at Immaculate Conception Church in Riceville Iowa. Classes for first through eighth grade children are taught by three Sisters of the Presentation and two lay women assisting.
During Andrew Jackson's presidency the U S government restricted federal offices to six departments: State Treasury War Navy Justice and the Post Office. These agencies formed the core executive structure of the era.
The forecast shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with a warming trend early in the period and cooler conditions midweek. Normal highs reach 72 in the north and mid 70s in the south with lows from 48 to the mid 50s. precipitation totals about 0.25 to 0.40 inch as showers and thunderstorms, mainly Tuesday or Wednesday and again Friday or Saturday.
In Fulda and surrounding bases in Germany, Pvt Melvin E Lambert and Pvt Dennis A Rayman participated in Armed Forces Day ceremonies with their units. Lambert, 22, is son of Bernice Gilliland of 911 Mitchell and a 1952 Hayfield High School graduate. Rayman, 22, son of George R. Rayman of Glenville, graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1953, then Austin Area Vocational School in 1955. Both men recently completed basic training at Fort Carson, Colorado, and Fort Dix, New Jersey respectively, while Frank W Nellis serves aboard USS Salisbury Sound in the Taiwan Patrol Force. Donald P Merten, 21, of Rose Creek, finished an eight week cooking course at Fort Dix after basic training at Fort Carson.
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