Girl Scout Cabin Gets a Workout Near Austin
From May to October Austin Girl Scouts use the cabin built with cookie proceeds. Austin Lions volunteers maintain access and grounds while troops plan weekends with kitchen duties and camping routines. The cabin offers modern safety features and a nature setting for 20 to 25 scouts.
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Girl Scout Cabin
Marcia Morrison
Austin Girl Scouts
Austin
Austin Lions
Girl Scout Council
Robins
Dorothy Arneson
K. P
Woodlawn
Strawberries and home canning tips from Mower County
Strawberries in season in Mower County prompt preservation tips. Freeze sliced berries in sugar for flavor, or use a sugar syrup for whole fruit. Ascorbic acid in water helps keep quality. Also covered are frying fish basics, improving dark rooms with color, and 4-H clothing notes and upcoming demonstration clinics with June dates and locations.
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Mower County
J. D. Winter
Shirley Trantanella
University of Minnesota Frozen Foods Laboratory
Home Project Groups Enrollment Due by June 14
Home project groups must submit their 1952 enrollment blanks by June 14. If you have not sent yours yet, please send it in as soon as possible to ensure inclusion.
Service Men News From The Herod Circulation Area
Austin area service men are listed with addresses and statuses. Cpl Aaron P. Mandler serves with the 7th Infantry Division in North Korea. Edwin J. Dickman SR is in the Navy at Great Lakes. Pvt Rollin E. Miller completed basic training and attends radar school at Fort Bliss. Two Austin youths, Walter James Stephenson and Richard A. Schmeichel, are at Great Lakes for recruit training. Michael Schammel in Korea with the 84th Engineer Construction Battalion is promoted to sergeant and works on railroad and highway bridges. his wife Harriet and parents are noted.
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7Th Infantry
North Korea
Cpl
Aaron P. Mandler
George Mandler
Adams
Edwin J. Dickman
Gerhart Dickman
Austin Rt. 4
Navy
8Th Reg
Brdg
Upper East Uswrtc
Great Lakes
Ill
Rollin E. Miller
Elwood Miller
Waltham
Austin
Walter James Stephenson
Walter J. Stephenson
Ellis
Richard A. Schmeichel
Rinehart J. Schmeichel
Gleason
Michael Schammel
Rose Creek
Korea
84Th Engineer
Harriet
Welch
Minn
A. H. Schammel
Council Okays Permits at Spring Valley
Spring Valley village council at the monthly meeting approved building permits for A E Marchant storage garage Kenneth Briggs addition to dwelling Alvin Anderson dwelling Bernice E Tait addition to dwelling Albert Johnson garage The board discussed hiring a sidewalk inspector but made no decision.
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Spring Valley
A. E. Marchant
Kenneth Briggs
Alvin Anderson
Bernice E. Tait
Albert Johnson
City Council delays Winona Street rezoning policy
The Austin City Council unanimously set a policy to refrain from rezoning Winona Street properties from residential to commercial until highway construction is finished. They cited state highway obligations and desire for further study, despite multiple rezoning requests on Winona and Chatham Streets near Winona.
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Winona Street
Austin
Eighth
Chatham Street
Winona
Oakland Avenue
State Highway Department
Mapleview
Roy Tedrow
M. G. Rolfson
Park and Recreation Board
Tedrow
St. Cloud
League of Minnesota
State Auctioneers Hold Big Sale Today
Col. Paul Boeckelman, president of the National Auctioneers Association, opened the state convention as state auctioneers hold a two day event. A giant auction begins at 1 p m with proceeds to fund completion of an Odd Fellows Home for the Aged and Orphans at Northfield. About 2000 items are up for sale.
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Paul Boeckelman
National Auctioneers’ Association
Odd Fellows Home For
Northfield
Boeckelman
The
Odd Fellows of Minnesota
Law Makers Visit Austin To Study Hormel Operations
Minnesota Dairy Products and Livestock Interim Committee toured Hormel operations in Austin, met at the Hormel Sales Cabin and visited the Hormel Institute and Arboretum. Dr. David M. Carey led the group with aim to build background information for future legislation on packinghouse relations to Minnesota agriculture.
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Minnesota
Austin
Hormel Company
Hormel Institute
August B. Mueller
Arlington
John J. Kinser
Cold Springs
David M. Carey
Wells
Hormel
D. S. Owen
Horme Institute and Arboretum
Carey
St Ansgar to Hold Merchant Farmer Event
Kenneth Thatcher of the Iowa Farm Bureau will speak at the St Ansgar High School Gym dinner on June 19 at 7 p m. The program Gay Nineties Review is directed by Mrs Wayne Ruechel. Dinner co sponsored by the St Ansgar Chamber of Commerce and multiple Farm Bureaus. Cochairmen C C Brasch and Millard Mee Nutt. Township chairs Andres Knudson Union Martin Robertson Otranto Albert Schmidt Newburg William Neeley St Ansgar Martin Pederson Rock Keith Francis Mitchell.
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ST. Ansgar
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers and Merchants
St. Ansgar High School
Wayne Ruechel
Martin Pederson
Rock
Keith Francis
Mitchell
136th Infantry Vets to Meet in Owatonna
The 136th Infantry Veterans Association reunion will be in Owatonna on June 22. The unit, part of the 34th Division, drew from Minnesota and South Dakota National Guard units that served on the Mexican border and in France in World War I. The 1952 event at the Owatonna Armory begins with registration at 11 a.m., banquet at 1:30 p.m., and a business meeting at 3 p.m. Tickets are via Stan Nelson, secretary, Worthington.
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136Th Infantry Veterans Association
Owatonna
136Th Infantry
Minnesota
South Dakota
Camp Cody
New Mexico
France
Owatonna Armory
Stan Nelson
Worthington
Dairyland Co-op Reelects Officers at Annual Meeting
Dairyland Power Cooperative reelected all officers Wednesday at its LaCrosse annual meeting. John Olson of Chetck Wis was reelected president and Clarence Biederman of Osage Ia. first vice president. William Garbisch of Freeborn Mower Co op node serves again as second vice president. Dairyland also received War Production Board permit to build a new LaCrosse headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairyland Power Cooperative
LaCrosse
William Garbisch
Freeborn- Mower Co-op
John Olson
Chetck
Wis
Clarence Biederman
Osage
War Production Board
Dairyland
Blood Donors Sought Around Mower County Drive
Blood donors are urgently needed in Mower County to reach the summer Red Cross quota. The bloodmobile visits deBay on June 16 to 20 with drives in Austin LeRoy Adams and Grand Meadow led by local chairpersons. Volunteers are urged to call the Red Cross offices for signing up.
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Mower County
Red Cross
C. W. Hildreth
Austin
LeRoy
Adams
Grand Meadow
Glenn Kelley
Korea
U. S
deBay
G. A. Halver
Melvin Lewison
Silas Gilbert
Navy Recruiters at Austin Post Office Tuesday
Navy recruiters will be at the Austin Post Office from 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday to interview and take Navy and Waves applications. The Rochester recruiting office notes a few June openings, with July or August enlistments urged now. Men with pre-induction physicals must enlist by June 30 in their chosen service. Women ages 18 to 25 are eligible for the Waves.
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Navy
Austin Post Office
The
Waves
Rochester
Mitchell County to Name Soil Official
Mitchell County will name a soil district commissioner for a six year term in voting held today at Osage and St Ansgar. Candidates include Lloyd Buehlow of St Ansgar and Harlan Noble of Riceville. The Mitchell County Soil Commission conducts the election with state district committee support. Laurence Dieterichs chairs the county unit with commissioners Charles Burtch and Buehlow.
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OSAGE
Mitchell County
St. Ansgar
Lloyd Buehlew
Harlan Noble
Riceville
Mitchell County Soil Commission
State Soil District Committee
Laurence Dieterichs
Charles Burtch
Buehlow
Warrants Out for Convicted Forger
The sheriff's office has two warrants for Leo G. Breuer of Elgin Illinois for second degree forgery under pre sentence investigation. The warrants are from the Elgin sheriff's office for similar offenses. Sheriff Albert Reinartz stated.
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Leo G. Breuer
Elgin
Albert Reinartz
City Accepts $220000 Bond and Debt Bids
Austin councilmen sold 175000 in paying bonds and 45000 in certificates of indebtedness last night with one bid for each offering. Northwest National Bank of Minneapolis bought the paying bonds at 1.75 percent for 1954–63 and 2.10 percent for 1963–68, plus a 297.50 premium, for a net 1.9504 percent. First National Bank Austin and Austin State Bank bid 2 percent on certificates, the same rate as the last issue. It was the first time only a single bid was received for city obligations. The council was assured bids were legal and satisfied with the rate.
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Austin
Northwest National Bank of
Minneapolis
First National Bank
Austin State Bank
Austin Collision Toll Rises in 1952 With 344 Accidents
Three collisions in Austin Friday caused 280 in damages and boosted 1952 total to 48 761 75 across 344 accidents. Dan Patterson suffered a bruised arm. his motor bike and Dr Robertson’s car sustained damages. Other collisions caused smaller damages to Zobal, Meyer, Shackelford, Wilkins and others in the city.
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Austin
Dan Patterson
E. Bridge
Highway 16
Division
Patterson
P. A. Robertson
Courtland
S. Eighth
James Zobal
Hope
Paul Meyer
Rt. 2
Babcock Building
Raymond D. Shackelford
W. College
C. W. Wilkins
Looking Back Ten Years Ago in Austin Weapons Scrapyard Call
Robert Lichty urged Austinites to search backyards attics and cellars for potential guns cartridges tanks and planes as part of a scrap drive. Twenty two years as pastor of St Olaf Lutheran Church were marked by Rev Henry Noss including destruction in the 1928 tornado and replacement by a new structure. Capacity of the Austin electric light plant was to be doubled with sixty thousand dollars worth of equipment to be installed.
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Robert Lichty
Salvage For Victory
Condition of Injured Boys Remains Same
Gerald Seavey age 18 and Dwayne Erickson age 20 were seriously hurt in a bridge area automobile crash north of Brownsdale on Wednesday. Their doctor said they are doing nicely given the extent of injuries.
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Gerald Seavey
Dwayne Erickson
Brownsdale
Club Tour Scheduled By Enter prise 4-H Club
The annual tour of the Enter prise 4-H Club is set for June 29 with Joan Schottler Charlotte Schottler and James Goergen making necessary arrangements for the outing.
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Enterprise 4-H Club
Joan Schottler
Charlotte Schottler
James Goergen
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Herald
Dorothea Lauder
Civic Recreation Department
Charles Holland
Hayes
O. A. Wensole
W. Winona
Nettie Neufeld
Home Agen
Jim Lind
Fair Grounds
Elkton School
le Roy
Racine
Herod
Council Oks
Committee of Law-Makers
A. F. O'Berg
Lindstrom
David Carey
Henry Wagener
Waconia
George P. Daley
Lewiston
Joseph Lorentz
Wadena
Grover C. George
Goodhue
Dairyland Co-op
Lasare Today
Austin State Bank Agency
Austin, Minn
Burt J. Plehal
Mgr
Austin P. T. A
Austin Packer
Marcusen Memorial Park
Packers
P.T.A
P.T.A. Baseball Ticket Office
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