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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1975
Page
2
Vital statistics list births in Charles City Iowa Endicott New York and Austin Minnesota with grandparents and guardians. Obituaries cover Mary L DeVriendt age 83 and Ethel Smith of Seattle with families, funeral plans, and service details.
Austin student Nancy Lee Christensen among 1850 plus graduates with Bob Hope as commencement speaker. Christensen majored in Eudeation.
A Sunday noon luau to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be held three miles east of Lansing Corners featuring pork barbecue chicken beans salad and beverages with live music later in the day. Donations and tickets cover the meal and entertainment.
The Austin Utilities Board voted to let Geo. A. Hormel & Co. manage the payroll operation using Hormel equipment. Negotiations will proceed with Hormel officials to finalize details. The board also approved new water regulations and a new fee schedule set for implementation. The next meeting is at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday July 1 in the Utilities Board Room.
Police report two vehicles stolen in Austin. Arthur Bauer’s 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air two door with license BF-3691 was taken near 4th Ave and 1st St NE at 1 30 a.m. Rowland Halverson’s 1957 gray bottom black top four door Chevrolet with license LL-5618 was taken from 100 block of 7th St SW between 6 and 7 a.m. today.
Officers of the Mower County Arts Council were elected at a recent meeting at Austin Community College. David Dahlquist was chosen chairman and Janet Anderson was elected secretary. The group discussed a calendar of fine arts activities and drafting a constitution to allow individual and group input. Other attendees included Dick Frenz Jim Wegner Dr R J Isele Lonnie Kirchdoerfer Richard Larson Jane Bell Jerry Rae King Grace Nickels Frank Bridges and Jim Flannery.
The Austin Association for Retarded Citizens convenes at 7 30 p m Monday at Woodvale Homes 1209 1st St NE. Agenda includes planning directions for the coming year and related organizational matters.
The 1975 Williams Fund Fun Tournament at Austin Country Club on June 10 received a boost with a donated aluminum canoe from Thomas H. Baxter of Lund American Inc. The third annual Austin event sold out with 144 golfers and includes a social hour, dinner, raffles for the canoe and two Gopher football season ducats, and a chance to win merchandise prizes.
The Mower County Senior Citizen Center at 408 4th St SE lists hours 9:30 to 4:30 weekdays and 1:30 to 4:30 weekends. Activities run Monday through Friday with games, classes, and crafts each day including Shuffl eboard Photography Pottery Bridge Whist Arts and crafts Music Fun Bingo Dance 500 and Cribbage.
The Mower County Humane Society holds a two months old female husky retriever mix found in northeast Austin for identification. Call 433-4277 to claim or ID.
John Drew Colt Briston, 61, son of the late stage and film star Ethel Barrymore, died Friday.
Paulo Picasso died Friday at age 54 and was Pablo Picasso's only legitimate child. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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