Summer Park Program Enrollment Reaches 1106 at Eight Parks
The summer park recreation program opened with over 1106 children enrolled across Crane Driesner Decker Sutton Galloway Lafayette Cullen and Sumner parks. Each site reported activities including crafts games softball and parades while celebrating a craft specialist and safety patrols. Total enrollment across parks sits at 155 at Sumner and 1106 overall.
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Summer Park
Delores Johnson
Elizabeth Wells
Crane
Driesner
Decker
Sutton
Galloway
Lafayette
Cullen
Sumner
Crane Playground
Margaret Wilkemeyer
Driesner Park
Georgia Shutt
Kay Tracy
Jeanine Albright
Wildcats
Marilyn Patterson
JoAnn Orcutt
Meeting on Brownsdale School Merger and Redistricting
A second meeting to discuss the Brownsdale school merger and district redistricting is set for 8 p.m. Thursday in Brownsdale hall. J. H. Risius, the school board treasurer, invites all interested districts to send representatives. Eugene Meyer of St. Peter, a school district reorganization consultant, will attend. The plan includes building an eight grade school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsdale
Brownsdale Hall
J. H. Risius
Eugene Meyer
St. Peter
Osmundson Bros Win Rock and Sand Hauling Bids
Osmundson Bros Adams were successful bidders on 11 crushed rock and sand hauling contracts let by county commissioners. Their total bid reached 44566, vs Thompson and Lewison 52788. Osmundson also won a Le Roy quarry crushing stockpile contract for 2950. Other bids include Nathan Stanton 2262.82 for weed cutting along 144.88 miles and R D Byers 466.82 for one district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmundson Bros
Adams
Osmundson
Thompson and Lewison
Austin
Mower County Excavating Co
LeRoy
Nathan Stanton
Hayfield
R. D. Byers
Dexter
Former Iowa Folks to Hold Picnic on June 17
Former Iowa residents in Mower County are invited to an Iowa day picnic June 17 at the historical building on the fairgrounds. The event, hosted by the Mower County Historical Society and fair board, opens 12:30 p.m. with coffee, cream and sugar provided. The building remains open until 5 p.m. for visitors to inspect, register, and discuss an annual Iowa day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Richard Rahilly
Mower County
Torgerson
Circus to Parade into Austin with 65 Trucks Monday
Sixty five trucks will move into Austin Monday with the A G Kelly Miller Bros wild animal circus for afternoon and evening shows. The public is invited to see unloading at the fairgrounds in the morning and the feeding of animals at 9 a m. The circus uses four electric generators and steam and electric power to erect and tear down tents. The exhibition boasts 36 cages of wild animals six herds of elephants 16 camels 11 zebras 107 head of ring horses and tropical reptiles. Daily operating expenses exceed 2300 dollars and 21 advance and advertising men are employed across six tents covering over seven and a half acres with a main tent seating nearly 5000. An amplifying system broadcasts features in the main tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
A. G. Kelly-Miller Bros
Fairgrounds
Circus
Austin Plans a Modern City Hall by a Local Architect
James B. Horne, 28, a Minnesota graduate now with Ingemann and Bergstedt, designed an adaptable one block city hall for Austin. His thesis project, created without city commission, envisions a multi functional, parking ready building housing council, departments, court, police jail and more, with Main and Oakland as tentative site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
James B. Horne
Ethel Hall Horne
Baldwin
University of Minnesota
School of Architecture
St. Paul
Ingemann and Bergstedt
Glenn Hovland
Main Street
Oakland Avenue
Sterling Shopping Center
Austin City Hall
Daughters of Reformation Session at Northfield
Daughters of Reformation in session at St Olaf College Northfield with Dr Rolf Syrdal as main speaker. Convention theme Be Not Afraid from Isaiah 26 3 includes three sessions a banquet and Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolf Syrdal
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation
Southern Minnesota
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Harlan Foss
Department of Religion
Dorothy Kjorke
Fargo
E. Clifford Nelson
Hamamatsu
Japan
Arbo
City Officials to Attend State Meet in Rochester
Mayor M G Rolfson and Austin city councilmen will attend the League of Minnesota Municipalities convention in Rochester Thursday through Saturday. Mayor Rolfson leaves a day early to attend a board of trustees session and will represent the Minnesota Mayors Association of which he is acting president.
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M. G. Rolfson
Austin
League of Minnesota Municipalities
Rochester
Rolfson
Board of Trustees
Minnesota Mayors Association
Van Slyke to Receive Degree at Carleton
Lyman Page Van Slyke son of Mrs. W. R. Van Slyke 1010 Fifth St. will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Carleton College on Monday morning May 11. A Eveleth high school graduate, he majors in mathematics and is active in the Math club year book layout intramural basketball and baseball teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Page van Slyke
W. R. van Slyke
Fifth St
Carleton College
Eveleth High School
van Slyke
Carleton
Three Austin Insurance Men Win National Quality Awards
Three Austin insurance men received national quality award certificates at the Tri-County Underwriters Association meeting at the Fox hotel on Thursday night. Recipients were Lawrence Kellogg Melvin Precht and Walter Varco. Harold Grier outgoing president presented the awards. new officers Don J. Schiltz Gerry Seer Leon Dalager Gilman Tukua Clayton Meyer were installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Insurance
Tri-County Underwriters Association
Fox
Lawrence Kellogg
Melvin Precht
Walter Varco
Harold Grier
Don J. Schiltz
Gerry Sear
Leon Dalager
Gilman Tukua
Clayton Meyer
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Decker Playground
Bonnie Jensen
Sutton Park
the Park
Betty Anderson
Colette Coffman
N. V. Torgerson
Fair
Hall
Daughters of Reformation
Jun Lad
Vogue Pree
Austin Millwork CO
Daax Oak Aape
Austin State Bank
Eunice Harris
Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie High School
Mankato Commercial College
Wilson and Co
Albert Lea
DeLos Harris
Eunice
City Insurance
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