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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
5
Miss Lois E Cady Austin will marry Gerald E Fossey son of Mr and Mrs George Fossey Lyle. The couple plan a 2 30 p m July 16 wedding at the Church of Christ in Austin.
St Teresa's Unit met Thursday at 1309 Baldwin home of Mrs William Bodensteiner after Rosary. A business session voted to skip meetings until September. Five hundred prizes went to Mrs Albert Bauer, Mrs Emmett Thomas and Mrs Arnold Baldus. September gathering set with Mrs Clifford Gorman.
Prize-winner recipe from Mrs. Rodney Everson 1100 S River for Coconut-Crunch Torte with graham crackers coconut walnuts and egg whites baked 350 for 30 minutes. Readers invited to send in recipes and requests with initials. prize awarded weekly at the Herald office.
A collection of kitchen notes with three recipes: a nut loaf using flour baking powder salt sugar nuts eggs milk and shortening baked at 350 for one hour, an African Chow Mein with steak rice onions soups cashews celery mushrooms and spices, and a Chocolate Sauce blending chocolate cream and water for toping ice cream.
The Dexter Floral Club met at Mrs Roy Morgan home 1408 Walnut for a luncheon and business session planning a July 21 picnic at Todd Park. Corsage given to Mrs A L Satterloff for anniversary. Prizes awarded to Mrs Hedegard Mrs Miller Mrs Virgil Pack and Mrs Satterloff. Travel prize won by Mrs Miller. Door prize to Miss Edna Lane. Guests included Mrs Callahan and Mrs Pack.
Miss Ramona Heydt of Waltham was guest of honor at a coin shower at the EUB Church parlors in Sargeant. The event by the Women's Society of World Service featured readings, hymns, a talk on building a Christian home, gifts for the bride to be, games, and lunch. Miss Heydt plans to marry Lawrence Hertle of Brownsdale at 8 pm on June 17 at the Sargeant EUB Church.
Two Austin men identified among 69 violators of Minnesota game and fish laws from May 29 to June 4. Leonard Regan and Walter E. Tollefson were fined 15 dollars or 30 days for illegally taking fish in Hennepin County.
Social items record travels and visits of Mr. and Mrs. William Wender and Judy Ann from 806 Locust, the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lovina Pogones of Blooming Prairie at Hallam Maternity Home, and Etta Howe returning from a Michigan trip. Circle Five of Grace Lutheran welcomed Duane Klingerman as a new member. next session with Mrs. Orville Jones. Families including Brugger, Dillavoy, and Adams plan a fishing trip to Lake Edwards. Eunice Schroeder and James Hanson wed June 5 in Taylor with Austin area guests listed.
The article notes UAW pressure over the guaranteed wage plan linked to Ford and potential political shifts if GM negotiates. It highlights wage levels around 2.10 dollars per hour, Ford’s minimal one cent rise, and 20 cents valued in benefits. GM negotiations proceed quietly as talks loom.
Horseshoe pitching is on schedule for 7 p.m. Monday at the courts at North Main street end. The event is open to women as well as men and is sponsored by the park and recreation department under Emerson Cady’s supervision.
Gov. Leo Hoegh extends the 60 mph night speed limit on Iowa highways through Labor Day. The trial, begun May 27, saved four lives and is praised by Chief David Herrick and the State Highway Patrol for public cooperation and slowed traffic.
In Dubuque Iowa beer truck drivers strike as about 35 members of General Truck Drivers Local 421 quit work after wage talks collapsed to replace the contract that expired April 6.
George Seaton, a motion picture writer director and producer, succeeds Charles Brackett as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
About 34 percent of spectacles worn in the United States are bifocals or trifocals, reflecting a sizable share of readers and wearers.
Vital statistics list five newborns from the Day Wilson Kolb and Davis families all born June 10 with addresses at Bank Lyndale Gleason Ostrand er. A June 11 daughter to Kenneth Olson is noted. Funeral services were held at Hayward Lutheran Church Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev. A M Vorhees officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery Glenville.
Graveside services for Robert Luther were held at the Catholic Cemetery this morning. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Luther of 704 Grant Street born prematurely Friday morning at St Olaf Hospital and died that afternoon. Worlein Funeral Home managed the arrangements for the interment.
Mrs Milburn Johnson 39 of Blooming Prairie died Thursday afternoon in Rochester. She is survived by her husband and eight children Evan Buchanan Austin Merle Charlotte Grace Charles Allan Nancy and Douglas all at home.
Henry Snater a former Holl/landale resident died Thursday at a rest home in Eldora Iowa. Funeral arrangements are set for Ackley Iowa with details to follow.
Evelyn Marie Gooder Green 38 wife of Victor Green died Thursday at the home of her sister Mrs Lyman Bemis in Hudson Iowa. She was born Evelyn Marie Gooder of Riceville and is survived by her husband her father Edward B Gooder of Waterloo two brothers Niles of Waterloo and Mayo of Fayette and a sister Mrs Bemis. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Methodist Church in Riceville.
Frank H. Carroll 67 died Friday afternoon at St Olaf Hospital. He lived at 510 Lyndale and is survived by three sisters Mrs M E Daley Miss Agnes Carroll and Miss Anna Carroll Austin. Funeral services will be held Monday morning.
Mrs. Charles Bartlett aged 83 dies at her sister Grace Oliver’s home in Muscatine Iowa after a heart attack. Formerly Elizabeth Meliravey of Riceville. Funeral services set for Sunday. Survived by daughter Mrs. Lois Torney of Rocky Ford Colorado.
Francis Piker Meyers 53 died Friday at St Marys Hospital Rochester after a two year illness. A LeRoy resident he is survived by his wife Lucille three children Donald John and Jean his father Frank Meyers of LeRoy two brothers Clarence Austin Melvin LeRoy a sister Mrs Eugene Warren Redwood Falls Minn. Meyers was a village volunteer firefighter and worked at LeRoy Packing Co. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon.
Funeral services for Frank H Carroll of 510 Lyndale are set for 9 a.m. Monday at St Augustine Church with interment in Catholic Cemetery. A rosary will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at Mayer Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Francis Piker Meyers of LeRoy will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Martz Funeral Home LeRoy with the Rev. Robert K Fogal officiating. Interment will follow at LeRoy Cemetery.
Ludvik J. Kycek born April 4 1914 in Hayward Township died June 4 at home after a yearlong illness. He married Helen Caitham Nov 22 1939 and had two daughters Lois and Barbara. Survived by wife mother Mary Kycek three sisters and many relatives. He was a Hayward Lutheran Church member and held offices in ICBJ Lodge No 44.
Expressions of gratitude from families of Ludvik J. Kycek Hezekiah Streightiff and others感谢 to relatives neighbors and caregivers across multiple Minnesota communities Special thanks to ministers musicians pallbearers funeral homes and hospitals for support during illness bereavement and memorials
An ambulance responded Friday at 7 p.m. to a minor accident one half mile south of Blooming Prairie with no injuries reported.
Arthur W. Jensen of Spring Valley pleaded guilty to speeding and paid 15 dollars. Allan D. Kuhlman of Lyle pleaded guilty to driving a car for hire without a chauffeur license and paid 3.50 dollars costs. Larry Duane White of 601 East Allegheny pleaded not guilty to careless driving and trial was set for June 16 at 9 a.m. Glen Paul Wilmot of Dexter pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence and trial set for June 18 at 9 a.m. James Steven Farnsworth was arraigned on a paternity charge, waived preliminary hearing, bound over to district court, and released after posting 750 dollars bond.
Golf’s top pros and newcomers enter the St Paul Open at Keller Golf Club July 6 10. Newcomers Bob Rosburg and Don Finsterwald join veterans Doug Ford and Johnny Palmer in a five day event with practice rounds clinics and a 72 hole medal play championship from July 7 to 10.
In the French Amateur final at Chantilly Henri de LaMare led Don Bisplinghoff 5 up after 18 holes. Bisplinghoff, 20, from Orlando, Fla, outdrove but struggled with approaches and long putts. De LaMare had a 2 under par front nine and extended his lead as the match progressed.
The Soviet Union awarded Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin its highest honor the Order of Lenin on his 60th birthday.
The United States shows a 33 percent increase in married women ages 15 to 44 compared with 1933. The expansion reflects evolving family patterns and economic participation affecting household composition and demographics.
J R Wiggins managing editor of the Washington Post and Times Herald argued before the American Bar Association that the public has a right to a public trial, not just defendants. He urged courts open to cameras while noting judges must limit intrusive recording without harming justice.
A shell fragment hit National Guardsman Cpl. Norman W. Jorgenson near VIP Ridge during the Governor's Day firing demo at Camp Williams Utah. The 19 year old from Richfield suffered multiple jaw fractures and a fragment lodged in his throat while spectators observed from about 2000 yards away. Governor J Bracken Lee and other dignitaries were unharmed.
The NCAA World Series opened with two major upsets as Southern California fell 2-1 to Colorado State and Arizona lost 4-1 to Western Michigan. Wake Forest defeated Colgate 1-0 and Oklahoma A&M beat Springfield 5-1. Colgate faces USC and Arizona meets Springfield next, while Wake Forest plays Colorado State and Oklahoma A&M vs Western Michigan.
Iowa Highway Commission plans to abandon state maintenance of 52 miles of gravel road linking Highways 333 and 71 in Page County effective July 1. County engineers will handle maintenance at an estimated initial cost of about 6000 dollars and ongoing 2500 dollars per year. residents south of College Springs may protest.
Stockton report: Wes Santee, famed as a top miler, clocks 1 49.1 as he defeats Arnie Sowell in a special 880 yard race with Lowell taking second. Sowell previously boasted an undefeated major record, while Mal Whitfield holds the 880 record at 1 48.4.
Mel Brown a light heavyweight from Paterson New Jersey and St Paul split a blood vessel behind the left eye in a Thursday bout with Ron Barton in Birmingham England. The fight ended in the sixth with Brown's face heavily bleeding and he was rushed to a hospital awaiting swelling to subside for a full examination.
President Eisenhower outlined two new programs to advance peaceful atomic cooperation. He proposed research reactors funded half by the U.S. and regional collaborations, and shared know how to build power reactors for free nations. He urged Soviet participation but said action would proceed with or without them.
Beavers once nearly extinct in Vermont are now numerous enough to disrupt roads. The legislature authorized trapping outside the normal season where highways and bridges are damaged. Dammed waterways flood rural roads and make them impassable.
London Yale and West Point track athletes join a combined Oxford Cambridge squad for today’s meet. The event features teams from both sides contesting field and track events across a mixed program.
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