Work Stoppage Proceeds at Hormel Beef Division
About 450 workers were off the job at Geo A Hormel & Co as bargaining groups meet at the Austin Labor Center over beef kill production schedules. Local 9 CIO United Packinghouse Workers leaders say no strike is planned. no board authorization yet for actions. Hormel officials have no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin Labor Center
Frank Schultz
9CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Schultz
Hormel Company
Hormel
4-H Campers Return Home from State Camp
Mower County 4-H members returned Friday from the state 4-H camp in St. Paul after a three day session with classes workshops and talks by agricultural and government leaders. Dave Schrafel of Austin Rt. 4 won blue ribbons as county winner. State grooming contest praised as one of the best in years. Donald Hasbeergen and Mrs. Nettie Engen will return today from a leaders camp at New Ulm begun Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
St. Paul
Ronald Seath
Dave Schrafel
Austin Rt. 4
Seath
Donald Hasbeargen
Nettie Engen
New Ulm
Dodge County Sheriff Takes Job at Prison
Dodge County Sheriff Rudy Benson resigns after 12 ½ years to become a correctional officer at Stillwater State Prison. Willis J. Fryer named to fill the unexpired term. Benson cites civil service security and new type of work as reasons. He previously served as Hayfield policeman for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantorville
Dodge County
Rudy Benson
Benson
Stillwater State Prison
Board of County Commissioners
Willis J. Fryer
Hayfield
Vernon Township
Off Campus Course Registration Arranged at Austin Vocational
Registration for off campus courses at Win Ona State Teachers College is set for 8:30 Monday in Room One of the Austin Area Vocational Building. Courses offered include Art Appreciation 109 and Race and Population Problems 350. Tuition is $20 per course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Ona State Teachers College
Austin Area Vocational
Eighty-two Percent of County Children Vaccinated for Polio
Eighty two per cent of children who signed up for polio shots received Salk vaccinations in nine Mower County Clinics. A Friday error mislisted the rate as 28 per cent. Overall, 76.7 per cent of first and second graders enrolled in county schools received shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower
Suzanne Rader- Macher
Austin Daily Herald
Radermacher
Ruth Hoven Crowned Steele County Dairy Princess
Ruth Elizabeth Hoven of Owatonna, sponsored by Federated Mutual Employer Club, was crowned Steele County Dairy Princess by 1954 queen Mary McMann Hedstrom and Princess Kay Eleanor Maley. Attendants Darlene Rysavy and Audrey Hanson. Ruth will compete in the June 28 regional contest at Rochester. master of ceremonies was Lew Conlon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
David
Olaf Haven
Zumbrota
Steele County
Rochester
Lew Conlon
Minnesota Dairy Association
Maynard Speece
Minneapolis
George Peterson
Twin City
Twin City Milk Producers
Jack McNiff
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Steele County Creamery Association
Owatonna Chamber of Commerce
Eleanor
Clarence Maley
le Roy
Minnesota
Mower County
Kay
New Addition Planned at Riceville School
A 32 foot extension is being added to the agriculture music building at Riceville Grade School. Howard Guse and William Diederich, department instructors, perform most work. Diederich will enter the University of Iowa for an MA in music this summer while Guse reports for Navy Reserve duty in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riceville
Agriculture-Music
Howard Guse
William Diederich
Diederich
University of Iowa
Guse
Naval Reserve
Minneapolis
Collisions and missing curve damage multiple cars
Three traffic accidents reported today. Magdalena Beck and Forrest Tanner collided at Main and Maple causing minor front end damage. David McEwen and Harry Boerner collided at Main and Oakland with McEwen's bumper damaged. Elveda Lund missed a curve on Highway 16 and slid into a ditch with about ten dollars damage. Lund charged with no driver's license in possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdalena W. Beck
Austin Rt. 4
Forrest O. Tanner
Brownsdale
Main
Maple
Beck
Tanner
Oakland
David R. McEwen
Austin Rt. 3
Harry R. Boerner
Vancouver
Wash
McEwen
Boerner
Elveda Lund
Highway 16
Airport Drive
Princess Kay Keeps Busy Touring Dairies and Washington
Eleanor Maley Princess Kay of the Milky Way travels nationwide for Dairy Month appearances after being crowned at the Minnesota State Fair. She met Mrs Nixon in Washington presented tubs of butter and toured with dairy groups while balancing schoolwork and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Maley
Minnesota
Kay
Grand Meadow
Austin
First National Bank
Adams
Eleanor
Washington
Minnesota Dairy Association
American Dairy Association
Paris
France
Richard Nixon
Austin Area Service Men in Far East Deployments
Philip H. Miles of Riceville Iowa serves in the far east aboard USS Oriskany in the Seventh Fleet on a third Far Eastern tour with port calls in Japan Hawaii and the Philippines before a California return. A2C John T. Dunlap of San Francisco APO 73 and Ronald P Hagelund of Austin report for duty Atsugi Japan after training. Franklin E. Triplett of Le Roy serves aboard submarine USS Pomfret after duties on USS Sperry and is an electrician by trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin E. Triplett
USN
LeRoy
Pomfret
Triplett
Sperry
Navy
LeRoy High School
The
Farm and Home Electric Co
Airman Robert Wodnick Aboard USS Oriskany Far East
Robert J. Wodnick airman third tour with the 7th Fleet serves aboard the attack carrier USS Oriskany now in the Far East. The ship left its home port in March and will visit ports in Japan Hawaii and the Philippines before returning in the fall. The Oriskany was commissioned in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Wodnick
USN
Joe Wodnick
Eberhard
Austin
Far East
Oriskany
7Th Fleet
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
Gunder Family on 20 Day Leave Enjoyment
Al C and Mrs Cecil E Gunder son Connie Jean from West Palm Beach Florida are on a 20 day leave with relatives and friends. Mrs Gunder son s parents are Mr and Mrs August Eggert Kasson and Air man Gunderson s parents are Mr and Mrs Olaf Gunderson Wal tham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Al-C
Cecil E. Gunderson
Connie Jean
West Palm Beach
Fla
Gunderson
August Eggert
Kasson
Airman
Olaf Gunderson
Waltham
Elks Send Delegates to State Meeting
Don Sheetz and Joe Voorhees attend the 51st Minnesota State Elks Association convention in Thief River Falls. The gathering opens Thursday and closes with Sunday church services. E. M. Peacock of Minneapolis is elected officer, succeeding J. R. Manderfield. vice presidents named Walt Jung, L R Benson, and Norman Hanson. Red Wing chosen as the 1956 meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Sheetz
Joe Voorhees
Minnesota State Elks Association
Thief River Falls
E. M. Peacock
Minneapolis
Elks
J. R. Manderfield
Mankato
Walt Jung
L. R. Benson
Rochester
Norman Hanson
Osakis
Red Wing
Macalester Official Visits Austin For Outreach
Charles Miller assistant president of Macalester College St Paul will visit Austin Wednesday to meet high school graduates seeking information about Macalester. The Macalester freshman orientation begins September 12 with total enrollment expected at 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Macalester College
St. Paul
Austin
Miller
Macalester
Minnesota Cities See Building Boom Drives Costs Higher
A 1955 survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows sixteen Minnesota towns piling up building values. In April 1955 they spent 22.97 million versus 12.67 million in April 1954, with notable projects in Albert Lea Austin Fairmont Faribault Mankato Marshall Minneapolis New Ulm Owatonna Red Wing Rochester St. Cloud St. Paul South St. Paul Winona Worthington and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Federal Reserve Bank of
Albert Lea
Austin
Fairmont
Mankato
Marshall
Minneapolis
Ulma
Owatonna
Red Wing
Rochester
St. Cloud
Fairbault
New Ulm
St. Paul
South St. Paul
Winona
Worthington
County Trails in Bond Buying in May 1955
May bond purchases in Mower County reached 492 363 dollars or 38.4 percent of the 1955 quota with 65 325 dollars bought during May. A H Hankenson is county chairman. District 1 counties exceeded five month quotas while Mower Dakota Olmsted and Rice fell short in the district. Minnesota total May sales stood at 6.6 million, up 7.9 percent, with year to date 40.8 million toward a 101.8 million goal. Across the nation E and H bonds bought exceeded redemptions by 475 million for January to April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mower County
Mower
A. H. Hankenson
Minnesota
First District American Legion and Auxiliary Opens Convention
SPRING VALLEY The First District American Legion and Auxiliary Convention opened at the high school with registration ongoing. Eighteen attended the past commanders' and adjutants' dinner at Parkview Cafe. Mrs Lud Gartner of Preston joined the auxiliary past president' and secretaries' dinner at Broadway Cafe. The group formed a Past President's Parley to organize initiation teams district wide. Mrs. George Goeman was elected president. The next meeting will be at the State Convention in Rochester on Aug 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
American Legion and Auxiliary
Parkview
Broadway
Lud Gartner
of Preston
George Goeman
Rochester
Army Worm Alert Reaches Freeborn County Minnesota
Freeborn County joins eight Minnesota counties reporting moderate army worm numbers. State entomologist T. L. Aamodt issued the alert covering Le Sueur Goodhue Benton Washington Freeborn McLeod Mahnomen and west Polk Counties. Worms found mainly in winter rye winter wheat pastures and grasses. Farmers urged to inspect dense forage and apply tospahene dieldrin or heptachlor when four to six half grown worms per square foot are present or feeding is evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeborn County
Minnesota
T. L. Aamodt
LeSueur
Goodhue
Benton
Washington
Freeborn
McLeod
Mahnomen
West Polk
Goslee Receives B S Degree in Agriculture
Richard Goslee of Glenville received a bachelor of science degree in agriculture education from Iowa State College at Ames on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Goslee
Ida M. Goslee
Glenville
Iowa State College
Ames
Austin Sailor Visits USO Camp in Athens
Gary Morem appears on the USO registry at the Athens headquarters per USO field rep Mrs. Gillette. Morem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orin L. Morem of Austin, is on Navy duty after cruises to Greece and the Mediterranean. he is a former Austin High School basketball star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald P. Hagelund
USN
Pete Hagelund
Padden
U. S. Naval Station
Atsugi
Japan
Hagelund
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Austin High School
Gary Morem
USO
Athens
Louis Dill Gillette
Minnesota
Gillette
Austin
USO Fund
USS
Mower County
Morem
Orin L. Morem
Greece
Mediterranean
Norway
Sweden
Gary
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Litchfield
Westbrook
Harold Lamon
William Dunlap
Steele
Ruth Hoven
Hanson
Darlene
John Rysavy
Claremont
Audrey
Orris Hanson
Ellendale
Fort Riley, Kans
Hansens
Baldy Hansen
Bermudas
Michael
Leone
Iris
Charlotte
Beth
Princess Kay
By Dave Owen
Esota
Conlon
Grand Meadow High School
C. T. Holland
Little Falls
Battle Lake
Winthrop
Oldsmobile Company
Minnesota Dairymen
Hamlin University
St. Olaf College
Ruth Marie Peterson
Jim Hammer
Leech Lake
Jim
Manley Hammer
Myrtle
Sucker Bay
Manley
Philip H. Miles
Donald Miles
Iowa
Seventh Fleet
California
John T. Dunlap
San Francisco
Calif
Faribault
Bible Institute
Dodge
Fillmore
Houston
Wabasha
Waseca
Mower, Dakota, Olmsted
Rice
Gene and
Roy
Austin Sailor
Stationery Dept
BANK
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal OR Post Insurance Corporation
Baci
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