Day Camp for Handicapped Children Set July 29 to Aug 23
Mower County launches Minnesota’s first day camp for handicapped youngsters ages 6 to 16 at Todd Park from July 29 to August 23. Two two week sessions run 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday with swimming nature study crafts and games supervised by a trained staff. The Minnesota Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc oversees this and 14 other programs with support from donations to the Mower County chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Minnesota
Todd Park
Austin
Clifford Wold
Minnesota Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Wold
Kathy Webber
Betty Michaels
Richard Fingarson
Tim McAnnany
Gerald Budd
Camp Courage
Minneapolis
Minnesota Society
Cliff Wold
Minnesota Society For Crippled Children and Adults
St. Paul
Virginia
Duluth
Montevideo
Rochester
Austin United Fund Agency
Austin Roundup and Local Notices From Mower County
A car owned by Emmett Herrick of Austin was damaged in a hit and run in the Hormel lot. The Albert Lea Jaycees announce a July 21 demolition derby with 500 dollars to the winner and 50 dollar lap prizes for late entrants. Memorial gifts to cancer aid are acknowledged for several residents. Aerospace students from Winona State College will attend a Memphis workshop July 15-26. Minnesota rodeo action features contestants from Austin and nearby areas in Granite Falls June 14-16. Shriners in Austin are featured in the Osman publication with pictures of the Oriental Band and leaders Spence and Furtney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Herrick
Austin Rt. 2
Hormel
Albert Lea Jaycees
Winona State College
Naval Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Dave Baumgartner
5Th St. NW
Ernest Bischoff
Austin Rt. 5
Lee-Mar Ranch
Granite Falls
Austin Shriners
Osman
St. Paul Shrine Temple
Austin Oriental Band
Charles T. Spence
Ferris Furtney
Sherwood Boyer Graduates From University of South Dakota
Sherwood P. Boyer son of Mr and Mrs Raymond C Boyer 1411 10th Ave NW graduates from the University of South Dakota. A Austin High School and Austin Junior College alum he belonged to Phi Sigma Alpha political science league and won the Philo Sherman Bennett prize at Ver Mil ion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood P. Boyer
Raymond C. Boyer
10Th Ave
University of South Dakota
Austin High School
Austin Junior College
Vermilion
Phi Sigma Alpha
Philo Sherman Bennett
Stacy Youth to Work on Mission Job
Stacyville Iowa Charles Pitzen son of Mr and Mrs Clem Pitzen 1963 graduate of Visitation High School has been accepted as a volunteer Missionary Apostolate by the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity He is assigned to a six week working period at Kiln Mississippi He and other volunteers will renovate an old public school building to be used as a parochial school for the parish in September The school will be staffed by extension volunteer lay teachers The volunteers are given room and board by the mission Other expenses are paid by the individual The work gives the apostolates the experience to determine the problems in the mission fields of America and to study living conditions and customs of the people in the community to which they are assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville
Iowa
Charles Pitzen
Clem Pitzen
Visitation High School
Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity
Kiln, Miss
Bulding
America
Rural Schools Set June 25 Annual Meetings Across Counties
The nine common school districts in Mower County twenty in Fillmore two in Dodge and one in Freeborn plus all Minnesota counties common school districts schedule annual meetings for June 25 at 8 p.m. Miss Dora Tollefson notes locations vary and will be posted by clerks. She cites a 1965 act allowing districts without classified schools to consolidate with neighboring districts and says counties will enforce compliance. Most Mower districts have closed houses and transport students to other districts. only two retain buildings. Independent districts listed include Adams 491, Austin 492, Elkton-Dexter 494, Grand Meadow 495, Lyle 497, Rose Creek 498, LeRoy 499.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Fillmore
Tow
Dodge
Freeborn
Minnesota
Dora Tollefson
Adams
Austin
Elkton - Dexter
Grand Meadow
Lyle
Rose Creek
LeRoy
Police Blotter Report From Austin Highlights Various Incidents
Austin police logged a range of cases including indecent exposure theft of a Cancer Fund coin box a church incident a man found injured after a fall and a missing fuel incident A 10 year old girl reported exposure at a Methodist Church and a description was given for the suspect Eugene Gladonik was treated after a gutter fall and Kenneth Kruger found the damaged coin box Investigators pursued leads on the coin box theft and Duane McFarland reported missing fuel from saddle tanks of his semi trailer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Cancer Fund
West End
Eugene Gladonik
7Th Ave. NW
St. Olaf Hospital
7Th Ave
8Th St. NW
Gladonik
James Johnson
Kenneth Kruger
4Th Ave. NE
American Cancer Society
Kruger
4Th Ave
Duane Earl McFarland
Ave
Dairy Royalty Guests of FB Unit
Sixty members of the Four Township Farm Bureau hosted a picnic supper in Racine for about 30 businessmen and their wives on Rural Urban Day. Marie Flickinger the Mower County Dairy Princess and her attendant Janice Syverud spoke on June Dairy Month. Dillon Hempstead state Farm Bureau vice president spoke on Time for Decision and Action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Racine
Mower County
Marie Flickinger
Janice Syverud
Dillon Hempstead
Houston
State Farm Bureau
Red Cross Certifies First Aid Teachers
Nine Mower County residents certified as first aid instructors join about 18 others in the county. They completed a 10 hour Standard Red Cross First Aid course and a 16 hour Advanced First Aid course before the instructor training taught by Clyde R. Zamjahn. All courses are volunteer and free, according to first aid chairman Carl Johnson. The Mower County Red Cross chapter operates as an Austin United Fund agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Red Cross Chapter
Sandra Bulwer
Wayne Gorman
John Ruth
Kenneth Lacey
Roger Miller
Allen
Dorothy Schulz
Kermit Thomas
Kenneth Thomson
Clyde R. Zamjahn
Minnesota
Red Cross
The
Carl Johnson
First Aid
Austin United Fund Agency
Red Cross Leader Praises Obligations at Convention
E Roland Harriman told about 4 000 delegates at the 38th national ARC convention in Philadelphia that the Red Cross is empowered and obligated to aid the Armed Forces and to run national and international relief. He outlined survival assets including blood programs disaster relief and training and noted Cuba Bay of Pigs aid illustrated Red Cross readiness. General Gruenther announced retirement. Adlai Stevenson and Princess Grace attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
ARC
Philadelphia
Red Cross
A. V. Higham
Mower County
Harriman
Cuba
U.S
Armed Services
Alfred M. Gruenther
ABC
Adlai Stevenson
The
United Nations
Princess Grace
Monaco
Space Strips Found Again From June 4 Debris
Two more magnesium strips believed dropped from space were found in Minnesota fields. Irving Nagel discovered blued, heat darkened strips while spraying corn on the Alfred Nelson farm near Lyle. A second find was made by Donald Bissen near Rose Creek, and a prior report noted a strip on the Orville Knutson farm near Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Herald
Irving Nagel
Rose Creek
Alfred Nelson
Lyle
Wilfred Bissen
Donald Bissen
Orville Knutson
Adams
Stacy Youth Attend 4-H Conference
Stacyville Iowa 13 Mitchel county 4 H youth including Marion Smith Neil Halbach Mary Rose Halbach and Daniel Klapperich join peers at the second annual State 4 H Conference on the Iowa State University campus. Leadership training, citizenship discussions, and career information in agriculture social science and engineering are planned with state officers to be elected at the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville
Iowa
Marion Smith
Neil Halbach
Mary Rose Halbach
Daniel Klapperich
Mitchel County
Iowa State University
County Board Awards Road Contracts and Regulates Billboards
The Mower County Board of Commissioners approved six highway construction contracts two maintenance resurfacing agreements and one mowing contract. Osmundson Brothers Construction Co won multiple bids including County Road 7 and County Road 4 with low bids of 47522.66 and 70488.04 respectively. A new county billboard ordinance was adopted without dissent and requires annual permits with signs spaced along Interstate 90. Ralph Turner was named liaison director of county civil defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Board of Commissioners
Ralph Turner
Osmundson Brothers Construction Co
Adams
Elkton
Interstate 90
Martin Bustad and Sons
Austin
Sorenson Brothers
Albert Lea
Maynard Ehmke
Waltham
Ehmke
Jack Strong
Strong Advertising Co
Rudy Thiessen
Thiessen Sign Co
County Planning Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Commission
Soap donated by Milwaukee hotels sent overseas for relief
Milwaukee and Austin Luther League volunteers collect partially used hotel soap for Lutheran World Relief. About 500 pounds packed into eight cartons by 11 youths led by Don Flachmeier and Neal Carter, shipped to a Nappanee warehouse for distribution to Korea Taiwan Hong Kong Burma Jordan Algeria Greece Yugoslavia Chile Brazil and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Austin
Lutheran World Relief
Luther League of St. Olaf
Don Flachmeier
Neal Carter
LWR Ware
Nappanee
Ind
Korea
Taiwan
Formosa
Hong Kong
Burma
Jordan
Algeria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Chile
Brazil
Flachmeier
League
Carter
Mary Slupe
Dave Grose
Janet Hartwig
Roberta Ramlo
Hans Knoch
Dave Helebrant
Joyce Anderson
Rodney Gunderson
Keith Larson
Betty Roseth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mower County Farm Bureau
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Bors
Ole Benson
Udolpho Township
Joe Wondra
Don Akre
Martin Bustad
Benson
Burton Ingvalson
Corning
Ken Hanson
Noble Farm
Carl Peterson
Mrs. Noble
Harry Larson
Clarence Engen
Box 325
Wilbur Reed
Engwald Hanson
Lester Ramseth
Graham Uzick
Stacy
Dairy Royalty Guests of
Highum
A. V. Highum
Osmundson
Bustad
Sorenson
Alland Brothers
Alland
Dexter Village
Ulland
Hovda
Rehbein
Brownsdale
Beach
Schroer
Brownsdale Sand and Gravel Co
Dexter
Schmidt
Windom
Monahan
South America
Africa
Near East
Far East
St. Olaf High School Luthor League
Mary Stupe
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