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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
7
Austin public schools launch a summer music session starting Monday with about 725 student musicians in rehearsals lessons and sectional meetings under four instructors. The program aims to sustain instrumental study and prepare students for September while offering a constructive summertime activity.
Sgt 1/c Keith Kenneth Taylor is promoted to master sergeant at Nurnberg Germany with 26 years in service and Purple Heart. He is married to Margaret Moe of Austin area. Pvt E I Marlin Fink of Adams stationed at US 55037420 Prov Co Sc 1219 APO 613 San Francisco. Cpl Charles Conway son of Howard and living in Austin area stationed at Fort Meade. Pvt R W Cambern reassigned to Fort Bliss Texas after Ft Lewis.
Steve Gentle of Gentle Motors announces the purchase of Snyder Motors on Mill and St Paul streets. He will redecorate and use it temporarily as a Kaiser Frazer garage then convert to a body and paint shop once permits are obtained. A garage will be built at St Paul and Water after buying from the Episcopal church. Burdette Snyder plans to retire to other interests including a Silver Bay resort on Gull Lake.
Pfc. Frank Junior Paul USMC son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paul 1005 W College Austin wounded in action in Korea. telegram from Maj J T Walker acting marine commandant said wounded June 9 with no other details. Paul starred in local football and baseball and knee injury in semipro Kitty League in Independence Missouri interrupted big league plans.
Austin firemen credited Brownsdale firefighters with extinguishing a Thursday blaze at Edward Klingins farm in Red Rock township that destroyed a pump house and threatened a garage. Brownsdale had the fire under control before Austin crews arrived.
Four auto accidents in Austin late Thursday and today caused an estimated $575 in damage. The daybreak collision at River and Oakland involved Evelyn Culbert and Harry Siffing, with $75 and $150 damages respectively.
The Lansing Gospel Tabernacle announces a Sunday evening Vacation Bible School program with sessions for Beginners Primary and Junior classes. Activities include songs scripture lessons memory verses and demonstrations led by Charles Klock Joyce Smith Helen Smith Verlette Klock Richard Cummings and others.
May debit totals at Austin led by Federal Reserve release. Minneapolis bank data show May 1951 debits at $21,394,000, up 16 percent from May 1950. First five months of 1951 reveal an 18 percent rise over the same period in 1950.
The season's first polio case is treated at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester. Victim is 14 year old John Nehring of Preston, son of Dr. J. P. Nehring and his wife. Nehring has a light case with no paralysis. Doctor Viktor Wilson notes June is early for the season.
Four Austin area students will graduate from Ames College in commencement tonight. Richard H. Guy receives a two year certificate in farm operation and plans to farm near Austin. Joan A. Simons earns a bachelor of science in applied art and is from Austin. Irwin B. Tiegen takes a bachelor of science in animal husbandry and will work with Geo A Hormel & Co. Donald H. Barnes earns a bachelor of science in farm operation and will farm with his father near Lyle.
A. H. Haakenson Austin State Bank president received the year's best public relations award at the Minnesota Bankers association convention in Minneapolis. He was presented with an engraved desk set and had swapped jobs with Cedric Adams for a day earlier in the year. Austin bankers C. W. Wilkins W. H. Witte and C. L. Smith attended.
A group of Iowa men plan a cash and carry lumber yard 32 acres south of the Milwaukee crossing east of Highway 218 in Austin. Construction could begin July 1 with a temporary office if federal permission is denied. Harold Mattfeld of Fort Dodge will manage the Austin store.
A policy change allows draft-age men to enlist in either army or air force before induction notice. The window lasts until July 15 and the recruiter, Sgt. John Hallanger, said the post office office will extend hours from 4 am to 4 pm next Sunday to take enlistment applications.
An L4 aircraft from the U S Air Force will arrive July 9 at the Austin airport for two weeks to train the Austin Civil Air Patrol squadron cadets aged 15 to 18. It will provide orientation rides and teach aerial navigation chart reading and flight procedures. CAP pilots with 200+ hours will fly the missions. The squadron seeks additional youths and notes a joint Minnesota state guard CAP exercise planned for early August with CAP as the air arm. A message pickup unit is being built at the airport for ground message delivery where landings are not possible.
A one room house on two acres east of Austin on Highway 16 owned by Mr and Mrs Arthur Borg sold at auction Thursday night to Alfred Benson of Blooming Prairie. The sale was conducted by Col W A Thomsen and Earl Lindsley.
Spring Valley councilmen will meet likely Monday or Tuesday to probe friction among the police chief the constable and a justice of the peace. The clash surfaced after Police Chief Vincent Keen was arrested on a speeding charge and sought a venue change before Justice Arnold Mayland citing bias and ongoing friction with Constable Fay Farnsworth.
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