Twelve Austin Parks Begin Six Weeks Of Summer Fun
Twelve Austin parks open for six weeks of daily activities and weekly themes led by supervised playground staff. New evening family activities start at three parks, with craft and drama programs run by specialists and college student supervisors assisting girls and boys at multiple locations.
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Austin
Edward Bork
Galloway Park
St. Edwards School
Neweln School
Bork
Judy Jensen
Crane Park
Wildwood Park
Northwest
Sumner
Lafayette
Dreisner
Ellis
Decker
Neveln
Tues
Kaufman
Galloway
Elizabeth Morreim
Crane
Wildwood
Fire damages Zesto Stand in Austin reported early morning
A rear fire at the Zesto stand on Ist Street NW near Ist Drive NW in Austin caused extensive damage. Fire officials say the blaze started around 1 25 a m and firefighters worked about an hour. a cigarette is believed to be the cause. The back of the building was gutted while front areas suffered smoke and water damage. Operator Bobb Cummins will inspect the site to decide on reopening. No damage estimate given.
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Zesto
Ist St. NW
Ist Dr. NW
Austin Herald
Austin Fire Dept
Iremen
Bobb Cummins
Sth Ave
Four Auto Crashes Reported With No Injuries
Austin Police logged four weekend accidents with no injuries. Rehold Lecy and Frederick Schabacker collided on 2nd Ave NW causing $35 in damages. Richard Earl and Kenneth Braaten crashed on 19th St NW causing $300 in damages. Michael Braaten and Stephen Booher collided at 1st St SW and Oakland Ave. W with $120 in damages. Cletus Ratigan and Donald Underdahl collided at 4th St NE and Oakland Ave E causing $60 in damages.
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Austin
Rehold Lecy
Brownsdale
Frederick Schabacker
2Nd Ave. NW
Lecy
Schubacker
Richard Earl
19Th St. NW
Kenneth Braaten
15Th Ave
Earl
Braaten
Michael Charles Braaten
10Th Ave. SW
Stephen Charles Booher
Lth Ave. NW
1St St
Oakland Ave
Booher
Cletus Ratigan
Kenyon
Donald Underdahl
Adams
4Th St. NE
Oakland Ave. E
Ratigan
Underdahl
Miss Minnesota 1968 finalists named in Austin pageant
The Miss Minnesota 1968 preliminary rounds concluded with Mary Williams and Susan Underdahl winning talent and swimsuit divisions respectively. Ten semi finalists will be narrowed to five for final judging tonight at 8 p.m. at Austin High School auditorium. Mrs. William D. Best won the Miss America Dream Flight.
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Minnesota
Mary Williams
St. Anthony
Miss Williams
Susan Underdahl
Duluth
Dr. Zhivago
Chicago
Mrs Indian
Atlantic City
Priccilla Lockman
Albert Lea
Jacquelyn Wiersma
Mis. Pipestone
11Th Ave
Manent
Austin
Lyle Lions Plan July 4 Celebrations and Signs
Lyle Minnesota Lions Club met at Our Savior's Lutheran Church to approve ordering street signs from Lyle Sign Co. Minneapolis. Guests Walter Jones and Ed Ingram spoke on extended area service from Austin. Co chairs for the Kiddie Parade were named as Mrs. John Ennen and Mrs. Shir rll Nelson.
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John Ennen
Shirrll Nelson
Summer Classes to Begin Monday in Blooming Prairie
Blooming Prairie Schools will start summer classes on Monday under Supt. Maurice McFarlin. The program runs 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. five days weekly through July 19, with small group math and reading instruction for grades 1-8 at the elementary school and transportation for rural children. Funding comes under Public Law 89-10.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Maurice McFarlin
Missionary Marabelle Taylor to speak at Westminster Church
Miss Marabelle Taylor, a nurse and mission worker from Ibong Cameroun, will discuss Dear God What Next at the 9:30 a.m. service Sunday. She has worked in Africa 30 years and directs mission clinics and an orphanage, with ties to Westminster Church supporting her work. A reception highlights Sew N Sew clothing display and a short-wave radio gift is planned.
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Marabelle Taylor
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Miss Taylor
United Presbyterian Church
Ibong
Cameroun
Macalester College
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Africa
Westminster Church
Jones to Attend Poor People’s March Representing Local 9
Vice President Ernest Jones will represent Local 9 at the Poor People’s March in Washington D C next Wednesday. Local 9 joins the International Union request for all affiliates to send representatives. Jones will depart Tuesday and return Thursday night.
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Ernest Jones
Local 9
Washington
D. C
The
International Union
Jones
Prairie Manors Gift Donation and Plans for Home
Donald Morrison, president of Prairie Manors, Inc., announces a $19 200 contribution from Mr and Mrs Glenn S Thorson toward a planned retirement home needing 125 000 in fundraising. If FHA loan is not approved gifts will be returned. Local churches lead the effort. board to buy the Glenn Thorson property near Pine Springs pool, about four acres.
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Blooming Prairie, Minn
Donald Morrison
Glenn S. Thorson
Prairie Manors, Inc
Blooming Prairie
FHA
Glenn Thorson
Pine Springs Swimming Pool
Herald Lane to Get Heart Assn Awards
The Minnesota Heart Assn board named the Austin Daily Herald a memorious service award for dedication in fighting heart and circulatory diseases through public information. Presentation will be at the Heart Fund workshop in Minneapolis. Richard Lane, Herald advertising salesman, named recipient of the Heart and Torch Publicity Chairman's Award to be presented in November.
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Minnesota Heart Assn. Board of
Austin Daily Herald
Heart Fund
Minneapolis
Richard Lane
Herald
Heart and Torch
Open House for Rev Stier Honors Local Priest
An open house honoring Rev. Adrian Stier of St Augustine parish will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the church dining hall. Stier has taught at Pacelli High School in Austin and previously served at St Francis Church in Rochester and Lourdes High School. He will soon become associate pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Blue Earth. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Stier of Grand Meadow and studied at St Marys College Winona and St Johns University Collegeville.
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Adrian Stier
St. Augustine Parish
St. Augustine Church
Stier
Austin
Pacelli High School
St. Francis Church
Rochester
Lourdes High School
Saints Peter and Paul Church
Blue Earth
Area Students Attend College Orientation at ISU
Incoming agriculture freshmen at Iowa State University attended campus orientation last week. The two day sessions included aptitude tests, placement tests, counselor meetings, and fall class planning. Austin area attendees were David A. Humker, Wayne Halvorson, and Gene R. Steinberg.
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College of Agriculture
Iowa State Univeristy
Austin Area
David A. Humker
Austin Rt. 5
Wayne Halvorson
Lyle
Gene R. Steinberg
St. Ansgar
Iowa
Austin Girl in High School Only Twice, but Graduates
Loretta Beaver entered Austin High School for the first time May 30 to practice for commencement. She returns for the second time to graduate with the class of 1968. Despite wheelchair limits, she remains optimistic and engaged with teachers and peers. Loretta’s senior year includes English social studies home management and art. She plans to attend ASJC and aims to work as a newspaper proofreader.
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Loretta
ASJC
Head Start Classes Begin at Blooming Prairie School
Head Start classes at Blooming Prairie School are slated to start at 9 a.m. Monday. Ten children have enrolled and the program remains open for new applicants. Eligible children will be entering kindergarten or first grade next fall.
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Blooming Prairie
Minn
Blooming Prairie School
Miss Rochester Injured in Fall Before Talent Show
Elizabeth Jane VanHook Miss Rochester suffered a broken bone in her foot after a fall during the talent division dance Friday night. She will compete in the Miss Minnesota Pageant tonight with the aid of crutches.
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Rochester
Elizabeth Jane VanHook
Minnesota
Waseca to Mark 100th Birthday With Big Celebration
Waseca Minnesota to hold eight days and nights of events from June 16 to 23 honoring the town 100th birthday. Highlights include the outdoor epic Saga of a Century presented nightly June 20 to 23 by a cast of 310 on a 200 foot stage. A Saturday parade June 22 will feature 32 marching bands and drum corps, 26 queens, decorated floats, antique autos, motorcycle units, carnival rides, fireworks, displays, dances, contests, and old-fashioned costumes.
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Waseca
Minn
Hayfield High announces final quarter honor roll
Hayfield Minnesota. Hayfield High School released its final quarter honor roll. The A honor roll includes Karen Boettner Richard Emery Walt Groteluschen Mark Jost Judy Kendal Melanie McNutt Carol Riess and many others across grades 12 to 9. The B list features Donna Anderson Cynthia Ballard Suzan Bergstrom Cozette Boysen Deborah Brigham Cera hie LuAnn Eich Velma Emery and numerous students through grade 7.
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Karen Boettner
Richard Emery
Walt Groteluschen
Mark Jost
Judy Kendall
Melanie McNutt
Carol Riess
Ruth Akkerman
James Branch
Alan Demmer
Ronnie Jensen
Patti Sennbrring
Kristin Buell
Mark Knipfer
Eunice M. McCamy
Marsanda McNutt
James Proeschel
Shirley Rocek
Ben Sash
Peter Valen
Bonnie Wangen
Eileen Wood
Dorothy Distad
Mary Graves
Greg Hulst
Randall Johnson
Donald Olson
Deanna Bergstrom
Carol Enderson
David Fritze
Colleen Jensen
Michelle Jensen
Mike Lickteig
Denise McCamy
Tom Lash
Alan Eppen
Debbie Gaal
Chere Gallaher
Valeria Hamilton
Marsha Haukom
Ann Stanton
Lynette Thoe
Jane Wollenburst
Andy Dudley
Sara Estby
Judy Fritze
Patty Haase
Debbie Hyland
Vicki Kirchner
Rebecca Lee
Pamela Licktek
Lynne Olson
Linda Oudekirk
Bev Paulson
Gloria Rieken
Kathy Shawback
Jerry Walerak
Ken Akkerman
Bryan Finley
Janice Foster
Susan Helmbrecht
Steve Jensen
Jerry Krasnicka
Jean Masching
Steven Meyer
Thomas Nantz
Linda Pesch
Rodney Rathman
Marc Senjem
Norman Senjem
Darlene Lettergren
Marcia Severson
Linda Thompson
John Woodwick
Dawn Anderson
Lucy Boyd
Susan Dahe
Sendra Eppen
Joel Fritze
Mike Fritze
Carol Gomez
Carol Herr
Steven Holton
Diane Knipfer
Clarence Nantz
Leon Plantz
Curt Lettergren
Tom Winkles
Adams Youth Earns BS in Agriculture
Roger W. Weness of Adams Minnesota earned a bachelor of science in agricultural education from the University of Minnesota. He joined Ag Alpha Tau Alpha and FarmHouse Fraternity and participated in intramurals and earned awards while working at the Soils Laboratory. Dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Earl Weness of Adams Janet Weness and Mr and Mrs Erlin Weness of Waterville.
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Adams, Minn
Roger W. Weness
University of Minnesota
Ag- Alpha Tau Alpha
Farmhouse Fraternity
Earl Weness
Adams
Janet Weness
Erlin Weness
Waterville
Annual Stag for Dodge County Officers
The Dodge County Officers and Township Officers hold their annual stag on Wednesday night at the Kasson Manterville Country Club per secretary Don Rossi.
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Dodge County
Kasson - Manterville Country Club
Don Rossi
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