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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
11
City Engineer Roger Nelson reports 32 building permits issued in the first half of June, down from 33 in the last half of May, with total June permit values at 142 87 compared to 202 400 previously. April leads with 52 permits totaling 338 050. Permits cover garages, houses, additions, and repairs, listing many individual properties and values.
A 19 year old Lansing girl suffered abdominal, leg and arm injuries when a motor bicycle tipped on the road shoulder near Lansing and was taken to St Olaf Hospital in good condition today. Grant Tuttle, 3 Brownsdale, was hospitalized at St Olaf with a collarbone injury after his bicycle hit a clothesline in Albert Lea. Wayne Miller Oakland farmer and Burton Kittleson Corning farmer were reported in improved condition at St Olaf Hospital after separate incidents earlier in the week.
Pte John R Harvey writes from Germany about a five day leave visiting two friends in Augsburg and Ludwigsburg. The group includes Pfc John R Johnson and Pfc Ronald D Mahoney with posted APO addresses in New York. Pvt Robert P Miller attends electronics school at Ft Monmouth while Pvt Louis S Streightiff serves with the 9160th Army Unit in San Francisco. A 2C Floyd S Martell from Austin has been promoted to airman first class at McChord AFB and assigned to the 1705th Air Transport Group after previously serving at Chanute.
In Spring Valley Dairy Month observance, Lloyd Brandt of the State Dairy Department St. Paul was guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club. He discussed new marketing methods for dairy products and their success. J. M. Halveray of the Spring Valley Creamery Association attended.
May bank debits in Minnesota rose eight percent from a year earlier with total debits for the first five months up six percent. Albert Lea 18 percent, Fairmont 29 percent, and Faribault 11 percent increases were also reported. Dollar volume across reporting centers was 13 percent higher than May last year and year to date totals were nine percent higher.
St Olaf Hospital reports 1662 chest X rays in 1954 55 with 132 abnormalities including 38 prior tuberculosis signs and one cancer case. Officials push a new X ray survey room next to admissions to speed tests, justify a 5000 dollar tube and 800 dollar rotating anode costs, and stress the value of screening for latent germ carriers.
Austin has renewed for one year its contract with six neighboring townships Lansing Red Rock Austin Windom Moscow and Oakland to provide rural fire protection at 25 per fire. The agreement covers 1 266 farms and requires township boards to collect payments. Replacement of the aging rural fire truck was discussed but no funding plan set.
John Polson pastor of Grace Baptist Church was placed on Northwestern Schools president's honor roll for the semester. He resides at 104 Cedar and earned the distinction for superior scholastic attainment in the theological seminary among 99 students honored out of 650.
Summer dances at the Shaw Gym teen canteen shift to Monday nights 7 30 to 10 p m due to a conflict. Rollo Sissel and his orchestra will play next Monday with officials warning the program may be dropped if interest stays low.
Forty members of the Golden Age Club played 500 cinch and canasta at the Moose Clubrooms Wednesday afternoon. Plans were made for a picnic June 22 at Lafayette Park with rain location in the Moose Clubrooms.
Between 200 and 300 pigeons will be exhibited in Austin Sunday by members of the Minnesota State Pigeon Association. Pigeon raisers from throughout Minnesota will attend the meeting at the Mower County Fairgrounds. Exhibits will be open to the public.
Austin lawyer Raymond B. Ondov, of the firm Catherwood Hughes and Alderson, was elected to membership in the American Bar Association. The announcement came from the association’s board of governors. Headquarters are in the new American Bar Center in Chicago.
Cows on lush pasture produce milk but may lose weight if not fed grain and hay supplements, a feeding balance issue debated among farmers and veterinarians.
Austin pastor Rev William J Campbell sails from Minneapolis Monday to join the Centenary Special Mission to Japan. He will help open 12 new centers, aiding to establish self supporting churches and boost Protestant work toward a 1959 goal. Campbell will pass through Anchorage en route and hopes to meet Rev Fred McGinnis in Alaska.
LeRoy's Wildwood Park beach opens Sunday with a lifeguard on duty and morning swimming classes. Mayor Merrill Chesebrough announced the daily 1 30 to 5 30 p m schedule and that Robert Sanderson, trained in Red Cross courses, will lead the instruction on Monday Wednesday and Friday. The Lake Louise site is a natural swimming area on the Upper Iowa River, part of a park donated in 1925 by Frank E Hambrecht. The adjacent timber tract remains private but accessible to the public, and the village dam maintains the lake with a 125-car parking area.
Jerry R. Marsh son of Mr and Mrs Howard Marsh of 1303 Sixth St was among 73 seniors elected to the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa chapter on June 13. His major is anthropology and he is a former Austin Junior High School student.
Summer story hours at the public library start Monday at 2 pm. Librarian Miss Mabel Olson announced that Bess Guiney will tell stories for children in grades one through four. Each one hour session continues each Tuesday through the week.
The 1954 report shows TB cases in Mower County halved over five years with nine new TB cases and 17 patients treated in 1954. Five counties earned accreditation for TB control as Dr Bridge notes fewer deaths and shorter hospital stays at Mineral Springs Cannon Falls.
W Ray R Douglass a 60 year old Postville druggist was elected grand master of the Iowa Grand Lodge of the Masonic order at its annual communication in Cedar Rapids.
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