628 Vehicles Pass Daily at Austin-Mower Safety Check
Six hundred twenty eight vehicles were admitted on opening day to Austin-Mower County's six day vehicle safety check. Eagles Lodge volunteers staffed lanes on Oakland Ave and 1st Ave, passing 671 cars with five drivers returning with defects corrected. Defects included brake lights and turn signals among others. 38 cars had seat belts in place. Other groups scheduled this week include Veterans of Foreign Wars, United Commercial Travelers, Local 9, United Packinghouse Workers, Northwestern Bell Telephone, Moose Lodge, Austin Jaycees, American Legion Post 91, with lanes rotating and some lanes closed on certain days.
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Austin - Mower County
Eagles Lodge
Oakland Ave
1St Ave
2Nd
4Th
The
Eagles
Oakland
1St Ave. SW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Commercial
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Main St. N
Red Cedar Inn
Hormel
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. Employes and Moose Lodge
Austin Jaycees
American Legion Post 91
Boys Arrested for Shoplifting at S S Kresge Store
Two boys aged 9 and 10 were arrested by police on Monday at 2 55 p m for shoplifting at the S S Kresge store on Main Street. They allegedly tried to hide three baseballs inside a towel and leave the store.
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Weer
S. S. Kresge
Main St. N
Mary Lou Krebsbach
Kresge’s
Richardson Leaves Austin for Brazil Ambassador Trip
Robert I Richardson begins a 60 day community financed visit to Brazil with nine other ambassadors. He will spend four days in Brasilia and then live in Sao Paulo with a family before returning August 22.
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Austin
Robert I. Richardson
Brazil
Richardson
Miami
Brazilia
John Taylor
Middletown
Ohio
Germany
Taylor
India
United States
Sao Palo
Rio de Janeiro
Brighter White Way lights go up on Austin Main Street
City crews begin installing new 1000 watt street lights along Main Street Austin after conduit work and sidewalk trenching. Jordan Builders handles concrete bases while Utility Department crews wire and place standards. Assessments total 8870.58 to benefited property owners.
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Austin
Main St
City Street Department
Jordan Builders
Midtown Association
Engineer David J Apold Earns B S in Electrical Engineering
Engineer David J Apold of 1406 6th Ave NW received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and communications from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. A 1954 Austin High School graduate he belonged to IEEE Kappa Eta Kappa and Tau Omega Mu honorary tutoring groups.
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David J. Apold
Joseph Apold
6Th Ave
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Austin High School
Apold
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Austin Roundup Reunion Plans and Local News
Austin High School 1954 graduates plan a reunion meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Sterling State Bank community room. Memorial gifts acknowledged for local heart association leaders. 198 county heart disease deaths cited. Also reports on University of Minnesota summer students, a high school Explorer Club cycling plan, genealogical work at a Mormon church session, and Kraus-Anderson securing a bid for a Sunrise River wildlife area watertight dam project near Anoka.
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Austin High
Sterling State Bank
Oscar Hellem
Sargeant
James F. Zrucky
Walter Bateman
Austin
B. J. Cranwell
4Th St. SW
Minnesota Heart Association
Kraus - Anderson Construction Co
Sunrise River
Carlos Avery
Anoka
Paying for New Shopping Center Approved by Council
The Austin City Council approved a plan to hire two college students for the summer to check meters and issue over-parking tickets, relieving police duty load while increasing meter enforcement.
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Austin
Albert Lea
Downtown Plaza
Playground Directors Expect Record Summer Season
Ed Bork, the playground supervisor, predicts this summer will be among the best on record as the Park and Recreation Board launches a six week program at 12 city playgrounds. Directors and junior leaders visit neighborhoods to explain the program to parents while setting a Get Acquainted theme for ages 5 to 14, emphasizing crafts games songs dramatics and new and renewed friendships.
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Recreation Board
Ed Bork
Park and Recreation Board
Bork
Austin
Lafayette Park
Lois Ganfield
Kaufman Park
Carolyn Humker
Galloway Park
Penne Bumgarner
Northwest Park
Patty Butorac
Decker Acres Park
Alice Pace
Western Land Co plans Austin shopping center with Ward ties
Western Land Co officials Charles Schieb and Lesley Crews outlined a new Austin shopping center on 41 acres north of Main Street timed with Midtown growth. The project centers on an 15 acre core site sold to Krause Anderson. the rest would later open to commercial development. Crews, veteran Montgomery Ward executive, described Ward expansion and merger era growth as context for the center plan.
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Main St
Rustin
Western Land Co
Austin
Charles Schieb
Lesley Crews
Schieb
Krause - Anderson
J. C. Penney
W. T. Grant
Kresge
Sears and Wards
Sears
Ward
Morgan
New York
May car registrations at Minnesota DMV total 98
The Minnesota Motor Vehicle department reports 98 new cars licensed in May at the Austin office. Chevrolet leads with 36, followed by Ford 21, Pontiac 12, Buick 5, Dodge 6, Plymouth 5, Oldsmobile 4, Chrysler 3, Mercury 2, Cadillac 2, Rambler 1, and Volkswagen 1.
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Austin
Minnesota Motor Vehicle Department
Robert Bandler
Chevrolet
Ford
Pontiac
Buick
Dodge
Plymouth
Chrysler
Mercury
Cadillac
Volkswagen
St. Ansgar Stag Set For Wednesday Chicken Supper
St Ansgar Iowa St Ansgar Chamber of Commerce will host an annual stag chicken supper at 6 30 p m Wednesday at the Sportsman s Club grounds southeast of here.
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Explorer Club
ST. Ansgar
Iowa
St. Angar
Scout Camp Drive Kickoffs Held Today
The Spamland District Boy Scout Camp Development Fund kicked off twice today with a report meeting at First Congregational Church at 8 p.m. Luncheons at noon and dinner this evening at the Fox Hotel finalized the professional and business divisions of the campaign. Fred erick B. Johnson led the Aus tin Scout Family division as chair, with John L. Gebo and others directing team captains who are selecting workers for solicitation.
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Spamland
Cedar Valley Area Council
Boy Scout Camp Development Fund
First Congregational Church
Fox Hotel
Austin Scout Family Division
Frederick B. Johnson
Le Roy High School Class of 1943 Holds 20th Reunion
Le Roy Minnesota. The 1943 graduating class held a reunion Saturday night in the Le Roy High School gym with 13 of 25 original members and two former classmates present. A toast mistress read a class poem and each member gave a brief update on 20 years past.
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le Roy High School
Willard Johnson
LeRoy
Helen Regan Moore
St. Paul
Clifford Mitchell
Rockford
Til
Red Cross Urges Women to Sew Algerian Coats in Austin
The Mower County Red Cross asks Austin women to sew 50 djellabahs or Arab coats for Algerian refugees by July 1. Volunteers supply labor while material is donated by the Defense Department. Call 433 3335 or 433 4663 to join the project of furnishing 55 coats nationally this summer.
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Austin
Mower County
Red Cross
Department of Defense
Fred Ten Eyck Sr
Report All Accidents Advised by Police Chief
Police Chief Robert Nelson urged motorists to report all motor vehicle accidents within the city for investigation and statistics. He said the $100 minimum for a reportable accident applies only to state reporting. in Austin all accidents must be reported to the police regardless of damage.
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Robert Nelson
Nelson
Austin
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He Is the
Son
Drs. D. A. and
Lois Richardson
Robert Richardson
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Ist Ave
Ist St
2Nd Ave
1St St
3Rd Ave
Main
Workin’ Funeral Home
University of Minnesota
Janet
Eleanor Ann Cole
A. P. Cole
Eleanor Ann
Stephens College
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
1St St. NW
Wes Swenson
Rachel Holt
Mormon Church Sunday
Vern Wigant
Tracey Lord
Herald
Bob
North Main St
7Th Ave
Dave Averbook
City Planning Commission
Svejkovsky
C. E. Stoike
Austin Library Board
M. J. Vandewege
N. H. Snider
Slayton
Lakeview
Oakland Ave. E
Lysne Construction Co
Blooming Prairie
Montgomery Ward
N. Main
E. G. Usem
H. E. Rasmussen
Ulwelling
Midtown Group
Lewel Avery
Crews
Sears & Roe
Buck
Basil Murphy
al Haakenson
Arlie Sherman
Rotary International
Austin Club
Rotary Foundation
James Olson
J. A. Bell
St. Louis
St. Edward’s School
Adele Frank
Ellis School
Catherine Weber
Banfield School
Sandy Stephenson
Sumner
Dreisner Park
Ann Redding
Neveln
Sally Kentta
Margo Anderson
Western Land
Johnson
John L. Gebo
Edmund Smock
Web Thompson
Bud Leif
Harold Gomer
Leo Johnson
Sylvester Thompson
Richard Cassem
Forrest Officer
Stephen Wright
Lowell Haug
Donald M. Sand
Clarence Reiswig
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Henry H. Deblon Jr
Robert A. Hart
Michael J. Geraghty
Lawrence Streif
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Willard H. Peterson
Truman Moen
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Hubert M. Wacholtz
Laurence Seha
LeRoy Koch Jr
Robert Hardwick
R. E. Mehring
D. C. van Dyke
France
Austin United Fund Agency
Scott Richardson
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