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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
7
The following births were reported at St. Olaf Hospital. Mr and Mrs Raymond OConnor Austin Rt 5 welcomed a daughter on June 19. Mr and Mrs George Bray 102 St Paul welcomed a daughter on June 19.
Delano R Nelson of North Branch and Amy L Weseman of Austin Route 2 married on June 18. Henry E Wilkerson of 610 Baldwin and Myrtle D Haskin of Sargent wed June 18. Ward C Bergene of Adams and Lois R Huemoeller of Bel Air Addition tied the knot June 18. Arthur E Peck of Austin Route 2 and Marie A Calta of 609 Wilson joined June 18. Howard D Edwards of 607 Grove and Grace Pettit of 1410 Euclid listed for license on June 18.
Mrs Martin T Jensen died unexpectedly Saturday at her Clarks Grove home. She was the mother of Mrs Gordon Fogdall of 703 Johnson and had visited in Austin. Funeral services will be held Thursday.
Graveside services were held this morning at Blooming Prairie for Rosalie Ann Snider infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Snider of Austin Route 4. The child was born prematurely Sunday at St Olaf Hospital. Worlein Funeral Home oversaw arrangements.
Jacob C. Myhre 85 died Saturday at his home in Lyle. Survived by wife Karen five children Janine Conrad Alvin Daisy of Colorado City Texas and Glenn of North Hollywood Calif three brothers Conrad John and William. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
Funeral services for Joseph H. Mandt of 1310 N Fourth will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church with interment in St. Johns Cemetery Johnsburg A rosary will be observed at 8 p.m. Monday at Mayer Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Jacob C Myhre of Lyle proceed at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mona Lutheran Church in Mona Iowa with Rev. Stanford Stenson officiating. Burial follows at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Worlein Funeral Home until noon Tuesday.
Ambulance trips listed for Saturday and Sunday include routes from St. Olaf Hospital to 303 S. Main and from Grand Meadow area to Rochester. Other calls include transfers from Main and Oakland to St. Olaf Hospital and a Maple Street hospital run at 11 30 a m.
Red Cross reports two pints of blood used at St. Olaf Hospital over the weekend. Total pints used since January 1 reach 704.
Wilmot of Dexter found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and fined 100 dollars. sentence stayed until June 28. Severson of Lake Mills forfeited 25 dollars bail for careless driving. Goslee of 702 Rochford found not guilty of careless driving. bail of 25 dollars refunded. Lent is described as a fast of four days not including Sundays.
In Buenos Aires a memorial opened Plaza de Mayo after navy bombings aimed at Government House. Officials report 174 identified dead but Peron claims hundreds killed and 1,000 injured. Rebels fled to Uruguay after the failed uprising. 800+ captured at the Navy Ministry await charges. Churches reopen, while violence includes churches burned or looted. Peron reiterates Catholic faith despite Vatican excommunication.
In France the indirect vote for 153 Senate seats produced minimal shifts among major parties. Communists 1, Socialists 32, Radical Socialists 35, MRP 7, Independents Peasants 43, Social Republicans 9, and miscellaneous left 1. Paul Bechard switched from Socialist to Senate, having been expelled for opposing the European army and Paris treaties.
The Air Force selected a new silver tan summer uniform to replace the 1947 khakis. The changeover will span four years and is not mandatory until July 1 1959. The new wear includes short trousers knee-length stockings a short sleeve shirt and a bush jacket. Availability begins next fall in tropical area sales stores.
John Golden a veteran theatrical producer and impresario died in his sleep Friday at his 20 acre estate in Bayside Queens. The longtime figure in New York theater built a legacy spanning decades and produced numerous stage shows. His passing marks a notable end to an era in American theater.
Gov. Freeman lauded the 47th Infantry Division at Camp Ripley Minnesota for high morale and training. He praised Maj. Gen. Nelson and staff for foresight and backed expanding camp to allow artillery firing locally. Parade featured 6,000 Viking division men. awards given to M. Sgt. Paul Redpath and four officers. Public information notes more chaplains this season. Postal ops report 4,500 daily letters amidst joking note on perfume scented mail.
A collection of witticisms on stag conventions friendships gossip and weather. Observations include stagy Red Cross remarks cold weather complaints and a joke about a bandit who robbed a hotel in an Indiana town and left nothing behind.
Norman Sutherland an 18 year old Scot shows rare zeal for joining the U S Air Force. He began pursuing the service at age 10 and persisted through writing Richmond officials and securing a sponsor Maj William E Morgan to support his pledge. He worked two jobs and 85 hours weekly to fund his passage.
A tall thief robbed the Radio City Theatre box office in Minneapolis and escaped with 127 dollars in cash. The cashier described the suspect as about 6 feet 3 inches tall, 25 to 30, wearing a possible gun in his pocket and leaving behind about 20 dollars in a coin changer. Virginia Anne 20 identified the robber as the bandit.
In St Paul Minnesota two CIO brewery unions Local 97 and Local 343 approved contracts raising weekly wages by 13 to 15 dollars over two years covering 1400 Hamm s and Pfeiffer s employees with a union shop clause. Bottlers rise to 96 this year and 100 in 1956 while brew ers reach 97 and 101.
In Bakersfield, California, cotton farmers employ 100 geese to weed a 66 acre field in two weeks. The birds graze Johnson and nut grasses while sparing the cotton plants, solving a labor issue in the San Joaquin Valley. Farmer Fred Schardt notes the rapid, targeted weed control as a promising method.
New York reports drama critic George Jean Nathan aged 73 and actress Julie Haydon aged 45 married yesterday aboard the cruise ship Santa Rosa. It is their first marriage for both, after 17 years of knowing each other and a nine year engagement.
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