Construction Roundup Highlights City Projects and Open Houses
Construction Roundup reports American Can Co. nearing full employment for 30 000 cans per hour with three production lines for chili and hash cans at Hormel. Austin Carnegie Public Library prepares for Sunday open house and 2 30 dedication amid minor finishing work. Owens Gas Station opens under new manager Larry Rector. Goodyear remodeling nears completion at 108 4th Ave NW with new service bay and resurfaced driveway. Highway 16 W channelization gains north lane blacktop, with left turn needs noted. Rose Creek Church St Peter Catholic Church walls rise as Wagner Construction advances interior work and slated October completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Strandell
Hormel
American Can Co
Austin Carnegie Public Library
Owens Gas Station
4Th St
4Th Ave
Keate
Bob) Hoff
American Can
Goodyear
Goodyear Service
4Th Ave. NW
R. D. Lautz
Crestwood Hills
Knob Hill
Utilities Garage
Chicago Great Western Railway
Police Department
Rose Creek
St. Peter Catholic
Wagner Construction
Austin
Wagner
West Coast
Owatonna High School
Area Roundup Health and Construction Updates
Mankato State College will host a summer Fitness Workshop June 22 26 led by Dr. Clem W Thompson. Rochester proclaims Peace Corps Week June 21 27 with a ceremony at City Hall featuring a Washington DC Peace Corps team. Wager Construction awarded 88000 for Mazeppa church. YMCA board weighs six lane pool health club area expansions with Lysne Construction as low bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato State College
Highland
Clem W. Thompson
Rochester
Alex Smetka
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Smetka
Rochester City Hall
Washington, D. C
Ymca Board of Directors
YMCA
Lysne Construction
Austin Guards Climb Glacier During Alaska Training
Austin National Guardsmen completed two days of glacier and mountain training at Camp Denali Fort Richardson Alaska. The unit hiked on Eklutna glacier and practiced grappling rope climbs and nighttime field camping before resuming regular training focusing on anti tank and mortar warfare.
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Darrel Koehler
Richardson
Alaska
Austin National Guardsmen
Eklutna
Austin
HHC 4Th Bn
135Th Inf
Rochester
Minneapolis - St. Paul International
Twin Cities
Fargo
N. D
Minot
Saskatoon
Sask
Edmundton
Alberta
British Columbia
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Camp Denali
Fort Richardson
Alaska National Guard
Birds Enter Herald Office In Lost and Found Moment
A baby blue jay, likely fallen from a nest, was placed at the Herald office door in search of its mother. DeVonna Detwiler and Marcella Hoban are pictured with the bird near the found ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
DeVonna Detwiler
Marcella Hoban
Salisbury elected state VFW commander at St. Cloud meet
Clifford Salisbury of Austin was elected Minnesota VFW state commander during the St. Cloud session. The Austin VFW Club hosts a 4 p.m. reception. The Austin post also won the J M Jorgen-Salisbury Memorial Trophy for poppy sales and led membership, becoming the largest post in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf B. Damm
St. Cloud
Austin
Clifford Salisbury
VFW Club
J. M. Jorgen- Salisburysen
Salisbury
5Th Ave
Navy
VFW
Edna
Safety Check Week Targets Safer Austin Area Driving
The Austin area Safety Council urges motorists to use lanes from 1 to 6 pm on Oak land Ave W and 1st Ave SW between 2nd and 4th streets SW for a week of free 10 point inspections. Groups like Thumpers Car Club Eagles VFW United Commercial Travelers Local 9 Austin Automobile Association and the Jaycees will run lanes to see who processes most vehicles and returns the fewest defects. Safety stickers will be awarded to those passing. a belt survey is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Area
Austin - Mower
Eagles
VFW
United Commercial Travelers
Local 9
Austin Automobile Association
Jaycees
Pollution meetings set for Fillmore County
The Minnesota Fillmore County Department of Health and the County Extension Service will hold two public discussions on water quality. The first meeting is Tuesday June 30 at 8 30 p m in the REA basement Rushford and the second on Wednesday July 15 at 8 30 p m in the Preston Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore County
Department of Health
County Extension Service
REA
Rushford
Preston Town Hall
East Side
Ellis Playground
West Siders
Community Park
Tools Stolen and Cars Vandalized in Austin Police Reports
The Austin Police logged theft and vandalism incidents Friday including $75 in tools stolen from Kenneth Combs 704 Main St L and white paint sprayed on two cars at Robert Thatcher 304 19th St NW. A hit and run damaged Mae Carol Bjork's Riviera parking lot car. A Goetsch vehicle backed into by a Shorrel motorcycle caused minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Kenneth Combs
Main St. L
Robert Thatcher
19Th St. NW
Rayman Lumber Co
Gary Grant Shorrel
17Th Ave. SE
Arthur William Goetsch
Brownsdale
Goetsch
Mae Carol Bjork
Lansing
Riviera
County Fair Photo Exhibit Planned
The Mower County Fair and Austin Camera Club announce that entry blanks for the 1964 photographic exhibit are available at drug stores and camera shops selling film. Prints and slides may be left at the Fair Secretary's office or at Carroll Ries’s home by July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Fair
Austin Camera Club
Fair Secretary
Carroll Ries
2Nd Ave
Sunday Anniversary Marks St Paul Goodwill Store Opening
Sunday commemorates the first anniversary of the St Paul Goodwill Industries Store at 406 N Main St. Managers and staff oversee repairs and resale of donated clothing and household items to fund vocational training and job counseling. The organization operates three Minnesota branches and relies on donations to train the handicapped for modern jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Goodwill Industries
N. Main St
Charlotte Kimpell
Annamay Nelson
Aloma Hambright
Steve Nelson
Goodwill Industries
The
United Fund
Austin
St. Paul
Goodwill Deposit
Red Owl
Oakland Ave. E
Nelson’s Super Valu
Oakland Ave. W
Goodwill
Petersdorf earns hospital administration degree in Minnesota
James Petersdorf son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Petersdorf 1408 3rd Ave SW received the M A degree in Hospital Administration June 1 at the University of Minnesota. He will serve as Assistant Administrator at Norton Memorial Hospital Louisville Ky where he completed a year of residency. Mrs Petersdorf is Jean Randall daughter of Dr and Mrs B F Randall 907 10th St NW
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Petersdorf
Theodore Petersdorf
3Rd Ave
University of Minnesota
Norton Memorial Hospital
Louisville
Petersdorf
Jean Randall
B. F. Randall
10Th St
Local Students to Spend Summer at Music Centers
Local students will spend part of summer at music camps nationwide. Plunkett sisters Linda and Dianne join Greg Carroll and Marsha Garbisch for two months at Interlochen Michigan’s National Music Camp. Others attend camps in Brevard North Carolina Richmond Kentucky La Crosse Wisconsin and Aspen Colorado for weeks of violin piano theory and orchestral study with guest musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda
Dianne Plunkett
21St St
Greg Carroll
10Th St
Marsha Garbisch
10Th Ave
Interlochen
Mich
Plunkett Sisters
Greg
Marsha
Nancy Meinhard
Jan Paul Varney
12Th St
Tom Roberts
Stephen Foster
Richmond
Jan
Southern College of Iowa
Carolyn Olson
19Th St. SW
Coulee
Austin Parks Launch 6-Week Playground Program
Austin Park and Recreation Board launches a six week summer playground program starting Monday June 22 for children ages 5 to 14. The schedule features nature study crafts games sports stories dramatics tumbling singing and rhythmic activities with weekly themes and citywide tournaments across multiple parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonya Cook
Austin Park and Recreation Board
Lafayette
Banfield
Gallowway
Crane
Kaufman, and Decker
Neveln
Wildwood
Chesner
Northwest
St. Edwards, Ellis
Sumner Parks
Vets from Korea War Use GI Bill Training in Mower County
In Mower County 4 in 10 Korean War veterans have used the GI Bill for education or vocational training. About 550 local vets have benefited, including 290 who attended college, with training continuing until January 31 1965. Nationally 2,358,000 of 5,600,000 veterans educated under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Mower County
Veterans Administration
N. Y
Congress
Sahren Kurth Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Sahren Kurth of Austin Route 3 returned home Friday after a hospital stay starting May 24 at St Olaf Hospital due to a left leg injury from a tractor accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahren Kurch
Austin Rt. 3
St. Olaf Hospital
Kurth
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Herald
VFW State
Anna May Nelson and
Sterling Shopping Center
West Side
Galloway
Our Animal Friends
Austin Parks
Wildwest
Winona
Shaw Gymnasium
Levene Dawson
Sumner
Betty Roseth
Ann Redding
Dhesner
Gretchen Koeck
Carolyn Humker
Kaufman
Catherine Weber
St. Edwards
Delores Rosavy
Nevell
Margo Anderson
Ellis
Alice Pace
Decker
Marie Kittleson
Sandy Stephenson
Penne Bumgarner
Diane Ehrhardt
Free World
United States
Vern Hanson
Tempo
Luck
Wis
Warren Plunkett
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