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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
6
A Tax Foundation survey shows the typical U.S. worker earning about 4 500 a year must work about two hours and twenty six minutes each day solely to pay his taxes.
Entries from Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin will compete for ribbons and rosettes in all classes at the Southern Minnesota Pigeon Assn Show. The event runs Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with 75 to 100 local entries expected and a 200-third total entry. Herbert Johnson of St. Paul will judge. Officers include William Tyrer as president and Henry Hanson as vice president. Gerald Justice is secretary treasurer. Mrs. Tyrer chairs the food committee with lunch and picnic facilities announced.
Milo D. Prindle, USN machinery repairman and fireman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Prindle of 1206 W. Bridge, will depart Long Beach aboard the destroyer USS Jarvis on Monday for a six month western Pacific cruise with the 7th Fleet. Joseph M. Renwick, USN seaman apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Renwick Sr., of 1206 N. Oak, attends Radioman School at Norfolk, Virginia, learning to operate transmitters, radios, teletypewriters, and Morse code. Army Pvt. Allan J. Lewison, from Adams, has graduated from Fort Sill Field Artillery Survey School after enlisting in January and serving at Fort Ord before Fort Sill. Pvt. Leonard G. Jech of Chaffee, Arkansas, is on a 12 day furlough with his parents at 200 S. River, recovering from surgery. Jech enlisted in December 1956.
The body of Henry Sommerlade 55 of Flandreau was found Friday night about 350 yards from where his car rested after being swept from a county road by flood waters last Sunday. Sommerlade a 12 year resident and auto mechanic. The search continued for Tom Madell a Sioux Falls bartender whose car was found near Dell Rapids swept from the Big Sioux River flood.
Heavy 1.6 inch rainfall snarls eastbound Highway 16 E in Austin. A gas tanker slid into a ditch near American Auto Parts as embankment erosion worsened. fire crews stood by for leaks. A Decker Acres city bus and passenger riders became trapped in a mudhole on Decker Avenue, with a second bus hauling the stranded unit to dry ground.
The Rev James D Anderson has accepted the pastorate at Belgrade Grace Lutheran Church Belgrade and will be installed June 30 by Dr Alfred Ewald director American Lutheran Church The Rev and Mrs Anderson and children Mark Chery Ann and Carol Jean recently returned from 18 months in Bamberg Germany where he was stationed as Army Chaplain 85th Inf Reg Previously stationed at Ft Riley Kan His parents are Mr and Mrs Arnold A Anderson 706 W College
One hundred years ago 43 educators founded the NEA. On June 30, 15 000 teachers and administrators will attend the centennial convention in Philadelphia, with six Austin High School teachers among delegates and several Austin Education Association leaders attending. Notables at the event include Vice President Nixon and Sen. Kennedy.
Antique and classic automobiles will parade today and Sunday in Waterloo Iowa for a Ced ar Valley region Antique Automobile Club of America rally. Harold Landgraff of Austin will attend in a 1908 Buick as over 100 cars from Illinois Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa join a parade through Cedar Falls and Waterloo. The two day event closes with dedicatory ceremonies for Byrd's Antique Car Museum on Highway 20 between Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
The Mower County Red Cross will accept contributions for the Fargo tornado area. Checks should be made to the American Red Cross and mailed to the county chapter in the Courthouse. Fund appeal may be organized later, but some funds are needed quickly, Phifer said. All money will go directly for Fargo relief.
The Mower County Republican Workshop will host a 7 p.m. family picnic and annual meeting at Todd Park on Thursday. Members, friends and others interested are invited.
William Nierengarten was reelected president and Dr. Thomas Seery named commissioner at the Cedar Valley Boy Scout Council annual meeting in Blue Earth. W. W. Krueger Albert Lea became treasurer and Maurice Schwen Blue Earth chaired North Star district. Robert Abbott Austin chaired Spamland District. Dog license sales rise with 1630 issued last year. fees sing male 1 dollar female 2 dollars. licenses due by July 1.
City Recorder John Weiland warns Austinites to tag their dogs before July 1 or risk legal trouble. The recorder's office emphasized compliance in a public notice.
The YMCA invites churches to enter teams for its Bowling League with a deadline before next Saturday announced by Cliff Maxwell. Each church may field one team until July 6, with a possible second team if spots remain. The league starts Sept. 9 with Monday sessions, and a rules and handicaps meeting is set for Aug. 13 at the Church of Christ.
Mrs W K Evans of 301 Park was elected president of the International Christian Women's Fellowship of Disciples of Christ Churches for a four year term at the Quadrennial Assembly at Purdue University Lafayette Ind. Her son in law and daughter the Revs Lawrence and Rosemary Alland were named as lifetime missionaries to the Belgian Congo Africa.
U S razor manufacturers consume roughly 5,500 tons of steel in gear production. This reflects steel intake by industry for blade and handle components amid ongoing manufacturing activity.
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