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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1959
Page
2
Report lists births and notices from St Olaf Hospital with names and addresses for recent births. Includes Keith Loftaas daughter, Ronald Wolfe son, and other personal notices. Also records juvenile traffic cases with ages, violations, and dispositions.
Edward M. Dovenberg born 1877 in Lawrenceburg Indiana moved through Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin before settling in Austin. He worked as a locomotive engineer for Milwaukee Road and was active in church and fraternal groups. Funeral held June 24 in Austin with services by Rev. John Magyar. He is survived by a son, daughter, brother, two sisters and three grandchildren. An In Memoriam note honors Darrell Schumacher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fd Schumacher.
A tornado struck multiple farms causing barn collapses and power outages. George Larson watched the funnel smash the barn as the storm moved toward the Kirtz home and ripped siding from a house. Garbisch faced a 30 second blast that toppled his barn filled with hay and straw, while hail blanketed fields and damaged crops across the area.
Severe storms flood roads and knock out power across towns including Austin Rochester and Willmar. Trees toppled on farms near Mapleview and Cedar River area as telephone and electric service temporarily failed. One fatality reported from a Willmar farmer struck by lightning while farming. evacuations and basement water lines noted in Cedar River area.
J L Kehlany, who headed the Seventh Day Adventists Church from 1936 to 1950, died Thursday in Glendale California at age 79. His leadership spanned multiple decades of church expansion and public service.
In Denver, Homer A. Root sought excusal from federal jury duty. The judge, U. S. District Judge Alfred A. Arraj, asked for the reason and Root replied he had eight children. The judge, persuaded by the family situation, excused him from service.
Bryan Zipse, 2, son of Mr and Mrs James Zipse of 208 Oakwood, is in satisfactory condition at St Olaf hospital after choking on gum. He was on the floor when the wad lodged in his throat and his mother could not dislodge it before an ambulance carried him for emergency treatment.
In 1567 explorers visited Miami Florida but no lasting settlement followed until 1836. The shift marks a turning point as colonial presence expands and local development moves toward permanence.
The Cedar Rapids Braves swept a doubleheader from Green Bay 12-10 and 5-1 while the top Demons lost 11-7 to Topeka. Sioux City split with Lincoln, Burlington split with Fox Cities, and Lincoln’s Al Brice allowed three hits but walked 12 as Sioux City won the opener 8-4. Fox Cities won the nightcap 7-5 after trailing 5-4. Sam Drake hit a two run homer in the seventh to force overtime.
Evanston Illinois University of Iowa player Andrews was defeated by top seed Whitney Reed of San Jose State in the NCAA tennis championship quarterfinals. Reed, a former Davis Cup squad member, won the match after taking the final two sets 6-1, 6-1 following a 6-2 first-set victory.
Sterling city records show the sugar factory's water use and costs rising dramatically from October 1908 to 1958. In 1908 the plant used 19,500 gallons of water costing 7.32 dollars, while about fifty years later monthly usage reached 10,986,000 gallons with a 732 dollar bill.
In Huntington West Virginia Carolyn McGhee and Evelyn Brown remain top of their class as they graduate high school this May with McGhee valedictorian and Brown salutatorian.
Russell Trout and Laurence Hunter report that dairy operators offered a two year contract with 4 percent increases and $8 weekly raises which were later withdrawn. Workers vote to fund a strike defense with $2 monthly dues. Local 9 pledges support to locked out workers while warning against crossing picket lines.
In Whitewater Wisconsin the local man of the year prize went to a woman and the award was renamed outstanding citizen Mrs Roxa Pritchett was honored for her work in youth music education The story notes a separate line about woodpeckers pecking to attract female birds.
The personal injury suit by Carol Ann Hodgin and her mother Evelyn Kranz against Charles C. Armstrong, Robert L. Armstrong, and James A. Merritt is expected to reach the jury this afternoon in Mower County District Court. Hugh Plunkett Jr. represents the plaintiffs with Schacht & Schacht, Rochester, and Robert Leighton defending. The final defense witness testified before noon and the jury will hear summations before deliberation.
Louise Suggs and Marlene Bauer Hagge share the second round lead at Churchill Valley Country Club with 71 as defending champion Mickey Wright and veteran Patty Berg sit tied for third at 72 in the Women’s National Open.
Tulsa report notes easy parking and fuel efficiency of small cars but they invite risk. Ronald L. Arganbright says five year old boys can climb on top of his foreign model, causing $400 in roof dent repairs.
Providence Health Superintendent Joseph Smith says each use of the six public baths costs the city 2.73 dollars. He describes the facilities as outdated and announces they will be closed to save funds.
Detroit will give Real Chevrefils, waived from the NHL for failing to keep training rules with Boston, a tryout with the club.
The Senate rejected two bids to bolster highway funding while approving a bill to extend wartime tax rates for a year. Amendments would have added money to the highway trust fund, but the plan faced resistance, delaying final action before the July 1 deadline. Committees plan to finalize a draft to move the measure next week.
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth sailed aboard Britannia after a ceremonial visit in Canada. The event featured a French greeting and national anthems while on shore crowds cheered. The pair planned a five hour cruise before returning to Washington as the Queen heads to Massena, New York, and Cornwall, Ontario, for further Seaway ceremonies with Vice President Nixon.
Weather radar tracked a storm centering near Austin with damaging hail and isolated tornadoes reported. Rain totaled 4.24 inches in parts of Cedar Rapids. East Side Lake overflowed, flooding Sutton Park, underpasses on Oakland and Ninth Lyndale streets. Neighborhood youths used inner tubes to ride flooded streets as crews cut hot wires and utilities restored service.
Johnny Pott, 23, former LSU star and recent groom, seized a one stroke lead at the Chicago Open after a record 63. The 7 under par round came on Gleneagles course as he enjoys honeymoon highs, with Ken Venturi a shot back from the 1958 champion title bid.
William Shuey aged 28, a former Iowa State football squadman, has been named head coach of Story City football. He succeeds Fred Clarke, who recently resigned.
In 1943 the United States produced only zinc-coated steel pennies to save copper for wartime defense efforts. This change marked a temporary shift in coin composition during World War II.
Vice President Richard Nixon and Yugoslav President Tito were named among the 11 best dressed men of 1959 by Tailor and Cutter magazine. Also honored were Fred Astaire Rex Harrison Douglas Fairbank Jr Nubar Gulbenkian Sir David Eccles the Duke of Kent Cec Beaton and Gen Frederick Browning.
LANDRUM South Carolina a small boy named Jerry Clark five years old hung a toy rope barrier near a bridge to his mother’s beauty parlor. He earned twenty one cents from customers before his mother Mrs Wayne Clark closed the operation.
CANFIELD Ohio Paul Springer Jr of Canfield Michigan an engineering student at the University of Michigan helped revive a campus tradition requiring girl students to be kissed at midnight under the Engineering Arch to become coeds.
Denver patrolman Darrell Behrendsen notes the varied life of a policeman. He recalls arresting a 32 year old man dressed in a cellophane skirt with two legs and bright red pants performing a soft shoe hula in a Denver street on a Saturday afternoon.
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