Local Guardsmen Adjust to Outdoor Living at Camp Ripley
Austin National Guardsmen began summer training at Camp Ripley Minnesota on June 19 with live firing for motor sections and 26 pound shell rounds. The 47th Viking Division totaling 10,000 Guardsmen marched before Gov Karl Rolvaag who presented awards including the Eisenhower trophy to Company A fourth Battalion 134th Infantry Albert Lea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Camp Ripley
Austin
Gerald Kramer
Adams
Mississippi
Austin Guard Transportation and Maintenance Section
Brainerd
Karl Rolvaag
William Kreger
Jackson
Eisenhower
Co. A
4Th Bn. 134Th Infantry
Albert Lea
Rolving
City License Renewal Deadline Issued by Acting City Recorder
Darrell Stacy announcing renewal applications for city licenses must be filed by June 30 to avoid escalating penalties. Starting July 1 a 20 percent surcharge applies, rising to 30 percent August 1, 35 percent September 1, and 40 percent October 1. Dog licenses go on sale in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Stacy
City Recorder
Austin
Woman Pleads Guilty to Petty Larceny at Tempo Store
Mrs Barbara Lewison Adams pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to petty larceny from the Tempo Department Store and paid a $15 fine. She was caught by a store employee Monday at 1 15 p m with 20 54 worth of merchandise including two bras and two drapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Lewison
Adams
Tempo Dept
Lewison
Vierling to Be Charged With Careless Driving
Donald Vierling of Owatonna 30 faces charges of careless driving after a May 16 crash killed two Mapleview children Vicki Jensen 6 and Alton Jensen Jr. 2. A coroner inquest continued to hear Rev. Leland Evenson testimony among other witnesses. Mrs. Jensen remains seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Vierling
Owatonna
Mapleview
Vicki
Alton Jensen Jr
George Stahl
Leland Evenson
Austin Rt. 1
Vierling Implement Co
Jensen
Alton Wilder
Lyle Rt. 1
Peoples Natural Gas Pays Taxes to Mower County
Peoples Natural Gas and its Northern Natural Gas parent paid 26 382 dollars in property taxes to Mower County this year with the second 13 190 dollar payment sent to the county treasurer. The tax covers the suburban Austin pipeline system and includes 1965 taxes payable in 1966. Minnesota totals show Peoples serves 62 communities and Northern serves 282 cities statewide.
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Peoples
Mower County
Peoples Natural Gas
Northern Natural Gas
Peoples’ Retail
Austin
Minnesota
Peoples and
Northern
Austin Man in Court Charged With Car Theft
Sterling Boysen of 501 4th Ave NW appeared in Municipal Court on a felonious car theft charge. A preliminary hearing is set for July 1 at 1 30 PM. He allegedly stole a car owned by Benno Bissen and was captured by police in Albert Lea at 3 AM. He is held in jail on a $1000 bond awaiting district court appointment of an attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Boysen
4Th Ave. NW
Boysen
Benno Bissen
4Th Ave. SE
3Rd St
Albert Lea
Austin
District Court
Teen Night at Fair A Go Go Show Planned
The 1966 Mower County Fair unveils a Teen Night A Go Go on Wednesday Aug 10 featuring a rock band a guest DJ CBS TV star Bob Trent with Roscoe the crow four Chicago A Go Go dancers and a post show dance on the fair track. A youth center will run during fair week with bands fashion shows and exhibits appealing to youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Fair
Cbs-Tv
Bob Trent
Roscoe
Talking Crow
Chicago
Clubs Competing in Blood Contest at Local Church
The Eagles Moose American Legion and VFW compete to donate blood for the Red Cross Bloodmobile this week. Donors may give today through Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at First Congregational Church located at 1910 3rd Ave NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Moose
American Legion
VFW
Red Cross
First Congregational Church
3Rd Ave
Playground Winners Crown Checkers and Tetherball Champs
The first of six weeks of summer playground activities ended with winners from 13 parks in checkers and tetherball. In checkers 9-11 bracket first to third were Barbara Wangen Wildwood Bill McAlister Crane and Randy Jacobson Ellis. Tetherball brackets at Dresner Park produced age 9-11 girls Sara Gaskill Beckey Johnson Rita Miller and age 9-11 boys Steve Flynn Joe Sack Allen Meurer. Age 12-14 girls Debra Quednow Karen Bertilson Jane Enright and age 12-14 boys Joel Humker Greg Brooks Tom Cochlin. Howard Strey and Bob Larson directed the events for various groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wangen
Wildwood
Bill McAlister
Crane
Randy Jacobson
Ellis
Tom Cochlin
Kaufman
Jim Clennon
Neveln
Robbie Yocom
Dresner Park
Sara Gaskill
Decker
Beckey Johnson
Rita Miller
Dresner
Debra Quednow
Fllis
Karen Bertilson
Nevenin
Jane Enright
911
Steve
Flynn
Joe Sack
Allen Meurer
Joel Humker
Galloway
Greg Brooks
Howard Strey
Bob Larson
Nevela
Sara Cochlin
Steven Flynn
Gaskill
Tom
Plan Corn Rootworm Meeting Wednesday
A corn rootworm meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Russell Taets farm near Osage Iowa. Edgar Dorow Mitchell County extension director says demonstrations will show how to find and identify corn root worms. Discussions cover feasibility of applying insecticide now and recommendations on how to apply it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Taets
Osage
Iowa
Edgar Dorow
Mitchell County
Texas Pastor Will Lead Southgate Baptist Church
Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Gregory of Van Alstyne Texas will lead the Southgate Baptist Church congregation this summer. Rev Gregory previously served Bonham Texas and Dallas area missions for 12 years and retires from active ministry in 1965. They will hold services at 11 am and 7 pm with Sunday School at 10 am and prayer meetings Thursday at 7 30 pm. The Vacation Bible School runs July 18 22 with a revival July 22 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Gregory
van Alstyne
Texas
Southgate
McGregor
Minn
Austin High School Band to Present Public Concert
The Austin High School Summer Band under Fred Nyline performs its second weekly concert at the Community Park Band shell on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The program features three sections with horn trombone and flute numbers including Liberty Bell March and Days of Glory Concert March. Admission is free.
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Austin High School
Austin
Fred Nyline
Community Park
Nyline
John Phillip Sousa
David Bennett
Gustave Holst
Harold Walters
Blake Farm Shed Destroyed by Fire
Firemen answered a blaze at the Albert Blake farm five miles east and two miles south of Stacyville Iowa about 9 p.m. Sunday. Lightning struck a cattle shed destroying the building and contents including 100 bales of hay and farm tools. Loss covered by insurance.
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Blake
Stacyville
Iowa
Albert Blake
Here
FCC Sets Sept. 8 Hearing on Rochester FM Applications
The Federal Communications Commission in Washington has scheduled September 8 for a hearing on radio stations KOLM and KWEB to operate on FM Channel 244A in Rochester. The two stations have also jointly petitioned for an additional Rochester FM channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
KOLM
KWEB
Rochester
Judge Rejects Plea on Reduced Charge in Beating Death
In Freeborn County Minnesota Judge Daniel Foley refuses to accept Ronald A. Hanson’s guilty plea to aggravated assault after approving a reduction from third degree murder in the November death of Hanson’s stepfather Sylvester Claussen. Hanson, 19, had previously pleaded innocent to murder and must return Wednesday after the judge finds his testimony conflicting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Geneva
Freeborn
Daniel Foley
Ronald A. Hanson
Sylvester Claussen
Foley
Claussen
Hanson
Two Auto Crashes Injure Two Austin Residents
Two elderly Austin residents suffered injuries in separate Monday crashes. Lou Cafourek, 70, of 514 9th Ave. SW, sustained a chest wall contusion after his car collided with Minnie McRae, 73, of 1010 4th Ave. SW at 12th St. SW and 4th Ave. Cafourek’s condition improved at St. Olaf Hospital with no internal injuries. McRae was lightly hurt but not hospitalized. Damages were 375 dollars to Cafourek’s car and 300 to McRae’s. In a second crash, Richard Doty, 1102 9th Ave. SW, and Roger Pump, 1807 21st St. SW, collided at 1:25 p.m. on 6th Ave. and 8th St. SW causing 35 dollars damage to Doty’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Cafourek
9Th Ave
Minnie McRae
4Th Ave
12Th St
Cafoureix
St. Olaf Hospital
McRae
Cafourek
Richard Doty
Roger Pump
21St St
6Th Ave
8Th St
Doty
Austin Camera Group Earns Honors in Midwest Exhibit
Members of the Photo Fun Camera Club and Austin Camera Club won awards at the 11th Invitational Exhibit of the North Central Camera Club Council held at the University of Iowa. Recipients include Roger Hushner Carroll Kuhn Frances Ries Larry Ekedal Carroll Ries and Photo Fund Camera members Marcella Hoban Ruth Walker Marion Hoban Mollie Alland. Nearly 500 photographs and slides by photographers from nine Midwest states are on display in Iowa Memorial Union through July 5 as part of the 28th Annual Fine Arts Festival at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Photo Fun Camera Club
Austin Camera Club
North Central Camera Club Council
University of Iowa
Camera Club
Roger Hushner
Carroll Kuhn
Frances Ries
Larry Ekedal
Carroll Ries
Photo Fund
Marcella Hoban
Ruth Walker
Marion Hoban
Mollie Alland
Midwest
Iowa Memorial Union
U. of I
Lights Restored After Severe Storm Hits City
Austin Utilities Supt. Harold Lamon said two men worked until midnight Monday on street light controls knocked out by the weekend rain and wind. Some sections were out while others stayed on. most were fixed by Tuesday. He noted outages from Monday night rain at 5 p.m. were repaired by 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Harold Lamon
Lamon
VFW Delivers Pheasant Chicks to Cedar Valley Club
More than 560 day-old pheasant chicks were delivered by the VFW Post in Austin to the Cedar Valley Conservation Club grounds on Monday. The groups will feed the chicks for seven weeks before releasing them to boost the local pheasant population. Earlier, Cedar Valley received 500 chicks, some sent to the Future Farmers of America in LeRoy and other parts of the county.
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Austin Vfw
Cedar Valley Conservation Club
Cedar Valley Club
Future Farmers of America
LeRoy
Meeting Emperor Selassie Highlights Vance Career
Sheldon B. Vance of Austin, U S foreign service officer, recalls meeting Emperor Haile Selassie I as a career highlight. Vance, promoted to FSO-1, has served since 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Nice, Martinique, Brussels, and Addis Ababa. He will become a senior foreign service inspector after a home leave with his wife.
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U. S
Foreign Service
Haile Selassie I
Sheldon B. Vance
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Vance
Austin
Helen Baird Vance
9Th St. NW
Rio de Janeiro
Nice
Martinique
Brussels
State Dept
Washington
Dept. of State
U. S. Foreign Service
Jean Elizabeth Chambers
Blue Earth
Minn
Vances
Texas Boy Scouts Stop in Albert Lea
Twenty Boy Scouts from Mc Allen Texas spend tonight in Albert Lea as the third stop on their bus trip to Canada for a canoe voyage. The group funds travel from winter tourist earnings and services to vacationers en route to Mexico. Their northern destination is Jenny Lake nine miles inside Canada. they return to McAllen July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAllen
Texas
Albert Lea
Canada
Mexico
Jenny Lake
Mapleview Barber Bobier Plans Late Hours
Mapleview barber Bobier will stay open until 9 p m Friday defying a State Trade Commission ruling that limits his right to free enterprise The commission found no hardship and said an exception would harm competition in the Austin area Bobier has barred Mondays in Lyle outside the Code trade area and says he intends to work he added I believe I’m right I want to work.
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State Trade Commission
Mapleview
Carl Bobier
Bobier
Austin
Lyle
Car-mandments to cut July 4 highway deaths
W P Bennett of the Austin Auto Club proposes ten car safety commandments to reduce traffic fatalities this holiday weekend. He cites recent Congress safety device requirements but urges immediate action, urging drivers to avoid speeding drinking and fatigue and to observe signs, schools, intersections, and unsafe road conditions.
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National Safety Council
W.P. Bennett
Austin Auto Club
Bennett
Congress
Cormandments
Drinkig
Fender Stripped From Motorcycle and Windows Broken
A fender and a light were removed from Phil ip McGuinesss motorcycle at 500 19th St SW between 11 p m Sunday and 8 a m Monday causing 20 in damage. Vandals broke four teenage windows at Lincoln School at 9th St and 5th Ave NE between 3 p m Friday and 8 a m Monday with 44 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip McGuiness
19Th St
Lincoln School
9Th St
5Th Ave
Haakenson Attends Minnesota Economic Education Meeting
A H Haakenson president of Austin State Bank attended the Minnesota State Council on Economic Education Executive Committee opening session in Minneapolis today. A luncheon followed to connect board members with Dr Lewis Webster Jones chairman of the Joint Council on Economic Education. Dr Jones spoke informally after the meeting and luncheon. Roman F Warmke executive director of the Council is a former Austin State Junior College staff member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Haakenson
Austin State Bank
Minnesota State Council On Economic Education
Minneapolis
Joint Council On Economic Education
Lewis Webster Jones
Jones
Roman F. Warmke
Austin State Junior College
Spring Valley Jaycees Plan July 4 Fete
Spring Valley Minnesota area Jaycees sponsor a four day Fourth of July celebration. Friday features a Kiddies Parade at 2 15 p m with prizes in four divisions pets horses costumes and patriotic. A teenage dance at 9 p m on the park tennis courts. Saturday includes dairy princess appearances Kathy Hingevold Preston and Mary Lou Michner Spring Valley along with pony cart rides bingo and a children's midway and a softball tournament. The event ends Monday with a water show at 8 45 p m and fireworks to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Minn
Jaycees
Jerry Meske
Kathy Hingeveld
Preston
Fillmore County Dairy Princess
Mary Lou Michner
Stacyville Student Earns B A Degree at Long Beach College
Stacyville native James Bawek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Bawek, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State College in Long Beach. Relatives Mr and Mrs John Gabler of Santa Monica and Mr and Mrs Harry Whitlock of Los Angeles attended the graduation ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacyville, Own
James Bawek
Anton Bawek
Stacyville
Long Beach, Calif
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Austin National Guardsmen
Daring Field
National Guard
Camp
Ripley
Guardsmen
Vierling
Alvin
Stahl
Wallace Lieh
Fair Hero
Southgate Baptist Church
J. J. Gregory
Austin Camera Group
Emperor Selassie
Vance’s
Robert Clarke Vance
Minneapolis School of Art
Stephen Baird Vance
Carleton College
Robert
Stephen
Sheldon Vance
Texas Boy Scouts
Kenneth Tribbett
4Th St. SW
Henry Farris
Lyle Guerrard
Haakenson
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