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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
12
The Minnesota highway safety director Earl M. Larimer predicted nine deaths on the July 4th weekend and urged motorists to slow down. A Conservation Department spokesman urged water safety noting drownings peak in August and highlighted the new water code requirements for boats.
Dr. Howard Conn, Minneapolis pastor, will direct the drive for $100,000 for Minnesota’s first United Protestant Church at Silver Bay on Lake Superior. The appointment was announced by Dr. John R. Earl, trustees chairman of the Minnesota Council of Churches which backs the project. He stated that $15,000 has been subscribed, about $10,000 of it raised in Silver Bay.
ST. PAUL The Eugene Luhr Co of Columbia TL was the apparent low bidder for channel improvement work on the Sand Hill River in Minnesota. Luhr bid $374,704. The site is 16 miles south of Crookston.
ST. PAUL Northern Pacific Railway began construction of 500 all steel boxcars at its Brainerd Minnesota car shops. The project, costing about four million dollars, aims to expand freight capacity for the line.
A long list of visits and travelers spans Osage and nearby towns with arrivals from Des Moines Milwaukee and Chicago. Families including the Olsons Schultz Koster Madsens and Bunkers welcomed relatives and friends. a new 48 passenger school bus was bought for St Ansgar schools. travel includes Mrs Evans returning from London and a trip to Denmark Sweden and Norway with her husband’s family.
Numerous local families share visits and activities from Saturday through Friday. Attendees include Mrs. Victor Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Kycek, Mr. and Mrs. Beishan, Mrs. Haldorson, Mr. Nichols, Seth Liebenstein, and many others. Events feature weddings, picnics, church, fishing trips, and a band concert in Albert Lea.
Mr and Mrs Harold Allen and family visited Mr and Mrs Louis Allen in Mitchell Iowa. Bonnie Jacobson and Evelyn Schrank accompanied Mr and Mrs Her Lerud and family to Clear Lake Sunday. Donald Verhart Armita and Terry Lee Yanzer Jean Dalbeck and brother joined Mr and Mrs Prank Yanzer Sunday. Leonard Bierlen and family visited Roy Dunning Sunday evening. N Nelson attended a Gordonsville reunion at Mrs K O Wangen s home. Lloyd Nelson and family from Owatonna also attended.
Oak Grove Mrs. Charles Strehtow and family visited at the Fred and Martin Escher home over the weekend. Basil Bierce of Austin and Mrs. Edna Teeter hosted Friday evening. Erwin Wachlin and family visited the I G Church home Friday. Basil Bierce returned from Portage Wisconsin to see his mother Mrs. Martin Christensen. Ayron Anderson and Lu Ann spent Sunday with Mrs. Anita Fauver. Harry Millburn of New Jersey and Arvid Swenser of San Antonio Texas visited relatives last week.
Eduardo Diez de Medina, 74, who served as ambassador to Washington Lima Santiago Buenos Aires and Montevideo, died on Monday in La Paz Bolivia. His career included postings in the United States Peru Chile Argentina and Uruguay.
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