Austin Lions Club installs new officers and directors
New officers and directors of the Austin Lions Club were installed at the regular Thursday meeting at the Elks Club. Induction was led by Walter La Tondresse. Officers for 1973 74 include Robert Boomgard as president Mel Kaldorson first vice president Robert Lunn second vice president Hugo Kuechenmeister third vice president with Charles Schindler Peter Hanson Art Dubke Fred Kraft John Shepler George Moline and Dave Wenzel filling board posts and tail twisting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Lions Club
Elks Club
Walter la Tondresse
Robert
Boomgard
Mel Kaldorson
Robert Lunn
Hugo Kuechenmeister
Charles Schindler
Peter Hanson
Art Dubke
Fred Kraft
John Shepler
George Moline
Dave Wenzel
ASIC grants total 103503 for student aid at ASJC
Federal grants for Austin State Junior College for the coming year total 103503 reported by president Dr. Curtis MacDonald. The amount includes 64126 work study 25081 Educational Opportunity Grants and 14296 National Direct Student Loan Program. Nursing Scholarships are still unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin State Junior College
Curtis MacDonald
MacDonald
ASJC
Austin
Merchants Review Drive to Curtail Shoplifting
Austin area merchants met at the Chamber of Commerce to assess a spring campaign against shoplifting run with Minnesota Retail Assn guidance. They credited raised awareness as key result and discussed legal steps, planning a September meeting with judges and prosecutors while noting new fencing legislation and possible tougher laws. The group concluded the effort slowed the trend but did not reverse it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Austin Area Chamber of Commerce
James Seeley
Minnesota Retail Assn
Herald
Austin Area
St. Paul
Association
Gerald McNellis
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Rec program for disabled announced in Austin area
A summer recreation program for developmentally disabled individuals starts July 2. Sponsored by Mower County Center for the Developmentally Disabled United Cerebral Palsy Austin Chapter and the Austin Association for Retarded Citizens, it features games crafts and possible field trips at Todd Park with separate times for school age children and adults. Activities include swimming at the YMCA and bowling at Echo Lanes with two four week sessions July 2 to 27 and July 30 to August 24. Contact Lynn Romo at 437-6557 or 437-2380 for details. Tom Parlin named Carrier of the Month for June for delivering about 60 papers daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County Center For
United Cerebral Palsy
Austin
Austin Assn
Todd Park
Izaak Walton
YMCA
Echo Lanes
Community Home
Lynn Romo
Tom Parlin
Leonard Parlin
8Th &I. SE
Austin Daily Herald
Bruce Hannem
Open house at River Trails Girl Scout camp
An open house will be held at the 774 acre River Trails Whispering Hills camp from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday July 7. Located south of Rushford in Houston County, the camp serves girls from an eight and a half county area and operates year round. About 650 girls will use the resident facilities this summer, with families invited to tour the modern camp and enjoy a day picnicking. Signs will direct visitors from state road 43 south of Bratsburg or County Road 4 off state 76 south of Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Trails
Girl Scout Council
Whispering Hills
Rushford
Houston County
Minnesota
Bratsburg
Houston
Visitors From 12 States See Historic Display
Visitors from 12 states have registered at the historical center at the fairgrounds during June. The complex, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, features 30 sites and museums with trained guides. New exhibits include early road building equipment and a telecommunications gallery, the only ones of their kind in this region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
United States
Historical Society
Historical Center
Mower County
Pickup Truck and Car Collision in Frankford Township
A Thursday 4:45 am two-vehicle crash on CSAH 14 in Frankford township caused moderate damage with no serious injuries. Charles F. Parker of Spring Valley and Fletcher Hathaway of rural Grand Meadow drove the vehicles. Damages were about 75 dollars for the Parker truck and 250 dollars for Hathaway’s car. Occupants received minor medical attention in Spring Valley. Mower County Sheriff’s Dept. investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Parker
Spring Valley
Fletcher Hathaway
Grand Meadow
CSAH
Frankford
Parker
Hathaway
Austin ID Office Opens New Direction Under Vondrashek
The Industrial Development Office in Austin gains a potential new path with Willard J. Vondrashek as director. Officials urge careful study of the two year history, praise Austin's IS 90 access, and note the Bureau Investment Corp. confidence in a major shopping center as a possible indicator for the city's future growth and dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
Austin
Willard J. Vondrashek
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau Investment Corp
Rev Carl Borgwardt Installed as St Olaf Senior Pastor
The Rev Carl D Borgwardt will be formally installed as senior pastor of St Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin Minnesota this Sunday with sermons at 8 and 10 AM by Rev Elmo Agrimson president of the Southeastern District of The American Lutheran Church. A reception in Rasmussen Refectory follows to welcome Pastor Borgwardt his wife Elaine and children Susan Mark Nancy and David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Borgwardt
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Austin
Minn
Elmo Agrimson
American Lutheran Church
Borgwardt
Beloit
Wis
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Fireworks Display Planned on 4th at Eastside Lake
The Independence Day show will occur Wednesday July 4 at 9 45 p m at Eastside Lake. A large display of rockets pinwheels roman candles and waterfalls is funded by many Austin groups including Moose Lodge VFW Jaycees Eagles Rotary Club and more with Jerry Mohrfeld of Sterling State Bank as project chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastside Lake
Austin
Moose Lodge
VFW
Austin Jaycees
Eagles
Rotary Club
Business & Professional Women's Club
Gopher CB Radio Club
Austin Country Club
Zonta Club
Elks Club
Exchange Club
Knights of Columbus
Austin Shrine Club
Lindy Doughan Crowned Mower County Pork Queen 1973
Lindy Doughan, an 18 year old Hayfield High School graduate and Perkins employee, was crowned Mower County Pork Queen at the annual Brownsdale cookout. She thanked her pork producer parents and will compete in the Minnesota Park Queen contest in January. Attendant Mary Lubbert and state queen chairwoman Mrs. John Grass Jr. officiated, with judges from several towns and a countywide outdoor cookery contest awarding Warren Severtsen and Dale Lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Sargent
Herald Society
Lindy Doughan
Mower County
Perkins Pancake House
Rochester
Lindy
Doughan
Dawn
John Grass Jr
LeRoy
Mary Lubbert
Waltham
Austin
Dale Kaderabek
Forte Milers
St. Ansgar
Stacyville
Grand Meadow
Adams
Joseph Jax
Mower County Pork Producers
Windsor
Oliver Hagen
Kenneth Trom
Joseph Duffal
John Larick
Warren Severtsen
Keith J. Vegers
Local Students Enter Programs And Earn Distinctions
Brownsdale resident Richard Maas completed a computer programming course at Alexandria Technical School and aims for a computer programming career. Lawrence Gomer enrolls in the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis for junior accounting starting September 24. Joan Kent and William Gross are named to the Augustana College Dean’s List. Barbara Schofield earns a pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota and accepts an officer rating with the US Health Service in Anchorage, Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsdale
Alexandria Technical School
Alexandria
Richard Maas
Dorothy Maas
Hayfield High School
Maas
Lawrence Edward Gomer
H. Edward Gomer
12Th St. NE
Austin
Minnesota School of Business
Minneapolis
Gomer
Pacelli High School
Joan Kent
Spring Valley
William Gross
Hayfield
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
Barbara A. Schofield
University of Minnesota
Miss Schofield
Margaret Schofield
2000Th Ave
National Pharmaceutical Honor Society
United States Health Service
Anchorage
Alaska
Apparent Theft of Camper Reported at Fordtown Lot
A 1973 pickup truck with a matching camper valued at 7 736 is reported missing from Jim Leben's Fordtown display lot between June 22 and 28. Both vehicles lack plates. The Austin Police Dept. continues the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Leben
Fordtown
Austin Police Dept
Memorial gifts aid heart disease research in Mower County
Gifts in memory of Robert MacLaren, late Austin resident, fund research into heart disease and its control. Clayton Meyer, heart memorial gifts chairman of the Mower County Minnesota Heart Association, announces the contribution and its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert MacLaren
Austin
Clayton Meyer
Heart Memorial Gifts
Mower County
Minnesota
Heart Assn
Motorcycle pairs cause injuries in Iowa and Minnesota
Two motorcycle accidents injure two people Thursday. Floyd Leeper 23 of Austin collided with Arnie Botham Brownsdale Minn on Hwy 56 near Brownsdale and was taken to St Olaf Hospital in satisfactory condition. A second crash near Osage Iowa involved Allen Wagner 14 Osage and John Parmenter Austin with the rider listed in satisfactory condition at Mason City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Leeper
Austin
Arnie Botham
Brownsdale
Minn
Hwy. 56
Leeper
St. Olaf Hospital
Osage
Iowa
Allen Wagner
John Parmenter
Wagner
Mason City
Glenville Senior Citizens Club June meeting notes
The Glenville Senior Citizens Club marked birthdays at the June meeting at the Glenville Senior Citizens Center. Members Meta Golnick Mrs Ernest Johnson Mrs Nels Erickson and Mrs Chester Tostenson brought cakes. The group decided to open the Center on Wednesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenville
Minn
Senior Citizens Club
Glenville Senior Citizens Center
Meta Golnick
Ernest Johnson
Nels Erickson
Chester Tostenson
Jehovah's Witness Conventions Set Across U S in 1973
The Watchtower Society plans an international series of Jehovah's Witness conventions in 1973. Arthur Hollerud of the Austin congregation cites the nearest U S gatherings at White Sox Park Chicago June 27 to July 1 and Royals Stadium Kansas City July 19 15 with additional meetings in Detroit Los Angeles Oakland Houston Pittsburgh Philadelphia Atlanta Hallandale and six Spanish language conventions. Invitations also extend to Winnipeg Canada July 4-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of
New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Arthur Hollerud
Austin
United States
White Sox Park
Chicago
Illinois
Royals
Kansas City
Missouri
Detroit
Los Angeles
Oakland
Houston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Hallandale
Florida
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Hollerud
Minnesota Migrant Council names Rudy Hernandez Emergency Food Specialist
The Minnesota Migrant Council announces Rudy Hernandez is appointed Emergency Food Specialist. He will administer the Emergency Food Program and handle complaints about inadequate or inconsistent food services for migrants in Minnesota and North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Migrant Council
Rudy Hernandez
Hernandez
Minnesota
North Dakota
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ASIC
Rivera
Ratias B. Rivera
Dakota County
Merchants Review
Tom
Herald Carrier Award
G. Scout Camp
The
Dave
Kranz
Rev. Borgwardt
St. Olaf
Linda Doughan
Mary Subbert
Windsor Chops
Pork Producers Cookout
Pork Queen
MLB
Dean's List
U OF M
DEGRE
Vogel
New League
Art Vogel
Philip Cohen
Brooklyn Center
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