Saluting Austin's 120th Year and Its Firefighting Ancestry
A reflective hometown piece recalls Austin's early fire department. It notes former alarm systems predating telephones, the shift from volunteer to paid drivers, and dramatic night blazes such as Campbell's Mill and Lefkovich Brothers Banner store.
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Campbell's Mill
Jim Keenan
Oakland Avenue
W. R. Tait
Davis Shoe
Philpott and Palmer's Ladies
Lefkovich Brothers Banner
Lowan Pleads Guilty in Fourth Degree Sex Charge
Fort Dobe man Gareth Mabe aged 36 pleaded guilty in Mowerupp District Court to felonious criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree linked to an May 1 incident involving a 21 year old Austin woman. Judge Warren Plunkett ordered a pre sentence investigation and set bond at $3000. Mabe remanded to sheriff custody. Virginia Nystel, 52, faces an omnibus hearing Friday at 2 30 p.m. on charges of feloniously and wrayfully obtaining assistance, with Paul Sween for the defense and Wallace Sieh for the state. Judge Plunkett presiding.
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Fort Dobe
Gareth Mabe
Mowerupp
Mabe
Austin
Warren Plunkett
Paul Sween
Wallace Lieh
Red Cross Blood Drive Shortfall Highlights Needs in Mower County
Mower County Red Cross reports 2705 blood units collected in 1974 75 while 3150 units were used, prompting a push as three blood mobiles in 1975 76 have already matched last year’s total. The chapter notes blood is free to residents and Red Cross blood is strictly voluntary, with commercial blood paid at 25 per unit.
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Sue Daniels
AHS
Red Cross
Mower County
George H. Rabideau
The
St. Olaf Hospital
Fillmore County Farmers Union to Host Political Forum
The Fillmore County Farmers Union will sponsor a candidates forum at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday June 29 in the Preston Courthouse. Six endorsed candidates for State House and Senate District 35 will speak briefly and take questions. Unendorsed candidates may be invited to a later forum.
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Fillmore County
Former area man dies after hospital fall
Grant Marquardt aged 57 of Plainview died after falling from a fifth story window at the Veterans Hospital around 10 a.m. Monday. It was unclear if the fall was accidental or a jump. He had COPD and had lived in Rochester after earlier owning a grocery in Spring Valley and an Austin Harley dealership. Survived by wife Margaret, two sons Grant Jr. and James, two daughters Donna McGuire and Carole Maloney, six grandchildren. Funeral at Faith Church in Rochester with Millville Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Grant Marquardt
Plainview
Veterans Hospital
Marquardt
Spring Valley
Rochester
Austin
Margaret
Grant Jr
James
John
Donna) McGuire
Russell
Carole) Maloney
Faith Church
Hwy. 52
Millville Funeral Home
Millville
Minn
Austin School Board Annual Meeting Set For Thursday
The Austin Board will hold its annual meeting at 8 30 a m Thursday at the Austin Area Vocational Technical Institute with agenda items including officers election final 1975 76 bills approval traffic and congestion talks a school liaison officer the Austin Association of Teacher Aides contract and a Burroughs Corp computer equipment contract. CAR WASH SET The St Olaf Youth group sponsors a car wash 8 a m to 4 30 p m Thursday at Ankeny car wash on 8th Ave NE near Marcusen Park to fund raise for the youth group.
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Austin School Board
Austin Area Vocational Technical Institute
Schooliaison
Austin Assn
Burrough’s Corp
St. Olaf
Ankeny
Bicentennial Notes on May 6 Jubilee and Alliance
Barbara Caron recounts how May 6 1778 marked a day of jubilation in the birth of US independence The entry describes Silas Deane and American commissioners negotiating a Treaty of Alliance with France and the ratification process reaching Congress General Washington declared May 6 a day of jubilation noting God’s providence in securing France as an ally and liberty’s foundation
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Barbara Caron Austin
Silas Deane
France
Continental Congress
York
Pennsylvania
Congress
Nis
General Washington
Continental Army
United States of America
Man Held on Felonious Aggravated Assault Charge
LaVern F. Olson, 49, with no permanent address, is jailed in Mower County on $3,000 bail after a citizen’s charge of felonious aggravated assault. Police say Olson attacked a northeast Austin residence resident with a meat cleaver and hammer. no injuries were reported. Olson appeared in Mower County Court with a first district court hearing set for 9 a.m. Friday, July 2.
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LaVern F. Olson
Mower County
Austin
Olson
Mower
Special July 4 Cancellation Service at Austin Post Office
The Austin Post Office offers a July 4 cancellation for envelopes with first class postage. Mail to the Postmaster or bring to the office, or deposit in a lobby collection box in the post office on Sunday July 4 from 9 am to 1 pm.
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Austin
Pst
Probe into a man's death in Rochester continues
The Mower County Sheriff's Department probes the death of David E. Larson 33 of Austin after a head injury at St Marys Hospital Rochester. Larson died June 4 from a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage after being jailed on public nuisance charges and transferred to Rochester for treatment. Sheriff Halstenson says findings should be released soon.
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Austin
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Mower County Sheriff's Dept
David E. Larson
Austin Rt. 3
Olmsted County
Mower County
St. Olaf Hospital
Antique theft at vacant farm near Lyle investigated
Mower County sheriff probes theft from a vacant farm 12 miles west of Lyle. An unknown person entered through an open window last week and stole four chairs and two lamps. Value of the antiques not yet determined.
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Lyle
Mower County
Evan Orcutt
Continuance Granted in Peterson DUI Case
A 55 day continuance was granted by Mower County Court Judge Roger Plunkett in the case of former Minnesota Public Service Commissioner P Kenneth Peterson who pled innocent to a Driving Under the Influence charge. Peterson, 62, of Minneapolis, was arrested May 4 in Austin. A new court appearance is set for 8 30 a m Thursday Aug 19. Peterson served on the Public Service Commission 1966 to 1972 and is a former state representative and Minneapolis mayor. He is a hearing examiner for the U S Bureau of Hearings and Appeals in Minneapolis.
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Mower
Roger Plunkett
Minnesota Public Service
P. Kenneth Peterson
Peterson
Minneapolis
Austin
Public Service Commission
U.S. Bureau of Hearings and Appeals
New Rotary Club elects Mel Precht as president in Austin
Mel Precht will assume duties as the new president of the Austin Rotary next week. Outgoing president Ed Smith hands over the gavel as officers Bob Radloff Homer Lear Joe Raine Dave Leiseth Al Haakenson Earl Buchan and board members Dick Knowlton Kermit Haverston L. L. McGrew and Homer Lear are named. The club lists 101 members.
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New Austin Rotary Club
Mel Precht
Rotary
Precht
Ed Smith
Bob Radloff
Homer Lear
Joe Raine
Dave
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Hormel Nature Center
J.C. Hormel
Decker, Kaufman, Galloway
Northwest Parks
Herald
John Enright
Saluting
Carnegie Public Library
E. H
Ned) Elward
Ned
Third Ward
Bridge and Peer
Bill Way
Bridge
Water Street
Lowan
St. Olaf Hospital Tours
Chapter of
Fillmore Co. FU
Carmen Halstenson
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