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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
8
At 5 04 a m a transfer tube line carries a patient from 2205 E Winona to St Olaf Hospital. The brief report notes the early morning medical move and destination.
Vital statistics list several couples and June dates with city and street details. Funeral notices announce services for Miss Mary Shatek at Mayer Funeral Home with Oakwood Cemetery burial and Mrs Esther Lora Hathaway at Spring Valley Methodist Church with Chatfield Cemetery burial. call hours at Martz Funeral Home LeRoy and no viewing at the church.
The St Olaf Hospital reports births: Rasmussen son June 29. Mangskau son June 29. Barnett son June 50. Moran daughter June 30. Howe daughter June 30. VanBuskirk son June 39. Temby daughter June 29. Standahl son June 29. Hallam Maternity Home reports Beckman daughter June 2.
Walton M Morrison Sr 63 died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday at his wife Bernice’s home in Mason City. A sign painter for 26 years he had worked in Austin. Survived by wife Bernice, a daughter Mrs Frank Cullen Austin, five sons Michael and Robert Austin John Carroll Ia Duncan New York City and Walton Jr Mason City. Funeral services held today at Champion Funeral Home Osage with interment Osage Cemetery.
Word has been received of the death of Chester Colby Tuesday at his Des Moines home. A former Austin resident he leaves wife Berdine Sodergrin and children Annette James and Alfred Sodergrin. Relatives from Austin and Dexter attended the funeral in Des Moines.
Mrs A D Brown age 78 of LeRoy died Wednesday at Old Colony Nursing Home. Survived by husband four sons George Brown Garden Grove Harry Brown Rocky River Raymond Brown Willmar Lawrence Brown Austin two sisters Mrs C C Terry Mrs George Ward and a brother H A Thomson. Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon.
Graveside services were held Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery for Bertha Jean Troester infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Troester 302 Elm Oakland The Rev Friedrich officiated and Worlein Funeral Home managed arrangements Born prematurely June 24 at St Olaf Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. Grace R. Cole 505 North Elm are planned for 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of Christ with Rev. Herman Kooy officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call at Jordan Chapel until noon Friday and the casket will be transported afterward.
Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in LeRoy with Rev R K Fogal officiating. Friends may call at Martz Funeral Home Le Roy. There will be no reviewal at the church.
Mrs. Fannie Gemmel died suddenly at her daughter’s home on June 26 1955 after six years of poor health. Born November 25 1878 in New Glarus Wisconsin she moved to Minnesota at 18. She married Arthur Gemmel in 1900 he died in 1914. Survived by four children Edythe Albert Helen and Kenneth ten grandchildren fifteen great grandchildren two half sisters and several siblings. Funeral June 29 at 2 pm at the Methodist Church Cedar City Cemetery interment followed. Her life honored family service and community work.
Mr and Mrs John Merril thank all for gifts and cards at their fifty year anniversary. They also thank the Literary Club Community Guild and others who helped at the party. The family expresses gratitude for sympathy after the death of Gertrude Leach. Special thanks to the organist singers pallbearers and Rev Alfred Anderson.
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Richard Lee Majerus who died June 30 1953 two years ago. We remember your love and bow at your grave with a prayer and bouquet. Miss you Ritchie life is lonely since you left. Sadly missed by Mr and Mrs Leonard Majerus and Lennie.
Red Cross blood pints were used Wednesday at St Olaf Hospital. The report notes the total number of pints used since January 1739.
George S. Mueller of Austin Route 1 forfeited a $15 bail after being charged with speeding. The case notes a fast traffic violation leading to bail forfeiture.
Ruth Marie Peterson the Dairy Princess will throw the first pitch at the Daily Night baseball game in Austin. Eight politicians including Mayor Baldy Hansen and Aldermen George Dugan Jerry Lund Wayne Austin Ernest Diederich Paul Johnson Ernest Jacob and Charles Jones will push dairy products from the stands as the Austin Baseball Assn and 4-H Clubs join Dairy Month. Advance tickets benefit the 4-H program in Mower County with sales at the county extension office and K C Wold Drug Co.
Three Austin men enlist in the Army through the Austin recruiting station. Floyd Rasmussen and Dennis R. Anderson join as buddies bound for the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox for basic training and Germany in January. Russell W. Miller also enlists, entering the Army Security Agency with eight weeks of basic training to follow. All enlistments are for three years.
SARGEANT residents prepare for an early Fourth of July celebration with a 9 p.m. fireworks display Saturday sponsored by local business and professional groups. organizers expect a record crowd and have arranged space to handle it.
Six Yugoslav air force officers will join the Soviet air force day observance in Moscow. Led by Gen Zdenko Alepic the party will depart Belgrade Friday for a ten day stay invited by Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov.
New York disc jockeys ride a boom as television shifts audiences to music radio. top stations pay hefty salaries. Fred Darwin notes deejays on CBS ABC NBC earn strong incomes with contracts reaching five to ten figures in major markets. Darwin also runs a deejay school and estimates 300 to 400 blue chips nationwide. He advises newcomers to keep quiet and let the music speak.
Walter Reuther discusses maneuverability in bargaining and outlines a plan that includes guaranteed layoff pay, a 32 hour four day week, and future aims like pensions and medical benefits. He envisions a 2000s worker shifting toward culture and creative pursuits as science creates more wealth and leisure.
The Catholic Theological Society of America criticized a May Presbyterian statement claiming a trend to exalt the Virgin Mary as distortion. The society said Catholics reject Mary as a semidivine figure and that Mary does not replace Christ in Catholic devotion.
Las Vegas resorts plan a $2 minimum cover charge at most casinos starting Saturday night. Operators say revenue from second shows and high crowding by teenagers consuming soft drinks drove the move as receipts were too low.
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education voted 5 to 2 to discharge four suspended professors at North Dakota Agricultural College and retain President Fred S. Hultz. Discharged were Daniel Q Posin Cecil Haver Baldur Kristianson and William B Treumann. Posin plans to run for governor. all others indicated appeals.
Austin area service members are stationed nationwide. Pvt Gordon L Bjorgo at Camp Chaffee Arkansas and Pvt Paul H Coffman trained at Fort Ord California before returning to Reno Nevada. Airman Joseph L Bardouche listed at Elgin Air Force Base Florida. Pvt Larry G Waggoner earned his wings at Ft Campbell Kentucky and serves with the 88th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion.
George Henry from Austin Route 1 fractured his right wrist on Wednesday while working on the new Presbyterian Church at Second and Neola. He receives treatment at St. Olaf Hospital.
Bob Hope, the famed Paramount star, is noted dining in the Hotel Nicollet Waikiki Room. He quips about possibly spotting Dottie Lamour at the next table and invites a visit to the Nicollet hotel dining room in Minneapolis.
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