YMCA Campaign Opens With Training Session In Austin
The opening dinner for a YMCA fund drive to raise 637000 for the Austin Community Center will be held at the Red Cedar Inn at 615 p m Wednesday. A 500 member campaign team will select prospects from a 6000 name list and report progress at the May 14 meeting. The big gifts committee targets 500000 and plans to reach 137000 by May 27 with a victory dinner. Speakers include Jane Wescott and William Orcutt, plus comments from YMCA leaders on preparing youths for Austin’s future.
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YMCA
Austin
Red Cedar Inn
Big Gifts
al Haakenson
James Holton
Clifford Maxwell
Austin Ymca
Teams
Jack McGrew
Jane Wescott
Austin High School
William Orcutt
AHS
Hi-Y
James Williams
Hang on and Reach for Highest Goal in Film Talk
Rev. Bob Richards, three time decathlon champion and Church of the Brethren minister, spoke to Rotarians at Red Cedar Inn. He linked athletics to ministry, arguing both require individual best effort, and that life goals should aim at a closer relation with God.
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Bob Richards
Red Cedar Inn
Church of the Brethren
Richards
Christ
Aristotle
Mr. Richards
God
Austin Roundup Highlights Local Arts and Events
Austin Junior College Guild Players stage Simple Simon for fifth and sixth graders with dates at Sumner Woodson Lincoln and Neveln schools. VFW teams up with patrols for bicycle safety, prize bike awarded. St Olaf Hospital Auxiliary reports 64000 pounds of rags collected. Austin Junior High orchestras present spring concert. George A. Hormel delays Princeton Illinois plant. meat plant progress in Miami Oklahoma. Bryan Marmesh elected Alpha Delta Phi president at Trinity College. Local bank standings listed. Cancer film shown to students notes lung cancer death rise. Rev Carl Sweazy leads Grace Baptist Crusade. Mayor Svetakovsky urges compassion for animals. Posters display student art at Midtown windows.
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Children’s Theater
Austin Junior College Guild Players
Children's Theater
Simon
Sumner
Woodson
Whittier
Lincoln
Webster
Neveln
Ellis
Frank Bridges
Bryan Marmesh
Shattuck School
Faribault
Alpha Delta Phi
Trinity College
Hartford
Senate
Trinity
Nes
American Cancer Society
Austin
Pacelli High School
ACS
Mower County
Ferris Furtney
April Building Activity Surges Past 1962 Totals
City engineer Roger Nelson reports April 1963 permits total value at $1,125,805 from 42 permits, far ahead of April 1962. Cumulative 1963 value reaches $1,164,059 with 64 permits through April, led by a $900,000 Catholic rest home and a $150,000 F W Woolworth store.
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Roger Nelson
Austin
F. W. Woolworth Co
Erik Pederson
4Th Ave. NW
L. W. Stevens
Main St. S
Kenneth Fredrickson
12Th St
Peter Hayek
8Th Ave
Ray Jorgenson
Ith St
Melvin Asleson
10Th St
Fred Clayton
3Rd Ave
William Adams
1St Ave
T. S. Bassford
2Nd Ave
Harvey Hoverson
19Th Ave
Main St
Merlind Osmonson
Rollo Sissel
3Rd Ave. NW
Salvation Army Crusade Set for Austin This Week
Salvation Army brings Brigadier Herbert Smith from Flint Michigan and Lennart Sandbergh from Rockford Illinois for a five day crusade at the Austin Corps Citadel 418 2nd Ave NE. The rally runs nightly at 7 30 p m through Sunday with the theme Faith in Action. Sandbergh a Swedish born Northlander Singer will perform and take audience requests. He is an ordained minister and touring artist with a background as a Salvation Army pastor and government sponsored musician. Smith serves as a Salvation Army officer with 45 years in the organization.
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Austin
Brigadier Herbert Smith
Flint
Mich
Lennart Sandbergh
Rockford, Ill
Austin Corps Citadel
2Nd Ave
Faith In Action
Brig Smith
Inter- Smith
Sandbergh
Salvation Army
Sweden
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Smith
Austin Board of Education Meeting Agenda Preview
The Austin Board of Education sets its regular monthly meeting for Wednesday at 7 p.m. The agenda lists items such as election of teachers resignations contract renewal with Minnesota High School League for Group Accident Benefit Plans salaries for custodial and secretarial staff new gymnasium lighting and a request to allow sale of a board optioned property.
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Austin Board of Education
Minnesota High School League
Le Roy to Award Needy Fund Scholarship
Le Roy Minnesota will award a $150 scholarship from the Pangborn family estate to a LeRoy Ostrander High School senior. The PTA scholarship committee selects the recipient. The Pangborns formerly lived in Le Roy and left funds to aid the village.
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le Roy Council
LeRoy - Ostrander High School
Pangborn
Parent Teachers Association
le Roy
Mower County
Holand Bill Proposes Property Tax Freeze for Seniors
Minnesota Senator P. J. Holand introduces a measure to freeze real estate taxes on homes of residents aged 65 and older who live in their own homes and receive general relief or Kerr Mills aid. He argues many seniors on fixed incomes face inflationary pressure, though some seniors may not need relief.
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P. J. Holand
Minnesota
Minesota
Holand
Kerr-Mills
Nine Howard youths face theft delinquency hearing
A juvenile court in Cresco will hear nine boys aged 13 to 16 on delinquency charges tied to a series of thefts. Howard County Sheriff Percy Havens states the cases involve the Boheman Store Acme Havlik tavern Elma with multiple break ins and thefts on November 17 April 17 and April 19.
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Riceville
Iowa
Cresco. Dist
G. B. Richter
Howard County
Percy Havens
Bohneman
Acme
Elma
Havens
Riceville eighth graders plan minstrel show at McIntire
Riceville Community School eighth grade students announce a minstrel show to be staged at McIntire on May 9 and May 10 at 8 p.m. The event aims to showcase student talent and entertain the community.
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Riceville
Iowa
McIntire
Southern Night's Delight JC Banquet Prom May 10
The Austin Junior College spring banquet and prom, themed Southern Night's Delight, will be May 10 at 6 30 p m in St Augustine's dining hall and 9 p m at the Austin Labor Center. Georgianna Musser will present Eloise, with entertainment by the Closures. Ticket sales are through a JC building booth. expenses partly funded by the Student Faculty Council.
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Austin Junior College
St. Augustine's Dining Hall
Austin Labor Center
Austin Athletic Club
Georgianna Musser
Austin
Eloise
Jaycees
Labor Center
Dick Chaffee
JC Building
Whitcomb reels 26 fish on 86th birthday celebration
Warren Whitcomb, age 86, fished the Mississippi near Alma Wisconsin with friends Billie Allgood and Robert Baedke, catching 26 striped bass and bluegill. They returned to Austin Monday to a birthday cake and lunch prepared by Mrs Allgood. Whitcomb has lived in Austin 14 years at 1910 3rd Ave NE.
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Warren Whitcomb
Billie Allgood
Robert Baedke
Mississippi River
Alma
Wis
Austin
Whitcomb
Mrs. Allgood
3Rd Ave
Transcript Request Highlights Youths Police Record Dilemma
A young Austin man with a long, painful string of traffic arrests seeks a transcript of his police record as he faces discharge from the armed services and must answer on job applications about past violations. He asks whether a transcript can be supplied, noting such records are usually restricted to colleges.
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Austin
Armed Forces
the Company
Austin Police Department
17 Students Initiate Into Phi Theta Kappa at J C
Seventeen Austin Junior College students were initiated into the Phi Theta Kappa scholastic fraternity in the vocational school auditorium. Initiates include Linda Anderson and Mary Berg among others. freshmen dominate with Hollatz and Houston as sophomores. Officers for 1963 64 were Meland president Igon vice president Hulet secretary treasurer.
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Austin Junior College
Phi Theta Kappa National Junior College
Linda Anderson
Nancy Sauer
Mary Berg
Wesley Brugger
Sharon Finkelson
Philip Fox
Paul Goodnature
David Hollatz
Jeff Houston
Ruth Hulet
Patricia Igon
Don Jacobson
James Meland
Glen Pike
Victor Richardson
David Schlichting
Annette Lieh
Hollatz
Houston
Meland
Igon
Miss Hulet
Public library to close for Iowa Library Association meeting
Osage Iowa officials announce the public library will close Thursday for staff to attend the Iowa Library Association meeting in Northwood. Librarian Margaret Leonard and Mrs Nels Nelson will be absent to participate in the event.
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Osage
Iowa
Margaret Leonard
Nels Nelson
Iowa Library Association
Northwood
Lyle Legion Names Ennen to Boys State
Lyle Minnesota American Legion Post 105 names Thomas J. Ennen a delegate to the 1963 Boys State for leadership and scholastic rank. Ennen, son of Supt. John H. Ennen, is junior class president, student council member, athlete, and active in clubs and church. Lynn Balgeman named an alternate to Boys State with June 16 to 22 at the University of Minnesota as the program period.
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Lyle, Minn
American Legion Post
Thomas J. Ennen
Ennen
John H. Ennen
Lyle High
Future Farmers of America
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Luther League
Lynn Balgeman
Harlan Balgeman
University of Minnesota
Des Moines Educator to Deliver JC Commencement Address
Dr. John Harper Harris of Des Moines will speak at the Austin Junior College and Vocational School commencement on June 5 at 8 p m. Harris, a Des Moines public schools superintendent and former educator in Peoria and Downers Grove, has studied foreign education systems in a 1960 State Department program and holds a doctorate in education from Columbia University.
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John Harper Harris
Des Moines
Austin Junior College
U. S
Finland
France
U. S. Department of State
Peoria
Ill
Bradley University
Iowa
Illinois
Columbia University
New York City
Downers Grove
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Bradley
University of Mississippi
Oxford
University of Colorado
Boulder
County Considers Using 4-H Hall for Federal Surplus Foods
Mower County Board of Commissioners met with the county 4-H committee to explore storing federal surplus commodity foods at Liebenstein Hall at the county fairgrounds. If approved, eligible recipients may include welfare and Social Security beneficiaries with income-based limits, with distribution possibly managed by church or community groups. A cooler could be purchased. no new staff would be hired.
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Mower
Robert Finbraaten
Adams
Albert Lea
Liebenstein Hall
Finbraaten
Two Accidents and Vandalism Reported in Austin
Austin police investigated two traffic accidents and a vandalism case Monday. Jean Norman 19 swerved across the centerline and struck Robert Thomas’s parked car causing about 500 in damages. A panel truck driver and another car collided earlier at the post office alley intersection. Vandalism at Mower County fairgrounds damaged Crane Pavilion windows and lights, the grandstand, ticket office, dining hall, and women's building.
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Jean Norman
2Nd Ave
Robert A. Thomas
1St Ave
Miss Norman
Thomas
Robert H. Krause
5Th Ave
Clinton L. J. Anderson
18Th St
Mower County Fairgrounds
Crane Pavillion
St. Olaf
Corrections issued for Erwin court report errors
The Daily Herald retracts three errors from a Municipal Court Friday story on Robert D. Erwin of 2202 Oakland Ave W. The corrections involve incorrect phrasing by county attorney Wallace Sieh and misstatements about intoxication payment and compensation to Mrs. Clark due to inaudible courtroom acoustics.
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Daily Herald
Robert D. Erwin
Oakland Ave
Municipal Court
Wallace Lieh
Fred Vogel
Robert Erwin
Ray Ondov
Herald
Wallace Sieh
Sieh
Erwin
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Sth St
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14Th St
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10Th Ave
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