The Austin Daily Herald du lieu suivant : Austin, Minnesota • 9

7 fc 1 i Austin Daily Herald Community Page AUSTIN DAILY HERALD AUSTIN MINNESOTA Monday January 5 1953 4 A MS ffMW COUNTY HEALTH PROGRAM "HRSTOTHE WEEK" SPECIALS COE col Patient Dies 2 $159 Girl Injured 2 29 2 cns 29 RundallHerd CT A leader LIBBY'S ROZEN OODS ILYKCO In the rural areas strong pub will have the necessary money and 10 Oz Pkg 29c Broccoli lobby's rozen TANGERINES 2u Qc LOAVES 0 ORANGES sun's' 89c ATWOOD COE E2si 59 Better Health Is Assured at Strawberries Libby's rozen 3 J2 Of Pkg $1 ROZEN Brussel Sprouls Libby's 10 Ox Pkg 29c Mar 389 too Address Lacking iremen Pass Blaze iremen were called Saturday when children playing with match es in an upstairs room at 2107 Winona "set a box of paper ablaze They Overranthe address how ever as the caller did not know it In cases of this type ire Chief John Tobar advised stand at the curb with your arm raised so fire men will know where the fire Is located The delay in this case was not serious Damage was slight POSTAL BUSINESS DOUBLES ALBERT LEA BusinessMor the Albert LeaPostoffice was twice as good in1952 as it was in 1942 according to Postmaster Carroll Day The cash business volume of225828X1 last year was a 14000 increase over 19SL personnel to do something about them In the next article the present Mower County Public Health or ganization will be discussed Schultz McDermott Bissell Halli gan Nelswanger Cahill Jones En right Winkels and Gerald reund earlier And this brings up another' func tion erf the public health that of protecting the safety of the population through inspections of places catering to the public It would have control over food and milk and the environment in which they are produced and over the conditions under which people work for their livelihood' But one or are msnr aavatimgtnr a strong public health department is that it not only will recognize the problems that exist but it also Individual Has Only Remote Idea of Plan lie health programs are needed more now perhaps than they were before the disappearance of the country doctor There must be some substitute for the friendly advice the coun try pyacticioner ojice offered to his friends and neighbors free of char ge Someone must help a mother re cognize that Johnny getting enough milk that he needs to be immunized against preventable di seases This is mainly a question of ed ucation helping people to recog nize when medical tare is heeded and encouraging them to provide local facilities so the care will be available when they need it There are other things a strong organization can do too In Madison County Kentucky the public heal th organization taught school chil dren how to take samples of water and where to send them for exam ination As a result almost every family had its water supply tested Then there was a case in Aus tin where a nursing home which accommodated elderly and bedrid den patients had only fire es and that waT through a closet which was filled with stored luggage This place finally was closed by order of the state fire marshal However a strong local public health unit with proper support ing legislation would have been mo si SUPtReVvl MARKET au (m HkWAUKU depot PUMPKIN This Is th third In a series of articles about public haltt) problems in Austin and Mower County BY DICk WILLIAMS To most people a public health program is a nebulous which rarely touches their lives In fact most people never con sciously consider just what a pub lic health program is or what it does for them because a public health program doe? not deal so much with the individual as it does with the cdffimunity Briefly the ideal public health department has six functions: 1 Registration of births death and diseases 2 Control of communicable dis eases Control of environmental san itation 4 Provision of public health la boratory services 5 Protection and guidance of the health of mothers infants and children Dissemination of health infor mation And briefly the public health program has three goals: the de velopment of health orebody and mind and the postponement of death A public health program should not be confused with medical care which is a matter of personal aer If you and your family were to get malaria you would go to a doctor for treatment That medi cal care But if you didn get nd of the breeding places of the mosquitoes responsible for the malana ypu couidh keep heak thy no matter how good the medi cal care was And getting rid of the mosquitoes is tae concern or are fieafth service This explains the funda mental difference between the two services CATSUP DILL PICKLES 35 Tomato Juice 25 I PEEP BROWN BEANS City Coal Pile ire Stopped Austin firemen extinguished a fire Sunday in a coal pile at the municipal utilities plant Belden Keck chief engineer said there was upthing unusual about' the fire Soft coal when stored often develops which usually are discovered and burned in the plant boilers before they break into flames Even small fires such as the one Sunday unusual Keck said and usually the fire department called However the plant was operating with a short crew Sun day so assistance was needed spots are something you expect when you burn soft Keck re marked Pineapple AJICI iSCAH 37c Mrs Dougherty to Talk on Health Plan GRAND MEADOW Mrs Rich ard Dougherty Austin state PTA program chairman will talk on Program Procedure in at the Grand Mea dow PTA Jan 12 There vill be a social hour and refreshments 25c arm Sessions to Be Resumed Wednesday Electrical wiring and ventilation systems for farm buildings will be discussed Wednesday at a farm meeting in the small auditorium at Austin High School beginning at 8 Clarence Crawford Austin Rt 5 chairman said a specialist from the Northern States Power Com pany of Minneapolis will be the speaker This is one of a series of Wed nesday meetings being sponsored by the Area Vocational SchooL ft ROZEN Orange Juice Libby's 3 6 Ot Pkgs 49c Thirteen Guernseys the cus Rundall herd averaged tniads of taaui pounds of milk per cow to lead the North Mower County Cow Testing Association for December Average for all 404 cows in asso ciatidn herds was 254 pounds of butterfat and 649 pounds of milk with 102 of the cows dry Lee 19 Holsteins averaged 386 pounds of butterfat from 925 pounds of milk Robert 12 Jerseys averaged 33 pounds butterfat from 550 pounds of milk Eugene 25 Hol steins averaged 324 pounds butter fat from 913 pounds of milk and Lyle 14 Guernseys aver aged 317 pounds of butterfat from 665 pounds fit milk All of the herds received high protein concentrates 20 received silage and 13 legume hay Three cows were culled from the herds for low production Police on Alert for Liquor Store Bandits Austin police were asked to be on the lookout for three men 23 to 17 years old driving a 1949 50 coupe who held up the Central Li quor Store in aribault 9:30 Saturday Descriptions of the men were vague One is about 5 feet 11 black hair wearing a dark jacket another is 6 feet 2 wearing a grey eoat and the third about 5 feet 4 All were said to be dark complec Police Write 3 tickets in jO Collisions Three tickets 'were issued in 10 auto collisions in Austin over the weekend as police continued to is sue tickets whenever evidence of a violation exists Thomas Duane Spring Valley forfeited 10 bail for running a stop sign after his auto collided with a Kough cab at Oakland and Main early this morning There was 250 damage to the Duane car and 200 damage to the cab driven by Paul Swank 408 Court land Joel A Ulven Adams was tick eted for careless driving Sunday after his auto collided with an Aus tin Cab Company taxi driven by Daryl Danley 501 Grant There was 300 damage to the Ulven auto and 250 damage to the cab Rum Rad Light Ronald Dodds 310 Garfield ws ticketed for running a red light at Bridge and Mainjollowifig a collision which caused 20 da mage to the auto of Virgil Collet "510 "Lyndale and bumper damage to the Dodds car At Third and Bridge a colli sion caused 35 damage to the au to of Walter Callahan 810Mi Bridge and 30 damage to the aato of Henry Bauer 409 Third A collision at Allegheney and Sixth caused 25 damage each to the autos of Robert Langen 80" Allegheney and Robert MacLaren 510 Sixthl Two collisions occured in the parking lot at Water and Chat ham In one there was 35 da mage to the parked car of Edward reiheit 509 Railway and10 damage to the car of Arthur Chapek Oakland The other caused 15 damage to the parked car of Eldpn Johnson Slayton There was no report of damage to tlj auto of Miss Willa Church 208 Alleglieuey Collision on Medary I At Medary and irst a colll sion caused 15 damage to the auto of John Ornarro 1309 Eu did and 5 damage to the car of Selmer Slindee Austin Rt 5 Saturday a collision at Main and 1 River Drive caused 65 damage to the auto of Howard Irvin 1012 Bauman and 40 damage to the car of Oran Kirkpatrick 511 Roch ford At Maple and Jay collision caused $35 damage to the auto of Louis Kolb 806 Walnut and 10 damage to the car of Leo Sctiwamm 9064 River One 'riendly' Tiger Cat Up for Adoption A number of dogs are being held at the city pond for identification several dogs are available for adoption Poundmaster Harold Carlstron has announced The following dogs are being held for identification: black and brown short haired dog male 4 or 5 years old Jackson Street English setter male 1 years old Jackson SteetbruWandr white tocher male 3 months old South River Street black and whl Shepherd male one year old Highway 218 South black and white Shepherd male brought to shelter black cocker female 2 years old black rnckpr male 3 months old and black and browtrcollie with white chest male Austin High School The following dogs are available for adoption: golden coqker male 2 years fohiT two male two female one tiger cat Libby's Peas rh rozen 2 39c IM ltd I Would Establish i Main Studio Here Incorporttlon of the South Central Minnesota Television Company which will zeek permit to operate television broadcasting station! serving the Austin Albert' Lea Owatonna area was announced today An application to opetate on Channel fl VH with 52500 effective radiated power will be filed yith the ederal Communications Commis sion said Myles Johns president of Radio Station KOBK Owatonna who is one of the incorporators and directors of the South CehtraT MffinesbU Television Com pany The other Incorporators and di rectdrsare William' Wolf Aus tin and Bennett Knudson Al bert Lea both of whom are among the owners of KATE Johns said their plan is to es tablish their principal studio in Austin with studios also at Albert Lea and Owatonna A 58614 foot tower and other transmitting equip ment would be erected at Hollan dale He said the studios would be linked with microwave transmis sion instead of cable Their plan he said is to serve the wide area em bracing the three Southern Minne sota cities It will be the second application to be filed for Channel 6 as one filed by Radio Station KAUS is al ready on file with the CC LIBBY'S ROZEN RENCH STYLE Green Beans 2 12 Oz Pkgs 49c air Officials at State Meet our members of the Mower County air official family are in Minneapolis for the annual meeting of the State Agricultural Society and the State ederation of County airst Representing the Mower County Agricultural Society fair sponsors are Guy Wold Carl Kehret Ri chard Rahilly and Holand Speakers at the two day meet ing will include George Grim news paper columnist and radio com mentator Myron Clark state com missioner of agriculture Dr Christianson University of Minn esota College of Agriculture super intendent and IJarold Macy col lege 6f agriculture dean Bargain Rates tf new trend in public health programs which gives farm ers and townspeople "better health at bargain The plan which already is work ing successfully in some areas calls for consolidation of town and country health departments A re port in armer on the success of the plan states health is bought at bar gain rates when town and country get together in a single public health department Organized as a county or bi county unit health of ficers improve services without pyramiding costs when they oper ate without the restrictions imposed by overlapping The magazine points to one such unit in Kansas composed of Green wood and Butler Counties with El Dorado the largest town The 46 240 residents of that area pay less than 150 a year in tax money for the program which incidentally improves relations between town and farm folks That bi county unit now has a full time director where before the two counties had part time direc tors Seven nurses now are assign ed specific areas where before they had specific duties and work often overlapped Three health "sanP" tarians complete the present staff This well organized program pro motes large scale and co ordinated effort resulting in much improv ed service the report asserts Sani tarians test water in a special ef fort reduce nines anonig nnlini More milk tests better sewage dis posal pians improved school light ing rat control programs expand fort for hdspital projects are other phases of community health which get better attention through a large scale health program GRAPERUIT 10 BURR OAKS MKTS NOTICE! RAY'S ADDING MACHINE and TYPEWRITER SALES 4 SERVICE NOW AT NEW ADDRESS 506 PARK AVENUE NEW PHONtNUMBBt 7 3928 RIVERSIDE AND Store Sales Drop Slightly in November Sales in Austin stores during Nov ember compared favorably with similar sales throughout this area At the same time however Aus tin dropped 5 per cent compared with the same month in 1951 while Southeastern Minnesota dropped 8 per cent and sales throughout the state only 3 per cent Cumulative sales here for the year through November were 4iown one per cent compared with si milar 1951 period No change was recorded over the state as a whole but a 6 per cent drop noted in the Southeastern area Thefe were 24 trade days dur ing NoveMer 1952 compared with 25 in 1951 After6More Donate Blood Six more volunteers gave blood early Sunday morning in ail effort to save the life of William Wede king Lyle who was suffering from bleeding ulcers He died later in the day Responding to the call for the particular type qf blood needed were Gene Vandenover Paul Knochi Ted Lindquist Carl Lere Mrs Ed Zimmerman and Mrs James Williams They reported at St Olaf Hospital between 4:30 and 5 a in response to calls from the Red Cross office Another Wom an volunteered but was rejected be cause she is the mother of an fl month old baby The St Paul Red Cross Blood Center which supplies St Olaf Hospital with blobd was short of the type needed in this case That Is why local volunteers had to be called In most emergencies the regular blood supply on hand is adequate and the St Paul Center is equipped to rush additional blood to Austinroira no tice loyd Luebeh'AustiriArea Vocational School director made a small start on a big project today by scooping the first shovelful of dirt at the site of the new $726832 Vocational Building On hand to watch (left to right rear) were: Coumbe school business manager Harold Westby School Board president Arthur Christgau superintendent of buildings Harbo superintendent Dr A Lommen and Brooks Cutter School Board members Harold Busswitz job superintendent Nick Wagner contractor and Lee Vocker resident engineer for the architects Toltz King and Day The building will be erected on the southwest corner of the Bridge Kenwood intersection across from the Austin High SchooL Under Wagon SPRING VALLEY Phyllis Johnson 9 daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Johnson will have her right ankle in a cast beginning to day The ankle bone was fractured riday when she under a village sanitation depart ment wagon driven by her father She had been riding on the wagon with him but decided to run along behind to get warm She slipped and fell while trying to climb back onto the wagon and a wheel rolled over her ankle Another youth David Willmarth 15 went skiing Sunday with his left arm in a cast The bone above the wrist was fractured Christmas Day tn a ski i ng accident at his farm near Douglas He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Willmarth Volleyball Swimming Set for Ch rc Men The volleyball and swimming pro gram for church men sponsored by the YMCA and the Church day evening Percy Lees chairman of the Church Athletic Board an nounced Volleyball classes will meet every Tuesday irom :30 to 8:30 Swimming will be from 8:30 to 9 The volleyball program will be directed by Geqrge Bucklin Lees has urged all men to par ticipate in the program Each play jer should bring his own gym shoes im suit and towel rt OOD SPECIALS! Wednesday and Thursday NECK BONES 2 25 SHORT RIBS 19c PORK SAUSAGE 29 WIENERS 39 Local 9 to Hold Runoff for 2 Posts rank Schultz wai elected without opposition for his eighth term as president of Local 9 CIO in lightly balloted election ri day and Saturday which was spark ed only by contests for single posts on the Bargaining Committee and Seniority Board Since no candidate obtained a majority for either post the top two men will vie in a runoff pro bably Jan 16 17 loyd Barton and Harry Hyule are candidates for a three year term on the Bargaining Committee and Kenneth Norland and Keith Wakefield for a three year termbrT the Seniority Board Dormand Laskewitz and Raymond Swain were eliminated in the formet con test and Arnold Kurth in the lab ter Also elected without opposition were: Ernest Jones vice presi dent Rollo Sisseli business agent Helen McDermott financial se cretary Reuben Anderson Avery Knutson and Leo Schwamm trus tees Maynard Enright Lyman Hal ligan Aniell Nemitz Spurgeon Pet erson and John A pinkels Execu tive Board and Roland Brand and Isadore Nelsen guards Elected delegates to the Dlst 2 UPWA CIO Convention in Roches ter in MArch were: Schultz Mc Dermott Sissell Nemitz Jones Enright Ernest Jacob James Ca hill David Neiswanger and Lyman Halligan Elected delegates to the state CIO convention next September: BEE ROAST I 'Vfll I JL 'PAGE NINE 4 i Deadline Set A onAlbert Lea Lake Pollution ALBERT LEA city of Al bert Wilson St Company haVe been given two years to stop pouring sewaRtf into Albert Lea Lake The State Water Pollution Control Commission which sets up minimum standards for purity of the lake ordered that pollution be stopped by Jan 1 1955 The order signed by Chester Wilson chairman and Dr A Chesley secretary may be appeal ed to the District Court of Ram sey County An appeal would per mit either party to Introduce new evidence The ordermade public Sunday points to hearings in Albert Lea last March and Anril The order points out that at oh time the' lake was an asset to the community but that it is now a health hazard 'fish have been kill ed swimming and boating are no longer desirable and muck covers much of the once sandy bottom Taxes have been lost through de cline in property values on the lake bacteriological quality of the water should meet recognized and accepted standards for natural bathing the order states bring about these' conditions all sewage 'and industrial wastes should be removed" Albert Lea dty officials and re presentatives of Wilson and com pany have reserved comment on the order MW Bl 1 Vie Jr sV zwqftrwx MkVl li ft AT V' A': A' RW 4 vr 4 A 4 ft ft wrw tfV i Vtw 4 X'r i 5k zih? 4 it f' i ta 4 ffe i a i i I W' 414 i i A'' 4 4 i zrA vv I XJ Wk I ft 1 SIM I kkj sv mt 1 x'V'tiavi i 1 Li vr ''K rli Bta IS rf a lil i ii i as 4 1 4 a.