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The Austin Daily Herald from Austin, Minnesota • 7

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ii i I at IRST 'o mm unity JVe NATIONAL Tuesday April 24 AUSTIN DAILY HElAtt 7 at Conference Bank Dr Harris a Dr Cameron' Gitizens View TypicahCar Careens fie) PER CENT Reserve Unit Session Another Class INTEREST PAID TO you CRUSADE OR CHRIST On The Safest Investment You Can Thrill to the Inspiring Music of the Make BOSTON One Year Automatic AMERICAN MOTORS OERS Renewable IN PERSON Savings IN AUSTIN! Certificates I i I TUVK NMH krt Mr and Mrs Hormei ana UNITED CAR SALES Highway 218 South DIAL HE 3 5286 Daane returned home from a world 'J 's' David Owen Elected RotaryCluErPresident cul had and Peterson a former Albert resident is employed at Wil Co Albert Lea Savings Bond Sales Pushed Rev James Hosier of Des Moines Iowa With special emphasis on Na tional Military Reserve Week a group of Austin citizens viewed a typical reserve meeting in the month old reserve armory of Co A 330th MP Bat Monday evening Meeting with the 33" officers and men of the company at the two hour meeting were State Sen Hol a nd State Rep Jacob Her zog American Legion Commander Tom Disabled American Veteran Commander Russel Krue ger Veterans of oreign Wars Commander Lacy and Am Vets Commander Stanley Kapenis The purpose of Military Reserve Another Expectant class will begin at 2 pm riday at St Olaf Hospital Mower County Nurse Mrs 'Carol Peterson an nounced today't The class is sponsored by the Mower County Medical Society in cooperation with the Mower County Public Health Nursing Service Seven of the classes are on phy siology of pregnancy 'physiology of labor hygiene of pregnancy good nutrition for mother and baby clothing and equipment for the baby care of the new baby including the bath and child man agement An eighth class is held near the end of the course for the expectant fathers Interested persons are asked to contact the County Nurses Office or register at the first class ri day at St Olaf Hospital Newport I claims it had i the ftrst street lighted by gas in the United States' in 1806' YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE Survivors of Railroad Workers Get Benefits Survivors of deceased railroad employes have received over three quarters of a billion dollars in benefits' since the Railroad Retire ment Act went into effect inr July 1936: according to a report of the Railroad Retirement Board The board said that the annual number of widows children par ents and other survivors of de ceased railroad workers has in creased rapidly The 252000 who drew benefits last year represent 80 per cent more than the first full year of operation of the present program in 1947 to 1948 iversity of Calk fornla at Berk ley He is a member of the chological Assn the American Association for the Advancement' of Science the American Council on ardily Re lationsand has done research and publication Work on juvenile delin quency and parent child relation ships and mental tests Holds Medical Degrees Dr Cameron has a medical'de gree 'from the University of Neb raska has done psychiatric work at Colorado Psychiatric Hospital and has a degree in public health from John Hopkins University He has been chief of psychiatric ser vices for the Marine Hospital at Ellis Island and chief of the cooperative health services branch of the Division of Industri Hygiene in Washington He is now on loan to the state of Minnesota from the United States Public Health Services Dr Cameron will speak to direc tors of social agencies in Austin at 11 alTn' and at' the Kiwanis Club at 12 noon He will appear on a panel at the mental workshop at 1:30 and will discuss trends in Minnesota for comunity mental health services at a dinner meet ing at 5:30 at the ox Hotel He will introduce the topic at the evening meeting at 8 1 2 Afternoon Meetings Previous to the evening two af ternoon meetings have been sched uled Teachers will attend a mental health workshop and youth will attend a youth conference Dr Gamelin said about 100 youth have registered as delegates from youth organizations for the youth confer ences William' erguson chief of the section of metal health of the Min nesota Department of Health will introduce the topic for the youth meeting and a film will be shown Youth will then meet in discussion groups and Bill Dunlap president of the Austin High School Student Council will report their findings at the general meeting in the evening Delegates for the conference in St Paul May 11 and 12 will be elected The mental health workshop will include a film on helping the shy child TeAchers will meet in dis cussion groups and then ask ques tions of a panel of speakers Miss Josephine Kremer elementary supervisor will meeting Seek a Solation Purpose of the open meeting In the evening Dr Gamelin said will be to pull things together and find ways in which problems of juvenile delinquency and mentaLhealth can i be improved in Austin The Town Meeting is sponsored by the Austin Coordinating Qoun cil and the Austin Education Assn IRST NATIONAL BANK OAUITIH Week is designed to focus' atten tion on and spur enlistments in the six mohth Reserve Training Program This program enables men (1) to plan whep they want to go on active duty and (2) to fulfill their military obligation in their hometowns The six month training program was authorized under the Reserve orces Act which became effec tive Aug 9 1955 Young men between 17 and 18' i may enlist hi the Army Re Serve for a six month active duty training course The basic train ing usually is done at the Army camp nearest his home After completing the training course he returns to civilian life and must train two hours a week at his local reserve center and must attend a two week summer camp until his obligation of 7ft years is completed The new armory is above the Johnson Hardware store on Mill street and provides a large room for instruction a smaller one for locker space and ttycee offices for adniinistration and supply Elkton Carnival to HelpBuy Uniforms i ELKTON To earn money for band 'uniforms students of Elkton High School will present a Carnival in the school gym at 7 pm riday Concessions will include bingo fortune telling a baseball throwring the ducks and a sponge show A king and queen will be elect ed 2 David Ring Top Taffy Salesman Austin boys and girls sold 4600 pounds of taffy last in the annual YMCA candy sale to earn money for camp They topped last sales by 1000 pounds Da vid Ring who sold 170 boxes of A was the top salesman among 125 boys and girls He earned $34 enough to register both himself and his sister day camp Nancy Meinhard was the top seller among the girls i She sold 85 boxes Other top salesman were Duane Schroeder John Norton Ray Duns 1 more Tom Griffin Larry LaBar Duane Thurneau Doug Wilke' Gary Houff Donald Runsey Den nis Stevens Gary Anderson Ter ry Day Jim Lipovsky Peter Paul i son and ranette Page i Adults and youth of the irst Methodist Church will participate in the general con ference which opens its quadren nial sessions in Minneapolis Wed nesday Austin representatives will Join Methodists from throughout the United States and 25 foreign coun tries for the convention The Rev William Campbell pastor of the Austin church will be in charge of pages and ushers who will seat 1600 delegates and alternates and thousands of visitors in the Min neapolis Auditorium orty members of the 1956 cork firm a tiqn class who have been studying the conference will at tend sessions on Saturday They will visit Methodist Institutions in the Twin Cities and attend the Minnesota Night session Satur day About 40 adults from the church also will attend Minnesota Night On Sunday 30 members of the Chancel Choir will participate in an Evening of Evangelism Ser vice Dr and Mrs Wright will represent the Austin church at the pf Methodism in service May 1 inal participation by the Aus tin church will be on Youth Day May 5 About 100 members of the Youth ellowship will attend During the general conference' which will continue through May 9 the church will hold severed special services At 8 pm Thursday the Boston University Seminary Singers a chorus of 40 young ministers will present a concert under the direction of Dr James Houghton The Rev Mr Camobell was a member of the chorus in 1934 35 Bishop Donald Tippett San rancisco will speak at 8:45 and Il a services in Austin next Sunday $nd Dr Charles Goff of the Chicago Temple Methodist Church the sky scraper church in down town Chicago will speak at both services May 6 Offer HS Graduates Aviation Training Sgt Troop recruiting of ficer announced today that high school gradpates are now offer ed highly specialized training in Army aviation Young men in their senior year of high school may apply now for technical training courses of their choice They will not be enlisted until after graduation Those in terested in enlisting in June should apply now so a vacancy will be reserved for them The Army re cruiter is in the Postoffice te NAME THIS WELDED SINGLE UNIT I EASIEST CONTEST ON RECORD I Nothing to buy! Nothing to save! Just think a name that best describes American Motors better safer car construction with frame and body's single rigid all weided unit The first name that comes to mind might be a winner! LOOKING" BACK 10 YEARS AGO Dale Kramer 9 became a hero when he crawled into a steel vert to rescue a dog which been stuck there for a day a half 25 YEARS AGO Mr and Mrs Skiiyer Mr and Mrs Hormel and YfnfiUe 1 In DitMtlonS AK TV Sm TV lainti hr ati Xm i Get Your REE Entry Blank and Contest Rules At VAIIB nacm dealer 1 1 Held May 18 19 most beautiful girls will be in Albert Lea for two days when the Junior Chamber of Commerce stages the Miss Minnesota Pageant Representing Austin in com petition with 37 other communities will be Dorothy Eisterhold The judging starts May 18 and Minnesota will be crowned by Mariys Reed on May 19 One of the biggest parades In southern Minnesota will be staged the afternoon of the spcqnd day Bands floats and marching units from many communities will be in the parade The contestants will be rated by a panel of seven judges on talent beauty intelligence poise and personality inalists will be chosen at the Saturday presen tation An Arabian Nights theme will be used for stage decorations in the Albert 'Lea High School Aud Pageant chairman is Dr Mervin Aus 4 Dr? Stowe to Be Speaker at Dedication Dr1 David Mf Stowe Carleton College chaplain and assistant 'pro fessor of religion will speak on Expanding Religion in a Shrinking at the irst Congregational Churchy banquet Thursday The banquet is part of 'the sea son of dedication The new church will be 'dedicated to Christian fel lowship and con cern following the banquet Dr Stowe a mission ary to China taught at Yen ching' University in Peking in 1949 and 1950 'He was abroad under the Dr Stowe American Board of Commission ers for Missions in North Chins Before and after taking the mis sion i assignment Dr Stowe was assistant minister of irst Congre gational Church Berkeley Calif He has done substitute teaching at the Pacific School of Religion and has been at Carleton since 1953 Others an the banquet program will be Dr Rutledge Beale Billings Mont father of the Rev Gordon church pastor who will preach at the dedication services Sunday the Rev Wendell Pew president Austin Ministerial Assn the Rev Joseph Morgan Sparta 'Wis a former pastor of the church and Mayor Baldy Han sen 4 Special music will be presented by the Silhouettes under Wilbur uniris direction and a motion pic ture of the removal from downtown church to the new building eb 27 will be shown Carroll Plager will be toastmaster Two leaders in the field of mental health will be in Austin Wednesday for 'the Town Meeting on Children and Youth Dr Dale Harris director 'of the Institute of Child Welfare of the University of Minnesota will speak at a mental health workshop Wed nesday afternoon and Dr Dale medical director of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare wiU speak at meetings throughout the day Dr Harris former educational director of the Minnesota State Training Schoo) at Red Wing has taught at Stanford Syra cuse and the Un for 'Expectant Mothers Slated 2 Leaders in Mental Health Are Scheduled BY CHECK Concert Given at Adams High ADAMS Minn The spring concert of the Adams High Sdiool music department and a home ecnomics style revue were pre sented at the Adams PTA Thurs day night The band and the junior high chorus presented several selections under the direction of La gios Vocal and instrumental solos were performed by Shirley Hime bsugh Warren Boe Sharon Wead Janet Osmundson Nancy Dralle Madeline Steines and Karen Lund The style show was under the direction of Mrs Anton Kiem Pa tricia Irvin introduced the models New officers elected were: Hen ry Himebaugh president Mrs Arvold vice president Mrs Jesse Staebler secretary William Rauen treasurer Mrs Alvina Lew ison was chairman of the nomin ating committee the wife will get one third and the remaining two thirds will be divid ed among all children If you have a will that arrange ment can be changed as long asyou do not give your wife less than one third of your property without her written' consent he said In a joint tenancy situationall property goes to the survivor Since moft persons want to know how to avoid taxes Alderson stated the federal government allows the first half of the property after ex penses tobe tax free Taking as an example an estate worth $200000 Alderson said the joint' teiiancy tax would be $36300 upon death of the husband If al' the estate was in the name and' he had7a'will then one half the estate would go to the wife tax free and the otherhalf would be taxed at a saving of $26700 Leave in Trusteeship Since most people rdo not want their money dissipated they leave it in trustgeship rather than let an individual administrator handle it This costs one half of one per cent a year and probably saves the entire amount of money over a 5 to 10 year period from being ex hausted Alderson cautioned Rotarians' to keeff up to date on their wills and trusts and their changing condi tions Minnesota gives the widow the homestead and first $10000 tax free' minor child $10000 tax free and adult minor child $5000 tax free Gary reund spoke on St Augus tine High School activities Myron Schultz represented Austin Junior College and Ted Gamelin repre sented Austin High School' 5 Meany Lauds Labor Report The report of a labor subcom mittee headed by Sen Paul Douglas (D Ill) has been strong ly approved byGeorge Meany AL CIO The subcommittee was prais ed by Meany for its disclosure of currupt individuals and lax state supervision in connection with employe welfare and pen sion funds Meany specifically endorsed fed eral legislation to bring about full of the fin ancial operation of all types of welfarend pension Meany said the report was in agreement with cri teria spelled out bythe AL CIO merger convention In its report the subcommittee found exam ples of grossmismsnagement jt a few union officials and abuses of propriety by management in some instances In the majority of instances however the report revealed that most pension and welfare funds follow Interest UNIVERSITY SEMINARY SINGERS Bicycle Hits Car on Street BARBERSHOP Opposite Priming' Morkot Hi Way 21 8 North HAIRCUTS HOURS: $125 5 ridays to 9:00 CHILDREN $100 Clos4 Mondays VIC WALDRON Prop And Continuing Nightly (Except Saturdays) 7:45 eaturing the REV JAMES HOSIER 4 Evangelist I "Presenting The Gospel In Sermon and Song'4' A Haakenson Sav ings bonds chairman for Mower County today announced that the savings bonds division is cooper ating with the Minnesota Bank ers Assn in a joint Your Bank Week for America promotion The project will start on lag' day June 14 and continue through June 21 p' County savings bond commit tees will coordinate with county bank plans for observance of Bank week Emphasis will center on the 15th anniversary of the bond and the security of savings bonds Haakenson said Bank Week will be opportunity for savings bond volunteers to express ap preciatidn to bankers for the out standing they have done in the promotion of savings bonds Purchases of and bonds in Mower County for March totaled $94352 brining the' 1956 total to' $33514 or 258 per cent of quota Savings bond purchases to date in Minnesota are $25882220 or 246 per cent of ie" 1956 quota iremen Called to Another Grass ito iremen' were called out again Monday for one of the many grass fires thus far this season The grass fire was at the rear of the Outdoor Theater on High way 218 iremen left the station at 4:02 ppi and returned at 5:40 pm PERCENT GUARANTEED Wings Merit Badges Given 17 in GOC Wings apd merit badges were presented to 17 members of the Ground Observer Corps at Shaw Gym Monday night Wings were awarded to Mrs A Adams Mrs Lars Bondhus Lon Olson Carol Dehler Derwin Tabor Harold Reed Linda Baker Lorraine Brothe Robert Schultz and Doree Kestner Merit badges were earned by Mrs Alfred Norton 1500 hours Charles Grose 500 hours and Beverly Hayes Joseph Earl Abel Davis Harold Reed and Daniel Averbook 100 hours Awards were presented by Air orce offi cials from Waterloo lows The corps decided to buy arm bands for recognition purposes Plans were made to reorganize the girls softball team i Carpenter Seniors to Give 3 Act Play CARPENTER Iowa Your a three act comedy will be presented by the senior class of Carpenter High School at 8 pm Thursday and riday' i The play is under the direction of Mrs Earl Miller Off Overpass ALBERT LEA Minn Harry Peterson Austin suffere sever al cracked ribs and a broken shoulder when his car careened off the overpass on Highway 16 eight miles east of Albert tea Officers said car went through six guard rail posts and shot 200 feet down to an em bankment and field Peterson was thrown 73 feet from the vehicle He was hospitalized at Naeve Hospital and charged by inves tigating officers with drunk driv ing Lea son SALE SUMMER WHITE JEWELRY In th LatMt Styles! 69c Plus Tax ROGERS CREDIT JEWELERS 125 North Mate WT'Win' 1 t000C'wT'w ji S' 1 100 KeW'01 1000 P'S OR Z)URNATION Working two hours a week and two weeks each sum njef to provide "adequate protection in case of a national emergency Co A 330thMP Bat is observing NationalJVIilitary Reserve Week Receiving instruction in disassembly of the 45 cal pistol from' SC Kenneth Norland'are (1 to r) Pvt Skjeveland Pfc A I An thonisen and Pvt Percival AT THE a METHODIST CHURCH '3 Ip 3 3 4 I Ths Samtnary Sinjar aro calabrotiag their 30th annlvertary this year It wat in 1926 that Dr James Houghton the present director formed this organisation Since that time the groap has sung from' coo it to coast and as fas south oeKey West lorida The repertory of the choral grJup for this year consists of i early chants of the church chorales of Johann Sabastion Bach oratorio selactions of George rederick Handel hymn tunes of the Reformation Church Negro spirituals and church music of the more modern idiom from such composers as William Parry Iverrett Titcomb Willy Richter and Archibald Davidson In eddilion of the regularly scheduled selections Dr Hough ton will sing additional solos and a student from Boston Univer sity's School of ine and Applied Arts will also render solo ossist enee Mr Robert Schilling a senior in the Borton University Schoel of Theology will be the organist' An unusual collision occurred Sunday when a bicycle hit a car Loretta Siera Ramsey Park addition was driving west on Water street when her car was hit bya bike driven by Everett Mills' 200ft' Mill who was coming out of the National Tea Parking lot Mills said lie saw the car com ing but could not stgp Damage to the bicycle was listed at $5 to the car $3 Police are pot investigating the incident but: are looking into two hit run cases I Elvin Davis 1706 Oak Ridge told police someone hit his car between midnight and 9:30 hm Sunday when it" was parked in front of his house Damage is $45 Robert Tucker 1108 Mos cow told police someone hit his car sometime riday causing $40 damage Leland Speaks at Ramsey 4 Meet I George Leland Austin spoke at the "Ramsey 4 Club meet ing in the 4 Building Thurs day night Helen Akkerman demonstratedmaking a salad our new mem bers were introduced Marcella Watkins and Roger Buringa were chosen 4 delegates Lunch was served by Mrs Edna Stern CORRECTION A billfold reported stolen in Mon Herald belonged to Mrs Gor dan Zeck and not Mr Zeck as was reported The billfold was taken Sunday night and not Saturday I night' Deposits In sured Up To $1000000 David Owen editor of Squeal Magazine house organ of Geo A Hormel Co Monday was elected president of the Rotary Club Serving with Owen when he takes office July 1 will be David Averbook vice president" and George Healy secretary treasurer Race Crane Cory and served on the nomi nations committee for board of directors Unanimously elected to the board were Owen Averbook Nilan Carl Kehret War ren Kane and Dunlap In a talk on wills and trust fundsyRr CAl 5 derson favored corporate trustees as less susceptible to pressures than an individual would be Alder Owen son pointed out the errbrs in think ing that when you make a will your heirs do not need to have the estate probated upon your: death Even joint tenancy wills must be probated The will is not effective he said until death occurs How Property Is Divided If you have a will Aider son continued and your property is in your name upon death your wife and a single child will get equal shares' your' wife and two children will each get thirds or Thursday7 April: 6PM State Queen IMathodisfS of IUustin to Be Austin Assembly of God Church Beginning SUNDAY I APRIL 22nd Per Cent Interest th I tv 9 'T A'" KO 'y" I If iMk A Mm lapA Hi I o' Jr 1 V1 'I I 'fl l' I I I I I I TPlafihvjjzw 9 I A I I I'H I I I i I I I Ifl Ml i i Vv 1 I Ji i miziiii 1 I It i Sk '4 w' xj fi 1 pr A a 1 re I i 7 a A i 1 "A a a Vw 'if A Irwi iw Im I I I 1 a i A i 1 i3 IRST NATIONAL BANK OAUSTIH.

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