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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951
Coast-to-Coast store holding laundry demonstration Mrs. Margaret Danials, home economist, is at the Coast-to-Coast Store today, helping solve wash day problems. She will be there Friday during the day, but not in the evening, to answer any questions you may have in regard to your washing and ironing.
You will be to see the latest in automatic equipment to simplify home laundry work. There is no formal demonstration time, and your individual needs can be
discussed. There will be gifts for every lady who attends, Thursday and Friday.
Two escape injury Tuesday in forced plane landing Two Ohio men escaped injury Tuesday night, about 6:45, when they hit a 69,000 volt transmission line two and one-half miles south of Curtiss Corners, in a forced landing.
William Hall, 26, pilot, and his companion, Gus Borasio, 20, both of Kent, Ohio, were en route from a fishing trip to Kenora and were flying International Falls to Madison, with a scheduled stop to refuel in Marshfield. They ran out of gas and made a forced landing on a town road. The pilot retained control of the craft after it snapped a power line and landed safely in the H.D. Fredrickson farm yard, with a damaged wing and a broken windshield.
The mishap caused Thorp, Stanley and Cadott to be without lights for 16 minutes. Northern States Power servicemen from Abbotsford, Colby and Owen repaired the damage.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 1981
Abby ball diamond project still favored Some Abbotsford aldermen had second thoughts last week about constructing a softball diamond on the city’s west side, but it appears the project will go ahead as proposed.
The proposal had been discussed for months before being approved recently. That approval, which included awards to three separate contractors, hinged on the city receiving a LAWCON grant to pay for part of the work. John Inverson of Owen- Ayres said he had heard from Congressman Dave Obey’s offi ce that Abbotsford had received the grant, which is expected to be about $38,000.
However, there has been no formal notification of approval, and Iverson suggested the city wait to officially award contracts until that notification arrives.
Alderman Roger Thielman asked the council to take a second at pursuing the project, based on recent unexpected costs associated with abandonment of the city’s landfill site. Abby had budgeted $40,000 for its share of the ball park construction, and has spent just about that on legal fees and other costs in connection with the landfill.
The whole ball park project will cost about $90,000, so the city’s share at this point is estimated at $52,000, with the expected grant paying the remainder.
“We’ve just been clobbered by some unplanned costs since we made up our minds to put in this ball diamond. Maybe we should take another look at it now,” Thielman said.
