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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1952
Page
2
Pub details for The Graettinger Times appear with publisher Robert Sullivan and post office entry statements. Rates listed for Palo Alto Emmet counties and beyond show one year six months and three months options, with outside territory pricing but text is incomplete and jumbled.
A tale about Roy the frugal man turns tragic when a highway collision reveals how others perceive his thrift. The Band Parents host a sizable talent program raising funds for the school band, while local reports note a student contesting a school election and updates from Kiron and Griswold on FFA activities and meetings. Includes community performances, fundraisers, and civic notes.
Local residents visit relatives and attend events in Estherville Dolliver and Graettinger. Notable items include births at Holy Family hospital, anniversaries for Mr and Mrs Lorne Wolfe and Mr and Mrs Christiansen, legals and church notices, and travel of Atty M C Clark to Des Moines for state convention. Communities mentioned include Worthington Estherville Sherburn Sherbarn West Des Moines Waterloo Sioux City Cylinder and Graettinger. Continuous social activity with best wishes extended to new parents and long married couples.
Mr and Mrs C O Wikert spent Sunday with relatives at Des Moines. Twin girls Joleen and Coleen born to Mr and Mrs Leo Mitchell of Ratherville. The Times extends congratulations to the parents. Canty Auditor Martin Thompson of Emmetsburg visited Gracttinger. Ed Leary of Detroit Lakes Minnesota visited The Times office last week. Pfc Earl Bisgard completed basic training at San Diego and will return after furlough and enter signal school. Max and Mrs Richard Masters, Miss Mavis Luhman, and Mrs Ralph Masters visited Dale Masters at Fort Knox Kentucky. Bert Masters accompanied them to Waterloo. Darla Andresen visited Sioux City. Darla received a check-up at St. Joseph’s hospital. A feature on a new TB cure appears in The American Weekly with a dramatic story.
THOUSANDS of big husky started chicks on hand 1 to 8 weeks old at new low prices. Livability this year averaged 97 per cent. See them while supply lasts. Also dairy products and milk available. Insurance offered by Glenn Young in Wallingford. Lightning Rods ad by Gus R. Rath. Personal thanks messages express gratitude for visits, cards, and gifts during hospital stay.
The family of Mrs Mary Conway thank neighbors friends and relatives for spiritual bouquets floral sprays and acts of kindness after the death of their mother and grandmother Also Mrs George Neilson thanks friends for cards gifts letters and well wishes during hospital stay in Kansas City and Home Mission Society for gifts
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