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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1957
Page
4
Weekday masses are celebrated at 7 am with confessions on Saturdays from 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 8:30 pm. Sunday masses are at 8 and 10 am. Choir meets Wednesday evening after devotions. Lenten devotionals occur weekly on Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent.
A church calendar lists Methodist services at 9:30 and 10:30 for worship and Sunday School, with Thursday choir practice at 7 p.m. An installation of Pastor Fjelstul is planned, plus Bible classes and a Saturday divine worship. A note requests help unloading a truck for the Times office and mentions Lent services at nearby Lutheran churches with Pastor Petersen delivering the message.
H Irving Petersen pastor leads St Pauls Lutheran Church choir practice Thursday at 7:00 p m with details readable in the notice.
The notice lists activities at First Lutheran including Sunday School and Bible Class at 9:15 a m with 10:30 a m Divine Worship. It also mentions a church council meeting Monday at 8:00 p m the Evangelism committee Tuesday at 8:00 p m and Luther League Wednesday at 7:30 p m at the parsonage.
Dr V T Jordahl to conduct installation services for Pastor C T Fjelstul at First Lutheran. Reception for Pastor and Mrs Fjelstul in the church parlors this evening hosted by the congregation.
Thursday 2 p.m. meeting with hostesses Bernard Osher Glenn Young Gilford Osher Avis Paulson Dining room hostess Mrs Amos Egeland Friday 8 p.m. Building Committee Saturday 9 30 a.m. Junior Choir Confirmation Class 9 30 a.m. Worship Servicers 10 45 a.m. Sunday School Girls Chorus rehearsal 8 p.m. Luther League Bible Study Monday 8 p.m. Adult Membership Class Tuesday 8 p.m. Lacice Chorus Wednesday 8 p.m. Mid week Lenten Services
A letter from Mrs. Joseph Hassel of Ottawa Illinois dated April 1 1957 accompanies a payment for a two year Graettinger Times subscription She notes changes in names of younger locals and memory fading after years away but expresses continued enjoyment of the paper and regards for former associates.
Moreno leads a distinguished cast in the multi million dollar film based on Margaret Landon’s best seller. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman with direction by Walter Lang. Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger star in a cinemascope color musical drama set in Pakistan amid turmoil.
The school posts a weekly menu with lunches for each weekday. Monday offers Goulash lettuce salad tea biscuits jelly sauce and milk. Tuesday serves Maderites potato salad baked beans pudding and milk. Wednesday features Fish sticks perfection salad mashed potatoes and butter sandwiches cookie and milk. Thursday serves Baked ham mashed potatoes and gravy buttered peas sandwiches jello milk. Friday offers Tomato soup crackers egg salad sandwiches cramel ed rice and milk.
Brigadier T F Samsel state director of The Salvation Army Extension Service Des Moines visited Graettinger to confer with local committee members Mrs Joseph Gabrielsen H A Eisenbast Arnold Masters G F Shaver and EB Manchester as plans begin for the annual Salvation Drive to aid needy families and support local services during the coming weeks.
Hospital roundup lists admissions and discharges for Graettinger Wallingford and Emmetsburg areas across March 27 to April 2. Names include Susan Simington Joan Luke Arnold Masters Olive Downs Clarence Atbrant David Grady Wesley Anderson Francis Warren Patricia Myers and others with multiple entries in Graettinger.
Wallingford Boy Scouts will distribute Goodwill clothing bags to every home on Saturday April 6, per Scout master Stan Richey of Wallingford Troop No. 3. A week later on April 13 the scouts return to collect filled bags for donation to designated collection points. Goodwill Industries trucks will pick up the bags.
The Prairie Gold council calls for discarded clothing and fabric items to aid those in need. They seek men women and children garments shoes curtains linens bedding and any cloth material regardless of fabric or age to support the ongoing project.
Pyapettes Mr and Mrs Willis Leduc of 29 Palms California are parents of a son born Tuesday March 26 The baby weighed 7 pounds and has been named William Alien Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Wm Leduc of Graettinger and the maternal grandmother is Mrs Jessie Brown of 29 Palms California.
Clifford Hoaglin of Hillsboro had his left arm amputated about five inches above the wrist while sawing wood on his father's farm. In a separate note, Eagle Grove's oldest citizen, Mrs. Laura Neister, celebrated her 104th birthday at her daughter's home and remains in exceptional health, still washing dishes three times daily.
James Loeffler, a Belmond teenager, was fatally injured on his fifteenth birthday while riding with a friend. The driver, Bobby Busick, was behind the wheel of a new family car with a new license.
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