Holy Week and Easter Services at Local Churches
Local churches outline Holy Week events with confessions posted Friday and Saturday, including sunrise service at the Methodist Church at 6:30 am and Easter worship at 11:00 am. Sunday brings High Mass at 7:00 am and Low Mass at 9:30 am, plus Sunday School at 10:00 am and aims for record attendance. The Young Married Methodist cancel Easter Sunday evening meeting but plan to meet Sunday evening April 16.
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Methodist Church
Man
Rom
Easter Worships and Activities at Two Lutheran Churches
Savior's Lutheran Church holds Divine Easter Worship with an 11:00 a.m. offering for Missions and a 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Class. Holy Thursday Communion at 8:00 p.m. and a joint Good Friday service 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Savior's site. Penny-a-meal containers returned. First Lutheran Church advertises Divine Easter Worship at 9:15 a.m. with Missions offering and 10:80 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. Good Friday Communion at 8:00 p.m. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday April 13 at 2:00 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Anton Bonstead and Mrs. Lief Rierson.
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Savior’s Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
Anton Bonstead
Lief Rierson
Wallingford
Hinderaker
Grasttinger
Watherville
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Festival
Mission Society
China
Mies
Robert Fry
Richard Hall
Laurence Hanson
Estherville
Graettinger
Easter Week Services Across Town Churches
Holy Communion tonight at Town Church at 8 p m. Good Friday services at First Lutheran from noon to 3 p m with visiting pastors and music. Easter Sunrise at Town Church 6 30 a m followed by worship at South Walnut and Graettinger sites. Luther League, Choir, and Sunday School activities listed for Graettinger South Walnut and town venues.
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First Lutheran
South Walnut
Graettinger
Albert Blagard
St. Olaf
Spencer
Luther League
Jack Plaster
St. Paul's
Kindergarten Planned By School Board
The board plans a kindergarten in a church basement due to space limits at the school. Opening is April 17 at 1:00 p.m. Afternoon sessions only. Parents must call 226 by 4:00 p.m. April 12 to register. A birth certificate is required for entrance. child must be 5 by March 1, 1950.
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Board of Education
Mrs. G. F. Shaver Undergoes Major Surgery
Mrs. G. F. Shaver was taken to Holy Family hospital Friday and the following morning underwent major surgery. She is recovering nicely and friends wish her continued improvement and a complete recovery.
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G. F. Shaver
Holy Family Hospital
Joint Good Friday Service At First Lutheran Church
A community Good Friday worship will be held from 12:00 to 3:00 p m at First Lutheran Church focusing on the Seven Words from the Cross. Special music from Wallingford St Paul First and Our Savior’s Lutheran congregations will accompany seven 25 minute periods with a break for entry and exit. Pastors C B Gunderson R P Hagen W J Hanson L G Hinderaker R A Olsen W G Smedarud and E W Quamn will speak. The public is invited. Lara Biergen injured slipping on ice four weeks ago and using crutches.
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First Lutheran Church
Wallingford Lutheran
St. Paul's Lutheran
First Lutheran
Our Savior’s Lutheran
C. B. Gunderson
Wallingford
R. P. Hagen
Armstrong
W. J.hanson
Graettinger
L. G. Hinderaker
Estherville
R. A. Olsen
Petersburg
W. G. Smedarud
Milford
E. W. Quamn
Snow in the Sky as Iowa Records Snowfall
Central Iowa saw a five inch snow fall on Monday while Tuesday morning reports snow flakes in the air under an 80 degree April sky. A light Isiethneveet wind and cloudy skies accompanied the brief winter showing before melting.
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Iowa
Census Takers On Job In Graettinger Area This Week
Enumerators are counting residents in Graettinger and surrounding communities with Mrs. Fisher in Graettinger east area and Mrs. M. D. Grodland overseeing Wallingford and High Lake. Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Festival and services, missions offerings, and activity schedules include Easter observances, Sunday programs, confirmation, communion, and Holy Week services.
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Graettingen
Fisher
East of Graettinger
M. D. Grodland
Wallingford
High Lake
Mission Concludes After Successful Visit by Father Walsh
Father John J. Walsh of La Salette seminary concluded a very successful mission at Immaculate Conception church. The mission began the previous Sunday with Father Von Dane. Approximately 400 communicants attended Sunday Masses, and Pastor Father D K Hurley praised the outcome.
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John J. Walsh
As Salette
Milford
Immaculate Conception Church
Father von Dane
M. S
la Salette Seminary
Father Walsh
St. Paul
D. K. Hurley
Opened for Business at East End Cafe
Mr and Mrs James Sandvig opened the East End Cafe on opening day serving free coffee to customers. The shop had been closed briefly for decorations while the Sandvigs purchased the cafe equipment and business from Harry Sampson. The young couple invite friends to visit.
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James Sandvig
East End Cafe
Sandvigs
Harry Sampson
Population guesses for Graettinger rise since 1940
A survey of residents estimates Graettinger’s population between 1,100 and 1,200, averaging 1,150. The town had 928 in 1930 and 777 in 1910, with a 20 percent rise noted from 1920 to 1940. the decade’s expected gain mirrors that rate, projecting about 1,118 residents.
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Graettinger
Graettinger man rents former dairy building for ice cream
Leazed Anderson of Graettinger leased the Jesse Anderson building once used as a dairy and ice cream market and has torn out the equipment. Herb Lancaster of Graettinger is in the Estherville Junior College cast for "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" taking the role of Hank. The play is set for April 20 with seniors from 26 high schools as guests.
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Anderson
Henry T. Miller
Graettinger
Jesse Anderson
Herb Lancaster
Estherville
Herb
Hank
Mrs Ed Duhn Undergoes Major Surgery
Mrs Ed Duhn of Graettinger underwent major surgery at Holy Family Hospital Friday. She is recovering nicely and local friends wish her a speedy and complete recovery.
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ED Duhn
Holy Family Hospital
Graettinger
Duhn
Victim of the Mumps and School Closure Notice
Mrs John Rathmans Is recovering after a long illness following a severe attack of the mumps. Many in older age groups were affected by mumps this year. Graettinger public schools will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday with classes resuming Tuesday morning. Mrs Charley Richardson has improved after illness and friends wish continued recovery. The Graettinger business district will loge noon on Good Friday and be closed all afternoon. A reported drive by a procession ended up as a non funeral procession after cars failed to pass a braced driver. Greta Mae Larson of Forest City wins a unique large doll prize from a family collection aged 65 years.
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John Rathmans
Graettinger
Charley Richardson
Greta Mae
Larson
Og Forest
Task
Funeral Of J. A. Fleming 80 Held Here Sunday
J A Fleming 80 a Graettinger resident for 58 years died March 90 1950 at Holy Family Estherville after a December fall. Funeral Sunday at an Estherville home and Graettinger Methodist church with Rev. Arthur Rasmussen. Burial Valley View cemetery. Survived by wife sister Ella Eakins of Oklahoma four Brandsons and other relatives. Attendees included distant relatives from Estherville Ogden Fairmont Lake City and other towns.
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J. A. Fleming
Graettinger
Holy Family Hospital
Estherville
Fleming
Freming
Grachtinger
Arthur Rasmussen
Valley View Cemetery
Jesse Arthur Fleming
Bedford
Iowa
Glen Elder
Kansas
Jennie K. Meredith
Floyd
Washington, D. C
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ella Eakins
Helena
Oklahoma
Times
Fred Nelson
Charles Kunath
Ogden
Isaacs
Albert Heidecker
Fairmont
Robert Brown
Marvin Cooklin l
Glenn Higgen
Ray Campbell
Joe Sayacol
Lake City
Towa
Gilbaugh Named Justice of the Peace in Emmetsburg
Ted Gilbaugh was appointed justice of the peace by the board of supervisors. In Emmetsburg on Monday, he greeted a young couple seeking a marriage license and offered to perform the ceremony, noting it was new to him as well.
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M. PF. Gilbaugh
Justice OF the Peace
M. F
Ted) Gilbaugh
Board of Supervisors
Ted
Emmetsburg
Gilbaugh
On Long Journey For Will and Family
Mr and Mrs Will Sullivan depart from this locality for a long journey visiting relatives in Waterloo Clinton and Hot Springs Arkansas then to Los Angeles. They travel in their new Pontiac car. Roy Masters III of Grasttinger has suffered with a heart condition but is quietly improving and hopes to regain health.
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Will Sullivan
Waterloo
Roy Masters III
Roy Masters
Grasttinger
Henry Appel
Montour Falls
New York
Otto ‘Appel
Henrietta
Denmark
Appel
Otto Appel
New York State
Bake Sale and Flower Sale Announced for April
The Rosary Society will hold a bake sale at Weinholzer Jewelry Store on Saturday April S-n afternoon and evening. The Methodist Church youth plan a plant sale at Hansen's Hardware on Saturday April 3 during the day and evening. For Easter corsages or cut flowers call Mrs Barringer or Mrs Garber or Mrs Vasey in Texas.
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Rosary Society
Weinholzer Jewelry
Methodist Church
Hansen’s Hardware
Barringer
In H. Garber
Robert Vasey
Canned goods shower for Kaltved family sponsored locally
The Homa Mission society of Lost Island township sponsors a canned goods shower for the Art Kaltved family. The appeal asks the public to donate via the Erickson Grocery store in Graettinger for a family that has endured misfortune.
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Art Kaltved
Homa Mission Society
Lost Island Township
Erickson Grocery
Graettinger
D C Barringer to Sell Residence at Public Auction
D C Barringer will sell a residence at auction Saturday afternoon April 16 at 3 00 p m The house is in northeast Graettinger vacant with immediate possession 20 by 26 foot with full basement Lot 88 by 61 adjoining lot of same size to be sold Beautiful elm shade trees Ben F Reeves is the auctioneer and the Graettinger State Bank is clerk The Times notes.
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D. C
Graettinger State Bank Ig
Miss Mary Herke pledged to Kappa Zeta Chi at Morning Side College
Miss Mary Herke of Osgood daughter of Mr and Mrs J Herke has been accepted as a pledge in the Kappa Zeta Chi sorority at Morning Side College in Sioux City. The sorority requires residence for at least one semester twelve hours and a 2.0 GPA. She remains a pledge for the rest of the school year and will be initiated next fall.
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Mary Herke
Eil Herke
Osgood
Kappa Zeta Chi
Morningside College
Sioux City
Herke
Implement Firm Robbed at Emmetsburg Sunday Night
Thieves entered the Btownlee Implement Co. at Emmetsburg Sunday night and carted away several hundred dollars worth of loot. Robberies are expected to rise and business men are urged to guard against break-ins by not leaving cash available.
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Btownlee Implement Co
Emmetsburg
Stop Sign Violators Across County Prompt Eight Arrests
Eight people were arrested in Emmetsburg last week for driving through stop signs. Other county seats report similar actions by motorists. Stop signs protect drivers and pedestrians, yet some motorists in Grant County ignore them.
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Emmetsburg
Grantager
Home for Faster
A fragment notes many young people from Town City Ames Des Moines Cedar Halls Waldorf Luther Decorah and other schools are home for the Easter vacation to spend time with relatives and friends.
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Town City
Ames
Des Moines
Cedar Halls
Waldorf
Luther At
Decorah
Graettinger High Scores In I S M A Contest
Graettinger High School instrumental group under Warren L Jones earned six Division I and two Division II ratings across eight entries at the Iowa High School Music Association spring contest in Britt. Soloists include Gwen McWilliams Clarinet and others. many repeat past finalists. District contest advances set for Storm Lake April 22 with hopes for more honors. public concert April 12 at the high school.
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Iowa High School Music Association
Britt
Gwen McWilliams
Derry
Gwen and
Offiers
Tone Bonsteat
Jean Fogde
Larry Kirkegaard
Mary Bonnie Cole
Olen ‘Plano
Inalirattire
Storm Lake
Graettinger High School
Arnolds Park
Gruettinger High School
Christie Kyeul
Gilatrio I
Shirley Rasmuscon
Local visitors from Washington state travel to Graettinger area
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Washington state residents Frank Vasey of Puyallup visiting Graettinger and nearby areas with friends. The garbled text suggests a casual social gathering or visit without clear dates or additional details.
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Washington State
And
Mxa
Frank Vasey
Puy- Washington
Graettinger
Ea- Hyek
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Immaculate Conception
the Methodist Church
First Lutheran ‘Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lars Rierson
Lara Biergen
Mr. Rierson
John Walsh
Graettinger -Bismneda
Kaltved
D.C. Barringer
GHS
Patsy Masters
Helen Baumgartner
Dolores Jesperson
Golo
Jack Platter
Maynard Holland
New City
Adolph Spies
Earl Erickson
Jack Wolfe
Joe Grady
Ernie Andresen
Leo Hughes
Abert Jonsen
Wm. Blom
Gudrid Nane
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