07 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1955
Page
1
A travel tale details three days of extreme weather from a pleasant start to fierce dust storms, ice, and a severe blizzard while on Highway 30. The description notes a brief overnight stop in Wyoming and a recovered set of car keys lost in Graettinger, later returned to their owner.
The undersigned is appointed and qualified as Executor of the Estate of Anna Thorson Resh, deceased, Palo Alto County Iowa. Debtors to the estate should pay promptly. those with claims must file with the Clerk of the District Court duly authenticated for allowance. Dated March 28 1955. Martin Simonson, Executor of said Estate. G L Carmichael, Sade cee me Take. 3-313
A directory listing councilmen and clergy from Emmetsburg Iowa area churches. It notes names such as Bud Craven John DeVries Alan Hersleff Jens Kirkegaard Virgil Olesen and others, with affiliations to several Lutheran and Methodist congregations and related organizations. It mentions academic and business contacts including Arthur Anderson Co Abstracts of Titles and Well Drilling services.
The article argues two meanings of eternal life in Christian thought. One is survival after death limited to the saved, the other is a present quality of life here and now. It emphasizes being born again and Christ living in believers as the basis for looking forward to heaven and a life that endures beyond death.
Monday's election had the lone ticket selected at a citizen caucus. Fred Spies chosen mayor with 83 to 89-92 votes for others on the ticket. Charles Harrington as sor and Elizabeth Jensen as treasurer. Councilmen elected: Clarence Clemmensen Max Baumgartner Henry Westergard Mike Weinholzer J. J. Sullivan. A snow snap followed by sun and melting snow. Graettinger council approves city hall fire station project bid to C A Selee at 3830.
J H Swift of the Quaker Oats Co states his assistant Cal Elsenbast has been promoted to manager of the Quaker Oats elevator at Crippen, effective immediately, as part of an evacuation and staffing reorganization.
Mrs. 8. W. Tillotson of Sibley visited the Kirchner cabin near Peterson, the site of a Sioux raid and massacre 98 years ago. Her grandmother was taken as a captive in the raid, a forerunner of the Spirit Lake massacre that followed.
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