Richardson Auction Here This Saturday
A public auction of the household goods of the late Mr Cora Richardson will be held here Saturday afternoon. It begins at 1 p m one block south of the Standard Station on Hiway 4. Executor is Mrs Eugene Leonard with Fillmore Stoermer and William Brown handling auctioneering and clerking. See side ad in today s Times for full listing.
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Cora Richardson
Standard
Hiway
Eugene Leonard
Fillmore Stoermer
William Brown
Times
Graettinger to close for Good Friday services
Most Graettinger businesses will close several hours next Friday April 16 for Good Friday services at local churches. Graettinger School will be closed both on Good Friday and the following Monday for Easter vacation.
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Graettinger
Graettinger School
Misses Booster Bucks Saturday in Graettinger
No winner claimed the fifty Graettinger Booster Bucks on the two prior Saturdays. Mrs. Roland Wikert of Ringsted and Irene Anderson of Wallingford missed their chances on March 27 and April 3 respectively. The next 3 pm drawing requires presence when called. Graettinger Volunteer Fire Department tackled a ditch fire near the city limits late Tuesday night near the Northern Natural Gas sub-station.
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Graettinger
Roland Wikert
Ringsted
Irene Anderson
Wallingford
Bruce Brown
Concession Stand and Trees Approved for Evergreen Park
Graettinger volunteers mail over 500 letters for the Fireman Benefit Ball set for Friday April 23 at the Graettinger American Legion Hall. Each letter includes two tickets with a $1.50 request per ticket in a return envelope to raise funds for the volunteer fire department.
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Graettinger
Graettinger approves park projects funding plan
The Graettinger Community Club and Business people’s organization funded two projects from 1300 available dollars. Band Parents seek an 800 dollar concession stand at Evergreen Ball Park and the Ball Park Board requests 500 dollars to plant evergreen trees and replace dead ones. Checks are to be issued soon.
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Graettinger
Evergreen Park
Graettinger Community Club
Business People's Organization
Thier
Evergreen Ball Park
Graettinger School
Band Parent Association
Ball Park
Graettinger Ball Park
Harris Mortenson
Graettinger Ball Park Board
Elmore Nursery
Final Concert Set For Next Tuesday Evening
The Senior High Music Dept presents its final concert of the year next Tuesday April 13 at 7 30 featuring the Concert Choir and Concert Band. Highlights include Day by Day Only You and a contest number, with choir performing Go Ye Into All the World on May 1 at Spencer. Band pieces include Trumpetango and Tribute to Glen Miller with a trumpet trio. Solo and Ensemble Contest selections are included. No admission charge. Market Report lists corn and beans futures for May June July with small varied prices.
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God Spell
The
Carpenters
Spencer
Linda Anderson
Dan Voigt
Alan Rietz
Lemmon
Bicentennial Button Sales Brisk in Palo Alto County
Spirit of 76 chairwoman Patty Peterson reports brisk sales of $1 Bicentennial Buttons in local shops and by committee members. Forty cents from each button funds the September 4 5 6 Graettinger Bicentennial Labor Day events as the committee prepares a major update at next Tuesday's Hillcrest Country Club meeting. Peterson notes hopes for designation as a Bicentennial City pending state verification and flag approval.
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Palo Alto County
Spirit of '76
Patty Peterson
Graettinger
Hillcrest Country Club
Peterson
Clean-up Days Set For Graettinger In April
Graettinger proclaims April 21 and 22 as Clean-up Days per city clerk Dan Elwood residents urged to clear yards homes and businesses of winter rubble. Trash and discarded items will be hauled away Wednesday and Thursday while Tuesday and Friday remain regular garbage pick-up with curb pick-up also on those days. Community groups and schools encouraged to join the effort. local youths have contributed in past springs. More details to come in next week’s Times. Nine Graettinger residents named to Iowa Lakes Community College winter Dean’s List. three earned perfect 4.0 averages. Other local honorees posted 3.25 GPA or higher. ILCC lists total 327 winter Dean’s List students.
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Graettinger
Dan Elwood
Elwood
Iowa Lakes Community College
Marlys Graettinger
Ronald Hankey
Robert Peton
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Heidi Funk
Constance Graettinger
Robert Hughes
Ted Lundgren
Robert Prather
New Marketing Program For 1976 Corn Production
The Ter minal Cooperative at Graettinger Milford Terris and Wallingford will offer a Planned Marketing Program through FGDA to Iowa farmers. Sign-up runs through April 30 with options to commit 50 percent or 1000 bushels for 1976. The program, aimed at exporting demand, assigns FGDA marketing responsibility to obtain best prices.
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Graettinger
Milford
Terris
Wallingford
Farmers ‘Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
FGDA
Charles W. Hanson
Iowa
Hanson
Paul D. Forey
Families Catch 66 Bull Heads At Studer Farm Pond
On Sunday two families the Art Johnsons with David and Kathy Peterson and the Studers with Tammy Terry and Angie spent about two hours fishing in a pond on the Studer farm. They brought in 66 bull heads for lunch and extra meals.
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Art Johnson
David Peterson
Kathy Peterson
Gene Studer
Tammy
Terry
Angie
Studer Farm
Senior High Music Contest Heads to State Event
The Senior High Music department travels for the State Music Contest this weekend with Vocal and Instrument students set to compete for ratings on Friday and Saturday. For schedule details contact Mr Cassedy or Mrs Zevenbergen.
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Mr. Cassedy
Mrs. Zevenbergen
Wire Holds Cash For Children Pony Express Rider
Gilbert Steuve will ride the Pony Express across Iowa April 16 and 17. He stands with Happy Hour Lounge proprietor Jean Bates collecting donations for the Camp Sunnyside Benefit ride. A 20 foot wire across the bar holds one and five dollar bills, with Steuve planning to fill it before his trip. He hopes to collect in Graettinger this Saturday for Crippled Children to Walk, weather permitting he will ride the horse for the event.
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Gilbert Steuve
Iowa
Happy Hour Lounge
Jean Bates
Jean
Jim
Steuve
the Times
Graettinger
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Maurice Jacobson
Graettinger Ball Park Association
R.T. Nane
Lloyd C. Petersen
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Richard Schang
Graettinger State Bank
Shang
Market Report
Darnell Pettengill
Graettinger High School
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