Thompson and Dobbins Honored At FFA Banquet
At Graettinger FFA Parent Member Banquet on March 31, 1976, Joe Thompson and Steve Dobbins received scholarship and Star Chapter Farmer awards. New officers for 1976-77 were sworn in led by Jim Graettinger as President with Tom Brown as Vice President and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Dobbins
FFA
Graettinger Ffa
Tom Brown
Steve Dobbins
John Brown
Jay
John Tindall
Scott Herke
F.F.A
Sue Jacobson
F.H.A
Chuck Moser
Joe Thompson
Bert Ressell
Jim Graettinger
Darryl Dalen
Tim Brown
Karl Andre
Mike Elsenbast
South Dakota
Mr. Moser
Vo-Ag
Fifth Graders Present Plays At Local School
Mrs Alys Carters fifth graders staged three Bicentennial plays on March 30. Attack on Ticonderoga depicted Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold leading the Green Mountain Boys against a British fort. The Secret Message Spies showed a 1779 New York coffee house with George Washington spies. The Old Time School portrayed conditions in a one room school with a strict teacher using a dance cap and whisper stick to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alys Carters
Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Benedit Arnold
Green Mountain Boys
Alys Carter
Istrow
Tor
Danny Levi
Rodney Reutter
Brian Green
Bob Scherer
Mike Petersen
Paul Schealler
Stacy Baas
Frank Elsenbast
Mike Rooney
Jeff Rients
Cheryl Kimpton
Michelle Zevenbergen
Angie Eldridge
Diana Voigt
Cindy Park
Sharon Chrestiansen
Sandy Miller
Teresa Gray
Marcia Moran
Thonda Felkey
Bedell Mobil Office Visit Friday in Graettinger
Congressman Berkley Bedell will bring his mobile office to Graettinger’s Main Street Friday April 9 from 1 30 to 3 00 p m. Residents can share views on congressional issues and get help cutting government red tape while a staffer runs the office in Bedell’s absence in Washington. The mobile office travels Northwest Iowa’s Sixth District across 22 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley Bedell
Mobil
Graettinger
Northwest
Iowa
Congress
Bedell
Washington
Main Street
Graettinger Rail Service Saved by Statehouse Report
Statehouse report on the Bamamel study lists two branch lines in the Graettinger area as saved from abandonment. It notes the Burt to Halfa and Bancroft to Ledyard lines may be protected, while others face cutbacks and a shift to trucking could strain highways. The document argues for using grain movement data to challenge abandonments and hints at potential 5 cent per bushel farmer savings if lines stay open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burt
Lone Rock
Fenton
Ringsted
Halfa
Chicago North-Western
Bancroft
Ledyard
Rock Island
Iowa Falls
Estherville
Hardy
Livermore
Bede
Ottosen
West Bend
Rodman
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Chicago-Northwestern
Burt, Algona
LaVerne
Goldfield
Milwaukee Road
Wesley
Algona
Hobarton
Whittemore
Cylinder
Ruthven
Humboldt County
Corwith
Iowa
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Youth Conservation Corps Forming in Iowa Camps
The Youth Conservation Corps announces a six hour per day summer work program for youths aged 15 to 18. Twenty seven positions available with both resident and nonresident options, eight week nonresident camp in June and a residential camp from June 14 to July 30 with a brief break. Pay is 2.30 per hour. 2.00 per day lodging deduction for residential campers. Applicants need consent, outdoor interest, no serious criminal history, and a Social Security number. See Guidance Counselor Ron Brockmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Conservation Corp
YCC
YMCA
Boone County
Iowa
State of
Ron Brockmeyer
Packer Bonding Bill Advances In House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee backed the measure 34 to 2 to shield livestock producers from packer bankruptcies like American Beef Packers. The bill would require bonding for packers, grant cease and desist powers, and place livestock in trust for producers until full payment, with bond amounts set by the Packers and Stockyards Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Agriculture Committee
American Beef Packers, Inc
Berkley Bedell
Bedell
Ford Administration
Packer Boyle
Justice Department
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
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AID Insurance Services
Insurance Services
Nsurance
One Min Insurance Company CO Insurance
Petersen Ins
Congde Berkley
Scman Bedell Office
Statehouse
Bob Krause
Youth Conservation Corps
Rhonda Henderson
Packer
Graettinger Community School
Graettinger Municipal Gas
Cora Richardson
HIWAY
South Bend
Riverside
Rock Island Stove Co
Mint
Isinglass
Westinghouse Elect
Quaker
Air 4
Eugene Leonard
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