09 Apr 1964
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1964
Page
1
Residents urged to buy tickets for the Graettinger Volunteer Firemen benefit ball on April 15 at Skyline with tickets available at Christy Drug, the bank, or at the door. Also announced is the Swing into Spring show at the Graettinger gym featuring a swing band, vocalists, the swing chorus, and the Hoot-tens, encouraging community support.
From the Times of April 6 1939 G H S music contestants took five superiors and three excellents at Burt contests. Division I honors went to Girls Glee club Miss Helen Barber Leo Grady Alton Hersleff and Miss Gloria Vasey. Division II went to Mixed Chorus Girls Sextette and Miss Doris Henningsen. Graettinger voters chose Wm Blom to succeed Wm Sparks as marshal and night watch with five candidates in the field. Blom won 30 of 69 votes and was sworn in at the council meeting.
The article notes John Paulsen retires from night watch duty after almost twenty years of service starting March 1919. It recalls his long tenure, brief hotel stint, and Terris period, with best wishes from colleagues as the town reports variable early spring weather and lawn growth.
Drivers license exams are offered on Mondays in Fatherville and Orange City, Tuesdays in Emmetsburg, Wednesdays in Spencer, Thursdays in Rock Rapids, Fridays in Spirit Lake, and Saturdays in Sibley with morning sessions.
Five Iowa high school seniors were chosen by the Iowa State University Scholarship committee to receive the W. L. and Emel Gund Honor Scholarship for fall 1964. Stephen J. Graettinger, son of Mr and Mrs Al Graettinger, is among the five. Scholarships, funded by the estate of a Marcus resident, total 300 dollars and honor high school records and test scores.
The item previews Nordhoff and Hall's Mutiny On The Bounty and related works Men Against The Sea and Pitcairn's Island. It recounts Bligh's leadership under hardship and the mutineers' escape to Tahiti, Timor, and Pitcairn Island. Also notes new club members Barbara Jolene Petersen and Kathy Torreson.
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