State bills rename holidays and add Herbert Hoover Day
The 63rd General Assembly sets observance dates for three new holidays and designates Herbert Hoover Day on the Sunday nearest August 10 starting 1971. It keeps major holidays fixed and notes Easter dating basics. A local reader reports a 90 year old resident, and a Social Security contact schedule is provided for Emmetsburg Estherville Spencer and Graettinger areas.
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63Rd General Assembly
Washington
Graettinger students shine in Swea City music contest
Graettinger High School music students earned four firsts and four seconds at Swea City. Ruth Frick captured two top ratings in contralto solo and clarinet. the clarinet quartet also rated first. Dorene Larsen, baritone sax soloist, qualified for state. Graettinger teachers were reelected. several new contracts signed. A kindergarten will be added this fall. The Hampson family sold their Graettinger residence. Campbell plans to move in May and work at Pearl Harbor. Snow from April 3 vanished by April 8 while a Missouri man lost nearly $20 in a traffic mishap. Honorees Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rasmussen of Extra celebrated 67 years of marriage February 22.
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Graettinger High School
Swea City
Ruth Frick
Doris Webbe
Dolores Thorson
Gwendolyn McWilliams
Dorene Larsen
Graettinger Public Schools
Board of Education
Lucille Shaw
K. M. Chase
Ann McManus
Mary Ann Stepan
Doris Orcutt
Thelma Derfler
Mary Margaret Skattebo
Cora Christopher
Miriam Kimball
Ames
Miss Hehmke
Miss Kimball
Graettinger Board of Education
T. L. Hampson
Graettinger
Dick Campbell
Chicago
Campbell
Pearl Harbor
Campbells
Russell Peterson
R. T. Peterson
Navy Hospital
Miami
Florida
Missouri
City Hall
Jensen
Estherville
Emmet
Fred Rasmussen
Extra
Menlo
Iowa
Fred
Edna
Gothic novel set on San Cristobal amid voodoo and storms
The excerpt describes a Gothic tale set in the early 1800s about a Scottish governess seeking fortune on the Caribbean island of San Cristobal. Romance unfolds against mystery and voodoo superstition, as a sinister plot drives a climactic confrontation akin to a hurricane. Also noted is an April 11 1970 Palo Alto County conservation art contest ending that date with entries from K-8 students.
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Fiona
San Cristobal
Palo Alto County
Conservation Education Committee
Soil Conservation District
Emmetsburg
Gra
Three Nebraskans Die After Rifle Hits Power Insulator
Kenneth Moore of the Iowa Electric Cooperatives explains the Nebraska crash was not a freak accident. A rifle bullet shattered a distribution insulator eight miles southeast of Norfolk, igniting a car and killing three Northeastern Nebraska students, while a fourth escaped injury. The incident highlights dangers to bystanders and repair crews and the high costs of outages. Police urged reporting any insulator target practice to local authorities.
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Kenneth Moore
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Nebraska
Norfolk
Nebra
Donald Strate
Hoskins
Nebr
Carolyn Osburn
Myles Patton
Neb
Miss Osburn
Moore
Nebraska Highway Safety Patrol
Christy Graber
Miss Graber
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P. T. Cody
Paloo Alto
Fenton and Terris
Nen Aber
Association
Bert Hoover
Josie Peterson
Route Two
Garner
Renewal
Eddie Peterson
Louisa Oddson
Orange City
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Social Security District
Fort Dodge
Estherville City Hall
Graettinger Times
Ocix
Lara
City Library
City Librarian
Des
Marjorie Weber
Louis Papadakes
Roger Will
Tice
B. G. Louscher
10Th Street
Emmetsburg, Iowa
DR. A
A. H. Hobson
Optometrist
Terry I. Anderson
North 7Th Street
Estherville, Iowa
K. L. Johnson
James J. Roberts
North Sixth Street
Paul G. Larsen
Central Ave
A.m
Fuhrman Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
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Frank Furhman Graettinger
Graettinger Coop Grain CO
W. G. Rients
Bratland
Princess Diamonds
Ted Knudtson’s Cabinet
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
Lowa
Graettinger, Lowa
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Graettinger Trading
State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ed Herke
Pioneer
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company
Des Moines
U.S.A
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