Steuve Aiming For Des Moines Pony Express Ride Friday
Graet Steuve, Graettinger police chief, plans a Friday morning Pony Express ride to Des Moines to raise funds for Camp Sunnyside. He hopes to have at least $300 collected, with events including two dances, a Pinto auto draw, and door-to-door collections before departure. The effort backs Easter Seals and Bicentennial history reenactments with a statewide drive through Saturday.
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Sib
Gilbert ) Steuve
Graettinger
Pony Express
Des Moines
Steuve
Happy Hour
Easter Seal Society
U.S
Iowa
Pony Express Organization
California
New Jersey
Robert D. Ray
Camp Sunnyside
Dick Clark
Kindergarten Roundup Set For Graettinger April 22
Clean-up effort scheduled for next Wednesday and Thursday. Kindergarten roundup day designated for April 22 with testing and information for parents. Children five by September 15, 1976 eligible. Meet 9:00 a.m. in the school lunch room. Dental cards forms and data sheets distributed. Area III and County Health Nurse staff on site. Coffee and lunch served after the program.
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Graettinger
Area III
Fifteen 1 Ratings Earned by Graettinger Music Students
Graettinger music students earned fifteen I ratings at the District Vocal and Instrumental Contest held April 9 and 10 in South Clay. Participants included Donna Wester gard, Nancy Chrestiansen, Sue Ellis, Vernon Reitz, Dan Voigt, and others in vocal solos and instrumental divisions.
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Graettinger Music Department
South Clay
Donna Westergard
Nancy Chrestiansen
Sue Ellis
Vernon Reitz
Dan Voigt
Dee Tindall
Alan Reitz
John Millea
Bill Forey
Darriy Dalen
Steve Dobbins
Jim Graettingers
Becky
Good Friday Closings Planned in Graettinger
Most Graettinger businesses will close from 1 to 3 p.m. on Good Friday for church services. Graettinger State Bank opens 6 to 7:30 p.m. for banking. Terminal Cooperative and Graettinger Times close at noon and reopen at 3 p.m. Several stores and public buildings announce limited Friday hours with Monday Easter break for the school.
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Graettinger
Graettinger State Bank
Terminal Cooperative
Graettinger Times
Lucky's Supermaker
M & J Clover Farm
Graettinger Community School
Petersen Insurance
Hillcrest Golf Course opens Friday for season
Hillcrest Golf Course will open this Friday April 16 marking a return to play at the nine hole layout along Graettinger s south edge. Lloyd C Petersen president of the development corporation notes sod from Ringsted Golf Course has been laid around tees and near the clubhouse as volunteers finish watering and manicuring greens. Changes include out of bounds on hole nine marked by white stakes and a water hazard rule adjustment with drops in line of flight incurring one stroke. Green fees are 250 weekdays and 350 weekends with members and guests of the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club exempt from fees.Children over 20 not in college and guests must pay. Registration is required before play. New trees and shrubs have been planted by Graettinger Community School students and a new course drawing by Duane Lammers will appear on scorecards. Cement work for a new golf cart shed is under way with Vince Heller to lead construction. the cart barn from Ringsted Golf Course will be rebuilt at Hillcrest with volunteers assisting.
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Hillcrest
Development Corporation
Lloyd C. Petersen
Graettinger
Ringsted
Hillcrest Golf and Country Club
Graettinger Community School
Duane Lammers
Vince Heller
ISU Dean's List honors Westergard among 340 in Agriculture
Dean Lee R. Kolmer announced winter quarter Deans List at Iowa State University. Stanley John Westergard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Westergard, is an agriculture education major, named among 340 in Agriculture for achieving a 3.5 GPA or higher with at least 15 credit hours.
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Stanley John Westergard
Iowa State University
Ist
Lee R. Kolmer
College of Agriculture
Virgil Lagomarcino
College of Education
David R. Boylan
College of Engineering
Ruth Deacon
College of Home Economics
Wallace A. Russell
College of Sciences and Humanities
Philip T. Pearson
College of Veterinary Medicine
Westergard
Donald Westergard
ISU
School Board reviews reports and new committees for upcoming year
On Monday April 12 the School Board met to discuss hot lunch activity transportation and financial reports. They planned education specification committees for the proposed program and new personnel while considering meeting dates with Jim Duffy. Kindergarten enrollment reached 32 for 76-77 and high sales receipts exceed 2360 with 40 percent for the school. The board may hire an assistant wrestling coach if a vacancy exists and heard a financial consultant proposal for the bond issue. Michael Sparks of Evenson and Associates presented. The board approved a National Honor Society trip to Omaha for April 27 and 28.
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Jim Duffy
Haggard
Foy
Michael Sparks
T.G. Evenson and Associates, Inc
Bedell Opens Open Door Meeting In Emmetsburg
Congressman Berkley Bedell invites Northwest Iowa residents to an Open Door meeting in Emmetsburg at the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank on Monday April 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. Topics include estate tax reform the federal budget and revenue sharing with votes on concerns.
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Berkley Bedell
Congress
Iowa
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Emmetsburg
Tickets Selling Well For Benefit Here
Tickets are selling well for the April 23 Fireman's Benefit Ball in Graettinger. Russell Lastine, secretary of the volunteer group, says the fireman mailed two tickets to most district families and requests payment by return mail. Country Classics will perform at the American Legion Hall that Friday evening.
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Russell Lastine
Graettinger
American Legion Hall
Prenatal Classes At Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County Public Health Nursing Service sponsors four informal prenatal classes in Henely Hall Palo Alto County Hospital Annex beginning April 20 at 7 30 PM Topics include Prenatal Care Breast and Bottle Feeding Labor and Delivery Infant and Child Care Films and a tour of the obstetrical department Attendance is free and pre registration is not required Contact the Public Health Nursing Service 12 30 PM to 4 PM at 852 2434 Extension 210 for information.
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Palo Alto
Public Health Nursing Service
Two Dollar Bills Reissued This Week
Graettinger State Bank opened Tuesday at 9 00 a m with new two dollar bills to circulate locally in bicentennial year The Federal plan aims to cut printing costs by about 35 million over five years The bank offers nine uncirculated two dollar bills for 17 76 as part of the promotion History notes the two dollar bill dates to June 25 1776 and has appeared in phases through the Civil War and later acts
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Graettinger State Bank
Thomas Jefferson
Gilbert Stuart
John Trumbull
Graettinger
Havig
Ken Edge
Edge
Continental Congress
America
Congress
Clara Mae Bonstead
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Becky Weber
Jani Cox
Kathy McQuown
Cathy Elsenbast
Barb Miller
Paulette Frick
Sue Jacobson
Rhonda Reutter
Janice Schmitt
Dan Elwood
Main Street
Times
Hillcrest Golf Course
Jeri Simington
Jerry Simington
Angela Hanson
Pete Hanson
Randy Fuller
Robert Fuller
Iowa Conservation Commission
Pettengill
Becaue
Omaha
Bedell
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