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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1959
Page
10
A fragmented column jokes about a record company releasing a relaxation album for yard work. It notes Oklahoma voting wet on a beer issue and politicians choosing to drink and vote wet. The piece mentions signs like Gone Fishing on doors of Jackson Wyoming businesses and references opening day.
A miscellany of notes and anecdotes covers everyday curiosity from sewing pins and how they became mass produced to light local humor about shoes for birthdays and a preacher catching a giant sturgeon. It also notes a troop of light camp observations and quotes about national heritage قبل. LT. Martin L. Kirkegaard, 23, of Graettinger Iowa, completed Camp Gary Texas flight training, including contact, instrument and night flying, and is West Point graduate.
Wool growers in Pato Alto County who marketed their clip between April 1958 and March 31 1959 were urged by the county ASC office to file promptly for payment under the national wool incentive program. The April 30 deadline triggers a payment rate to raise the national average to 62 cents per pound. the rate will be set after the 1958 marketing year data are compiled. Joe A. Lynch, chairman of the county ASC Committee, said the information helps the U S department of agriculture compute the average price. The method rewards marketing effort, as higher prices yield larger payments.
St Joseph Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Fort Dodge Iowa announces provisional approval by the Iowa Board of Nurse Examiners for a three year professional nursing program. Applications are invited for the first freshman class beginning August 24 1959 with admission requiring the National League of Nursing pre nursing examination.
Notice published stating Clarissa B Swanson is appointed Administratrix of Frans Swanson deceased. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims with the District Court Clerk for allowance. Dated April 2 1959. Also notice that Rosina C Hartman is Executrix of Fred Hartman deceased with claims to be filed and debts paid. Dated March 30 1959.
Clem Wandell from the Palo Alto oil conservation office announced the completion of 2200 feet of standard terraces on the Adolph Spies farm operated by Michael Leners at Gractinger. W. E. Warnes of Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge marked his 103rd birthday, with his wife Jessie aged 95, residents since 1952 and married in 1882.
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