Graettinger Coop Annual Meeting Scheduled Next Monday
The Graettinger Coop Grain company announces its annual meeting for stockholders and patrons on Monday evening April 24 at the school community room. Dinner at 6 30 p m requires reservations. program follows with door prizes and entertainment. Bud Trafford of Felco and Gary Wenell of Laurens are featured speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Coop Grain Company
Jim Iverson
Graettinger ‘Coop Grain Company
Bud Trafford
Felco Company
Fort Dodge
Gary Wenell
Laurens
Weekend Wind Storm Tears Through Local Fields
A three day wind storm ended Monday afternoon, with winds 30 to 50 mph. Snow flurries accompanied the winds as the system passed to the north. After calm sunny days Tuesday and Wednesday, farmers resumed field work, with discing observed on both days.
Mrs Dan Petersen Claims $50 Prize in Graettinger Bucks
Mrs Dan Petersen of Graettinger claimed the $50 Buck award here Saturday afternoon according to drawing officials. Next week's prize will be at the starting level of $25 Bucks again. The drawing begins Saturday May 6 at 9 p m and participants must be in participating Graettinger stores at three o'clock when the whistle blows. Bucks are redeemable only at Graettinger firms and a list of merchants is provided. non participating merchants cannot redeem them.
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Dan Petersen
Graettinger
Bucks
Mayor Warns About Unlicensed Dogs In Graettinger
Graettinger Mayor Earl Lehigh reminds dog owners that licenses were due April 1 with a 50e penalty for late purchases. Albert Jensen is appointed as special marshal over licensing and may issue licenses. Licenses are available from the marshals or the mayor, and unlicensed dogs may be picked up under city ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lehigh
Graettinger
Lehigh
Albert Jensen
Local Men Attend Kansas Feed Handling Day
John DeVries and Leo Janssen of Graettinger Block and Tile Co attended Feed Handling Equipment Day at Kansas State University in Manhattan on Friday. DeVries also made a business call in St. Louis on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeVries
Leo Janssen
Graettinger Block and Tile Co
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kans
Mr. DeVries
St. Louis
Junior Class To Present 3 One-Act Plays Wednesday
Graettinger High School junior class will stage three one act plays in the high school auditorium at 8 p m Wednesday April 26 The Dear Departed Mystery At The Depot and Ladies of the Mop feature cast members Judy Kiner Karl Petersen Kay Petersen Kenny J Carol DeVries Larry West fall Ed Tindall Dick Jensen Jay Reinders Ronald Christianson Bob Vasey Keith Norris Sharon Eversole Donna Reeves Betty Masters Mary Alice Hanson directed by Charley Curtis Rey Satory and Scobell with Gladys assisting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger High School
Stanley Houghton
de Maupassant
Judy Kiner
Mr. Slater
Kaye Petersen
Mrs. Jordan
Kenny J
Mr. Jordan
Carol DeVries
Victoria Slater
Larry Westfall
Abel Merryweather
Charley Curtis
Albert Carriere
Mwib
Ed Tindall
Luke Haight
Dick Jensen
George Marvin
Jay Reinders
Paul Blake
Marvin
Ronald Christianson
Lucius Butts, Jr
Bob Vasey
Peters
Keth Norris
Rey Satory
Aurand Harris
Annie
Sharon Eversole
Mattie
Donna Reeves
Hallie
Betty Masters
Goesale
Mary ‘Alice Hanson
Scobell
Gladys
Ara
Rites Held for Graceland Barber N S Bartleman
N S Nate Bartleman 74 longtime Graceland barber died at home after a heart attack. Funeral at Martin Funeral Home with Rev R O Grote officiating. Interment Oak Hill Estherville. Survived by widow Marie Koenecke, sister Effie Effmeyer, brothers George and Roy. Born Dysart Oct 24 1886. Married 1911 Estherville. Moved to Graettinger in 1917 to barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S
Nate) Bartleman
Martin
R. O. Grote
Oak Hill Cemetery
Estherville
Tom Millen
R. T. Nane
Rolfe Lundgren
Lee Robinson
Les Garber
John Clemenson
Ted Gilbaugh
Frank Christensen
C. A. Jensen
Francis Warren
Albert Hackett
Harry Sloniker
Nathan Sherwood Bartheman
Dysart
Iowa
Marie Koenecke
Graettinger
Bartleman
F. W
Effie) Effmeyer
Rock Island, II
George
Roy
St. James, Minn
Many signing up for natural gas
Graettinger municipal gas system manager Lewis Luchtel said 121 residents have applied for natural gas service and 92 space heating permits issued. Installations must be done by installers holding Graettinger permits, available at the town hall. Panama-Willams will build the distribution system, with local crew unloading pipe. work likely to start mid May, while Osage progress is slowed by spring weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Luchtel
Graettinger
Luchtel
Luchter
Panama-Willams Company
Osage
Local Children Pictures To Be Taken Free April 29
A Waltz studio photographer will be at the Legion hall in Graettinger on Saturday April 29 from 10 a m to 5 p m to photograph local youngsters for publication in the Times. No charge or obligation to participate. Parents urged to cooperate for a future feature titled Citizens of Tomorrow showcasing local children.
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Waltz
Legion Hall
Graettinger
The
Times
the Times
Citizens of Tomorrow
Eith
Movie Friday Night and Midnight Saturday at Graettinger Theatre
George Frick, Graettinger theatre manager, announces a special horror double feature for Friday night April 21 and midnight Saturday after the Sadie Hawkins dance. Blood of The Vampire stars Sir Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, and Vincent Gall in a gore and supernatural venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frick
Graettinger
Sir Donald
Barbara Shelley
Vincent Gall
Arne Abrahamsen Sale Planned for Monday
Arne Abrahamsen will hold a complete closing out public auction of farms machinery and household goods Monday April 24 on the farm seven miles southwest of Graettinger. Bortint and Brown will auctioneer and the Graettinger State bank will clerk. Mr and Mrs Arne Abrahamsen plan to leave for Norway May 13 to make their home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arne Abrahamsen
Graettinger
Bortint and Brown
Graettinger State Bank
Norway
Graettinger FHA to Sponsor Sadie Hawkins Dance
The Graettinger FHA chapter sponsors a Sadie Hawkins dance at the high school gym Saturday evening April 22. Admission is 25 cents per couple if wearing old clothes, with an extra 10 cents charged per person for those not wearing old clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Fha
Barney Horswell Former Depot Agent Died Saturday
Barney Horswell known as a depot agent in Graettinger from 1918 to the early 1930s and later in Spirit Lake retired in 1956. He died Saturday morning in Wilmington California of a heart attack aged over 70. Surviving are his wife Gyda a daughter Evelyn Peterson two sons Howard and Vance a brother Garfield and several sisters. Memorials may be sent to Riviera Motel care in Wilmington Ohio info.
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B. H
Barney) Horswell
Graettinger
Wilmington
Calif
Riviera
West Pacific Coast Highway
Horgwell
Grachtinger
Spirit Lake
Gyda
Russell
Evelyn) Peterson
Graecttinger
Howard
State of Washington
Vance
U. S. Navy
Garfield Horswell
Armstrong
Russell Peterson
Pirates Narrow Rodman Win 4 2 on the Diamond
The Pirate nine edged Rodman 4 to 2 for their second straight win on Rodman's diamond. Winning battery was R Baedke, L Cornelius and L Baedke. Johnson and Hartman took the loss while Heideck er and L Baedke doubled for the Pirates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirate
Rodman
R. Baedke
L. Cornelius
L. Baedke
Johnson
Hartman
Heidecker
Pirates
Invitation To Visit Library Week At New Town Hall
National Library Week runs April 16 to 22 highlighting reading in books and libraries. The Grachtinger public library invites all to visit its new quarters and facilities in the town hall addition, noting strong circulation growth and youth reading interest. The theme For a Richer Fuller Life Read stresses libraries' role in national life and a coordinated civic effort to foster lifelong reading.
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Town Hall
Grachtinger
Newcomers Diane McBain Shirley Knight Lead Ice Palace Debut
Two new actresses Diane McBain and Shirley Knight appear in featured roles in Warner Bros Ice Palace, a Technicolor adaptation of Edna Ferber's Alaska novel. The cast includes Richard Burton Carolyn Jones Robert Ryan Martha Hyer and Jim Backus. Shows Saturday and Sunday at Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane McBain
Shirley Knight
Warner Bros
Graettinger Mayor Urges City Clean-Up Campaign
Graettinger Mayor Earl Lehigh calls on residents to join a general clean-up of local property. He cites debris such as tin cans paper and other items and notes city ordinances authorize enforcement for Graettinger property cleanup.
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Graettinger
Earl Lehigh
Lehigh
Hansen resigns from Graettinger Light Plant Board
Jim Hansen former Graettinger hardware operator resigns from Graettinger Municipal Light Plant board while Mrs Hansen resigns from the Graettinger public library board. Hansen now with Form-A-Top plans move Estherville to Sioux Falls. Hansen family to relocate when housing found. Mayor Lehigh says appointments will fill vacancies soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Hansen
Graettinger Hardware
Graettinger Municipal Light Plant
Hansen
Graettinger Public Library Board
Estherville
Sioux Falls
Lehigh
Nine Graettinger Men Initiated into Knights of Columbus
Nine Graettinger men were initiated into the Knights of Columbus at Emmetsburg Sunday becoming members of the newly organized Knights of Columbus club at Immaculate Conception church in Graettinger. Initiated were Avery Bonstead Vincent Hughes James Lensing Donald Moran Richard Murphy Nicholas Spear Charles Thiel William Spear and Joseph Tindall. A dinner for the new members and their wives followed at St Thomas church hall in Emmetsburg.
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Graettinger
Knights of Columbus
Emmetsburg
Knights of Columbus Club
Immaculate Conception Church
Avery Bonstead
Vincent Hughes
James Lensing
Donald Moran
Richard Murphy
Nicholas Spear
Charles Thiel
William Spear
Joseph Tindall
St. Thomas Church Hall
Northern Natural Lets Pipeline Contract
Northern Natural Gas Co of Omaha will supply gas for Graettinger’s distribution system and has awarded contract to Brodie Construction for a branch line serving Terril Wallingford Graettinger Ruthven Emmetsburg West Bend and Whittemore. Construction starts when weather permits with a main line from Spirit Lake to Terril then to Emmetsburg and smaller branches to Wallingford Graettinger and Ruthven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Wallingford
Graettinger
Ruthven
Ronald Jensen Named to Honor Society
Ron L. Jensen of Graettinger son of Mr and Mrs C A Jensen, pursuing a doctorate at Washington University St Louis Mo, was elected to membership in the order of Artus Omicron Delta Gamma the national economics honorary fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron L. Jensen
C. A. Jensen of
Graettinger
Washington University
St. Louis
Order of Artus
Omicron Delta Gamma
National Economics
Bert Anderson 71 Dies Sud denly Rites Here Friday
Graettinger businessman Bert Anderson died suddenly of a heart attack at his home. Funeral services will be Friday at First Lutheran Church with Rev. C T Fjelstul officiating. Burial in Lutheran cemetery east of Graettinger. He was born 1890 in Morris County NL and married Carrie Hanson in 1909. Survived by widow, six daughters, one son, 23 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, a brother and a sister.
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Bert Anderson
Graettinger
First Lutheran Church
Cc. T. Fjelstul
Lorin Luchsinger
Lloyd Luchsinger
Earle Erickson
Dale Gander
Henry Bratrud
Wm. McConnell
Geo, Singer
Frank Christensen
Soren Christensen
Edgar Grein
Alfred McCombs
John Clemenson
Martin
Morris County
Andrew Anderson
Arlene Kerr
Elvin
Alice) Brand
Iowa Falls
Carl
Verna) Hanna
Ruthven
Robert
Ruth) Robinson
Aberdeen
S. D
Warren
Genevieve) Christensen
Kenneth
Lois) Atkinson
Estherville
Donald
Harlan
J. M. Anderson
Anna Sevold
Story City
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FFA
Gary Park
Ron Christianson
Jerry Zitterich
Kenny Haisman
Don Mahan
Ralph Munson
Gerald Twait
Fran Tindall
Howard Gilman
Graettinger Coop
Kansas
N. S. Bartleman
Sadie Hawkins
Barney Horswell
ICE Palace Film
Jim Hansen
Light Plant Board
K OF
Northern Natural
Ronald Jensen
Waldorf Quartet
Men’s’ Brotherhood of Wallingford Lutheran
Waldorf College
Carleton Shaw
Forest City
Carel Swenson
Windom
Minn
Arlen Lund
Jackson
Luther Erickson
LaPaz
Bolivia
the Brotherhood
Sentral Nine
Graettinger Pirate
Sentral High
Evergreen Park
Martin Baedke
Clarence Christianson
PTA
PTA Atudant Loan Fund
Baton Twirlere
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