20 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1972
Page
1
From The Times April 17 1947 notes a week of cool weather with two inches of snow in Graettinger and Emmetsburg, a late spring, green lawns and budding trees. It reports fuel oil shortages, PTA meeting success, a Graettinger baseball win, an Immaculate Conception Easter lily gift, and local civic notes including a name change for the American Legion post and a hospitalities of local golf course plans.
The writer reflects on Arbor Day's fading prominence and urges renewed tree planting, sharing family memories and a World War II era youth group trip to Bogota with the Iowa Bell Ringers. The piece moves through varied scenes from Colombia including YMCA hosts, a city theater, rural life, and a roadside bus ride with colorful locals, ending with a brief note on social security disability benefits.
A letter from Amos Egel of Wallingford Iowa accompanies a four dollar check to pay this year’s subscription to the Graettinger Times. The writers apologize for the lateness and express enjoyment of the paper.
James A. Wilson serves as Publisher with James A Wilson Jr. as Editor. Margaret Park leads composition, Jackie Norris and Lorna Wilson are composers, and Clara Van Laar is Society Editor in the publication’s masthead.
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