Barn Fire Destroys Bud Juhl Farm Barn Near Graettinger
Strong southerly wind fueled a rapid blaze at the Bud Juhl farm six miles east of Graettinger. Neighbors and Graettinger firefighters arrived too late to save the barn, with hay and straw also burned. Mrs Juhl woke the home alarm after calves were driven to safety by the Juhl children and Vaomecchesi. The fire, starting in the haymow, enveloped the structure as Mr Juhl was away at his father’s farm. The corn crib outside was scorched but not consumed. The farm is owned by Frank Disenbast.
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Bud Juhl
Graettinger
Bire
Juhl
Delth Vaomecchesi
Frank Disenbast
Funeral Saturday for Mrs Joe Amdahl 69
Funeral services are planned for Saturday afternoon at Estherville Lutheran church for Mrs Anna Amdahl 69 who died Wednesday at her home in Estherville after months of poor health following December surgery. Burial will be at Valley View cemetery Graettinger. Surviving daughters include Dorothy Gipner Okoboji Ruth Sharp Estherville and Janiece Walker Estherville and Sarah Lundstrom Spirit Lake. She also leaves sisters and brothers including Art Thompson Graettinger Trina Thorsness Los Angeles Frank Christensen Graettinger Martin Christensen Kenmare and Louie Christensen Pequot Lakes.
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Estherville
Graettinger
West Bend
Walingford
Amidah
Kenneth
Byrd Dorothy) Gipner
Okoboji
Lloyd
Ruth) Sharp
Ronald
Janiece) Walker
Dale
Sarah) Lundstrom
Spirit Lake
Art Thompson
Trina Thorsness
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Christenen
Martin Christensen
Kenmare
N. Dak
Louie Christensen
Pequot Lakes
Minn
Teenager to speak at Grace Baptist Sunday night
Robert Derrickson a nine teen year old ministerial student at Pillsbury Conservative Baptist College Owatonna Minn will be the guest speaker at Grace Baptist Church Graettinger The services will begin with the Young Peoples Service at 7 00 p m Sunday April 24 Robert Derricksons home is at Estherville
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Robert
Bob) Derrickson
Pillsbury Conservative Baptist College
Owatonna
Minn
Grace Baptist Church
Graettinger
Young Peoples
Robert Derrickson
Estherville
Ray Bannon Wins Fifty Buck Award in Weekly Draw
Ray Bannon of Graethinger won last Saturday's weekly drawing for $50. Drawing officials say this week's prize drops to $25 and will be in participating stores during the 9 p.m. drawing.
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Ray Bannon
Graethinger
Plans to Enter Kossuth County Town Team League
Junior Steniker, manager of the Graettinger town baseball team, announced plans to enter the Kossuth County league. Teams include Lone Rock Ayrshire Whittemore St. Joe Humboldt and others. Home games will be at Everween park on weekday nights with Sunday away games.
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Junior Steniker
Graettinger Town
Kossuth County
Leazue
Lone Rock
Ayrshire
Whittemore
St. Joe
Humboldt
Ikneson
Sloniker
Everween Park
List Recent Changes In Local Faculty, Coach Offered Contract
Diane Brinkman of Estherville appointed to fill first grade vacancy at Grachtinger School. second grade vacancy remains unfilled after offer declined. Betty Rasmussen returns to staff to teach third grade. Morris Smith of Earlham offered football coach position. Karen O Neall resigns from vocal music teaching.
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Diane Brinkman
Estherville
Estherville Junior College
Grachtinger
F. M. Hartung
Betty Rasmussen
Morris Smith
Earlham
Scranton
Iowa State Teachers College
Karen O'Neall
Board of Education
Farmers In The Field This Week Seeding Progress Report
Farmers completed oats seeding amid a damp cold spell that delayed work earlier in the week. Mild temperatures and overcast skies gave way to a warmer mid week as Easter Sunday brought modest relief.
Dogs in Graettinger Must Buy City License Tags
A Graettinger notice requires all dogs to have city license tags by Monday May 2. Tags priced at $1 for males and $3 for females, plus a 50 cent penalty from April 1. After May 2, untagged dogs will be impounded and disposed of. Dogs must be on a leash or confined to property. enforcement is needed due to garden damage complaints.
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Graettinger
Gib Stueve
Lehigh
Graettinger Coop Annual Meeting Set Next Monday
Graettinger Coop Grain company schedules its annual meeting for Monday evening April 25 in the school community room. Dinner is served to stockholders with reservations, followed by a business meeting and program at 8 p.m. Jim Iverson invites the public, with Chuck Hansen of Sheldon as speaker and Father Fhanery providing entertainment. Door prizes and entertainment will frame the meeting.
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Graettinger Coop Grain Company
Jim Iverson
Chuck Hansen
Sheldon
Big Four Procession Association
Father Fhannery
Graettinger
Public Meeting On Theatre's Future This Afternoon
A public meeting of Grachtinger businessmen and interested town residents will be held at Town Hall this Thursday afternoon at two. The gathering will decide if the community theatre operation continues and discuss methods to cover the theatre deficit. A strong turnout is urged to aid the decision.
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Grachtinger
Town Hall
Senior Class Play Curtain Going Up at Graettmerner High
Graettmnerer high school presents its senior class three act comedy Curtain Going Up on Friday night May 18. Further play details will appear later.
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Graettmnerer High School
Benefit Tickets Boost Volunteer Firemen Support
The Grachtinger volunteer fire department hosts a benefit ball on Tuesday April 23 at Levion hall with Skyliners providing music. Tickets are sold at Hammenberg Drug or Gracttinger State Bank and at the door. proceeds fund a new firemen's room and a small payment fund for active volunteers. A helicopter visit to the Lawrence Thomsen farm northwest of Grachtinger amazed local children as stock buyers from Storm Lake viewed 21 head of fat cattle and discussed purchases.
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Grachtinger
Gracttinger
Hammenberg Drug
Gracttinger State Bank
Town ‘Hall
Lawrence Thomsen
Heliocopter
Thomsen
Hyerade Stock Busines
Storm Lake
Thomson
Cc. O. Wikert
Carl Spies Plans Summer Trip to Germany
Carl Spies of Graettinger plans a June 13 plane trip from New York to Frankfurt Germany with his daughter Mrs Lloyd Appleton of New York joining. A German niece Siegfried Prueggeman will accompany them and attend Oberlin College while Gerhatd Brueggeman has returned from Germany and attends Oberlin. Return is planned in October via a Liberty ship from France.
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Carl Spies
Graettinger
Germany
New York
Frankfort
Siegfried Prueggeman
Palo Alto Legion Auxiliary to Meet at Ayrshire
Palo Alto County Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening April 26 at Ayrshire. As part of the program, attendees will tour the Palo Alto County Retarded Children's Department at the Ayrshire school.
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Palo Alto County Legion Auxiliary
Ayrshire
Palo Alto County
PTA Meeting Wednesday Night
The Grachtinger PTA will hold the last regular meeting of the year on Wednesday night, April 27, at the school. Dr Dora Dunican, psychiatrist at the Spencer Mental Health clinic, speaks on mental health services for the territory. Election of officers for the coming year. All members urged to attend. last meeting of the school year.
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Grachtinger Pta
Dora- Dunican
Spencer
Grachtinger Pirates Rout Cynder 17-1 At Evergreen Park
Grachtinger Pirates stay unbeaten after a 17 to 1 victory over Cynder at Evergreen Park. Brice Gjerde pitched four no hit innings as Pirates blow open the game with nine runs in the fourth. Jim Mahan connected for the lone extra base hit, a wind aided triple.
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Jim Mahan
Marvin Dgeland
Keith Norris
Chuck Witt
Alan Heidecker
Gary Park
Kay Carter
Seseeneante Ee A
Were You Counted Program Aims To Correct Local Census
Graettinger district census officials announce a Were You Counted campaign as the 1960 population and housing census nears completion. Enumerators Alys Carter and J W Knutsen urge residents in Walnut Vernon Lost Island townships to report missed persons to ensure an accurate count crucial for federal and state funding allocations.
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Bill BE. Atsrood
Alys Carter
Grachtinger
Walnut Township
Vernon Township
J. W. Knutsen
Walnut
Lost Island Townships
Kindergarten Round-Up Sets Evening Session Next April
Kindergarten round up will be held in the evening on April 26 to allow both parents to attend. Mrs Rose Both Palo Alto County nurse will supervise. The board requires five year olds to reach age by September 1 to enroll, a policy used by many schools and the state. Supt Hartung expects about the same enrollees as last year, roughly 54 children this fall, with the age policy affecting only a few.
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Rose Both
Palo Alto County
Board of Education
Supt
Hartung
Boron Day and Anniversary Sale at Young and Torrenson
Boron Day and an anniversary sale will be held Saturday April 23 at Young and Torrenson D X station at Wallingford. Special prizes and sale items will be featured as well as gifts for the children and free coffee and donuts. See ad for details.
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Young &Torreson
D-X
Wallingford
Disappointing Decline in Graettinger Census Count
An estimated Graettinger 1960 census count stands around 875, below the 1950 total of 984 unofficially over 1,000. Officials say most adjustments are settled, with a few missed residents potentially nudging the figure upward. Census rules exclude nonresidents like college students and service personnel who lack home status on March 31.
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Anly
Graettinger
Alys Carter
School to Hold Annual Bundle Day Clothing Drive
Graettinger school announces its annual clothing drive next Monday and Tuesday. The event is sponsored by Save the Children Federation. Donated clothing should be brought to the school on those days.
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Supt. Hartung
Graettinger ‘School
Save the Children Federation
Cub Scout Pack Meeting Postponed to May 2
The Gracttinger Cub Scout pack meeting, normally set for Monday night April 25, has been postponed to Monday night May 2. It will be held at the Legion hall.
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CUB Scout
Gracttinger
Legion Hall
Sectional Baseball Tourney Opens Saturday At Evergreen Park
The spring high school sectional begins Saturday at Evergreen park with five teams competing for the title and district spot. Ruthven WIL will not participate, finals moved to Monday at 3 PM if weather disrupts the 7:30 PM schedule. Pairings include Ayrshire vs Cylinder at 1 PM and Lake Two vs Gracttinger at 2:30 PM with finals to follow.
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Evergreen Park
Supt. PF. M. Hartung
Ruthven
Water shut off to repair Graettinger main line
Graettinger residents were without water Monday afternoon as workers repaired a main line break caused during tapping of a new line to the system.
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Graettinger
Stockpiling Crushed Gravel at Duhn Pit Near Grachtinger
Activity at the Duhn pit two miles north of Grachtinger this week showed the Bogress portable rock crusher stockpiling crushed road gravel from the Duhn spit on the A. J. Duhn farm. A 5 000 ton stockpile is planned. The gravel is now available to area users. The pit opened last year after a highly desirable grade was found, per A. J. Duhn. Clayton Duhn also participates in the operation.
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Duhn Pit
Grachtinger
Bogress
Duhn Spit
A. J. Duhn
Clayton Duhn
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Bud Juhl Farm
Joe Amdahl
Grace Baptist
Kossuth County Town
Graettinger Coop
Graettinger Markets
Skyliners Orchestra
Levion Hall
Whirlybird
Mr. Spies
the Times
Thelp
PTA
Pirates
District Census Office
Young & Torreson
Thia
Tere
Lake Two
Cylinder
Duin
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