Pirates Dominant In Triangular Track Meets This Week
Graettinger led by strong middle-distance showing with top places across events as the Pirates won multiple meets. Highlights include Eddie Maran and Rob Boones sweeping sprints, Joe Craven leading mile relay, and Paula Stuart placing in the girls events as Graettinger and Ordettinger squads prep for Royle Relays and district meet.
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Pirate
West Bend
Mallard
Graettinger
West
Bartels
Morday
Pirates
Ssoopelay
Eddie Maran
Rob Boones
Lonnie South
Dennis Tacobsens
Milerelis
Rach Jieoosen
Norman Nicol
Dennis Jacobsen
Stan Gilbaughe
Medes
Segond cLennie Witt
New Guess
Rich Jacobsen
Don Christensen
Joe Craven
Bob Rooney
Doug Nau
Torn Morass Vaporehis
cDoug
Nuvo
Len Witt
Eddie Mahan
Steve Boecker
Lary Probert
Doug Naig
Larry Probert
Lonnie Smin
Faldie Mahan
Lonnie Smith
Tom Moran
Stan Gilhaugh
Dennis Bortint
Marty Currans
Neil Guess
Ordettinger
Milford
Graetinger
Everly
Breandkag Ao Ward Dash
Mareta Bose
Old Yard Oun
Paula Stuart
Shuttie
Ward
Coney Mears Ieee
Ota Tre
Royle
Lavecens
Lincoln Central Hawkette
Estherville
Spencer
Kingsley
Pierwon Gus Yvar
Sue Studer
Maiva Rose
Linda Clipperton
Two Break-Ins At County Shed Investigated
Palo Alto county sheriff Dick Miller probes a second break-in at the Fourth District maintenance shed in a week. Entry was by breaking an overhead door glass and unlocking a smaller door. Gas was stolen from a pump during daytime hours after 8 am Sunday as authorities cooperate with Graecttinger police.
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Palo Alto
Dick Miller
Fourth District
Miller
Graecttinger Police
Weekend winds slow farmers as mild warmth returns
Mild spring temperatures returned with strong weekend winds. Farmers faced anxious field access, some managed to work early in the week while dry spells allowed light soil work later in the week. River lowlands remained flooded, with the bridge gauge at 12.2 on Tuesday.
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Werther
Morningside Melodiers Set for Methodist Banquet
The Morningside Melodieurs will perform at the Senior high youth and parents banquet at the Grachtinger United Methodist Church Sunday evening. The event begins at 6 30 PM.
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Morningside Melodiers
Grachtinger United Methodist Church
Dan Wikert Tells Of Time In Australia On R and R
Dan Wikert, back from a year in Vietnam, visited Sydney Australia for R and R and stayed with Australian hosts. He toured near a 300 mile-from-Sydney farm owned by Fred Baker, described 100 acres of wheat and milo, sheep and cattle feeding, and noted farm machinery similar to U.S. farms. He recalled a kangaroo hunt with a .22 rifle and a companion with a shotgun failing to bag any game during a dry spell before preparing for reassignment to Ft Lawey Gaetan ger minor training school.
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Dan Wikert
Vietnam
Australia
Sydney
Dan
Fred Baker
Baker
Milo
United States
Oliver Corporation
Charles City
Baker Farm
Dr Rients Named Associate Professor at Lincoln College
Graettinger chiropractor Dr W G Rients has been named Associate Professor of Chiropractic Orthopedics at Lincoln College of Chiropractic in Indianapolis Indiana. The associate professorship was announced at the Iowa convention in Des Moines and includes teaching assignments in the field. Dr Rients will continue practice few hours while Dr L C Cornelius serves in his absence. He was also selected as a delegate to the orthopedic seminar in Los Angeles California in May.
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W. G. Rients
Graettinger
Graettinger Clinic
Lincoln College of Chiropractic
Indianapolis
Ind
Iowa
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Rieats
L. C. Cornelius
Elinic
Towa Society of Chiropractig Orthopedics
Rients
Lowa
Los Aneles
Calif
Paul Edwards Named VocAg Instructor Here
Paul Edwards of Shelby Iowa will be the voc ag instructor in Graettinger school next year succeeding Andy Groos who resigned. Edwards will receive a B S degree from Iowa State University in Ames in June and plans to move with Mrs Edwards to Graettinger this summer once housing is arranged.
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Paul Edwards
Shelby
Iowa
Graettinger
Paul Stuart
Andy Groos
Edwards
Iowa State University
Ames
Fine Dinner Program At Well Attended Athletic Banquet
A Lions club sponsored athletic banquet at Graet tinger high school honored athletes. Dine r served by Bethel ALCW ladies in the lunch room. program in the auditorium. Rev Walter Rasmussen spoke on life as a Christian athlete, stressing effort and spiritual values, ending with a Rose Bowl game analogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger High School
Lions Club
Bethel Alcw
Liars Club
L. H. Thoreson
Thoreson
Bartels
Everett
Mike Boblit
Mears
Epling
Country Hoboes
Larry Kemp
Danny Kemp
Bill Schuller
Greg Schuller
W. G. Rients
Walter Rasmussen
Milford
Rasmussen
Rev. Rasmussen
Daylight Saving Time Begins Next Sunday
Daylight saving time goes into effect officially at 2 a.m. Sunday morning April 27 set your clock ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night so you won’t be late for church Sunday morning. The period runs until the last Sunday in October this year October 2.
Concert Band Spring Program Tuesday Night at Graettinger
The Graettinger concert band will present its annual spring concert at the school on Tuesday night April 29 at 7 p.m. There is no admission charge. The program includes contest numbers the band will present at the large group contest on May 23 at Sutherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Sutherland
County crews repair washed out south shoulder near bridge
Fourth district maintenance crews repaired the washed out south shoulder of the paving near the bridge east of Grachtinger Monday. They hauled dirt and bladed it into the damaged area. Work has not yet started on the washed out road and damaged bridge west of Osgood due to high water still running there.
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Fourth District
Grachtinger
Osgood
Services Monday In Wisconsin For Mrs. Anderson
Funeral services were held Monday at Chetek Wisconsin for Mrs. Eildon Esther Anderson of Chetek who died Friday April 18 at Rice Lake hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Anderson was the former Esther Dobbins born November 2 1924.
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Chetek
Wisc
Eildon T Esther? Anderson
Rice Lake Hospital
Rice Lake
Anderson
Esther Dobbins
Rients To Head Lions Club Election Names New Officers
The Graettinger Lions Club elected Dr W G Rients president for the coming year at the regular meeting. Off icers to take office July 1 include L H Thoreson first vice president H A Elsenbast second vice president P T Cody third vice president Alan Norris secretary RR T Nane treasurer Tom Millen tail twister Lloyd Cornelius lion tamer John DeVries Adolph Spies Paul Forey Robert Carter and Dennis Essing directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Lions Club
W. G. Rients
L. H. Thoreson
H. A. Elsenbast
P. T. Cody
Alan Norris
RR. T. Nane
Tom Millen
Lloyd Cornelius
John DeVries
Adolph Spies
Paul Forey
Robert Carter
Dennis Essing
Don Lammers Wins $50 Buck Prize Saturday
Graettinger merchants completed a trading stamp drawing on Saturday with Donald Lammers claiming the $50 Buck prize. Lawrence Hankey and Andrew Duus won $25 Buck prizes and $10 Buck prizes went to Clarence Weis Jr, Henry Theil, Mrs. Clarence Westfall, Mrs. E P Knutsen, and Mrs. Mabel Dappen.
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Graettinger
Donald Lammers
Lawrence Hankey
Andrew Duus
Clarence Weis, Jr
Henry Theil
Clarence Westfall
E. P. Knutsen
Mabel Dappen
Dennis Fude Receives Peter-Cola College Scholarship
GHS senior Dennis Fude has been chosen for the seventh annual PepsiCola Bottling Co of Estherville scholarship, the largest applicant pool to date. The $300 award supports attendance at Iowa Lakes Community College based on academic ability need and citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Fude
Peter-Cola College
GHS
PepsiCola Bottling Co
Estherville
Dennis
Wm. Fude
Iowa Lakes Community College
Marhip
Bis
Acheol
Town flood memories from 1915 and nearby floods
A reader recalls the 1915 Des Moines river floods near Graetinger, describing water levels above horses to the river bridge and across towns from the Jake Brekke place east of the bridge to the Hawkeye theatre future site, with notes on local properties and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Graetinger
Carl Spies
Henry Lammers
S. P. Dulin
Jake Brekke
Hawkeye
Tom Hampson Filer
Idaho
Graettinger Stores Offer $50 Buck Prize Next Saturday
Participating Graettinger stores will feature another $50 Buck prize in the weekly Saturday afternoon drawing. Drawing time is three o’clock.
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Graettinger
KISU appoints John Graettinger to station board
John Graettinger, a 1968 GHS graduate and ISU student, is named to the KISU board of directors. He will oversee activities outside the studio including May Veishea booth, Blast, Residence Hall Week, and ISU armory basketball remotes. The station, owned by M W TRA Residence Assn, will become a center for Finley Dorm Complex recreation and later LSU CoEd housing.
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KISU
Ames
Times
John Graettinger
John
Veishea
ISU Armory
M-W-Tra
Ass'n
Finley
LSU
GHS
Iowa State University
Iowa
Ralph Graettinger
Silver Jubilee for Father Beacom at Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception parish hosts a Silver Jubilee for Father Vincent Beacom on Thursday April 3. A 7:30 p.m. Mass of Thanksgiving at the church opens the evening, followed by a reception and informal luncheon at the parish center. Beacom, ordained April 23, 1964 at the Cathedral of Epiphany, has served Alvord Spirit Lake Lohrville and Lidderdale before joining Immaculate Conception in 1982.
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Father Vincent Beacom
Immaculate Conception
Father Beacom
Immaculate Conception Church
Edmund Heelan
Cathedral of Epiphany
Sioux City
Alvord
Spirit Lake
Lohrville
Lidderdale
Mrs Spear 49 Dies After Yearlong Illness
Alvina A Spear of the Ingham Lake area died at Holy Family hospital at 9 a m Sunday after a yearlong illness. Services were held at 11 a m Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church Graettinger with Rev Vincent Beacom officiating. Burial was in St Jacob's Cemetery. She was born Jan 21 1921 in Haugen Wis to Joseph and Anna Stodola. She married Nicholas Spear June 5 1954 in Rockford Ill and the couple farmed east of Wallingford. Survived by husband three sons one daughter her mother two sisters one brother all of Rockford Ill and several other relatives.
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Nicholas
Alvina) Spear
Ingham Lake
Holy Family Hospital
Immaculate Conception Church
Vincent Beacom
Fuhrman
St. Jacob's Cemetery
Virgil Baas
Arnola Girves
Ben Huntley
George Mart
Patrick Rolling
Harvey Sore
Howard
Michael
Francis
Bernadette
Anna Stodola
Arlene Miles
Audrey Leon
Arnold
Rockford
Vandalism and Theft Reported in Graettinger Area
Graettinger marshals report vandalism on the east side of Charles Westfall property where about fifty cement blocks were torn from a recently installed retaining wall. The Graettinger Legion club saw undisclosed beer and liquor disturbances. Outside electrical wiring was stolen from Kenneth Petersen's east farm, with wires clipped high from outdoor buildings for copper value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Westfall
Graettinger
Westfall
Graettinger Legion Club
Graettinger Markets Wednesday Corn Prices Report
Graettinger market notes for Wednesday April 23 show corn prices and related figures. Trade activity indicates modest demand with buyers quoting cereal offerings and pest concerns affecting futures movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
All-School Play Aunt Cathie's Cat Presented May 14
A mystery comedy in three acts by Felicia Metcalfe titled Aunt Cathie's Cat will be staged by an all-school cast on Thursday May 14 at 7 p m. Ward Scherer directs fourteen cast members in a spooky mansion setting with two refined ladies, their nieces, and a Gumbdora maid as mysterious events unfold including a bloodied man and a white faced woman on a stairway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathie
Felicia Metcalfe
Ward Scherer
Gumbdora
Graettinger Honor Roll Named For Third Nine Weeks
The Graettinger Community School announces the honor roll for the third nine weeks. Twelfth grade honorees include Mike Boblit Pat Currans Chris Glaviano Diane Graettinger cae Janes and Harris Rose Roo i Knutson Jim Murphy Dennia Nelson Debbie Reynolds Pouls Somert. Ninth grade members are Jeff Anderson Dennia Jacobsen Sheree Lammers Connie Mc Quown Anne Stuart. Eighth grade honorees include Debra Baedke Diane Flint Debra Funk Janet Guinn Esther Hankey Linda Lammers Nancy McQuown Barb Petersen Eileen Peton Dean
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Mike Boblit
Pat Currans
Chris Glaviano
Diane Graettinger
Cae Janes
Harris Rose
Roo i Knutson
Jim Murphy
Dennia Nelson
Debbie Reynolds
Pouls Somert
Jeff Anderson
Dennia Jacobsen
Sheree Lammers
Connie McQuown
Anne Stuart
Debra Baedke
Diane Flint
Debra Funk
Janet Guinn
Esther Hankey
Linda Lammers
Nancy McQuown
Barb Petersen
Eileen Peton
Dean
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Milford, Everly
County Shed
Viet
Dan Will Ypert
Leong
Wood
Laney Apne Ete
Gaetanger
Dr. Rients
Lincoln College
Wisconsin
Don Lammers
Mansy
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