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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1954
Page
4
Immaculate Conception Church under Pastor Rev E 8 Maynard announces Sunday masses at 8 and 10 p m Weekday masses at 7 30 a m Confessions Saturdays 3 00 to 5 00 p m and 7 00 to 8 30 p m
Pastor Gunderson presides with services at 9 50 morning and 11 00 Sunday. Sunday School 10 45. Confirmation class Saturday 9 00. Luther League Rally and choir concert at Estherville with Merrill Gilbertson from Waldorf College. Circuit Choral Union rehearsal Sunday 4 30. Guter League choir, W M I convention Armstrong May 4. Senior and Junior choir rehearsals listed. Bible Camp dates set for June and July at Ingham Lake. deposits requested.
Thursday choir rehearsal at First Lutheran. Our Savior's Lutheran services and Sunday School times listed. Lost Island Home Mission Society meets at Mrs Tobin Peterson’s home in Estherville. Luther League Rally at Estherville Lutheran with Rev. Merril Gilbertson guest speaker. Activities include adult instruction, women's missions federation at Nazareth in Armstrong, Ladies Aid, and a program titled God Guides But How with a film The St Olaf Story.
Friday Town Sunday school teachers meet at 8:00 p.m. Adult instruction at 8:00. Saturday Jr Confirmation at 9:00 Seniors at 11:00. Sunday Town Church services 9:45 Bible classes 9:45 Worship 11:00 Country Church worship 9:30 Sunday school 10:30. Tuesday senior choir 8:00 p.m. Wednesday junior choir 4:15 p.m. Thursday Father Son Banquet 6:30 p.m. Rev K R Jensen speaker. Meals for coming week list orange juice, baked beef, mashed potatoes, lettuce sandwich, fruit, milk etc.
Grinnell Helen Baumgartner of Graettinger was named a member of the Ebonaires at Grinnell College, an honorary octette of the Women’s Glee Club. A Grinnell sophomore, she has been a glee club member for a year and is a Graettinger Public High School graduate.
Howard Hanson, Geo Frick, and Coach Robert Held attended a Sunday meeting as Wayne DeMoth of Algona was named head of the new loop. The league may be named the KELP league with teams from Kossuth Jemmee and Palo Alto counties. Midget and Pee Wee play will use regulation distances. A full schedule arrives mid May with Midget games Thursday at Evergreen Park and High School games Tuesday.
John Swanson left Sweden at seventeen and settled in Spencer in 1916. He began farming north of Ayrshire in 1928 and married Madella Matthison on December 31, 1925. They have three sons Rodney Dale and John E. Swanson, all in or connected to military service or farming. For twenty five years he has been active in local civic affairs.
Longtime assessor and township leader Swanson announces retirement after twelve years in office. He has served as township committee chairman for the farm program, director of the Farm Bureau and Farmers Elevator, secretary of the Ayrshire Consolidated school, REA director, and held numerous other roles. He cites seventeen years in REA work improving rural living standards and boosting city needs through rural electrification and appliance sales. Swanson recalls a trip to Sweden where he observed government intrusion into private enterprise and states he will focus more on community and state affairs in his later years.
The Graettinger school grades plan an operetta titled The Kitchen Clock to be performed Tuesday May 4 at 8 00 pm in the school auditorium. The Night Lady Cynthia Hansen dreams up a cast including Teakettle Carol Jensen Stew Kettle Dickie Petersen Broom Marlene Schnell Feather Duster Donna Rierson Dust Pan Larry Cornelius and Kitchen Clock Gary Wikert The Rag Tag Man Stephen Graettinger threatens to carry the clock off to Rickety
Pirates hammered Terril 13 to 4 in six innings at Evergreen Park. Henningsen pitched four innings for the Pirates and Gary Bonstead debuted over the final two frames, fanning five and allowing two hits. Graettinger sparked a late burst with six runs in the seventh and five in the eighth as Terril managed four runs on seven hits while the Pirates posted 14 hits.
The West Bend High baseball squad travels to Armstrong High this afternoon for a Thursday game. On Tuesday May 4 they host the Pirates at Evergreen Park. Last Thursday the Pirates suffered their second straight loss, a 7-6 defeat to Cylinder, rallying from an early 5-0 hole before falling short. Jacobson started on the mound for West Bend, with Henningsen relieving early. Arnold Larson and Kirke Gaart split the catching duties.
In southern Iowa, 34 men with tractors and plows responded to the tornado aftermath. They cleared debris and tilled 150 acres. The eldest helper was 94 year old J. S. Wells, a longtime neighbor who joined the effort.
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