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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1955

Page

4

Immaculate Conception and Methodist Church Notices

Sunday Masses at IMMACULATE CONCEPTION are 7 30 and 9 30 a m Weekday masses at 7 00 p m Confession Saturdays 3 00 5 00 p m and 7 00 8 30 p m METHODIST CHURCH Worship 10 30 a m Sunday School 9 30 a m Rev John Amundson of Ravenwood Mo guest speaker Morning sermon Potluck dinner after service All 7th grade to high school and M Y F officers to meet at 10 a m Tuesday Aug 9 for M Y F Circuit Riders Potluck lunch at noon Sub district rally at Swea City that evening.

John Amundson Ravenwood M.Y.F Methodist Church Swea City

Lutheran Churches Roster Notes Services and Events

Wallingford Lutheran and Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran share schedules with no Sunday services. W.M.E. and Bible groups meet midweek with hostesses named. Junior Choir paused till September. First and Lost Island Lutheran highlight morning services with Rev Wigdahl, plus Ladies Aid events and WMF history program. St Paul’s lists twin church services, August Sunday School pause, Luther League Camp at Lake Okoboji, and scattered meeting plans. Funeral note for J J Hess of Albion references family survivors.

W.M.E Mmes Nordein Peterson Ronald Herum Delbert Hull, QC J. Anderson Cora Ellis Ervin Mathewson Luther League Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Divine Services W.m.if Mines Bobby Brown Fern Tiervold W. I. Bryan Eldon Aanongon Bible and Prayer Fellowship Sylvia Berge First Lutheran Lost Island

Midgets edge Cylinder in tourney opener on Tuesday

Bancroft Midgets opened tourney play with a 4-2 win over Ledyard as Denny Menke and Marlow teamed behind the plate. Pocahontas shocked Pomeroy 5-0 in the first round finale with Breeson and Martin on the mound and McCarty muffing a triple at the plate.

Cylinder Froelich Raney Egiland Sweeney R. Egland Wesley Bancroft Ledyard Club Ledyard Denny Menke Marlow Fenema K. Menke Pocahontas Pomeroy Pocahontas Club Tommy McCarty

Fires and grass blaze threaten fields near Graettinger

Fires continued from page one as a stubble field blaze endangered a corn field along a fence row. Graettinger firemen were called to a grass fire in town, believed started by sparks from a trash fire. At Edmund Herke farm a 12 by 14 cob shed burned, endangering nearby buildings while the family was home and a tractor was moved to safety.

Graettinger Warren Christensen Edmund Herke Herke Diane Doug Ed—Herke Edmund Emmetsberg

Emmetsburg Woman Dies After Prolonged Illness

Mrs Harold Barringer of Emmetsburg died in Emmetsburg hospital Monday night after several months of illness. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at the Methodist church in Emmetsburg. She is survived by her husband and several children.

Harold Barringer Emmetsburg Methodist

Hospital News Briefs At Holy Family Hospital

Fred Wolfe of Graettinger receives medical care on Wednesday August 2 at Holy Family hospital. Mrs John Hansen of Graettinger is listed as a medical patient at Holy Family hospital.

Holy Family Hospital Fred Wolfe Graettinger John Hansen

4-H Fair Livestock and Girls Division Schedule

The schedule lists events for the 4-H Fair across Monday to Wednesday in August. Activities include exhibits in place, various judging times for swine, dairy, sheep, baby beef, and beef heifer, boys and girls demonstrations, and horse shows. Auctions and rural women’s booths are also scheduled plus judge’s comments and decisions.

Canter Club Bootha

FFA Fair Schedule and Mystery Farm Winners

The notice lists an August schedule for FFA events with livestock judging and demonstrations across Thursday and Friday. It also reports readers identifying Mrs. Anderson's Farm near Graettinger and names prize recipients for this week’s Mystery Farm contest.

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Immaculate Conception Maynard Wallingford Lutheran C. 3B Gunderson Holy Communion Walnut Church Town Church Luther League Bible Camp Lake Okoboji Town Ladies Aid Archie Madsen Fremont Nebr Luther Leaguers Allen Bartels Delbert Jensen H. C. Hess Viola Christine Albion J. J. Hess Omaha Mr. Hess Carl Denmark Jack Wheaties Angel Food Watermelon Ac Livestock Division FFA Fair Anderson James Anderaun Helen Potter Larry Tindall JoAnn Murphy Orval Clark Estherville Andersen John Andre Karen Reeves Patty Hilbert Rosemary Graettinger John McDonald Arlene Bisgaard Shirley Henninggen Betty Masters Lester Martinson Jack Platter Roy Stoltz Marcella Jensen John Perdue Hivena Christensen Dick Swanson Clara Suss Jerry Weber Charles Burg Clarence Westfall Sharon Hansen Merlin Norris Ted Winters Glenn Reeves Willads Bisguard Charley Bonatead Frank Christensen Rachel Nollaan Frank Weir Joe Joyce Biliott Larsen Jensen’s Sunkist Lemons Doz Rosedale C. A Jensen
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