Palo Alto 4-H And FFA Fair Next Week At Emmetsburg
The 1955 Palo Alto county 4-H fair will be held at the Emmetsburg fairgrounds next week, running Monday through Wednesday evening. Industrial exhibits, displays and the zoo fill the grounds, with Neldon shows on all three days and nights. The county extension director R W Ashby provided the event program for both boys and girls. Separately, church appointments report Rev James Cain moving to Our Lady of Good Counsel in Fonda and Rev Peter Murphy succeeding him at Emmetsburg.
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Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg Fairgrounds
Neldon
R. W. Ashby
James Cain
Assumption Catholic Church
Emmetsburg
Onpy Lady of Good Counsel Church
Fonda
Peter Murphy
Sioux City
Father Cain
W. F. Mason
Graettinger FFA Chapters Big Entry at County Fair
Graettinger Future Farmers of America chapter to be well represented at Palo Alto FLP.A. fair opening Aug 21 at Emmetsburg grounds. Eighteen members plan to participate with eighteen entries in livestock classes including eleven fat steers and six lambs. Demonstrations cover wiring motors and dehorning calves. Livestock judging teams and a two-night entertainment program lead the countywide FFA events.
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Graettinger
Future Farmers of America
Palo Alto
Don Rix
Ff.a
Emmetsburg
Dennis Graettinger
Gene Twait
F.F.A
Bob Reeves
Gene Kadlee
Jerry Haisman
Wayne Johnson
Richard Halsman
Don Jacobson
Grant Wilson
Gary Johnson
Social Security Agent to Visit Emmetsburg
A Fort Dodge Social Security Office representative will be in Emmetsburg on Wednesday, August 10, from 1:00 to 4:00 at the Employment Service Office to answer questions and accept benefit applications. More than 113 million Americans have been issued social security cards and are affected by the program.
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Fort Dodge Social Security Office
Emmetsburg
Employment Service
Bia
Personality Contest At Wallingford Ballpark Tonight
A Personality Queen and Talent contest for High Lake and Twelve Mile Lake townships will be held tonight at the Wallingford ballpark. Winners qualify for the Emmet County fair events August 15 16 and 17. Contenders include Marlys Brown Carol Labenthal Esther Larson Lorraine Schacherer Jane Schacherer Edna Larsen Diane Brinkman JoAnn Brinkman Sharon Fredericksen and Janice Burg.
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High Lake
Twelve Mile Lake
Wallingford
Emmet Co
Marlys Brown
Carol Laubenthal
Esther Larson
Lorraine Schacherer
Jane Schacherer
Edna Larsen
Diane Brinkman
JoAnn Brinkman
Sharon Fredericksen
Janice Burg
Corn Prospects Suffer From Dry Spell And Heat
Drought and 100 degree heat hit the local farming area with corn crop losses likely. Farmers report halves of the crop damaged, light soil most affected near the river and Osgood area. Some are cutting for fodder as forecasters predict continued heat and drought. Soybeans and pastures suffer. irrigation attempts stagger yields. High school nine defeats Spencer 6 3. Melvin Bruenman, 14, drowns at Spirit Lake.
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Osgood
Drouth
Labor Day Committeemen Named for Graettinger Event
Graettinger Community club executive committee named committees for the 59th Labor Day celebration on Sept 5. Concessions Sam Watson Sanford Olson Earl Erickson. Free Acts Sam Watson Edgar Grein Ole Ressell. Advertising Vern Rouse Earl Erickson Russell Jones Edgar Grein. Band Francis Heidecker Everett Manchester. Beaches and Stage C O Wikert Joe Grady. Baseball Bud Craven Howard Hanson. Geo W Nelson shows and concessions secured. Ruth Orr and troupe to perform free acts. FFA grain snow in H A Elsen bast building. FHA and FFA exhibits and barbecue plan. Dinner at Methodist church and supper at Legion hall. Band concerts at 1 50 and 7 pm. The Watson theatre screens The Man With A Million from 1 30 pm, followed by a dance at Legion hall after the free acts.
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Graettinger Community Club
Graettinger
Sam Watson
Sanford Olson
Earl Erickson
Edgar Grein
Ole Ressell
Vern Rouse
Russell Jones
Francis Heidecker
Everett Manchester
C. O. Wikert
Joe Grady
Bud Craven
Howard Hanson
Geo. W. Nelson
Nelson
Ruth Orr
FFA
H. A. Elsenbast
Coan’s Grocery
FPA
Clark
Main Street
FHA
Hawkeye Building
Methodiat Church
Legion Hall
District Holstein Show At Spencer
The Northwest Iowa District Holstein Black and White Show will be held Saturday Aug 6 at the Clay county fairgrounds in Spencer. An all day program with exhibits and judging contests begins in the fore noon. Holstein breeders are invited to show cattle and attend. Prizes include $25 awards to winning H and PFA teams towards a Dairy Cattle Congress trip. 4 H and FFA teams compete in their classes with plaques to top animals. Spencer banks award prizes in the judging contest across groups.
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Northwest
Iowa
Clay County
Spencer
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Spencer Banks
Spleg & Levi
Graettinger
George Meyer 59 Dies at Ringsted
George W. Meyer 59 of Ringsted died early Monday at his home after a heart attack. A lifelong Ringsted resident, he lived on a farm and married Mildred DeLawyer in Estherville on March 18, 1920. Survivors include his widow two sons Bernard and Lyle a daughter Mrs Randall Miller and two granddaughters. He was predeceased by his parents and a sister.
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George W. Mayer
Ringsted
Meyer
Grasttinger
Mildred DeLawyer
Estherville
Bernard
Davenport
Lyle
Randall Miller
Henry Meyer
Delays Hit Town Street Light Installation in Graettinger
Materials including poles are delayed delaying the new street lights project. Wiring is nearly complete and work will resume after shipments arrive. A new wide sidewalk was installed in front of the Legion hall on Main Street. Reverend John Amundson of Ravenwood Mo will speak at the Graettinger Methodist Church Sunday at 10:30 AM with a post service pot luck dinner to follow.
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Grachtinger
Gracttinger American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Main Street
Graettinger
Midget Tourney Friday Brackets Listed Bancroft Pocahontas Clash
Semifinals stage in the 1955 North Iowa Invitational Midget Baseball tournament set for Friday night with Bancroft versus Pocahontas and Graettinger versus Wesley, at 6 45 p m, Evergreen Park. Championship games Sunday at 6 45 p m with trophies from Graettinger American Legion.
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North Iowa
Bancroft and Pocahontas
Grachtinger
Wesley
Evergreen Park
Graettinger American Legion
Five Fires In A Week As Dry Weather Creates Fire Hazard
Graettinger fire department fought its fifth alarm in seven days as tinder dry lawns and fields raise fire risk. A grass fire southwest of Jody Rathman's house near Standard bulk tanks started from a trash fire spark. Residents urged extreme caution with trash fires and incinerators to prevent further blazes. The fourth alarm was at the Lowell Kiehl farm northwest of Graettinger earlier Monday.
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Graettinger Fire Department
Jody Rathman
Une
Lowell Kiehl Farm
Lowell Kiehl
Graet
Donkey Donkeys to Play Local Legion Softball Feature
Graettinger American Legion post has contracted Ralph Godfrey of Crescent Oklahoma to bring the Godfrey Donkeys to town in a comic ball game. Legion will field a team to face local residents with admission set at 50 cents and 25 cents. Advance tickets planned as sponsor Times reports forthcoming details.
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Graettinger American Legion Post
Ralph Godfrey
Crescent
Oklo
Godfrey
Legion
the Times
Mystery Farm of Mrs James Andersen Near Graettinger
Last week's Times Mystery Farm centers on Mrs James Andersen who lives four miles south of Graettinger on Highway 17. She has owned the 120 acre property since 1930 and has modernized the house built by Ed Arnet who formerly ran the farm. Andersen leased the land to Herman Jensen and his brother Hans. Her husband James died in 1934 and she has six children. She is active in Walnut Farm Bureau Homemakers and Graettinger Legion Auxiliary and attends Immaculate Conception church. Her hobbies include fancy work and mending.
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James
Mabel) Andersen
Graettinger
Highway 17
Andersen
Equitable Life Ins. Co
Ed Arnet
Coraline) McBreen
Spirit Lake
John Jr
Gracttingar
Keith
Ruth) Schultz
Estherville
Joe
Armed Service
Miami
Fla
Anderaen
Walnut Farm Bureau
Walnut Homemakers
Graettinger American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Auxiliary
Immaculate Conception Church
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Fonda Parish
Wallingford Ballpark
Henry Lammers
Graettinger High School
Gary Masters
Tammy ‘Burg
West Bend
Melvin Bruekmaan
Mel
George Bruenman
George Meyer
Legion Post
Bancroft
Pocahontas
Library
Wesley Sevdy
Public Library
Charles Ditsworth
Tunsday
Ditsworth
Dick Mammen
ST. Joe
David Sandviz
St. Joa
Larry Baedke
Sandvig
Baedke
Hackett
Bartel
Sandevig
Cylinder
Wedneshar
Bill Hughes
Chas
Burg
Kenneth Starkey
Alfred Lammers
Bob Weir
Graettinger Markets
John Kane
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