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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1959

Page

4

Masses and church notices at two parishes

Implied listings for Immaculate Conception and Grace Baptist Church detail Mass times Confession hours prayer meeting and Bible study Sunday activities Sunday School and student pastor speaking times. Includes weekday Mass at 7 a.m. and Sunday services at 7 and 9 a.m. plus evening sessions.

A. M. Conlon Grace Baptist Churuis

Lost Island Lutheran Sunday Services Notice

Sunday services are canceled on August 9 and August 18. Worship at 8:00 a.m. will be conducted by Jean Fogde, a recent seminary graduate from St. Paul. Pastor C. T. Fjetstul leads the congregation at Lost Island Lutheran.

Lost Island Lutheran C. T. Fjeistul

St Pauls Lutheran H Petersen Paater

The Luther League will attend the evening service at the Oko oji Luther League camp. Meet was the church to leave at 7 p.m. 10 30 a m Divine worship.

ST. Paul's Lutheran H. Irving Petersen Paater Luther League

Irving Petersen Pastor Leads Sunday Service

South Walnut Lutheran Church in Lotheran Irving Petersen pastor announces 9:00 a m divine worship. Monday church council meeting at 8:00 a m at Harold Jorgensen home.

South Walnut

Burg Named Emmet County F H A Representative

Eugene B. Burg of Wallingford is appointed as Emmet county representative on the Emmet Dickinson Osceola area Farmers Home Administration committee. The new three county committee, replacing prior local triads, will assess loan eligibility and adapt the national program to local conditions for farmers in this agricultural region.

Eugene B. Burg Wallingford Emmet Farmers Home Administration Emmet- Dickinson-Osceola Roscoe H. Miller Spencer A. Claude Northey Milford Dickingon County Clarence Brink Ashton Osceola County Edwin Juhn Kestherville Joseph J. Bruns Spirit Laie Herman Eggink Sibley Actup

Farm loan program details for rural housing and real estate

The program issues operating and real estate loans to eligible applicants using annually appropriated funds. Real estate loans cover buying, improving, or enlarging efficient family farms, with limited farm housing loans for homes and buildings. No loan is made if local lenders can meet credit needs at reasonable terms. The Spencer staff services FHA loans for Clay, Buena Vista, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, and Palo Alto Counties.

Spencer FHA Clay Buena Vista Dickinson Emmet O'Brien Osceola Palo Alto

Corn Chopping Bee At Shaffer Farm

A group of neighbors gathered at Mr and Mrs Claude Shaffer farm Monday for a corn chopping bee. They harvested 26 acres of beans in about one hour and thirty minutes while Mr Shaffer recovered from a prior arm injury caused by a power take off incident. Participants included Elliott Larsen Leo Moran Lief Rierson Philip Simonson Lloyd Simonson John Duhin Don Torreson Ron Thoreson Jim Thoreson Ralph Harms Clarence Olesen FE A Dobbins Cecil Harms Steven Larsen Eddie Brannan Ed Bradley Wedlie Shaffer Marvin Larsen Irvin Larsen Leo Bradley and Kenneth Shaffer. Lunch was provided by Mrs Ed Bradley Mrs Lief Birsen and Mrs Elliott Larsen.

Claude Shaffer Mrr

Fair livestock classes dominate the show at the fair

Fair (Continued From Page 1) describes the largest display at the fair’s livestock department with eleven Hereford classes, six Angus classes, and five Short classes, showcasing a major portion of the event.

Beehive Fair Schedule Highlights Beef Shows and Auctions

The program covers three breed classes for beef championships with two classes for the local five clubs. Barns 1 and 4 compete together while barns 3 and 5 form the other class. Grand Champion baby beef among 277 head is set for about 4:00 p m Tuesday, with Bill Imlau of Kensett, Iowa handling all beef classes. Tuesday features a 7:00 p m H boys demonstration contest and a 7:30 p m local canter club horse show in the east fairgrounds. Sale day is Wednesday August 12 starting 9:30 a m for 4 H and F F A sheep and swine auctions, with Junior Cattle feeder pens in Emmetsburg Sales Barn and the 277 baby beeves sold at 6:30 p m.

Thorns Bill Imlau Kensett Iowa Imlau Fairgrounds Emmetsburg

Work Bees Help Dan Petersen House Construction

Dan Petersen, delaying illness, gains a lift on his new west of Albert Jensen home as a work bee pours the basement and yards. Participants include Ted Knudtson, Ira Schultz, Roy Young, Dan Resh, Andrew Duus, Chris Norris, Kenneth Gilbaugh, Merle Petersen, and Kenneth Petersen. Irvin Wikert, Roy Young, Ira Schultz, and Kenneth Petersen return Tuesday for fill and landscaping. Bergman Film Shows Next Weekend.

Dan Petersen Albert Jensen Ted Knudtson Ira Schultz Roy Young Dan Resh Andrew Duus Chris Norris Kenneth Gilbaugh Merle Kenneth Petersen Irvin Wiker

Small Woman film premieres at Graettinger Theatre

A gala weekend premiere screens Alain Burgess novel The Small Woman about a white missionary woman who falls for a Eurasian soldier in prewar China. At Lost Island Lake a Graettinger FFA campout drew sixteen members with Howard Gliman guiding the group from Graettinger at 6:45 p.m. Monday. They fished swam and ate supper around 9 p.m. FFA reporter Ronald Christiansen covered the event.

Graettinger Alain Burgess China Lost Island FFA Ronald Christiansen

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E. B. Burg Shaffer Farm America Ameri Paul Lost Island Lake Graettinger F. F. A Lost Island Lake Mon Vo-Ag Howard Gliman Lewis Lansing Earl Erickson Elberta Briardale Bacon Tall Ooen OLD Ghimes
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