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Graettinger Times

Location

Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1961

Page

3

Walnut Homemaker Club Picnic and 4-H Reports

Walnut Homemaker Club met at Evergreen Park Groachinger for a July picnic with hostesses Katherine Burg Bess Hamilton Ellen Lundgren serving kool aid and coffee. Vera Powers led the business meeting with 11 members present one guest. minutes treasurer report and a card to Mary Alesch were read plus letters from Mrs Garretts and a Finland pen pal note.

Walnut Homemakers Farm Bureau Club Evergreen Park Grachtinger Katherine Burg Bess Hamilton Ellen Lundgren Vera Powers Mary Alesch Mrs. Garretts Gretta McConnell Finland Gladys Hankey Dsplay of Farm Bureau Clarissa Swanson Emmetsburg Pub Vernon Marylynn Kathleen Rolfson Linda Starkey Joyce Hyatt Joyce Ness Kathy Heidecker Rochelle Borchers Margaret Schhacherer Kathleen Judy Prentice Margaret Schacherer Linda Gale Starkey the Armory Mary Rolison Mary Rolfson

Services Held for Wallingford Cafe Operator Ivan Cook

Friday services for Ivan Cook 59 who ran a Wallingford cafe for 16 years were held at Sanding Fuhnman Funeral Home Estherville with Rev. Benjamin Colivet officiating. Burial followed in High Lake cemetery Wallingford. He is survived by his wife two sons and one grandson.

Ivan Cook Wallingford Cook Estherville Sanding Fuhnman Benjamin Colivet Grover High Lake Cemetery

Gulliver’s Travels at Graettinger Theatre This Weekend

In Columbia Pictures new Gulliver’s Travels action, Kerwin Mathews Jo Morrow and June Thorburn star as Gulliver. The feature presents the modern Superdynamation process and runs Saturday and Sunday at the Graettinger theatre.

Columbia Pictures Gulliver Superdynamation Kerwin Mathews Jo Morrow June Thorburn

Fair Tattoo Swine Exhibit At Minnesota State Fair

The Remus family of Sleepy Eye Minnesota will run the open class swine show during the fair Aug 26 to Sept 4. Roland Remus tattoos entries while joining his sons Ronald and Lyan in the exhibite duties at the event.

Remus Sleepy Eye Minn Roland Remus Ronald Lyan

Charles Andre Cow Tackles Egg Production In Heat

John Andre, noted Graet tinger farmer, featured in Wallaces Farmer August issue on summer egg handling. Article notes hot humidity hurts egg production and quality, leading Andre to gather eggs four times daily, inspect feeders and waterers, and closely monitor flocks. He expanded from one to three flocks and uses existing structures for layers. Last year flocks peaked at 94 percent and 87 percent production. Andre credits ISU extension guidance for high quality eggs and max output.

John Andre Andres Iowa State University

Toledo Youth Injured In Farm Pond Incident

Thirteen year old Max Jones of Toledo sustained a deep foot gash while wading in a farm pond nearby. The injury will require him to use crutches during recovery.

Max Jones Toledo

Wool payments for 1960 now being made in Palo Alto

Joe Lynch, chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, announced that payments under the 1960 national wool program are now being made in Palo Alto County. The payments relate to marketings of wool.

Palo Alto County Joe Lynch County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee

Wool and lamb payment rates and county totals

The report covers wool and unshorn lambs payments from April 3, 1940 to March 31, 1961. County 1960 payments total 19,692.1 percent of the program. Applications were due by May 1. For shorn wool the payment rate is 47.6 percent of sale proceeds, or 47.60 dollars per 100 dollars received.

John DeVries Receives Riflery Award At Faribault Camp

Faribault Minnesota July 29 closing exercises for the 47th summer school camp at Shattuck School featured a parade and review by the school camp battalion. Prizes were awarded and a picnic lunch held for students parents and faculty John DeVries son of Mr and Mrs John A DeVries of Graettinger received the marksman award in riflery.

Johnnie Devries Faribault Minn Shattuck School John DeVries John A. DeVries Graettinger

Pastor Jos Newgara marks 50 years in ministry

Rev. Jos. Newgara of Immanuel Reformed Church in Big Rock celebrated fifty years serving as a pastor. His long career spans community work, preaching, and pastoral leadership within the congregation and region.

Jos. Newgara Immanuel Reformed Church Big Rock

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Walnut Homemaker Club Walnut Willing Walnut Willing Workers First Lutheran Church Pratt Emmets ‘Ung Norland Cylinder Benner Beauty and Fpie Patricia Carter Waillingford Legion Hall Legion Hall Merritt Margaret Schahcerer Berniece Carr Mary Lynn Rolfson Spies-Frick Holstein-Resian Association of America Spies Jean Fred Spies Paul Frick Towa State University National Holstein Organization Ivan. Cook Walt Tia Wallaces’ Farmer R. E. Davis Ruth Iowa Edna Sampson Graettinger, Iowa Philco Kennedy & Clark, Attorneys Graettinger State Bank Clik
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