Beard Contest Judging Planned For All Kinds Of Hairy Growths
Graettinger Bicentennial Beard Contest plans advance with classes for untrimmed and trimmed full beards side burns mutton chops goatee and moustache cash prizes will be awarded. Judges from out of town will oversee the Labor Day weekend events September 4 5 and 6. Shaving permit buttons may be sold to attendees without facial hair with noncompliance risking time in Kangarmwo Court Jail. Local photos of Brothers of the Bush delayed to next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Millen
Spirit of '76
the Times
Millen
Kangarmwo Court
Times
Open House at Graettinger Third Community Apartments
Graettinger’s Third Community Apartments sets an open house for Sunday August 22 with all four units available for public inspection. The complex north of the Graettinger Swimming Pool houses elderly tenants first with remaining units rented to the public. Bids for the latest fourplex were lowered after FHA negotiations, construction continues, and interest in renting the new apartments is urged through Haakon Thoreson at 859-3267. Sixteen mixed couples attended Hillcrest Golf Club events on August 6 with prizes awarded in multiple categories. Next events include couples night on August 13 and a two-ball on August 20 hosted by local couples.
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Graettinger
Haakon Thoreson
Graettinger Community Apartments, Inc
Farm Home Administration
Theresor
Hjelmeland Construction
Algona
FHA
Ments, Inc
Hjelemeland
Thoreson
Hillcrest Golf Club
Paul Frick
Marge Masters
Russell Jones
Elaine Schang
Harriet Duhn
Joe Raffety
Vince Heller
Norma Berven
Mary Raffety
Dean Brobst
Roy Show
Richard Schany
Port Huron unit expands with Shaver Post Driver deal
Bradley V. Bottenfield named corporate secretary and Langeness as treasurer as Continental Western Industries expands Port Huron holdings. Five member board includes DeVries Kinsinger Langeness Port Huron VP and Frank D. Anderson. Growth aims at Minnesota Wisconsin markets and broader agri equipment distribution. Palo Alto County Fair livestock sale totals 77 411 36 with 312 head sold including 69 sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron Machinery Co
Port Huron
H. J. Clark
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Palo Alto County Fair
Labor Day Committee Calls Meeting and Weekend Events
Labor Day Chairman Harris Mortensen asks all Labor Day Committee members to attend an 8:00 meeting this Friday August 13 at the Happy Hour Meeting Room. Posters announce the 80th Annual Labor Day Celebration set for September 4 5 and 6 with a packed schedule: carnival horse shoe contest bingo golf tournament tractor pull donkey ball game teen dance archery show water fight civil defense demonstration FFA grain show parade legion races and contests demolition derby Old Creamery Theatre Show legion dance church dinners bingo and a $1000 drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Mortensen
FFA
Auction results for livestock and cattle sales
The report records sales across livestock categories with prices per hundred or per head. Champion lambs sold at 95 per hundred to Kramer Produce Ringsted and reserve lambs at 50 to Lloyd Berkland. Hog lots include Tim Hayden pen sold for 51 per undred and reserve hog 62.50 per hundred. Cattle lots show Ron Rouse Ayrshire selling champion to Ayrshire Commercial Club at 56 per hundred and twenty head in pens of four averaging 36.31.
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Jeff Naig
Kramer
Ringsted
Joe Thompson
Lloyd Berkland
Thompson
Spencer North Y
Jim Kuecker
Algona Grain
Steve Baade
Hog's Breath Lounge
Tim Hayden
Verlyn Mathews
Steve Ruppert
Cargill
Ron Rouse
Ayrshire
Ayrshire Commercial Club
Graettinger UMC Women Sell Bicentennial Plates
Graettinger United Methodist Church Women in Graettinger Iowa offer 10 inch plates showing the old and present church with a brief history on the back. Plates may be purchased through any UMW member.
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Graettinger United Methodist Church
Old Methodist Church
UMW
Cassady Resigns as Instrumental Music Director
Graettinger School Board on August 9 accepted Dan Cassady's resignation as Instrumental Music director. Board unanimously adopted student eligibility standards for all co curricular activities based on conduct and effort. 76-77 school fees were reviewed with three changes from 75-76: extra milk five cents, adult lunches twelve dollars per month or sixty five cents daily, and some insurance premiums adjusted. Meeting focused on pending school bond election. adjourned around 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Community School
Dan Cassady
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Palo Alto
County
Iowa
Jerry Wiseman
Diane L. Miner
Pat Duhn
Kathy Stroud
John Millen
Sue Elwood
Clay
Dickinson & Emmet
Third Community Apartments
Frick
Langeness
Shaver
Glenn Shaver
John DeVries
Thompson Lanth
America
Business & Professional
Ted Knutson
Cabinet Shop
Graettinger Clinic of Chiropractic
Rients and Jones
Farmers Mutual Ins
Association Mobile Home Insurance Surety Bonds
H. Thoreson
A. H. Hobson
Optometrist
Emmetsburg
Graettinger Wallingford Terris Milford
Boone Jewelry
South 6Th Street
Estherville
Paul Larsen
2Nd Ave
Cyrus Guinn
K.L. Johnson
J. J. Roberts
Optometrists
N. 6Th Street
Schealler’s
United Methodist Church
Cassady
Wayne
Tylan
Mr. and
Mrs. Patton
Wallingford
Cooperative
Milford
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