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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1975
Page
1
Dr Walter A Gunthorp urges wiser land use as farmland vanishes at about 1.2 million acres yearly amid urban and rural growth. He cites zoning and purchase of development rights as tools to protect agriculture while accommodating population rise and economic change.
Allen C. The administrator of the Ronald Lee Thu estate in Graettinger Iowa notifies all creditors to file claims with the Palo Alto District Court and to settle debts within six months from the second publication. The notice includes appointment date August 14 1975 and attorney Merrill C. Clark Estherville Iowa. Second publication August 21 1975. 40 years Tracy Morrison, Lytton businessman, retires after four decades in service station business.
Directory listing shows Terminal Co op offering seeds fertilizers grinding grain mixing and petroleum with contact numbers 859-3204 for Graettinger and 867-2015 for Wallingford. Eye care contact Lenses open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 123 N 6th Street Diagonal across from the Post Office Estherville Iowa. Merle T Hanson.
Olaf Rierson died August 11 at Holy Family Hospital Estherville after a lingering illness. Born May 12 1907 in Graettinger he farmed there all his life and was a Lost Island Church member. Survived by two sons Norris and Terry two daughters Trudy Dawson and Joyce Garretts, six grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers. funeral at Lost Island Lutheran Church. Fuhrman Funeral Home of Graettinger in charge.
Twenty one golfers attended Ladies Day at Hillcrest on August 5 with sixteen ladies playing cards in the afternoon. Prizes were awarded in golf to Shirley Moran Alys Carter Martha Joyce and Verla Masters. Card prizes went to Louise Voigt Armela Cornelius at bridge and Bernadette Hughes Mae Zitterich at 500. In October Ali vs Frazier in Manila.
The Palo Alto County Fair livestock sale closed Thursday afternoon with 117 beeves sold for an average $44.31 per hundred, totaling $64,008.94. Tim Rouse sold the grand champion baby beef for $72.50 per hundred, weight 1,160 pounds, to Ayrshire Commercial Club. Lorrie Nelson’s 1,195 pound calf sold for $55 per hundred to Farmers Elevator of Ruthven. Total sale receipts reached $77,780.56.
Graettinger school directors met Monday with Avettel presiding at 7 pm. Absent were Nane and Elsenbast. Pettengill discussed the Non-Food Assistance Application to the DPI and potential 50 percent federal reimbursement for a walk in freezer and lunch items if funds are approved. An August 27 election by the Public Employment Relations Board will decide the GEA as the teachers' bargaining unit.
Top hog price reached 77 000 dollars for A J Goodchild’s champion hog of 220 pounds sold to Kerber Milling at two dollars per pound. Reserve hog of Peggy Naig sold to Barg’s Locker for one dollar per pound at 215 pounds. Champion pen of three hogs sold to Sen. Beryl Priebe for five dollars per hundred. Reserve pen buyer Algona Grain and Feed paid sixty nine dollars per hundred for 700 pounds. Eighty one hogs average sixty four dollars two cents per hundred totaling eleven thousand twenty four dollars two. Champion lamb bought by Sen. Priebe for one hundred sixty five dollars per hundred. Sheila Brown showed a 110 pound lamb. Reserve lamb from Peggy Naig sold for seventy five per hundred and 105 pounds. bought by Kerber Milling Company. Fifty four head of sheep averaged fifty dollars thirty two cents per hundred for two thousand seven hundred forty seven dollars thirty five cents. District must bargain with negotiating unit if the issue passes. September board meeting postponed to September fifteenth due to elections. Football insurance discussed. students to pay full premium. Kindergarten enrollment down. full day attendance approved. Free Lunch Policy adopted per Iowa School Lunch Program. 1975 76 school fees presented and adopted. Milk bid accepted from Farmers Creamery or Terrace Park Dairy of Spencer. Meeting adjourned about 9 15 p.m.
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