Graettinger Pirates Announce 9-Game Grid Schedule
The 1970 Graettinger Pirates football schedule lists nine games with four at home and five away under coach Jan Mitchoe. Notable losses from 1969, a 7-2 season, precede a rebuilding year as the squad opens drills on Friday and prepares for matchups against West Bend Ruthven Marathon Terri Sioux Rapids South Clay Mallard Sioux Valley Everly. Junior high and B-team schedules Follow with dates at Terril Ruthven Eburg Mallard and West Bend Armstrong Ruthven Terril. Golf results feature Emmetsburg wins. Graettinger players place in senior and junior divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Pirate
Jan Mitch
West Bend
Ruthven
Marathon
Terri
Sioux Rapids
South Clay
Mallard
Sioux Valley
Everly
Fire Station Open House and Local Obituaries Mixed
Fire Station Open House is listed alongside obituaries and local notices from Palo Alto County. Raymond N. Reinders, 52, of Whittier Calif, former Graettinger resident, died from injuries in a one car crash near Spencer. Services were held at Leyson Chapel Milford with burial at West Lawn Orange City. Surviving family members include multiple children, siblings, and relatives in Graettinger, Milford, and nearby towns. The issue also covers Alan Arkin's film Popi at Graettinger theatre, Palo Alto Head Start program plans with details on enrollment dates, locations, staff, and contact numbers, and notes on governance for Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc. with board members and director names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond N. Reinders
Whittier
Calif
Grachtinger
Spencer Hospital
Spencer
Leyson Chapel
Milford
Royal Steiner
Gary Reinders
Darrel Reinders
Bruce Reinders
David Steiner
Loren den Hartog
Clair Tuininga
West Lawn
Orange City
Town
Gertrude Reinders
Graettinger
Bonnie
Marathon
Alan
Navy
Mary Ann
Storm Lake
Sandy
Clarence
Frances) Tuininga
Royal
Nelvy) Steiner
Breakenridge
Minn
Garret
Geralin
Don Hartog
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Stan
Jay
Winnebago
Don
Glen
Denver
Colo
Alan Arkin
Popi
Rita Moreno
New York
Spanish Harlem
Miami
Iida
Dominic Frontiere
Palo Alto County
Ethel Drew
Emmetsburg
Delores Stroud
Nancy Miller
Iva Bargman
West Bend
Palo Alto
Saint Ellen's
Emmetsburg Catholic School
G. E. Johnson
Terris
Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc
Peter Hart
Beef Referendum Set for September 4 in Iowa
A statewide Beef Referendum will be held Friday September 4 with Palo Alto county producers voting at the Extension Office in Emmetsburg from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The vote concerns House File 1233 imposing a ten cent per head tax on beef cattle and five cents on veal calves, with funds for beef industry promotion and education. The tax is voluntary with refunds available within sixty days, and passage requires a simple majority of voting producers. Eligible voters include those who fed or marketed cattle from July 1 1969 to August 21 1970. The program could start within 90 days after passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg
63Rd General Assembly
Iowa
Graettinger High School Registration Underway
Registration for grades 9 through 12 at Graettinger High School runs through today at the principal's office, with groups A through M registering Wednesday and N through T and U through Z today. Fees include book rental, lunches, milk, towel service, typing, PE uniforms, and optional student insurance with amounts varying by grade. Football boys received insurance letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger High School
Joseph Ferrell
Pool closes after Sunday August thirtieth in Graettinger
Graettinger pool will close after Sunday August 30 as head lifeguard Kristi Orsborn confirms. From Wednesday August 26 the pool opens 3 45 p m to 9 30 p m after school with many lost and found items at the pool office awaiting claim. Milo Lammers buys Mary Bortvit Angus calf for Kussmaul Seed Corn at Palo Alto county fair beef auction at 37 50 per hundred. 125 market beeres sold for 39432 at 32 34 per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Kristi Orsborn
Milo Lammers
Mary Bortvit
Kussmaul Seed Corn Company
Palo Alto
Times
Emmetsburg Attorney Carl Spies Dies at 63
Carl L. Spies, 63, prominent Emmetsburg attorney and Graettinger native, died suddenly Monday at Palo Alto county hospital after a heart attack. Funeral held at United Methodist church. burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by wife Kathryn, daughter Linda Schilling, sister and three brothers. Spies served in Army legal department during WWII and remained in practice until death. Separate items note Graettinger milk program change and a European tour by Karen and Carol Wicks of Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. Spies
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Palo Alto County Hospital
United Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Eugene Allbaugh
S. J. Brownlee
David Allen
James Ausland
Jack Cook
Roger Berkland
France
England
Kathryn
Linda Schilling
St. Louis
Linda Appleton
Cornwall-on-Hudson
New York
Otto
Mayville
N. Dak
Kurt
Hope
Richard
San Marino
Calif
Graettinger Hardware Auction Saturday Evening
Graettinger Hardware and Tractor Parts will close out its hardware stock and tractor parts with a sale starting at 6 PM on Saturday August 29. A full item listing will appear next week and the store will close in advance of the auction. James Schaller of Graettinger won the Graettinger Locker plant at a Saturday night public auction and plans to operate the unit. Mr and Mrs Earnest Skattebo and daughter Jeanne returned from a three week trip to Europe sponsored by Waldorf college alumni association visiting London Stavanger Oslo Copenhagen Oberammergau Lucerne Paris Montreal Chicago and Sioux Falls en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Hardware
James Schaller
Graettinger
Schaller
Earnest Skattebo
Jeanne
Europe
Waldorf College Alumni Association
Skattebos
Sioux Falls
London
England
Norway
Stavanger
Oslo
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oberammergau
Bavaria
Lucerne
Switzerland
Zurich
Paris
France
Montreal
Chicago
Jerry Schacherer Named Outstanding Young Farmer in Emmet County
Jerry Schacherer of Wallingford was selected Outstanding Young Farm Bureau Farmer of the year in Emmet County. He is the son in law of Arnold and Mrs Bisgaard of Graettinger. The couple attended a Farm Bureau banquet in Des Moines on August 11, traveling by plane with pilot John Thomas, and returned August 12. While in Des Moines Mrs Schacherer visited a nurse training classmate. In Ruthven work continues on the golf course near Lost Island Lake with bulldozing for a two story clubhouse completed, fences removed, rocks buried and two of three ponds started. Shares have been sold to Ruthven Chamber of Commerce and American Legion, plus residents. organizers seek rapid sales to keep progress uninterrupted. Contact board members Harry Riebesell, Carl Behrendsen, Marvin Wigdahl, Kenneth Fread, Dean McGranahan or Louis Nitchals to buy a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Schacherer
Wallingford
Farm Bureau
Emmet
Arnold Bisgaard
Graettinger
Des Moines
John Thomas
Ruthven
Lost Island Lake
Iver Holmgren
Harry Riebesell
Carl Behrendsen
Marvin Wigdahl
Kenneth Fread
Dean McGranahan
Louis Nitchals
Buck Prize Draws and Local Notices From August Update
The item notes a $25 Buck Prize drawing next Saturday at 3 PM in participating stores and recalls last week's $50 prize claimed by Einer Jensen. It also reports supplemental food distribution for eligible residents in Palo Alto County on Tuesday August 23 at 10 30 AM, mentions Alamosa Colorado resident Diette Watson earning a MA from Adams State College, and lists Douglas Naig, 1970 CHS graduate, joining Buena Vista College football as noted by coach Jim Hershberger. Graettinger Markets data for Wednesday August 19 lists corn oats and beans with prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Einer Jensen
Betty Hessenius
Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc
Palo Alto County
Douglas Naig
CHS
Buena Vista College
Jim Hershberger
Douglas
LeRoy Naig
Pirate
Graettinger School Opens Aug 26 With New Faculty
Graettinger Community School opens on Wednesday August 26 for the 1970 71 year with a two day faculty workshop August 24 25 and a new administrative group led by Supt John Ennen Principal Joseph Ferrell and Elementary Principal Robert Reed. The district lists a full faculty including Paul Emerick physics and junior high science plus multiple teachers across grades and subjects. Nomination papers for the board of education close August 25 with incumbents Francis Schealler and Clara Thoreson seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ferrell
John Ennen
Robert Reed
Gladys Clipperton
Ronald Brockmeyer
Winnette Vasey
R. T. Nane
Francis Schealler
Graettinger
Clara Thoreson
Graettinger Community
Graettinger Board of Education
Supt
Helen Brennan
Joan Dawson
Janet Norris
Kent Baldwin
Mary Ford
Paul Emerick
H.S
Graettinger Community School
Patricia Gould
DeEtte Graettinger
Ellen Olson
Esther Wiegand
Delores Ness
Leona Leonard
Bonnie Forey
Virginia Mitchell
Mary Skattebo
Alys Carter
Evan Struthers
Glenyce Towell
James Towell
Wayne Rand
Jim Reed
Paul Edwards
Ward Scherer
Co. V. Carter
Wilma Hansen
H. S
Darlene Joyce
Ronald Worley
Mary Rose
Eleanor Jacobson
Leland Stiles
Jan Mitchell
P. E
Joseph Ferrer
Kathy Rand
Thelma Brobst
Kenneth Gilbaugh
Vincent Leduc
Jens Kirkegaard
Elden Swanson
Howard Hanson
Forrest Sipes
Wayne Potter
Don Moran
Eda Clemenson
Avis Paulson
Hazel Petersen
Lela Jones
Clara Rolfson
Paul Frick
Board of Education
Ralph Graettinger
Harry Nelson
Wayne Knutson
Small World Tour Reunion Spotted In Europe
Ernie, Mary Margaret and Jeanne Skattebo of Wallingford tour Europe on Waldorf Alumni Association trip when Karen and Carol Wicks of rural Graettinger waved from a passing tour bus in the Netherlands. The two groups met again at the Holland Germany border and later at a Cologne cathedral. The Wicks depart a few days after the Skattebos who returned Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small World Department
Ernie
Mary Margaret
Jeanne Skattebo
Wallingford
Europe
The
Waldorf Alumni Association
Karen
Carol Wicks
Graettinger
Netherlands
Carol
Lutheran Brotherhood
Holland-Germany
Cologne
Germany
Wicks
Skattebos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pirate Eleven
Terril
E'burg
Cath
Armstrong
Dave White
Rodney Alger
Steve Moran
Kevin Stiles
Dean Lammers
Steve Kulow
Ray Reinders
Bob Carter
Greettinger
Russell Lastine
Roy Nissen
Carl Spies
Carl Was
Carl
Katharina Spies
Graettinger School
Cornell College
U of Iowa
Kathryn Misbach
Algona
Karen and
Carl Wicks
Kennedy Airport
Sitzerland
Liechstenstein
Austria
Italy
GHS
Prudential Insurance Company
Los Angeles
California
Sue
Emmet County
Dietta Watson
Adams State
Alamosa, Colo
Diette Watson
Ferman Watson
Adams State College
Alamosa
Doug Naig
Buena Vista Grid Squad
Independence
Emerick
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State
Iowa Conservation Commission
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