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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
5
Graettinger Community School will begin the 1958 59 term Wednesday Aug 27 at 8 35. First day dismiss at 2 30 with 8 35 to 3 40 schedule and 40 minute lunch. Personnel announced include Hartung superintendent and Anderson principal plus science social studies arts education and music staff.
Graettinger school will hold half day kindergarten this year with transportation at noon. Morning pupils ride the morning bus to school and home at noon, while afternoon pupils use the afternoon route. Kindergarten starts Wednesday, Aug. 37 with fifty four pupils enrolled.
Edilie L. Peterson of Graettinger claimed the $100 Saturday night drawing prize here last week. Next Saturday’s prize will be $25 at the 9 30 drawing. Registration may be made at any participating stores.
Bus route assignments for the coming school year have been made per Supt. FLM Hartung. Buses depart town around 7:40 a.m., same as prior years. The list includes parent names and drivers: Bus Route No. 1 Ray Haag Jake Zitterich Leo Schang.
Conrad Brekke, 64, a well known former resident of the Graettinger area now of Estherville, died Sunday at 1:85 p.m. in Holy Family Hospital Estherville after years of declining health. Services were held Wednesday at Estherville Lutheran Church with Rev. N. G. Jolivette of Wallingford officiating. Pallbearers were Ording Olson Elmer Iverson Levi Olson Ed Anderson Myron Gage and Herman Helgeson. Brekke, born February 16 1874 on a Graettinger area farm, served in World War I and married Agnes Bohrer June 16 1921. They lived in Mankato five years, then near Graettinger, later purchasing a farm near Superior in 1988 where they lived until 1950 before moving to Estherville. He was a member of Estherville Lutheran Church. Immediate survivors include his wife two daughters two sons and 11 grandchildren: Howard Estherville Floyd Armstrong Mrs Wendell Ditsworth Swea City and Mrs Larry Smith Estherville. Four sisters and four brothers also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Halver Rierson 48 a long time resident who died last Wednesday of cancer A family service was held at Martin Funeral home and burial was in Lost Island cemetery Rev N L Jolivette officiated Pal bearers were Clarion Paulsen Arthur Rogness Ervin Rierson Francis Brennan Clarence Christianson and Martin Norris Survivors include her daughter Phyl Kiner Jr of Graettinger four sisters and four brothers and two grandchildren Ivy Lin and Ruth Ano Kiner The Rierson family includes her husband Halver Rierson deceased in 1955
Committees prepare for Graettinger 62nd Labor Day with a two day program at Clark Building and Fahneslock Park. The Big D Amusements midway opens Sunday afternoon with rides and concessions. Sunday features livestock and grain exhibits, baton twirling, a high school band concert at Fahneslock Park, and a 7 30 p m variety show of top amateur talent from the region.
Friday night Teen Hop at the Legion hall sponsored by the Grarttinger Youth Center features The Blue Notes from Mason City. The event promises Rock and Roll and local entertainment for teens.
Kansas City act Hits and Misses Revue will headline the Central Ballroom floor show at Arnolds Park Saturday night August 23. More details appear on another page of this week’s Times.
Mayor Thommin Thomsen reminds Graetlinger residents to mow weeds gather noxious growth and remove rubbish and cans before Labor Day. Citizens urged to keep property tidy to present an attractive appearance to visitors expected in Graettinger.
Roy Young will hold a public auction of carpenter tools and miscellaneous items on Saturday August 30 at the residence three blocks east of Rock Island depot in Cradlinger. Sale begins at Le Bartvit. Brown will auction and the Gravitlazer State Bank will clerk. See sale ad in Times next week.
ASC Chairman Jon A. Lynch announced delivery of sealed corn from 1955 56 and 97 on farms in Palo Alto County will start late Aug or Sept 2 1958. Eight elevator firms are building warehouse storage facilities and should finish in about two weeks. All warehouse space must be used before corn can be placed in CCC steel storage.
Mrs Bessie Matte Fry 74 died Friday morning after five years of ill health. Funeral services were held Monday at Chastbinger Methodist Church with Rev R O Grote officiating, burial in a Maxwell area cemetery. She was born October 7, 1883 in Maxwell and married John E Fry in 1902 at Nevada. Survived by three daughters and two sons, twenty nine great grandchildren, thirty two grandchildren, two sisters and several grandchildren. Her husband died in 1929 and a son and a daughter preceded her in death.
The Cracttinger Library in the town hall reopened after book storage expansion adding to four town hall cabinets. Alta Resh reports over 550 residents borrow books, more than half the Graettinger population, with two juveniles in the Golden 100 and many in the Silver 60 Club nearing 100 borrows.
Christina Beck 76 longtime Palo Alto county resident died Monday at Palo Alto county Memorial hospital Emmetsburg after a short illness She suffered a stroke Saturday at her home in Emmetsburg Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Congregational church Emmetsburg with burial in Evergreen cemetery Born June 27 1882 in New York City she moved to Emmetsburg with her parents as a child She married Henry B Beck in Emmetsburg June 23 1903 Mr Beck died January 5 1958 Survived by children Thomas W Beck Custer SD Mary L Diehl Niles Mich Robert Beck Graettinger John H Beck Peterson IA Margaret Bigger Emmetsburg and Christine Matthies Tuthyven four sisters and a brother with a brother John S Young predeceased her.
In a Grueilinger area scene at Jake Zitterich farm last week, 27 acres of oats were threshed using Jim Boles’ threshing machine. The old threshing run fades as neighbors join forces or single operators handle jobs. The 28 inch Avery separator, about 30 years old, still runs well. Jake rests on the machine while Bennie Ton deram unloads bundles and others operate the tractor and blower. Oat yields and quality were generally good.
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