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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
4
The Graettinger Methodist church invites all to a chicken dinner on Monday September with serving starting at 11 am. The menu includes fried chicken mashed potatoes and gravy baked beans cabbage and pie. Prices are adults Eight and children under set. Proceeds support church programs.
Fragmentary church notice lists Pastor Rasmussen and others with service times Sunday August 21 and 24, 1923, plus midweek worship and Sunday school at Gravel, Ruthven, and Erie areas. Names Dw. Sohn Logan William Maser and guests are noted. date lines show August 25 and 2S.
Weekly Masses start at 7 a m with confessions 6:30 to 5:30 a m Saturday schedule. Sunday Masses at 5 30 and 10 am. Rosaries before Masses on Sunday.
Rev. Harlan Babcock leads worship this Sunday at Graettinger United Methodist Church. Sunday school starts at 9:00 a.m. and worship follows at 10:00 a.m.
A miscellaneous shower was held Sunday Aug 17 at Bethel Lutheran church for Jean Bodlit bride elect of James Hobdern of Rativen. Corsages were presented by guests and songs were played before the future bride opened her gifts. Assisting her were Diane Taylors of Butiven and Wynette Graettinger.
Wallingford brief items show residents traveling for service and work. Ben Muggy Usher returns home from Fort Lewis while Samiod at Aus and Chirkani families plan moves to Phoenix and Des Moines. Navy service begins for Deus at Great Lakes. weddings and school workshops feature in August notices.
Fragmentary text mentions Rochester Hospital and Lakefield individuals with unclear roles. The garbled lines suggest a personal matter involving a family, a child, and unnamed relatives but details are not decipherable. No identifiable events, dates, or outcomes emerge.
Fragmentary report appears to describe a wall cooperative and savings terms with vague names and dates. It references August 14 operations, a manager named RooN, and year end savings through May 31, 1989. Content is unclear and largely unreadable.
Two drivers were hurt when a car struck a Pan-O-Geld Van on Highway 18 west of Emmetsburg. David Allen Anderson of Estherville injured in hand head and body. admitted to Palo Alto hospital, later moved to Itoly Bhanuls hospital. Fire destroyed the van. both vehicles a total loss. Emmetsburg firefighters extinguished the blaze.
The article notes thefts at Hanns Cafe in the teenagers recreation room. A juke box coin box was robbed for about 180 dollars on August 8. On August 18 coin boxes in two pinball machines were stolen while the room was open. County investigation is mentioned with a lookout for suspects.
Servicemen's Address for Pvt Roy D Jensen son of Mr and Mrs James Jensen lists his unit ASB 8377 BTYE Sedo Pry Bn ATC FA 1st Platoon Fort StH Oklahoma 73503 with posting in Port Polk Port Sal ORL era.
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