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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1954
Page
2
Philip, Margaret and Phil John thank friends and relatives for calls, cards, gifts, and encouragement during a recent illness in their family.
John Morrell & Co purchased the Estherville Tobin Packing Co plant last week. The plant began operations under its new owners Monday and employs about 230 people with no personnel changes expected per the sale announcement.
Numerous might be names: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nissen hosted guests Monday night. Estherville visitors Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Carey called on Clarence Christianson. Dale Starkey and wife welcomed a daughter Rebecca Lee born August 18 at Holy Family hospital, joining sisters. Several trips, visits, and funerals are noted across Estherville and nearby towns, including travellers to Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin and a hospital update for Jay McCarty after an above knee amputation.
Glamorous Lana shares lessons on winning and keeping a husband learned during a year of picture making in Europe. She explains how the girls there attract and retain a spouse and offers insights in the American Weekly distributed with Sundays Chicago American.
Catherine Elsenbast daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Elsenbast will teach Home Economics in Mallard schools the coming term. Miss Elsenbast graduated from Marycrest College at Davenport last spring.
Kenneth Swift, former Graettinger resident, accepts a job with the Iowa Highway Commission laboratories in Ames. He recently left a Webster City sales job. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swift, run a motel at Jewell, Iowa, where they reside.
Mr and Mrs Elbert Powers of real Osgona visited Elbert sister in law Mrs Lee Powers at Sheldon Wisconsin. They attended a wedding reception Sunday in Cornell Wisconsin for Rex Powers son of Mrs Lee Powers.
Pvt. Patrick D Burg son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Burg Graettinger recently joined I Corps in Korea The I Corps one of three in the Eighth Army coordinates an intensive post race training program for UN units under its control Private Burg a survey specialist in the corps 1st Field Artillery Observation Battalion entered the Army last February and was formerly stationed at Fort Sill Okla
Emmet county Izaak Walton field day takes place Sunday August 29 at Ingham Lake with events starting 10 a m and running all day. Program includes trapshooting skeet casting field and water trials coon trials outboard motorboat races horse show pistol shooting muzzle loader shooting and horse show.
Cub Scouts traveled Tuesday afternoon to Fairmont Minnesota to tour a canning factory. They observed incoming sweet corn by truck and watched the canning freezing and packaging processes. Vermon Rouse led the group in the Boy Scout bus with accompanying adults and a list of named scouts and guests.
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