27 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1959
Page
1
A reader letter on the letter E its virtues and faults is paired with a 1959 census update noting the U S population at about 176.2 million on March 1 and farm homes with telephone service rising to three in five, up five percent from 1957 and thirty-two percent since 1950.
The fragment includes lines on economy and government by Geo N Hall and Dan Revello, plus a quip about advertising by Marshal Gib Stueve. Barbara Stueve finds Gib’s own billfold after an ad, and a closing remark suggests even a tombstone glows when a person is down.
Harold Guldberg of Seattle and Fred Iverson of Iowa Falls unveiled a family tree at the Guldberg Anderson Johnson reunion in Town Falls. The chart spans 13 generations and over four centuries in the United States and Denmark, after more than two years of work.
Patronize Times advertisers. Exams scheduled Mondays in Estherville and Orange City, Tuesdays in Emmetaburg, Wednesdays in Spencer, Thursdays in Rock Rapids, Fridays in Spirit Lake and Sibley, mornings. The Social Security representative visits Emmetaburg courthouse on the first and third Wednesdays (10:00–2:00) and Betherville city hall on the second and fourth Wednesdays (8:30–12:00).
Hf Bargman Walter High and Arthur Cody Wm appear among local records with A P McConnell and Ricklefs also listed. details scant but indicates a namesake entry in community ledger.
Local residents shared travel and family news including Wesley Sevdy and Karten visiting Minnesota and Wisconsin then Laurens on return, Mrs. Kuyper at Ames for Drake graduation, Elen Lundgren's Stratford visit and granddaughter's Des Moines wedding, Gleason and Jensen families traveling to Denver Fort Morgan Scotts Bluff and St Louis for weddings and visits.
Varmon Groes of near Kingsley sustained a broken arm in a dairy yard mishap. He was drawn into a cider bale and pulled into a facing bale, suffering a shoulder injury. He was taken to the farm hospital for treatment.
John Miller, light heavyweight champion of Iowa, to box in Graettinger on Labor Day in an eight round feature against Johdng Jon Goeders of Emmetaburg. The Labor Day celebration also features local speakers former Governor Dan Turner and J J Meyers, with Graettinger public schools opening Sept 4 and senior high registration ending Aug 31.
The story by Joseph Breig recounts twenty five years of Joe and Mary Breig in a warm humorous chronicle of courtship marriage and family. It highlights small adventures from a wayward Cadillac to travels with aging relatives and celebrates seven children and enduring affection.
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