Boeing 747 Facts and a Local Football Bet
A review of Boeing 747 specifications notes its fuel capacity, weight, cabin layout, doors, decks, and performance. The piece then shifts to a Sioux Rapids Graettinger football wager, describing annual bets with editor Ted Witter, coffee and pie, and a prediction of Pirates versus Indians on September 11 with taunting verse and a promise of ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skatteries
Wallingford
Earnest
Mary Margaret
Jeanne
France
Montreal
Air France
Pirates
Ted
Ted Witter
Sioux Rapids
Bro
Cody
Tama Labor Day Free Acts Highlight Graettinger News
From the Times of August 30 1945 the Tama Indians will perform at Labor Day in Fahnestock Park as part of Graettinger celebration. Stockholders replace officers at Graettinger Opera House Co with A P Thompsen president and Mrs Thompsen secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahnestock Park
Graettinger Opera House Co
A. P
Thompsen
Roland V. Luchsinger
USM
L. R. Luchsinger
Graettinger
Marine Base
Camp Pendleton
California
Frank Miles
Bancroft
Tama Indians
Hawkeye
Watson Hall
Legion Hall
Graettinger School District Sets September 14 Election
Public notice informs qualified voters of Emmet and Palo Alto counties Iowa that Craet tinger Graettinger Community School District will hold a regular election September 14 1970. One director for three years and a district treasurer for two years will be elected. Polls open noon to seven pm at the Town Hall Graettinger Iowa. A consolidated single precinct. Notice by R T Nane secretary August 19 1970.
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Craettinger
Emmet
Palo Alto
Iowa
Francis Schealler
Clara Thoreson
Graettinger
R. T. Nane
Board of Directors
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart at City Library
New fiction in a Merlin themed tale set in post-Roman Britain ends with the rise of King Arthur. The social security district schedules local contact sessions at Fort Dodge Emmetsburg Estherville Spencer from September 2 to 30 with multiple dates and times.
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Crystal Cave
Mary Stewart
Merlin
Britain
King Arthur
Prince of Darkness
Prophet
Social Security District
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Spencer
FFA Judging Team to Compete at Iowa State Fair
Graettinger FFA Judging Team prepares for Iowa State Fair events from August 21 to 30. Members Norman Nicol Ga Thomsen Stan Westergard and Alvin Luke will compete in livestock judging on August 29 and meat judging on August 28 at ISU campus aiming for a national contest in Kansas City. The team has recent strong finishes including a midwest Hampshire field day win and top placements at Palo Alto county events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Graettinger
Norman Nicol
Ga Thomsen
Stan Westergard
Alvin Luke
Iowa
Kansas City
Spencer
Palo Alto
Iowa State University
ISU
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the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Palo Alto County
Bob Barringer
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Mrs
D. C. Barringer
the Lake
Ruthven
Lost Island Township
Joe Green
Europe
Ora Green
Atlantic
Joe
Orville Petersen
Lincoln Army Air Forces Base
Lieut. Petersen
Ole C. Petersen
Sgt
LeRoy Paulsen
Orange City
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Swea City
Mre
Jorgen Paulsen
K. M. Chase
P. T
Prin
Lucille Shaw
Gloria Musil
Ann McManus
Miriam Kimball
Mary Ann Stepan
Christie Kreul
K. Mc Chase
Cora Christopher
Mary Margaret Skattebo
Wilma Murray
Evelyn Gabel
Doris Orcutt
City Library
City Librarian
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
B. G. Louscher
M. G. Louscher
Dentists
A. N. Kruse
Optometrist
Broadway
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
A. H. Hobson
Emmetsburg, Iowa
Terry I. Anderson
North 7Th Street
Estherville, Iowa
K. L. Johnson
James J. Roberts
North Sixth Street
Paul G. Larsen
Central Ave
Fuhrman Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
DIAL
Frank Furhman Graettinger
Graettinger Coop Grain CO
W. G. Rients
Bratland
Princess Diamonds
Ted Knudtson’s Cabinet
State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Carpenters
F. L. Evans
Stueve
FELCO
COOP
CommuNity TV Signal Co
Martin Baedke
Maj
Russell Lastine
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