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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1957
Page
4
Mass times and services listed for Immaculate Conception and Immanuel Lutheran churches. Immaculate Conception outlines weekday masses at 7:00 a.m. and Sunday masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Confessions Saturday 3:00-5:00 and 7:00-8:30 p.m. Thursday choir practice. catechism Saturday 9-11:30. Immanuel Lutheran lists Sunday School 9:30 a.m., worship 10:30 a.m., Bible study and choir practice midweek, and Saturday confirmation classes.
Ralph 0. Grote leads Methodist Church with church school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m Universal Bible Sunday. Senior choir rehearses Thursday at 7 p m MYF at 7 30 and community choir practice at 8 30. WSCS Circles meet Friday after noon all pot luck except.
Thursday evening Luther League at 6 30. Confirmation class at 11. Sunday school at 10 a m. Worship services at 11 a m led by Pastor C T Fijelstul at First Lutheran.
Lost Island Lutheran announces its Thursday schedule with Ladies Aid annual business meeting at 1 pm and Confirmation class at 9 am. Worship services with Holy Communion at 9:30 am and Sunday school at 10:30 am led by Pastor T Freistul.
H Irving Petersen announces Saturday activities starting 9 30 a m Confirmation classes at 9 00 a m Divine worship at 9 00 a m Sunday school and Bible Class at 10 15 a m on Sunday church events listed for the weekend with times for confirmation worship and classes.
A dense listing of services programs and meetings across multiple days. Highlights include Junior and Senior Choirs, confirmation classes, missionary programs, Sunday school Bible classes, worship services, and auxiliary group gatherings at Wallingford Lutheran Church with Circle No 7 WMF annual meeting and Luther League activities led by Pastor N L Jolivette.
A weekly holiday events calendar lists multiple Christmas programs. On Saturday December 14 at 7 30 p m Mrs Jacobean s pupils perform Christmas music at the Methodist church. Sunday December 15 features two Sunday school Christmas programs at St Paul s Lutheran and First Lutheran churches at 7 30 p m. Also on Sunday December 22 Sunday school programs are set at the Methodist church and Wallingford Lutheran church, both 7 30 p m.
Lounsberry of Pawnee Til, a well known former resident, traveled here on Nov 29 to attend the farm sale auction of his former neighbor R H McDonald. He was accompanied by his son in law Boyd Ayres of Waterloo.
Local residents hosted relatives for Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Norris and Barbara of Decorah visiting the Norris and Risser families, Otto Spies and daughter joining Milton Walden's kin in Mayville. Emmetsburg pastor Ingvald Sorensen and Mrs visited the Fjelatul home, while Concordia student Alice Fijelstui and Allan Espeseth stayed with the Fiiedstul family during Thanksgiving weekend. Bennet Thoreson and family from Spirit Lake joined Russell Jones's household for the holiday.
Craettinger Pirates edge Terril 44 43 in game one then lose 50 48 in overtime. Girls lead 19 9 first quarter but slump before rallying late to win 44 43. Terril boys comeback ties 44 44 late. Christensen clutch shot forces overtime then Terril pulls away 50 48.
Two reader letters discuss Holy Family hospital funding and a farmer voiced plea on farm prices and policy. Hazel Gabrielsen of Graettinger urges county hospital focus at Emmetsburg and county care for Palo Alto residents. Simon A Omundson of Emmetsburg laments low corn prices and urges farmers to press Washington for relief.
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