Northern Natural Gas moves to speed service to 134 towns
Northern Natural Gas filed a motion with the Federal Power Commission to accelerate natural gas service to 134 noncompetitive communities in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska including Graettinger The same filing notes an December submission for a 1958 program adding 177 more communities Across the region the plan would add 128 million cubic feet per day of capacity with about 60 million for current customers and the rest for new towns The Palo Alto county board seeks bids for a new 42 by 24 foot bridge near Graettinger bids close December 11
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Northern Natural Gas
Graettinger
Omaha — Northern Natural Gas Company
Federal Power Commision
Towa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
The
Commission
Iowa
North Dakota
Mincig
Wisconsin
Larry Shumaker
Federal Power Commission
Northern
Midwestern Gag Transmmission Company
Midwestern
Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
Tennessee
Faa
Whittemore
West Bend
Ruthven
Wallingford
Gracttinger
Terril
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
All-State Music Festival Participants Named at Des Moines
Graattinger high school students took part in the all state festival in Des Moines on Nov 30 Kathy Hartung performed clarinet while Susan Shiley Karen Reeves Arieon Bisgoard Marilyn Stoltz Bob Reeves John Craver Larry Herke and Bob Fanning sang in the vocal portions of the event.
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Graattinger High School
Des Moines
Kathy Hartung
Susan Shiley
Keren’ Reeves
Arieon Bisgoard
Marilyn Stoltz
Bob Reeves
John ‘Craver
Larry Herke
Bob Fanning
Funeral Here Saturday For M. E. Raepe, 62
M. E. Bil Raepe, 62, Graettinger businessman and Knoxville Veterans hospital patient, died Tuesday night from pneumonia after flu. Funeral planned for Saturday at St. Pauls Lutheran, Graettinger, with calling hours Friday afternoon. Survived by wife Vina. daughters Doris Kerr and Bonnie Smail. sisters Mrs Robert McNarey and Mrs Wendell Weigel.
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M. E
Bil) Raepe
Graettinger
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Town
Raepe
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Stuart, Iowa
Birs
Wendell Weigel
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Palo Alto County Hospital Auxiliary Seeks Local Members
Palo Alto County Hospital Auxiliary invites Gracttinger and area women to join. Dues are 1.00 a year for regular members or 5.00 for contributing members. lifetime 100.00. Deadline for memberships is December 15. Officers include Mrs. Carl Klingaman president, Mrs. Walter Fisher vice president, Mrs. Milton Morling treasurer, Mrs. Eldon Perkins secretary, and Mrs. Joe Grady county membership chairman with board members from county sections.
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Gracttinger
Palo Alto County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Association
Frang.Bwahgon
Joe Grady
Carl Klingaman
Emmetsburg
Walter Fisher
Cylinder
Milton Morling
Eldon Perkins
Rodman
Joseph P Hand
Graettinger
Community Choir Rehearsal Sunday at First Lutheran
The Grachtinger Community choir will hold a rehearsal at First Lutheran Church Sunday afternoon at 2:90.
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Grachtinger Community Choir
First Lutheran Church
Urge Mailing Now To Be Sure Of Christmas Delivery
Parcel post packages should be mailed at once to ensure delivery for Christmas. Cards outside the state by Dec 15, local cards a week before the holiday. Graettinger postmaster R. T. Nane urges patrons to separate cards and letters by destination and bundle for window pickup. Mail early to insure delivery in time.
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R. T. Nane
Graettinger
Post
Patrona
Carde
Budiea
Carda
Nase
Mrs Fred Rud Dies At Des Moines
Martha Rud aged 48 died suddenly of a heart attack at her Des Moines home on Saturday Nov 23. Funeral services were held Nov 26 at Grace Lutheran Church. Born in St Cloud Minnesota she moved to Des Moines as a child and lived there 37 years. Survived by husband Fred and her mother Mrs Ella Stone of Des Moines. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Local relatives attended the funeral from Wallingford Gractinger and Easterville.
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Fred
Martha) Rud
Des Moines
Grace Lutheran Church
Rud
St. Cloud
Minn
Holy Family Hospital Campaign Drives Ahead With Kickoff
Over 600 volunteers rallied to launch the Holy Family Hospital campaign in a 27 township area. Advance Gifts from Graettinger totaled 5250 in the first six gifts, with 203 450 reported in from Basle Gifts Medical Staff hospital employees and Pattern Gifts as the drive enters general solicitation.
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Holy Family Hospital Building Fund
Graettinger
Estherville City Hall
Basle Gifta
Band Director Kresl Seeks Bass Horn Players For Training
Eugene Kresl, Graedinger School music instructor, seeks students or parents to enroll bass horn or sousaphone players for training this year and next. Open to fifth graders and up, prefers junior high or high school students. Instruments rented to students at low cost through the school.
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Eugene Kresl
Graedinger Schoola Gays
Kreal
Livestock Auction Set Near Emmetsburg on Dec 9
Maynard Johnson will hold a farm livestock sale six miles east and half a mile south of Emmetsburg on Monday December 9. The gale features 168 head of livestock including 41 head of high grade Holstein cattle a riding pony and 121 hogs. Auctioneers Lloyd Berkland and Bill Brown. See ad in Times this week.
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Maynard Johnson
Emmetsburg
Lloyd Berkland
Bill Brown
Cylinder Iowa Community Sale Ad Promises Farm Machinery
A community sale is set for Saturday afternoon December 7 at 1 p.m. in Cylinder Iowa. The event offers farm machinery including five tractors livestock and equipment plus various miscellaneous items. Sponsored by the Cylinder Lions Club.
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Cylinder
Iowa
Cylinder Lions Club
Ady
Weekend Western and Africa Epic At Local Theatres
This weekend at the local Theatre the Paramount Vista Vision release The Lonely Man debuts Friday and Saturday December 6 and 7 featuring Jack Palance and Anthony Perkins with Elaine Aiken. At Graettinger Theatre M G M’s Something of Value opens Sunday and Monday December 8 and 9 with Rock Hudson Dana Wynter Sidney Poitier and Wendy Hiller among others, adapted from Robert C. Ruark’s best seller.
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Jack Palance
Anthony Perkins
Paramount Vista Vision
Elaine Aiken
Kenya
East Africa
Africa
M-G-M
Graettinger Theatre
Robert C. Ruark
Rock Hudson
Jaat
Dana Wynter
Sidney Poitier
Blackboard Jungle
Hudson
Wendy Hiler
Juana Hernandez
William Marshall
Graettinger Coop Grain Open House Wednesday
The Graettinger Coop Grain Co. invites the public to an open house on Wednesday, December 11. Free coffee and donuts will be provided and attendees can register for a door prize.
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Graettinger Coop Grain
Graettinger Coop Grain Co
Hold Husking Bee At Loren Wolfe Farm
Neighbors husked about 45 acres of corn at Loren Spike Wolfe farm on Tuesday forenoon. They began at 8:30 and finished at noon, then enjoyed a bountiful dinner prepared by the ladies. Pickers wagons and tractors were provided by a long list of locals, with many helping on the meal as well.
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Rlenda
Loren
Spike) Wolfe
Don Parks
Leo Wikert
Vincent Leduc
Richard Grethen
Greg Elbert
Louis Lammera
Alan Fanning
Lloyd McCombs
George Twain
Bill Leduc
Coffee strips due by Dec 12 reminder to submit
Mrs Bess Hamilton reminds savers to trip in coffee strips by December 12 for shipment to the proper authorities.
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Bess Hamilton
First Of Four Pre Christmas Street Drawings Event
The Grachtinger first and second team cagers meet Esther vile Lakes on the local court next Tuesday night December 10. The reserves play the preliminary game at 7 p.m. and the first team contest will follow.
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Grachtinger
Esthervile Lakes
Rosary Society Plans Annual Bazaar and Supper
The Rosary Society of Immaculate Conception Church will hold its annual bazaar and supper Thursday evening December 5 in the church basement. Seating begins at 5:30 with meals priced for adults and 50 cents for children 12 and under. Menu includes meat pies, escalloped potatoes, jello salad, pickles, buns, jam, pie and coffee.
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Rosary Society of Immaculate Conception
Mrs Eda Clemenson Claims $100 Jackpot in Graettinger
Mrs Eda Clemenson won the $100 jackpot in the Wednesday afternoon drawing in Graettinger on Nov 27. Several winners failed to claim prizes including Mrs Frank Meyer $10 Clarence Thu $15 and Arthur Kerr $25. Drawn names Nina Sevdy $10 Victor Ingvall $16 and Mrs Elmer Nicol $50 appeared in the results.
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Eda Clemenson
Graettinger
Frank Meyer
Clarence Thu
Arthur Kerr
Nina Sevdy
Victor Ingvall
Mra. Elmer Nicol
Postoffice To Be Open Saturday Afternoons For Holiday Mailing
Postmaster R. T. Naac Gracttinger announced special Saturday afternoon hours for Christmas mailing. On Saturday Dec 7 the post office will be open 1 30 to 5 30 p m. On Dec 14 and Dec 21 it will remain open all day in addition to regular Saturday hours.
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R. T. Naac
Mrs Margaret Cook Dies In Phoenix Arizona
Wr. L. O'Connor received word of the death of his sister Mrs Margaret Cook 78 of Phoenix Ariz who died Tuesday at a Phoenix hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born and raised in Mason City Iowa taught in rural schools and married G Cook in 1915. They lived in Mason City Springfield and moved to Phoenix about 20 years ago. Immediate survivors include four sisters Ellen O'Connor and Mrs George Truesdale both of Phoenix Sister Paulette of Chicago Sister Rogalie of Tulsa Okla and two brothers M R O'Connor of Phoenix and V L O'Connor of Gratinger.
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Wr. L. O'Connor
Margaret Cook
Phoenix
Ariz
Mason City
Iowa
Springfield
George Truesdale
Ellen O'Connor
Paulette
Chicago
Rogalie
Tulas
Oklo
M. R. O'Connor
V. L. O'Connor
Grasttinger
Graettinger Theatre Ticket Sale In Progress
The sale of family and individual season tickets for a year’s admission to the Graettinger theatre is now in progress. Family tickets cost 15 dollars and admit parents and their children to the movies for one year. Individual tickets cost 10 dollars and admit anyone over high school age or any child of any age. Local volunteers will contact residents to distribute tickets, with remaining tickets available at the theatre.
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Graettinger Theatre
Names to Be Drawn for 75 Bucks in Graettinger Street Draw
Graettinger holds four days of street drawings with nine winners sharing 75 dollars. A Saturday 3 p.m. main street drawing offers six five dollar prizes two ten dollar prizes and a 25 dollar prize. Remaining drawings are slated for Dec 11 18 and 19 with post Christmas suspension. Free kid movies and Santa visits are planned along with extended store hours Dec 19 20 21 and 23. Local shops promise gift deals and no parking meters in town.
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Graettinger
Main Street
Graettinger Business Men
Santa
iGracttinger
Gracttinger
Car Tractor Collision Near Grasttinger Causes Minor Damage
Harvey Nichtern of Wallingford and Emmet Murphy of Gracttinger avoided serious injuries when Nichterns car and Murphys tractor collided at Highway 17 intersection two miles south of Grasttinger last Friday afternoon. Mrs Nichtern rode as a passenger. Murphy said a truck had just passed, obscuring his view, sheriff Dick Miller reported. The car struck the tractors left rear wheel and tire, damaging the cars left rear fender and side.
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Harvey Nichtern
Wallingford
Emmet Murphy
Gracttinger
Highway 17
Grasttinger
Nichtern
Palo Alto County
Dick Miller
Have You Answered Your Christmas Seal Letter
Residents of Graettinger are urged to answer the Christmas Seal letter received in the mall weeks ago. Early returns lag behind prior years, says Mrs. Oscar Oleson, seal sale chair. As of December 2 the Graettinger sale totals $111.30 toward a $300 town quota.
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Grachtiinger
Oscar Oleson
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M. E. Raepe
Palo Alto County Hospital
Donald RK. Torreson
Farmers Hybrid Hog Company
Hampton Town
Don
Fred Rud
Holy Family Hospital
Kresl
Loren Wolfe Farm
Pirates
Estherville
Phoenix, Ariz
Graettinger Trarket S
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