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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
5
Graettinger postmaster Nane announced Christmas season hours from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the next three Saturdays December 7 14 and 21 opening to aid shoppers mailing. Labels were issued to separate Graettinger mail from out of town items and sorted bundles may be handed to clerks to speed dispatch.
West Bend teams visit for a conference double header on the home court. The girls game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
A large crowd attended the Rosary Society supper and bazaar at Immaculate Conception parish hall on Sunday evening. Door prize winners included Mrs Harold Nichols for a transistor radio Nick Spear for a steam iron Charles Stillman for a coffeemaker and Mrs John Elsenbast for a Tammy oll.
Graettinger superintendent Paul Stuart visited Iowa City Tuesday to participate in a conference of Iowa school administrators.
Jim Girres leading Graettinger Pirates in scoring and tackles earns a Corn Belt all conference backfield nod. Bill Fude secures a second conference line post with strong tackling and blocking. Other first team names include Smith Bargman Dodd Haskin and several from West Bend Mallard Sioux Valley Terrill Sioux Rapids Ruthven Marathon and Lincoln. West Bend takes conference title with Mallard second. Graettinger and Sioux Rapids tie for sixth.
Ringsted fans cheered as the Hazel Pirates defeated Graettinger 35 31 after a tense final minute. In the girls game the Pirettes led 24 24 at halftime and 36 34 after three, before Red’s Mary Lu Petersen hit the game winning free throw with 17 seconds left. Key scorers included Petersen 23 and Nelson 12 for Ringsted, while Suss 20 Felkey 11 Tuininga 8 Hyatt 4 paced Graettinger.
Representatives of Northern Line Service connected Graettinger Municipal Light Plant to the 69,000 volt Corn Belt line enabling federal power. The hookup occurred a mile and a half east of Graettinger shortly after noon Tuesday. Full switch over to federal power will await Petersen contracting work and is expected around mid December. Power will be bought from the Federal Bureau of Reclamation. Federal power originates in the Missouri river basin and is transmitted to the area via Corn Belt lines.
The community Christmas Concert chorus invites all area singers to a rehearsal tonight at 8 pm at North Bethel Lutheran church. The notice also mentions Graettinger Cemetery Association meeting details.
Funeral services were held Friday at Estherville for Mrs. Arthur Lille McWilliams 57 a former Graettinger resident. The First Methodist church heard the Rev William R Noland officiate with burial in Oak Hill cemetery Estherville. The Fuhrman Funeral home handled arrangements. pallbearers were Edwin Sorum William R Shiles Lloyd Gardner Viggo Jacobsen Dale Erickson and Francis Shadle. She died Monday November 25 in St Luke's Hospital Kansas City MO after heart surgery in June 1962 and prolonged illness. She was active in WSCS Estherville Woman's Club and church lifelong. She was born Lily Sweet October 24 1906 in Estherville. She married Arthur D. McWilliams September 1 1928 and lived in Dallas before moving to Lake Park Graettinger and Estherville. She is survived by daughter Gwendolyn Rasmussen Spirit Lake son Donald Anaheim CA six grandchildren and siblings Edward J. Sweet Independence MO and J J Youngwirth Raytown MO.
Dean Brobst and Ron Struthers have leased a north timber yard site and are remodeling a building to form D-Bar-A Training Stables. The 43 by 102 foot arena will include spectator seating on both sides and serve local horsemen needing winter work space. Fort Dodge hosts the nearest similar facility.
Box scores from the Armstrong games opening the season for local clubs. Scores and details of each game were reported last week, highlighting player stats and team performance for Graettinger and Armstrong.
The Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary plan a joint Christmas party at the Legion hall Tuesday evening December 10 at eight o'clock. There will be a gift exchange for adults and a 25 cent gift exchange for children. All members and families are invited. Jim Spies named director of Iowa Trust and Savings Bank Emmetsburg. John F. Spies to president. James C. Spies joins bank board, succeeding the late Charles J. Spies. James C. Spies, son of Adolph and Graettinger’s Spies, is a Graettinger High School graduate with Creighton and Iowa State education, married with two children, and active in farm and professional associations.
Shoppers in Graettinger can earn double stamps on cash purchases this Tuesday. Temperatures dipped to 11 degrees above zero Sunday, rose to 12 above Monday, with a warming trend expected Tuesday and Wednesday. A trace of snow fell Saturday and November was dry with no measurable December precipitation yet. Parish chairmen of the DCCW at Immaculate Conception Church attended the Northeast Deanery Workshop in Milford, including Mrs. Forrest Sipes and Mrs. Don Graettinger, who serves as a Deanery officer of Christian Doctrine.
L H Garber won a $50 award and a $25 prize this week as the lucky shopper in Gradlinger. He claimed the $30 Buck award Saturday afternoon at three o clock. A prior report about the November prize being claimed was erroneous.
Calendar items note Arnold J Nielsen dairy heifer auction at his Fenton area farm starting at 1 PM on Thursday December 5 and a Russell Lastine farm sale near Graettinger on Tuesday December 10. Also Pat Boone stars in The Yellow Canary at Graettinger theatre with Boone, Eden, Forrest and Klugman in a film adaptation of Evil Come Evil.
Word has been received here at the death of R. R. Lehmann 54 of Webster City husband of Leona Landvig former area resident died suddenly at his home Nov 15 after a heart attack. He managed the Production Credit Association Webster City. Services were held Nov 18 at St Pauls Lutheran Webster City. WWII veteran he married Leona Sandvig daughter of Dora Sandvig Thompson Estherville on Nov 5 1939. Surviving wife and one daughter Jan at home.
Graettinger merchants announce a Double Stamp Day on Tuesday December 10 offering double Graettinger trading stamps on cash purchases. Shoppers can fill stamp books for Christmas gifts and use redeemed backs for a December 23 bond event. Participating stores include Bonstead Hardware Buds Service Christy Drug City Meat Market Heidecker's DX C A Jensen Lucky's Super Market Masters' Grocery Murray's Variety Store Our Own Hardware.
Graettinger market report notes a Wednesday trading day with results and price points. Buyers and sellers engage in brisk activity across commodities amid steady demand and published quotations.
Iowa urban areas rejected the Shaff Plan on constitutional reapportionment by 53.6 percent statewide while rural Palo Alto County joined several others in voting No. In Walnut Township 182 ballots were cast with 118 No and 63 Yes plus one spoiled, reflecting a low turnout amid confusing campaign issues and opposition from Gov. Hughes and labor groups.
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