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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
5
Thanksgiving brought record cold as 5 below and 2 above highs, then a sleet storm coated roads and auto glass with ice. An east wind and freezing temps created treacherous walking and slick highways until city crews treated streets Saturday, aided by light snow to improve traction.
Clifford W. Swedlund Fort Dodge social security office manager will visit the Emmetsburg employment service office Wednesday morning December 18 from 8 80 to noon. Under the new social security law workers over 65 can qualify for retirement benefits with six quarters of coverage since 1937. A quarter requires $50 or more wages for covered work. Benefits are not paid if earnings exceed $50 a month, but those 75 or older may receive benefits regardless of earnings. Since September 1 liberalized eligibility has made 3800 local inquiries eligible. many more may qualify by filing.
The Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting and Christmas party at the Legion hall on December 12 at 8 p.m. An exchange of 500 Christmas gifts will take place. The serving committee includes Lillian Barringer Oliver Downs Margaret Johnsen Ellen Lundgren Alya Carter Trene Peterson and Mary Duus. Home Destroyed By Fire Elderly couple Pat and Mrs McGeehan escaped a Sunday night blaze that leveled their two story home and all contents leaving them with only the cold night air and no coats.
Mrs. Marie Hanson mother of Rev. W J Hanson of Graettinger was taken to Holy Family hospital Tuesday for medical care. She had recently been treated there for around six weeks and the community hopes for her full recovery and improved condition.
LeRoy Oddson will hold a dispersal sale of 81 Holstein cattle starting Monday December 11. John H. Nissen plans an entire closing out sale Thursday December 14 with 15 Shorthorn cows, 9 head of young stock, 15 feeder pigs, horses, 700 chickens, 300 bales hay and machinery led by an IHC tractor. Geo Hanke will close out Tuesday December 12 with livestock and machinery. lists and ads forthcoming in local papers. Clark & Brown and Grod land, Bortint & Brown act as auctioneers. Graettinger State Bank serves as clerk for all sales.
Last summer Mrs Alfred Mc Combs of east of Graettinger caught a large walleye at Stowe Lake near Alexandria Minnesota. She was notified this week that the catch is the lake record for the year and entitles her to the prize and honor. The lake is a favorite fishing spot for Palo Alto fishermen N S Bartlaman and Don Fogde.
The next meeting of the Men's Night School is set for Wednesday December 19 with guest speaker Dr Radloff extension veterinarian from Town State College. He will discuss Livestock Sanitations and Disease Control. William Howard Taft was the first U S president to earn a salary of 76000 dollars annually.
A group from Our Savior's Lutheran church Lost Island aired a 16 minute broadcast titled Keep Christ in Christmas on Spencer radio last Monday. The lineup included Rudolph Christianson Ivan Oppedal Ed Jengen Clarence Christianson and Otis Hauge. The program will continue on the first Monday of each coming month across the Estherville circuit.
Herb Lancaster, former sports editor for the Times and later at Eastville Junior College Daily News, served on the Walker Talker aboard the General Walker during a Pacific crossing. He is now stationed on Eto Jima, near Hiroshima, attending six to twelve weeks of radio or teletype repair or signal work, with Tokyo visit and war ruins observed.
Nick Sherman visited the Times office with a photo of himself and Donald Spoo and the two fawns being bottle fed. The deer stay at the Spoo place and 17 year old Donald ensures they are well fed. The fawns are allowed the run of the place and one was secured by Donald while the other came from a game warden.
Mrs Kenneth McDonald and Mrs E S George are listed as medical patients at Holy Family hospital. McDonald is described as quite ill with hopes for early improvement and full recovery, while George is undergoing cortisone treatment for arthritis and is improving nicely with optimism for relief.
A U S Army reservist, Charles Christianson Jr, was called to service on September 1. He received training at Fort Riley Kansas and spent a year and a half as an instructor at Fort Knox Kentucky before his duties at Fort Sheridan Illinois.
A garbled item lists two ball games at the school gym scheduled for Friday December 8. Partial names and mis OCR make details unclear.
Graettinger retailers report strong Christmas stock as weather boosts holiday shopping. Bright window displays and festive storefronts invite residents to make Graettinger the season’s shopping hub. A free Santa show with candy for children is planned at Watson Theatre on Saturday, December 16, with Santa Claus attending. Local ads from Baumeartner's, C. A. Jensen & Son, Wolfe's, Erickson, and Coan's grocery stores promote gift and food specials pages five and eight.
The St Paul Ladies Aid society cleared 1272.45 at their annual chicken supper and bazaar Saturday evening, a new local record amid a large crowd. A combined Auxiliary and Legion meeting is set for December 12 at the hall, and Emmetsburg voters will decide a $280,000 bond issue on December 18 at the City Hall.
The Graettinger post office will open Saturday afternoons on December 9 16 and 23 for the three Saturdays before Christmas. A surgical patient Elwood Hyatt entered Holy Family hospital Friday for surgery with friends hoping for a quick and complete recovery.
In Des Moines River, Rolald Wikert and David Clemengen trapped a 64 lb beaver, the largest reported in the area. Shot with a Victor No. 4 trap after being caught by the front left leg, the animal measured over four feet, with 1.5 inch teeth. Estimated age seven or eight, fur value around 86 dollars.
The First Lutheran Ladies Aid schedules a lute fish supper at Legion Hall Friday December 6 with serving starting at 6 30 pm Adults pay 1 65 while high school and children pay 1 00 No meals will be delivered unless diners bring their own dishes Public invited Advy
First Lutheran Ladies Aid will host a lutefisk supper at the Legion hall in Gruettinger on Friday evening December 8. Serving begins at 5 30 with lutefisk melted butter meat balls gravy mashed potatoes cranberry relish lefsa hot rolls potatoe cakes dravic kringla Berlin e kranser krom kaga spritz rosettes rice fruit soup fancy cookies and coffee. All are welcome.
Albert Hockett sustained a broken back when he fell from a ladder while decorating a tree at Mrs J A Spies place Thursday. He was taken to Dr Walston and then Holy Family hospital. The sixth vertebrae is broken but not expected to cause permanent injury.
A man whose normal weight is 150 pounds would weigh about 50 pounds if all the water in his system were dried up. This stark note illustrates how much body mass is water in the human body.
Des Moines hosted the Farm Bureau State Convention on November 27 to 29 with sessions, a Women’s Day program, and officer elections. Emmetsburg delegates registered, heard a book review by Mrs. James Curtis, and attended a banquet featuring reflections on the Copenhagen conference and slides from the Associated Countrywomen of the World.
Dr C A Shiley heads Graettinger Community club arrangements for a high school football banquet at Legion hall next Thursday evening December 14. Dinner at 7 00 pm followed by a short program honoring coach George Case and the players for a record year in which none had prior football experience.
The Emmetsburg area reports major changes this fall with Erickson Grocery rearranged for better flow and the D C Barringer residence on West Robbing Avenue expanding through a new garage and paving a connecting drive. Home renovations include removing a partition for extra space and factory built reinforced concrete steps. Delores Pugsley eight is in critical condition after a cousin discharged a shotgun accidentally while cleaning the gun in the kitchen. the shot entered her jaw and lodged in her neck.
Mrs Fred Truog underwent major surgery at Mercy hospital Fort Dodge on Monday after several days as a medical patient. Friends in Palo Alto hope for her early and full recovery. Mrs Truog is daughter of Mrs George Draman, of south of Emmetsburg, and sister of Mrs China Larson of south and west of Graettinger.
Final meeting of patrons at Center School house Loat Island township Monday night December 11 at 8 00 p m. Final checks to patrons will be distributed. Meeting winds up the business life of the Lost Island Creamery Co.
Christmas shipping urged for December 15 delivery to reach holiday recipients. Graettinger post office hours on Saturdays for mail and parcels. Mrs. Louis Valier died in Palm Beach Florida from a heart ailment at age about seventy. Funeral held Monday. Valier was a nephew of Mrs. J A Sples of Graettinger. Local residents recall the Valters who visited here occasionally. The Times extends sympathy to Mrs Eplep and other relatives.
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