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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
1
Readers are urged to buy gifts locally in Gracttnger with a reminder of the season’s true meaning. A sports note criticizes inconsistent refereeing in local games, citing a broken hand and divergent calls at Mallard and on Friday night, urging steadier officiating to prevent tempers and confusion.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the County Auditor Emmetsburg Iowa until 10 30 a m December 22 1954 for the work on Lateral D of Drainage Ditch 92 in Palo Alto County Furnish and install 1900 feet of 10 inch tile and furnish and install straw or hay grown tile where encountered in the ditch line By order of the Board of Supervisors Martin Thompson County Auditor 12-9-1
Directory lists Dr Don C Green physician and surgeon and Dr A Shiley dentist with office hours. local officials include mayor treasurer clerk and sheriff. churches Immaculate Conception Methodist and First Lutheran named along with county and school figures and contact numbers.
A devotional piece argues that only the living God satisfies yearnings for meaning. It contrasts a personal God who weaves destiny with a God who is merely a creed or myth. God as friend, not a universal helper, and the unchanging, loving fatherhood of God are emphasized.
Mrs. T Sullivan of this place died at her daughter’s home in Chicago on Tuesday morning. PD W Cameron former Graettinger mayor died at his home in town on Thanksgiving evening. Mr and Mrs H E Wikert and children reached Los Angeles after a ten day journey. Thanksgiving cold spell hits Canada and Midwest with record lows. Baste Jacobsen leaves for Norway to spend winter. Frank Carney called to California by mother's illness. Wace plane crash near Graettinger injures Ted Bury and pilot A T E Jensen but no serious harm. Shelby county’s oldest resident Mrs Christina Berger marks her ninth birthday. born in Denmark, resident since 1900, husband died in 1922.
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