Wallingford Social Notes and Local Military Listings
Mrs. Earnest Skatteho reports on Circle gatherings at home with out of town guests. Local servicemen are listed with names and addresses, including Schnell, Skattebo, and James L. Skattebo in Virginia. Also notes births, confirmations, church events, Mass times, and upcoming circle activities and Christmas program rehearsals in Wallingford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Ressell
Jerry Bruns
Wallingford Lutheran Church
Norman Egeland
Mary Ann
Everly
Marlene
Curt
Estherville
Church Council
ALCW
Lake~side Home
North Circle
Leonard Osher
Center Circle
Donna Farmer
South Circle
Hospital Notes and Anniversary for De Vries Couple
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for Graettinger residents Mrs Gustav Tonderum and Mrs Henry Lammers along with Mrs Carrie Thu. The 65th wedding anniversary is celebrated by Mr and Mrs Harm De Vries of Aplington. he is 85 and she is 84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Tonderum
Graettinger
Henry Lammers
Carrie Thu
Harm de Vries
Aplington
Mr. de Vries
Mrs. de Vries
Thanks to all for flowers and support during illness
Cards and thanks from Mrs. Elva Paulsen and the Edwards family express gratitude for flowers calls visits and pastor prayers. The Bessie Alt family thanks supporters for flowers cards and memorials and Pastor Rietz Lois Fries and businessmen for comfort after their mother’s passing. Genevieve Spies thanks relatives friends for prayers and acts of kindness during illness and hospitalization. A list of cars and a mushroom found by Velma Cunningham are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pastor Reitz
Elva Paulsen
Lawrence Edwards
Bessie Alt
Pastor Rietz
Lois Fries
Lyle Anderson
Dawson
Leonard
Msgr. Mason
Beacom
Genevieve Spies
Pioneers and Plant Breeders Shape Early American Gardens
A Graettinger Times historical column recalls Luther Burbank’s California ventures and hybridizing feats, noting his Shasta daisy and fruit selection, his ties to Ford Edison and Firestone, and his memorial garden. It also covers Mennonite and Dutch colonists who settled Germantown and Pella, Iowa, highlighting their farming practices, self sufficiency, and shifts from communal to private ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con
Luther Burbank
Paradise
California
Golden Land
Burbank
Santa Rosa
Zurich
Switzerland
America
Iowa
Dakotas
Canada
Christ
Weil
Amana
Mennonites
Reformed Church of Holland
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graettinger & Community
Graettinger Band
Graettinger Community School
Wallingford American Legion
Legion and Auxilary
Post Home
Elaine Refsell
Funeral Home Phone
Wallingford
Earnest Skatteho
Mrs. Everett Anderson
Carolyn Love
LB. Nelson
Mark W. Schnell
Memphis CO
Millington
Tennessee
James L. Skattebo
Russell Rd
Alexandria
Virginia
James
Charles Baldwin
11Th Engineer Battalion
Cora Ressell
Newton
Cora Christopher
Kenneth Herum
Dolliver
Holy Family Hospital
Scott Douglas
Darren
Einer Dalen
Percy Herum
Ingvald Dalen
Grover
Tvtus
Michael Phinney
Linn Grove
Shepherd Air Force Base
Texas
Patrick
Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
Michael
Bethel Lutheran
Q. J. Reitz
Luther League
Immaculate Conception
Father Vincent Beacom
Graettinger United Methodist
Yarlan F. Babcock
Lost Island Lutheran
Krishen A. Persaud, Pastor
Wallingford Lutheran
WLCW
Mmnes
Don Henricksen
Dale Young
Blanche Young
Louie Holmberg
Chet Anderson
Rebecca Circle
Elmer Borchers
U.M.Y
Orville Nicol
Holy Family
Weld Peg OG
Lloyd
LeRoy
Bill
Jensvold
Emmetsburg
Velma Cunningham
Greenfield
Arden
Pella
Graettinger Times
Main Street
Graettinger Trading
Graettinger Municipal Gas
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
Nestle's
Shurfine
Blue Bunny
Plymouth
GAL
Braunschweiger
KRAFT
Wounn
Ibs
LEFSE
Vocers of
Wwasters’ Grocery
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