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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
1
Local Times subscriber Luella Shefffield, a Graettinger area native now living in Knoxville Iowa, plans to observe her 92nd birthday December 23. Readers may send congrats to 1001 S Montgomery, Knoxville IA 50138 as the paper notes her long loyalty and zest for life.
A speaker quips that one cannot tell whether to guess someone ten years younger due to looks or ten years older due to intelligence, highlighting a playful tension between appearance and intellect.
An 1896 handmade infant dress worn by Ruth Ofstedal daughter of Rev Paul Ofstedal and Mrs Ofstedal of St Paul Lutheran Lakota for baptism this month. The heirloom has clothed 34 Ofstedal family members at baptisms.
Beulah Anderson, a sixth grade teacher at West Elementary in Emmetsburg, is Iowa’s 1970 Teacher of the Year selected by the State Department of Public Instruction. With 24 years teaching, she previously worked in Curlew, Eagle Grove and Bradgate, and holds a BA from the University of Northern Iowa with further study at Drake, Creighton and Morehead. She has led teacher associations, served as Northwest District ISEA secretary, and coauthored conservation workbooks used across Iowa.
From The Times of Dec 14 1944 a week of cold winter weather with 15 to 20 degree readings and light snow. Lost Island school hosts a basket social and Christmas program December 21 at 8:00 pm taught by Miss Arlene Lever. Graettinger High boys beat St Marys 31 20 on Emmetsburg floor. Oren Green 65 dies. Catholic Ladies Aid elects officers. Fritz Rustan named lost Island creamery buttermaker. Francis Weir promoted in wartime service. Graettinger high splits with Gillett Grove. girls win 26 19. Driver license exams listed in Estherville Orange City Emmetsburg Spencer.
New fiction The White Rose tells of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville in wartime romance. Secret marriage faces personal and political pressures amid the War of the Roses while Elizabeth refuses to bear a child out of wedlock. Three hundred club records single library visits by Mary Potter. Storm Lake resident grows a nine pound radish from May seeds, measuring 27 inches around.
The Social Security district office at Fort Dodge publishes a contact schedule with Emmetsburg courthouse from 10 30 to 12 30 on December 3 and 17 Estherville city hall 10 30 to 12 30 and Spencer Senior Citizens Center Shopping Center 8 30 to 12 30 on December 4 and 18 Public notices encourage patronizing Times Advertiser.
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