Graettinger band program adds twelve new students
A Graettinger school district drive to recruit beginning band players saw Krafft Music Co. display instruments in the hot lunch room on December 3. Twelve students rented instruments on an 8 week plan, including Bruce Gjerde Deanna Garber Brian Duus Patty Watson Mary Thorson Larry Masters Karen DeVries Marlene Duus Betty Lundgren Patricia Wegman Jim Barringer and Dick Swanson. Annette Thim recently began lessons on baritone horn. Additional students expected to join include Karen Wolfe JoAnn Paulsen Doris and others.
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Graettinger
Krafft Music Co
Lutherville
Bruce Gjerde
Deanna Garber
Brian Duus
Patty Watson
Mary Thorson
Larry Masters
Karen DeVries
Marlene Duus
Betty Lundgren
Patricia Wegman
Jim Barringer
Dick Swanson
Sth
Prades
Annette Thim
Clarineta
Karen Wolfe
JoAnn Paulsen
Doris
Defense Bonds urged for future security in a Treasury notice
A government appeal urges investing earnings in U S Defense Bonds through Payroll Savings or Bond A Month plans. It promises a return of seven percent over the original investment after a decade, emphasizing steady saving now for a better future.
Community band growth inspires school pride and youth music
Dalen Doris Alger and other musicians including Richard Wolfe and Shirley Bonstead strengthen the marching and concert bands in the community. A 16 year old Ronald Stevens from Emmetsburg was wounded by a shotgun blast to the calf but will keep his leg. E V Johnson of Gowrie flew to Illinois for his brother's funeral at age 84, the first flight for him. Morning Sun mourns its oldest resident, 96 year old Sarah Jane Schofield, wife of a Civil War veteran.
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Dalen
Doris Alger
Richard Wolfe
Shirley Bonstead
Ronald Stevens
Emmetsburg
Illinois
E. V. Johnson
Gowrie
Johnson
Morning Sun
Sarah Jane Schofield
Gift idea for Christmas Defense Bonds through payroll plans
The ad promotes U S Defense Bonds as a top Christmas gift for Mary Johnny or Joe. It urges buying bonds via payroll savings or Bond-A-Month plans, highlighting steady growth and financial security through systematic saving and the Treasury Department program.
1951-52 Grachtinger High School Basketball Schedule
The schedule lists games for Grachtinger High School including dates and opponents such as Gruver Everly Ruthven Gruver Hartley Ayrshire Cylinder Rodman and a county and sectional tournament run from December through February. It also mentions a separate note about a diamond theft case in Franklin County and a visit by Mrs. Harold McClelland and her husband to Jefferson Iowa.
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Grachtinger High School
Dee
Curlew
Gruver
Everly
Ruthven
Whittemore
Tues
Titanka
Hartley
Emmetsburg Catholic
Terri
Ayrshire
Cylinder
Franklin County
Robert Smith
Waverly
Fort Dodge
Hampton
Jefferson
Iowa
Harold McClelland
Mrs. McClelland
States
Defense Bonds for a Merry Christmas and Savings Plan
The U S Treasury urges Americans to buy Defense Bonds at banks or post offices. Include yourself in a year round bond buying program such as the Pay Toll Savings Plan where you work or bank. Everyone with income should be in one of these plans to ensure many Merry Christmases ahead.
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Pearl Ree
U. S. Defense
U. S. Treasury Department
Mary
Johnny
Joe
Treasury
Mertler
Sam
Veteran Iowa post office marks 80 years of service
In Huntboldt Iowa Raymond Hansen completes 80 years of service with the post office and rural carrier Bill Bauman reaches 32 years, both recognized for long tenure in the community mail service.
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Huntboldt
Iowa
Raymond Hansen
Bill Bauman
Graettinger Lions Club charter presented in north Iowa
The Graettinger Lions club received its charter at a charter presentation dinner in the American Legion hall basement. Emmetsburg Lions club sponsored the new Graettinger group, with Herman Elsenbast accepting the charter and Leslie Prichard presenting the club gong and gavel. Rev. Robert W. Watson of Humboldt spoke on Lionism’s history and its service ideals, while J. Calvin Welsh noted his role in organizing 14 Iowa clubs in four months. The program featured music and roping-in ceremony for charter members, with Everett Manchester arranging the program and Merrill Clark issuing membership certificates.
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Graettinger Lions Club
American Legion Hall
Lions Clubs
Iowa
Mal Gehlbach
Emmetsburg Lions Club
Graettinger Club
Herman Elsenbast
Graettinger Lions
Emmetsburg Club
Grae
United States
Watson
Tory
William McNamara
Emmetsburg
Lions Club
J. Calvin Welsh
Lions International
Rudolph Fritsch
Garner
Merrill Clark
Adolph Spies
Sweet Sue
Everett Manchester
American Legion Auxiliary of
Graettinger
Gerald T. Best
Oral Bonstead
Robert M. Carter
Merrill C. Clark
John A. DeVries
H. A. el
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Robert Mitchum
Jane Russell
Watson Theatre
SHE Graettinger Times
John J. Sullivan
Palo Alto
Emmet
Biae
Uncle Sam
Aun
City
Ataettinger
Lowa
Melvin Peterson
Highway 17
Graettinger ‘Block & Tile Co
J. H. Walston
DR. C. Ie Autlay
A. H. Hobson
Broadway
Fmmeraburg
K. L. Johnson
Gardaton Hotel
Estherville
Olene “Jacobson
B. E. Dappen
J. Emmett Martin Funeral Service
Phone
Senbast
Edward Gothier
Jon Grady
Wayne Hamilton
F. R. Heidecker
Alan J. Hersleff
Robert Jensen
Quinten Jensen
Everette V. Manchester
William McConnell
R. T. Nane
W. L. O’connor
Glenn F. Shaver
C. A. Shiley
J. J. Bullivan
Dale M. Walker
Francis Warren
John Wolfe
Elsenbast
Algona Rendering Co
Mr. Farmer
Wallingford
Ringsted
Earl Tuttle
Davia Packing Co
Grein Electric
Fairbanks Morse Water
Fressuer Oysiane
Soux City
Owa
Adolph A. Spies
For
C. L. Torreson Oil Co
Emmetsburg Rendering Works
Glenn Henrich
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