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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
7
St Pauls Lutheran ladies hosted a silver shower for Miss Clara Suss on December 18 with about 35 attendees. Soon after, Miss Suss will wed Nela Nelson of Graettinger in the near future.
Janice Berge Sylvester Berge led featured solos in Waldorf College Foreat City Christmas pageant on December 15 and 16. The Waldorf choir performed a 30 minute program on Mason City TV Wednesday at 10 30 pm. Dorcas Doron directed the choir in Rector Hagen absent who sailed to Italy on November 7 for a year long South Africa tour. Mr and Mrs Glenn Young Mrs Wilbur Krier and Cindy traveled to
Beavers observed in Towa region lakes and rivers with Don Cookey trapping a 55 pound beaver in the Maquoketa river near Cascade. The animal measured 43 inches from nose to tail. Phone Your News to 154.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Bonstead of Fairmont Minnesota welcomed a son named Craig Allen born December 13 weighing nine pounds at a Fairmont hospital. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Anton Bonstead of Graettingey and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs L Haarts of Fairmont. Mr and Mrs Don Murphy of Huntington Park California welcomed a daughter named Donna born Tuesday morning December 18 weighing eight pounds at birth. This is the Murphys first child. Mrs Murphy is the former Maxine Martinson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Martinson of Graettinger. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Claude Murphy of Bel California.
Graettinger girls beat Manson 62 60 to take fifth win against one loss as Sue Shiley and Sharon Larson lead with 24 points each. Manson boys edged Graettinger 62 58 in a tight nightcap while Doris Alger and Shirley Thompson add double figures for Graettinger.
Graettinger Pirates defeated Ayrshire 54-52 in a comeback win while the Pirettes lost 60-57. Gradinger boys trailed at halftime but surged in the second half to edge Ayrshire, with Ron Felkey scoring 16 for Graettinger and Jim Christensen 10 for the Pirates. Ayrshire led 48-11 after the first quarter in the girls game before Graettinger rallied.
J B Evans, a Rock Island engineer, ends 63 years of railroad service. He fired on the Northwestern line in 1908 and became an engineer in 1919. He resides in West Des Moines.
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