Santa Visits Graettinger Brightens Holiday Cheer
Santa arrived in Graettinger despite mild weather to greet locals at the Legion Hall. Children queued for free cartoons and candy sacks donated by area businesses while helpers distributed treats and took toy orders. Most businesses planned closure for the Christmas holiday, with only Sunken Ship and Johnny's Place reportedly open.
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Santa
Graettinger
Legion Hall
Rod Hough
Pete Hansen
Lloyd Petersen
Graet~tinger
Times Office
Terminal Co-op
Johnny
Graettinger Pirates Rout Mallard Ducks 79 44 In Cornbelt
Graettinger tops Mallard 79 to 44 as Terry Masters leads with 25 points and 14 rebounds. Strong defense in the third quarter helps fix a 67 to 32 lead after three. team improves to 5 and 6, tied for first in the Cornbelt. Next game January 3 at Sentral Fenton as a boy girl double header.
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Graettinger Pirate
Graettinger
Pirates
Ducks of Mallard
Mallard
Ducks
Fverly
Terry Masters
Masters
Mike Elsenbast
Tom Kulow
Tim Rooney
Bruce Masters
Jim Petersen
Ron Sampson
Dave Petersen
Brian Weber
Randy Simington
Pat Brobst
Pete Hansen
Sentral Fenton
Pirate Matmen Scalp Indians in tight win
Graettinger defeated Pocahontas 35 to 27 as forfeit rulings led 98, 105, 112. Doug Hoffman beat Dave Block 4 2, Tim Becker edged Darrell Hoffman 12-4, Tom Poland pinned Greg Botine, Greg Crowley won 9-0 over Denny Schuttler, Joe Dykhuizen beat Dave Joens 7-6.
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Graettinger
Pocahontas
Bernie Johnson
Joe Powers
Dave Hallberg
Doug Hoffman
Dave Block
Kevin Carlin
Ken Schoon
Darrell Hoffman
Tim Becker
Tom Poland
Greg Botine
Greg Crowley
Denny Schuttler
John Tindall
Tim Brown
John Brown
HWT
Joe Dykhuizen
Dave Joens
Pirates Booster Chili Supper Elects New Board Members
On Friday December 16 the Pirates Booster group elected new board members for terms of different lengths. Jim Bates and Bernice Masters will serve three years, Verland Rients Jim Park and Diane Alesch two years, and Dean Brobst Aileen Schacherer Martha Joyce one year. Officers to be chosen at a future meeting.
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Pirate
Jim Bates
Bernice Masters
Verland Rients
Jim Park
Diane Alesch
Dean Brobst
Aileen Schacherer
Martha Joyce
4-H Weigh-in Dates Set For 1978 Fair
4-H and FFA market beef weigh-in dates for the 1978 Palo Alto County Fair are announced. Animals must be purchased weighed and identified by January 2 1978 except pens of four which may be weighed by March 15. Weighing sites and times are December 28 Horme Hog Buying Station Mallard 9 30 am to 3 pm December 29 Armour and Co Hog Buying Station Flmersburg 8 30 am to 2 noon December 30 Wilson Hog Buying Station Ruthven 9 30 am to 3 pm December 31 Western Buyers West Bend 1 pm to 3 pm.
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FFA
Palo Alto County
Mallard
Armour and Co
Flmersburg
Wilson
Ruthven
Western
West Bend
Scouts Plan Postponed Paper Drive to January Drop
The Boy Scouts announce a paper drive to save papers until after January 1 and then drop them off at the Graettinger Building Center.
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Boy Scouts
Graettinger Building Center
Nations Expand Grain Reserve Program Across Crops
Secretary Bergland widened the Grain Reserve Program to include 1977 and 1976 crop corn, expanding beyond 1976 wheat and rice. The plan aims to store about 17 million metric tons of feed grains and 19 million tons of wheat with 3 year loans and storage payments, prioritizing keeping stocks in farmer hands. The mix targets 75 percent corn, 1 percent sorghum, 8 percent oats, 6 percent barley. payments are 20 cents per bushel for most grains and 15 cents for oats. Eligibility is first come, first served until limits cap, then closed. Corn loans may be repaid and sold when market price hits 125 percent of loan rate. 140 percent triggers loan calls. Current corn loan rate is $2.00.
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Bob Bergland
Bergland
Imix
USDA
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Rients And Miller Lead Pirette Attack
The Graettinger Pirettes defeated Ruthven 81 to 65 to improve to 5 wins 1 loss and 3 1 in conference. Pam Rients scored 36 and Barb Miller 35 with Miller adding 9 rebounds as Kathy Kulow contributed 7 points and 5 boards. The team shot 52 percent from the floor and 62 percent at the line and next hosts Mallard on December 16 at 7 p.m.
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Graettinger Pirettes
Ruthven
Pirettes
Barb Miller
Pam Rients
Rod Hough
Miller
Kathy Kulow
Lori Schacherer
Jani Cox
Julie Kulow
Pam Thu
Becky Weber
Jean McCombs
Lori ‘Pies
Kristy Duus
Ramettes
Mallard
Land O Lakes Announces 7 Million Cash Patronage in 1977
Land O Lakes Inc a Minneapolis based farm supply and food marketing cooperative says cash patronage and revolvement payments totaled 7 074 million in 1977 to 850 member associations and 12 289 direct patrons The revolvement of 2 370 000 will be paid mid December The 1977 cash payment equals 50 percent of 1976 margins The cooperative notes 13 years of equities remain and highlights gains from retained equities program with 94 million cash returned to members over 10 years The firm serves about 150 000 farmers across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota.
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Land O' Lakes, Inc
Land Oo Lakes
Land O' Lakes Board of Directors
Land O' Lakes
Ralph Hofstad
Land of Lakes
Hofstad
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Fitzgerald announces candidacy for Iowa governor in 1978
Jerome Fitzgerald, longtime Fort Dodge representative and Iowa House majority leader, announced on December 15 his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. A civil engineer by training, Fitzgerald's career spans Peace Corps service in Bolivia, leadership roles in the Iowa House, and a platform advocating farm preservation, tax reform, public employee bargaining, and improved services for the elderly and disadvantaged.
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Iowa
Jerome
Jerry) Fitzgerald
Fort Dodge
Fitgerald
Democratic Party
Fitzgerald
Webster County
Clare
Jerry
Sioux City
St. Edmonds High School
Iowa State University
Ames
U.S
Peace Corps
Bolivia
Lowan Shari Booth
Fitzgeralds
James
Molly
REC Directors Attend Annual Member Information Meeting
Corn Belt Power Cooperative held its annual Member Information Meeting December 12 at the Starlite Restaurant in Fort Dodge. More than 160 attendees from 14 north central Iowa REC districts and municipal members of NIMFCA heard presentations by an engineering consultant and a research analyst, with Dr. Herschel Shosteck and F. H. Breckenfelder among the featured speakers.
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Corn Belt Power Cooperative
Starlite
Fort Dodge
North Central Iowa Rec
North Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association
Nimfca
Emanuel G. Kraska
Pocahontas
H. M. Pohlman
Laurens
Shosteck
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Main Street
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Nations
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Pirette
By Kathy Kulow
Land O Lakes
Jerome Fitzgerald
REC
Ance
F. H. Breckenfelder
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Warren Snell
Webster City
George Toyne
Corn Belt
Humboldt
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