Graettinger March of Dimes drives nets 1330 dollars
Graettinger community raised 1330 dollars in a one day March of Dimes drive. Joe Grady presented funds to Palo Alto county co chairs Mrs Roberts and Mrs Varcoe after a school gym auction of cakes and crafts. Local organizations including FHA FFA Lions and school staff contributed through auctions cake sales and service bids. Pirates basketball team heads to Estherville sectional next Thursday with district tournaments the week of February 21.
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Graettinger
March of Dimes
Joe Grady
Palo Alto County
March of Dimes Cochairmen
Roberts
Varcoe
KICD
Emmetsburg
Pirates
Estherville
Graettinger Pirates
Spirit Lake
Wallingford Legion to Sponsor Benefit Dance
The Wallingford American Legion post will sponsor a benefit dance on Wednesday February 16 at the Skyline club. Proceeds will go toward purchasing a wheelchair and sickroom equipment for use by those in need in the Wallingford community. Don Keenan and his band will provide the music.
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Wallingford American Legion Post
Bkyline Club
Wallingford
Don Keenan
Antarctic expedition member Nefstead once Graettinger resident
Capt Paul Nefstead 27, formerly educated in Graettinger and Newton, is an army observer with an Antarctic expedition around Little America. He gained notice in daily papers and the Saturday Evening Post, and is nephew of local instructor Cora Christopher. He served in World War II, then in Japan and the Arctic, now at Fort Belvoir in training.
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Paul Nefstead
Graettinger
Capt
Nefstead
Cora Christopher
Grachtinger
Mra. L
Christopher
Capt. Nefstead
South Pole
Little America
Saturday Evening Post
Nefatead
Newton
Iowa State College
Japan
Arctic
Fort Belvoir
Washington, D. c
Host to over 200 at pocket testament banquet Sunday
The First Lutheran Luther League hosted about 210 leaguers Sunday night at the Eatherville circuit Pocket Testament banquet held in the school community room. Mrs Oscar Branstad of foresat city national president of the W MF of BL C was main speaker. Local Luther Season members presented the remainder of the program.
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Lutheran Luther League
Eatherville
Oscar Branstad
Foresat City
WMF
BL. C
Herb Weber
Wm. Freslerick
Ruth Baumgartner
Jorgen Paulsen
Boas Hamilton
Prize winner and unclaimed prizes listed
Roy E. Tenborg of Wallingford claimed the 15 Bucks prize in Wednesday's drawing. Unclaimed were Claude Grooms 10 Bucks Mrs Har Christensen 25 Bucks and W H DeWall 100 Bucks. Next week's prizes will be 10 4 36 and 100 Bucks.
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Roy E. Tenborg
Wallingford
Claude Grooms
Har) Christensen
W. H. DeWall
Tae
FFA Boys Offer Seed Germination Testing Service
The Grachtinger IFSA Chapter offers seed germination tests for farmers. Darrell Schnell and Wayne Johnson lead the program. samples may be sent by FFA members or brought to the high school Ag room. A 25 cent charge covers handling and mailing results. Tests follow state specs with a thermostaticly controlled aluminum insulated box. Corn oats soybeans and all grass and legume seeds can be tested and results mailed in seven days.
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Grachtinger Ifsa
Darrell Schnell
Wayne Johnson
F.F.A
den Rix
Local Christmas Seal Sale Misses Town Quota in Graettinger
Mrs. Oscar Oleson announces local residents contributed 257.78 toward the Christmas seal drive ending January. The town quota was 320.00. Dr John M Jensen to speak at St Pauls Lutheran tonight at 8. Junior FFA chapter elects officers with Bob Reeves as president and other posts filled. Proceeds from coat check donated to March of Dimes. Sub-District contest set for Graettinger on Feb 19.
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FHA
FFA
Gracttinger
Hortyit and Brown
Gradinzer Ainte Bante
Te Tia Howe
Oscar Oleson
Grachtinger
John M. Jensen
ST. Paul's
Bob Reeves
Gary Johnson
Larry Rouse
Graettinger
Mailing label credit notice for Times subscribers
Subscriptions paid through Friday January 28 are credited for this week. Check your address label to ensure proper credit. If an error occurred, inform the Times promptly. After January 28 payments have been credited in our records and will reflect on the mailing label in the near future.
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Times
The
Farm Sale Near Spies Corner In Graettinger Area
Orville Westfall will hold a closing-out public sale of livestock and farm machinery on Thursday Feb 3 at the farm three miles west of Spies corner first corner north of Graettinger on Subway 17 and one mile north 12 head cattle 23 feeding pigs and a 1950 W D Allis tractor will be sold Brown and Bortvil auctioneers and Graettinger State bank will clerk
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Orville Woatfall
Spies' Corner
Graettinger
Subway
W. D. Allis
Brown and
Friday Auctions at Estherville Sale Barn
Estherville Auction Co holds weekly Friday sales at the Estherville sale barn every Friday afternoon. Bortint and Brown of Graettinger are the auctioneers in charge of the sale.
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Estherville
Estherville Auction Co
Adilers
Bortint
Brown
Graettinger
Spies and Levi sale of Poland China bred gilts planned
Spies and Levi will hold a Spotted Poland China Bred Gilt sale on Thursday Feb 17 starting at 1 30 p m. Sixty three head of bred gilts will be sold including well grown top quality sows sired by champions premier sires and top selling sires. Sale on farm one mile south and 1 1 4 miles west of Graettinger auctioneers Charles Taylor Tremont Nebr and Bortin and Brown Graettinger Gractinger State Bank clerk.
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Spies & Levi
Poland
Graettinger
Charles Taylor
Tremont
Nebr
Bortint and Brown
Gracttinger State Bank
J Brownlee Farm Auction This Thursday
I Brownlee will hold a farm auction on Thursday February 17 at the farm three miles south and two and a half miles east of Emmetsburg. The sale offers nearly new farm machinery and about 78 head of livestock among other items. See ad in Timée next week.
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I. Brownlee
Emmetsburg
Del's Farmers Supply Special Farm Meeting
Del's Farmers Supply sponsors a Wednesday evening meeting at the local high school's Agricultural room at 7:30. A free full color movie on the rumen fistula will be shown, and Marvin Rahlf from Town State College will discuss adding a tilt- to feuds alongside free coffee and cake. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Del's
Farmers Supply
Marvin Rahlf
Town State College
Kingscrost Seed Corn Open House Wednesday
Earl Erickson announces an invitation to farmers and the public to attend a Kingscrost seed corn and farm seed day at Erickson's on Wednesday February 9. Free coffee and doughnuts served from 1 to 5 PM. Farmers may pick up ordered Kingscrost seed corn and farm seeds.
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Earl Erickson
Erickson's
Walleye Perfection At Five Island Lake Angling Event
A string of 19 walleyed pike from Five Island Lake near Emme tburg was caught by Grachtinger anglers in the early top fishing season. Leonard Bud photographed the catch as others report strong early season walleye displays, later dipping as locals seek luck elsewhere. Hud won first prize with 60 walleye from West Okobos in a weekly contest sponsored by an Okobo bait farm.
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Five Island Lake
Emmateburg
Grachtinger
Leonard Bud
Hud
West Okobos
Sectional semifinals tip off with Ruthven Curlew Gracttinger Lake Two
Ruthven meets Curlew in the opener and Gracttinger faces Lake Two in the sectional semifinals at 7 and 8:15 p m tonight with the championship and consolation games set for Saturday. KLIL of Estherville will broadcast the 8:15 p m game.
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Graettinger
Lake Two
Ruthven
Curlew
Teeril
Rosewall
Jan- Jee Wing
Gruver
Siidy
Gracttinger
KLIL
Estherville
Times Office
Gractting
Lake
Wikert Trucking Firm Names New Partnership
C O Wikert announces sale of half interest to son Ervin creating a joint operation under C O and Ervin Wikert Trucking Line and Hog Buying. The firm has 19 licensed vehicles and runs trucking and livestock services from its Graettinger yard near Rock Inland depot, with C O Wikert and Ervin based on the family farm.
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Co. O. Wikert
Wikert
Ervin
C. O
Ervin Wikert
Mondlay
Rock Inland
Graettinger
Hivin
Wikert Farm
Two Local FFA Boys Win District Corn Yield Contest
Paul Bonstead and Lowell Platter juniors at Graattinger high school and Graattinger FFA chapter placed second and third in the Northwest District 1954 Pioneer corn yield contest. Bonstead earned 191 bushels per acre and Platter 180.4, with checks of 15 dollars and 5 dollars respectively enclosed.
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Paul Bonstead
Lowell Platter
Graattinger High School
Graattinger
Future Farmers of America
N. W
Paul
Lowell
Seventh Grade Cagers to Meet Ringsted Here Saturday
The Gradttinger seventh and eighth grade girls and boys basketball teams travel to Ringsted for a Saturday doubleheader. Girls start at 2 p.m., followed by the boys. Local readers can catch the afternoon matchup on the home court.
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Ringsted
Gradttinger
Groundhog Day predicts six weeks more winter weather
Groundhog appeared near noon on Wednesday and saw its shadow, signaling six weeks of winter. The week ended warmer than last week’s cold snap when temperatures sank to 17 below. Monday brought near forty degree sunshine in a January thaw, with cooler, overcast conditions Tuesday and brief snow flurries on Wednesday.
Legion Meetings Next Week in Graettinger Hall
The Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary plan their regular February meeting next Tuesday night February 3 in the Legion hall. All members are urged to attend.
Eugene Foster Dies in California Former Resident
Eugene Foster about 43 died Saturday at his Venice California home. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs William Foster longtime Gracinger residents. A WWI veteran, he worked for the Rock Island railroad in Esther Villa. He is survived by his wife Nora an adopted daughter and a sister Kathryn Simla of Phoenix Arizona.
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Eugene Foster
Venice
Calif
Los Angeles
Wm. Foster
Grachtinger
Esther Villa
Rock Island Railroad
Foster
California
Ligo
Nora
Kathryn Simla
Phoenix
Ariz
Meeting Friday to Plan Graettinger Teen-Age Drivers Club
Public meeting announced by Co. V. Carter to organize Graettinger Teen-Age Drivers Club for teens 14 to 19 with licenses or permits. Open Friday at 7 30 p m in Graettinger Toca school community room. Club to be independent of schools, supported by civic groups, governed by a committee, aimed at safety and social activity nationwide Beardsley program.
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Graettinger
Co. V. Carter
Toca
Civic Clube
Greettinger
Carter
Gov
Beardsley
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McGreevy
Thorr
Wallingford Legion
Antarctic “Expedition
FFA Boys
Orville
Westfall
J. Brownlee Sale
Del's Farmers Supply
Erichkson's
Ayrshire
Reeves
Manchester
Paulsen
Thim
Pilrottes
Speck
Potter
Zitterich
Pirettes
Larson
Torresen
Christensen
O Gitterich
C. O. Wikert
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