Graettinger Faces West Bend In Tournament Opener
Graettinger High School hosts West Bend in the opening round of the county basketball tournament. Graettinger relies on Wikert Jones and Cecil Jones, with Reeves Nase and Spies among fast guards. If they win Thursday, they face Cylinder Friday and Ruthven Saturday. finals Saturday night. A district program featured local performances and a pep gathering.
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Wikert
Emmetsburg
Peterson
Graettinger
Cecil Jones
West Benders
Kenneth Reeves
Reynald Nase
Kurt Spies
Dunmire
Cylinder
Ruthven
Curlew
Ayrshire
Mallard
Rodman
Graettinger High School
Semester exams and assembly honor nonabstainers
Thursday and Friday tests ended by 2 20. Pupils with 90 percent averages exempted and those with five per cent nonattendance or tardiness excluded. Assembly followed with music and two talks. The list of students with perfect attendance includes Helen Helgeson Reynald Nage Dale Noble Bertha Olson Anna cores Elizabeth Doyle Marian George Kurt Spies Leota Starkey Alya horauere Winnette Clayton Mary McManus Christona Rolf Hazel Stiss Merle Suga Myrtle Petersen.
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Leona Sandvig
Helen’. Helgeson
Reynald
Nage
Dale
Noble
Bertha Olson
Anna Cores
Elizabeth
Doyle
Marian
George
Kurt “Spies
Leota
Starkey
Alya
Horauere Winnette
Clayton
Mary
McManus
Christona
Rolf Hazel Stiss
Merle Suga
Myrtle
Petersen
Splendid Declamatory Contest At Assembly Tuesday
In the High School assembly Tuesday evening Marian George won first in oratorical with Arnold Henningsen second, Serene Myre first in dramatic with Verna Grodland second, and Loretta Swift first in humorous with Lily Jacobson second. Twelve contestants competed and all merit commendation. The three firsts advance to the state preliminary in Ruthven on Feb. 28.
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Ruthven
Selmors
Pupils Earn High Marks In Semester Test
The list shows pupils across grades who scored B or better in all subjects for the semester ending January 24 and those with marks of 90 or above in high school. It also notes perfect attendance for the first semester in several grades. Names include Duane Faul Dorothy Hoxie Joyce Sewell Alice Strain Betty Jean Swift Leo Young and many others.
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Marvin Barber
Clarence Christiansen
Agatha Craven
Robert Cappen
Alma Hereim
Willis Noble
Jute Duffy
Janette Yount
Dorothy Vedder
Marie Doyle
Arlene Grodland
Kermit Jensen
Charles Sandvig
Elaine Swift
Ruth Raleigh
Wilma Wikert
Lighth
Kathryn McCarty
Leon Morsine
Anna Oleson
Erlene Sandvig
Graettinger High Wrestlers Build Reusable 16 Foot Mat
Coach Dunmire and Alfred Berdin craft a sixteen foot square mat laced on three sides for easy disassembly. It will be stuffed with flax straw and quilted to stay centered, replacing a failing sawdust mat on cement. A meet with Ruthven on the 12th will showcase their skill, while reminiscences of the 1929 tournament frame community enthusiasm.
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Dunmire
Alfred Berdin
Ruthven
Olivier Petersen
Graettinger Beats Ruthven 26 to 20 In Local Floor Fight
Graettinger defeated Ruthven 26 to 20 on Friday night in a close high school boy s basketball game. Ayrshire visit noted for girls loss while Graettinger girls travel history is mentioned with lineup and band progress at the school.
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Legion
Leota Starkey
Graettinger
Ruthven
Ayrshire
Honor Roll Based on New Standard Achievement Tests
The report explains that final grades across arithmetic reading spelling and language were determined by standardized tests. Geography and history were largely test based. Penmanship improved this semester due to a focused drive, though a few pupils regressed by slowing writing speed to improve quality.
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Supt. Stevenson
U. S
Student debt delays report cards and no credit list
Merle Susa warns high school pupils to settle debts to receive six weeks report cards or risk being placed on the no credit list. Also recaps a Mallard Swea City basketball game ending 29 29 after a 17 16 half, and news of a March girls class tournament with team captains chosen and practice schedule.
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Marvin Wikert
Leo Hartman
Merle Susa
Graettinger
Mallard
Swee City
Swea City
Bennett Thoreson
Miss Everitt
Allee Weir
Graettinger High Boys Triumph Over Ruthven in Rivalry
In a hard fought Gracttinger gym clash last Thursday Graettinger defeated Ruthven 26 to 20 after an earlier Ruthven win. The second team lost 14 to 16 in a close game. Mr Stevenson provided oyster stew boosting team spirit and Mae Merril Olesen notes the crowd turnout and renewed pep.
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Ruthven and
Gracttinger
Gracttinger Gymn
Ruthven
Ruthven Boys
Bathing Rex Dietrick Sparks Electric Washer Talk
Bill Johnston quips about an electric washer as Rex Dietrick jokes on bathing difficulty. Johnston complains paddles knock him off his feet when he enters the device, reflecting comic misadventure with the modern appliance.
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Rex Dietrick
Bill Johnston
Bartleman’s Barber Shop Ad Promises Modern Service
Bartleman Bros. advertise barber shop services for ladies, gents, and children with modern equipment and second floor baths near the Drug Store. Also notes Ray’s Cafe in Gracttnger Town offering beef or pork sandwiches, coffee, homemade pie, short orders, ice cream, and soft drinks with air service.
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McBride Barber Shop
John McBride
Bartleman
Bableman Bros
Cape
Prigidaire
Ray's Cafe
Gracttinger
Town
Shipping Association urged to back the group effort
The Graettinger Co-Operative Live Stock Shipping Association reports 147 members in 1927 and urges Mr. Farmer to support his organization. It notes meetings on the second Wednesday of March, May, July, September, November and January, under manager W. L. O'Conner with listed phones.
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the Shipping Association
Farmers Grain Company ad highlights large feed line
The Farmers Grain Company urges customers to buy locally from themselves, emphasizing a wide stock of grain, coal, flour, feed, salt, oils, wire, fence materials, posts, paint, shingles, twine, and more. The note touts quality, price, and a high service standard with a call to try their flour at a narrow margin.
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Farmers Grain Co
Farmers Grain Company
D. K
Amdahl's Meat Market Moves to New Building
Amdahl's Meat Market announces relocation to a new building in Gracttinger Iowa. The shop offers fresh and cured meats oysters and fish in season vegetables groceries and other goods with emphasis on quality price and service. J G Amdahl proprietor invites customers to visit and view the upgraded facilities.
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Amdahl
Wao
J. G. Amdahl
Telephone 88
Gracttinger
Iowa
City Meat Market ad promotes fresh meats and grocer y
Simonsen Bros. Prop advertise a large stock of fresh and cured meats plus ham bacon dairy bread and groceries. Offering fine items for Sunday dinners with consistent low prices and complete fruit and vegetable stock. Telephone 71 Grattinger Town.
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City
Simonsen Bros
Prop
Gracttinger
Town
Graettinger Bakery Ad Invites Local Orders and Specials
Graettinger bakery promotes fresh bakery goods including bread pies cookies and cake. Bread is sold in Graettinger grocery stores with other items available at the bakery open Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Owner M BW Raepa pledges courteous service and asks patrons to try their products as warm weather approaches.
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Graettinger
Raepa
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Il Tourna
West Bend
Mamie Bonstead
Edith Gardner
Christena Rolfson
Mary McManus
Emmett Rolfson
Christena
Lillie Jacobson
Kenton Sewell
Dorothy Fink
Alfred Hampson
Stanford Raleigh
Hazel Suss
Vivian Norris
Winette Clayton
Nora Nolan
Melville Oleson
Marian George
Verna Grodland
Helen Reidy
Elmer Petersen
Reynald Nane
Kenneth Jensen
Robert Wendt
Clifford Schurman
Eva Mills
Clarine Jensen
Ruth Amdahl
Clarence Christeansen
Alvin Mills
Gene Sewell
Leetha McCulloch
Grace Peterson
Graettinger High
Josten
Joxten
Armold Henningsen
Stevenson
Nane
Miss Everett
Marion Hatfield
Grachtinger H. S
H. S. Gymnasium
Clus
Ralph Thompson
Donald Jonesy
Kermit Reeves
Earl Carney
Ralph Robinson
Elmer Peterson
Francis McCarty
Trygue Larson
Noor
Donald Jones
Girl’s Glee Club
Miss Meadows
Myhre
Winnette Clayton
Alice Wolf
Loretta Swift
Reddex
Bart
Cariéy
Jacobsen Meat Market
N. Jacobsen
Wallingford, Towa
Orry
Martin Mybre
McCarty
GractiInger Telephons
Quaker Oats CO
J. H. Swift
Mer
Alan
Kentucky
First National Bank
Owa
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