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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
7
West Bend resident George Nessen dies of spinal meningitis. Funerals, hospital updates, and social visits cross Emmetsburg, Ruthven, Graettinger, and Graettinger township as residents ship cattle, attend card parties, and adjust to new homes and health developments amid community ties and local commerce.
Mrs A H Henningsen hosted Embroidery Club Tuesday with hours of sociability and refreshments. Marie Doyle Lucille Gilbaugh hosted Busy Bee Club Saturday with games and luncheon. Osgood Union U S gathered sixty at Lundgren Home Friday for a cheerful party. Mr and Mrs Barber celebrate 54th wedding anniversary with relatives present. Catholic Taudies Att society hosts card party Friday with Bridge and Five Hundred and cake. Danish Ladies Aid to meet at Sena Christiansen’s home Wednesday February 12. Mrs D R B McCarty Afternoon Club Friday enjoyed Progressive Five Hundred and refreshments. Roy Lundgren honored at A I Lundgren home Sunday with games and luncheon. J A Spies Evening Card Club hosts guests Monday with cards and refreshments. Mrs Jake Ledue surprised on birthday anniversary with 35 neighbors. cards and lunch.
Coach Dunniire officiated a Ruthven versus Curlew girls basketball game Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Michaels visited Estherville area to spend the day with the Michaels' parents.
A grim foreign investigators’ report says 2,000,000 may die by June amid a famine striking Shenai and Shans provinces. Winter, transport collapse, and local depredations have crippled relief, with six million destitute from prior drops and civil conflict. people resort to elm leaves and waste as hunger spreads.
Local residents trade visits and reports of upcoming moves for the area. Lyle Halstead joins Nick Meng and Mrs Meng of Terril for a Sunday at the Arthur McClelland home. Kasper Miller ships cattle to Chicago while enjoying a stay there and Jonny Connors travels to Emmetsburg for a cousin's death. Arthur McClelland starts a new business and seeks patronage as the Osgood Union S A holds an entertainment at the Lundgren home.
Miss Elizabeth Frederick spent the weekend with Emmetsburg relatives. Mrs Minnie Wiener was an Emmetsburg visitor Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Fredericks are proud parents of a new baby daughter. Lawrence Halverson of LaCrosse Wisconsin is an extended guest of his sister Mrs F W Folsom and family. E R Ayers Robert and Kelsie were Graettinger visitors Sunday afternoon.
Local residents share reports from Canton South Dakota ski events with families attending funerals, hospital updates, and moves. Chris Jensen arrived from Montana for Jens Jensen’s funeral. Seth Smith recovers at Coleman hospital. Families from Ruthven Estherville Spencer Dickens Graettinger and Spencer exchange greetings and visitations. Social Home club plans at O M Olson home.
The record lists residents and guests visiting in the Vada Iowa area. Charlie Christiansen hosts and Ralph Koeh keeps up to date as Ford coach. Mr and Mrs Knut Mr and Mrs Andre Ringated Mr and Mrs Albert Thurly and other families spent Sunday evening at C John Carlson home. Lawrence Johnson visited relatives in Estherville and Willard Spaulding of Spencer is visiting relatives nearby.
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