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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1975
Page
3
The Graettinger Band Parents sponsor a candy sale from February 1 to February 14. Proceeds help pay the loan on new band uniforms. Band members offer four varieties of Pearson's candies at $1 per box. Band Parents receive 40 cents per box. Community support is appreciated.
The region endured a brutal cold spell with readings below zero for many days. Graettinger recorded about 30 below Saturday morning, the coldest since 1936, while the area hovered around zero to start the week and later dipped again to five below and one below on successive mornings. Groundhog Day noted the shadow predicting ten more weeks of winter.
The Adult Farmers Education Class meets Monday Feb. 7 at 7:30 p m in Graettinger School lunch room to discuss Safe Handling of Agricultural Chemicals. A prior cancellation on Jan. 26 is noted.
The Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a meeting on Tuesday February 8 at 8 pm at the Legion hall. All members are urged to attend.
Funeral services were held in Estherville for John H. Morrice 92 longtime Wallingford Graettinger resident who died Tuesday at Good Samaritan Home Burial was in Riverside Cemetery He was born August 9 1873 in Scotland educated there and at Aberdeen Business College came to Wallingford in the 1890s lived there most of his life Married Laura Evenson in 1902 He helped organize and manage the Farmers Elevator Co of Wallingford and also ran the Wallingford Telephone Co He was a member of Estherville Elks Lodge and the Estherville First Presbyterian Church Survivors include two sons LeRoy Milwaukee Wis and Victor Waterloo and several nieces and nephews
A total of $125 in five $25 Buck prizes will be awarded in Graettinger Saturday afternoon. Prize drawings occur at three o clock in participating stores. Louis Lammers collected a $25 Buck prize last Saturday and other drawn winners included Leo Wikert Mrs. Lloyd McCombs Donald Lammers and Mrs Julius Datker.
The final fox hunt of the series is set for Sunday with all hunters invited. Meet at the Legion hall at 12:30, followed by an oyster stew. In other news, balloonist Piantanida's Stratojump No. 2 mission faced delays and a landing ended near Elmore, Minnesota after technical troubles.
The Emmetsburg Federal Land Bank Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting February 16 at Emmetsburg. Manager Alvin Jolliffe says a progress report will be given and two directors elected. Walter W. Peterson of Chappel Nebraska will speak. Registration begins 11 50 a m at the Methodist church, followed by dinner and entertainment. Directors include Depenbusch, Simonson, Underwood, Sunde, Nielsen, Juhl, and Andresen. The FLBA makes long term Federal Land Bank loans to farmers in Palo Alto and Emmet counties.
Grain prices listed for Wednesday February 2 show corn at 61.13 and oats at Onew bene a neces reanseaneenane appears in the fragmented OCR text with missing context and no clear additional data.
The Graettinger Future Farmers of America chapter will host the 14th annual Northwest Iowa Crop Judging contest at Graettinger school Saturday forenoon, Feb. 5. About 15 teams from surrounding schools are expected. Activities include crop judging, weed and seed identification, and crop knowledge test. Plaques and ribbons will honor top teams and individuals per FFA advisor Andy Grocs.
Kenneth Kassel, chairman of the Palo Alto Soil Conservation district, announced plans for a county wide soil conservation speech contest for all junior and senior high students. The local contest is scheduled for March 28. Continued on Page Five.
Graettinger school showcases joint Junior Band and Junior High Chorus Tuesday night at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Directed by Kenley Zwiefel and Gary Pease, the event invites the public with no admission charge.
Frank Kempf announces a public farm auction on Tuesday February 15 with sale details to follow Alvin Poppinga also schedules a farm sale on Thursday February 17 details to appear later The Wm Voigt Estate public auction of personal property will be held Saturday February 19 at the late Mr Voigt residence near the Legion hall Graettinger sale begins 1 pm Bortint and Brown are auctioneers and Graettinger State Bank will clerk
Funeral services were held at Wallingford Lutheran Church for Magdalene Gunderson 87 longtime Wallingford resident who died Thursday at Good Samaritan Home Estherville Burial was in Riverside cemetery Wallingford Rev Robert Glaser officiated She taught in Emmet County for 54 years and lived in Wallingford all her life surviving a sister and many nieces and nephews
Graettinger residents contributed 227.00 to the 1965 Christmas Seal campaign for the Tuberculosis and Health Association. The goal was 207.00. Mrs. L. H. Thoreson, Graettinger chairman, and the association thank the many contributors for supporting the eradication of tuberculosis and control of respiratory diseases.
Miss Iowa Mari Hardy of Sioux City will attend Quaker Oats Seed and Supplier Day in Graettinger on Wednesday February 9. She studied speech and art at Wayne State College and plans foreign service or Peace Corps after graduation. Representatives from Ful O Pep Seed Agrico Nutra Flo Thompson Hayward Woodbury discuss feed seed crop fertility. savings discounts and door prizes offered. public invited.
Thora Sorensen 82 longtime Graettinger resident died at Holy Family hospital from complications of age Funeral services held at Bethel Lutheran North with Pastor O J Reitz officiating Buried in St Pauls cemetery Pallbearers named Thora Larsen Sorensen born June 12 1883 in Nevada Iowa married Kmud Sorensen January 25 1905 in Nevada farmed in Nevada and Tural Ruthven before moving to Graettinger in 1943 Survived by son Harvey Sorensen four daughters a sister brothers and several grandchildren. funeral home Fuhrman in charge
George M. Stockdale of Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative announced an all expenses paid trip to Washington, DC for essay contest winners. Eligible are area high school juniors served by the cooperative. Winners will join peers from similar programs in other regions.
The Knights of Columbus held their January meeting at Immaculate Conceptions church and elected officers William Brown president Chuck Stillman vice president Leland Boblit secretary and H A Elsenbast treasurer in a formal vote.
Graettinger hosts West Bend Friday and Ayrshire Saturday in two county conference doubleheaders. Both Graettinger and West Bend are unbeaten in County Conference play, with West Bend at 4-0 and Graettinger at 3-0. A Pirate win Friday would create a tie for second in the Corn Belt. Cat Ballou screens Saturday and Sunday at the Graettinger theatre, a western spoof starring Jane Fonda with Harold Hecht producing and Elliot Silverstein directing.
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