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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
2
Francis Fleming born October 13 1920 in Graettinger Iowa. He attended local schools and was active in band and an operetta. His hobbies include checkers and basketball and baseball are his chief sports interests.
A school bulletin details a February sequence of activities including a pep meeting for the County Tournament at Emmetsburg, band performances by Mr. Goldstein and a solo by Allen Hersleff, a skating party for seniors at Matherville, and a display of Lillies Aid Society pictures at Fort Dodge. It notes essays, music, geography studies, spelling efforts, and a hygiene project, with classroom initiatives in language and speaking.
Instrumental program featured four players including a bass alto and two tenor clarinets. Winners at a national music contest, they performed a varied set including a dramatic sketch and several strong pieces. The group works on contest numbers while facing tough competition from many established bands. The bass horn is failing, but Leo volunteers to keep it together.
The 1940 Federal water power act extended U S government authority over water power on navigable rivers. Topics note large animals in England with tusks bones and teeth found in Yorkshire prove elephants rhinoceroses and buffaloes once inhabited the area. Also mentions a round world belief held by First century B C geographers.
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