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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1958
Page
2
A note requests the person who took the wrong overcoat at the B P Duhn funeral to return it to G O Bonstead and collect their own coat. The message is dated February 13.
A collage of brief, community gratitude notes expresses sincere thanks to pastors doctors nurses and neighbors for flowers cards food and support during bereavement illness and hospital stay. Notable names include Jolivette Dunn Petersen Makestad Dawson and Duhn families acknowledging blood donors and hospital staff.
Local residents host visitors from Mallard to Emmetsburg and Algona. Clergy from Immaculate Conception church travel to Chicago for a weeklong stay. Abe Christiansen learns of his aunt’s death in Mineola, Oklahoma. Families attend weddings in San Diego and verify recoveries from pneumonia. The piece lists many relatives visiting, traveling, or attending funerals, including trips to Des Moines and California, with numerous names and towns, ending with a note promoting The American Weekly feature “Her 35 Sons.”
The obituary for BE P Duhn in last week's Times failed to list seven grandchildren Kathy and Mike McKenna Linda Gale and Becky Starkey Jeff and Randy Duhn. Survivors also include many nieces and nephews. A medical oddity notes a man weighing 150 pounds would drop about 50 pounds if all body water were removed.
Handy Trixie, a five year old terrier belonging to Mrs Louis Couchman near Sewal, responds only to the phone on a party line. When the ring sounds, the dog trots to the device and summons her mistress to the call. Other rings go unanswered by Trixie.
A pensive saying notes that people gain the most from life when they do the least kicking. The line reflects a philosophy of restraint and balance.
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