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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1961
Page
6
Wallineford residents and relatives are noted visiting kin in Fort Dodge Ringsted Spirit Lake and Algona over the weekend. Gerald Ness earned a Bachelor of Science from Iowa University while community activities include 4-H prep for March County tournament and a Lent film program at a Sunday gathering.
Mr and Mrs TI G Ness and daughters attended graduation ceremonies at Town City and took the Oliver Ness baby to their home while the parents moved. A pot luck dinner honored JL Nelsons 86th birthday. Attending were numerous Estherville families including Balmer Armstrong Nelson Van DaWalle Twite Myhre and others. A cousin’s ten month old baby funeral, a visit by Marvin Egeland from Cedar Falls, a Valerie Poyzer birthday party, and weekend visits by Paulson Egeland Sunde and Hanson households are recorded along with a Wednesday Men's Brotherhood meeting.
Nordhin Peter son leads the Wednesday evening meeting with devotions while Allan Larson plays clarinet solo Paul Peterson provides a piano solo and Jimmy Skattubo performs a cornet solo. A travel film is shown and lunch is served by R J Herum and Joe Lande. Roger Brummett finds his missing Shetland pony after five weeks on the Brummett farm. The pony weighed about 100 pounds lighter.
William Orr aged 92 and George Ehrhardt also 92 share a long friendship. Ehrhardt, a retired justice of the peace, remains semi-active as a farm seed salesman. Their bond has endured throughout their long lives.
Francis Cleak of Albia retired after 40 years with the Railway Express agency. He began his service when packages were delivered by horse drawn wagons.
Palo Alto Soil Conservation District announces its annual meeting at the KUP Hall in Emmetsburg February 24 at 7 30 p m. J butros Jabra of Bethlehem Jordan will speak on Life in the Middle East with Q A following. Election to fill Kenneth Henning sen’s vacancy features Dale Jensen Ruthven and L H Thoreson Emmetsburg. Refreshments to follow. public invited.
The Federal Land Bank Association of Bonnetsburg held its annual meeting in Emmetsburg on February 8. Dinner was served to farmers from Emmet and Palo Alto counties. Milford Beoghly of the Farm Credit Board spoke on his Europe trip. Al Jones of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha presented a Certificate of Achievement. The association loaned $523,400 in 1960 to local farmers. Directors elected were C. L. Underwood and Elvin Sunde. Alvin C. Joliffe retained as manager with Pauline Crahan as assistant.
The program in creative writing at the University of Iowa will feature O HE Norton Edavin Juhl Wm Nielsen LB Estherville Martin Simonson Ruthven and Henry Depenbusch Emmetsburg as speakers Sandra Lee Reeves and Carol Thomas will discuss. One day program at State College honors high school seniors with scholarships totaling 22003 dollars and 92 awards.
Two Cracttnger Community High School students from Brookings South Dakota have been invited to Scholarship Recognition Day at South Dakota State College on February 18. Paul Engle, director, will welcome attendees and present invitations.
Paul Fleming and Ted Joens of Tract recently marked 25 years of volunteer service with the free apartment program, a milestone reflecting long standing community commitment.
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