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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1958
Page
8
The Gracttinger Pirette sextet advanced to the sectional finals with a 56-53 semifinal win over Ayrshire on Wednesday night. They displayed strong ball handling and fast offense while their defense outplayed Ayrshire’s hard-fighting squad. Sister combinations dominated the scoring for the two teams.
DEL'S Checkerboard News notes minerals in milk and meat, urges Purina Livestock Mineral in salt boxes to prevent production drops. Reports 1957 batch results with 97/100 chicks, 2 million chicks in 11,000 flocks, and improved Startena for 1958 claiming 54 percent faster growth. Recommends Purina Lay Chow for laying hens using home grains and cites Emmet Murphy's consistent winter production.
The Langehoughs and Buhl sisters each reached high scorers with 24 18 27 and 23 points as Pirotte edged Ayrshire 65 56 in a bruising game. Shiley Thompson and backcourt trio Anderson Rierson Shiley Thorson fueled the late rally and increased the win margin with timely buckets and free throws.
William Bill Mason 40, of Pleasant Hill California, formerly from Ruthven and Gractinger area, died June 21. He served in World War II, worked as Contra Costa County road superintendent, and is survived by his wife Lorraine, three sons, his mother Rose Mason of Richmond, and eleven siblings. Funeral held January 23 in Concord California. Also note Iowa deer harvest estimate 2,335 by conservation commission.
Dave Sandvig scored 31 and Jim Christensen 17 as the Pirates beat Armstrong 65 to 54 on their court. Pirate reserves edged Armstrong reserves 44 to 43 after trailing at halftime, with Delbert Jensen keying the late free throws. Brighton led locals with 12 points. Duitsman top-scored for Armstrong with 26.
A large crowd of farmers from Palo Alto and Emmet Counties attended the Pal-Em National Farm Loan Association annual meeting in Emmetsburg on Tuesday February 1. A Methodist Church ladies served dinner. Entertainment featured Emmetsburg High School boys quartet and Martha Martin. Officers elected included President C L Underwood Vice President Elvin L Sunde Secretary-Treasurer Alvin C Jolliffe Ass’t Sec-Treas Pauline Crahan. Directors from Palo Alto and Estherville Wm Nielsen O Morton Juhl etc. Door prizes followed.
The Iowa highway patrol will deploy five radar units statewide to catch speeders on night routes. After training, patrolmen will enforce the state 60 mph nighttime limit using electronic detectors, supplementing earlier use of electric speed tapes on highways. Over the last six months of 1957, more than 2,500 violators were recorded with speed tapes.
Drivers were apprehended for breaking the nighttime speed limit. The majority wrote their own tickets by clipping speed tapes too fast. New radar units will give patrols more flexibility and safety enforcement, operating under any conditions and even from inside a patrol air. Recording equipment will automatically register speeds in range. The radar marks violators and also protects law observing drivers. Observe the law.
Construction of the 1,402,087 addition to Holy Family Hospital in Estherville will start in a month s time depending on weather. Sister Superior Irenaca said approvals and final contracts are signed and work should begin mid March or April first. Pledges have risen about 15,000 since the drive ended reaching 385,150.40, with W A Klinger Co of Sioux City named general contractor.
Graettinger Iowa meat market advertises a wide stock of fresh and cured meats ham and bacon at low prices. It offers groceries including cream milk bread fruits and vegetables with prop Robert Simonsen inviting patronage and noting they can prepare special Sunday dinners.
The building project for the hospital addition awards contracts totaling 632 420 with C J McDermott Co Sioux Falls handling mechanical work 254 500 and including plumbing heating Interstate Air Conditioning of Sioux City ventilating 218 850 Dewey Electric Inc Ventura handles electrical 134 378 Otis Elevator Co Minneapolis to install two elevators and dumb water for 69 188 Goulet's Inc Minneapolis to furnish and install kitchen equipment 92 000 Approval granted February 4 by officials completing steps for a 434 000 federal grant funding the hospital project The States of the Sorrowful Mothers provide remaining funds to meet total costs.
Robert Kuhlmann aged 21 of Algona and a friend took their first airplane ride and began inspecting the instrument panel before turning off the ignition. The plane was damaged but both men escaped serious injuries in the forced landing that followed nearly immediately.
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