Soren Andersen Dies Prominent Area Resident
Services held Wednesday for Soren Andersen a Seren AL Andersen longtime area resident died Saturday at Palo Alto County Hospital from blood clots and complications. He had been hospitalized five weeks. Funeral at Betnug Taithesan Emmetsburg with Rev Erling AL Hansen officiating. Burial St Paal's cemetery Graettinger. Survivors include daughter Mrs Emil Andreasen and three grandchildren Ruth Wernli Phillip Andreasen Mark Andreasen. He was active in community and church groups and served as Walnut township trustee and cemetery secretary.
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Seren AL Andersen
Sturday
Palo Alto County
Cath Bimmelsburg
Ele
Opeast
Betnug Taithesan Church
Emmetsburg
Revo Erling AL Hansen
Buhrman Funeral Home
Graetingser
van St. Paal’s
Graettinger
Ener Bispard
Ao “Phompson
John Carney
Win, Herke
Albert Dulin
Leute Dulin Soren
Mt Amereno
Storvarnde
Denmark
Tre
Marina
Niels Andersen
United States
Racine, Wise
U.S
Sheo Marrnied Matte Duhn
Walnut Township
St. Pauls
Ruth Wernli
Iowa City
Phillip Andreasen
Towa City
Mark Andreasen
James
Weighty Weight Club Tops Graettio Brain Trust
The Times congratulates the YB Weighty Tops club of Graettio Beroen on a year’s weight loss. Seven members shed 115.25 pounds in four months since the September start. The group meets Tuesday evenings at 7 pm in Dr Daveson’s basement and invites interested people.
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Graettio
Pero
Daveson
Ted Pe
Graettinger Forms Swimming Pool Board
The Graettinger town council appointed a swimming pool board to oversee the new pool. Members include Joan Dawson Betty Gjerde for one year Tom Millen and Virgil Olesen for two years, with a town councilman as chair Lelind Stiles currently serving. The board will handle safety, upkeep, staffing, opening times, and other pool matters and will meet on the third Monday of January and November at 7 30 p m with special meetings as needed.
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Graettinger
Joan Dawson
Betty Gjerde
Tom Millen
Virgil Olesen
Lelind Stiles
Legion And Auxiliary Monthly Meeting Notice
The Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary will hold their regular monthly meetings Tuesday night at the Legion hall at 8 p.m.
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Graettinger American Legion and Auxilary
Legion Hall
S P.m
Graettinger Markets Report on January 8
Graettinger market brief notes prices for CORN OATS and BEANS with a 2.44 reading for beans. No additional context or figures provided beyond those terms.
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Graettinger
Ivan
McCaskies Stalled In Graettinger On 1000 Mile Holiday Trip
Mr and Mrs John McCaskie of Ruffsdale Pennsylvania faced a blizzard during a 1000 mile Christmas trip to stay with Mrs McCaskies parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Graettinger in Graettinger Iowa They rode through ice and deep drifts reaching Fort Dodge and Graettinger before finding the road impassable overnight They were aided by snowplow crews and joined by locals for hospitality before continuing home Next Volleyball Session Teaches Jan 14 For a local league formation.
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John McCaskie
Ruffsdale
Pennsylvania
Fort Dodge
Algona
Emmetsburg
McCaskies
Graettinger
Ralph Graettinger
Gerald
Pauline Stueve
Stueve
Russell Petenson
Greattinger
McCaskie
Rosemary Greattinger
Ruffedale
W. G. Rients
Sioux Fally
Rients
Las Vegas
Vegas
Disneyland
California
Sioux Falls
Assessor Opens Graettinger Bank Office Monday
Graettinger city assessor Ted Gilbaugh will start an office in the Graettinger State Bank building beginning Monday January 13. Hours are 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 each weekday except Thursday. He urges residents to call early for homestead exemptions and other exemption applications and to obtain assessment rolls.
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Graetttinger City
Ted Gilbaugh
Graettinger State Bank
Gilbaugh
Gracttinger
Stamp Drawing Postponed Again Keeps Snow Delay In Place
The $150 Stamp Drawing, already postponed twice due to snow and bad roads, was postponed again with a new date to be announced in the Times. Three snowbound victims were reported after Sunday's storm.
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Times
Appoint Council Committees And Town Personnel
Gravetllinger town council and Mayor Potter held the first regular session of 1969. Committees and staff were named including Finchee Peterson Stiles and Spies for Finance and City management, Streets and Alleys Hanson Torrence Stiles, Cemetery Spice Torrence Hanson, Water and Sewer Spies Stiles Peters, Re teation Stiles Torrence Peterson,Ges Stiles Spies Peterson. Howard Hanson reappointed mayor pro tem. Myrtle Nissen secretary. Lloyd C Petersen town clerk. Gilbert Stureve day marshal and streets supervisor. Leonard Barrett night marshal. Chas Burg Weas relief marshal. Russell Lastine water superintendent. John Weir dog catcher. Nick Sherman damp ground custodian. Luther Herrick garbage collector. Gravetunger State bank named town depositors bank.
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Ges
Stiles
Spies
Peterson
Howard Hanson
Myrtle Nissen
Lloyd C. Petersen
Gilbert Stureve
Leonard Barrett
Chas
Burg Weas
Russell Lastine
John Weir
Nick Sherman
Luther Herrick
Graetunger State Bank
Depositors Bank
Hinds
Local Cagers Lose Two To Ringsted
Ringsted's teams swept Friday night at Graettinzer with the Ringsted girls defeating the Pirettes 66 to 11 and the Ringsted boys topping the Pirates 61 to 14. The Pirettes led early 9 to 3 before Ringsted tied it 9 all late in the first. A cold second quarter left the Pirettes down 24 to 16 at halftime.
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Ringsted
Graettinzer
Pirettes
Pirates
Murphy Receives U S Air Force Silver Pilot Wings
Enid Oklahoma second lieutenant Bob E Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Emmet Murphy of Graettinger begins flying duty after earning U S Air Force silver wings at Vance AFB Oklahoma He is assigned to McClellan AFB California with the Aerospace Defense Command and is a Graettinger High School graduate with a B S from the University of Town and commissioned through ROTC
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Enid, Okla
Bob E. Murphy
Emmet Murphy
Arachtinger
O. S. Air Force
Vance Afb
Okla
Murphy
McClellan Afb
Calif
Aerospace Defense Command
Graettinger High School
University of Town
Reserve Officers Training Corp
Granddaughter of Grauettinger Folks Is First Palo Alto Baby
Dallas Jane Petersen born January 1 at 8 06 a m as the first baby in Palo Alto County Hospital. She weighed six pounds and her parents Dean and Vicki Petersen of Emmetsburg received many prizes from local merchants including diapers, a blanket, milk, formula, a baby set, a vaporizer, a humifer, a baby seat, a plastic tub, gauze diapers, a five dollar bank account, car service, a portrait, free dinners, and a gift newspaper subscription.
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Dallas Jane Petersen
Fred Wolfe
Alvin Petersen Af Graettinger
Palo Alto County Hospital
Dalles
Jane
Dean
Vicki Petersen
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Daas
Graettinger Picnic Set for La Palma Park California
Graettinger Picnic Association plans its annual gathering in California on Sunday January 12 from noon to 4 PM at La Palma Park at La Palma Avenue and Harbor Boulevard. Kenneth Suss announces prizes for oldest man and woman and youngest child, with coffee cookies and punch. A Graettinger quiz will be held, with forms at the registration desk. Kenneth Suss and Donald Swanson lead the event now in Anaheim.
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Graettinger Picnic Association
California
la Palma Park
la Palma Avenue
Harbor Boulevard
Associated
Kenneth Suss
Peterson Named Chairman of Palo Alto Board of Supervisors
Russell Peterson fourth district supervisor of Craettinger was named chairman of the Palo Alto county board of supervisors for 1969 at the organizational meeting last week. Other appointments include Hash Hunneberg Thompson and Johnsen to finance and poor committees, McCain Larsen and High to social welfare, Thommpersen as Northwest Iowa Mental Health representative, Spies as county drainage attorney, and Dr. Conway as certified medical examiner.
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Russell Peterson
Craettinger
Palo Alto County
ILCC Receives 9500 Grant for Adult Education
ILCC officials announced a $9500 grant under the Adult Education Act of 1966. Funds, overseen by the State Department of Public Instruction, will upgrade and improve basic educational achievement for Area III adults. The money supports continuing Adult Basic Education classes in Algona Bancroft Emmetsburg Estherville Graettinger Spencer.
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Town Lakes Community College
State Department of Public Instruction
Area HI
Talice
Algona
Bancroft
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Graetlinger
Spencer
Fund Drive Totals Reported by Palo Alto Association
PACARC reported fall fund drive receipts of 1670.85 for the Palo Alto Association for Retarded Children, excluding spring gifts from Emmetsburg UNIPAND and West Palo Alto Community drive. Local contributions totaled 179.34 Graettinger 78.50 Vernon Township 65.00 Walnut Township plus donations from Methodist WSCS Rosary Society Immaculate Conception and Graettinger Riverside club. Paul Dietrich county fund chairman thanked supporters. In other notes Earnest Skattebo Jim and Jeanne Wallingford returned Jan 2 from a NEA Hawaii educational tour. They traveled via Fort Dodge Chicago Park Ridge IL Oak Park IL and Park. They flew to Los Angeles then Hawaii with 60 instructors and family members from 10 states joining. Skattebo is a teacher in the Grettingar school.
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C. J.miller
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto Association For Retarded Children
West Palo Alto
Graettinger
L. H. Thoreson
Vernon
Clair Enge
Walnut
Ed Herke
Methodist Wscs
Rosary Society of Immaculate Conception
Graettingép Riverside Club
Paul Dietrich
County Fund
Earnest Skattebo
Jim
Jeanne
Wallingford
NEA
Skattebos
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Elmer Osher
Park Ridge
Oak Park
Elmer Oshers
Skatteries
Los Angeles
Calif
Hawaii
Oahu
Maui
Skattebo
Gresttingar
Graettinger doubleheaders set with Ruthven and Lake Park
Graettinger basketball team schedules two weekend doubleheaders. Friday they travel to Ruthven for a Cornbelt conference twin bill. Ruthven's girls are eighth in state rankings. Saturday Graettinger hosts Lake Park in a non conference twin bill on the local court with the girls’ game at 7 p.m.
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Graettinger
Dovpsters
Ruthven
Lake Park
Snow and Cold Grip Graettinger Area in 1969 Start
Winter continued its grip with temperatures down to 20 below zero as 1969 began. Snowfall of about three inches, drifting on rural roads, halted Graettinger area schools for two days. Bus routes operated briefly before being recalled, and forecasts warned of more snow and colder weather. Local crews prepared to clear drifts while fuel and feed shortages were noted.
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Graettinger
Maul Sncavptows
Graettinger Telephone Co Votes To Dissolve And Cooper Take Over
Graettinger Telephone Company stockholders vote to dissolve within a year and transfer ownership to the Graettinger Cooperative Telephone Association. The Coop, formed earlier, plans to begin operation within months after a federal loan processes, with underground lines and subscriber cooperative membership.
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Graettinger Telephone Co
Coop
Graettinger Telephone Company
Graettinger Cooperative Telephone Association
Arnie Masters
W. G. Rients
Wm. Brown
John Dev
Greeninger Telephone Company
Buck Prize Draw Brings $25 to Graettinger Stores
Next Saturday afternoon's prize in the three o'clock drawing will be $25 in participating Graettinger stores. Elroy Kulow was on hand in Clark last Saturday. $50 Buck is noted.
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Graettinger
Myre
Elroy Kulow
Ag Claire
Buck Ae
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Soren Andersen
Legion
Auxilary
Gravetllinger
Potter
Ges Charman
Finchee
Peterson, Stiles and Spies
Hanson
Torrence and Stiles
Spice, Torrence and Hanson
Spies, Stiles and Peters A
Torrence and Peterson
U. S. Air Force
Grauettinger
Association
Juno Ave
Apt
Anaheim
Donald Swanson
Board of Supervisors
Supervicor
ILCC
Pacarc
E. K. Skattebo
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