Calendar notices and funeral home listing appear incomplete
A fragment from a local calendar shows a funeral home contact number 859 8919. Details are limited in the OCR, with no names or events clearly readable.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1972
Page
4
A fragment from a local calendar shows a funeral home contact number 859 8919. Details are limited in the OCR, with no names or events clearly readable.
A five year old Samoyed named Buck is a familiar sight on the roof of the Sheckler Funeral Home in Nora Springs. Buck has a pet door in the second floor apartment window and freely enters and exits. The breed Samoyed hails from Siberia where it herded reindeer and pulled sleds.
Women’s Society of Christian Service at Graettinger United Methodist Church held a January 9 installation and dedication with Rev. Harlan Babcock officiating. Officers present include Verlae Nicol as President and Lillian Barringer as Christian Social Relations chair. A capsule notes rubella vaccine progress and herd immunity goals, citing 22 million doses in public programs and 55 percent of children 1 through 12 vaccinated, with March of Dimes and health departments promoting clinics.
The Graettinger Times notes volunteer Mr Stanley Oviatt of Woodward earned a fourth honor as area weatherman. He received the 25 year U S Government lapel award for service to the nation, presented by Paul White Iowa climatologist for Dr George Cressman director of the Weather Service. Burton Barth of Cresco marks 45 years as a Linotype operator with a staff party as the page notes.
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