Graettinger Council Names Committees And Appoints Town Staff
Graettinger town council and Mayor Potter set committee chairs and town officials in the first regular 1971 meeting. Appointments include Finance Nissen Stiles Spies. Streets and Alleys Bonstead Torrence Spies. Cemetery Spies Torrence Nissen. Water and Sewer Bonstead Spies Nissen. Natural Gas Stiles Bonstead Spies. Mayor pro-tem Bonstead. Lloyd C Petersen town clerk. Myrtle Nissen secretary of municipal utilities. Gilbert Stueve day marshal and street sewer supervisor. Leonard Barrett night marshal. James Laabs relief marshal garbage collector and streets aide. Russell Lastine gas system manager water superintendent. Nick Sherman damp ground custodian. Salary hikes approx seven percent. Graettinger State Bank named depositary. Regular meeting moved to second Monday monthly. Two-vehicle accident near Graettinger caused 1000 dollars damage each. driver hospitalized and released. charges of failure to stop filed. Graettinger high school choir hosts Winter Carnival Jan 23 5:30 to 9 pm at the school gym. fundraiser supports choir blazers with booths games and prizes. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents students preschoolers free. Door prizes at half-hour intervals including a blazer and items from local businesses. Public invited to support.
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Graettinger
Potter
Nissen
Stiles
Spies
Bonstead
Torrence
Lloyd C. Petersen
Myrtle Nissen
Gilbert Stueve
Leonard Barrett
James Laabs
Russell Lastine
Nick Sherman
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger High School
Forest Green
Reverse Bus Routes Monday Changes in Graettinger pickups
Graettinger school officials announce bus routes will reverse pickup order starting Monday January 18 to mark the second semester. Parents should adjust as they search for the bus. Also noted is the death of L T Ted Lewison 76 New Hampton funeral director formerly in Graettinger and New Hampton with services held in New Hampton.
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Graettinger
L. T
Ted) Lewison
New Hampton
Iowa
Story City
Ted
Forest City
Paul
Anamosa
Helen Peterson
Charles City
Ollie Lewison
Loop Tourney Games Here Monday Night
The Combelt conference will hold its conference tournament January 16 18 19 and 20 with games at several Combelt gymnasiums. Graettinger hosts a first round game Monday January 18 as Graettinger meets the Ruthven West Bend winner from Ruthven Saturday night. Girls start at 7 pm and boys at 8 30 pm. Other first round games include Sioux Rapids versus Marathon at Marathon Mallard versus Terris at Terris and Sioux Valley versus Everly at Sioux Valley. Upper bracket semifinals set for West Bend Tuesday January 19 and lower bracket semifinals at Everly Tuesday. The finals are scheduled for Wednesday January 20 at Sioux Rapids.
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Combelt
Graettinger
Ruthven
Mallard
Terris
Sioux Valley
Everly
West Bend
Sioux Rapids
Graettinger B teams sweep Ringsted in twin bill
Graettinger girls avenge an earlier loss by defeating Ringsted 43-36 with Joan Wikert scoring 22 and Mary Rooney 12. Graettinger boys dominate Ringsted 48-25 as Dave Ennen leads with 19 points and 12 rebounds, aided by Steve Kulow's 12.
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Graettinger
Cagers
Ringsted
Rand
Pirettes
Joan Wikert
Mary Rooney
Karla Petersen
Mary Potter
Debbie Duus
Brenda Babcock
Pirate B
Brockmeyer
Dave Ennen
Pirate
Steve Kulow
Tim Millen
Holly Dawson
Steve Moran
Randy Nicol
Dave Ferrell
Dean Lammers
Ted Lundgren
Kevin Stiles
Paul
Ennen
Two Home Wrestling Matches Highlight Graettinger Week
Graettinger hosts Emmetsburg B squad tonight and welcomes Terris Saturday for a team match as the first year mat team steps into a busy December schedule. Strong Milford varsity action earlier left Graettinger with 40-7 and 23-15 losses but the hosts showed improved decisive results in several weight classes.
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Graettinger
Milford
Pirate JV
Mike Guinn
Rex Guthrie
Joe Ferrell
Dan Murray
Steve Helmich
Pat Jones
Raymond Blinkmann
Eldon Kraninger
Jodi Janssen
Dave Coleman
Stan Westergard
Fd Packebush
Bill Murray
Jeff Rnudson
Terry Murray
Mark Baumbach
Lennie Witt
Mike Umscheid
Ron Johnson
Dick Well
Ivan Janssen
Rod Sheldon
Huwt
Gary Boecker
Bill Demer
Pirate Grapplers
Emmetsburg High School
Terris
Pork Appreciation Day kicks off county Pork Queen contest
The 1971 county pork producers campaign starts Monday January 18 with a free pork dinner for members and wives at Assumption Parish Center Emmetsburg. A highlight is the County Pork Queen contest with candidates aged 17 to 20 who live on pork farms or have parents in production. Queen talks on Pork Promotion are required.
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County Pork Producers Association
Wayne Davis
Emmetsburg
County Pork Producers
Assumption Parish
Ann Marie Schany
William Schany
West Bend
Association
Linus Solberg
Cylinder
Kenneth Kassel
Ayrshire
Ray Brown
Jerry Conlon
Ruthven
Gary Klepper
Wesley Nielson
Rodney Meyer
Mallard
Janet Twait
Barbara Norland
Barbara Brown
Mona Bruellman
Cathy Sikora
Jeannette Stangl
Curlew
Skow Buys C N Oil Tankwagon In Iowa Ad
Announcement notes LeRoy Skow will operate the C N Oil Co tankwagon with Roy's Service Champion station. R T Nane owned the tankwagon since 1941. Also listed are church salvage drives, congregational meeting at Lost Island Lutheran, and Estherville Winter Sports Festival with snowmobile races and prize purse.
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C&n Oil Co
LeRoy Skow
Roy
R. T. Nane
C&en Oil
Estherville
Local Cagers Fall In Double Heartbreak to Mallard
Lake Park edged the Pirates 54 51 after a 51 51 deadlock with 90 seconds left as Gillespie and Kuehl sealed the win for the visitors. Joe Craven led Graettinger with 18 points and Ferrell 10, while Mallard’s Petersen 33 led the Pirettes in a 64 50 win. The Pirettes trailed at halftime but surged late, Connie Tuininga left with a shoulder injury, Petersen 25 and Tuininga 10 paced Graettinger in a 64 61 setback to Mallard.
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Pirates
Lake Park
Pirattes
Harris-Lake Park
Parkers
Graettinger
Ferrell
Craven
Park
Gillespie
Kuehl
Joe Craven
Pirate
John Ferrell
Tim Kulow
Neil Lundgren
Craig Gilbaugh
Alvin Luke
Schwarzenbach
Donnenworth
Pirettes
Mitchell
Barb Petersen
Sue Frick
Pirette
Barb
Sue
Joan Wikert
Linda Clipperton
Anetta Pauling
Kathy Wikert
Pat Schany
Betty Brown
Clipperton
Vickie Stueve
Mallard
Graettinger Court
Graettinger Girls
Connie Tuininge
Connie Tuininga
Johnson
Brown
Wolfram
Personal Property Assessment Under Way in Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County assesses personal property with property owners receiving forms showing Jan 1 1971 valuations. Homestead at 65 or totally disabled may qualify for double credits. 1970 household income must not exceed 3500 including certain sources. Farm buildings are being reviewed for revised valuations. vacated farmsteads lowered. Dog owners must show rabies receipts. dogs over six months must be vaccinated and licensed.
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Palo Alto
Ulrich Truog
Truog
Graettinger Must Win at Ruthven in Cornbelt Doubleheader
Graettinger cagers travel to Ruthven Friday night January 15 for a Cornbelt conference doubleheader. Both Graettinger teams seek a win after narrow losses to Mallard last week, aiming to regain the conference standings.
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Graettinger
Ruthven
Mallard
High School Senior Shelley's Poem Chosen for National Anthology
Shelley Rolfson, a GHS senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmet Rolfson, has a poem selected for the semi annual anthology Young America Sings published by National Poetry Press of Los Angeles. English instructor Mrs Wilma Hansen notes publication depends on which submitted works are chosen. more details to come.
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Shelley Rolfson
GHS
National Poetry Press of
Los Angeles
Calif
Wilma Hansen
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Norman Nissen
Leland Stiles
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Albert Schwartz
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Ed Herke Sr
Dave Carter
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Nashua
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Block and Tile Cos
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Brown and Bortint
Jim Kelly
James Kelly
UNI
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Cedar Falls
Harold Wengert
Malcolm
Graettinger City
Ted Gilbaugh
Gilbaugh
Jackson
E’burg JV
Stueve Construction
Lafayette
Georgia
Stueve Construction Co
Swift & Co
la Fayette
Stueve Valiete
Stueve Company
Pella
Lincoln
Nebr
Brainerd
Michelle Neilson
Graettinger Public Library
Library Board
Margaret Johnson
Michelle
Sandra Garretts Akridge
Ann Westfall
Pauline
Bud Neilson
Alta Resh
Skow
C&n Oil
Good Will
Sioux City
Graettinger United Methodist Church
Lost Island Lutheran
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North Circle
L. H
Haakon) Thoreson
Harry Nelson
Dick Kropf
Leonard Osher
Sam Farmer
Woody Rowlands
Gene Berkland
Elliott Larsen
Don Olson
Donna Farmer
Board of Education
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Lois Rinden
Martin Simonsen
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Albert Norris
Lakeside Home
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Christine Hess
Waldorf College
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Ron Jensen
Leland Knudtson
Don Snavely
Irwin Rowlands
Mark Knutson
al Bingham
Mildred Masters
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