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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
7
Ruthven couple Mr. and Mrs. Peter K Iverson celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their Ruthven home on Sunday January 22 from 2 to 8 in the afternoon and 7 to 8 in the evening Relatives and friends are invited to call St Elizabeths circle To Meet Wednesday
A list of patients from Graettinger and nearby towns scheduled for medical and surgical services at Emmetsburg and Holy Family hospitals. Entries include Lynn Tindall and Mrs Paul Anderson for January medical and surgery cases, with multiple other individuals such as Mrs Alela Cameron, Mrs Norman Nissen, Albert Solfing, Mrs George Neilson, Orval Jorgensen, Sandra Simonsen, Mrs Laurence Thomsen, Margaret Hart, all dated January between the 4th and 17th.
Directors of Palo Alto and Emmet County National Farm Loan Assn announce the annual meeting on Thursday February 14 in Emmetsburg. The event starts with a 11 a.m. business session at the Methodist church basement, followed by noon dinner and entertainment. Ralph Raikes of the Warm Credit board, Federal Land Bank, Oklahoma, is scheduled as speaker.
Palo Alto county farmers were reminded of price support loan and purchase agreement deadlines for 1955 barley flaxseed grain sorghum oats rye soybeans and wheat. Final date is January 31 for most crops per ASC chairman Wm. P. Brodersen, with corn not applying to that date and corn under acreage allotments needing May 31. Wheat must meet acreage and marketing quota rules.
The article lists price support rates for barley nine cents per bushel, corn four dollars forty nine cents, flaxseed two dollars ninety four cents, oats fifty nine cents, rye one dollar seventeen cents, soybeans two dollars two cents, and wheat two dollars seventeen cents per bushel. Grain sorghum carries a rate of one dollar seventy two cents per hundredweight.
Congressman James J. Dolliver of Fort Dodge announced his reelection bid for the U S House from the Sixth District as a Republican. Serving since 1944, he sits on the Interstate Commerce Committee and has worked on agriculture veterans affairs transportation communications and public health while urging support from 15 counties for another term.
Tuesday evening supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Oleson were Mr and Mrs Ludvig Bohmer. Mr and Mrs Bohmer and Mr Bohmer's father August Bohmer returned home the first of the week from a week's visit with friends at Enid Oklahoma.
The store offers a large stock of fresh and cured meats suitable for Sunday dinners. It advertises hams and bacon at low prices along with cream milk bread plus a complete fruit and vegetable stock. Robert Simonsen, proprietor, invites patronage and provides a telephone contact.
A troubled man named George disliked his small town and felt unvalued. He lashed out at civic events, drove dangerously to prove superiority, and after a dramatic crash was forced to leave, exposing his fault as an inferiority to both people and machine.
This article warns of winter fire dangers from heating systems flues and chimneys. It lists precautions such as using approved leaf burners away from buildings regular fuse checks clearing combustibles disposing of oily rags and paints and solvents and repairing electrical equipment. It also gives steps to take if clothing catches fire.
Students in more than 700 colleges and universities nationwide participate in Red Cross programs including first aid water safety and home nursing training and volunteer service to Veterans Administration hospitals.
The text provides step by step fire safety advice for grease fires and smoke. It emphasizes not carrying a burning pan through doors, keeping flames away from the body, choosing safer exits, using a dampened cloth on the face, and closing doors to limit smoke as one crawls to safety. The guidance warns against opening doors when smoke is heavy and outlines cautious egress.
My and Mrs. Oscar Oleson attended funeral services for Floyd Thirton in Estherville last Saturday, with local residents joining the tribute and prayers.
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