Des Moines municipal accounts and adjournment note
A council record lists payments to Des Moines Register and Tribune, fuel, publication fees, grants for Gracttinger Light Plant and Public Library, labor costs, and tax money for the first quarter. The meeting adjourned on a motion by Stueve and Millen, with Mayor Harl F. Lehigh and Clerk D. L. Lammers presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co
Gracttinger Light Plant
Josephine Fitzpatrick Hildreth
Gracttinger Public Library
Stueve
Millen
Lehigh
Counciman Stueve
Schealler
Gilbert Stueve
Charley Burg
Rolfson
Knudtson
Marshal Stueve
Marshal Burg
Dwayne Lammers
Millea
Kmuitson
Leo B. Hughes
Graettinger Telephone
Graettinger Times
Thoreson & Bonstead Hadwe
Hot Lunch Menu For Week
The menu lists daily meals for a coating week with items like scalloped potatoes and ham on Monday and meat loaf on Thursday. Several lines include misspellings and garbled items but indicate typical school lunch offerings with milk, fruit, and vegetables.
Lost Island Lutheran Annual Meeting Held
Lost Island Lutheran held its congregational meeting last week to address yearly business, including officer elections. Maxwell Jamison was elected for a three year term as deacon, Andrew Hermanson for three years as trustee, Arthur Ringden for two years on the board of education, Martin Simonson for three years as treasurer, and Ella May Beck as Sunday school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Island Lutheran
Maxwell Jamison
Andrew Hermanson
Arthur Ringden
Board of Education
Martin Simonson
Ella ‘May Beck
Used Farm Equipment For Sale Aged Tractors And Implements
Antique marketplace listing items including Minneapolis 445 tractors from 1958, Super M and F series Farmalls, Oliver and Massey Harris models, diesel and gas engines, plus a variety of implements like forage box extensions, corn pickers, and disc harrows. Prices range from 95 to 4095 dollars for pre 1960 equipment and attachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
H.d.gavith P. Troll
Massey Harris
Z ‘Minn
Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
St Pauls Lutheran lists pastor H Irving Petersen. Week includes Thursday 6:30 Luther League Social and 8:00 Senior choir. Saturday 9:15 senior confirmation and 10:05 junior confirmation. Sunday 9:00 Divine worship 10:15 Sunday school 7:30 Bible Study in St Peter. Wednesday 3:45 Junior Chost. South Walnut Lutheran notes Friday 7:20 Annual Congregational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Peter
South Walnut Lutheran
H. Irving Petersen
Benior
Teen joins Air Force to begin basic training
Velmer Hempstead age 17, son of Mrs Vergie Hempstead of Grach tinger, recently enlisted in the U S Air Force and has been assigned to Lackland Air Base Texas for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velmer Hempstead
Vergie Hempstead
Grachtinger
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Air Base
Texas
FFA Record Books Continue with Project Income Analysis
The report shows lamb and sheep projects yielding $14.89 net per head and $15.88 per $100 invested, with $7.30 income per head. Dairy and poultry were sparse. Average boy investment rose from $134 on Jan 1, 1960 to $308 on Jan 1, 1961, with further analysis available from the Vocational Agriculture Instructor.
Hospital News Admits and Discharges in Small Towns
Hospital notices list patients admitted on various January days from Emmetsburg to Granitinger and Wallingford. Names include Mrs Exia Pringle Mrs Nain Leduc Kenneth Sorin and others with several discharges and baby births noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exia Pringle
Emmetsburg
LeRoy Schacherer
Washingford
Kenneth Sorinson
Graettinger
Vernon Vangards Hold Regular Meeting
The Vernon Vangards met at David Naig's home for their regular session. Nine percent turnout with 10 members and two visitors. One new member, Ted Dirkx, joined since the last meeting. A 4-H project tour is planned for January 14 at 1 00 p.m. from Claire Enge’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Vangards
Lonnie Twait
Roger McEnnan
Lonnie
Allen Enge
Tom Bredehoeft
Larry
Richard
Tom Thwait
Sheila Brown
Maquoketa Couple Share a 40 Year Cactus Tale
Mr and Mrs Carlyle Curley Miller of Maquoketa own a cactus claimed to be 40 years old. They received it four years ago from Ray McMullen, who notes he and his wife kept it for 36 years before that. The plant has bloomed only once in its long life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle “Curley”Miller
Maquoketa
Miller
Ray McMullen
Ray
Graettinger City Council Proceedings January 1961
The Graettinger Iowa council met January 3 1961 in City Hall. Mayor Lehigh presided with six councilors present. Items included signing a natural gas service agreement with Northern Natural Gas, designating Graettinger State Bank as depositary with a 40000 limit, scheduling regular monthly meetings, renewing contracts, appointing officials, setting salaries, and approving several committee assignments and bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grachtinger
Lehigh
Knudigan
Millen
Rolfson
Schealler
Stueve
Northern Natural Gas Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harl F. Lehigh
D. L. Lammers
Inger. Insurance Agency
Frahée
City Hall Home & Farm
City Hall
Thoreson & Bonstead
J. Reinders
Prichatte
Erickson
Schultz
Gracttinger’ Lumber Co
Gracttinger Telephone Co
New Holland
Ene
Eescs
Willys Jeep
Peeriess
John Deere
J. D
Oliver
ST. Paul's Lutheran
AIR Force
FFA
Hospital News Aly Fundby iWospital
Nain Leduc of
Bern Clemenson
Sommollingrey
Taare Brix
Waillingefforn
Patiah Tureson
Gortnuti
Reinders
Granttinger
Aron Garretts
Granitinger
Gite Pringle
Cura
John Carlin
Bate
Gary Wee
Daby
Sfoat
Council Proceedings
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Roison
Nav
Earl Lehigh
Moanen
Schmasnier
Luther Herrick
Schealier
Hanson Gas & Appl. Co
Graettinger Coop Grain
Cuarmin
Oic
Kinnard’s
Bacon
G.W.C
Tin
Washington
Calif
Bright
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