Our Newspapers Grow Up and Move On in Iowa
Jim Wilson recalls the sale of Northwest Iowa papers once owned by his father and the shift of titles from Hoopers Shopper Hospers to Sandom Pioneer and later Rock Valley Bee Inwood Herald. The family notes pride in growth and a shared sense of ownership as the papers become larger and more modern.
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Iowa
Dad
Hoopers
Hospers
Sandom Pioneer
Hosper
Pioneer
Badim
Rock Valley Bee
Inwood Herald
Jim
Tme
Letter to the editor praises Graettinger Picnic writer
Kenneth Suss thanks Mr. Wilson for a newspaper write up about the Graettinger Iowa Picnic. He notes Joe Gabrielsen could not attend from Port Hueneme California and hopes for another copy for the annual report. He mentions indoor venue at Lake Park Clubhouse Huntington Beach and dates for next year's picnic on January 14, 1973.
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Mr. Wilson
Joe Gabrielsen
Joe
Graettinger, Iowa
California
Port Hueneme Calif
the Times
Iowa
Weather and sports notes from Graettinger era
Frigid January weather across northwest Iowa with lows from 9 below to 15 below, light flurries and calm winds. Graettinger area sports feature Graettinger High School basketball, wrestling matches with Ruthven and Estherville, and a hospital team of former Pirette cagers now playing under boys rules.
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Pirette
Et An
Sioux City
Graettinger
Jane and
Ann Langhough
J Christe Jansen
Mary Kayin
Karen Reeves
Hospital
Omaha
Mary Ellen Craven
St. Joseph's Hospital
Graettinger High School
Grover
Pirates
El Paso Missions and regional life described in January visit
A January journey through El Paso and Juarez highlights desert ecology, irrigation works, and historic Ysleta Mission founded in 1681 by padres and Tigua Indians. The piece notes mesquite and creosote in the sparse desert, thriving greenery near homes, a Christ the King statue atop a 4576 foot peak, and the Conquistadores road corridor to Socorro and San Elizario. It also mentions local Baptist influence and a recent birth notice from Maryland with names and family.
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Iowa
el Paso
Cristo Rey
Rockies
Texas
New Mexico
Chihuahua
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Ysleta Mission
Ysleta
Rio Grande
Wey
Letter and Social Security schedule page from 1972 Ames area
A letter from A Henningsen of Ames praises the Graettinger Times and asks for correct annual payment. A Social Security district office list provides contact station schedules in Fort Dodge Emmetsburg Estherville Spencer with dates in January February and March 1972 and a small commodity price listing for corn beans and oats.
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Social Security District
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Court House
Estherville
City Hall
Spencer
Senior Citizens Center
EMTA Examinations Set For January 4 in Bakerville
EMTA will be conducted in Bakerville to see that Colle Colle has been designated to host two hour exams. The event is slated for Thursday January 20, 1978 with 1130 am admission. End of details mention North Ca. Endervile and Honey, Be burg as locations or references.
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Dewall School
Graettinger
Blanche Young
Bakerville
Colle Colle
Ieee
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Jim Wilson
Yours Truly, Kenneth Suss
Lost Island
Graettinger Lions Club
Robert Carter
John DeVries
HLA
Elsenbast
Francis Heidecker
Nane
W.L. O'Connor
Glenn Shaver
C.A. Shiley
Adolph Spies
Francis Warren
Clara Suss
Rose
Holiheys
Los Angeles
Raettinger
Wm. Herke Farm
Legion
Reeves
Parcaut
Ruthven
Harold Harrington
Oscar Elsenbast
Tom Sullivan
Reuben Johnson
Joe Gabrielson
Harold Christiansen
Floyd Masters
Armand Larson
Earl Erickson
Homer Young
Charles Green
Tom Donlon
Albert Ralston
Stanley Gardner
Jens Kirkegaard
Sargeant
Gerald Walker
Taylor Avenue
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Todd Mathew
Barb
Lowell Walker
Iowa Falls
Randall Breitbarth
Akron
Sgt. Walker
Graettinger School
Air Force Singing Sargeants
Washington, D. C
Lester
Graettinger Times
A.H. Henningsen
Ames
Market Report
UR. V. G. Rients
A. N. Kruse
Optometrist
Iowa Trust Pand Savings Bank
Broadway Emmetsburg
A. H. Hobson
Terry
Anderson
Emmetsburg, Iowa
North 7Th Street
K. L. JohNson
James J
Optometrists
Contact
North Sixth Street
Siagonal
Estherville, Town
Pau G. Larse
West
Central Avenue
Estherville, Iowa
B. G. Lousche
M. G. Louscher
10Th Street
Xowa
Igraettinger Coop Grain Co
Zor
Top Knudtson
Groettinger, Iowa
Fuhrman
Dial
Frank Fuhrman Graettinger
Boone Jewelry
South 6Th Street
Laws
ILCC
Endervile
Honey
Beburg
Graettinger State Bank
Turday
Graetfinger
James A. Wilson
James A. Wilson Jr
Margaret Park
Jackie Norris
Lorna Wilson
Clara van Laar
Eula
Felco
Service
Graettinger Coop Grain Co
Legion Hall
Grasttinger, Iowa
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