Shaver Mfg Co Incorporation at Graettinger
The official notice records the incorporation of Shaver Mfg Co of Graettinger with Glenn F. Shaver as president Hazel Shaver secretary treasurer and John DeVries and Helen DeVries as directors. The firm, maker of Shaver Hydraulic Post Drivers and Hot Blast tank heaters, has sold domestically and internationally with orders from Canada Australia Brazil and France and produced farm equipment and custom components since 1944.
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Shaver Mfg. Co
Graettinger
Lloyd Cornellus
Armella Cornellus
Glenn Shaver
Glenn F. Shaver
Hazel Shaver
John DeVries
Helen DeVries
Shaver
Aval 3
Burge
First Lutheran Bake Sale Slated for Saturday
The First Lutheran Ladies Aid will hold a bake sale Saturday January 23 at Thoreson's Hardware from five to five. Your patronage will be appreciated.
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Aldavill
Thoreson’s Hardware
Ellen Lundgren Wins $75 Buck Prize in Graettinger
Ellen Lundgren of Graettinger claimed last Saturday night’s $75 Buck prize according to drawing officials. This Saturday night the prize will be $25 in participating stores at nine o’clock.
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Ellen Lundgren
Elen Lundgren
Graettinger
Knapp Buys Ringsted Implement Firm and Moves In
Carl Knapp a Graettinger area farmer has purchased the John Deere machinery department of the Ringsted Cooperative and started the Knapp Implement at Ringsted this week. He and wife Lene Enge plan to move February closing sale February 12 and relocate around March 1 as they serve the Graettinger area.
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Carl Knapp
Greettinger
John Deere
Ringsted Cooperative
Knapp
Rifigeted
Graettinger
Lene Enge
Plover
Plover High School
Linds
Ronald
Donald
Ringsted
Junior High Cage Games Here Friday
Graettinger and Gruver junior high basketball teams meet at the local gym after school Friday afternoon.
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Graettinger
Gruver
Pirates Split One Pointers In County Tourney Play
Gmottinger Pirates beat Rodman Cardinals 38 37 at Mallard in first round action. Pirates later lost 53 52 to West Bend in the county semifinal, with Egeland scoring 22 and others adding 6s and 5s. Mallard faces West Bend for the title. Cylinder defeated by Mallard 49 41 in the consolation tilt.
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Pirates
Rodman
Palo Alto County
Gmottinger Pirates
Rodman Cardinals
Mallard
West Bend
Maillard
Pirate
Egeland
Gjerdo
Carter
Baedke
Holdecker
Zitterick
Witt
Cylinder
Pirettes Win Twin Bill At Lake Center
The Geeettinger Pirette A and B squads played a doubleheader against the Lake Center Cardinals on Tuesday night. The A team won 06-57 in a contest described as well officiated. the B squad edged their counterparts in a close finish.
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Pirettes
Lake Center
Geeettinger Pirette
New Law Sets School Board Election For September
The Fifth General Assembly of Iowa changed local school board elections from March to September to give new members time to gain experience before major budget and personnel decisions. The transition period covers 1960 with terms for Wm Thom pson and Jens Kirkegaard extended accordingly.
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General Assembly
Iowa
Maren
Wm. Thompson
Creamery Meeting Saturday January 30 at Legion Hall
The annual meeting of the Varmers Creamery Co. of Grach tinger will be held at the Legion hall on Saturday January 30. Free lunch will be served at noon and the business meeting and program will follow. A speaker from Icava State Brand Creameries will discuss and door prizes will be awarded to creamery patrons.
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Varmers Creamery Co
Grachtinger
Legion Hall
Icava State Brand
Household Goods Sale in Grasitinger This Saturday
Mrs. G. B. Johnson announces a public auction of household goods furniture and miscellaneous items this Saturday at her Grasitinger residence. Details and timing appear in this issue.
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G. B. Johnson
Grasitinger
Mothers March Slated For March Of Dimes Drive
Earl Lehigh is Graettinger chair for the 1960 March of Dimes drive launching a mail campaign with questionnaires and contribution envelopes for local residents. Volunteers will collect donations and forms. missed households can drop at the Graettinger State Bank or Times office. A separate notice announces the Federal Land Bank meeting in Emmetsburg on February 3 with a noon program and free dinner. Graettinger school bus routes will reverse pickup order Monday January 25 for mid year changes.
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Earl Lehigh
Graettinger
Grachtinger
Lehigh
Foundation
Iso
Graettinger State Bank
Times Office
Reelect Directors And Officers Of Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger State Bank stockholders met at the Legion hall on January 14 to conduct routine business and elect officers. Reelected to the board were C A Jensen, George Graettinger, H A Elsenbast, Francis Warren, and Thomas Thomsen. H A Elsenbaat was reappointed cashier and Francis Warren assistant cashier. Jensen was reelected president and George M Graettinger was named vice president of the board.
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Graettinger State Bank
Legion Hall
C. A. Jensen
George Graettinger
H. A. Elsenbast
Francis ©. Warren
Thomas Thomsen
H. A. Elsenbaat
Francis Warren
George M. Graettinger
Board of Directora
FFA Boys To Run Germination Tests
Graettinger FFA members offer seed germination testing this spring to ensure good stands. Bring a four pint sample or weed sample and twenty five cents to the school. test results will be mailed.
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FFA
Graettinger Ffa
Double Stamp Day In Local Stores Tuesday
Ruth James Will Be Sub Cl erk In Local Postoffice Mrs Pete Ruth James will begin her duties as sub clerk in the Gracttinger postoffice Feb 1 following the resignation of Carl Bonstead who has an appointment as management analyst at the Sioux Ordinance Depot at Sidney Nebr Mrs James appointment came from the civil service register of the local post office which is based on the civil service examination given in 1956.
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Ruth James
Pete
Ruth) James
Gracttinger
Carl Bonstead
Sioux Ordinance Depot
Sidney
Nebr
James
Civil Service Register
Carl Bonstead Receives Civil Service Appointment
Carl Bonstead a Gradlinger farmer and sub clerk at the local post office has been named management analyst at the Sioux Ordinance Depot Sidney Nebraska. He will start about February first and the Bonstead family plans to move to Sidney once housing is arranged. He is a Graunt Ting er high school graduate of 1940 and a World War II and Korean War veteran who served as a Marine Corps captain with 100 flight missions. The Bonsteads will hold a farm sale Monday Jan 25.
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Carl Bonstead
Gradlinger
Civil Service
Sioux Ordinance
Sidney
Nebraska
Carl
Wilma
Susan
Robert
Royal Post Office
Paat Corps
Grauttinger High School
Marine Corps
Navy
Bonsteads
Mayor Reports Traffic Violations To State Department
Lehigh reports the Iowa state safety department asked that all traffic violations from mayor's court be reported for records and action on the state department's point system. Grading Livestock and Field Trip for Adult Farmer Class invites participation. The Gravltinger class will tour John Morrell & Co. packing Plant to learn grading, meeting January 27 at the schoolhouse, leaving 9:30 a.m. Lunch provided by Morrell and Co. All interested invited.
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State Department
Grachtinger
Harl Lehigh
Iowa State Safety Department
State Safety Department
Howard Gilman
Gravltinger
John Morrell & Co
Teave
Morrell and Co
Local area escapes major snowstorms after week of cold days
The region avoided two major snowstorms that drenched the southern half of the state, leaving temperatures cold since the week began and clear skies with mostly calm conditions.
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Towa
Graettinger Stamp Saver Double Day Offered Next Tuesday
Shoppers in Graettinger will have a chance to fill Graettinger Trading Stamp saver books quickly on Tuesday January 26 as local stores host a double stamp day. Participating outlets promise double stamps on cash purchases and book redemptions at $3 for merchandise.
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Graettinger
Tuce Cay
Doble
Bud’s Service City Meat Market
Hammerbers
Rexall Drug Hansen's Hardware
Hersleff's Clothing
Jack's
C. A. Jensen Low's
Foodland Wasters
Murray Variety
Thoregon's Hardware
Baumunk Leads Extension Council in 1960
W F Baumunk of Walnut township was elected Extension Council chairman at the January 6 meeting in the Extension Office. This is his second term as chairman. Kenneth Lockwood of Nevada was named vice chairman for 1960. Henry Cilmie of Silver Lake was re elected secretary and Lawrence Hough of Emmetsburg is treasurer. Other members include Norman Quain Vernon Orvilla Nicol Independence Fabian Halder Highland Glen Goddard Freedom Lisyd Zinnel Fairfield Emil Andreasen Great Oak Ted Bornsteller Fern Valley Francia Otberding Booth Bill Banter Jr Rush Lake and Gerald O'Donnell West Bend. Regular meetings will be the last Wednesday of each month.
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W. FB. Baumunk
Walnut Township
Walt
Qineetas
Kenneth Lockwood
Nevada
Henry Cilmie
Silver Lake
Lawrence Hough
Emmoetsburg
Henry Nelson
Lost Island
Norman Quain
Vernon
Orvilla Nicol
Independence
Fabian Halder
Highland
Glen Goddard
Freedom
Lisyd Zinnel
Fairfield
Emil Andreasen
Great Oak
Ted Bornsteller
Fern Valley
Francia Otberding
Booth
Bill Banter, Jr
Rush Lake
Gerald O'Donnell
West Bend
Red Tag Sale At Thoreson's Hardware
Thoreson’s Hardware advertises a red tag sale in this issue with a wider range of discounted items. See the ad for details of sales, prices, and participating product categories.
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Thoreson
Thoreson's
Greenhands Meet Tony Alesch Freshman Leader
Tony Alesch of Graettinger is highlighted as this week's Green hand. He is a freshman, president of the Junior FFA, and a member of Vocational Agriculture. His year’s project centers on two Angus heifer calves. He aims to maintain stock quality, records, and early spring growth, with practices including pruning trees and improving dairy and animal care. additional tasks cover tasting milk for butterfat, machinery repair, calf nutrition, worming pigs and chickens, and vaccinating animals against diseases.
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Tony
FFA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graettinger Manufacturing Firm
Row Incorporated
Don Weir
Poth
Jett
Elf
Cardinal
New Law
Carl A. Bonstead
Graattinger Bortvit and
Brown Wilt
Graattinger State Bank
Gale
Elmer Naig
Lloyd Berklund
Norman Bortwyi
Cylinder State Bank
A.J
Tiny) Weir
A. J
Bortint and Brown
Gracttinger State Bank
Times
Fes
Fela
March of Dimes Fund
Polio Fund
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Association of
Emmetsburg
Alvin C. Jolliffe
Palo Alto
Emmet County
Francis Tindal
FFA Community Service Committee
W. F. Baumunk Heads Extension Council
the ‘Greenhands
Tomy Alesch
Arnold Alesch
Ronald Christianzon
Tony Alesch
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