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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
2
Forty five men including commercial dealers township AAA committeemen and other farmers attended the soil fertilizer meeting at the Kermore hotel Ummetsburg on Thursday evening January 15.
Posish thanks friends for letters cards visits personal calls and good wishes during illness and for blood transfusion offers Mrs Hampson injury seen as months of support. Mr and Mrs Tom Hampson extend thanks for help in past months with cards letters giants and best wishes. Also notice of appointment of administrator Henry Willingham Palo Alto County Iowa for Julia A Wikert deceased.
E S Dyas of Iowa State College Extension outlines fertilizer research noting phosphorus is crucial for profitable crops in the area. He urges complete blends with nitrogen and potash, cites legumes, corn, wheat and soybeans as top beneficiaries, and recommends applying phosphorus just before sowing. Also includes notice of Farmers Creamery annual meeting in Graettinger on January 1, 1945 with a free lunch.
A fragment from a Putnam County New York Republican piece argues ownership rights matter, advocating for home ownership as a core family benefit. It contrasts tangible ownership with abstract prosperity and calls for a broader social emphasis on owning homes over other forms of property.
Social items list Dorcas Mission Society meetings at Mrs Gladys Gommets home January 30 and other gatherings at the homes of Mrs Norman Thoreson Rev and Mrs Masted. Attends silver wedding anniversary for Carl Tonderum family. Kenneth Henningsen home from overseas honored. WSCS study class February 1, Mrs Luchsinger host, book review by Mrs Cappen. Two Table Bridge Club hosted by Mrs A H Henningsen. GWC met at Alma Jorgensen home January. CITY MEAT MARKET ad.
Twenty members answered with interest and provided material for a program. Three papers were noted on customs and entering Canada, winter sports in Canada, and Ontario and the Great latkes. The event included an afternoon and evening program on February 70 with a silver-clan ceremony.
Consective church notices from Varnaculate Conception and St Pauls Lutheran report Sunday masses at 8 and 10 for the first and 11 at the second, with Sunday school 10 and 10:30. Luther League meets Thursday at 8. Confirmation class Saturdays 1:20. Dorcas Mission Society to meet Tuesday January 30 at 2:30 at Mrs Gammels home. Strangers welcome at St Pauls.
Rev Julius FP Master pastor announces Saturday Confirmation class at parsonage 10:00 am. Divine services 9:50 am with offering for Synodical Budget. Sunday School Bible class Thursday Feb 1 10:00 am at James Nelson home. Lost Island service 11:00 am Tuesday Jan 30 Confirmation class 3:00 pm Oscar Christianson home Feb 1 prayer meeting Rudolph Christianson home 7:00 pm.
The Estherville Methodist Church outlines services at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sundays, a 7:30 p.m. Men’s Fellowship, and notes an illustrated lecture by Rev Pan Potter of Ruthven. A Monday 6:90 p.m. officials meeting is planned, with a February 2–3 observation school and a February 4 youth fellowship event led by Dr. Frank A. Lindhorst.
Osgood news notes Lloyd Enger a business caller in Emmetsburg Monday. Walnut Township 4-H club gathered with Ruth Hankey Saturday. Mrs Doers hosted and Chester Lundgret with Marie and Vivian attended at Hankey home Monday. Extension club planning sessions held with Mrs Roy Parker Tuesday. Calls by LeRoy Brigham and Miss Rather Brigham at Ruth Yankey Tuesday. Alice Hickey and Helen Stiles spent Sunday at Estherville. Mr and Mrs M A Chukker of Gravel visited Stiles home Sunday evening. Helen Stiles visiting sister Mrs Frieden at West Bend. Amanda Schutt and R F P Laabs visited Lea Kinney home Saturday.
George W. Doerr presents the semiannual financial report for Palo Alto County Iowa covering June 1 to December 31 1944. The document lists receipts from current taxes delinquent taxes penalties interest bank deposits and various municipal and school funds totaling 1 020 343 96 with detailed breakdowns of sources and disbursements and a year end balance.
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