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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1961
Page
3
Senior girls focus on balanced meals in Meal Planning Class with dinners designed for oven economy quick prep and high protein options. They study price checking downtown this week and will prepare meals in the laboratory next week under a regular schedule. Junior students explore cakes and frostings in class sessions, gaining practical homemaking skills.
Used tractors 1958 Minneapolis 445 with overhaul etc listed at 1950. Several Farmalls and Moline tractors from 1948 to 1960 with diesel options priced from 2450 to 3950. Also listed are combines, forage gear, headers, and extensions with miscellaneous farm implements and a 1947 Willys Jeep. All diesel tractors advertised as guaranteed. additional items include loaders and PTO equipment.
The Graettinger Municipal Light Plant board met January 9 1961 with all members present. Motions approved last meeting minutes and to pay all bills except Carl A Anderson. Board adjourned after salaries and numerous current expenses listed including payroll taxes and supplier payments.
Sophomore girls explored cake making to compare from scratch and prepared mixes and recognized that kitchens balance basic recipes with time. They also studied home architecture noting how modern designs reflect room function first, then walls.
Hugo Hucke of Aurelia sustained serious injuries at home after a horse threw him when a steer darted in front. He suffered facial fractures and a dislocated shoulder from the fall on the frozen ground.
Graettinger Community School officials release honor rolls for first semester 1960-61. A honor roll lists top grades across grades 7–12 with names including Stephen Graettinger, Elisabeth Hartung, Gary Wikert, Sandy Reeves, Kenneth Jacobson, and many others. B honor roll includes multiple students per grade such as Sally Ellis, Gerald Anderson, James Wikert, and Kathy Shuyper among others.
A dense ledger of county finances lists numerous payments across funds including Court Fund Drainage Poor Mental Health and Secondary Road. Items cite suppliers Verne Simons Vernon Township trustees offices and various contractors with amounts ranging from a few dollars to over eight thousand dollars and motions to approve bonds appoint examiners nurses clerk and deputies adjournment to December 28 1960.
A fragmented radio listing shows a day’s lineup including Noontime News at 12:15, Noontime Markets at 12:25, Polka Time at 12:30, and Border Ballroom at 7:00, with various morning and evening programs. The late entries mention Sports Moments and Dinnectime News among the 2006s C references.
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