Band Parents Sponsor Amateur Night at High School Gym
Band Parents will host Amateur Night on Wednesday February 9 in the high school gym. Proceeds fund the Band Parents band uniform fund with many entries already received, including piano solos, quartets, duets, and a broad lineup of vocal and instrumental acts. Also announced are new Farm Bureau Women library titles, inviting members to read and enjoy the additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band
Band Parents
Handel
Chifford Christianson
Don Potter
Dale Larson
Ronald Jensen
Jack Platter
Farm Bureau
Jan
Joseph Austander
Mr. Blanding
Eric Hodging
Chinatown
Lin Yutang
Fire
George Stewart
Malabar Farm
Louis Bromfield
Dale Carnegie
Green
David Dodge
Merdith William
Farm Bureau Organization
Patient John Reynolds Hospitalized at Holy Family
John Reynolds was admitted to Holy Family hospital as a medical patient at the start of the week. Local friends express hope for his early improvement and full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reynolds
Holy Family Hospital
Resh Recovered After Severe Cold Threatened Pneumonia
J M Resh was downtown this week and has recovered from a serious cold that threatened pneumonia. He stayed under the care of a physician for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JM. Resh
Pneumonis
Johnson to close out sale of furniture at his home
Albert I. Johnson will hold a complete closing out sale of his furniture and household effects at the Johnson residence three blocks south of the bank. The sale starts Saturday January 29 at one o clock. Grodland, Bortyn & Brown are auctioneers with Graettinger State Bank as clerk. Vic Mortensen sets February 15 for his closing out auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert I. Johnson
Johnson
Fred Graettinger
Tience Mr. Johnson
Grodland, Bortyn & Brown
Graettinger State Bank
Vic Mortensen
Ruth Frick Leads St Olaf Choir On Western Tour
St Olaf College choir member Ruth Frick daughter of Mr and Mrs George Frick Gract tinger will perform at Philharmonie Los Angeles February 14 at 6 15 p m and Pasadena Civic February 15 at 8 15 p m The western trip runs February 9 to February 14 visiting Sacramento Oakland San Francisco Fresno La Jolla and San Diego with multiple city performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf College
Ruth Frick
George Frick
Philharmonie
Los Angeles
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Migs Frick
Ogner
Western Trip
Sacramento
Oakland
Sanfrancisco
Fresno
la Jolla
San Diego
Whittemore Editor Burdened by Lion by Tail
The Whittemore Champion editorial notes its burden of continuing with the former editor’s staff and jokes about the ongoing struggle of managing a difficult publication. It lists staff names, contact numbers, and emphasizes sticking to newsroom procedures for timely news and ads.
On Vacation Tip er and Mradéghn Simon
In the Ongood vicinity a note mentions a trip to California and a vacation tip. The fragment references individuals and a travel plan but lacks clear dates or full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mradéghn’ Simon
Ongood
California
Iowa Struck by Severe Ice Storm Over Weekend
An ice storm battered northwest Iowa from Saturday evening into Sunday, crippling lines and making roads hazardous. Graettinger and Des Moines area towns faced slick conditions with up to an inch of ice, while other counties saw heavier accumulations. Railroads used amateur radio to coordinate, and highways remained perilous with subzero temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Graetlinger
Graettinger
Milwaukee Railroad
Desa Monica
Milwaukee Rairoad
Mason City
Algona
Spencer
Sioux Falls
Iunois Central Railroad
Wallingford Telephone Co
Highway Commission
Robbins Avenue
Grachtinger
Estherville
Spener
Sibley
Sectional Tourneyset For Feb 2 3 4 5 Here
Four day sectional girls high school basketball tourney announced for Greettinger school gym with first round byes and scheduled matchups. Whittemore Center Two Rodman Dolliver Maple Hill Nile. Key games listed with Wednesday and Thursday times and a Friday semifinals and Saturday finals. Also notes a new church rally invitation and hospital return notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greettinger School
Everett V. Manchester
Whittemore
Center Two
Grover
Rodman
Armstrong
Ringsted
Dolliver
Maple Hill
Cylinder
Lake Two
Dickens
Graettinger
Armstrong - Ringsted l
Funeral Held for Frank J. King at Immaculate Conception
Frank J. King, 78, died Monday evening after a long illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church, Graettinger, with a requiem high mass. Burial followed in St. John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, beside his wife who died in 1945. Survived by two sons, John and James King, six grandchildren, and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. King
James King
Grachtinger, Inn
King
Iowa City Hospital
Inter
Holy Family Hospital
Eovate
Immaculate Conception Church
Grachtinger
St. John’s Cemetery
Emmetsburg
Martin
John ‘Nolan
Lom Nolan
John Kliegl
Leg Conway
Tom, Conway
Lawrence Hickey
Vraneis
Joseph King
Maquoketa
Iowa
Whele
Waymautsburg
DL. O'Neill
Gilllinger
Catherine Conway
Osgood
Assumption .Church
Taburg
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Graettinger
John
Palo Alto
Ni Ae
Golden wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Martin Hansen
Mr and Mrs Martin Hansen will celebrate their golden wedding day at home in Ruthven on Sunday February 6 1949 with open house from 200 to 400 pm and 700 to 900 pm inviting all. Harry Lewis of Graettinger was treated at Holy Family hospital for a broken leg after a fall amid a winter rise in injuries from ice. Mrs Robert Allen arrived from Alaska by plane yesterday and will visit the Doyle home in February with her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Doyle at Estherville airport eventful travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hansen
Ruthven
Harry Lewis
Grauttinger
Holy Family Hospital
Alaska
Robert Allen
Tom Doyle
Estherville
Allen
Doyle
Community Club Urges Action In Securing Park Site
At a Commercial club dinner 52 attendees heard plans to secure the Robbins avenue gravel pit east of the Rock Island tracks for a city park. The club would donate the property if unused by a commercial group, aiming for a lighted baseball and football field and a skating rink with ground work to level and cut the eastern bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Robbins Avenue
Rock Island
It -Waa
Ha Company
Measure Your Own Charity In Polio Fund Drive
Last week of publicity for the March of Dimes and March of Dollars drive ends January 31. Donations may be placed in containers in Gracttinger or at Gracttinger State Bank for the fight against infantile paralysis. H A Elsenbuat chairs the campaign. funds support treatment and hospitals as the search for a cure continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracttinger
Gracttinger State Bank
H. A. Elsenbuat
Iowa
Fire destroys Legion Hall basement blaze causes losses
A Wednesday afternoon fire at the Legion hall began in the furnace room basement and spread to stored seed corn on the second floor. Fire trucks fought dense smoke through a narrow stairway, keeping the building enclosed to limit damage. Losses include building, equipment, and seed corn estimated in the thousands. insurance covers the corn and building. The Farmers Creamery annual meeting at the Legion hall was postponed. Johnnie Johnson arranged storage in the Hawkeye Apt. basement and will transfer corn back to Humboldt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Johnnie Johnson
Nelson-Christiansen
Roger Henningsen
Dickie Wikert
Farmers Creamery Co
DeKalb
Humboldt
Hawkeye Apt
Honor Roll And Secondary Roll Names Listed By Class
The document lists senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman students deemed honor roll and secondary roll with many misspellings. Names include Mavis Boness Wilma Duhn Joan Fink Mary Herke Mavin Tonderum Ronald Jensen and others across four classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis Boness
Wilma Duhn
Joan Fink
Mary Herke
Mavin Tonderum
Ronald Jensen
Joan Christiansen
Josephine Fitzpatrick
Donna Flannegan
Mary Hanson
Mavis Knutsen
Shirley Rasmussen
Betty Westergard
LaDon Zitterich
Dale Duhn
Ju Ann Flannegan
Dean Poyde
Gayle Gradlinger
Beverly Henderson
Barbara Jengen
Opal Gangestad
Joy Knuutsen
Wanda Knutsen
Ina Luhman
Clara Schealler
Catherine King
Gwen McWilliams
Elaine Reynolds
Mary Wolfe
Sphomore
John Fink
Vincent Graettinger
Treshmen
Elaine Baedke
Josh Baedke
Ione Boustead
Slurs Garet
Wshmen
Joe King
Virgil Westfall
Catherine Elsenhast
Richard Jensen
Mary Marine
Janet Marxen
William Reynolds
Iona Tonderum
Nancy Doyle
Delores Jasperson
Joyca Marley
Bettie Martinson
Patricia Masters
James Myers
Joe Anderson
Caroljean Norris
Father of Lloyd Appleton Dies Suddenly in Estherville
Wm. Appleton of Estherville died suddenly last Thursday. His son Lloyd Appleton, of West Point New York, traveled by plane from New York to attend the funeral. He lived with daughter Mrs Royce Hi and family. Lloyd Appleton is a son in law of Mr and Mrs Carl Spies of Grapttinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Appleton
Wm. Appleton
Estherville
West Point
New York
Appleton
Royce Hi
Carl Spies
Grapttinger
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Baron Twirling
Don Gile
Marianna Spics
Shirley Mills
Joan Elsenbast
Jenna Shiley
Delores Jesperson
Ione Bonstead
Mary B. Cole
Bonnie Jenkins
June Knutsen
Patsy Masters
Qarlene Able
Brover
Warlene
Shirley Rasmussan
Sourwood Mountain
Richard Wolfe
Paul Kirkegaard
Carol Johnson
Judy Thorson
Beverly Hancott
Joan Murphy
Irene Heidecker
Marianna Spies
Patsy Christiansen
Joan § Knell
Karen Sldridge
Lowell Platter
James Suss
Darold Hendrickson
Bunny Machinery
Vie Morteisen
Spies & Levn iSpotted
Poland
China Broad Sew
Etail
Vic Mortensen Sale
St. Olaf Choir
Pasadena
Hopkins
Florida
The
Methodist Church
Stanley Griffith
Fort Dodge
Bonstead
Hospital
Janes
Bapding
Hély’Family Hospital
Eas J. King
St. John’s
Ayrshire
Gracttingar High School
Graettin
Gor
Larsen
Curléw
Mallard
WALLINGFORD _ Attectiva
Graatsinger
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