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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1955
Page
5
The Rodman boys edged Mallard 45 to 43 in the Palo Alto county tournament final to claim their fifth straight county title. Erickson and Schall led Rodman with key baskets in the final period as Mallard pressed to close the gap.
Graettinger boys and girls will play Rodman on Saturday night at Rodman replacing Friday. Outcome of the boys game decides Palo Alto county conference champion. Pirates win means undisputed title, Rodman win means co champions. Girls seek revenge after a 64-47 loss earlier in the season.
The Havelock boys basketball teams will play the Pirates here next Tuesday night Feb 1. This is the final game of the regularly scheduled season.
The girls basketball sectional opens Monday Jan 31 at Graettinger with Superior vs Lake Two and Graettinger facing Ayrshire. First rounds run Monday and Wednesday, semifinals Thursday, finals Saturday Feb 5. Districts follow Feb 14–19, with state finals Mar 1–5 in Des Moines.
Dr John M Jensen editor of the Ansgar Lutheran will speak at St Pauls church basement Graettinger on Thursday February 3 at 8 pm. The meeting is open to area men of Lutheran churches with coffee served afterward and discussion on the proposed merger of four Lutherans synods which could unite over two million Lutherans in the US and Canada.
A revised Class A sectional schedule for Estherville area high school boys basketball was announced. Games include Emmetsburg versus Spirit Lake on February 9 at 7 46 p m, Graettinger against Estherville on February 10 at 7 20 p m, and the finals on February 12 at 7 80 p m. District tournaments occur in the weeks of February 20 with sub state the week of March 7 and the state championship on March 17.
The Graettinger State Bank held its annual meeting with C A Jensen reelected president George Graettinger as vice president and H A Elsenbast as cashier. Directors include Mike Weinholzer and Francia E Warren with Warren on leave due to illness. The bank reported a successful year with surplus and undivided profits near 18000 and a notable rise in total deposits as it marked its 20th anniversary last March.
James Riggs was appointed acting engineer for Palo Alto County by the board of supervisors. He is a member of the State Highway Commission and has been operating out of Ames. A permanent county engineer will be named after final examination of candidates.
The item lists three livestock sales and a farm machinery auction in the Graettinger area. Barringer and Winter sell 145 cattle including 26 springing Holsteins, 34 stock cows, 75 Angus steers, plus 1500 bales of hay and a John Deere combine on Jan. 28 near Graettinger. Christensen firms hold Feb. 1 and Feb. 8 auctions of cattle, machinery, and 17 white-faced cattle, with a lunch wagon on site. Orville Westfall holds a Feb. 8 closing-out sale with 12 cattle, 23 pigs, and a 1050 Allis tractor. A church breakfast notice is also included for Feb. 3.
Spies and Levi set Thursday February 17 for their annual Poland China Bred Gilt Sale with details to follow. Estherville Auction Co. runs Friday sales at the Estherville sale barn under new management Claude Handen and Claude Grooms after purchasing the livestock company from Rob Livestock Co. Norman Bortint and Win Brown Graetlinger continue as conducting auctioneers.
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Mrs Anna Fisher, long time resident of Wallingford High Lake area, at Sandin funeral home at 2 30 and Wallingford Lutheran Church at 2 oclock. Rev Hin deraker of Hatherville will officiate. She died Monday night at her daughter Elia Hansons home in Kansas City Kansas after illness. She was about 80 and survived by her daughter and humorous relatives of near Wallingford.
The article notes the season’s first sub-zero reading of three below and a low of 47 below, with light snow flurries earlier in the week and three inches of snow Friday. It also covers two local enlistments as Donald Baumunk and Orville Hankey joined the U. S. Army after induction in Omaha. A correction lists Ray Ruppert and wife attending the California Craettinger picnic, noting their omission from a prior Times register.
Mr and Mrs Ted Gilbaugh and Ross Gilbaugh visited their sister and husband the Kindaleins in Charles City Sunday. The Kindaleins and Mr Knudlein were severely injured in a head on collision seven miles east of Charles City. The other driver escaped with minor bruises. Mrs Knudglein suffered a broken leg and facial injuries. Mr Knudslein had facial injuries and a broken pelvis. He was moved to St Josephs Mercy hospital Mason City for care. Communications may be sent to the Knudsteins at All Josephs Blorcy hospital Mason City.
A Friday evening fund raiser at the high school gym will feature a cake sale and auction to support the March of Dimes polio drive. Local students will present musical numbers before the main auction, with items donated by residents and area businesses. Cash donations are welcome, and farm families alongside FHA and FFA groups will assist with pickups and canvassing.
Four big awards totaling 10 15 25 and 100 dollars are set for next Wednesday's drawing. None of the prizes were claimed this week with the names drawis 3 gum 10 Mrs Earl Bisgard and Gene McCarty listed for 100 dollars.
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