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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1971
Page
3
Circle No 5 of the Immaculate Conception Rosary Society holds a card party Sunday evening January 31 at the parish center starting at 8 PM. Euchre and bridge for 500. Tables for children, with door prizes and lunch. Chairmen Mrs. John Hoffman and Mrs. Jon Iverson.
The Pirates opened 15 3 and led 47 26 at halftime. Neil Lundgren led with 25 points and Joe Craven added 19 as Alvin Luke posted 12. Sioux Valley fought with hot shooting but trailed most of the game, Connie Frick led the Pirettes with 23 points. Estherville JV wrestling edged Graettinger 29 218 with several pins.
Lake Park defeated the Pirates in both JV and varsity bouts with 29-14 and 28-14 results. Key names include Dean Conrad, John Anderson, Paul Ferrell, Greg Petersen, Ron Johnson and Mike Guinn, plus multiple pins and decision outcomes across JV and varsity matches.
Graettinger junior high boys rallied from a 15-12 halftime deficit to beat Ruthven 32-27 in a doubleheader. Kinnett led Graettinger with 12 points, Jacobsen 8, Dawson 7 while Petersen and Kulow deterred Ruthven’s defense. Ruthven girls edged Graettinger 32-24 with Heller 14 and Kulow 10 scoring, Tammy Kulow praised for defense.
Multiple congregations list services from Immaculate Conception Bethel Lutheran Graettinger and Lost Island Lutheran. Week agenda includes worship, confirmations, Sunday school, youth activities, ecumenical observance January 31 with seven churches exchanging members and an afternoon Ecumenical Service in Estherville with coffee fellowship to follow.
Glen Gjerde, a University of Iowa senior, visited his parents the Orville Gjerdes while Jackie Carter joined him in Graettinger to see her parents the Robert Carters. The Wallingford Legion and Auxiliary held a potluck on Jan 20. Nordern Petersons drove to Austin to hear their son Paul in Concordia College Choir. Jeanne Skattebo met Earnest Skattebo in Mason City, and James arrived from New York to meet his father. Jim is being transferred from Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, to Fort Belvoir Virginia near Washington DC. Fort Belvoir covers 9 288 acres along the Potomac River.
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