Pirates Finish Runner-Up At County Tourney West Bend
This week Coach Held and his Pirates earned a runner-up trophy at the county tournament in West Bend. They showed fine form, and with stronger shooting percentages could have challenged the tall West Bend club in the finals. The column also lauds Held's five-year record of county play with two championships and two consolation trophies. The piece weaves in local items about Pat Kathman lineups, a Christmas song note, Alaska jokes, Cub Scouts, and light quips across a miscellany of notes and jokes.
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Held
Pirate
West Bend
Pirates
SLED Ben Jacobsen’s Antique Boyhood Sleigh Auctioned
Veteran Maquo keta hardware merchant Ben Jacobsen owned a handmade wooden sleigh from his boyhood in the 1880s. The sled, purchased at auction for 75 cents, highlights a personal relic from a bygone era.
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Ben Jacobsen
Maquoketa
Study Schedule for Driver License Exams
Drivers license exams are held in Estherville and Orange City on Mondays, Emmetsburg on Tuesdays, Spencer on Wednesdays, Rock Rapids on Thursdays, Spirit Lake on Fridays, and mornings only on Saturdays in Sibley.
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Estherville
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Spencer
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Bible Materis Luke 20 19 26 Devotional Reading
Devotional note highlights Romans 13 1 10 urging submission to authorities and love fulfilling law. Faithful reflection connects church guidance with civic duties and ethical living under divine order.
Two Worlds Lesson on Taxes and Dual Citizenship
In a February 1 1959 NE WAY lesson, the author explores Jesus answer Give to Caesar and to God, showing how he deflected a tax question to reveal dual citizenship. The piece argues believers owe duties to both earthly America and the Kingdom of God, and stresses balancing loyalty while obeying conscience.
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Jesus
Palestine
Rome
Tiberius Caesar
Caesar
God
America
Roman Empire
Kingdom of God
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Emmetsburg News Jeers and Bridge Club Night
Graettinger notices include a bridge party hosted by A P Thompson and A H Henningsen with Ed Thompson Sheriff Bert Montgomery and Carl Spies among attendees. Alfred McCombs seeks an office at Frick drug store for corn hog contracts. A fatal fall injures Frank Salisbury of Alma Wisconsin. Graettinger reports light rain and mild winter, student attendance and high school enrollment reaching 123 after first semester.
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Ed Thompson
Bert Montgomery
Carl Spies
Charles Spices
Iowa Trust & Savings Bank
Emmetsburg
Grachtinger
A. P. Thompson
A. H. Henningsen
Alfred McCombs
the Times
Frick Drug Store
A. P. Thompsen
Earl Lehigh
Frank Salisbury
Alma
Wisconsin
J. C. Salisbury
Graettinger
Mr. Salisbury
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Wabasha
Sylvia Drew
Margaret Lindsey
Lloyd Larson
Verda Skow
Ernest Osher
Anna Olson
Mable Swanson
Mable Tindall
Ruth Anderson
Wilma Barber
Mary Ellen Bottom
Carol Jacobson
Eva Mills
Norman Petersen
Mildred Wikert
Florence Conway
Agatha Craven
Verna Hampson
Alma Herlem
Marian Singer
Marie Doyle
Arlene Grodland
Kermit Jensen
Ruth Raleigh
Wilma Wikert
Gladys Weisenbast
Kitty McCarty
Bridge at Andau and Library News Highlight Local Reading
Reading lists at Woman's Club and Farm Bureau include The Bridge at Andau by James A. Michener. Michener's account of Hungarians fleeing to the bridge near the Austrian border spotlights the failure of communism. Also notes Golden 100 club additions John Perdue and Judy Christiansen.
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Andau
James A. Michener
Woman's Club
Farm Bureau
State Traveling Library
Europe
Hungary
Budapest
John Perdue
Forrest Perdue
Our
Golden 100 Club
John
Executor Appointed for John B. Peterson Estate in Palo Alto
Notice in Palo Alto County Iowa states Gerhart Peterson is appointed and qualified as executor of the John B. Peterson estate. Creditors must pay debts and file claims with the district court clerk duly authenticated for allowance. Dated January 10 1959. Kennedy Clark attorneys for estate.
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John B. Peterson
Palo Alto County
District Court
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OWA Press Association
the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Graettinger, Ia
Aspira Tio
Palo Alt
Emmet Counties
Fenton and Terril
Pat Kathmans
Pat
Lawrence Kathman
Superior
Romaine Kathmams
5 Superior
Alaska
United States
Janet Crawford
Janet
Hawkeye
Cub Scouts of
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Cody
Den 3
Times Office
Zeke
Albert Suss
Cabinet
Palo Alto
Emmet
Gerald Steuve
C. R. Kitchen
North 6Th St
Esthervisie
C. A. Shiley
House Ph
K. L. Johnson
Gardaston
Eatherva
J. Emmett Martin
Olene Jacobson, D.V.M
Iowa
Ted Knudtson
TIMES
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Thomas Thomson
Leo Hughes
Alan Hersleff
Roy Nissen
Police
John DeVries
Jens Kirkegaard
Virgil Olesen
Albert Js
Peace
Minnicipal
Streets & Water Depts
Ensen
Paul Bellcock
Dwayne Lammers
Francis Heideckera
Wayne Potter Light Plant
Melvin Nissen
G. F. Shaver
James F. Hansen
Lars Petersen
O—C
Martin Thompson
Lloyd W. Frost
Richard Miller
Alice Yoch
W. H. Bargman
Walter High
A. P. Rickless
Robert Dawson
A. H. Hobson
Optometrist
Jd, E. Smith
of O Community Church Directory
Immaculate Conception
Father E. 8S
Maynard
First Lutheran and
Lost Island Lutheran Rev. C. T. Fielstul
ST. Paul's Lutheran and
South Walnut Lutheran
Rev. H. Irving Petersen
Grace Baptist Church
Leonard Huebscher
Wallingford Lutheran
Norbert Jolivette
G. H. Frye
Terry I. Anderson
Emmet CO
Estherville, Iowa
Graettinger Times
Immanel Lutheran
Benjamin Coltvet
Community Club
John Wolfe
Anealld
AM. Legion Auxiliary
Mrs
Henry Jones
Lions Club
Emmeteburg
SRL
International Undorm
Kenneth J. Foreman
Dr. Foreman
City Hall
Judy Christiansen
Floyd Christiansen
State OF Iowa
Gerhart Peterson
Kennedy & Clark
Rock OF AC
Kallin-Peterson Monument CO
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Fort Dodge
Oscar Lee
Emmetsburg, Iowa
Graettinger State Bank
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