Carnival Night draws crowds at Graettinger pool
Spectators and swimmers filled Graettinger’s Sunday carnival night at the community pool. Guards announced event results across diving, relays, ball events, and various age groups with numerous winners including Potter, Kulow, McCombs, Heller, Poeppe and Masters among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
M. Potter
K. Schealler
J. Potter
Pat Clippeston
B. McCombs
T. Kulow
D. Poeppe
A. Poeppe
B. Weber
L. Voxland
K. Petersen
I. Lammers
T. Heller
P. Hersleff
M. Masters
Schoning
K. Hersleff
S. Dawson
T. Rooney
M. Elsenbast
J. Peterson
T. Masters
K. Poeppe
D. Cox
Rents
K. Kulow
J. Kulow
Cox
Heller
Lampoon
Rat Clipperton
Rotter
Kathy S
R. Jeff
Masters
Steve Dawaon
Kulow
Poland
Ke Starkey
Lori P
Patsy H
T. Sampson
M. Heller
Jon
A. Re Rients
Ke Poeppe
T. Poland
Leap Frog
D. Heller
B. Mammen
S. Cox
K. Starkey
Lundgren
R. Rients
Rley
Oves
Cullen
Scheallés
Varcoe
Grachtinger Markets Report Prices for Corn Oats and Beans
Market note shows Tuesday June 29 trading with corn at 32, oats at 70, and beans at 3.01 per unit. Prices reflect price levels and market activity for grain commodities.
Mary Helen Win ger birth and postal service centennial plans
The Times congratulates Sgt and Mrs David B Win ger of Kansas City on the birth of daughter Mary Helen, June 24. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Hanson of Emmetsburg with great grandparents listed. Also announced is the July 1 inauguration of the US Postal Service with nationwide celebrations and a First Day souvenir envelope offered at post offices. Dedication in Washington will feature Postmaster General Blount and dignitaries. Gene Boblit resigns from Graettinger Coop Grain to become assistant manager at Ayrshire Coop Elevator, effective July 16, with his wife resigning as Graettinger town treasurer. The Boblit family will relocate near Ayrshire with housing arranged on Silver Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Winger
Kansas City
Mary Helen
Robert L. Hanson
Emmetsburg
Estelle Hanson
Jens Kirkegaard
Graettinger
United States Postal Service
Washington
D. C
R. T. Nane
Graettinger Post Office
Postal Service
U. S
Blount
Congress
Board of Governors
Gene Boblit
Graettinger Coop Grain
Coop Grain
Coop Elevator
Ayrshire
Iowa
Palo Alto County
Grimes State Office
Des Moines
Graettinger Firefighters Aid Wallingford In Trackside Grass Fires
Graettinger firemen answered two alarms within an hour. At 4 45 p m they assisted Wallingford firefighters with grass fires along railroad tracks north of town. After returning, a 5 30 p m call sent them to Dick Closing farm southwest of Graettinger where alfalfa hay burned in a pit silo. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and soaked remaining hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Wallingford Fire Department
Wallingford
Greettinger Department
ILCC Board to Ask Renewal Of Improvement Mill Levy
Voters in Area III will decide on renewing a three quarter mill capital improvement levy in September to fund construction and equipment for Iowa Lakes Community College campuses. The levy supports matching federal funds and expansion needs including Phase I II on the north campus and a south campus addition. Area III election set for September 13 across Emmet Palo Alto Clay Dickinson and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Ili
Iowa Lakes Community College
H. Edwin Cramer
Iowa
Estherville
Estherville Community
Emmet
Palo Alto
Clay, Dickinson
Kossuth
Stores Open Friday Night in Graettinger for July 4 Weekend
Graettinger stores will stay open Friday night to aid shoppers during the upcoming independence weekend. Stores close Saturday night for the Evergreen park preeen celebration. Local shops observe a general closing Monday July 5 for Independence Day. Post office mail service and delivery will be suspended. The Graettinger public library will also close Monday July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Evergreen Park
Servicemen News highlights Navy careers and local events
Navy Seaman Larry Fry of Ruthven completed a cruise to Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia aboard USS Valcour homeported Bahrain Island. SPS Thomas Fries from Graettinger returns from Vietnam on 30 day leave while SA Richard Andrews of near Graettinger reports aboard USS Semmes after Cook's school. Mrs. Wilma Hansen of Graettinger leaves teaching to pursue a Master of Arts at Mankato State College. Graettinger hosts pre Fourth celebration at Evergreen Park with free hot dogs and Pepsi, baseball jamboree, band concert, and a ballpark fundraiser. Town seeks a new treasurer by July 9. Nurse Aide training offered at Spirit Lake through Iowa Lakes Community College starting July 26 with a July 14 application deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry G. Fry
Leon E. Fry
Route 1
Ruthven
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia
Middle East
Bahrain Island
Persian Gulf
Wilma M. Hansen
Graettinger
Board of Education
Mankato State College
Hansen
Robert Wright
Evergreen Park
Kent Baldwin
Pepsi-Cola Company
Ball Park Association
Ball Park
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Iowa Lakes Community College
Mac Jensen Family Returns For Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Jensen and their two children have returned to the United States for home leave from La Paz Bolivia where Jensen has served as a general services officer with the Agency for International Development. After consultations in Washington they plan to arrive in Graettinger on June 29 to visit at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. C An Jensen. Jensen has served in Haiti Peru Honduras Colombia and Paraguay prior to Bolivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Jensen
United States
LaPaz
Bolivia
Jensen
General Services
Agency For International Development
Washington
D. C
Graettinger
C. An Jensen
Haiti
Peru
Honduras
Colombia
Paraguay
Baseball Calendar Hit All-Star Week Schedule
Baseball calendar lists events for July including junior high and high school girls softball at Terris starting at 6 p m on Thursday July 1 Emmetsburg High School here Friday July 2 Terris High School and Midgets there Tuesday July 6 S Valley High School and Midgets here Wednesday July 7 Milford Pee Wees and Mites there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terris
Emmetsburg HS
Terris HS
S. Valley HS
Milford Pee Wees
Living Memorials Established March 1 to June 1
Palo Alto county memorial chairmen report newly established Living Memorials for the period March 1, 1971 through June 1. The list includes O. V. Critz, Eugene Cullen, Mrs. Grace Foreney, Sarah Gappa, Mrs. Walter Peterson, Clara Thompson, Mrs. Mabel Van Hom, and Ray Wikert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Steil
Mallard
Palo Alto County
Jane Knapp
Iowa
Biazen
O. V. Critz
Eugene Cullen
Grace Foreney
Sarah Gappa
Walter Peterson
Clara Thompson
Mabel van Hom
Ray Wikert
Osher Est Auction Thursday July 8
Two Osher farms will be sold at public auction on Thursday July 8. At 1 30 p m the Winifred Osher 80 acre farm located east and north of Wallingford will be sold on the premises. At 2 30 p m the Nels O Osher 220 acre farm located east and south of Wallingford will be sold on the premises. See ad for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Osher
Wallingford
Nels O. Osher
Iowa Governor warns of possible 11 deaths on July Fourth
Governor Robert Ray urged Iowa drivers to curb holiday traffic deaths during the 1971 Fourth of July weekend. He noted a grim history of about 11 fatalities per year since 1963 and said seat belt use and heightened patrols could prevent losses. Last year 10 deaths occurred, with similar totals in 1969. The Independence weekend spans 78 hours with thousands traveling statewide, prompting increased enforcement by the Highway Patrol and local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ray
Ray
Iowa
Next Saturday $50 Buck Prize Drawing Details
The three o'clock drawing will award $50 in participating stores. Art Kerr did not claim last week's prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Kerr
Two New Teachers Join Mallard Faculty
Miss Barbara Corey of Albany California signed to teach a fourth grade. She holds an AA from Merritt College and a BS in Elementary Education cum laude from Westmar College. Eleanor Graff of Curlew is a certified math teacher with eleven years’ elementary teaching experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Corey
Albany
Calif
Virginia Mitchell
Albany High School
Corey
Merritt Junior College
Oakland
Iowa
Westmar Colege
LeMars
California State
Hayward
California
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Hobson
Potter and Schealler
Sampson
Weber B. McCombs
K. McCombs
de Herke
K. Peterson
P. Frick
L. Peterson
Becky
L. Stiles
M. Rooney
T. Hanton
Witt
Duus
Alger
Hersleff
Jim S
Mike M
Kirby Hersleff
Deb Poeppe
J. McCombs
B. Haack
L. Herke
P. Platter
J. Lammers
Mike Rooney
Tim Heller
Dwayne Poeppe
Mary Millen
Underwater Neance
Koya
Firt
Te Heller
New
Grachtinger Markets
the Times
Ayrshire Elevator
Fire Department
Daniel Murphy
Dean
Briar Cliff
Emmet Murphy
Briar Cliff College
William V. Tucker
ILCC
Robert Mammen
Robert
Cobb) Mammen
Worthington
Minn
United Methodist Church
Harlan Babcock
Valley View Cemetery
Fuhrman
Cliff Harris
Robert Frank Mammen
Amos Mammen
Germany
Okinawa
Marchetta Stillwell
Graettinger Methodist Church
Don
Dorothy) Helmicl Graettinger
Nancy Mammen
Floyd Brobst
Kenneth Pierson
Rochester
Chris Pierson
Albert Lea
Anna
Alvine
Marjory
Esther Erickson
Lyle
Clifford
Ione Berkhow
Ila Wikert
Dallas
Texas
Ila Wiken
Earnest Wikert
Columbia
Helen Brennan
Vive Jan Hanawalt
Eleanor Jacobsen
Graettinger Board of Education
Brennan
Hanawalt
Jacobsen
SPS
Thomas Fries
Vietnam
SA Richard C. Andrews
Elmer Andrews
Near
Cook
San Diego
Richard C.andrews
New York
N. Y
Wilma Hansen
Rosella Boblit
Lloyd C. Petersen
South 6Th Street
Osher Est
MITES
Ricky Hansen
Rusty Harris
Matt Guinn
Dennis Kinnetz
Jerry Schealler
David Baedke
Greg Thu
Bill Boblit
Randy Brobst
Mike Moran
Jim Schoning
Steve Dawson
Mike Masters
Mike Fries
Jerry Boblit
Rick Duhn
John Millen
Doug Potter
Brian Bonstead
Coach Frick
Eleanor Graff
Curlew
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