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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1956
Page
4
A dense notice lists MLS Immaculate Conception and St Pauls Lutheran services with pastors, weekday mass and confessions, Sunday masses, choir rehearsals, and church events at Town Walnut Lost Island and Methodist Church. Includes Luther League, Bible classes, Sunday School times, Holy Communion, council meetings, junior camp at Ingham Lake, and Association meetings at Forest City.
Paul G. Tolo pastorileads a Thursday devotional and Bible study at First Lutheran at 2 00 pm Laura invites all to attend. Lost Island Luther League hosts social and devotional at 6 pm meeting at church for rides. Friday events include Estherville Circuit Luther League at 7 pm at Bible Camp with rides at 6 30 pm. Worship services listed for 3 am.
Wallingford Lutheran Church announces Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. with communion, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes, and 2:30 p.m. Jewish Mission Society chaired by Mrs. Leonard Munson. Midweek events include 8:15 p.m. senior choir rehearsal, a July 1943 Third Junior Bible Camp, and a July 6 circuit Luther League social at the Bible Camp led by Ruthven Leaguers with a bring-your-own lunch. Subscription reminder.
Graettinger Midgets win 12-2 over Hi shville as Tody Murray and Chesty Masters anchor the mound and catching duo. Dave Sandvig fans 19 Milford batters, homers in first inning with two aboard, then triples in fifth to pace Graettinger offense. Mites also post 6-3 win, Baedke brothers again key battery for Graettinger.
Palo Alto County spent $191,814 in 1954 to maintain a 935 mile secondary road system, averaging $204.93 per mile. County officials note Palo Alto’s cost is far below neighboring counties and the 99 county average of $338.50 per mile, with wide variations explained by road type and urban factors.
Mrs Iva Allsup of Chicago, former resident of Graettinger, appears in hospital news on Wednesday June 27. Nanette Held of Graettinger and Jonsi Nectomy are listed for Tuesday June 28.
State delegates and alternates listed for Des Moines July 31 1956 with junior delegates named. Adopted resolutions pledge Democratic governance for Iowa including roads housing and safety, agriculture parity targets, farm credit and school lunch support, and modernizing social welfare while opposing Republican misrule.
The passage advocates state plans to fund better senior care and education. It highlights allocating funds to improve facilities for an increasing student population and mentions recent surveys indicating growing needs. The focus is on improving services and infrastructure in education and elder care.
The county ASC office notes key dates for soil bank program actions in 1956. Termination or new agreements must consider July 20, with original or adjusted corn acreage due by that date. Wheat, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed, grain sorghum and soybeans have separate clipping and adjustment deadlines in June and July.
Last week at the home of Rey and Mrs. Arthur Sorensen, Ernest Fabricius and Brenda of Fal mouth Maine and Lewis Fabricius and Ronald of Cleveland Ohio visited from Tuesday to Friday. A Des Moines group including Frank Herke and others fished at Dalton Minnesota over the weekend, with reports of good luck on largemouth bass. Mr and Mrs Wm Rode moved to Rodman last weekend, planning to settle there. Rode works in well drilling.
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