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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
5
Immaculate Conception Church notices pastor Rev. E. S. Maynard lists Masses Sundays at 7 80 and 9 30 AM and weekday services at 7 PM Confessions Saturday 3 00 to 5 00 PM and 7 00 to 8 30 PM
Friday at 2 30 p m First Lutheran Mission Society meets at Mrs A G Christianaens home Sunday Our Savior s hosts Divine Worship 99 m 10 a m Sunday School First Lutheran 10 45 a m Divine Worship at Ingham Lake Bible Camp Chapel Annual congregational picnic and Sunday School outing Pot luck lunch noon in dining hall Last Sunday School session of the season July and August events Junior Bible Camp Ingham Lake July 17 21 Adult Teachers Institute at Ingham Lake total fee 7 60 for five day week Thursday July 16 7 30 p m
St Pauls Lutheran Church Arthur W Sorensen Pastor presents weekly events. Thursday 8:00 p m Luther League meeting with officer elections and wiener roast. Sunday worship at Lost Island State Park 10 30 am with church and Sunday School services followed by dinner at noon with cold drinks and ice cream. Transportation at 10 00 am from church. Monday Church Council 6 00 pm in church office. Wednesday Town Ladies Aid meets 2 00 pm. There will be an appeal film for the program and all women invited. Thursday Young Married couples meet 8 00 pm for fellowship.
The Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. led by Superintendent Lloyd Cornelius. Worship Service at 10:00 a.m. features speaker Dale Walker. No worship on Sunday July 18 due to Rev and Mrs Hodgkin's vacation.
Wallingford Lutheran led by Pastor Gunderson announces Sunday services at 9 30 and 11 00 with Sunday School at 10 46 and 10 00 respectively. Youth leagues, Bible camps, and teachers institutes are scheduled July 11 16 and July 17 21 at Ingham Lake with multiple choir rehearsals and serving committees listed.
Union Baptist Church Estherville Iowa invites with Pastor R A Larson a gospel service Friday at 8 pm in the Grachtinger Legion Hall featuring inspirational song special music and a spiritual message. Sunday service at 10 30 am with KLIL broadcast. Mid week praise and prayer Wednesday at 8 pm.
Local news items report births at Holy Family hospital including a son to Mr and Mrs William Ellia of Wallingford and a daughter Joan Elta born to Mr and Mrs Melvin Larsen of Durham North Carolina. Visiting relatives and guests from Peoria Emmetsburg and Fort Dodge attended dinners and gatherings at homes of various families in the area plus attendance at a Berry Scott dealers banquet in Clear Lake.
Fragment mentions equipment entry and a Savings Bond, but text is garbled. No clear person, organization, or event details are extractable to form a factual headline.
An Iowa State College entomologist urges neighborhood cooperation to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and spray with approved chemicals. He warns single homeowners struggle to reduce pests and recommends cleaning stagnant water, shrubbery, and tall grass while coordinating area-wide spraying. A Clarke county hail storm reports record-sized hail stones up to tennis ball size.
The article discusses corn borer monitoring and leaf damage in soybeans, with treatment rates. It cites planting windows for Mandarine Ottawa and Flam Beau beans, late sowing of sudangrass, sorghum, millet, rape, and corn for fodder. It notes available seeding rates and data, plus Cattle Feeders' Day at Ames on July 8 and county fair dates August 23–25.
An uncoupled auto trailer tore loose during a vacation trip, causing the trailer to slide over an embankment and injuring all occupants. The Dr. Byron Hartley family of Mt. Pleasant near Brainerd Minnesota were aboard when the accident occurred.
Local news notes Mra, rod Adama of Qraettinger and her sister Mrs Art Tnius of Morealon Minnesota returned last week from a three week visit with their brothers Md and Theodore Ermand hon of Regina Saskatchewan Canada. A 200 pound safe stolen from a filling station in New Albia on May 4 was found by children on the highway ten miles east of Lacrosse. The safe had been thrown from a car over an embankment and broken open.
Former Waverly resident Jack Wright says he owns the highest greenhouse in the country. He states the structure sits at 8,500 feet altitude near Buena Vista Colorado and is heated by natural hot water bubbling from springs at about 150 degrees.
Margaret Spratt is the oldest staff member of the weekly Oakland Acorn at 85. She has served the paper for 56 years since starting in 1898, marking a long career with the publication.
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