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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
8
The passage notes that U S taxes averaged 1.98 per person in 1885, a time when money was not the main export and rockets highways and social security did not exist. It reflects on a fuller life today and the provocative remark about the African Ballet in Washington involves brash performances.
An isolated Canadian bush cabin tale recalls stormy delays and a pilot abandoning supplies. A humorous note describes a bed alarm that jolts a sleeper awake, plus travel diary bits about hay scented drives, arrowhead finds, and a vacation at Ledges State Park.
Mrs Grace Keeton of Albia modeled a costume believed to be about 100 years old and handed down through her family, reflecting a long local clothing lineage.
Four year old William Kohlhaas was riding with his father when his clothing became caught in a wheel. The wheel pulled him under the tractor, causing internal injuries to his stomach.
The Western Union Telegraph Company applied on June 22 1959 to the Federal Communications Commission to close the Graethinger Iowa telegraph office Substituted service will be via Extherville Iowa 124 miles away by telephone Protest or support must be sent to the FCC Washington DC by July 22 1950.
Two Emmetsburg attorneys Robert F. Culver and Charles H. Bartow moved their firms to the second floor of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank building after remodeling. Culver and Bartow operate separate practices sharing a library. Spies will practice independently at the old location. The redesign by Design Associates features a mural of Emmetsburg’s skyline painted by Virginia Piggott, Bartow’s sister. Bartow is married to Catherine Elsenbast of Graettinger. Spies is the son of Carl Spies of Graettinger.
Maryanna Spies, a Los Angeles high school physical education instructor, arrived to spend the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Spies. Residents nearby attended a shower for Marie Mortland Knox at the Bart Mortland home in Estherville.
James Ed Herke, Wm McConnell, Rolfe Lundgren, Geo Singer, Duane Kiner, Ellen Lundgren and Betty Lundgren attended a pot luck dinner Sunday June 28 at the Eugene Wagner home in West Bend. The event celebrated Mr Wagner's birthday and included a shower for bride elect Betty Lundgren. Mr and Mrs George Singer and Mr and Mrs Wm McConnell were present.
Leech Lake Minnesota notes say Mr and Mrs William Crawford, formerly at Hanwk ey apts, have leased the Fleming house just west of the school. Mr and Mrs Henry Miller visited Omaha Nebraska over the weekend and spent time with Miller's sisters Mrs Kathryn Alexander and Mr and Mrs Louis Henricksen.
The Extension Council of Palo Alto County Iowa will meet July 29 1959 at 9 00 p m in the County Extension Office Emmetapurg to hear taxpayers for or against the proposed expenditures for the fiscal year beginning January 1 1980. Henry C Clim ie secretary of Extension Council.
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