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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
4
Local notes report vacations for Dr. J P McManus and Miss Rita Mahan. John Kahn visits Wm Olson family. families travel to Minnesota points. The Times congratulates a birth in Lake City and notes several visitors and travels among area residents from Graettinger to Des Moines and Waterloo.
Members gathered at Watson hall on July 2 for a lodge meeting. Lunch followed. Officers installed included Vera Powers N G Mildred Meyers W G Greta McConnell secretary Marie Sparks treasurer Jennie Fleming chaplain Florence Merk warden Verona Nielsen conductor Bessie Hamilton RS to NG Charlotte Rubink LS to NG Frances Mills RS to VG Mary Robinson LS to VG Flossie Sherman inside guard Hazel Mills PN Gj Evelyn Nelson musician Bessie Hamilton D D P and Florence Merk D D M. Charlotte Rubink reporter
At the Legion hall Tuesday night the Auxiliary installed Helen Potter as president Idella Fleming as secretary Lillian Barringer as treasurer with Clarissa Swanson as installing officer Appointments by the president included Eleanor Jacobson music Clarissa Swanson chili welfare Mary Whiteside national defense Americanism Clara Suss rehabilitation Margaret Lancaster publicity rules and regulations Clara Suss was elected a delegate to the state convention at Marshalltown August 6 7 8 Plans were made for the Legion and Auxiliary picnic the second Sunday in August.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Weir spent Monday at Rolfe and Mrs Charles Thoreson and daughter Judy visit West Bend this week. Mr and Mrs Marion Nase and son Waterloo were guests of relatives in Graettinger and Emmetsburg over the Fourth. Harry Fink Jr Ames and Miss Marjorie Fink Chicago spent the weekend the Fourth with their parents in Graettinger. Mr and Mrs Herbert Peterson and son Guernsey Wyoming are guests this week at the home of Mr and Mrs Gus Augustine. Mrs T J Suss returned from Minneapolis, her husband recovering in the veterans hospital. Suss is slowly improving but will be unable to leave the hospital soon.
Frank Lambe died last Sunday and is remembered as a pioneer contributor to Graettinger. He helped organize the Farmers Creamery Co. in 1897 and served as secretary for decades, led the Farmers Grain Co., and supported the Graettinger Telephone Co. He was a devout Catholic, a loyal husband and father, and a respected farmer who shaped local business growth. The Times offers sympathy to Mrs. Lambe, the children, grandchildren, and relatives, noting distances of visiting kin.
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