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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Donald Bisgaard wed June 8 at Fonda with Mrs Jacqueline Bentz as bride. Don Bisgaard, son of Arnold and Mrs Bisgaard of Graettinger, now lives in Graettinger after leasing the Mrs Bertha Bortint residence. He works at Farmera Creamery.
Mr and Mrs Bob Sampson hosted a gathering honoring Mrs Sampsons parents Mr and Mrs Russell Hempstead as they marked their 25th wedding anniversary at home with about 40 relatives and friends attending a pot luck dinner. Sons Mark Hempstead and the David Hempstead family of Hanska Minnesota attended.
A Monday afternoon shower at a Grad finger and Jackson Minnesota homes honored Duane Matthies and family, A W Sampson and Shirley, Oscar Oleson and family, Victor Hempstead and Monty, Ed Petersen, Nels Lundskow and Jack Vachuska with Jeanne, Alfred Jacobson, Mary Sabatka and John Chonko families. Hostesses were Mrs Phil Herum and Mrs Dick Umscheid. Guests included Ray Ruppert Chet Anderson Chet Torreson Raymond Herum Ralph Torreson Duane Dallman Stan Young Norman Mickelson Alfred McCombs Leroy Schacherer E B Burg Richard Herum Merlin Twite Harley Olson Vern Strum and Blanche Young. Those sending gifts but absent were Gerald Bonstead Joe Lande Jesse Anderson Dale Young Wayne Richards and Wilbur Krier.
Local social calendar includes visits by the Skattebos and friends to Thompson and Ruthven, and a camp enrollment at Ingham Lake Bible Camp with 230 campers. Attendees include the Natters heading to Sioux Falls, Emma Ressell visiting, and several Osher family members with high school reunions and college plans noted.
Eugene Hanna of Woden and another man were injured at Creston when a scaffold broke and they fell into the city water pressure tank they were painting. Hanna sustained fractures to both arms a hip and a femur.
Dr. Lioyrd O. Appleton, Professional Assistant at the Office of Physical Education, receives the inaugural Exceptional Civilian Service Decoration from Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson. Appleton, a 1928 Cornell Iowa graduate with an NYU PhD, has 21 years at the academy as athletic instructor and former Olympic wrestler. He leads research on cadet physical aptitude exams and has long ties to Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Pi, and national education and wrestling groups. He and wife Linda Spies reside at West Point with two children James and Judy.
A national magazine reports Iowa used coordinated patrol caravans and staged pauses on primary highways to create the impression of heavy enforcement on secondary roads. The plan, chaired by Acting State Safety Commissioner Russell Brown, sought to deter drivers and reduce traffic deaths through perceived risk.
Fred Cook Merle Hogrefe and Marvin Selke of Albert City completed first grade together and recently earned Bachelor of Arts degrees from Iowa State College, finishing their long path as classmates.
Sam Johnson of Monterey recently broke his back after a hay fork gave way while he repaired a roof loft. He fell ten feet from a ladder onto the barn floor.
A quirky note links grapefruit naming to clusters and raises questions about how terminology travels in agriculture. Experts from local horticulture clubs consider whether common names reflect growth habits or marketing trends.
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