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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1931
Page
15
Local items note farms down two percent in the first half of 1997 and a wave of visits around Graettinger. Many neighbors travel to Estherville Mason City and Arnolds Park for crops, family visits, and recreation. A robbery casino arrest and several illnesses are mentioned alongside births, travel, and community events.
Genettinger Danish Communion at 20 Sunday school 0 45 a m South Walnut Morning Worship 9 15 a m Sunday school after service Axel M Andersen Pastor L L At Lost Island July 26 Opening hymn Blessed Jesus at Thy wari Scripture prayer Mrs Chris Norris Song service Reading Erna Jacobson guitar duet Mamie Bonstead Tunet Paulson Yopie discussed by Mrs Carl Christiansen Piano solo Sylvia Christiansen Hymn Safe in the arms of Jesus Methodist Church Sunday hours 10 15 Church School 11 00 worship services pastor back services as usual Lutheran First English service 11 a m Sunday School 10 a m Devotional at Sart Saonding s Friday 8 p m Confirmands 2 p m high school Lost Island Lutheran English service 9 a m Sunday School 10 a m Luther League devotional Thursday Confirmands Saturday 2 p m
The Luther League will hold an ice cream social on the Hawkeye lawn in Graettinger on Saturday July 25 starting at 2 p.m. with pie cake coffee and ice cream served. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Miss Marie Johnson of Vinton visits aunt Mrs. Wm. Blom in Graettinger. Emmetsburg guests Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spies and family join OA Spies home. Evelyn Swift returns from Cedar Falls to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swift. Emmet Lambe arrives from Chicago for a Graettinger visit with relatives. Frank Herke, Bankers Life Co. worker near Avoca, Minnesota, comes to Graettinger for an over Sunday stay with family. A. J. Johnson and Howard Buchanan go with Mrs. J. H. Gammon and Genevieve to Grinnell for an over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geroge Geroge and family. Loretta Mahan returns to Council Bluffs after two weeks with father M. B. Mahan and relatives in Renville and Graettinger. Mahan holds a position in a Council Bluffs law office.
Harold Sauck a ten year old farm boy northeast of Fairmont lost his right arm Wednesday evening last week while helping two brothers grind barley in the barn yard at home. He leaned over with his arm on the belt and the sleeve may have caught in the belt. The arm was torn and the flesh badly damaged leading three physicians to amputate.
Francis McClelland and Elsie Ayers visited Emmetsburg Friday afternoon. Local people attended a barn dance at Royce Calentine farm, and many joined the Aladdin Shows in Emmetsburg. Several residents traveled to Interlaken Park, Northrop, Welcome, and Mankato for visits, with multiple family groups and guests mentioned, including Patten, Ayers, and McClelland households.
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