Midgets Fall Short In Close Loss To Spencer All Stars
Graettinger Midgets were edged 10 to 6 by Spencer All Stars at Evergreen Field on Thursday. A capacity crowd watched a tense game as Graettinger led 6 6 before Spencer rattled four runs in the final inning. Coach Case added Grant Case to the squad on July 22 at 5 20 p.m.
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Graettinger
Spencer All Stars
Evergreen
Graattinger Boys
Spencer
Graetlinger Boys
Case
Grant Case
Graettinger Dominates Algona In No Hit Thriller
Graettinger edged Algona 1 to 9 at Evergreen Park as Graettinger pitcher tossed a no hitter and Graettinger took a 3 hit game off the Algona pitcher. Graettinger’s lone run came in the bottom of the ninth. The same Friday Graettinger beat Milford 9-6 at Evergreen Park amid a 30 minute delay caused by a glove-throw play by Milford’s second baseman. NORTH IOWA LEAGUE standings show Graettinger and Ledyard leading with strong totals. multiple upsets marked two weeks of play including Ringsted over Emmetsburg and Cylinder over Wallingford.
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Graettinger
Algona
Evergreen’ Park
Milford
Evergreen Park
Wol
Ledyard
Emmetsburg
Wallingford
Fenton
Estherville
Ringsted
Cylinder
Iowa
Into the Ashcan by R W Ashby
Corn matures fifty days after silk. Weather affects yield but not the 60 day maturation period. Town Agricultural Experiment Station climatologists report constants in maturity timing. Dairy Herd Improvement Association conducts reorganization with Berkeland president and Kenyon secretary treasurer. Armyworms threaten Palo Alto counties with larger than normal flights this summer, warns entomologist Harold Gunderson.
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Town Agricultural Experiment Station
B. G. Berkeland
Edward Kenyon
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ronald Chapman
Paul Goff
Wesley Nielsen
Palo Alto
Harold Gunderson
Tews State College
First Lutheran Ice Cream Social Saturday August 2
The First Lutheran Ladies' Aid will host an ice cream social on Saturday August 2 with beef burgers cake pie ice cream coffee available in the afternoon and evening. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Mr and Mrs Adolph Spies are noted neighbors. The Times family and Mr and Mrs Jorgen Knutsen attended the Democratic National Convention via the Spies home, describing the event as well presented with clear voices and a lengthy credentials session.
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First Lutheran
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Adolph Spies
the Times
Jorgen Knutsen
Spies
Visiting Californians Stay With Family in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Gene Foster from California are visiting their daughter and family in Minneapolis The card notes they have little time for visiting as they are busy this week watching television
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Minneapolis
Gene Foster
California
Wallingford Softball Tourney Kicks Off This Week
Eight top northwest Iowa teams compete in Wallingford invitational opening night with games Friday and Sunday finals. Consolation and championship set for Sunday with large crowds anticipated. Also reports on armyworm control in Iowa fields and late July garden guidance from extension staff. Corporal Richard Schany returns home from Korea to visit family in the area.
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Wallingford
Iowa
Cylinder
Swea City
Algona
West Bend
Emmetsburg
Ledyard
Spirit Lake
Ben Vance
Reverend Barringer to Continue Studies in Boston
Reverend Kenneth Barringer of Revere Massachusetts visits the midwest with his wife and children and announces plans to complete a Doctor of Theology at Boston University after one year more in the current program He aims to lecture and counsel on family life and aging after graduation. He and his family will return east after this week's visit. Local note mentions Mrs Clarence Clemmenson entering Holy Family Hospital and a commentary on sleep during hot weather amid political conventions. Story Hour at City Library Saturday with reader Mrs C L Thoreson.
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Kenneth Barringer
Revere
Massachusetts
Laurie
Keith
D.C. Barringer
Barringer
Spirit Lake
Kenny
First Methodist Church
Boston University
Times
Mid-West
C. L. Thoreson
City Library
Social Security increases for 3700 in Fort Dodge area
About 3700 people in eleven northwest Iowa counties served by the Fort Dodge social security office will receive higher payments under the amended law signed by President Truman. The first increased checks arrive in October with most increases around five dollars. no one currently on benefits needs to reapply.
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Iowa
Fort Dodge
Irven Duhn And Son Injured In Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs Irvin Duhn and two sons from California visiting relatives near Plainville Nebraska were in an auto crash on the return trip. Irvin suffered a broken pelvis, knee and facial injuries. a three-year-old son broke a leg. Mrs Duhn and a five-year-old son escaped harm. The injured were hospitalized in Sioux City and to be released soon. They plan to resume westbound travel by train as their car was badly damaged.
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Irvin Duhn
California
P. L. Duhn
Plainaville
Nebraska
Irvin
How To Keep Cool On Hot Days In Towa Corn Weather
Guidance from the Towa State Department of Health covers loose light clothing a sane summer diet plenty of liquids including water and juice salt replacement moderate exercise sleep regular hours and medical checkups. It emphasizes avoiding heavy meals and evoking dehydration risks while noting local weather conditions and a regional anecdote about corn growth near Indianola.
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Towa
Towa State Department of Health
Open House for Mary Sorensen July 27 at St Pauls
Mary Sorensen observes her 80th birth anniversary with an open house Sunday July 27 from 2:00 to 6:00 in the parlors of St Pauls Lutheran church. Neighbors and friends welcomed, please do not bring gifts.
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Mary Sorensen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Nice Service by H. & O Transfer Co of Estherville
The H. and O Transfer Co of Estherville offers a quality service between Graettinger and Des Moines with overnight delivery from Des Moines. Designate shipments as H. and O Transfer.
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H. & O. Transfer Co
Estherville
Graettinger
Des Moines
H. & O. Transfer
17 year old Gary Phillips injured in Spirit Lake crash
Gary Phillips age 17 son of Mr and Mrs Jack Phillips of Spencer suffered a severe skull fracture Sunday when he turned his car to avoid a collision. He wrecked his car and was taken to Spirit Lake hospital where he remained unconscious Monday evening. His parents hope for a full recovery. The Phillips family had lived in Graettinger for several years before moving in 1989.
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Gary Phillips
Jack Phillips
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Spirit Lake Hospital
Phillips
Graettinger
Young Man Killed When Car Struck Gravel Road Bridge
John Terwilliger age 18 of Emmetsburg died instantly when the automobile carrying him crashed into a concrete bridge over the Des Moines river southwest of Emmetsburg on a gravel road near the Burns bridge Saturday night about 11 45. Teammates injured were Joe Hamilton 18 of Graettinger driver and Kay Hauschen 17 of Emmetsburg both taken to Palo Alto Memorial hospital for treatment. Hamilton had a deep gash above the left eye and x rays were planned to check for unseen injuries. Hospital attendants reported no fractures but severe bruises and cuts. The accident marked Palo Alto county s first traffic fatality since October 24 1951 near West Bend. The report notes several other local health and hospital updates including Judge Nels J Lee s serious illness in Holy Family hospital and George Sipes hospital stay for pneumonia. Additional notes mention Mrs Olena Jacobson s recent major surgery in Graettinger at Holy Family hospital and her favorable recovery report.
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Emmetsburg
Assumption Church
John Terwilliger
Des Moines River
Burns
Palo Alto
Robert "Ladd
West Bend
Ruth
Joe Hamilton
Graettinger
Kay Hauschen
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
Hamilton
Modernizing Of Bank Interior Now Completed
Graettinger State bank completes a remodeling that includes an oak counter with four windows, expanded lobby, streamlined work flow, insulation and revamped heating, new lighting and acoustical ceilings, a cork floor in work areas, and smaller ventilation windows for privacy. The entry now uses two glass doors to handle more business privately. H. A. Elsenbast, cashier since 1934, notes local pride in the bank. M. D. Lee Vincent Young of the USS Piedmont visited Graettinger relatives before sailing to San Diego, with travel via Omaha, Denver, Lynwood, San Bruno, Estherville, and hitchhiking back.
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Graettinger State Bank
Gracttinger State Bank
Iowa
H. A. Elsenbast
Graettinger
M. DB
Lee Vincent Young
IR. M. Young
San Diego
Omaha
Denver
Leo
Lynwood
San Bruno
Estherville
Graattinger
Watson Theatre to Open Dairy Freeze Adjoining
Sam Watson proprietor of the Watson Theatre will open a dairy freeze in the building adjoining the theatre. It will be open next week with equipment being installed this week. Ice cream candy bars and cold drinks will be sold making convenience for theatre patrons.
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Sam Watson
Watson Theatre
Weather Draft Shows Hot Dry Week With Small Rainfall
A week of hot dry weather edged toward ideal growing conditions with harvest in view. Minor rainfall near half an inch offered slight relief amid high temperatures and humidity in the region.
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Kores
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Leo Schany
Rev. K. Barringer
Boston
Revere, Mass
Clarence Clemmenson
Holy Family Hospital
Irven Duhn
West Coast Metropolis
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O. K
Mary
St. Joseph's Church
Tom
LA Times
Walt Hamilton
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Drs. Blood
Blood
Arthure Sargent
Indianola
Judge Lee
Nels J. Lee
George Sipes
Olene Jacobson
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