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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1957
Page
7
St Pauls Lutheran church women will meet Tuesday July 8 at 2 pm at the church. Hostesses are Mrs Ed Zitterich Mrs Ted Leduc Mrs Ernest Henricksen Mrs Howard Hinzman Mrs Jorgen Knutgen and Mrs George Frick. Everyone is cordially invited.
A reception in honor of Rev Ralph Grote recently appointed pastor of the Methodist church will be held at the church Sunday evening July 28. A pot luck supper will be served at 7 o'clock. Members of the congregation are invited to attend. A miscellaneous shower was held at the Arnold Jorth home Tuesday evening July 16 in honor of Marilyn Thoreson who will wed Richard Ernst Sunday August 4. Mrs Clarence Helgeson assisted Mrs Jorth as hostess. Marilyn received a corsage and blue ribbon. Gift table was decorated with blue and white umbrella and large blue vows. Guests enjoyed contest games and poems before refreshments were served.
Miss Arnola Reiist and Miss Virginia DeWall, instructors in the Grachtinger schools, are employed at the Walther league camp in Okoboji. Mrs Ed Bennett and sons Paul and David of Houston are visiting Mrs Anna MacDonald. Larry Des Comboz family of Ottumwa were guests of Merle Hanson. Albert Norris and Bob Lundgren families toured Mason City visiting zoo deer farm and KGLO TV. H A Elsenbast guests of Charles Barlow in Des Moines. John Molegaard of Atlantic visited Albert Chryatiansen home after West Spirit Lake. Wm McGreevy family and Rita McGreevy of California hosted by Gerald McGreevy. Frank Weir returned from visits to John Smith at Waterloo and Paul Smith at Marshalltown. Francis Heidecker and wife returned from Wisconsin vacation, stopping at Robert Jensen’s in Minneapolis en route home.
Wisconsin corn program shows farmers averaging 108 bushels per acre with soil tests and tailored fertilizer. In 1956 over 575 farmers joined the PaceMakers program, yielding 140 bushels per acre for close followers, with some reports from 170 to 212 bushels.
Supt. Hartung and family moved to the school residence from Kanawha, with the Manchesters moving to Alasan City. The Paulsen family from Topeka visit relatives, while Weiershauser kin from Dubuque arrive for a week. Dale Duhn, in New Jersey, visits family. the funeral of a nephew prompts travels from Wilson and Morris. The column also muses on how youth and parental expectations have shifted, urging adaptiveness to modern life. Next total eclipse will be Oct 12, 1968.
A heated exchange between a father and his son centers on money and changing values as they argue about a problem that concerns all, reflecting generational tensions and differing attitudes toward wealth.
A Holstein farmer Alfred Gibbs was knocked down and gored by a bull. His dog risked itself to distract the animal and enable Gibbs to crawl to safety. The Great American Degett covers an area of 1,050,000 square miles.
Dismigsen Wednesday July 11 mentions Mrs Nor dein Peterson of Wallingford. Friday July 19 lists Donald Park of Wallingford. Mrs Jorgen Paulsen of Gradlinger appears, and Saturday July 20 includes Mrs Lowell Howell of Wallingford.
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