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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1968
Page
4
Father Vincent Beacom lists Sunray church Mass times and weekly devotions. Saturday confessions precede Sunday Rosaries before Masses. Updated schedule includes 7 am Mass and additional services, with devotion details and times for confessions and rosaries.
Walter Rasmussen, pastor at Lost Island Lutheran, favors Teussdag Jina with a 2k pledge, while Lether Laagvie remains a referenced name in the fragment.
A fragmentary church bulletin mentions worship at 6 33 am and 2 13 am with references to Sunday School and an adult instructive class. Welcomes to all appear in the readable text, but many words are garbled or incomplete.
Reverend Ronald Swedberg leads Graettinger United Methodist Church as Pastor Camile presides over meetings. Community gathers for services and church events with typical weekly schedule.
Rev John Pannkuk will be installed as pastor of Wallingford Lutheran Church. Rev Wm Plant to officiate at the installation and welcome reception for Pastor and Mrs Pannkuk. Service times listed include July 28 and August 5 with worship and reception events.
Wallingford residents host visiting relatives including Mrs Rate and family. Esme Saatebo, Jeanne, Clare Saatiebe, and others joined extended family gatherings with guests from Minneapolis and Wisconsin. Also reported is the death of Mrs Hugh Bradshaw of Friendship Haven Port Deadee with burial in Leesburg Virginia. Bradshaw formerly depot agent in Wallingford.
A Farm Bureau cook-out contest will be held at the Palo Alto county fair on Monday, August 5 from 11 am to 4 pm. The contest is open to any male over 12, with beef or pots allowed, and prizes awarded in each category. Entrants need not be Farm Bureau members and the event welcomes rural and urban men. In Afton a flood lamp overheated on a Fourth of July parade Goat float, lighting the decorations on fire. the decorations were destroyed but the fire was extinguished before damage to the vehicle. We appreciate hearing of your family news by phone.
Ringsted defeated Graettinger Friday night at Ever Green Fork to advance in the sectional finals. Jake Peterson pitched seven innings for Ringsted, allowing two runs on four walks and striking out ten as Den Johnsen started on the mound. The Pirates scored twice in the first and added another run in the second, while Ringsted capitalized on errors to hold a 3-0 lead before Graettinger threatened in the seventh. a close finish ended Ringsted’s win.
Fourteen 4-H youths gathered at Huston State Park on Lost Island Lake for a July 11 picnic as five new members joined the Older Youth Council. New officers are Jann Hansen Ruthven Nancy Helgeson Emmetsburg Bat Schuller West Bend Emmetsburg Jerry Suliman Emmetsburg and Stan Zinnel West Bend. The event featured mixers a Wiener roast and campfire with Wayne Smith of Graettinger providing guitar and singing.
The Pirates outlasted Terril 64 in 11 innings at Terril Sunday. Bull Dawson pitched nine innings for the Pirates and Jake Peterson closed the game. Graetinger scored once for the winners.
Terril and second baseman Terrill sparked a comeback in the third, Stiles' pitching held the opposing scoreless until extra innings, and the Pi rates broke the tie with two runs in the eleventh. Terrill pounded five hits while Nalg Rose and Peterson each added two singles, with Boblit Nicoletel contributing singles.
Audie Murphy headlines The Texican at the 2TaAettinger theatre this Saturday and Sunday in Technicolor and Techniscope. The story follows drifters seeking sanctuary and features Murphy in a Calmore style role.
A historical note credits John Co Champion with a pre seat related to an outdoor atelier adventure. Bruce Balaos Lasher Selander directed the vee bhai project, details limited but tied to a local arts program.
Seventy nine year old Mrs Leon Montandon of Town makes pine needle patterns into purses serving trays picture frames and an Easter hat she needles up to 15 inches long and she weaves them with raffia fibers in intricate designs.
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