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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1961
Page
5
The Graecttinger city tennis tournament opens Tuesday August 1 at Evergreen Park courts under Leland Stiles. Entries due Monday noon at Hammerberg's drug store with a 10 cent fee for trophies. A six-entry minimum per class. matches are best of three sets of three games.
The Graettinger Youth Committee announces Buddy Knox the well known TV and recording star will appear at an outdoor teen hop in Graettinger Friday night August 11 The event will be at the Evergreen park tennis court with the school gym as a rain location.
The Goodwill truck will be in Greettinger Wednesday Aug 9 to pick up clothing to aid disabled workers at Goodwill Industries in Sioux City. Repairable items may be left at the east entrance of the Methodist church. For information call Mrs C O Wikert. Each repairable article helps sustain jobs for handicapped persons.
Robert Masters of Graettinger has been hired as the Graettinger Light Plant operator and will start duties the last of this week. He succeeds Duane Hereim, whose resignation takes effect next Saturday. Masters has previously worked as a driver for the Graettinger Freight Line.
Florence Baugh 82 a former Emmetsburg and Graedttinger resident died Monday in Yakima Washington. She was a retired Agriculture Department employee in Washington DC and had lived in Washington state ten years. Survived by sister Mrs Don Pearl of Toppenish Washington and by nephews and nieces. Funeral held in Yakima today.
Graettinger Community school district releases quarterly and annual financial reports as legal publications. The documents enumerate expenditures and salaries of faculty and staff along with other district disbursements and receipts.
Gracttinger shoppers in participating stores can win a $100 prize in the weekly Saturday drawing held at 9 p.m. Mrs Ed Hurd did not claim last week's $75 award. John Peterson, son of Mr and Mrs Olvin Peterson of Graettinger, accepts a teaching post in Cleveland Ohio in the metals department of industrial arts at Audubon Junior High. He is a 1956 Graettinger High graduate and recently earned a B A in industrial arts and social science from Colorado State College. 418 paid admissions to the recent district tournament included 144 student tickets and 274 adult tickets. total receipts for the sectional tourney were 293 paid admissions.
At a special meeting on July 17 the Graettinger town council adopted Ordinance No. 44 establishing rates for natural gas used by patrons of the Graettinger municipal gas system. The ordinance appears as an official publication and becomes effective upon publication. see ordinance for the rates.
Louis P. Larsen 72, a former Gradlinger resident, died July 11 in Wibaux Montana after a heart attack. Funeral services were July 15 at Trinity Lutheran church with VFW military rites. interment in Wibaux cemetery. Born June 13, 1890, near Ruthven, he settled in Montana in 1910, served in World War I overseas in France, was wounded, and later farmed near Wibaux. He married Mary Lorbecki in 1822, then Nellie Jakin in 1928. He served on coop boards and the local school board for 25 years. Survivors include his wife.
Charles Witt, son of Mr and Mrs W H Witt of Graettinger, will attend Iowa University Ames to study history in the NROTC program starting September 5 after graduating from the armed forces prep school at Bainbridge Maryland on August 11 where he is a U S Navy member.
Mrs Martin J Graff 42 of Harvey Illinois died July 18 after a lingering illness at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Survived by husband Dr Martin J Graff six children and several siblings Funeral services were held at Harvey with rosary the night before and burial in Assumption Cemetery The Montgomery family of Graettinger Iowa is listed as her parents age listed as 42.
A Clear Lake Iowa firm began work Tuesday on cleaning and treating the Graettinger water tower tank interior and painting the exterior. The project covers interior treatment and exterior painting by the local contractor.
Grain prices listed include corn at 3.94, oats at 0.64, and beans at 2.62. Prices reflect local market quotes for Wednesday.
Palo Alto County Iowa soil conservation commissioners tell U S Department of Agriculture that the feed grain program penalizes farmers who rotate crops and conserve soil. They urge local committees not to penalize farmers with large hay and pasture shares and call for soil conservation principles to guide future programs. They acknowledge the department's interest in conservation and request future farm policies favor those practices.
The Gradlinger State Bank observes an end of month afternoon closing next Monday to facilitate month end bookwork. Patrons are urged to plan banking needs around that Monday afternoon closure and note the free hook-up deadline for gas service on Saturday.
Emmet County Board of Supervisors notifies farmers and owners that gravel windrows on road shoulders will be removed starting Aug. 5 1961. From Aug. 5 through Aug. 20 farmers must mow shoulders adjoining their land. Unmowed shoulders will be mowed by the county and the mowing cost charged to the property.
Milford Midgets defeated Spirit Lake 11 1 in seven innings to win the Iowa Great Lakes Midget baseball tournament final. Graettinger beat Ruthven 15 1 in Monday opener to claim Consolation Trophy, with Alan Graettinger and Leonard Cornelius collecting hits and Ron Baedke and Jim Park on the winning mound.
Coach Leland Stiles requests all players who have not yet turned in their baseball suits to do so promptly. Suits should be washed and cleaned and left in the box at the north door of the school entrance.
Graettinger Municipal gas system manager Lewis Luchter announced noon Saturday July 29 1961 as the deadline to sign up for free natural gas hook-ups. After that date new connections will incur time and material costs. Pipeline crews, slowed by rain, continued laying main lines and will install service lines soon.
Lawrence D. Brennan of the Palo Alto County ASC Office reports the 1961 field measurements by the Farm reporters are nearly complete. Producers not yet measured are urged to contact their township reporter or the County ASCS office. A planimeter team uses aerial photos to finish the counts, with second half payments planned for September.
Funeral services for 3 month old Joan Hartman were held July 8 at St. Peter and Paul’s Church in West Bend with burial in West Bend cemetery. Born March 31 1961 she died July 7 at Palo Alto Memorial hospital in Emmetsburg after a short illness. She is survived by her parents a brother Michael and grandparents.
Jim Iverson manager of Graettinger Coop Grain suffered a broken left arm in a fall from a loaded freight car at the elevator Friday afternoon. He slipped between two slowly moving cars and was hospitalized Friday night through Sunday.
Graettinger merchants join in National Farm Safety Week July 23 to 29 urging farm families to check farm safety. Advice covers machinery repair and guards, tight clothing, unloaded guns stored away from children, building and fire hazards, barn safety, and calmly approaching animals. Ad sponsors urge community attention and refer readers to page six for the full message.
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