30 Jul 1959
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1959
Page
1
Ricky and Billy Hanson, sons of Mr and Mrs Bob Hanson of Emmetsburg, staged a science like prank at their grandparents Jans and Helen Kirkegaard home. They added red kool aid dye to a yard bird bath to see if birds would turn red, while Mrs Kirkegaard was busy with housework.
A field of light anecdotes and reminiscences by Mary Vandervelde on travels with her husband Vandy in the Alean Highway Series style. The piece weaves golf lore, paratrooper quip, and reader notes including greetings to Grasttinger and Verona locals, plus garden tidbits from Ed Mark and a plug for Home Life magazine.
Clarence J. Disterhoft of Wil- Hamburg recently completed 42 years on the same rural mail carrier route. He has 24 years to go before retirement and has served under six postmasters.
The schedule lists exam locations by weekday. Estherville and Orange City on Mondays, Emmetsburg on Tuesday, Spencer on Wednesday, Rocky Rapids on Thursday, Spirit Lake on Friday, and Sibley on Saturday mornings.
The social security representative will be at Emmetsburg courthouse the first and third Wednesdays each month from 10:00 to 2:00 and at Estherville city hall the second and fourth Wednesdays from 8:30 to 12:00.
This week’s column notes the Bible material for Sunday school is inadequate for the book of Job. It promises a brief background on Job and encourages readers to explore Dr Foreman’s treatment of the great book, aiming to inspire deeper study.
A critique of an American play based on Job, describing the book’s universal problem of suffering. It notes Job’s non Jewish identity, the prologue with God and Satan, and the testing of Job’s faith through calamity. The piece highlights the three friends’ debate over sin, and concludes with two truths: God’s faith in his servants and the servant’s faith in God.
Rolland George of Fort Wayne Indiana won another chess title in the Lakes District section and is also an Indiana state champion. Auctioneer M Q Grodland suffered a deep scalp wound from a head impact with a projecting board. The first load of 1934 commodified oats arrived from the Alfred Simonsen farm weighing 26 pounds. F E Schurmann leased the Alfred Hansen restaurant and lunch room at Ceylon Minnesota and will move this week. Paul von Hindenburg died at 2am at age 86. Chancellor Hitler succeeds him. Ben F Reeves seeks Jack Dempsey to referee Labor Day bouts in Graettinger, doubtful but possible. Cooler weather and rain needed for corn. July moisture abundant but 18 days dry. gardens suffer a second dry spell.
City Hall notices announce new fiction hours with Saturdays 2 to 5 and Wednesdays 3 to 5 at Down Library Lane. Adventure's End by John Hanks follows Harry Ash, a charming fugitive in a revolution torn South American country, aiding a English girl and her niece while bomb threats, a dynamite bundle, and police suspicion complicate their escape aboard a tramp steamer and a disabled ship.
Ringsted fisherman Ralph Lemke achieved a fisherman's dream by catching about 400 pounds of fish in a single afternoon in Canada. The haul included five Northern pike totaling 113 pounds and trout weighing 28 and 23 pounds.
State of Iowa Palo Alto County notice shows Helen Sullivan named Executrix of John J Sullivan estate deceased. Creditors urged to pay and file claims with the District Court clerk, per law. Dated July 1959. Attorney Joseph P Hand represents the estate.
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