Primary Election Day Approaches in Iowa County Setup
Next Monday marks the Iowa primary with voting at Le vion hall from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Local boards name judges and clerks for Lost Island Vernut and other receiving and counting roles, listing numerous individuals.
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Iowa
Crackinger
Levion Hall
John Carney
M. Andersen
Raymond Wisener
Ray Tindall
J. J. Show
D. J. McCarty
Olene Jacobson
Marjorie Clayton
Leann Leonard
Bess Hamilton
Lost Island
Soren Duhn
Leon Olson
KR. A. Halverson
Rez Knutsen
Andrew Duus
Pete Duus
Donald Root
Marie Duhn
Rudolph Christianson
Albert Nurtis
Charles Stillman
John Klicy
George ‘Wait
Frank Smith
Ed Bradley
Oscar Koudsen
Larry Ferguson
John Andre
Margaret Janioe
Will Juhl
Governor Blue
Seigvater Waardstey
Farm Bureau
Dairy association tour and picnic set for June 7
The Palo Alto Dairy Field Improvement Association schedules a Monday outing starting at 9 30 a m at the Spies and Leii farm south of Graettinger. Holsteins will be judged, then Shorthorns at the Donald Root farm. Don Voelker presides. A picnic at Island State Park follows with coffee and ice cream provided. Annual meeting and a ball game are planned in the afternoon.
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Rontes
Palo Alto Dairy Field Improvement Association
Hans Ape Jail
DHLA
Wil Frends
Spies & Leii
Graettinger
Donald Root
Spies and Lein Farm
Don Voelker
Dairy Department
Iowa State College Extension Service
Ames
Jast Island
Olson Family Heads to Los Angeles Left Last Week
Mr and Mrs San Olson and Bob Olson and his son Bob Olson Jr left for Los Angeles after a visit to local relatives and friends. Bob Jr is son of Mr and Mrs William Olson and grandson of Mr and Mrs W C Olson. He will spend a short time visiting in the west.
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San Olson
Bob Olson
San
Bob
Los Angeles
Cress Family Relocates to Country Farm Life
Mr and Mrs Glynn Cress and their children moved to a farm residence a mile north and east of the Grippen corner on their father in law's property. They will live in a new large modern trailer and expect country life to be a real treat for the children. The Times wishes them success and happiness as they depart the community.
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Glynn Cress
Grippen Corner
Mr. Cress
Cress
the Times
Mrs. Edgar Grein Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs. Edgar Grein was able to return home from Holy Family hospital a week ago Sunday. She is recovering nicely, although rather slowly. However, she feels much encouraged. Her Graettinger friends hope for her continued improvement and for her complete restoration to health and strength.
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Edgar Grein
Holy Family Hospital
Graettinger
New Clerk At Henningsen’s Store
Mrs. James Sandvng Jr is named the new clerk at Henningsen Grocery succeeding Miss Dorothy Tindall who resigned last week.
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Henningsen
James Sandvng, Jr
Dorothy Tindall
Mrs Johnson to Visit Jacksonville Friends in Florida
Mrs. A. J. Johnson will leave at week’s end for Jacksonville Florida to visit Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jensen at their home.
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Flordia
A. J. Johnson
Jacksonville
Florida
John P. Jensen
Mrs Armand Larsen Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs Armand Larsen is home from Holy Family hospital after a twelve day stay and a surgical operation. She returned a week after surgery and many local friends welcome her speedy recovery.
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Armand Larsen
Holy Family Hospital
Change in Mass Hours at Local Catholic Church
The Catholic church announces new Mass times starting next Sunday with summer services at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Confession is offered Saturdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on designated Saturdays.
Mrs John Hansen Dies in Ruthven Crash at Lost Island Park
Ruthven, Iowa. Mrs. John Hansen 74 died after a two-vehicle collision at a gravel road intersection near Lost Island State Park. Funeral services set for Ruthven Methodist Church with burial in Ruthven Cemetery. Survivors include sons Harley and Merle and daughter Mrs Verle Goff.
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Emmetsburg
Ruthven Methodist Church
John Hanson
Ruthven
Lost Island State Park
Paul Potter
Lightle
Hanson
San Harley
Donald Quam
Emmersburg
Fred Qquam
Kramersburg
Jane~ Laubenthal
Jim Frost
Ellen Roscoe
Wallace Roscoe
Trussell Hite
Jeanette Moore
Bonney Jo Witter
Immetsburgg Troup
Kearny State Park
Lost Island
Quamn
Hansons
Harley
Dunkerton
Moore
Roscoe
Russell Hite
Hangon
Merle
Verle Goff
Immaculate Conception Church Sets Summer Mass Hours
Beginning Sunday June 6 the Immaculate Conception Church will offer Mass at 7 30 and 9 30 am during the summer months. A class of first Holy Communion will take place at 7 40 am next Sunday. A summer religious school with 86 attendees is taught by three sisters from Emmetsburg. Decoration Day Mass honored five boys who gave their lives in World Wars I and II, Rev. D K Hurley.
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Immaculate Conception
Emmetsburg
D. K. Hurley
Rainy Weekend Brief Warm Up Brings Summer Air
Last week saw rain Saturday and moisture Sunday described as a nice rain with light fall. Weather warmed Monday and the area is entering summer conditions.
Mary Sullivan and Helen Harding Graduate From Briar Cliff and Morningside
Mary Margaret Sullivan daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Sullivan earned a bachelor of arts in psychology at Briar Cliff College Sioux City on June 2 1948 on the honor roll. Helen Chandine Harding daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Harding graduated from Morningside College Sioux City with a music major at a Grace Methodist church commencement on a recent Monday.
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Mary Margaret Sullivan
John J. Sullivan
Briar Cliff Collee
Sioux City
Mary
Briar Cliff College
Grachtinger High School
Briar Cliff
John S. Cotter
M.S. College
Julius J. Berger
Joseph M. Mueller
Sylvester UD. Luby
Loras College
Dubuque
Mather Cotter
Helen Chandine
Kenneth Harding
Morningside Collee
Grace Methodist Church
W. W. Waymack
Morningside
Atomic Energy Commission
The
Register & Tribune
Morningside Music Conservatory
the Times
Harding
Graettinger Improvement Projects Update
Workmen finish fitting equipment at Graettinger Locker Plant this week. A 10000 pound expansion adds a modern plant and new switchboard at Graettinger Telephone Co, simplifying calls via lights. Menningsen Grocery installs a new Coke machine. Thoreson Hardware teardown continues with debris removal. Sidewalks and garage work updated at Mrs D. E. McCarty home while Adolph Spies basement construction proceeds.
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Graettinger
A. Graettinger
Graettinger Telephone Co
H . Fink
Menningsen Grocery
Thoreson Hardware
Laway
D. E. McCarty
Adolph Spies
Home from hospital for Mrs. Jean Walstrom
Mrs. Jean Carter Walstrom underwent a surgical operation at Holy Family Hospital Estherville and is recuperating at her parents home, Mr. and Mrs G Carter. Her husband has returned to Nebraska to attend to his veterinary practice.
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Jean (Carter) Walstrom
Holy Family Hospital
Estherville
Supt K T Hancer Named County Schools Chief
Graettinger public school superintendent K T Hancer was elected county superintendent of schools at a county board meeting on Tuesday. He succeeds Edna Oliver and will begin August first. The Times notes his strong Gractinger year and wishes him success in the new post.
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Supt
K. T. Hancer
Graetdinger
County Board of Education
Edna Oliver
Hancer
Gracttinger
K. M. Chase
the Times
Memorial Day Observed In Usual Manner
Memorial Day observances occurred in Graettinger with Legion sponsorship and a parade from the school to Malnostuck City Park. Veterans graves were wreath-laden, prayers offered, and the speaker, Attorney Leslie Prichard of Mammersburg, urged defense preparedness amid WW II memories.
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Graettinger
Malnestuck City Park
J. Heber Miller
J. S. Knutsen
The
Legion
Legion Hall
R. S. Knutsen
Fred Jacobsen
Ronald Jensen
GHS
Lancaster
Lincoln
Leslie Prichard
Mamersburg
Burt & Pritchard
Prichard
Ile
America
Siepes
United States
de W. Quam
Poppy Day Stages in Graettinger Amid Rain
Saturday wax poppy day in Graettinger faced rain as Auxiliary ladies battled weather through the day. Poppy sales were very satisfactory and the group thanks the public for generous patronage.
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Graettinger
Freddie Maurstad Visitor From Navy Leaves West Coast Visit
Freddie Maurstad a commissioned U S navy officer toured Mrs A J Jolson's home. Stationed in San Diego he traveled from New Jersey to the coast with his mother Mrs A R Maurstad of Armstrong and an aunt from Lakota. He entered naval school after GHS graduation in 1944 and will receive a Northwestern degree as The Times notes his success with Uncle Sam's navy.
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Freddie Maurstad
U. S. Navy
A. J. Jolson
San Diego
New Jersey
A. R. Maurstad
Armstrong
Lakota
West Coast
Freddie
Naval School
GHS
Northwestern
the ‘Times
Uncle Sam
Navy
Leif J. Wicks of Colorado Springs Dies Suddenly
Leif J. Wicks of Colorado Springs died suddenly on Tuesday. The remains will be moved to Forest City, former home of Mrs. Wicks, with funeral date not yet known. He was about 45. His brother Carl and sister Ruth, plus many friends in Graets, Graethimer, and Vivi e Ky, mourn his loss.
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Graetstiger
Laif J. Wicks
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Forest City
Carl
Ruth
Dickers
Graethimer
Vivieky
Waldorf Grad Doris Peton Graduates From Waldorf College
Mr and Mrs John Bond and their son Marvin attended the baccalaureate and graduation exercises for Doris Peton of Waldorf College Waldorf two year college recently joined the North Central association Miss Peton earned honorable mention for high scholarship over two years at the college She will teach second grade in Roland Iowa this fall and is remembered as the daughter of Mrs Ingald Dalen The Times congratulates her on graduation and success.
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John Bond
Marvin
Forest City
Doris Peton
Waldorf Collee
Waldorf
North Central Association of Accredited Colleges
Miss Peton
Seveond
Roland
Iowa
Ingyald Dalen
Times
Arline Anderson Dies After Mason City Burns Incident
Arline Anderson seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Anderson of Croettinger died in Mason City hospital from burns suffered May 1 when gasoline spilled on an old stove and a match was struck. Her sister was injured. she had undergone skin grafting in Mason City. Survivors include her parents four brothers and one sister. No funeral plans yet. Also, a church youth flower sale at Hanson Hardware drew strong support.
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Estherville
Corn Growth Report from Growing Nicely Fields
The report notes corn is above ground and fields were cultivated last week. It forecasts growth by July Fourth, with corn expected to be much farther than knee high, reflecting steady progress since Memorial Day.
Two women begin training as new telephone operators
Two new operators, Marjorie Rasmussen and Marilyn Young, begin training at the local telephone office to staff the busy lines. The program aims to boost local service and provide skilled workers for the growing system.
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Marjorie Rasmussen
Marilyn Young
Reverend Jacobsen Resigns to Lead Rolfe Lutheran Church
Rev. Fred Jacobsen resigns from St. Pauls Lutheran Graettinger and South Walmit to accept a call at the Rolfe church. The resignation takes effect in late August. Jacobsen and family are greatly admired. Graettinger residents regret their departure after five years of growth and church improvements. Rolfe, in Vollanontas county, has a single Lutheran church after a recent unification.
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Red Jacobsen
Poerry
St. Paul's
Graettinger
South “Walmit
Rolfe
Jacobsen
Marcus
Iowa
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Seed Certification Deadlines For Clover And Corn In Iowa
J J L Robinson Iowa State College agronomist and association secretary reminds farmers to file seed certification applications for red clover sweet clover and lespedega with the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association by the stated dates. Corn certification must list each field and each isolation while July 1 marks the soybean date. Membership in the Experiment Association is required and open to all Iowa agriculturists at one dollar annually.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
J. Joe L. Robinson
Iowa State College Agtonomist
Association
Iowa
Experiment Association
Local Calfornia Nditor Times Message from Meldman
A personal note from Mimner Meldman of 612 St Clarence St LA declares California as the future home while describing daily plastering work on homes and commercial buildings in Grauttinger California.
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Los Angeles
California
Nditor Times
Grauttinger
Mimner Meldman
St. Clarence St
Parisian Soldier Returns Through Major U.S. Cities
Everett Thoreson of Paris France recently arrived in the United States and is traveling through New York City Washington D C and Chicago before reaching Gradlinger He has been away for years serving in Europe with the Army and worked in Paris during the recent years prior to his return
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Everett
Mike) Thoreson
Paris
France
States
New York City
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Gradlinger
Europe
Rai
Des Moines Note Mentions Roy Lundgren Visit And Postal Bid
Des Moines sender encloses a $2.50 postal note for the Times and recalls meeting the Roy Lundgren family in Des Moines. A past visit to Graettinger and hometown ties are recalled with greetings to all.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John
Times
Ir O
Roy Lundgren
Graettinver
Iui
Golden Wedding Attendee and College Registration
Mrs A d Johnson attended the Golden Wedding of Ma and Mr Md Maylex in Algona on Monday. Frieda Jensen of Osgoul registered for the Buena Vista College summer session in Storm Lake. Four Sioux City residents escaped a Spirit Lake accident when high wind capsized their boat. Melvin Brown released the outboard and they were rescued after 40 minutes. Six year old Karen Hoth of Sumner was struck by a stray shotgun pellet in her backyard but has recovered.
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A. d. Johnson
Algona
Aylex
Buena Vista College
Frieda Jensen
Osgouil
Storm Lake
Sioux City
Spirit Lake
Melvin Brown
Karen Hoth
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Blue
W.S. Beardsley
John Hansen
State Park
Mary Sullivan
Helen Harding
Briar Cliff and
Morningside Colleges
Atty
B.C. Fogde
Y. C. Fogde
Grachtinger
Win, Grady
Leif J. Wicks
Arline Anderson
Mason City
My! of the Methodist Church
Hanson Hardware
Vollanontas County
Graddinger
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