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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
4
Immaculate Conception Church led by Rev. E. 8. Maynard lists Sunday Masses at 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. Weekday Masses are at 7:00 a.m. Confessions are on Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
St Pauls Lutheran Church notes a Thursday 8 PM men’s meeting at St Walnut with a Pacific Northwest film and coffee. Friday 3 PM confirmands review and new member welcome. Sunday features a joint confirmation service and reception by transfer, with Sunday School at 9 and worship at 9 45. List of confirmands includes Stoltz Westergard Clemensen Jorgensen Sandvig Hendricksen Reeves Jensen Levi Clemmensen Lastina. No service at So Walnut this Sunday. Wednesday Town Ladies Aid 2 PM book review The Man Called Peter. Luther League picnic Thursday 6 30 PM at the church.
Thursday at 7 30 p m rehearsal time announced for First Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul G Tolo leading Our Savior's Lutheran designation included in event notice.
The community announces summer worship and Bible school events across Our Savior's and First Lutheran. Activities include Vacation Bible School June 15 to 26 at Maple Hill and church. Luther League film showing It Happened To Me. Sunday services and Sunday School times. Pentecost and biennial ELCA convention notices. choir rehearsals. and a family night program chaired by Glenn Johnson with multiple volunteers.
The Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 AM led by Lloyd Cornelius, worship at 11:00 AM, M Y F evening service at 7:30 PM, and choir practice Thursday at 7:30 PM. During worship, candidates will be baptized and admitted to church membership. North Town Annual Conference meets June 1 at Morningside College, Sioux City. Rev. Hodgkin and wife plan to attend.
Election details list Republican Lars Thomson and challenger Charles Conrad for the fifth district. Palo Alto county races include Auditor Matt Thompson and McNally, Treasurer Mercer Richter and Tony Stoffel, Clerk Lloyd Frost, Recorder Ellen Brereton and Alice Yoch, Sheriff Richard Miller, County Attorney Clark and Culver with Duhigg, and Supervisors in Third and Fourth Districts with incumbents McConnell and Rickleifs. Judges and clerks for the June 7 primary named, with specific precinct assignments and counting boards for Lost Island Two Walnut Two and Walnut Two precincts.
Walnut Republicans met at 8:00 p m on May 28 1954 at Grachtinger City Hall Walnut Township polling place and caucused George Frick and Mrs Frans Swanson presiding. Frick announced a slate of fifteen delegates and alternates to represent Walnut township at the Palo Alto County convention in Emmetsburg on July 2 1964. The slate includes Mrs Frans Swanson George Frick Palmer Cody Mrs Vernon Rouse Clara Suss Willis Bisgraard Roy Young Adolph Spies Mrs J Adolph Spies Mrs Ruth Baumgartner Mrs C A Jensen Merrill C Clark Paul Frick Glenn Shaver Mrs Clarence Wikert Jorgen Larsen Charlie Henningsen Einer Dis gard Catherine Elsenbast graduates from Marycrest College.
Herbert Lancaster of Graettinger is one of three finalists in the men’s division of Grinnell College Hill Speaking contest. Eva Goodale of Davenport won the Worth prize for best personal library, with a second place tie between Nancy Smith of Columbus, Nebraska, and Herbert Lancaster. Lancaster is a Grinnell senior and Graettinger High School alumnus.
J C Duhn was the successful bidder on the Einer Petersen estate property offered at auction last Saturday. The unit included a house, shops building and lot, selling for a reported bid of 1525 dollars.
Pastors of the Grachtinger Lutheran and Methodist churches report about 100 students enrolled in the Lutheran Bible school and over 80 in the Methodist church school. Classes began Tuesday.
Miss Joan Elsenbast daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Elsenbast left Sunday May 27 for Honolulu Hawaii to spend the summer months vacationing She is accompanied by Annabelle Ruddle and Alice Flanders whose homes are in Hawaii The group traveled by plane and they plan to return in the fall.
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