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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
4
The Immaculate Conception service list notes Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Weekday Masses and confession times are listed with Saturday slots 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Catechism class runs Saturdays 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. First Holy Communion class scheduled for Sunday, June 7.
Grace Baptist Church announces Thursday 8:00 p m prayer meeting and Bible study. Sunday 9:45 a m Sunday School with graded classes for all ages. Rev Coling of Fairmont to preach Sunday at 10 45 a m and 7 45 p m on Signs of Our Times with themes on prophecies and a week long topic.
St Pauls Lutheran Church Irving Petersen pastor announces Thursday 8:00 p.m. Senior Ghost and Brotherhood meeting. Saturday Junior Missionary Society 9:00 a.m. Divine worship with Communion led by Dr William Larsen president of UELC. 10:15 a.m. Stindsay School and Bible Class. Tuesday Luther League Bible study at 7:00 p.m.
South Walnut Lutheran announces Sunday services led by Pastor H Irving Petersen with Sunday school and Bible pages at 9 15 a m and Divine worship with Holy Communion at 10 30 a m Reverend Dr William Larsen, president of the UELC, will attend or preside.
Sunday worship at First Lutheran and Methodist churches with Bible school sessions, junior and senior camps, Cradle Roll program, and a budget pledge tea. Vacation Bible School runs June 8–12 daily 9 to 11 30 with activities for Kindergarten to sixth grade.
Daily notices list WSS Circles meeting this coming Friday. Budget committee solicitors meet Friday evening at 8:00. Official Board gathers Monday evening June 8 at 8:00. Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship scheduled for Thursday evening at 7:30.
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital in Emmetsburg will hold an open house Sunday June 7 1959 from 2 00 pm to 5 00 pm The Hospital Auxiliary sponsors the event and a tour around the hospital will be conducted by the nurses A new addition is completed and National Hospital Week is observed Cookies and coffee will be served to visitors in the Nurses Lounge The public is invited to attend
Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn star in The Black Orchid, a Paramount VistaVision romance drama about Italian-Americans. Carlo Ponti and Marcello Girolni produce with Mark Richman and Ina Balin in the cast. the film screens Saturday and Sunday at the Gractinger Theatre.
Burl Shaddon of Baltimore and Mrs Shaddon announce the engagement of their daughter Bette to Ronald Jensen of St. Louis son of Mrs and Mrs C A Jensen of Graettinger The wedding is set for Grace Methodist Church St Louis on Saturday August 22.
Edna Sontag, Lara Waldeo of Wallingford, and Irwin and baby boy of Wallingford appear in Friday and Saturday notices. Mrs. Bina Barmpeen of Greetinger also listed among births. Fragmentary text notes may reference health facility events and local family announcements.
Dr William Larsen, president of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, will deliver sermons at St Pauls and South Walnut Lutheran Churches next Sunday. He formerly worked with Lutheran Student Service on the Ohio and Minnesota campuses and now chairs the Joint Union Committee guiding merger talks among three Lutheran bodies. He will chair the Constituting Convention in Minneapolis in April 1980. The merger takes effect January 1, 1961.
Births include a Siebert baby boy born May 30 in Savannah weighing 7 pounds 18 ounces, child of Mr. and Mrs H L Siebert. a Baedke boy born May 28 in Holy Family Hospital. a May 28 Graettinger birth to Mr. and Mrs. James Odom. First Lutheran Ladies Aid Bake Sale set for June 13 at Thoreson’s Hardware. Nancy Fries celebrates 14th birthday with relatives and friends from Graettinger and nearby towns.
Local news lists graduates Earl Ives receiving a Bachelor of General Education from Omaha University and his family’s celebrations. It notes Mrs. C A Jensen’s retirement visit, siblings, in law relations, and numerous weekend visits, travel to conventions, and family milestones across Marshalltown Graettinger and surrounding communities.
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