Memorial Day Flag Display and Young Musicians Honor Graettinger
Graettinger residents praised the new Memorial Day flag display placed along West Main Street to the Rock Island tracks. Twenty eight flags on electroliers honor veterans, funded by local business people and supported by town officials and Marshal Gib Stueve. The Graettinger music department delivered strong performances, with the fifth and sixth grade band performing independently under Erickson’s supervision and dedicating a number to war veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Main Street
Highway 17
Main
Rock Island Tracks
Gib Stueve
the Legion Tall
Erickson
Christine Jones
Diane Graettinger
Marcia Rose
Jenny Dawson
Dick Andrews
Dennis Bartint
Billy Dawson
Dean Torreson
Doug Nelson
Tom Moran
Don Christiansen
Todd Herslett
Connie Hankey
Spear brothers plan residential lots on Ingham Lake shoreline
Nick and Bill Spear of Ingham Lake plan development of 60 residential lots along the east shore and island area with 27 lakefront lots and 33 in a second row back. Lots start at 60 by 120 feet. A brief local item notes old adages and mentions a river fishing scene nearby with Greg Iverson catching a northern pike while fishing in the Des Moines river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick
Bill Spear
Ingham Lake
Ingham
Greg Iverson
Des Moines
Punch Bowl boxing card listed for June 6 at Sharkey Reyes
From the Times dated June 2 1938 the Punch Bowl fight card announces June 6 bouts including Sharkey vs Reyes Allen vs Gardner Jackson vs Goodson Ford vs Pettit and Warrington vs Gabrish plus a note about Mr and Mrs J J Sullivan participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharkey
Reyes
Allen
Gardner
Jackson
Goodson
Ford
Pettit
Warrington
Gabrish
J. J. Sullivan
Social Security Contact Schedule Announced
The Social Security district office in Fort Dodge released a schedule for contact stations at Emmetsburg Courthouse on Wednesdays in June from 10:00 to 12:30 and Estherville City Hall on Tuesdays in June from 1:00 to 2:30, with Spencer Courthouse Thursday slots in June. Appointments to see a representative can be requested by writing to the Fort Dodge district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security District Office of
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Estherville
City Hall
Spencer
Orange City
Hock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Methodist Church Clergy and Pastors Listed
Local church notices name Rev. C. F. Curtis of Methodist Church and Clarence Shipley as Grace Baptist pastor, with Wallingford Lutheran led by A. E. Glaser. Includes pastor listings for area congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
C. J. Reitz
Rev
C. F. Curtis
Graduation and local notes from Graettinger Iowa
Family attended Trinity College graduation in Sioux City with Edward Sullivan among the graduates. Supt R Brom and wife plan to make Pela their new home. June 6 marks Iowa primary election day amid a quiet campaign. Memorial Day observed in Graettinger. Road work east of Graettinger proceeds with paving and straightening. Local students George Lehigh and Alfred Maurstad Jr. finished sixth grade. F B Whiteside from Kingman Kansas to assume mail route duties. Graettinger market reports list corn 42c oats 20c eggs 16c hens 12c butter 19c. rain-impacted paving efforts on Highway 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Trinity College
Edward Sullivan
R. Brom
Pela
Iowa
Graettinger
Jack Creek
Runaway to Heaven and Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography
New Non-Fiction Runaway to Heaven by Johnanna Johnston profiles Harriet Beecher Stowe. It traces her poverty and opulence, winter Florida trips, European tours, and two major scandals, framing a vivid portrait of a pivotal 19th century figure. Also notes library hours and new club members along with a tall Dean Darrington farm cottonwood tree measurement near Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Johnanna Johnston
Harriet Beecher Stowe
New England
Florida
Europe
America
Rebekah and Odd Fellows Honor Longtime Members at Sheffield
Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodges honored members at ceremonies in the IOOF Halls Sheffield. C O Thurston and Will Massee received SQ year pins. A L Wartnaby, sole other 50 year pin recipient, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodges
IOOF
Sheffield
C. O. Thurston
Will Massee
A. L. Wartnaby
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Palo Alto
Emmet Counties
Fenton and Terris
Phoves
the Times of
Emmet
C. A. Shiley
Office of Home
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist
Fuhrman
Olene Jacobson, D.V.M
Ted Knudtson
V. G. Rients
Fereet Graettinger
Bratland Jewelry
Gitta That
The
Roy T. Peterson
Gouncilmen
Tom Millen
Byron Rolfson
John W Streets Gild
Wayne Potte
ccDonald 1 & Water Dept
A. T Stueve
Gaa
Kenneth J
G. F. Shaver
Pree
Lars Petersen
Earl Erickson
Wee Chas. Burg Dwayne Lammers
Leo Hughes Ene, Omer Gjerde
R. Mesenbrink Light Plantensen. Sunt
Francis Hughes
Alma Burns
Richard Miller
Alice Yooh
Dack Phillips
Charles Barlow
J. L. Coffey
V. H. Bargman
Walter High
Lester Johnson Russel Peterson
A. P. Ricklofendent
E. Smith
Community Church Directory
Lost Island Lutheran
Harald Bestul
Immanuel Lutheran
Benjamin Colivet
Graettinger Organizations
Graettinger Businessmen
Coter
Robert Dawson
Wallingford
G. H. Frye
Graet
Inger
A. BR. Hobson
Terry I. Anderson
Gerald Steuve
Gee
Casper
CAP
Welron
Pale Alto County Abstract Co
Emmetsburg, Owa
Merting
Helen Hale
Helen
Graettinger Milk
Prom Malls
Livrarian City Library
Marla Kulow
Arlyn Kulow
Jerilyn Voigt
William Voigt
Dean Darrington
Decorah
Darrington
D&E_ ELECTRIC
Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Flymo Tela State Bank
Vans
FDIC
Federal Defosit Insurance Corporation
INE
Ee Dall
Graetting
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