Mrs. George Truesdale Dies At Phoenix
Mrs. George Truesdale died Friday in Phoenix Arizona after a lingering illness. She was in her early eighties and formerly Anna O Connor, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Jim O Connor. Surviving siblings include W L O Connor of Graettinger Ellen O Connor of Phoenix and two Dominican Order sisters Sister Rosalie of Dubuque and Sister Paulette of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Truesdale
Phoenix
Ariz
W. L
Vesti) O'Connor
Gradlinger
Mason City
W. L. O'Connor
Graettinger
Ellen O'Connor
Rosalie
Dubuque
Paulette
Chicago
The Last Days of Pompeii at Graettinger Theatre
A grand Eastman color spectacle shows Pompeii’s fall with siege, lions, gladiators, orgies, and a crowd in shock. Starring Steve Reeves and a vast cast, the film opens Saturday and Sunday at the Graettinger theatre. Baton lessons begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Steve Reeves
United Artists
Graettinger Theatre
Notice To Gracttinger Residents On Weed Ordinance
Town officials remind Gracttinger residents of ordinance No. 16 about destroying weeds on private property and maintaining safety and sanitation in the town.
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Gracttinger
Two More Games Added to H S and S Schedule
Coach Leland Stiss reports two more games on the summer high school baseball slate. Gruver hosts Gruver here on Thursday, June 29, followed by Graettinger at Gruver on Thursday, July 6. The July 6 game will be a twilight affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stiss
Gruver
Graettinger
Night School Plans For After Holidays Next Year
Graettinger adult education council and Homemaking education council met to plan night school courses for the coming year. They propose starting after Christmas and New Year holidays with a $2.50 enrollment fee, matching prior years. Suggestions are invited via the school office or council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger Adult Education Council
Homemaking Education Council
Summer Swimming Program Announced for Grachtinger Area
A six week summer recreation program for 7 to 14 year olds will start next week in the Grachtinger area with transportation to Estherville pool. Leland Stiles leads the trips and reports lessons Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 11 am. Open swim for all ages starts Thursdays at 1 30 pm with bus pickup at Graettinger school at 1 00 pm. A 10 cent pool admission will be charged for open swimming and collected by the bus driver. About 140 youngsters have signed up.
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Grachtinger
Estherville
Summer Recreation Committee
Greettinger School
Leland Stiles
Stiles
Graettinger School
NFO Area Meeting Planned in Fort Dodge Saturday
An NFO area meeting will be held Saturday evening June 17 at 8 p.m. in the 4H auditorium near the TV tower on the southwest edge of Fort Dodge. National NFO president Oren Lee Staley will speak on Where Do We Go From Here. The gathering is open to the public and NFO officials urge members and their wives to attend if possible.
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NFO
Fort Dodge
National Nfo
Oren Lee Staley
Jim Harvey
Palo Alto
Wayne Knutsen earns permanent spot on Continental pistol team
Wayne Knutsen, a Graettinger farmer and Captain in the 9695 Air Reserve Squadron based in Mason City, returned from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas where he competed in the All Air Force pistol matches. He scored high enough to join the Continental team, with teams from around the world competing using 22 and 45 caliber pistols. Knutsen is the lone Midwest member of the team, the nearest fellow member hailing from Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Knutsen
Texas
Lackland
Air Force Base
San Antonio
Wayne
Continental Air Command
Graettinger
9695
Air Reserve Squadron
Mason City
Midwest
Pittsburg
Band Presentations at Mason City North Iowa Festival
Graettinger High school led a trio of bands at Central Park Mason City for the North Iowa band festival with Manly and Garner also presenting afternoon concerts. Some fifty five local band members joined a large festival parade Tuesday forenoon as Judy Christian sen served as Graettinger band queen and candidate for Miss North Town. An engineering firm from Rock Rapids completed a survey of the Graef finger telephone system to guide a future dial conversion and building plans for the installation next spring with local line assignments based on map locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Graettinger
Central Park
North Iowa
Manly
Garner
Judy Christiansen
Rock Rapids
Graeffinger Telephone Company
Keith Myers
Myers
Two Inch Downpour In Graettinger Weekend Storms
A Monday night downpour across Graettinger measured just over two inches with higher totals north of town. The storm brought wind and followed a hot humid afternoon, while local topsoil was notably dry. Sixty children attended Vacation Church School at the Methodist Church last week with a mix of full and part time teachers and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Methodist Church
Judy Kiner
Kathy Rolfson
Ramona Anderson
Betty Masters
Diane Mitchell
Morris Smith
Merle Hanson
LeRoy Wikert
Orville, Nicol
Gladys Hankey
F. M. Hartung
R. C. Grote
Graettinger Day At Arnolds Park Planned Events
Graettinger Day at Arnolds Park will be held Friday June 16 with a bicycle and other prizes drawn. A motor scooter drawing will be awarded on Sunday July 9, according to organizers Spirit Lake Ayrehire and Temni.
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Graettinger
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Ayrehire
Temni
Trail Riders Plan 1961 Fun Day at Graettinger Farm
Northwestern Trail Riders announce a Sunday Fun Day on June 18 starting at 1 PM at Harwild Prather farm at Graettinger NE edge. Public invited with no admission or entry fees. Estherville and Emmetsburg Saddle Club members have been invited to participate.
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Northwestern Trail
Harwld Prather
Graettinger
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County certified as modified brucellosis area
Dr. Glen Schubert of Des Moines presented the certificate in Palo Alto County on June 2, marking the county as Modified Certified Brucellosis Area after official tests show cattle infection rates at or below one percent and herd rates not exceeding five percent. The county ranks in the top ten percent for such certificates amid cooperative state and federal eradication efforts with farmers, instructors, and veterinarians supporting the program.
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Palo Alto County
Glen Schubert
Agricultural Research Service
Des Moines
Valu Alto
Ue Extension Service
Toby's Circus to Perform Two Shows at Evergreen Park
Toby's real old-fashioned circus for the whole family will appear at Evergreen Park next Thursday, June 22 with two performances at 2 30 p m and 8 30 p m.
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Toby
Evergreen Park
Palo Alto County Seeks Acreage Checks In 1961 Feed Grain Program
Palo Alto County ASC chairman Joe Lynch says farmers in the 1961 feed grain program will have their acreage checked to ensure compliance. Township reporters will measure corn and grain sorghum acres and the diverted land use, with visits expected over five to six weeks. Farmers should verify permitted acres based on base minus diverted acreage to secure expected payments and ensure conservation requirements are met.
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Palo Alto County
Joe Lynch
ASC
Mrs Don Graettinger Claims $125 Weekly Drawing Honor
Mrs Don Graettinger of Graettinger claimed a $125 award in Saturday night’s weekly drawing hosted by participating stores. Next week’s prize resets to $25 in the nine oclock drawing.
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Don Graettinger
Graettinger
Summer Reading At Graetlinger School Opens In June
A total of 31 pupils have registered for summer reading instruction at Graetlinger Community School, beginning Monday June 19, per Supt. F. M. Hartung. Parents who have not yet contacted the school to register are urged to call now to finalize a time schedule. Mrs. Clarence D. Olson and Mrs. Ray Tindall will lead the program, with a possible third instructor to be added.
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Graetlinger
F. M. Hartung
Clarence D. Olson
Ray Tindall
Annual July 4th Celebration Planned At Wallingford
Wallingford plans a day long celebration with an evening program including ball games parade races and a variety show. Vernon Torreson commander of the Wallingford Legion post will be general chairman as committees were named at the Legion meeting for the events. Complete Bram details will appear later in the Times.
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Wallingford American Leason and Auxiliary
Wallingford
Vernon Torreson
Wallingford Legion Post
Legion
Bram
The
Times
Vandervelde Honored by Iowa Press Women for Columns
Marjorie Vandervelde of Emmetsburg, longtime Times columnist, received first prize in the Column in a weekly category at the Iowa Press Women's state meeting. She also won first prize for Picture page layout in a newspaper for a Canada Anglican church paper feature showing her Eskimo travel in the northland.
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Marjorie Vandervelde
Emmetsburg
Colun
Times
Iowa Press Women's Group
Y Vandervelde
Canada
Northland
Baseball Calendar Shows Local Youth Games
On Thursday June 15 Ruthven high school plays Graettinger. Friday June 16 Graettinger Midgets face Milford. Monday June 19 Graettinger Mites and PeeWees host Ruthven. Tuesday June 20 Ruthven Midgets visit Graettinger. Wednesday June 21 Milford Mites and PeeWees travel to Graettinger.
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Ruthven High School
Graettinger
Milford
Ruthven
Mrs. Bonnie Maxine Nissen Dies During Fishing Trip
Bonnie Maxine Bales Nissen 52 of Graettinger died suddenly Sunday from a heart attack en route on a fishing trip in the Lakes region. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Pauls Lutheran with Rev. H Irving Petersen. burial in Logan Township Cemetery. Surviving children Virginia Hereim and Dolores Carter, siblings, grandchildren, and Navy sons Melvin and Ronald Nissen. Previous husband Ernest Nissen died 1948. Burial arrangements at Mantin Fuhrman funeral home after 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Bonnie Maxine Nissen
Grachtinger
Lakes
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
H. Irving ‘Petersen
Logan Township
Ruthven
Pallseaters
Frank Smith
Richard Smith
Lenald Smith
Duane
Virginia) Hereim
Graettinger
Leslie
Dolores) Carter
Butler, Mo
Melvin
Ronald Nissen
Eugene Nissen
Ames
Dennis
Gary Nissen
U. S. Navy
Roy Nissen
Lyle Andersen
Graetting
Boone
Beulah Smith
Isabel, Bales
Picqua
Kansas
Graettinger PTA Names Officers For Next Year
Nomination of a slate of Graettinger PTA officers includes Mrs. Edwin Graettinger as president Don Perrine as vice president Mrs Tarnest Skattebo as secretary and Mrs Ray Rose as treasurer The nominating committee listed Walter Leslie Mrs Greg Elbert and Mrs Lawrence Kathman with installation to occur at a future date.
Evangelist Kasper to Speak Sunday at Grace Baptist
Evangelist Ray Kasper of Graettinger will speak Sunday night at Grace Baptist Church at 7 30 p m His sermon topic appears in an advertisement He is also to appear on the Crossroads program on Spencer radio KIOD Sunday at 5 30 p m speaking on how to increase church attendance.
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Ray Kasper
Graettinger
Grace Baptist Church
Kasper
Crossroads
Spencer Radio Kiod
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Graedttinger Boy Scout Troop No
Chuck Moran
Arthur Jones
Richard Rose
Charles Hartung
Larry Lammers
Ronnie Moran
Darwin Olesen
Rollie Kuyper
Terry Lammers
Donald Mowry
Alan Peterson
Richard Kuyper
Dick Petersen
Greg Iverson
Randy James
Leroy Mowry
Johnnie DeVries
Kay Carter
Byron Rolfson
Legion Hall
H. S&s
State
Maxine Nissen
Edwin Graettinger
PTA
Grace Baptist
Fahnestock Park
Don Perrine
Danse Pravans
Karl King John Cacavas
Tamerlane
Ode
Larry Baedke
Comet
Frank Exicheon
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