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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
7
Mavis Fogde daughter of Mrs Con Fogde and the late Con Fogde of Graettinger graduated from St. Vincent's hospital school of x ray technology at Sioux City on May 28 She took state board examinations May 6 at Omaha Nebraska and is now a member of the American Registry Technicians
Donald Rustad, six, required sixteen stitches after a fall on basement steps. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burkgren and daughter Barbara moved to the Bible Camp house from Fenton. Burkgren becomes Camp Manager at Ingham Lake Bible Camp for the summer. John Thomas and family returned home after visiting relatives near Chicago and the Hilmer Larsens near Springfield.
A4 aister of Mr Larsen hosts Steve Jekendat from Minnesota visiting in the Reybert Refsel home. Norman Andersons join them at Okuboji. Mrs Oliver Osher visits daughter Arlee Jensen family in Austin as they buy a lakeside cottage for summer. Almer Osher from Montana visits Gilford Osher en route to Rochester for medical care. Gilford Osher pilots a plane for Mrs Stanley Young on return from Rochester. Church pot luck and a young program with devotions led by Leanna Iverson. Nathalie and Beverly Nielsen Maureen and Sherie Clark sing, Janice Mathea son performs. Roger Craig taken to Rochester for infant medical care. Mary Ann Egeland starts as secretary in Cornwall Law office Spencer. Maxine Luke works at a Spencer bank.
Local visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Louis Christensen of Merrill Iowa Mrs. Dorothea Thomsen and daughter Mae of Sioux City and Inga Skow and Carrie Andersen of Spencer all former Graettinger area residents. James Cody family and Mrs Theresa Cody of Cylinder joined Palmer Cody at the Hess home for a Sunday visit. Paul Lehigh and Rev R O Grote went to Spencer for a briefing for lay delegates to the North Iowa Annual Conference at Grace Methodist Church Sioux City June 18 to 23.
Iowa begins a new traffic point system with old points wiped clean and a focus on driver improvement. Each moving violation adds a point. three points in 12 months triggers a hearing by an Iowa Highway Patrol officer who can impose probation or suspension. Suspensions require a 20 day notice and 30 day license stop, then points are wiped. A 12 month no-violation drive can offset the prior year’s point.
Discussion details a one point system for all moving violations to simplify enforcement and reduce confusion. Also notes Rev. R O Grote leaving for Methodist Camp at Clear Lake with local youth delegates, and social visits involving Karoline K Hess Christine and Hum dullt residents in Denmark linked greeting.
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