Start of Palo Alto County Hospital Project
Work began last week on Palo Alto county's new 800000 dollar hospital at Emmersburgs northwest edge. Grading should finish by July 1 with final plans and contract dates to be announced soon. Three contractors will handle mechanical, electrical, and general work as construction targets late 1963 or early 1966 for a 60 bed facility featuring outside windows for each bed and toe to toe room layouts with modern control panels.
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Palo Alto County
Emmersburz
Ernest Duus Delegates From Bethel Lutheran Church
Ernest Duus of Graettinger will represent Bethel Lutheran church as lay delegate to the Iowa District Convention of the American Lutheran Church to be held next week June 22 25 at Wartburg college Waverly. Rev O J Reitz will attend. About 700 delegates attend with 350 congregations represented. Elections of pastors and laymen to district committees and delegates to the general convention in Columbus this fall will be held.
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Ernest Duus
Graettinger
Bethel Lutheran Church
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Duus
Russell Lastine
O. J. Reitz
Wartburg College
Waverly
Fredrik A. Schietz
ALC
Martin Einesken
Philadelph Penns
John Stensvaag
St. Paul
Columbus
Ono
Baseball Sectional Here July 8 15th
Grachtinger's Evergreen Park selected as site for summer state high school sectional with play beginning July 8 and continuing through July 15. Pairings will be announced later.
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Grachtinger
Evergreen Park
Welcome Rain The Past Week
Rainfall the past few days has been spotty in nearby areas. Graettinger received a little over an inch in the past week while areas south and west picked up nearly two inches on Saturday forenoon. Northwest of Graettinger has about 0.25 inch, and Graettinger’s May total is 1.35 inches.
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Graettinger
Graetlinger
Graethinger
Baseball Calendar Sparks Weekend Youth Games
The schedule lists Bancraft Jr Legion and Midgets matches at Estherville Miles, Dickens PeeWee Mites, Arnolds Park Midgets, Dickens Midgets, and PeeWees Miles. June 27 shows Spencer Jr Legion hosting. Wednesday night results: Pirates 12 Ringsted 2, PeeWells 5 Arnolds Paris 1, Arnolds Parisi Midgets 0.
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Bancraft Jr. Legion
Estherville
Miles
Dickens PeeWee & Mites
Jura
Arnolds Park
Dickens
PeeWees & Miles
Dickens Sentral
U. S
Spencer Jr. Legion
Pirates
Ringsted
PeeWells
Arnolds Paris
Arnolds Parisi
Soils Experts Map Palo Alto County Land
Soil scientists from the USDA soil conservation service work in Highland township Palo Alto County to map soil types and slopes. The completed maps will inventory all soils in the county, with Booth and Silver Lake towns already surveyed.
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USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Highland Township
Palo Alto County
Ken Hinkley
Spencer
Booth
Silver Lake
Auction of Two Houses and Five Lots Saturday
The Roy T. Peterson heirs will sell two houses and five lots at private auction Saturday afternoon, June 27. The first house sale starts at 1:30 p.m. and the second on the lot across from the southwest corner of the Block and Tile Tot. See sale ad in this issue for details.
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Roy T. Peterson
Pri
The
Baptist Church
Earl Baumunk Receives Honor From University of Michigan
Earl Baumunk, industrial arts teacher at Farmington Senior High since 1938, has been chosen for a University of Michigan program to select and train leaders in vocational and technical education. He is one of 20 scholars receiving $150 Carnegie Corporation scholarships and will join an eight week workshop plus a year internship during 1964 65.
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Earl Baumunk
Mya. W. Ff. Baumunk
Emmetsburg
Farmington, Mich
University of Michigan
Earl
Farmington Senior High
Reently
Farmington
Michigan
Carnegie Corporation of New York
University of Mi
United States
Band Concert Wednesday Night at Fahnestock Park
The fourth summer band concert will be held Wednesday night at Fahnestock Park beginning at p.m under the direction of Mr. Warren Erickson. The program features The Star Spangled Banner Prairie Lament Swing A Long Pepperino hardnet duet Donna Suse and Jeanne Wikert Minute Men March Evening in the Country Java trumpets Steve Graettinger Jim Skattebo Greg Hoekstra Liberty Fleet American Polka Let Me Call You Sweetheart and United Nations March.
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Fahnestock Park
Warren Erickson
Donna Suse
Jeanne Wikert
Java
Steve Graettinger
Jim Skattebo
Greg Hoekstra
Liberty Fleet
United Nations
Soil and Water Conservation Week Proclaimed June 14 21
Governor proclamation honors the oil conservation district program and the development of Townland and water resources through soil and water conservation practices. The Times highlights the six page feature on the week and includes advertising for related firms and services.
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Jewa
Gow Dughea
the Times
Hughe
Beauty Pageant at Arnolds Park Miss Towa Crown
Sunday at Arnolds Park hosts the 13th annual Miss Towa pageant at Rot Garden with 10 to 20 contestants aiming for the Miss Towa title. The winner will be crowned Sunday June 21 amid a diamond tiara from Raynor Diamonds and a parade through the amusement park ending at 2 p.m. Festivities include a 9:30 p.m. show at the Ruell Garden.
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Ania
Jet Sar
Rot Garden
Arnalds Park
Luvwa
Inwa
Ramon Mewlor
Hergeant
Raynor Diamonds
Minend
Fanusement Park
Besulios
Jude “Hig Wil
Ruel Garden
Lions Club Ladies Night to Honor New Officers
The Gracttinger Lions club plans a Ladies Night dinner Monday at the Ermmetsburg Club dining hall. Wives of members are guests as new officers are introduced. Officers include Joan Poland president Hewid Hanson first vice president Arnold Alesch second vice president Bob Davis third vice president L. H. Bhoreson lion tamer Dan Christensen tailtwister Jim Spies assistant tailtwister and secretary Cady. Retiring president John De Veles attends. Prizes for the bridge and other games will be awarded. winners to be announced and presented by the Grunetsinger State Bank representatives.
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Gracttinger Lions Club
Ermmetsburg Club
Joan Poland
Presient
Hewid Hanson
Arnold Alesch
Bob Davis
L. H.bhoreson
Lion Tamer
Dan Christensen
Tailtwister
Lina
Gruentsinger Scate Bank
Saturday Night $50 Buck Prize Draw Notice
Graetlinger's Saturday night prize will be $50 Bucks in shares in the weekly one o'clock drawing event. Mrs Julius Darker did not clarify Jasco week's $25 Buck award.
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Graetlinger
Julius Darker
Jasco
Services Monday for Marvin Grebe
Funeral services were held Monday at the Methodist church in Estherville for Marvin L. Grebe 52 a well known Iowa Highway Patrolman who died Friday morning in a Rochester hospital Death was attributed to a heart attack He had been in service two months Members of the Iowa State Highway Patrol and law enforcement officers throughout northwest Iowa attended the services.
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Methodist Church
Estherville
Marvin L. Grebe
Iowa Hiway
Rochester
Iowa State Highway Patrol
Iowa
Graettinger Youth Donald Mowry Enlists in Navy
Donald Mowry son of Mr and Mrs George Mowry of Graettinger enlisted in the U S Navy at Des Moines on June 11. He will receive boat training at San Diego and is a 1964 Graettinger high school graduate.
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Donald Mowry
George Mowry
Graettinger
U. S. Navy
Des Moines
San Diego
Don
Graettinger High School
Checking Fields For Corn Rootworm In Palo Alto County
County extension director W. John Johnson urges all corn farmers in Palo Alto County to inspect fields for corn rootworm activity through month end. Harald Gunderson of Iowa State University explains two sampling methods to count rootworms, and if an average of 10 worms per plant or browning indicates feeding, apply 1 pound organophosphate insecticide per acre at basal cultivation.
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Palo Alto
W. John Johnson
Harald Gunder
Te State Universite
Nindom
Taaleeson
Gunderson
Iowa
Hitchcock Film Weekend Showcases To Catch A Thief
A Hitchcock film titled To Catch A Thief will be shown Saturday and Sunday at the theater. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly star, with the movie released by Paramount.
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Matton
Entertainment News
Cary Grint
Grace Kelly
Pavemount
Madden-Stillian Circus Arrives at Evergreen Park Tuesday Night
The Madden-Stillian circus performs at Evergreen Park on Tuesday night June 23 with an 8 p.m. event. The program features an elephant and other animals along with various acts, promising a lively evening of entertainment.
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Evergreen Park
Coop Grain Special Meeting Announced For June 29
The Grin Winger Coop Grain company hosts a special stockholders meeting Monday evening June 29 at 8 p.m. at the Cractinger Legion hall to amend articles of incorporation. Proposed changes include allowing patronage dividends to heirs of deceased members and revising authorized capital stock across Class A voting, Class B nonvoting, and preferred shares with specified par values. Iverson says current authorized capital stock is $60,000, with various stock classes and par values.
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Grin Winger Coop Grain Compny
Cracttinger Legion Hall
Grachtinger Coup Grain Company
Jim Iverson
Chiss
Iverson
Gaslight Theatre Opens in Arnolds Park This Summer
The Golden Gaslight Theatre in Arnolds Park opens June 2 and runs until early September. Manager Ron Robinson and Carl Swanson present old fashioned melodrama with three plays Dead Wood Dick and others. Family entertainment appears nightly except Tuesday with 8:30 curtain. five shows on Saturdays at 7 and 9 p.m.
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Arnolds Park
Wats Ests
Ron Robinson
Ralph Masters 67 Dies Suddenly. Services Friday
Ralph Masters 67 longtime Crantzinger mechanic and World War II veteran dies at home from a heart attack. Funeral planned Friday 11:00 at Bethel Lutheran Church with Rev O J Reitz officiating. burial in St Pauls Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survivors include wife Mildred two sons Arnold Richard Dale daughter Shirley Marble sister Pearl Ericson and three brothers. He had operated Masters Repair shop and served Graettinger fire department and American Legion post.
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Ralph Mas GT
She
Crantzinger Busnessman
Horth Bethel Lutheran Church
O. J. Reitz
St. Paul's
Wayne Potter
Robert Vasey
John Clemenson
Bill Rasmussen
John Poland
Clarence Wilsert
Puhrman
Tharsday
Aruestinger
Rath ‘Ln
Il Bo Oheaad
Berl Masters
Mace
Mil Drawl Duhn
Graettinger
Chris Jensen
Master's Repair Warfyse
Floyd and
Earl Masters
Waterloo
Albert Masters
Maepee
Midget and Mite Teams Fall in Estherville Doubleheader
The Estherville pair swept the local club Sunday afternoon. The Mites lost 134 to the Estherville tally while the Midgets fell 96. Bobby Torrence pitched a no hitter for Estherville, with Gilbaugh Christensen and Boblit in the local battery. The Midgets rallied in the seventh, scoring five runs but still trailed at game’s end.
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MITES
Estherville
Bobby ‘Torrence
Gilbaugh
Chaistensen
Boblit
Eartzinger
Tina
Leaves for service induction in Des Moines
Vince Hughes son of Mr and Mrs Wim Hughes left Emmetsburg Monday for physical examination with formal induction at Des Moines. Richard Graff of Mallard died at the same time.
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Vince Hughes
Wim, Hughes
Emmetsburg
Des Moines
Richard Graff
Siurie Thine
Regional Conservation Queen Contest On Labor Day
The regional conservation queen contest is set for Grattinger on Labor Day Monday September 7 in conjunction with local activities. Winners of at least nine district contests will attend and a parade of queens is planned. Prizes include jewel watches and state honors with a 250 scholarship 100 cash and 75 second and third prizes. Sponsored by Palo Alto county soil conservation district and Graettinger businessmen. Ingham Lake area reports good fishing as Spear Bros finish gravel road two new homes add water electricity and phone. The east shore site remains popular for anglers campers and boating with a beach picnic area campgrounds docks rest rooms and security lighting plus planned improvements.
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Grattinger
Palo Alto County
Ingham Lake
Nick Spear
Spear Bros
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Bethel
Loren Greiner
Henry 0. Tordoff
Lions Club
Marvin Grebe
NAVY
Coop Grain
Gaslight Theatre
Ralph Masters
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