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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1958
Page
8
Immaculate Conception Roy announces weekday Masses at 7 am and Sunday Masses at 7 30 am and 9 30 am Pastor Maynard. Confession scheduled Saturdays 2 00 to 5 00 pm and 7 00 to 8 30 pm Catechism class Saturday 9 11 30 am.
Leonard Huebscher leads Grace Baptist with Sunday School at 9 46 a m Morning Worship at 10 45 a m and Evening Services at 8 p m Thursday prayer meeting at 8 p m
Pastor C. T. Fjelstul leads worship at 9 30 a m on Sunday with Sunday School scheduled for 10 30 a m at Lost Island Lutheran Church.
Worship at FIRST LUTHERAN at 8 a.m. and METHODIST CHURCH at 10:30 a.m. Church School 9:30 a.m. Senior MYF Thursday 7:30 p.m. Women's Society Thursday 2 p.m. Evening circle and WMF host list noted. Bible Camp picnic no Sunday School. Men's Brotherhood dinner hosts listed. Pastor Robert Beckstrand to speak.
Pupils of the Lost Island vacation bible school presented a program on the last day with Mrs. Clarence Olson and Marlys Hudson as teachers. On Wednesday June 11, 42 children attended and lunch for about 100 children and mothers was served.
Groundbreaking Sunday morning June 15 at Wallingford Lutheran for a Sunday school addition. About 100 children participated with red shovels. Bids and contracts awarded: general $18,725 to Anderson Construction of Emmetsburg. Electrical $1,858 to Gologon Electric Estherville. Heating $3,469 to Johnson Heating and Sheet Metal Estherville. Plumbing $725 to Ernie Andresen of Grachtlinger Gilford Osher. Excavating by Osher started Monday June 16.
Pastor H Irving Petersen and wife will attend the United Evangelical Lutheran Church convention in Blair Nebraska from Thursday to Tuesday. Nine young men will be ordained next Sunday and five pastors will join the church from other Lutheran Synods. The constitution and by laws of the new American Lutheran Church will be finalized, to form after January 1 1960 when three synods merge. The new church is expected to exceed two million members.
A fractured line notes Blair as the winning hurler with a hit and two defensive plays. Wilt figures in the scene as a key supporting figure in the early action, underscoring a decisive moment in the game.
Fort Dodge Junior Legion defeated the Pirates 7-4 at Evergreen Park. Five Fort Dodge runs came in the first inning, setting the tone for a well played game. Pirates answered in three innings but could not recover. Egeland started for the Pirates, with Jim Christensen relieving in the second. Christensen collected three hits in his winning stint. Mastera and Witt shared catching duties. The winning battery was Kern and Clagg.
The Graettinger Midget baseball team won 7-0 as Darrell Sloniker pitched a one hitter with Larry Baedko catching and Sloniker adding a double while Bil Curry added two singles. The Mites edged 4-3 as Larry Cornelina pitched a one hitter with Greg Elberto catching and five local hits total.
Thieves took ninety feet of recently planted hedge and about 100 shrubs from the Fred Traum home in Sioux City during the night. The loss targets the freshly tilled beds, leaving the garden with significant damage. Local authorities urged anyone with information to come forward.
Estherville parents welcome a 5 born on Sunday June 15 at Holy Family hospital with Charley Eure of Grachtinger as the maternal grandfather and Elmer Simington of Ruthven as paternal. Another baby boy born Thursday June 13 at Holy Family hospital to John Simington and Gerald Mammen of Grachtinger, while Claude Shaffer and spouse in rural Emmetsburg greet a son Harold Clebert born Saturday June 14 weighing 7 lbs 8 oz with brothers Weslie and Kenneth. Maternal grandparents Bert Farmer of Terris and Warren Shaffer of Ceylon Minnesota also noted.
Identical twins Arlene and Ilene Woodley dominated Rowan High’s commencement, poised to claim valedictorian and galatatorian honors. The sisters stood out among graduates as top achievers in the class.
Mrs. Inez Lonergan of Whittemore died after lighting a cigarette in bed causing her cotton gown to ignite. The report notes the fatal fire resulted from an attempt to sleep with a lit cigarette.
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