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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
4
Miss Olive Noble of Emmetsburg attends summer school at Purdue University while Guthrie and O'Brien, business callers, called on residents in Fairmont Tuesday.
A local promotional notice invites homeowners to request a free estimate on genuine Mule-Hide roofing materials. It promises attractive colors and styles with potential savings and no obligation to proceed.
Mrs Francis McCarty called in Emmetsburg Monday. Selmar Nelson of Fallon was an Estherville business caller yesterday afternoon. Mrs Thos Duncan of Huntington Park California arrived to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ben F Reaves. Mr and Mrs D E McCarty and Postmaster W L OConnor attended Mrs Nick Geelan's funeral in Ruthven Saturday. Mr and Mrs Robert Simonsen left for Rochester Minnesota for Mayo consult. Mr and Mrs Irwin Jamison and two children from Kansas City and Mrs John O Hare of Princeton Missouri spent a week with Mr and Mrs F H Kaserman. They are relatives of Mrs Kaserman. Mr and Mrs Art Fogde of Illinois vacationed with Graettinger relatives. Fogde is P C Fogde Graettinger’s son. Fogde has worked for the Illinois highway commission for years and returned home Sunday night.
Local roster notes record visits and travels of residents with Graettinger links. Rev Win and G Bohi were hospitalists for several days. Sheriff Montgomery called Tuesday afternoon. Earl and Mrs. Erickson attend a short Ames course. Jack Jackson and family visited Emmetsburg. Lillian Tinkle left for Chicago summer school. Leslie and Chicago Brews were guests of Postmaster OConnor. Chandler family from Corwith visiting Olene Jacobson in town. Kyla Jones family left south Iowa for relatives. Elizabeth Jensen and sister from Blair Nebraska visited local kin. Jensen spent winter in Beresford SD. Eugene Foster Graettinger son left for Des Moines veterans hospital seeking recovery. promotion of The World's Richest Woman via American Weekly insert in next Chicago Herald American.
Mrs A W Ritzman hosted the Two Table Bridge Club with high score by Mrs J J Sullivan and light refreshments. M E Ladies Aid meets June 27 at the church dining room hosted by several members. RNA week ago features Mrs J A Fleming hosting the Royal Neighbor lodge with social time and snacks. Embroidery Club social hosted by Mrs A P Thompson with refreshments. many ladies attended.
Announcement states that on Monday June 17 the Standard super service station on Highway 17 changes management as Tiy Weir buys Maurice Jacobsen's stake and the operation will be known as Grein & Weir Standard products and service highlighted. invitation extended to the public to share in the patronage.
Mort-O-Dine meal for pigs and hogs is milk-based and claimed to produce 200 lbs in five months or less. The product is described as a 2 in 1 supplement with Orality Proteins vitamins and minerals to improve gains and reduce corn waste. Also advertised are Super Chick Start and growing mash for poultry at $2.80.
Phillips 66 Station Al Hurlburt and Tonsila hosted a wholesale sale under Legion auxiliary sponsorship in Anamosa. Thirty children received tonsillectomies. Edgar DeVries, seven, of Sheldon, was injured Memorial Day when a tombstone fell on his right leg, which was badly broken, requiring several people to lift the stone.
Graettinger residents recall the town's earliest automobile, a three wheeled motor built by John Paulsen and his group. The machine required push assistance on inclines and hills, with parts later traded among local tradesmen. Documentation traces back to 1899 Duryear Motor Co. letters and a St. Louis Gasoline Motor Co. purchase for a 3 hp engine and gear. We will continue next week with more Graettinger cars through 1912.
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