Sectional Baseball Tourney Set For Week Of July 8
Evergreen park selected as site for state summer sectional baseball tournament the week of July 8 Coach Bob Held lists matchups Emmetsburg versus Rodman at 2:00 West Bend against Burt at 4:00 Havelock versus St John s Bancroft at 6:00 Cylinder versus Graettinger at 8:00 p m Semifinals July 10 at 6:20 and 8:00 p m Championship final July 12 at 7:30 p m Paving Delayed By Rain And Breakage The east town paving last mile of four mile stretch delayed by showers and a breakdown with work resuming once east stretch completes the three mile west stretch starts after east is done
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Evergreen Park
Bob Held
Emmetsburg
Rodman
West Bend
Burt
Havelock
St. John's
Bancroft
Cylinder
Graettinger
Havelock-St. John's
Cylnder+Graettinger
Town
Spies Corner
General Closing on July Fourth in Graettinger
Graettinger stores, shops, and businesses will close all day Thursday July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Local stores remain open Wednesday night for last minute shopping. The post office and Graettinger State Bank will close with no rural route mail delivery on the Fourth.
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Graettinger
Granttinger Times to publish a day early next week
The Granttinger Times will come out a day earlier than usual due to the July 4th holiday. News items and advertisements should be submitted one day earlier to ensure inclusion in next week's issue.
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Granttinger Times
Times
Rev Grote Appointed Methodist Pastor Here
The Rev Ralph Grote was named pastor of the Graettinger Methodist church at the North Iowa Methodist conference in Waterloo. He succeeds Rev Geo Pingle who moves to a parish in Illinois. Grote, recently in charge of Truesdale Remprandt, plans to move this week and has been active in Methodist youth camps. he is unmarried.
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Ralph Grote
Graettinger Methodist
North Iowa
Waterloo
Grote
Truesdale-Remprandt
Geo. Pingle
Pingle
Ilinois
One Hundred Dollar Jackpot in Local Drawing
The upcoming Wednesday drawing at Wext will feature a $100 jackpot along with the usual $10 and $15 prizes. The 8 p.m. drawing time was noted, with no prizes claimed last night. Mrs. Jim Boles won $10, Mrs. Earnest Skattobs won $15, and Leo H. Moran won $75 in the prior drawing.
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Wext
GrachtInger
Jim Boles
Earnest Skattobs
Leo H. Moran
Tuesday Night Games Rained Out In Doubleheader
Tuesday night mite and minor league action with Ledyard was washed out after two innings. The game will be rescheduled.
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Ledyard
Postal Box Rent Due July First
Gracttinger Postmaster R. T Nane announced that postal box rent is due July 1. Rentals shown by size: No 1 is se per quarter or 3.69 yearly. No 2 is 1.10 per quarter or 4.40 yearly. No 3 is 1.50 per quarter or 8.00 yearly. Boxes may be rented by quarter or year from July 1, 1957 to July 1, 1958.
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Gracttinger
R. Tnane
Young baton twirling class at Legion Hall near Tech
A group of 28 young girls attended a summer baton twirling program at the Legion Hall last Thursday morning. The lineup photo features beginners and those with prior experience, with names like Holes Beck Linda Westfall Nanette Held Robette Meld and Jackie Carter in the front. Second and third rows list additional participants including Carol Luitjens Nancy Fries and Marsha Olesen among others.
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Lawson
Supmer Tech
Legion Halk
Ima
Services Saturday At Wallingford For Leonard Olson
Funeral services will be held Saturday at Wallingford Lutheran church for Leonard Olson 23 killed in an automobile accident near Bordeaux France on June 15. Burial will be in High Lake cemetery. The Martin Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers named. Leonard enlisted January 25 1985 and was to be released next January. He served in the 850th Engineer Battalion Heavy Construction overseas since August 1955. His body arrived in the United States and was transported from Dover. Notices include an open house for Mr and Mrs BE Manchester and family. A separate item notes Bancroft Midgets and Mites baseball doubleheader at Evergreen park next Tuesday night and a trip to Swea City Friday.
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Wallingford Lutheran Church
Leonard Olson
Bordeaux
France
LeRoy Olson
Wallingford
Olson
Norbert Jolivette
High Lake Cemetery
Martin’ Funeral Home
Castor Rasmussen
Robert Ressell
Verlyn Lande
Charles Lande
Wayne Brown
Philip Herum
Sp3
Leonard L. Olson
Léonard
Leonard
Chemin du Alloutee
Air Force
Fort Ord
Calif
Ft. Belvoir
Germany
BE. V. Manchester
Manchester
Mason City
Bancroft
Mites Basaball
Evergreen Park
Bancroft and
Graettinger
Swea City
Anastasia and Three Brave Men At Local Theatre
The local cinema presents Anastasia a DeLuxe color CinemaScope production with Ingrid Bergman Yul Brynner and Helen Hayes scheduled for Saturday and Sunday June 29 and 30 at the Grachtinger theatre. The film marks Bergman’s return to American film after seven years and is framed as a drama based on a famous personal mystery involving wealth and feuding fortunes.
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Anastasia
Twentieth Century Fox
Grachtinger Theatre
Ingrid Bergman
Abe
Yul
King
Brynner
Helen Hayes
Foysly
Hitip
Berenin
Sinn Named Secretary of Graettinger Community School District
Myron Sinn was appointed secretary of the Graettinger Community School District by the board and will assume duties on July 1, succeeding Robert Murray. Sinn owns the Graettinger Insurance Agency, purchased recently from Merrill Clark. The report also notes heavy rainfall in the past week, totaling 1.8 inches over three events, with crops continuing to look good though haying was hindered.
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Myron Sinn
Grachtinger
Sinn
Robert Murray
Graettinger Insurance
Merrill Clark
Graettinger
Augustana Quartet At Wallingford Tonight
The Augustana Academy Male Quartet will present a sacred concert at Wallingford Lutheran Church tonight at 8 o'clock. Their selections include chorales such as A Mighty Fortress. Continue on Page Birk.
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Augustana Academy
Wallingford Lutheran Church
Luther
Wallingford Fourth of July Parade and Rodeo Plan
The sixth annual Wallingford Fourth of July celebration features an all day program with a tractor rodeo at 10 30 a m a noon picnic parade at 1 p m a 2 p m address by Congressman Merwin Coad races baseball game an evening rodeo at 8 p m and fireworks at 9 40 p m Open to all with admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children and sponsored by Norris Easa American Legion Post 567 Wallingford Local municipalities invited to attend
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Wallingford
Thy
Wallingford American Legion Post
Merwin Coad
Coad
Washington, D. C
FBYP
Ball Park
Estherville
The
Norris Easa American Legion Post 567
Powers Family Farm Near Osgood A Longtime Operation
Last week's mystery farm lies one and a half miles south of Osgood. Elbert and Vera Powers have lived there 19 years, with daughter and son-in-law Arthur and Vera Kerr in a nearby house. The operation includes cattle and hogs on a 215 acre farm, with new hog house and two corn cribs built recently. Elbert Powers is active in Izaak Walton League and Rebekah Lodge, and is known as a top-notch horseshoe pitcher. The Powers family attend Graettinger Methodist Church and spend summers at Leech Lake Minnesota. Their five children include Mrs Laverne Peters, Mrs Arthur Kerr, LeRoy, Marian, and Allen.
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Elbert Powers
Osgood
Elbert
Vera
Laverne Peteragen
Arthur Kerr
Graettinger
LeRoy
Ruthven
Marian
Allen
Powers
Izaak Walton League
Mr. Powers
Rebekah Lorge
Mare. Powers
Leech Lake
Minn
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Eugene A. Hunt
United States
Dover
Delaware
Olaon
SP Fe Eldon Skattebo
Algo
Red Cross
Skattebo
Augustana Quartet
Birk
Wallingford Merchants
Merchants
Meorrell
Merchantsineup
Luc
Mervyn Coad
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