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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1972
Page
2
Classified items list a Maytag for sale and a 1972 lifeguard jobs call at Graettinger pool. Also United Methodist WSCS circles meet March 2 and 3 with listed hosts and cohosts for each circle event.
Social rounds include Mr. and Mrs. Teagarden of Boone hosting Wayne Potter family sister relation. Ralph Graettinger and clan dine with Clarence Deeming in Mallard. multiple Sunday dinners feature Jensen Duus Knudtson Johnson and others in Estherville Urbana Spencers and Manasses Virginia. Parkhead guests Sven Bisgard and Waldorf students visit. Vietnam returnee Tom Fries home for R and R with 14 days. 93rd birthday celebrated for Ben Deeming by Wolfe and Graettinger families.
The 85th World Day of Prayer will be held Friday March 3 1972 at 1 30 pm at Lost Island Lutheran Church. Organized by Christian Women United with participation from Bethel Lutheran United Methodist and Lost Island Lutheran churches. Rev Krishen Persuad to speak. Theme All Joy Be Yours. Addresses displaced persons generational strain and tech era concerns. Local women invited to participate. Also notes ISU commencement events and a baby shower held February 26 in Estherville for Darlene Joan Bradley.
Mr and Mrs Cliff Harris honor their son Dennis with a post supper party on Sunday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Sloniker, Mr and Mrs Arlin Kulow and family, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Murray and family, Mr and Mrs Jerry Sloniker and Jeff of Esther ville, and Mr and Mrs Laverne Jensen and Larry.
A travelogue recounts a southern swing to Tombstone Arizona, describing Boothill Cemetery with weathered crosses and markers for outlaws like Old Man Clanton and the OK Corral figures. The piece reflects on the town’s gunslingers, the Dragoon Mountains, and a desert landscape steeped in folklore.
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