Grandma's Brag Corner Granddaughters of Graettinger residents
Heather Sue age 4 and Heidi Jo age 14 are granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Olesen of Graettinger. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Miller of Bloomington Minnesota. Their mother is Susan Olesen, a Graettinger High School graduate. They are the Olesen couple's only grandchildren with Graettinger grandparents, and great grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herke.
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Virgil Olesen
Graettinger
Heather Sue
Heidi Jo
John Miller
Bloomington
Minnesota
Susan Olesen
Graettinger High School
Virgil Olesens
Frank Herke
Fort Dodge Barrow Show March 20
The 20th Annual Fort Dodge Spring Barrow Show will be held Saturday March 20 1976 at the Webster County Agricultural Center two miles south of Fort Dodge on Highway 169. Exhibitors may enter a pen of two barrows from Iowa or surrounding states weighing 200 to 240 pounds. Both hogs compete in live show and carcass contest with cut out and measurement data reported.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County Agricultural Center
Iowa
Harrow
Assessor Testing Set For March In Des Moines
State Revenue Director Gerald D. Bair announced statewide exams for city or county assessor and deputy assessor. The city or county assessor test is at 8:30 A.M. March 13, 1976 in the Lucas State Office Building Des Moines with the deputy assessor test on March 20 1976 at 8:30 A.M. in the same location. The Palo Alto County Assessor's Office is unaffected by this procedure as of January 1 1976.
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State Revenue
Gerald D. Bair
Lucas State
Des Moines
Lucas State Office
Palo Alto
Garden Talk Winter Tales From Old River Town
Joe Gabrielson recalls seasonal change in the Midwest from a winter of 75 76 to memories of ice fishing muskrats on Brekke’s pond and river skating to Osgood and Emmetsburg. He notes raccoon and pheasant trends, concerns over predators, and calls for restocking northern towns with pheasants while acknowledging snow’s protective soil benefits.
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Midwest
Brekke
Os~good
Emmetsbirg
Game Conservation Commission
Towa
Republicans Will Meet Saturday in Storm Lake
A Sixth District Republicans meeting to review 1976 campaign progress will be held in Storm Lake on Saturday March 6. District Committeeman Hubert H. Schultz of Sanborn and Committeewoman Rachel Evan of Fort Dodge say the main meeting starts at 7 p.m. after a dinner social hour and prior committee sessions.
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Storm Lake
Hubert H. Schultz
Sanborn
Rachel Evan
Fort Dodge
Republicans Set Harbor Hall Meeting in Storm Lake
The Sixth District Republicans will hold a meeting at Harbor Howe in Storm Lake to open at 9:30 p.m. with district platform, organization, candidate search and fundraising committees. A social hour at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. will precede discussions on progress for the November elections and areas needing attention. Schultz notes the aim to unify campaign efforts into a single force.
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Harbor Howe
Storm Lake
Dine Net
Schultz
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Barrow Show
BY Joe Gabrielson
Fuhemans
Estherville
Hillcrest Country Club
ILCC
Emmetsburg
American Legion Hall
County Park Producers
Emmetsburg Country Club
High Lake
Get Together
Clarence Hanson
George Brobst
Graettinger & Wallingford
Wilsons Braunschweiger
A. Phos
Westpac Ng
Telcene
Cinhamon
Folger
Brachsasserren If
Gerber
WELCH
Clover Farm
Dairyland
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