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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
2
A wartime graduation at Graettinger High School will mark the first World War II class. Forty graduates include Margaret Andersen and Kenneth Barringer among others, with a list of names spanning both boys and girls, highlighting one of the largest classes in school history.
Obituaries from Graettinger and nearby areas note the deaths of Mrs. Wm. Blom, Mrs. Lars Olesen, and Elmer Pierson, with funeral services in Graettinger and Estherville. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren, and tributes praise community roles as police chief, church member, and neighborly guardian.
Dr. R W Heise chairman of Ra tioning Board for Palo Alto County warns that tire and tube issuance restrictions grow stricter. Certificates for obsolete tire sizes and farm implement tires are now charged against passenger car and truck quotas, effectively shrinking county allocations.
Classified items list real estate and farm loan notices with a mix of sale items. Entries mention Graettinger and nearby names such as Fred Lippold Henry Lammers Arnold Bisgard Detyr Miller Adolph Spies and Elmer C. Hansen. Several sales include animals harness equipment furniture and household goods with dates like 1911 1919 scattered through.
Church notices list several denominations with service times and events. Groettinger Methodist Church hosts Sunday School at 10, Worship at 11, Epworth League Thursdays at 8, and a W.S.C. meeting March 13 hosted by Mrs Henningsen and Mrs Ericson. Immaculate Conception and Lost Island Lutheran churches also publish Masses, confessions, Lent devotions, and weekly Bible studies with dates for upcoming meetings and instruction sessions.
Miss Dorothy Duhn of Des Moines spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Soren Duhn. Brainerd Minnesota relatives attended the funeral of Mrs Wm Blom. Mr and Mrs Howard Horswell move to an apartment at the Earl Ericson residence on April first, leaving their current apartment at Mrs John Hester’s residence.
Pato Alto County urges war veterans to apply for the 1942 Soldier's Tax Exemption for 1943 taxes. The 48th General Assembly revised the exemption law requiring discharge records, sworn claims, and residency proof. Applications should be filed by June 1, with arrangements if the applicant cannot appear. A former Hagate Grove library board member, Mrs. Lillian Smallpage, left a large book collection to the local library and gifts to a local church.
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