Rationing Board 74 Certificates Issued February 1942
Certificate list from Rationing Board No 74 covers February 15 to 28 1942 detailing allocations for trucks cars tractors and cylinders. Notable names include L Firkins vice Rodman William C Foster Frank Eichler Maynard Firkins and George R McDowell among others across Emmetsburg West Bend Graettinger Curlew Whittemore and Rodman with multiple entries for Rodman Wm L Thompson and Wm Fogarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Salisbury
Rodman Ami
L. Firkins
Rodman
William C. Foster
Graettinger
Francis J. Eichler
West Bend
Maynard H. Firkins
Emmetsburg
Ross Evans
Alvie C. Allen
Doe Flynn
Mallar
Reeves and Herke All Cite Watches Across AP Papers
The Times reprints the story about Win Merke fitting Ben Reeves’ lost watch under How Herke Hears. Henry Appel mailed the Syracuse AP patch to Graettinger Times, and Reeves received an Oklahoma daily with the same item. The AP dispatch ran in papers across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Herke
Times
Win
Merke
Ben Reeves
Syracuse
New York
Henry Appel
Graettinger Times
Oklahoma
United States
Canada
Subscription Dates For News Paper Recipients Clarified
If you have paid in the past two months please hold your date on the label until the Times force catches up with the rush of work. Corrections will be announced in a notice once made. Subscribers should check receipts and payments, and errors will be corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Force
Girls Basketball Season Ends With 42 38 Loss
Kenneth Barringer notes a fair season ending with Cylinder beating the girls 42 to 38 and the boys 80 to 20. Guards Marjorie Young and Ruth Young played every game, directing plays for forwards De Peterson Virginia Duus Dite Reaves Verna Wichardson and Doris Filis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GH. & Sport News
Kenneth Barringer
Coon Rapids
Cylinder
Tno
Marjorie Young
Ruth Young
de ® Peterson
Virginia Duus
Dite Reaves
Verna Wichardson
Doris Filis
Mary Jane Suss
Dora Ellis
Margaret Gilbaugh
Huth Young
Deanie Reeves
Weather Brief: Pleasant Spring Time Continues
A second week of springlike conditions continues with mild temperatures and gentle winds. March weather remains ideal aside from occasional strong gusts, keeping readers ahead of any quick changes.
News From Graettinger Boys In War Time Remains
Local letters and notes from Graettinger and area youths serving in the military recount family visits, training in Phoenix and California, and wartime events. Messages mention Dwayne Allen home for grandmother’s funeral, Pat in the navy on Nazi visitor duty, Cress at Lone Field Texas for five months, Tom Sullivan returning to Los Angeles for defense work, and Bartleman brothers joining the flying cadets and signal corps. Reports describe an air raid scare in Los Angeles, anti aircraft fire, and a look at Phoenix area fields with trainees from multiple nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon Cress
Graettinger
Lone Field
Texas
Mechanics
Skck
Bartlemans
Qonald Bartleman
Oberlin College
St. Louis
Stanley
Twin Cities
Signal Corps
Ald
Hheir
LeRoy Bartleman
St. James
Dorothy
Court House
Times
Army
Navy
Skyharbor
Phoenix
Preparedness drills evident in valley air raid plan
Mrs C M Axelton reports training for mass feeding in food kitchens and evacuee children placements. Air raid arrangements are being perfected with the Grunow Clinic designated for air raid wounded and six weeks of drills. Simulated victims are brought in as a precaution while danger is not believed imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grunow Clinic
Clarence
C. M. Axelton
McKinley
Your New Telephone Availability in Graettinger Directory
The local company offers rebuilt telephones ready for immediate use while supplies last. New phones are unavailable for the duration, but rebuilt sets can be restored to like new service. Order now to ensure your name appears in the upcoming directory.
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Graettinger
Subscriptions Due and Local Move Notices
Osgood News notes subscriptions due and lists many Oscull residents visiting and moving. Families such as Thom a Tracy Orwig Lammers Kuntz Moffitt Osher Nielsen Mortensen Ze linsky and Winters are mentioned with moves to farms and new homes around Algona Ringsted Emmetsburg and Des Moines. Local farewells and moving schedules set for March first, with several farms changing hands and residents relocating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Thoma
Mason City
Billy Tracy
Emmetsburg
G. EB. Mills
Frank Orwig
Alfred Lammers
Betty
Joe Laubenthal
Radman
Chas, Kuntz
Sod
Merle Richardson
Frank Orwie
L. H. Schumacher
Mra
Jin Mahan
Bradley
Richard Kinnett
Minnie Stigmah
Jimmersburg
Leo Kinnesal
Clarence Moffitt
Jane
Imogene
Pearl Nissen
Maple Hill
Charley Burg Cylinder
Ed Herke
Niels Nielson
Center Sthook
Kaldman
Roy Zelinksy
Mr. Zelinsky
Gracttinger
Ole Dalen
Jorgen Anderson
Lyle
John Reeves
Alfred Johnson
Gradlinger
Baumariner Place
Lyle Anderson
Lattern
Ummersburg
Burke
Casey
Tawa
Victor Mortensen
Local Socials and Farewell at the Osher and Larson Homes
Sunday activity includes visits by the Guifort Osher family and Wallingford friends at the B. Oshers and the Lewis Larson home. A Red Cross meeting occurred at Jake Jensen’s, and a farewell for Victor at Nels Mortensen’s featured pen and pencil gifts, games, and late lunch with attendees from Estherville, Spencer, and beyond. Kenneth Bryan reports Porto Rico beauty from the naval base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guifort Osher
Murnadetta
Phyllis
Wallingfor i
B. Oshers
Glenn Williams
Estherville
Lewis Larson
Ingval Larson
Bankcroft
Clarine
Jane
Karl Larson
Fritz Swift
Blue Worth
Red Cross
Jake Jensen
Mortensen
Harold Jorgensen
Coleman Hospital
Gipner
Loye Amdahl
Joe Amdahl
Weal Bend
Emery Bevard
West Bend
Herman Andresen
Alice
Newton
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Jack Doyle
Gust Carlson
Emmetshure
Archie Dietrich
Rodman Peter
Randa
Cylinder Wm
Thompson
Rodmvan
Rodman Wm
Fogarty
Rodman Orlan J
Brownlee
Ammetsburg
Merle LeRoy Jones
Grattfinger
Lea Vernard Farhe
Malhard
Walter Meyer
Mallard L
Everett Leonard
Therisa Sanders
Curlew
Emanuel Ostrum
Whittemore
Fred Simonson
Lammers
Henry Lammers
Grodland and Reeves
Auds
Graettinger State Bank
the Stars and Stripes
Mat Allens
Dwayne
Cat) Allen
Norfolk
Virginia
Olson
Pat
Tom Sullivan
Los Angeles
Grachtinger
Howard Noble
Iceland
Uncle Henry
Emma
JL. M. Hewertz
Ami
Utah
Harry Fink
Bob
Hatfield
Keysler Field
China
Towa
Arizona
Secretary of Agriculture
Food For Victory
Royal Lumber Co
A. R. Maurstad, Mer. Graettinger
Osgood News
S. W. Burg
Ruth Osher
Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Nil Nielson
A. J. Flint
Ringsted
Robert Winters
Merv. Antone Christie
Ingvixen
Gilbert Amdah
Lewit Larson
Niels Nielsen
Janeh
Chas Hansen
Carl Spies
High Lake
Pete Hansen
Nels Mortensen
Harnest Osher
Washington
Larson
Lioyd Laurson
Livermore
Herman
Family
Twelve Mile Lake
Thomas C. Mann
Iowa
H.L. Hoffmann
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Gardston
Vinusevormd
Hoffmann
Hoffmann’s Cal Appliance CO
Masonic ‘Temple
Minn
Surg
C&n Oil Co
Globe Products
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