Christy's Rexall Drug Grand Opening This Weekend
Cherri and Dan Christensen invite Rexall Drug customers to a weekend grand opening on Friday and Saturday March 6 and 7. Free gifts for all attendees include orchids for the first 100 ladies daily, fever thermometers for the first 36 men daily, records, balloons, calendars, and merchandise samples. Door prizes, a grand prize worth hundreds, and a children’s prize are featured along with special prices and free refreshments. The store hours extend Friday to 9 pm and Saturday to 10 pm. The owners re opened the building formerly Hammerberg and Jensen drugs after remodeling in October.
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Cherri
Dan Christensen
Christy
Rexall
Hammerberg Drug
Jensen Drug
Graettinger Merchants Offer $75 Buck Prize Saturday
Graettinger merchants announce a $75 Buck prize will be awarded Saturday in the weekly three o'clock drawing. Betty Platter of Estherville did not claim that week’s Buck award. Buena Vista College registrar Ardelle E. Bruns reports 55 students on the honor roll, including Graettinger residents Ronald L. Baedke and Mrs. Sandi Baedke.
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Graettinger Merchants
Betty Platter
Estherville
Buck
Buena Vista
Ardelle E. Bruns
Buena Vista College
Graettinger
Ronald L. Baedke
Sandi Baedke
Public Auction Friday near Wallingford Farm
Lester Larsen to hold a public auction on his farm located one half mile south and one mile west of Wallingford on Friday March 6 beginning at 12 30. Sale ad appeared in last week's Times. RITES HELD MONDAY FOR CLARA FUDE 79 MOTHER OF WM FUDE.
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Lester Larsen
Wallingford
Salead
Graettinger Lions plan benefit auction March 30
The Graettinger Lions club schedules a benefit auction at the school on Monday evening March 30. Arnold Alesch chairs, Bob Davis co chairs. Proceeds fund Graettinger summer recreation, sight conservation, and other Lions projects. Community residents urged to donate items and attend. Grass fire in Highland township damages farms of Norris, McGranahan, Simonsen, Wynn before snow. Ruthven firemen help neighbors in extremely dry conditions burning 15 to 20 acres.
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Graettinger Lions Club
Graettinger
Arnold Alesch
Bob Davis
Lions Club
Highland
Martin Norris
Merle McGranahan
Lloyd Simonsen
Wesley Wynn
Highland Township
Ruthven
Salvation Army Drive In Progress
Salvation Army drive led by BR. L. Mesenbrink is in progress with appeal letters mailed. The effort supports local needs such as illness aid, glasses, dental services, and fire relief with clothing, furniture, and groceries. Community members are urged to give generously to keep funds local. Local committee includes G. F. Shaver H. A. Beenbast and Paul Stuart.
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Salvation Army
BR. L. Mesenbrink
G. F. Shaver
H. ‘A. Beenbast
Paul Stuart
FHA Girls On Discussion Panel At State Meeting
Four girls Chris Stuart Judy Edwards Diana Bortini and Mrs Fredericksen will attend the Annual Future Homemakers of America State Meeting in Des Moines March 6 and 7. About 600 delegates from 160 town schools will participate. The panel led by Mrs Fredericksen will discuss the theme You and Your Values and the state goal Discovering Myself and My Worth to Athens. Delegates will plan for values in 1964 65 chapters. Russ Mahan Iowa State University will keynote Friday. The IA association includes 8500 girls in 160 chapters with Betty Lea Trout as state advisor. Ejection of 1964 65 state officers Friday afternoon. Janet Werner installing officer Saturday morning.
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Chris Stuart
Judy Edwards
Diana Bortini
Fredericksen
Future Homemakers of America
Des Moines
Athens
Russ Mahan
Iowa State University
America
Iowa Association
Division of Vocational Education
Department of Public Instruction
Betty Lea Trout
Janet Werner
Graettinger High Plans 1964 National Merit Test Date
Graettinger High School announces the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test for 1964 will be given at 9 a.m. Tuesday March 10. Eligible students seeking 1965 Merit Scholarships should take the three hour exam, the first step in the tenth annual competition. Last year 1528 scholarships were awarded from 179 sponsors and Merit Corporation. Scores will be reported to schools by May 15 to aid college decisions.
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Graettinger
Rob Ashburn
National Merit Scholarealp Corporation
Merit Corporation
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital Association to Meet Monday
A special meeting of the Palo Alto County Memorial Hospital Association is set for Monday March 9 at 8 pm in the hospital lounge. Dr A N Kruse president discusses plans to consider using hospital funds to purchase an alternative site for the new county hospital.
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Palo Alto Memorial Hospital Association
Palo Alto County Memorial Hospital Association
A. N. Kruse
Parchane Te Alte
Phone Sticker Drive Aids Local Emergency Numbers
Graettinger fire department in cooperation with Fuhrman Funeral Home and Graettinger Telephone Company will distribute phone number stickers. They list fire police and ambulance numbers and fit under most phone cradles. Distribution accompanies March phone bills. contact Fire Chief Omer Gjerde or telephone office for more stickers. Nearby Rural Electric Cooperative members attend National meeting in Dallas March 8 12 with representatives from several towns.
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Graettinger Fire Department
Fuhrman Funeral Home
Graettinger Telephone Company
Graettinger Fire
Fire Department
Omer Gjerde
Regals'n
Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Dallas
Texas
Earl Kerns
Malani
G. A. Behrens
Palmer
James EK
DeWolf
Gilmore City
Oley Gunderson
Rodman
Clyde L. Peterson
Laurens
R. L. Hudson
George M. Stockdale
Johnson Administration
Congress
Power
Legion And Auxiliary Meeting Tuesday Night
The Graetlinger American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a meeting Tuesday night March 10 at 8 p.m. at the Legion hall. All members are urged to attend.
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Legion and Auxiliary Meeting
Graetlinger American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Town to centralize utility billing at town hall
Grachtinger residents will pay bills at one central office in the town hall with Myrtle Nissen as secretary of municipal utilities in charge. Hours are 9 to 5 daily, 9 to 12 on Saturdays, with remodeling of council chambers to create space. The center is slated to begin April 1 pending arrangements. Meter readings will be done by one call to each home or business. Further announcements will come later.
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Grachtinger
Municipal Light Plants Board
Town Hall
Myrtle Nissen
Municipal Utilities
Buena Vista College Choir Tour Opens Friday
Buena Vista college choir conducted by Mr. Robert D. Pfastograft begins a tour of towns in Missouri and Iowa with a Grace Presbyterian Church Des Moines stop on March 15. Local members include Ronald Baedke, Larry Baedke, and Sandi Baedke, children of Baedke and Reeves families. The group also performs in Topeka, Kansas City, Leavenworth, Jefferson City, Alton, Bloomington.
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Martin Baeadke
Sandi
Gib Reeves
Graettinger Students Earn Nine Division One Speech Ratings
Graettinger High school speech students earned nine Division One ratings at Emmetsburg in their first district contest and first year of speech. Mary Weir, Merry McGinnis, Karen Wicks, Dixie Janssen, Donna Suss, Cheryl Rose and others earned top marks. all Division I contestants advance to state in Carroll March 20 21. Firemen were called to a grass fire southwest of Farmers Creamery. snow relief followed prior dry conditions.
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Graettinger High School
Emmetsburg
J. E. Hoekstra
Mary Weir
Merry McGinnis
Karen Wicks
Dixie Jangsen
Roni Walker
Donna Suss
Cheryl Rose
Iowa High School Speech Association
Carroll
Jim Wikert
Betty Thoreson
Connie Jensen
Sheila Brown
Randy James
Dale Hoffman
Jerry Wikert
Marlene Schnell
Barbara, Murray
Susan iAdesch
Grachtinger
Farmers Creamery
Terril Fire Destroys Multiple Businesses Early Sunday
A Sunday dawn blaze in Terril destroyed Wilbur and Ruths Cafe and several nearby businesses including Farmers Coop lumber yard Howard Bendixon Implement Co and D D Keagle Trucking Co garage. Damages estimated at about 400000 with a car tractor six trucks shop equipment and fertilizer lost in the Eagle Building. Fire spread to a frame building and forced evacuations of nearby homes as crews contained the flames despite 25 mph winds.
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Terril
Wilbur
Ruth
Farmers Coop Lumber
Howard Bendixon Implement Co
D. D. Keagle Trucking Co
Terri
Wm. C. Nohren
Spencer
Eagle
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Cherri Christensen
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Maren
Towdey
Pacard
Palo Alto County Association For
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Bnmetsburg
Vernon Township
Fred Brown
Vernon
Wills Smith
Henry Larsen
Graettinger Reaide
M.cg
Vallee Rosely
Graettinger Town Band
Hawk
Eye Building
Clarence AA
John Paulsen
A. Jensen
Russell George
Bert Shaver
Emer Forby
Tom Mahan
Floyd Fleming
Gerhart Axelton
Ward Noble
Roland George
Mr. Larsen
Clara Fude
WM. Fude
Clara S. Fude
Cylinder
Palo Alto County
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
St. Michaeliz Catolic Church
Whittemore
Elsworth-Belter
Phillip Dailey
James Leners
Vincent Lenet
William Fude
Raymond Fude
Dennis J. Bradley
Jerry Fude
St. Michael's Cemetery
FHA
Town Utilities Plan Central Billing and Collection Office
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