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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
4
Weekday masses at 7:00 a.m. Confession Saturdays 3:00–5:00 p.m. and 7:00–8:30 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Choir practice after devotions on Wednesdays. Lenten Devotions every Sunday Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. during Lent.
St Pauls Lutheran lists Thursday Luther League supper at 6:00 p m with program and recreation after. Easter Cantata practice at First Lutheran at 8:50. Friday Charity Council meets at 7:00 p m. Saturday Confirmation class at 10:30 a m. Sunday special Bible Conference with Pastor Kermitt Grundahl guest speaker. morning services at 4:30 a m and 9:45 a m. No services at So Walnut this Sunday. children attend worship. evening service at St Pauls 7:30. Coffee hour after. Monday Bible Conference 7:30 p m at St Pauls. Tuesday Bible Conference 7:30 p m at First Lutheran. Wednesday Junior Choir 4:15 p m. Bible Conference 7:30 p m at First Lutheran. choir practice after ser-
The notice lists a joint Luther League supper at 6 00 p m at First Lutheran and a Bible Conference at 7 20 p m at the same or nearby venue, urging participation.
Thursday 7 00 p m choir rehearsal 8 15 p m M Y F Saturday 10 a m junior choir rehearsal Sunday 9 30 Church School 10 30 Morning Worship choirs sing minister speaks on Thirst Wednesday 7 30 p m Lenten service
The article lists multiple services and meetings at First Lutheran and Lost Island Lutheran with Pastor Paul G. Tolo. It includes evening suppers, devotional programs, Mission Society meetings, confirmation class, Sunday worships at 9:30 and 11, Sunday School, and a joint Bible Teaching Mission service at St Pauls with Pastor K C Grundahl. Public invitation extended.
Local Lutheran groups from Immanuel and First Lutheran schedule midweek Lenten services on March 14 at 8:00 p m with choirs rehearsals. Mission box offerings planned with hostesses named. A passenger, Eldon Zitterich, 22, of Graettinger, sustained a broken left collar bone and facial abrasions when his car overturned four miles south of Wallingford early Sunday. he was treated and released.
Karen Manchester escaped injury when her car ran off a gravel road northwest of Grachtinger and overturned at about 8:30 am Sunday near the Nick Meny farm curve. Skid marks suggest brake lock may have pulled the car into the ditch. damage estimated over $500, with most damage to the top. She was alone, returning from Schnell farm after an errand.
About seventy five people attended the Palo Alto Soil Conservation District annual meeting on February 22 at the R of P Hall in Emmetsburg. Lloyd Lund chaired the session with opening remarks from Hubert Campney Kenneth Henningsen and Robert Darrah. Joe Stritzel Iowa State College Extension Agronomist gave a talk highlighting soil depth and conservation points.
The discussion notes that about 10 inches of water remain of the 20 needed for a good corn crop. Palo Alto soils may hold 8 to 23 inches in the top five feet, requiring more rainfall. Farmers might benefit from reducing seeding to 12,000 to 14,000 plants per acre. where moisture is ample, normal rates apply.
Members of the Graettinger Chapter F F A will compete in tight district contests at Sheldon on Saturday March 17 following sub district events at Gillet Grove last Friday night. Contests advancing include Program of Work led by Dennis Graettinger Paul Bonstead and Gene Twait with several project records and award recipients listed.
Arthur W. Smith, Palo Alto County Republican Chairman, received authority from the Iowa Republican organization in Des Moines to select junior delegates to the Republican State Presidential Convention. The delegates are entitled to attend the regular county and district caucuses of their county.
District officials outline eligibility for junior delegates to the Republican State Presidential Convention with one-half the regular delegate ratio, announces March 16 county meeting at the Iowa Theater Semmersburg and April 6 state convention at Veterans Auditorium Des Moines.
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