Services Here Thursday For James M. Boles 68
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for James M. Boles 68 a Graettinger area farmer who died Monday from a gun wound at his farm home southwest of Graettinger He had battled cancer the past eighteen months Burial will be in Valley View cemetery with Fuhrman Funeral home in charge Pallbearers are Leo Thompson Emmet Murphy Gene McCarty Art Duhn Ted Torreson and Gerald Stueve Boles born August 28 1893 in Glasgow Kentucky married Mae Smith February 17 1916 and later farmed in Pocahontas county and Emmetsburg Survivors include wife Mae six daughters Ella Boles Mrs Robert Besehorner Mrs Herbert Curry Mrs Robert Potter Mrs Alvin Petersen and Mrs Donald Westfall a son Robert of Decatur Illinois a stepmother Nora Boles of Glasgow six brothers and one sister Preceded in death by son James Wallace Boles.
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James M. Boles
Graettinger
Graettinger Methodist Church
C.F. Curtis
Mac
Ella Boles
Robert
Marie) Besehorner
Emmetsburg
Herbert
Kathleen) Curry
Marian) Potter
Estherville
Alvin
Viola) Petersen
Announce Candidacy For June Primaries
The June primary election will be held June 4, 1962 and several county and state officeholders have announced their candidacy for reelection while others seek different posts. Three county officers have already announced plans to seek reelection and are circulating nomination papers. They are (Continued On Back Page).
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Wis
Red Cross Appeals for Public Support and Programs
The Red Cross asks public aid to sustain local programs and national disaster efforts. It highlights rapid disaster response, home service for servicemen families, water safety instruction for over 500 county children yearly, and first aid training in schools, noting funding supports national work and is directed to urgent needs.
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The
Red Cross
USA
American Red Cross
Home Service
Rory Aee
Pole Ny
Graettinger Store Draw Winner Repeats $25 Prize
Arthur Montgomery of Graettinger won last Saturday afternoon’s three o’clock draw for a $25 prize. Next Saturday’s draw at Graettinger stores will again offer a $25 prize for participants.
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Arthur Montgomery
Graettinger
Suss Electric Named GE Authorized Dealer in Graettinger
General Electric announces Suss Electric of Graettinger is the new authorized GE appliances dealer in this issue. The Graettinger store advertises GE appliances and is owned and operated by Howard Suss.
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8088 Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company
Suss Electric of
Graettinger
G. E
Suss Electric
Howard Suss
Dr V G Rients Opens Lakefield Chiropractic Office
Dr V G Rients of Lakefield Minnesota plans to open a chiropractic office in Grachtinger next Monday. The Weinholzer building upstairs suite formerly used by Dr C A Shiley will house the practice. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday 9 am to 12 noon Thursday and Saturday and 7 pm to 9 pm Monday evening.
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V. G. Rients
Lakefield
Minn
Grachtinger
Rients
Weinholzer
C. A. Shiley
All Hands on Deck Spoof Aims at Navy Mayhem
A lively film spoofing navy operations opens at Gracttinger Theatre featuring Pat Boone Barbara Eden and Buddy Hackett. The plot follows the LST St Clair County with a stowaway reporter and a live turkey mascot sparking a congressional probe and agency cooperation. The Palo Alto board names Don Graettinger Walnut township justice of the peace at its March 1 meeting.
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U. S. Navy
20Th Century-Fox Cinema
Pat Boone
Buddy Hackett
Dennis O'Keefe
Barbara Eden
St. Clair County
Donald
Sally Hobson
Garyfield
Departments of Defense, Interior
U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Don Graettinger
Walnut Twp
J. P
Palo Alto
Weekend Snowstorm Blocks Roads Across County
Weekend storm left country roads blocked in every direction after six more inches of snow fell Saturday and Sunday. Graettinger streets opened by Monday. County roads opened by afternoon as farmers cleared drifted lanes. Temperatures slipped to 5 below Tuesday, then rose above freezing by Wednesday afternoon.
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Graettinger
Highway 17
Minnie Nyborg 78 rites planned in Ruthven and Lost Island
Funeral services are set for Minnie Nyborg 78 a former Lost Island township resident who died Sunday in Chicago of a heart attack. Services will be at 1 pm at Lightie Hayes Funeral Home Ruthven and 2 pm at Lost Island Lutheran Church. She was born May 16 1883 in Illinois daughter of Betsy and Cornelius Nyborg and moved to Lost Island in 1894. She taught in Lost Island and later trained as a nurse at Deaconess Hospital Chicago. She worked in nursing then devoted her life to missionary and social welfare work in Chicago until death. Survivors include four sisters Lydia Norris Gradlinger Cora Thorr on Cherokee Iowa Alice Nyborg and Juletta Johnson California and two brothers Joe Ruthven and Jake Jackson Minn.
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Minnie Nybourg
Chicago
Lost Inland Township
Lightie Hayes
Ruthven
Lost Island Lutheran Church
Minnie Nyborg
Illinois
Betsy and
Cornelius Nyborg
Lost Island Township
Chris
Lydia) Norris
Gradlinger
Cora Thorron
Cherokee
Iowa
Alice Nyborg
Juletta Johnson
California
Joe
Jake
Jackson, Minn
Election Schedule and Deadlines for 1962 Primary and General
County Auditor Francis Hughes lists key dates for the 1962 elections. Filing deadlines announceable in March and April, absentee balloting opens in May, primary day June 4, and general election November 6 with official canvasses and certifications through late November.
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Francis Hughes
Iowa
Armed Forces
Audsitor
County Board of Supervisors
Executive Council
Grawale
Towa
Solar Radio Contest at Hammerberg's Rexall
Hammerberg's Rexall drug runs a solar radio contest with details in the ad. A free radio is promoted to readers who participate.
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Hammerberg
Rexall Drug
Lineups Listed For Friday Benefit Basketball Jamboree
A full evening of basketball and fun is planned for Friday March 9 at the Grachtinger gym to raise funds for the Junior High athletic program. Tentative adult lineups include Country men Lloyd McCombs Orville Nicol Bill Voigt Darrell Schnell Paul Frick and others Town men Lloyd Petersen Cap Henderson Kenny Jensen Jim Lensing Dr Frye Tom Burg Ron Moran Gary Alger Dr Dawson Alumni women Eloise Heller Harriet Dunn Bernice Weber Shirley Moran Kathryn Mammen Dora Potter Janice Christensen Nor alumni women Darlene Anderson Dixie Smith Junita Leste Abby Brohbst Liz Perrine Shirley Rowe Mary Ann Drier Etta Woodcock Shirley Mendengon Participants urged to contact organizers Lloyd Peterson Paul Frick or Orville Nicol Eloise Heller Dixie Smith or Junita Leslie.
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High School
Boyers
Lloyd McCombs
Orville Nicol
Bill Voigt
Darrell Schnell
Paul Frick
Lloyd Petersen
Cap Henderson
Kenny Jensen
Jim Lensing
Dr. Frye
Tom Burg
Ron Moran
Gary Alger
Dr. Dawson
Eloise Heller
Harriet Dunn
Bernice Weber
Shirley Moran
Kathryn Mammen
Dora Potter
Janice Christensen
Darlene Anderson
Dixie Smith
Junita Leste
Abby Brohbst
Liz Perrine
Shirley Rowe
Mary Ann Drier
Etta Woodcock
Shirley Mendengon
Lloyd Petergen
Junita Leslie
Closing out sale of farm machinery near Graettinger
Tuesday March 20 Clarence D Olson offers farm machinery and equipment at the farm located two miles east and six hundred forty four miles south of Graettinger. Sale starts at 1 o clock with Bortini and Clark as auctioneers. The sale ad will appear in the Times next week.
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Clarence D. Olson
Graettinger
Bortini and Clark
Times
Local Winners In District FFA Contest
Three members of the local FINA chapter won awards at the FFA District Contest and Convention in Hartley on March 3. Jim Dalen earned Gold for the Chapter Secretary's Record Book, Ron Graebtinger took Bronze for the Chapter Treasurer's Record Book, and Keith Norris earned Silver for the Chapter Reporter’s Scrap Book. Jim’s record book advances to the State Contest. David Twain was elected District Sentinel at the convention, a key role in district and state business.
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FINA
FFA
Hartley
Jim Dalen
Ron Graebtinger
Keith Norris
Jim
David Twain
District Sentinel
Area WFO Meeting At Ayrshire Next Tuesday
The National Farmers Organizations will hold an area meeting on Tuesday March 13 at Ayrshire Public School Ayrshire Ta. NFO President Gren Lee Staley from Rea Mo will speak on collective bargaining and NFO progress. Entertainment and registration start 730 pm with the meeting at 800 pm. A Q and A session follows inviting the public especially businessmen. Door prizes and a free lunch to all. A St Patricks dance at Legion hall March 17 with K and R Four to provide music.
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National Farmers Organizations
Ayrshire
NFO
Gren Lee Staley
Rea
Staley
The
Graettinger American Legion
the Legion Hall
World Day of Prayer Observance Friday at Methodist church
World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at the Methodist church in Gtnettinggs Wesday. Service begins at 2 p.m. A fellowship hour follows. Local hostesses include the ladies of the Methodist church with participation by Bethel Lutheran Lost Island Lutheran and former South Walnut church women. The service is part of a regional rotating event among area Protestant churches.
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Methodist Church
Ladies of the
Bethel Lutheran
Lost
Dbeaisianes
Died Saturday Graettinger resident Arthur Ritzman 63
Arthur W Ritzman 63 longtime Graettinger resident died Saturday afternoon at Palo Alto Memorial hospital in Emmetsburg after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Graettinger Methodist church with burial at Dumont. Military rites by Graettinger American Legion post. Pallbearers named. Fuhrman Funeral home in charge. He served in World War I and was active in local Masonic, Legion bodies and the Methodist church. He was survived by wife Lela, father C H Ritzman of Cedar Falls, a sister and a nephew.
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Arthur W. iRitzman
Graettinger
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
Emmetsburg
Graettinger Methodist Church
Chicago
Lela Fay Schaffer
Dumont
Graetlinger
Ritzman
Standard Oil Company
Gracttinger Municipal Light Plant
Gracttinger American Legion Post
Emmeteburg
Masonic Lodge
Lela
C. H. Ritzman
Cedar Falls
Ray Yost
Gruettinger PTA Meeting Planned for Tuesday Night
The Gruettinger PTA will meet Tuesday night March 18 in the school community room starting at 8 p.m. The program features talks on various subjects with Mrs. Luis Lisgard as chairman. Room visitation committees are Mrs. Weldon Bolle Mr. Cook and Mr. V. Carter.
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Gruettinger Pta
Luis Lisgard
Weldon Bolle
Cook
V. Carter
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Art Montgomery
Chiropractic
NAVY
Immaculate ‘Conception Church
Mveryone
Adv
Grachtinger Gym
Junior High Athletic Fund
Leslie
Alumni
Nonalumni
Jr. High
H. S
American Legion Free
ST. Patrick's Dance
Methodist
Sandin-Fuhrman
Frank Fuhrman
Sandin-Fuhrman Funeral Home
South 9Th St
Fred J. White
Fuhrman
Arthur Ritzman
PTA
Robert Dawson
Lion
Herb Hammerberg
Bud Schnell
Pat Rathman
Smith
Otters
Anderson
Stiles
Perrine
Harold Schmickley
IHSAA
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