Wallingford Readies Market Day Event
Readiness for Market Day on Saturday March 14 highlights Wallingford sale planned by Snasa'men of Wallingford. Auctioneer Goodland Reeves will conduct a large sale with live stock and machinery offered by sealed bids. Community groups, cafe redecorations, and local updates fill the Times office report.
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Wallingford
Busi- Snasa'men
Ames
Cinnegota
Ladies'Aid
Himbauch
Evich Aa
Our
Joratad
Joratad Hard‘Co
Timea
Graettinger
Savings of
Grabbittnger Market Report March 42 1951
Market notes list corn outs Wiggs and Leghorns at page 188 with heavy hens end stags and old roosters ducks across a mixed poultry section. The readable items show farm stock names and prices in a fragmented agricultural market roundup.
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Grabttinger
Thompson's Grocery Gets New Shelving and Redesign
Thompson's Grocery in Graettinger undergoes interior rearrangement with new shelving installed and stock to be re arranged. Painters and decorators will follow. work to take several weeks as Mr Thompson runs a modern store with strong patronage.
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Thompson'a
Graettinger
Thompson
Frank Herke Sale March 18 Auction Near Gracttinger
Frank Herke of eleven miles northeast of Gracttinger will close out his estate Friday March 18 starting at noon with a free lunch. The sale includes 6 horses 30 cattle many milch cows 12 Duroc Jersey brood sows due in April plus a Dalaval milking machine two Dalaval separators and a large assortment of machinery and grain. Grodland Reeves auctioneers Farmers Savings Bank of Wallingford will clerk.
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Frank Herke
Gracttinger
Herke
Whlis
Jersey
Farrow
Anle
Grodland & Reeves
Farmers Savings Bank of Wallingford
P T A Meeting Postponed to March 24
Social items note the P T A meeting moved from March 17 to Tuesday March 24 with a call for broad attendance and a good program. Royal Neighbors to meet March 17 at Mrs Warl Jones home. members urged to note the date and attend.
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P. Tl. A
Royal Neighbors
Warl Jones
C A Jensen Elected Head of Commercial Club
The Gradlinger Commercial Club annual meeting at City Hall elected C A Jensen president Max Gaumgartner VP and HH A Blaenbast secretary treasurer The executive committee included the officers and A H Henning sen L T Lewinan George Frick J J Sullivan Retiring officers A H Henningsen and L T Lewison declined another term praising their work The club seeks new memberships to benefit Graettinger
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Gradlinger Commercial Club
City Hall
C. A. Jonson
Max Gaumgartner
HH. A. Blaenbast
A. H. Henningsen
L. T. Lewinan
George Frick
J.J. Sullivan
Commercial Club
Graettinger
Farm Bureau Meeting and Play At Center Schoolhouse
The Loa Tae land Farm Bureau will meet March 17 at 8 p.m. at Center school house. program includes a play Mrs Oakley’s Telephone, address by My L. South of Wallingford on The Topic of The Times, and talk by the county agant plus musical numbers.
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Islad Farm Bureaurogram
Loa Taeland Farm Bureau
Center School House
Oakley
Wallingford
Betty Lou Operetta at Hawkeye Theatre in Grachtinger
Betty Lou a comic operetta in three acts directed by Miss Peart Noble will be staged at the Hawkeye Theatre in Grachtinger Thursday night March 19. Tickets may be reserved at Prick Drug Store from 4 p m Wednesday March 18. The plot centers on a family in financial trouble and a mother scheme to find a wealthy husband for Betty Lou. Betty Lou aged twenty is cautious but spirited and the arriving fiancé misjudges her as a younger sister. Cast lists many named actors and a dancing corps with local names.
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Betty Lou
Betty Low
Loretta Swift
Anthony Pendleton
Serene Myhre
Tony Pendleton
Clayton Rosgeboro
Lola Pendleton
Marian George
Bee
Vivian Norris
Evelyn Elsenbast
Arlene Grodfind
Gladys Elsenbast
Elaine Swift
Alice Weir
Dorothy Allen
Rokne, B. K. Dies This Afternoon in Wallingford
Death comes suddenly after a short illness in Wallingford. Funeral arrangements not yet set. Fire crew responded to Bartleman Barber Shop fire last week, caused by a floor flare near a gasoline burner. Bartlemans thank the fire company for prompt service.
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B. K. Rokne
Wallingford
Bartleman
Messrs. Bartleman
the Times
Furniture ads tout Spring sale and old price lows
The text notes furniture prices at historic lows since 1914 ahead of the war, urging a buy now sale from Hen. Aérson Furnituts Co of Graettingen. It highlights returns on furniture as a home investment and calls readers to read the ad. Also mentioned are automobile tagging in Graettinger and price drops last week with tax details.
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Indlords
Fisher Hotel
Wilbur Price
Em- Ufr
Igona
Fisher Shere
John Widenca
Price
Gruyttinger
Parniture
Dance at Woodman Hall in pleasant evening
Social dance event announced for Tuesday May 17 at Woodman Hall. Music by the Melody Masters will furnish entertainment. Hall to be decorated for the occasion, with provisions for a cordial gathering and dancing throughout the evening.
Albert Luke 18 Making Substantial Improvements
Albert Luke and his sons near Grachtener have erected a concrete feeding platform and a stock water tank at substantial cost. The eight by sixteen foot tank, fed by hundreds of rock footings, uses over a thousand dollars worth of cement and connects to a hog house platform. A new windmill adds reserve power as part of ongoing farm improvements.
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Times
Albert Luke
Grachtinger
Take
Luke
Donlon Clarifies County Agent Salary Report
Donlon addresses Ayrshire Emmetsburg readers to correct impression that County Agent salary was 3000 dollars. He explains total funding 9000 dollars, 1800 county plus 600 federal, mileage 10 cents per mile, and 791 dollars mileage in 1930. He notes taxes rely on local boards to cut costs and reduce taxes, promising further remarks next week. A gas pump installed by Alfred Hanger at his produce shop is also noted.
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Ayrshire
Emmetsburg
Parma
Cotherk
Aidy
Reduced Movie Admission Prices At The Hawkeye
The Gratae business men arrange a five and ten cent showing at Hawes keye Theatre Saturday evening March 14. Adults pay 25c at old price, 10c at new price. children 10c and 6c respectively. A good silent picture will be shown. if attendance is satisfactory, five and ten cent shows may continue for months. The Graettinger marshal will be present to enforce order.
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Gratae
Haweskeye Theatre
Graettinger
Melody Masters debut orchestra with polished dance rhythm
The Melody Masters led by Leonard Merklin features LeRoy Bartleman on violin Howard Horswell tenor sax and clarinet Leonard Merklin alto sax and vocal Robert Cox on bass Marian George on piano and LaVerne Fisher on drums The six entertainer deluxe promises lively performances and popular appeal for dances in the region.
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Melody Masters
Graetiinger
Leonard Maxklin Agsleader
LeRoy Bartleman
Howard Horswell
Leonard Merklin
Robert Cox
Marian George
LaVerne Fisher
Dantes
the Times
Election Judgments Questioned in Graettinger Vote
Monday's Graettinger school election drew criticism as Election Judges D E McCarty and H A Elsenbast with H E Fink denied Albert Luke of Emmet County permission to vote there despite sixty consecutive days in Graettinger. Separately the dedication of St Marys Academy gym in Emmetsburg was announced with a banquet and speakers expected to draw hundreds.
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D. E. McCarty
H. A. Elsenbast
Graettinger
H. E. Fink
Albert Luke
Emmet
St. Mary’s Academy
Emmetsburg
South Side
Death of Father Moore Mourns Omaha Priest Hails from Graettinger
The funeral for Father Moore of Omaha was attended by Father Kelly and Father McNerney of Taprogtehore, drawing many Catholic parishioners from Graettinger. John Q. Jortson of Boone, a former cashier at the Wirgt Nation-UL bank, greeted friends in Graettinger Tuesday.
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Kelly
Hag
Jide
Toni’ OQ
Jertegyn
John QO
Jortson
Af' Boone
Jertaon
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