Estate Leaves $3000 To Immaculate Conception Church
The Clyde V. Pringle estate of Emmetsburg discloses gifts to Graettinger and Emmetsburg churches and Palo Alto hospital. Bequests include 3000 to Immaculate Conception Church in Graettinger 2300 to St Jacob's Cemetery Graettinger 2000 to St Thomas Catholic Church Emmetsburg and 1000 to Palo Alto County Hospital Mo Pringle a former member of Immaculate Conception Church.
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Immaculate Conception
Clyde V. Pringle
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
Palo Alto Hospital
Immaculite Conception Church
St. Jacob's Cathodic Cemetery
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Paloce County Hospital
Pringle
Immaculate Conception Jourish
Waldorf Choir to Sing in Wallingford Sunday Afternoon
Waldorf College concert choir will perform at Wallingford Lutheran church at 1 p m on Sunday March 16 inviting area residents. The group includes John Ringsted and Paul Peterson and forms part of a 50th annual tour with stops in Minnesota Iowa and Ohio before a Forest City home concert on April 13. The choir is directed by Adrian Johnson who has led the group since 1967. Subzero temperatures persisted with 10 below zero and 12 below readings before a brief Sunday warmup and light snow.
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Waldorf College
Wallingford Lutheran Church
Paul Peterson
Sono
Nerdein Peterson
Wallington
John Peterson
Ringsted
Wallingford
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Adrian Johnson
Waldorf Choir
Odvin Hagen
Faras
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa
Iinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Forest City
Winois
North Dakota
Graettinger FFA District Leadership Conference Saturday
Graettinger FFA chapter hosts Iowa Association Northwest District leadership conference at the Graettinger school on Saturday March 15 with 250 to 300 participants. The event includes parliamentary procedure, public speaking, freshman creed, FFA quiz, talent, officer interviews, and an afternoon program with meetings, elections, awards, and installations.
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Graettinger
Iowa Association
Graettinger School
PFA
Grachtinger Ffa
Everly
Bruce Juhl
Creed
Juhl
Gary Anderson
Ivan Janssen
Ronnie Johnsan
Stanley Westergard
Roger Petersen
Northwest Iowa coops gain power via Osgood Substation
Corn Belt Power Cooperative builds the Osgood Substation on the Gilbert Reeves farm near Graettinger linking with NIMECA and local electric systems. The project accompanies a 161,000 volt transmission line from Wisdom Station west of Spencer to the new site, expanding regional capacity for Corn Belt, NIMECA, Pocahontas REC, and area towns.
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Corn Belt Power Cooperative
Gilbert Reeves
Graettinger
Osgood
North Iowa Municipal Electric Cooperative Association
Nimeca
Grachtinger
Spencer
Iowa
Wisdom
Alto
Thie Line
Funeral Rites For Arthur Albrecht Held In St Ansgar
Funeral services conducted February 26 for Arthur Albrecht 7 retired barber of St Ansgar were held at Immanuel Lutheran Church St Ansgar with Rev Norman Beke officiating. Burial followed in Immanuel Cemetery. Born March 26 1892 at St Ansgar he learned mortuary arts and barbering, worked 50 years as a barber, married Elvira Christopherson in 1916, and lived in Carpenter Spirit Lake and St Ansgar. Surviving are his wife two daughters two sons a brother and 12 grandchildren.
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Arthur Albrecht
Grachtunger
St. Ansgar
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Good Samaritan Nursing Center
Osage Hospital
Norman Beke
Arthur Alvin Albrecht
Moritz
Augusta Zasse Albrecht
Immanuel Lathean
Charles City Business College
Morticians
McAllister
Okla
Barber ‘College
Minneapolis
Carpenter
Iowa
Elvira Christopherson
Graettinger
S. O. Sande
Barber College
Lloyd Crim
Alfred Show
Spirit Lake
Elvira
Amil
Dorothy) Fisher
Harland
Elaine) Hartwig
Osage
Arthur, Jr
Fairmont
Minn
Melvin
LeRoy, Minn
Ervin
Absences Climb As Flu Hits Grachtinger Schools
In the Grachtinger Community, flu and colds caused high school and junior high absences. On Tuesday 95 students were out, with daily counts from 75 to 585 in the past week. The junior high group bore the largest share of absences.
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Grachtinger
Tueday
Gas official dies in Greyington explosion
Russell Lastine manager of Graettinger municipal gas system suffers third degree facial burns and dies after an explosion while checking a furnace at the Richard Schany residence. He was treated at Dr. Dawson's office and confined at home for a week.
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Russell Lastine
Graettinger
Richard Schany
Community Fire District Special Election Monday
The Graettinger area urges voters to participate in a special election to establish a Graettinger fire district. Free rides are offered to those with transportation issues or icy streets, via Graettinger Insurance Agency at 859-3841. A Sunday morning fire damaged a 1963 Ford motor at John Prather residence, started by the owner leaving the car running.
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Pelicy
Graettinger Benefited
Graettinger Insurance Agency
Graettinger
John Prather
Ford Auto
Prather
St Patrick Day parade and dignitaries to attend Emmetsburg event
U S Congressman Wiley Mayne Iowa Governor Robert Ray state Senator Walter Ham mer and state Representative Leo Sanders will be among dignitaries viewing the St Patrick day parade in Emmetsburg March 15 according to Art Weiland chairman of the dignitaries committee. They will be joined by Paudge Brennan Irish Parliament member and other honored guests including Joan Daly from County Sligo Ireland an Irish Air Lines hostess who will accompany Brennan. The parade begins at 1 p m and features over 100 entries with Grand Ole Opry performances at Corrigan Hall at 2 30 and 7 p.m. on Sunday. The Miss Shamrock pageant is set for Friday at 7 30 p m. Reigning queens Susan Thompson Miss Iowa and Becky Stoner Miss Iowa Universe headline a parade entourage. Other queens include Laura Vick Vicki Vapova Patti Roggen Karla Kinnick and Linda Rugg. A preparade procession will have the queens and dignitaries ride and review the parade afterward.
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U. S
Wiley Mayne
Iowa
Robert Ray
Walter Hammer
Leo Sanders
Emmetsburg
Art Weiland
Paudge Brennan
Joan Daly
County Sligo
Ireland
Irish Air Lines
Brennan
Grand Ole Opry
Corrgan Hall
Susan Thompson
Towa
America
Becky Stoner
Laura Vick
Vicki Vapova
Patti Roggen
Orange City
Karla Kinnick
Estherville
Linda Rugg
Miss Poccahontas Rural Electric Cooperative
Arnold Peton Farm Machinery Sale Monday March 24
Arnold Peton will hold a closing out sale of farm machinery and other items Monday, Mar. 24 on the farm located four miles west of Spies' corner, at the northwest edge of Graettinger, and 11 miles north. The sale will begin at 1 p.m. Bortint and Brown will be the auctioneers and the Graettinger State bank will clerk.
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Arnold Peton
Spies’ Corner
Graettinger
Bortint and Brown
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger Area Fire District Trustee Election
Five candidates will be elected by write in ballot in a special election next Monday for Graettinger Benefit Fire District trustees. Any qualified resident may be written in. seven residents have signaled willingness to serve: Einer Appel, John DeVries, Onw Gjerde, Henry Jensen, Mito Lammers, Albert Norris, and George Tweit.
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Graettinger Benefited
Einer Appel
John DeVries
Onw Gjerde
Henry Jensen
Mito Lammers
Albert Norris
George Twait
Luther Nordic Choir to Perform in Washington and New York
Luther College Nordic Choir under Weston Noble will perform in Washington D C at the National Cathedral on March 22 then in New York at Philharmonic Hall on March 25. The group, featuring James Skattebo son of Mr and Mrs Earnest Skattebo, joins 15 other choirs for the International University Choral Festivals with Robert Shaw directing three major works on March 30 with the Juilliard School of Music orchestra. The ensemble returns to Decorah on March 31.
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Decorah -- Luther College
Weston Noble
Lincoln Center
New York
United States
International University
Washington, D. C
National Cathedral
Philharmonic Hall
Robert Shaw
Juilliard School of Music Orchestra
Lather
Decorah
$50 Buck Prize Draw At Granger Stores Next Saturday
Participating Granger stores will feature another $50 Buck prize in the weekly Saturday afternoon drawing. Drawing time is three o'clock. Mrs Arlyn Peterson did not claim last Saturday's prize.
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Gradanger
Arlyn Peterson
Satuday
Graettinger to vote on benefited fire district creation
A special Graettinger election will be held Monday March 17 at the Legion Hall from 8 am to 8 pm to decide establishing a Graettinger benefited fire district. Five candidates will vie for three trustee seats with voters writing names on blank ballots and the joint boards of Palo Alto and Emmet counties to appoint trustees. The charter would authorize a tax levy not to exceed 1.5 million on all taxable property within the district to purchase own or maintain fire apparatus and housing.
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Graettinger
Graettinger Benefited Fire District
Graettinger American Legion Hall
Benefited Fire District
Joint Boards of Supervisors
Palo Alto
Emmet
Graettinger Benefited
Iowa
Graettinger Telephone Company
Walnut
Lost Island
Vernon
Highland
Twelve Mile Lake
High Lake
Jack Creek
Craettinger
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Pontour
Jeffers
Sleepy .Eye
Madeira
FFA
Northwest
Board of Education
Graettinger Community School District
Gmaettinger
Community Fire District
St. Patrick’s Day
Gene Scchacherer
Leo Mahan
Bob Bescharner
Virgil Mendricksen
Nebraska
Ther Nielsen
G4w For Co
Gracttinger
James Skattebo
Luther Nordic Choir
GHS
Earnest Skattebo
Luther Choir
Legion Hall
Greettinger
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