Brennan Urges Farmers To Co-Operate In 1941 AAA Drive
L Brennan voices urging farm co operation during Palo Alto County sign up meetings for the 1941 Triple A program. He argues labor gains from co operation boost farm income, noting that higher corn or wheat prices raise costs little for bread and create industrial jobs. He stresses national unity, defense, and fair distribution of hours and pay to provide work opportunities.
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Lawrence Brenan
Palo Alto
Graettinger Market Report March 20 1941
Market notes from Graettinger dated March 20 1941 show cornage oats and butter prices. No. 2 oats bring 12 cents, No. 1 oats 18 cents. Brand butter at 3d. Heavy hens 4-5 pounds 10 cents, light hens 8 cents, heavy hens 5 pounds plus 12 cents, springs 5 and over 11 cents.
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Graettinger
Seeeerseewee
Father Hurley to be Installed Next Sunday
The Rev. Father D. K. Hurley will be installed as pastor of Immaculate Conception church Graettinger next Sunday March 28 at 4 p m Five or six neighboring priests will attend the ceremony He has been serving as pastor here for a few weeks coming from Ruthven It is expected there will be a very large attendance at the installation exercises Sunday.
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Father Hurley
Father D. K. Hurley
Immaculate Conception Church
Graettinger
Ruthven
Jacobson Elected President and Ball Re-Elected
At Monday’s school board meeting Dr. Olene Jacobson was elected president and has served in that role for three years. Superintendent Kyle Jones was rehired and Joe Ball named principal and drama teacher. Both received salary increases as teachers in high school and grades to be hired again on April 8.
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Schoo Board
Olene Jacobson
Jacobson
Kyle Jones
Joe Ball
Marriage Bill Advances After House Vote
Senate File 2 passed the House with seven opposing votes in a move tied to the well known marriage bill. Des Moines visitors Matt Donovan and Maxine of Estherville attended a weekend music contest. Governor Wil son hosted Emmetsburg delegates seeking improvements to Medium Lake. Basketball notes cover Mallard and Lenox in the Town State Girls tourney, with Mallard earning admiration for their sportsmanship after defeats.
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Senate
House
Matt Donovan
Maxine
Estherville
Des Moines
Sweekend
Emmetsburg
Wilson
Medium Lake
Mallari
Auction Monday March 24 Market Sale in Graettinger
Auc tioneer M O Grodlnd and the EK A Bergum Estate hold an auction March 24 starting 1 30 P M at the Grodland residence in west Graettinger Many Bergum Estate items including machinery poultry hay grain feed 100 bushels of new seed oats buildings and a Model A coupe will be offered Grodlind Reeves are auctioneers Graettinger State Bank clerk Display ad in Times lists full details Market day sale planned for March 29 as first Saturday sale in Graettinger Farmers urged to list stock machinery seed feed and household goods for sale Roads expected good date set for first market sale of season.
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M. 0. Grodland
EK. A. Bergum
Grodland
West Graettingey
Bergum
Grodland & Reeves
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger
Emmetsburg
Grodlind & Reeves
Graetting Ras
Left for Rolla with a cozy trailer house
Art Duhn left for Rolla Missouri on Wednesday morning. While visiting home he bought a factory made trailer and hauled it to Rolla. The trailer sleeps four and rents for 15 dollars per week. He and Leonard Rude own another trailer house at Rolla used for sleeping quarters.
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Rolla
Art Duhn
Missouri
Leonard Rude
High Wind Hits Graettinger Last Sunday
A northwest wind at about 45 miles per hour struck Graettinger at 1:30 Sunday morning, howling through the night and day. No loose snow was on the ground, averting a disaster seen in northern Minnesota and North Dakota where an 85 mile per hour gale caused many deaths.
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Graettinger
Africa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Dakota
New Mattress Factory Opens in Graettinger
A new mattress making center started operations in Graettinger on Monday March 17 with Margaret Pratt of Emmetsburg in charge. A similar plant in Emmetsburg’s 4 H building has produced 179 mattresses by Saturday night toward a county quota of 720. Workers wear gauze masks and fabric clothing to keep cotton fibers from clinging to wool. The Legion hall site in Graettinger is a busy work center as the ten day aim targets sixty mattresses.
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Graettinger
Grachtinger Mattress
Legion Hall
Theo Johnson, 62, Former Mayor, Dies in Emmetsburg
Theo Johnson, 62, former mayor of Cylinder, died at Emmetsburg Hospital Monday night from a heart ailment. A Republican candidate for state representative in earlier years, he was regarded as a splendid gentleman and Palo Alto county mourns his loss.
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Theo Johnson
Cylinder
Emmetsburg
Johnson
Palo Alto County
Free Dog Sled Rides Arrive in Graettinger Saturday
Graettinger and surrounding territory residents can enjoy free rides on a genuine dog train this Saturday. Alaska trained dogs, including Kazan the five month old wolf dog and lead dog Satan, will feature in a northern caravan with talks on living conditions in the far north. The event runs Saturday afternoon and night with school talks for pupils Friday.
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Graettinger
Arctic
Pacific
Alaska
Kazan
Satan
van Horn
Shirley Whiteside Joins Iowa Music Festival Program
Miss Shirley Whiteside returned from Des Moines after attending a festival of the Iowa School Music associations. She practiced with a 250 member high school ensemble under Revelli of the University of Michigan, part of a festival orchestra of 200 and chorus of 650 for the North Central Music Educators Conference. The concert, led by Dr. Maddy, Noble Cain, and Revelli, was praised as musically outstanding.
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Shirley Whiteside
Des Moines
Iowa School Music Associations
Revelli
U. of Michigan
Iowa Associations
North Central Music Educators’ Conference
Mid-West
Bates
F. J. Whiteside
Shirley
Iowa
Maddy
University of Michigan
Interlochen
Mich
Noble Cain
Chicago
Michigan
Mac Jensen Joins the Army From Graettinger
Malcolm Jensen son of Mr and Mrs G C A Jensen of Graettinger has enlisted in the U S Army and is awaiting stationing at a training camp. He has worked in a bank at Arlington for about a year. The Times extends best wishes for honor and success in the service.
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Mac Jensen
Malcolm
Mac) Jensen
GC. A. Jensen, Graettinger
Uncle
Sam
Arlington
Times
Three Named To Manage Light Plant
Jorgen Andersen Glenn Shaver and Mike Weinholzer appointed to electric light plant commission to operate the municipal plant. Andersen six year term Shaver four year term Weinholzer two year term. Ground location under consideration east of Graettinger Block and Tile Co might suit best near railroad siding.
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Jorgen Andersen
Glenn Shaver
Mike Weinholer
Electric Light Plant Commission
Mr. Andersen
Mr. Shaver
Weinholzer
Ail
Jevel
Graettinger Block & Tile Co
Free Show and Lunch For New Grain Mixer at Graettinger
Jorgen Andersen of Farmers Grain Co invites Graettinger residents to a free show at the Legion hall on Friday March 28 at 2 pm. A free lunch with hot dogs and coffee follows at 3:30 pm. The event demonstrates a Blue Streak twin screw mixer that handles up to a ton per hour for mixing concentrates with feed for chicks pigs or cows. Attendees can learn how to use the mixer to balance rations and where to obtain feed. All are welcome from town and country.
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Farmers Grain Co
Jorgen Andersen
The
Grain Co
Graettinger
Legion Hall
Friends of
Honor Roll For The Past Six Weeks
Honor roll lists seniors Eva Anderson Charlotte Howard Florence Jackson Ardys Olson Betty Swift Gloria Vasey. Juniors include Lois Jean Carter Elaine Clemenson Elva Gage Margaret Gilbaugh Duane Johnson Evelyn Reasoner Dorothy Tindall Shirley Whiteside Eleanor Wikert Marjorie Young. Sophomores George Trick Vance Knutsen Geneva Osher Doris Peterson Wilmeta Stoltz. Freshmen Virginia Duus Donna Gilbaugh Alfred Maurstad Verna Richardson Mary Sullivan. Eighth Grade Ruth Frick Sam Young Seventh Grade Delores Clemonson Frances Herke Madge Jacobson Valois Jensen Carolyn Maurstad Marl Mills Keith ONeill.
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Eva Anderson
Charlotte Howard
Florence Jackson
Ardys Olson
Betty Swift
Gloria Vasey
Lois Jean Carter
Elaine Clemenson
Elva Gage
Margaret Gilbaugh
Duane Johnson
Evelyn Reasoner
Dorothy Tindall
Shirley Whiteside
Eleanor Wikert
Marjorie Young
George Trick
Vance Knutsen
Geneva Osher
Doris Peterson
Wilmeta Stoltz
Virginia Duus
Donna Gilbaugh
Alfred Maurstad
Verna Richardson
Mary Sullivan
Ruth Frick
Sam Young
Delores Clemonson
Frances Herke
Madge Jacobson
Valois’ Jensen
Carolyn Maurstad
Marl Mills
Keith O'Neil
Graettinger Elected State President of Iowa Checker Players
Al Graettinger was elected state president of the Iowa Checker Players organization. He has sixty days to decide whether to accept the post. Congratulations, Al.
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al Graettinger
Iowa Checker Players Organization
Storm Lake Doctor Dead in Storm Lake Obituary
Dr. George Smith aged a little over 60 died recently in Storm Lake. The obituary notes he was not known in Graettinger. Mention is made that Mrs. Smith is a niece of BE. The fragment mentions names George, ee city, and C. & George, Grin nell, but details are unclear.
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George Smith
Storm Lake
Keeney Reports On Capitol Hill State Politics 1941
Dr Geo H Keeney writes from Deswings Iowa Capitol Hill about the 49th General Assembly session set to adjourn on Thursday April 10. he notes bills on marriage licenses blood tests and driver age limits, plus a plan for a state office building and a Cowles England visit.
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Deswings
Town
Geo. H. Keeney
House
Senate
General Assembly
48Th
Eckerman
T. R. Age
Iowa State College Engineering School
I’. M. Dawson
State University of Iowa Engineering School
Des Moines
John Cowles
England
Cowles
Wendell Wilkie
Coutry
Annual Meeting Notice of Lost Island Cemetery Association
The Lost Island Cemetery association will hold its annual meeting at Lost Island church on Tuesday March 25 at eight o'clock. Election of officers will take place and lunch will be served.
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Lost Island Cemetery Association
Lost Island Church
Help Wanted: War Service Listing Begins Next Week
The Times announces a forthcoming list of Graet tinger boys who have joined the army navy marine corps air corps Red Cross or other war service branches. The list will start next week and be incomplete at first, with readers invited to help update it after that issue.
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Graettinger
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Corps
Red Cross
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L. Brennan
Jones
Ball
Supt Jones
Joel Ball
Capitol Hill
Vivian Sullivan
49Th General Assembly
Grimes
State House
Notre Dame
Irish
Northwestern
Iowa City
Drake
Indiana
Col. George
Grinnell
E. C. Kent
Indianola
Kent
Mr. George
Cali
Lenox
Numa
Register
Mallard
Casey Heathman
Ames
Plover
Keeney
Field House
Irene Nelson
Wesly Sevdy
Emmet
Best
Towa
Yugoslavia
Italy
A. R. McMullen
West Bend
Down Town
Joe Hand
Joe
Joy Kingdon Gehrt
Drake Field House
Grodland & Bergum Estate
Theo. Johnson
Dr. Keeney
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