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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1956
Page
4
Weekday masses at 7 00 am confession Saturdays 3 00 to 5 00 pm and 7 00 to 8 30 pm Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 am Choir practice after devotions Wednesday Lenten devotions at 7 30 pm on Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent
Sunday schedule shows Paul G. Tolo presiding as pastor. Thursday events include Dorcas Circle at Raymond Rose home, choir rehearsal, and adult instruction at the church. Saturday features a Confirmation Class at 9 a.m. and a 10:45 a.m. service at Lost Island Lutheran.
Lost Island and First Lutheran announce Palm Sunday worship at 9 30 a m and 11 a m respectively with 10 30 a m Sunday School and choir. Lenten coin folders are urged for Easter cantata The Seven Last Words at 2 30 p m in Grachtinger school auditorium by the Community Chorus. Holy Week services run Wednesday Maundy Thursday and Good Friday with joint leadership by pastors Sorensen and Tolo.
The schedule highlights a Thursday 2 PM talk by Missionary to the Philippines Ortha Lane at the church with a social hour after. Other meetings include 4 15 PM Membership Training Class, 7 PM Senior Choir, 8 15 PM Senior MYF, and weekend events such as church school at 9 30, morning worship at 10 30 with baptism, 2 30 PM community chorus Seven Last Words, and Easter Communion events midweek and Thursday.
Divine services listed for Wallingford and Immanuel Lutheran churches with times for Sunday worship 9:30 and 11:00. Film program I Beheld His Glory shown March 26 and March 28 at 8:00 p.m. Good Friday services March 30 include 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Confirmations, choirs, classes, and W. M. F. meeting noted with hostesses named.
St Pauls Lutheran and Walnut Church announce Holy Week services and activities. Palm Sunday worship at Town Church 8 30 and 11 00, Walnut Church service 9 45, Sunday School 9 45, Easter Cantata The Seven Last Words at the high school 3 00. Lenten Bible study Tuesday 2 00, Good Friday 1 30 to 3 00 at First Lutheran.
The Graettinger FFA chapter elected Denny Henrich as vice president and Leo Barnes as secretary with Harry Carlson named sentinel. Two delegates, Gary Johnson and Roger Tonderum, were chosen to attend the district convention, while Graettinger also fielded a candidate for vice president.
Graettinger district shows bus cost per mile near 26.5 cents in 1958-54, then 22 cents after building the bus barn in 1954-55. Graettinger’s cost per mile generally runs about 27 cents. 1953-54 operating cost averaged 2279 dollars for 25 miles per bus, and 1954-55 rose to 2180 dollars for 24 miles per bus.
Marlin Erickson, known Rodman athlete, flew from Mason City to Vero Beach Florida to join the Brooklyn Dodgers for spring training. He expects to be sent to Hornell New York for the season. His brother Julian, a basketball and baseball player, left Ft Knox Kentucky for Fort Dix New Jersey en route to Germany. The two are sons of Mr and Mrs Elmer Erickson of Rodman.
Jonne Shiley, a University of Town at Towa City senior, joined 550 SUI coeds with a B average or better in the first semester and earned a 3.67. She placed fourth among about 54 Pi Beta Phi sisters. Daughter of Dr and Mrs C A Shiley of Graettinger, she is a Graettinger High School graduate.
In Kinross Keokuk County Iowa Mrs Frances Fischer marked her 101st birthday. Born in 1855 in Washington County she remains one of Iowa's oldest residents and a link to 19th century history.
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