Wallingford Voters Favor Merger With Graettinger District
A petition by most Wallingford voters seeks merging the non high school Wallingford High Lake Two district with Graettinger Community School District. Graettinger Board approves merger. Palo Alto County Board to decide. If approved, an election will set, merging to take effect July 1, 1962. About 40 to 50 pupils attend Wallingford now.
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Wallingford
Graettinger
Wallingford High Lake Two
Graettinger Community
Graettinger Board of Education
Palo Alto County
Graettinger Board
Garnettsinger
Palo Alto
Temperatures Moderate as Thaw Sets In
The weather eased to three degrees above zero as thaw began. Daytime warmth melted large snowdrifts, creating water problems and poor road conditions. Spring fieldwork will likely be delayed due to entrenched snow. Cool evenings slowed melting this week after Wednesday's mild sunny day.
Wallingford Legion Stag Supper Tonight
The Wallingford Legion hall hosts a stag supper tonight starting at 6 30.
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Wallingford Legion Stag
Wallingford Legion Hall
Bert Currans To Visit With Fans At Hammerberg Drug
Graettinger youngsters are invited to meet Bart Curran of the Mapon City TV show Mr. Magoo at Hammerberg Rexall in Graettinger Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. The visit, sponsored by Hammerberg and Rexall stores, includes a drawing for a watch. Registrations to enter the free raffle are welcome.
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Graettinger
Bart Curran
Mapon City
Mr. Magoo
Hammerberg Rexall
Curran
Kglo-Tv
Hammerberg
Rexall
Welat
Lucky
Bart
Parents Of Vocal Students To Hold Organizational Meeting
Announcement notes an organizational meeting for parents of vocal music students at Grachtinger school. The gathering is scheduled for Tuesday night March 27 at 7 30 p m in the school music room just before the PTA meeting. All vocal music parents are urged to attend. A previous meeting was held Tuesday but low turnout moved the new date to next Tuesday.
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Grachtinger School
PTA
Graettinger Cub Scout
PTA Meeting Rescheduled for Graeitinger School
The Graeitinger PTA will hold its meeting Tuesday night March 27 in the school community room at 8 p.m. The event, postponed from prior dates, features youth talks chaired by Mrs Lois Bisgard. Parents can visit classrooms and meet teachers. room visitation is led by Mrs Weldon Bolie, Mr Cook, and C V Carter.
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Graeitinger Pta
Lois Bisgard
Cooking School at Emmetsburg Friday Afternoon
The Patterns for Living electric cooking school will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Emmetsburg Public School Auditorium. Fran Maierhauser of Sioux Valley Empire Electric Association will demonstrate elec tric cooking laundry food freezing and kitchen planning. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. There will be door prizes and homemakers are invited.
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Patterns For
Emmetsburg Public School
Fran Maierhauser
Sioux Valley Empire Electric Association
Colman
South Dakota
Maiexthauser
National
Home Economists Associations
South Dakota Home Economists Group
Graettinger Park Association elects board members
The Graettinger Park Association met in the R&B dining room Tuesday night to hear yearly reports and elect officers. R. T. Nane was reelected to a three year term on the board and Earl Erickson was elected to a three year term, succeeding Gell Frick who had served nine years. The group reported a break even due to a reduced attendance while continuing park programs including midget and peewee baseball and improvements.
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Graettinger Park Association
Diecussson
Eit
Nage
Earl Erickson
Erickson
Gell, Frick
Thd
Sam ‘Wae
Deadline Looms for ASC Sign-Up in Emmet County
The Emmet County ASC chairman Rudy Christensen reminds farmers the March 30 deadline for the 1962 Feed Grain program is near. By March 14, 602 farms had signed up with an average diversion of 28.4 percent of corn base acres, similar to last year. Advance payments of 266061.09 have been issued to participating farmers. Half the diversion payment can be received early for those who want it, and a rush is expected in the final days. County committee members E. B. Burg and Robert Valen anticipate about the same number of farms as last year when 883 joined.
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Rudy Christensen
Emmet County
ASC
Christensen
Estherville
E. B. Burg
Robert Valen
Fire Destroys Barn On Don Park Farm
Fire at the Don Park farm three miles east and four miles north of Graetlinger destroyed a barn and its contents including two ewes and four lambs. Mrs Park home alone when she spotted the blaze before noon. Graettinger fire brigade arrived around 11 15 but could not save the barn. Nearby corn crib caught fire. firemen contained the blaze and saved most sheep though some lambs were singed. Fire likely started in the haymow.
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Don Park
Graetlinger
Park
Stouch
The Canadians Shows Saturday and Sunday
Film notice for The Canadians a 20th Century Fox CinemaScope adventure starring Robert Ryan John Dehner Tarin Thatcher and Teresa Fas showing Saturday and Sunday with a rugged frontier theme and notable cast details.
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Robert Ryan
John Dehner
Tarin Thatcher
Metropolitan Opera
Teresa Fas
Ated Custer
Battle of
Bull Run
Canada
Scholarship plan launched by Farm Bureau Women group
Ronald Christianson named to Emmet county scholarship committee for a state program sponsored by Farm Bureau Women. One scholarship will be awarded in each district. Ronald, son of Clarence and Mrs. Christianson, will attend State College of Iowa at Cedar Falls.
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Ronald
Ranala
V-Store Dollar Day in Progress at Jensen Store
V Store Dollar Day is in progress at the C A Jensen store in Gractiinger with an advertisement outlining three for details of the event.
Car Remains Parked After Snowy Thaw On Side Street
An abandoned auto on a Graet tinger side street has remained stationary through a heavy snow season and thaw revealed its roof. The vehicle shows little chance of being moved soon as owners and authorities assess it.
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Graettinger
Morris Smith Resigns as Football Coach
Morris Smith, head football coach and teacher at the school, has resigned effective at the end of the current school year. He cited other interests in his resignation letter.
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Morris Smith
Buena Vista College Choir Tour Schedule
Local students Larry Baedke and Sandy Reeves, both freshmen, perform with Buena Vista college choir on a spring tour. The 6-voice group appears at Algona Presbyterian church at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 25, with a dozen Iowa and Illinois concerts including Sac City Jefferson Perry Rochelle Frank lin Grove Amboy Morrison La Grange Fort Madison Rolfe.
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Larry Baedke
Martin Baedke
Graettinger
Sandy Reeves
Gilbert Reeves
Buena Vista College
Presbyterian Church
Algona
Sac City
Jefferson
Perry
Iowa
Rochelle
Franklin Grove
Amboy
Morrison
la Grange
Illinois
Fort Madison
Rolfe
Buena Vista
John Duhn Seeks Nomination for State Representative
John Duhn 42 Emmetsburg farmer announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from Palo Alto county in the June primary. He operates a 175 acre farm and plans to run a 93 acre expansion this year while serving on Palm Alto Farm Bureau boards and local charity groups. He is a Bethany Lutheran church member active in community service.
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John Duhn
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Graettinger
Henry Duha
Emmetsburg High School
Palo Alto County Farm Bureau
Duhn
Memme
Bethany Lutheran Church
Emmeteburg
School Closing Still Set For May 31st
Sept Hartung reports that unless further closings are needed the Grauttinger school official closing remains May 31. No Saturday sessions if not needed. if required, Saturday hours would run to 2 30 pm. County road officials warn buses may be barred on gravel roads after heavy snows. Parents may be asked to drive to hard roads or buses could run mornings on frozen routes with afternoon deliveries on hard roads.
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Hartung
Grauttinger
Fifty Dollar Prize Draw At Graettinger Stores
W Pennamaker of Wallingford did not claim last week's twenty dollar prize. The Graettinger drawing at 3 p.m. next Saturday offers a fifty dollar award in participating stores.
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Graettinger
W. Nunamaker
Wallingford
Junior High Benefit Nets 243.69 Total
A junior high athletic fund benefit basketball jam raised 243.69 for equipment per coach Walter Sealie. The program also listed contest results with Alumni and non alumni leading, and various class and community groups competing, with thanks from Mr. Leslie to participants.
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Walter Sealie
Leslie
Alumni Woren
Firetich
Jr. High
Treghman
Pig
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