Old-Time Box Social Planned by Graettinger Lions
Graettinger Lions Club sponsors an old-fashioned box social on Tuesday April 4 at the Graettinger community School to raise funds to retire the debt on the tennis court and ice skating rink. The program includes the high school pep band at 7 30 pm and eight o clock box auctions with a $25 U S Saving Bond door prize from Graettinger State Bank. Proceeds support the local community projects and a lunch in the school community room.
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Graettinger
Graettinger Lions Club
U. S
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger FFA offers free oats germination testing
The Graettinger FFA chapter invites local farmers to have their oats tested for germination qualities at no charge as part of a community services program. The service aims to help farmers assess seed viability and improve planting outcomes.
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FFA
Graettinger Ffa
Snowy First Day of Spring Delights the Week
Snow began Monday afternoon and continued into Tuesday morning with over an inch of new snow in places. Mild temperatures left streets and yards sloppy from melt, with light snow and drizzle persisting Wednesday. Moisture should aid upcoming spring seeding.
Mrs Carrie Olson dies in La Crosse Wisconsin
Mrs Wm Olson learns of the death of her sister Carrie Olson 78 of LaCrosse Wisconsin who died suddenly Tuesday evening. She had lived with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Carlin Dahler and leaves a son Dr Harry F Olson of Chicago. Mr and Mrs Wm Olson planned to travel Thursday to attend the funeral in LaCrosse and burial Saturday in Chicago.
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Wm. C. Olson
Carrie Olson
LaCrosse
Wisc
Carlin Dahler
Harry F. Olson
Chicago
iMr
Olson
Annual Wallingford Market Day Sale Held This March
The 49th annual Wallingford Market Day Sale is set for Saturday March 25 starting at 1 p.m. Sponsored by Wallingford American Legion post, with Auxiliary serving dinner at 11:30 and lunch later. Items include farm machinery household goods hay feed and many other miscellaneous goods. Property listings contact Torreson Oil company Wallingford. Auctioneers Reeves Bortin and Brown with Graettinger State Bank clerk.
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Wallingford
Wallingford American Legion Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Torreson Oil Company
Reeves, Bortint and
Brown
Graettinger State Bank
Cities 159 RATF Plan Would Cut County Funds
The plan would shift funds under the Fight for the Fair Fifteen, cutting Palo Alto County road use tax by 35 250 and reducing the county secondary road program by 54 936. The proposal lowers urban distributions to 15 percent while raising city shares to 50 percent and county networks to 35 percent, igniting supervisor opposition.
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Palo Alto
Iowa
Iowa Road Study Committee
Palo Alto County
Francis Hughes
Board of Supervisors
Hughes
Future Farmer of Month Selected by Graettinger FFA
Don Mahan of Graettinger is named Future Farmer of the Month for March by the Graettinger FFA Chapter. A senior, he serves as FIFRA vice president and chairs the local grain show and the Community Service part of FFA. His projects include a sow and litter and a beef calf, with ten improvement practices such as swine herd improvement, painting buildings, window and siding repair, and yard cleanup.
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Don Mahan
James) Mahan
Graettinger
Graettinger Ffa
Don
FIFRA
FFA
Mrs. A. C. Christiansen Dies at 78 in Graettinger
Matilda Josephsen Christiansen, 78, a longtime Graettinger resident, died after a brief illness. Funeral at First Lutheran Saturday at 2, Rev. C. T. Fjelstul officiating. Burial in St. Paul’s cemetery. Survivors include A. C. Christiansen, four daughters, four sons, 34 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, a brother Mentz Josephsen of Bergen, Norway, and a sister Mrs. Paul Swanson of Minneapolis.
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A. C
Mathilda) Christiansen
Graettinger
First Lutheran Church
C. T. Fjelstul
St. Paul's Cemetery
Martin Funeral Home
Grachtinger
Abe
Ruth Stearns
Estherville
Harry
Effie) Probst
Terris
Raymond
Pearl) Igon
el Paso
Texas
Edward
Fern) Thonson
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Canada
Melvin
Gordon
Arnold
Sioux City
Floyd
Esther
Norman
Clarion
Mentz Josephsen
Bergen
Norway
Paul Swanson
Minneapolis
Stars Galore In Ocean's Eleven Cast
The Dorchester Production of Warner Bros presents Ocean's Eleven showing Saturday and Sunday at the Graéttinger Theatre. The star lineup includes Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr Peter Lawford Angie Dickinson and Richard Conte with Cesar Romero Patrice Wymore Joey Bishop Akim Tamiroff and Henry Silva among others. A large supporting cast features Ilka Chase Richard Benedict Jean Willes Norman Fell Clem Harvey Hank Henry Lew Gallo and Robert Foulk.
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Ocean's Eleven
Dorchester
Warner Bros
Graéttinger Theatre
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis, Jr
Peter Lawford
Angie Dickinson
Richard Conte
Cesar Romero
Patrice Wymore
Joey Bishop
Akim Tamiroff
Henry Silva
Ilka Chase
Richard Benedict
Jean Willes
Norman Fell
Clem Harvey
Hank Henry
Lew Gallo
Robert Foulk
Combined Fund Drive For Cancer Heart Red Cross
A Graettinger drive will run next week to support the Cancer Society the Heart Fund and the Red Cross. Volunteers will contact residents and each organization will keep its funds separate. Local chairmen are Mrs. Francis Warren Red Cross Mrs. Ernie Knutsen Heart Fund and Mrs. Jens Kirkegaard Cancer Society.
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Graettinger
Cancer Society
Heart Fund
Red Cross
Francis Warren
Ernie Knutsen
Jens Kirkegaard
No School Friday for Teachers Convention Attendance
Supt Hartung announces no classes Friday as local faculty attend the North Central District convention of the ISEA at Spencer. Easter vacation starts Friday March 31 with no classes that day, and school resumes Monday April 3.
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Supt. Hartung
ISEA
Spencer
Stores Close Noon to Three on Good Friday
Gracttinger stores close from noon to three o'clock on Good Friday March 31. Post office windows closed 12 to 3 p.m. Rural mail delivery continues as usual. Grachtinger State Bank closes at noon for the rest of the day.
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Gracttinger
Grachtinger State Bank
Lost Island Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
The Lost Island Cemetery Association will hold its yearly meeting Sunday evening March 26 at 7 p.m. at the church basement following the Lenten service. Lunch will be served.
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Lost Island Cemetery Association
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Red Cross Talent Show Planned At Emmetsburg March 27
Palo Alto County Red Cross fund drive sponsors a charity talent show at Emmetsburg High School auditorium on March 27 at 8 p m Tickets cost 1 for adults 50 cents for students Local residents can buy tickets at Hammerberg Drug Store in Graettinger Master of Ceremonies will be Donald Red Blanchard of Mason City Diverse acts include Walnut Township Kitchen Band baton by Cherine Long Emmetsburg Rodman Band acrobatic and tap numbers by Emmetsburg youths Kendall sisters from Mallard one act play by Cylinder choir mime by Ruthven and a West Bend shoppers presentation Committee chairs are Mrs R K Langer and EHS Principal Leonard Martz.
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Palo Alto
City dog license deadline set for April first
Graettinger residents face city ordinance No 14 penalties of 50 cents per license after April 1. Licenses available from Mayor Lehigh or Marshals Stueve and Burg. Officials note ownership criteria and require collar tags for unlicensed dogs, with personal demand by the marshal after April 1.
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Graettinger
Lehigh
Stueve
Burg
Luchtel Named City Gas Manager in Graettinger
Lenis Luchtel of Royal Iowa is appointed manager of the Graettinger municipal gas system at a Friday night council meeting. He will start around April 1 with natural gas distribution construction due to begin then and finish by July. Luchtel, a 1953 Wall Lake High School graduate and Navy veteran, is married with two sons and plans to move here once housing is arranged. He previously worked for a Story City gas company and is currently with a Royal plumbing firm.
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Lenis L. Luchtel
Royal
Iowa
Graettinger
Luchtel
Wall Lake High School
U.S. Navy
Story City
Graettinger $75 Buck Prize Draw This Saturday
Graettinger shoppers may win $75 in Saturday afternoon drawings at participating Graettinger stores. The prize draws at 3 p.m. were not claimed last week by Jim Myers, according to drawing officials.
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Graettinger
Jim Myers
Al Graettinger Wins Another State Checker Title
Al Graettinger added another state checker tournament title to his string of state and state fair championships when he again won the Class A state checker tournament held at El Dora Tuesday. Ed Robinson of Des Moines was runner up in the class A tourney.
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al Graettinger
El‘dora
Ed Robinson
Des Moines
Orval Peterson Accepts Station Agent Post at Central Airlines
Orval C. Peterson, a Graettinger farmer and 1939 Graettinger High graduate, has joined Central Airlines as a Station Agent in Ft. Smith Arkansas. A USAF veteran, he studied at the National School of Aeronautics in Kansas City and recently moved with Mrs. Peterson to Ft. Smith after forming here the past 13 years.
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Orval C. Peterson
Graettinger
The
Central Airlines
Ft. Smith
Arkansas
Orval
Graettinger High School
National School of Aeronautics
Kansas City
Peterson
Joint County Legion Meeting City Tuesday Night
Graettinger girls honored on mythical state honor teams include Maxine Henningsen and Pat Rathman as forwards on the IDPA all-state team honorable mention and Betty Nissen as guard on the Des Moines Register all-state honorable mention list.
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Graettinger
Maxine Henningsen
Pat Rathman
IDPA
Betty Nissen
Des Moines Register
Garth Cottington To Be Speaker
The Palo Alto county joint meeting of American Legion posts and Auxiliaries will be at Graettinger Legion hall on Tuesday night, March 28. Lawrence Thomsen, commander of the Graettinger post, announces Garth C. Cottington of Curlew, 8th district Legion Vice Commander, will be the main speaker. He urges all local members and their auxiliaries to attend.
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Palo Alto
American Legion
Graettinger Legion Hall
Lawrence Thomsen
Legion
Garth C. Cottington
Curlew
8Th District Legion
Thomsen
Dee Fon
White Mine
Graettinger Legion
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WM. Olson
LA Crosse, Wisc
Pat Wiese
Emmetsburg
Alden Hermansen
Palo Alto Co
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A. C. Christiansen
Galore
Lost Island Cemetery
Ass’n Meeting
R. K. Langer
EHS
Leonard Martz
Lenis Luchtel
Orval Peterson
Garth Cottington
Graettinger Markets
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