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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1959
Page
5
Local churches publish Holy Week and Easter schedules across Immaculate Conception St Pauls Lutheran and South Walnut Lutheran with details on Maundy Thursday Good Friday sunrise services Easter breakfast and festival services. Activities include Holy Communion three hour services confirmations Sunday School and district rallies.
Grace Baptist Church offers Sunday School at 9 45 a m with graded lessons for all ages and Morning Worship at 10 45 a m with a supply pastor. Evening Gospel Hour prayer meeting and Bible study at 7 30 p m. The Methodist church changes Good Friday services to start at 2 p m per Rev R C Grote, instead of the previously announced time.
St Pauls Luther League hosts an Easter breakfast in church parlors on Easter Sunday morning. Servings start at 7 a.m. Prices are 5 cents for adults and 40 cents for children under 32.
Graettinger businessmen gathered Tuesday night at the school community room for a dinner meeting where guest speakers outlined various phases of Chamber of Commerce organizations. Attendees included Bob Beckley secretary of Batherville Chamber Glen Scott secretary of Spencer Chamber and Art McDonald of Exumetspurg Chamber.
The Lutheran church holds confirmation class Saturday at 9:40 a.m. Easter Day services are at 9 a.m. A special Mission Budget offering will be taken with designated envelopes. Sunday School begins at 10 a.m. Pastor T. Fjelstal leads the service.
Lutherans in Wallingford announce a series of midweek Lent services with Holy Communion at 8 pm, adult choir rehearsal, and Friday services including a 12 to 3 schedule. Weekend activities include Juniors and Seniors Confirmation, junior and senior choirs, Easter Sunrise Service at 6 am with breakfast, and a Congregational Festival Service at 9 30 am.
Four local Lutheran churches Graettinger Lost Island South Walnut and First Lutheran hold a joint Good Friday worship at St Pauls with three hours of devotion March 27. The service features the seven words of Christ from the Cross from noon to 3 pm with pastors Fjelstul Petersen and student Jean Fogde leading soloists duets and choirs across seven readings and special music from participating groups.
The Graattinger Ball Park Association will hold its annual meeting Monday evening March 30 at the D-X Cafe at 7 7 30. Free coffee and joints will be served. Officers will be elected and a financial report will be given. Terms of Geo Frick and Oral Bonstead on the board expire. Attendance urged for a strong baseball program.
Sam Watson will hold a public auction on Saturday April 4 featuring machinery, live stock, and miscellaneous items. The notice appears in a local waterway desire publication.
The Wallingford Ane will sponsor Market Day on Saturday March 28 starting at 1 pm featuring farm machinery household goods hay and feed and various items. A Legion Auxiliary dinner at 11 30 am will be served in the Legion Building with lunch later in the afternoon. Sale items can be listed at Torreson Ol company. See sale ad in this week's issue.
Graettinger State Bank observes its 25th anniversary this week marking 25 years since its opening on March 24, 1934. The piece lists staff, officers, and founding minutes showing community support for a state chartered bank in Graettinger. It also mentions a separate donation to Immaculate Conception Church from Miles Mahan of California for Easter greenery, noting his former Graettinger residence.
Funeral services were held Monday in Emmetsburg for Goodman Anderson 71 a former Grasttinger resident who died Friday after a heart condition and a stroke at his home in Emmetsburg Interment at Silver Lake cemetery Ayrshire Pallbearers named from Emmetsburg Ayrshire and De Plains The deceased son of Mr and Mrs C B Anderson was born May 6 1887 and remembered in this notice
Graettinger stores will close from noon to 3 p m on Good Friday March 27. Post office window closes 12 to 3 p m with regular mail. Graettinger State bank closes at noon. Methodist MYLF sponsors 6 30 Easter Sunrise service at the church with breakfast to follow priced 35c. Lost Island Lutheran women hold breakfast bake sale and rummage sale April 2 starting 9 a m.
Four Craellinger teenagers faced Mayor Thomsen's court Tuesday for Monday night egg throwing. They allegedly hit walls, windows, buses, and a Grauttinger farm woman and her son near the city playground. Fines totaled $10 and costs as the egg price rise noted.
Mr. Quinn, executive secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association since 1941, serves as a voting member on the National Basketball Rules Committee for 13 years and is the senior voting member of its 16. In 1958 he received a Life Membership citation in the Basketball Hall of Fame. He has worked with the National Basketball committee and has been active on the National Football committee.
The Gradlinger Community school board renewed contracts for Supt. Hartung and Principal Anderson at a Monday meeting. Hartung has led the district five years while Anderson has served as principal and athletic coach. The package included salary increases of 100 to 800 for most staff as a general adjustment. Preliminary plans outline a remedial program for elementary grades.
Residents of the Gracttinger area will honor the Gracttinger high school boys and girls basketball teams and the 1958 football squad at the annual athletic dinner Wednesday night April 4 at the school community room. Lions club sponsored event features Lyle H. Quinn of Boone as speaker and Rev. Rk. O. Grote as master of ceremonies. Tickets available at Gracttinger State Bank Jensen Drug high school office or via Lions members.
Ed Herke, Walnut Township ASC committeeman, has been named to the Palo Alto County ASC committee. He succeeds L. H. Thoreson, who recently resigned. Herke has long worked with township ASC. Other members include Joe Lynch and Bill Broderson.
The film Party Girl screens at the Graettinger Theatre Friday and Saturday with Robert Taylor and C Tito? casting in title roles and Lee J. Coté John Ireluext in supporting parts. A large cast includes Kent Smith Corey Allen and MGM newcomers Claire Kelly Barbara Lang Myrna Hansen. Set in Chicago in the thirties it follows a showgirl and a lawyer entangled with racketeers.
Easter vacation dismisses classes at 2 30 this Thursday and school resumes Monday. Gene Moore of Ringsted wins the $60 Buck prize at Juniors Tavern. next week’s $25 prize set for 3 pm at participating merchants. The Vikings epic cost $4 000 000 to produce debuts at Gradfinger Theatre next Sunday and Monday by United Artists with stars Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine Janet Leigh.
The Gracttinger volunteer fire department will hold its firemen's benefit ball on Tuesday, March 31, at the Legion hall. The Don Deane orchestra will play modern and old-time dance music. Tickets available at Jensen Drug and Gracttinger State Bank, or by mail.
A garbled field report notes colder temperatures Saturday night and Sunday followed by pleasant and mild conditions Monday and Tuesday. Overcast skies persisted into Wednesday with a brief sleet mix forecast Thursday morning.
Coach Bob Held says a record number of boys joined initial baseball practice and track drills, with about 60 reporting for both sports. The Pirates open baseball against Lake Center on April 7, and the team may travel to Burt for a relay meet. only three seniors on the baseball squad.
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