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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
5
Vocal and instrumental numbers by Grach tinger high school departments will fill 19 pieces at the auditorium Friday March 28 at 7 45 pm. Miss Anna Lou Reeves and D M Bates lead the ensembles and solos in spring contests. The event is expected to draw a full house.
Miss Grace McCarty resumes her job as an operator with Western Union Co in Benton Harbor Michigan after a long home period due to her father’s illness and death. She has been employed by the company for several years.
The Simongon boys at Farm Service station add a second truck for country delivery. Bernard Doerning led the group that left for the army training camp on Tuesday morning. The Times wishes him success and honor in the service.
The Catholic Ladies Aid Society announces a bake sale to be held Saturday April 12 with further details to follow. Proceeds will support church and community activities.
Market roundup from Graettinger dated March 27 1941 reports oats values and egg and butter prices. The bulletin lists No 2 oats around 12 cents and No 1 around 18 cents plus eggs at about 16 cents and state brand butter at 6 cents. It notes heavy hens and leghorns at varying prices with weights 45 pounds, 8 to 12 cents for some categories and spring hens at 6 cents or higher.
Grodland and Reeves presided over a strong Ummetaburg sale last Saturday with young Du gan Reeves central in the ring. Buyers favored the young horses as prices ran high and another sale is scheduled for April 5.
Graettinger plans its first market day sale of the season for Saturday March 29. Auctioneers are Grodland & Reeves with the Graettinger State Bank as clerk. Farmers urged to list live stock machinery seed feed and household goods for sale and buyers to attend for good roads and strong exchanges of property.
A light column notes Rep Arch McFarlane in hospital with appendicitis and mentions Dr Beatty and Dr Keeney in Mallard. It lists social visits, state basketball talk, and upcoming legislature schedule. Des Moines trips include Miss Shirley Whiteside and Miss Kennedy. Iowa Press Association honors Ringstad Dispatch. Democrats and Republicans prep for Jackson Day and the Governor’s Ball in Des Moines with local commentary.
Farmers Grain Co introduces a Blue Streak twin screw feeder costing 600 dollars. Jorgen Andersen invites Grachtinger residents to a free show at Legion hall Friday March 28 at 2 PM and a free lunch at 8:30 PM. Demonstration covers mixing concentrates with feed for chicks pigs and cows using the new equipment.
Mr. Jan Jansen of Seattle stopped in Graettinger to visit the Christensen family. He traveled from Kansas City to Seattle in a new Buick for his daughter and displayed a $1,100 Krupp trap gun with two stacked barrels. Jansen is a known trap shooter. he previously resided in the area.
The town council has secured an option on a site for a proposed municipal light plant. The option was obtained from Wm. Duhn and the land lies near the Rock Island track, north on a street by Jensen drug store. Other locations were considered but this offers best industrial access and proximity to the business district.
A Minnesota farm of 225 acres near Garvin north of Worthington was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Mammen who have just moved onto the property. Mrs Mammen is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kathman. The farm is well located productive and well improved.
E. S. George of Graettinger Nursery says the spring rush begins as stock sales heighten yearly. Hundreds visit to view growing stock. customers seek plants that are acclimated to local conditions, a key factor in nursery success this season.
Local assessor A C Christiansen warns Gracttinger property values will jump about fifty percent, lifting county and state taxes while school tax shifts between town and outer areas. No school tax increase is expected unless an unlikely emergency appears. property owners may appeal at the April council meeting during the four year cycle.
Wayne Potter was the only Wroet tinger and Estherville cribbage player to reach the top winning flight at the state cribbage tournament in Des Moines Sunday. Several local players and several from Estherville competed from this region. Congratulations, Mr Potter.
The Rev D K Hurley was installed as pastor of the Immaculate Conception church in Graettinger Sunday afternoon. Very Rev W F Mason of Emmetsburg conducted the ceremony and urged parishioners to support Father Hurley as they did prior pastors.
Advertisements urge careful spending amid wartime clouds. Readers are advised to shop wisely, compare grocery ads, and avoid unnecessary purchases as a national threat lingers. The note emphasizes saving money and getting value from newspapers and ads.
Detroit message reports Mrs. Lippold mother of Al Fred Lippold is quite ill. Graettinger friends sincerely hope for Mrs. Lippold's early and complete recovery.
John McBride sells the billiard hall and beer parlor in Graettinger to William Marley from Ayrshire. Marley takes possession next Wednesday morning after trading his Ayrshire farm. The McBrides move to Ayrshire next week after 17 years in Graettinger. Local friends express sadness and best wishes for success in the new location.
G H Peterson 72 of Grandin North Dakota died Sunday March 28 1941 at 530 p m. He was native of Illinois and moved to Grandin in 1920s and married Nettie Allery in Milan Illinois on March 1 1898. Survived by wife four sons Alvin Lester Lyle Dale and daughter Blanche now Mrs John Peterson of Marcus Washington. He was a farmer and a well informed neighbor and reader of Ringsted and Graettinger papers. The Times offers sincere sympathy to the family.
At a Fort Dodge district meeting Ralph Rasmussen Geo Frick and Howard Horswell discussed the Boy Scout movement. The group emphasizes the program is for youths up to 21 and older members can stay active. Adults statewide are backing the effort and more coverage is expected.
Members of the Willing Workers Mission society will hold a bake sale at the Bert Anderson store on Saturday March 29. Lunch and a range of sandwiches pies doughnuts and coffee will be served during the afternoon. Come and have lunch with us.
RNA members will serve a supper in the Methodist church dining room on Saturday April 4. Serving starts at five o'clock and continues until all are served. A tasty meal will be prepared and served. The public is cordially invited.
Des Moines reports show House and Senate passing several measures closing the legislature. Senate bills tax exemptions for cooperative rural electrification for two years and a 1.5 million dollar annual emergency relief appropriation. A county filing rule for auto damage suits and a constitutional gasoline tax diversion measure also advance. House actions include blood tests for drunken driving, banking fee limits, school entry age, fire and police liability, and sealing of adoption records. Senate approves four election reporting speedups and WPA co operation funding, plus 26 thousand for law revision. Senate rejects House changes on compulsory exams and fee limits to five dollars. Saturday Graettinger dog sled events attract local youth despite rain.
Ruthven sees a blacksmith shop expanded with new equipment by Henry Westergard who recently purchased the building. Fred Rubink of Graettinger oversees the Ruthven project while another Ruthven shop is run by Charles Stewart.
Mrs Christopher who had been confined to her bed for weeks was able to rise today and walk about the house. Friends will be pleased by this good news. Also reported: Tuesday snowfall in Graettinger melted quickly with no lasting snow cover. Spring remains distant.
A Grodland and Bergum auction Monday drew a fair crowd with satisfactory prices. A separate item notes hay from a truck slipping onto a street in Abin last week as a new form of exercise.
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