Funeral Held for Bill Munson 22 in Emmetsburg
Funeral services were held at St. Thomas church in Emmetsburg for William Howard Munson 22 of Graettinger who died Friday March 15 in Plum City Wisconsin after a heart attack. Burial was at St Jacob's cemetery Graettinger. He was born October 29 1934 and educated at Graettinger High School Junior college Emmetsburg and the College of Medical Technology in Minneapolis. He worked as a medical technician at Community hospital Plum City. Survivors include his parents two brothers Ralph and James and sisters Mary Jo Virginia and Margaret Hansen. He had long suffered heart trouble but remained active and his death came as a shock.
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St. Thomas Church
Emmetsburg
William Howard Munson
Grachtinger
Plum City
Wis
Rev. C. &. Farrelly
St. Jacob's Cemetery
Graettinger
Martin
Paul Currans
Keyron Currans
Hugh Thompson
Kenneth Dobbins
Ralph
James
Mary Jo
Virginia
Bill
Margaret) Hansen
Graetlinger
State Tax Ballot Offers Three Plans for Welfare of State
Read page six ballot proposing three tax plans for funding state operations. Plan A sets sales tax at 3 percent and eliminates income tax. Plan B keeps sales tax at 2.5 percent and retains income tax. Plan C sets sales tax at 2 percent, keeps income tax, and levies a property tax.
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Asue
Dewel
Barringer
Creamery meeting draws Graettinger crowd and directors
A large crowd from Graettinger and nearby areas attended the Graettinger Farmers Creamery annual meeting including a free lunch. Yearly business matters and director elections were held, electing Ralph Graettinger, Henry Lammers, Holger Jensen, Alfred Johnson, and Myron Fogde, with Fogde and Minard Levi joining the board while the other four were rejected.
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Graettinger
Graettinger Farmers Creamery
Ralph Graettinger
Henry Lammers
Holger Jensen
Alfred Johnson
Myron Fogde
Fogde
Minard Levi
Bir
Lake
Tycently
West Des Moines
Gtu
Graettinger Opens Furnace Damaged Storewide Sale
Graettinger’s Martin’s Furniture began a storewide sale after a furnace explosion caused smoke and soot damage to the two floors. The sale drew hundreds of shoppers Wednesday morning with controlled entry at 9am. full sale details appear in this week’s Times advertisement.
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Martin's Furniture
Rites Here Monday For George Webb
Funeral services were held Monday for George Walt Webb about 65 who died at his Cedar Falls home Thursday morning after a stroke the day prior Burial was in Valley View Cemetery east of Graettinger Webb married Alta Jane Desking in 1917 and lived in Osgood area He worked as a railroad section hand about 15 years and did tiling Survivors include Alta Ray and Robert of Cedar Falls Vivian Salceda Long Beach Calif Stella Woodward and LeRoy Two brothers Ben and Hillman of Rosco Missouri
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George
Walt) Webb
Cedar Falls
Martin Funeral Home
George Pingle
Graettinger Methodist Church
Valley View
Graettinger
George Webb
Alta Jane Desking
Emmetsburg
Osgood
Webb
Atve Alta
Ray
Robert
Vivian Salceda
Long Beach
Calif
Stella
Woodward
Iowa
LeRoy
Ben and
Hillman
Rosco, Mo
Hollywood or Bust at Grachtinger Theatre this weekend
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in Hollywood or Bust at the Grachtinger Theatre on Saturday and Sunday March 30. The Paramount comedy co stars Pat Crowley Maxie Rosenbloom and Anita Ekberg in a cross country road trip tale filmed in eight states with Technicolor and wide scenic set pieces.
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Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Hollywood Or Bust
Grachtinger Theatre
Paramount Picture
Pat Crowley
Maxie Rosenbloom
Anita Ekberg
Heallywood Or Bust
ViataVision
Technicolor
Frank Tashlin
Erna Lazarus
Sammy Faln
Paul Francis Webster
Charles O'Curran
Esther Willams
Universal-International
George Nader
John Saxon
Edward Andrews
Les Tremayne
Dani Crayne
Rosalind Russel
Larry Marcus
Marcus
Herb Meadow
Harry Keller
Gordon Kay
Spring Weather Report Amid Chilly Week
A weather note describes a cold spell at the start of the week with lingering springlike conditions later. It mentions an area escaped a snowstorm affecting southern regions and notes unstable temperatures and distant snowfall.
Funeral Held Here for Mrs. George Winter at St Paul Church
Mrs. George Winter 69 died Thursday night from a sudden heart attack complicated by pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted at St. Paul Lutheran Church by Rev. H. Irving Petersen with burial in Evergreen cemetery at Emmetsburg. Pallbearers named, and survivors include eleven children twelve total with seven daughters and four sons, plus spouses in California Virginia and Nebraska. Augusta Laubhan, born in Germany, married Winter in 1904 and the family moved from Germany to the United States in 1909 before settling in Graettinger and nearby areas.
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George Winter
St. Paul Lutheran Church
H. Irving Petersen
Evergreen Cemetery
Emmetsburg
Bob Beck
Joe Leonard
Gene Leonard
Hamtin Sandvig
Dan Miller
Russell Lasting
Augusta Laubhan
Germany
United States
Nebraska
Gracttinger
Winter
Lutheran Church of
John
Selma) Lukas
San Diego
Calif
Gordon
Ottila) Pratt
Bernard
Emma) Pratt
San Lorenzo
Jack
Minna) Estes
Falls Church
Virginia
Russell
Ruth) Denmarker
Cal
Loren
Dorothy) Vreeland
Graettinger
Delorus Winter
Fort Dodge
Theodore
Paul
Rovert
Spencer
Walter
Lincoln
Nebr
Local Contestants Hamed For State Music Contest Selant SGA
A state vocal music contest will be held in Graettinger Friday and Saturday. About 900 contestants from 20 schools are expected. contest sites include the school and local churches. Graettinger students listed include Karen Reeves Marilyn Stoltz Marlys Hyatt Cynthia Vasey Mary Kay Thorson Bob Reeves John Craven Harry Herke De Jensen and many others across vocal and band sections with multiple quartets trios and solos.
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Hamed
Selant Sga
Rententbla
Grachtinger
Graettinger
Karen Reeves
Marilyn Stoltz
Marlys Hyatt
Cynthia Vasey
Mary Kay Thorson
Bob Reeves
John Craven
Harry Herke
de Jensen
Willetta McConnell
Sharon Larson
Karen DeVries
Helen Peterson
Maureen Traver
Sue Shiley
Viretta McConnell
Mary Jo Martin
Jim Spies
Bob Fanning
Joan Craven
Doubleday
Bruce Gjerde
Leo Beachamer
Kay Carter
Larry Masters
Larry Herke
Erlan Duua
Gary Smith
Margaret Fude
Karen Wolfe
Erlan Duus
Erian Duus
Ronald Baedke
Ron Baedke
Betty Masters
Brian ‘Petersen
Maynard Wins 550 Prize In Wednesday Lottery
Reverend E L Maynard won the $50 jackpot in the midweek drawing. Dale Jorgensen claimed $15, Ray Wikert did not claim $10. Next week’s origus will be 3rd $15 and $23. Funeral services are planned for Lowell Kent at Martin Funeral Home with tentative 2 p m Saturday. Kent, a former resident, was the son of Dave Kent.
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HE. S. Maynard
Els
Maynard
Ney
Dale Jorgensen
Ray Wikert
Origus
Lowell Kent
Martin Funeral Home
Grachtinger
Friendship
Wis
Madison
Kent
Dave Kent
Oats loan rate set for Palo Alto County 1957
The 1957 oats loan rate in Palo Alto County is 58 cents per bushel, 5 cents below 1956 as oats are supported at 70 percent of parity. Loans and purchase agreements run from harvest to January 31, with a one cent premium for Nos 2 or better or heavy test and two cents for discount war liky. Oats is the only grain with county 1957 loan rates announced.
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Palo Alto
Wm. Brodersen
ASC
Social Security Man At Emmetsburg April 3
The social security representative will be in Emmetsburg for his next regular visit Wednesday, April 3. He will be at the Employment Service Office from 10:00 until 3:00. He will assist persons who wish to file applications for social security benefit payments and answer questions about old age and survivors Insurance.
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Emmetsburg
Employment Service Office
Voters Approve City Gas Distribution System 266-216
Voters approve a city gas franchise to Northern Natural Gas Company operating as Peoples Natural Gas division for 25 years to erect and maintain a gas distribution system in Graettinger Town. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town hall after a Tuesday yes vote on a municipal gas system.
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Northern Natural Gas Co
Peoples Natural Gaga Division
Grachtlinger
Polia
Graettinere
Northern Natural Gas Company
Peoples Natural Gas Division
Grachtinger
Asia
Ronald Robinson Produces One Act Play at Augustana College
Ronald Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Lee Robinson of Graet Unger wrote an original one act play titled A Face in Brown to be presented at Augustana College on Tuesday and Wednesday March 26 and 27 He is a senior English major at the college and the work is framed as experimental.
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Ronald Robinson
Lee Robinson
Graet- Unger
Brown
Augustana College
Ronald
Augustana
Heaviest vote here since light plant issue in Graettinger
Voters approved a municipal gas distribution system by 266 to 216 in Graettinger on Tuesday. The 50 vote margin marks the town's heaviest since the 1941 municipal light plant decision. Total 490 votes cast with eight spoiled ballots. Election judges were councilmen DeVries Hersleff and Olesen. Clerks were O Connor and Christensen.
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John DeVries
Alan Hersleff
Virgil Olesen
W. L. O'Connor
Frank Christensen
Peoples Natural Gag Co
Peoples
Graetlinger
Peoplea Natural Gas
Grachtinger
Mystery farm owned by Leducs near Graettinger
Four miles east and one and a quarter miles north of Graettinger is the Timea mystery farm operated by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leduc. They moved there in 1938 and live on land owned by A. W. Smith of Emmetaburg. The crib and general improvements have been added in recent years. William Leduc is son of Mrs. Mary Leduc of Graettinger and Gladys Leduc is daughter of Be~tora Tinger and Mrs. Robert Anderson of Edgemont, California, with twin sons William and Willis. William works in Estherville. Willis in Palmas, California. The LeDuc couple are members of local community groups.
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Graettinger
Wm. Leduc
Mr. Leduc
Mary Leduc
Grasttinger
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Bill Munson
William Munson
Graettinger Markets
Martin Furniture
ASG
Peoples Gas CO
Bron Robinson
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