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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1956
Page
4
Church notices list Holy Week rites at First Lutheran Lost Island and Good Friday joint services with St Pauls. Schedule includes Maundy Thursday Holy Communion at 2 PM and 7 30 PM, Confessions after devotions, Easter sunrise at 6 AM, festival services at 9 39 AM and 11 AM, Sunday School at 10 30 AM, missions offering, and choir and league events.
The Graettinger FFA judging team led by instructor Donald Rix ranked 12th in the 1056 Invitational Vocational Agriculture Livestock Judging Contest at Sioux City Stockyards. Members Paul Bonstead Dennis Graettinger Roger Tonderum Gary Johnson and Bob Reeves contributed to a score of 2845 of 3200.
The Wallingford Lutheran Church shows a Sunday schedule led by Pastor Gunderson with a 9 30 festival Easter service and 10 45 Sunday school. An offering for Madagascar is planned and the W M F hosts a Sunday School event with named hostesses. Additional items include Friday teachers meeting, Saturday junior choir at 9 30 and 9 00 confirmation class. Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran holds a 11 00 festival Easter service with altar offering, plus 10 00 Sunday School and Bible classes and 10 45 confirmation class.
William M. Strannigan, head basketball coach at Iowa State College since May 1, 1954, will be the featured speaker at the athletic dinner on April 3. Born December 1, 1918 in Dalry Scotland, he moved to the United States after high school in Rock Springs Wyoming, graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1942 with a BA.
The schedule for St Pauls Lutheran led by Pastor Sorensen includes Holy Thursday Communion at 730 p m at So Walnut, Good Friday services 130 to 300 p m at First Lutheran with sermons on the Seven Last Words, and Easter morning services starting 630 a m Sunrise, 830 a m First Worship, 945 a m Second Worship, and 1100 a m Third Worship plus Sunday Schools at 946 Town and 1645 So Walnut. An Easter Breakfast runs 700 to 800 a m with 65 cents and children under 12 pay 35 cents. The Luther League also collects for Lutheran World Action. Choirs rehearse earlier and films will be shown. all are invited.
Gerald Francis Hailsman and Wayne Thomas Johnson, both of Graettinger Iowa, joined the U S Marine Corps for a two year enlistment and are now undergoing ten weeks of basic training at San Diego California.
Maunday Thursday Holy Communion service. Good Friday service at 1:30 PM with Holy Communion for shut-ins upon request to the minister. Memorial Service at 2 PM Saturday. Easter Sunrise service at 6 AM led by the M.Y.E. followed by Easter Breakfast. Church School at 9:30 and Easter morning service at 10:30. The Choir and the Minister will bring the messages.
The menu lists steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, raspberry and cranberry, jello, rolls, relish, lemon sherbet and wafer, plus coffee and milk. Tickets remain available at the school, Graettinger state bank, and Times office.
Tom J. Kirby, 75, of Emmetsburg, died Tuesday evening in Sioux City after a stroke. Former Lee Livestock Commission owner, he was a Graettinger area figure and an uncle to Mia, Jack Jackson, and Mary A. Duffy. Funeral plans set for Monday in Emmetsburg. Also in Graettinger news, Graettinger Junior High girls took second place in Palo Alto County junior high cage meet, losing 27-22 to Rodman. Mary Craven scored 12 for Graettinger. Rodman’s Burgess had 20. Ruthven beat Mallard for consolation.
An old style ad touts tasteless odorless lard praised as highly digestible and government inspected. It markets vacuum sealed tins at $3.99 with 97-10% purity, claims long fry life and high heat for deep fat frying, notes flavor isolation for onions shrimp fish donuts and potatoes, and promises pie crusts cakes cookies nutritional value and skin benefits.
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