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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
7
A Graettinger Estherville program shows a non profit Five Day Plan helping twenty six smokers quit. Seventy year long addiction reduced to zero with instructors guiding a one week stop smoking course.
Graettinger High School received three players named All-State Honorable Mention by the Des Moines Register. Dave Ennen led the Pirates with 364 points and 344 rebounds, with John and Joe Ferrell earning guard and forward center mentions. Steve Moran added 326 points and 180 rebounds as a senior guard.
Graettinger volunteer firemen responded to a grass fire Monday at 1 30 p m near the Gary Jackson residence. Fourteen firefighters arrived and doused the blaze within minutes, burning about two acres of grassland behind the home.
Three Graettinger area students, Carol Sorenson Beverly Welkey and Joanne Stillman, have been named to the University of Northern Iowa fall Dean's List per an announcement by UNI Office of Academic Affairs.
A Goodwill truck will visit Graettinger on Tuesday April 1 to collect used clothing no longer needed. Residents are asked to bring usable and repairable articles to the east door of the Methodist Church as announced by Mrs. C Wikert this week.
Markets page notes beans futures with next fall prices. commodity sections show price quotations and brief listings for the upcoming harvest period. The report includes row data and reference codes like Com.-1 and 1,18, with some fragmented entries such as 26 and 34.
On March 26 1973 Lions and businessmen met at Hanna s for a well attended gathering. Mrs Hanna was noted for cooking for the group. Discussions covered an upcoming athletic banquet and a committee was formed to explore a factory that might locate in Graettinger.
March rainfall in Graettinger totals 2.47 inches to date with an inch falling last weekend while last year’s March rainfall reached 5.9 inches. All precipitation this year is rain and sleet, not snow as in prior years. A work crew planned Saturday to repair street signs and discuss shelter house depot and house numbers. Slides of Maryknoll College in St. Louis were shown with Pastor Reitz thanked for operating the projector. Apology issued for a ten minute overstay. Theatre appeals for volunteers to raise funds and avoid closing. Industrial Committee and Saturday Work Committee listed with volunteer names. Contributed by Dr. V. G. Riefts.
The notice states that Vernie Jacobson did not claim the $50 prize last Saturday. The $50 prize will be up for grabs again this week, with the same rules likely applying for entry and deadlines.
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