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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
1
A humorous signed ditty from the Clear Lake Mirror urges community action and personal effort. The page also reports incidents including five year old Todd Johnson escaping serious injury after a tractor disk accident and Dick Paustain of Toledo sustaining a broken bone when a horse slipped and fell on his foot.
A nostalgic note urges residents to support home merchants and pay local wages. It recalls fencing miles for field enclosures, sharing past farm labor and a joke about post holes. It also mentions typwriter quirks and community influence on progress and morale.
Weekly mornings only tests announced for Estherville Orange City Emmetsburg Spencer Rock Rapids Spirit Lake Sibley with exams held on Mondays through Saturdays. Social security aid provided by Wi ba at Emmetsburg courthouse on May 9 23 and June 6 26 from 9 am to 12 noon.
A compact listing of local religious congregations and civic groups in GrAettinger. It notes churches including St Pauls Lutheran South Walnut Lutheran First Lutheran Lost Island Lutheran and others plus community bodies such as the American Legion Auxiliary and Lions Club with President Adlene Brighton and Arnald Alesch named.
The column critiques The Ten Commandments film, arguing the title misleads and the biblical law is misrepresented as celestial fireworks. It stresses covenant, grace, and the need to know God personally rather than worship a spectacular display.
Rodman defeated Mallard 3 to 0 to clinch the county baseball tournament after Graettinger lost 12 to 15 to Mallard in an opening round. Also noted are obituaries, school exams, paving plans on highway 18, and a local film program starting at Hawk Eye Theatre.
Notable Books of 1957 selection portrays life in a Maine fishing hamlet during a funeral. The dying woman’s influence reshapes the townsfolk, revealing passions, losses, and reckonings across generations.
The Women's Missionary Federation Estherville circuit of the HEOLC will hold its convention at Armstrong Lutheran church Sunday afternoon May 4. The event features an All-In-One Estherville ELC circuit convention with a 2 PM general session, 3 PM department meetings, and a 5:30 PM supper. Delegates from numerous Lutheran churches are listed.
A Monona resident, Ben Frese, 87, suffered burns to his hands and face after tripping on a gopher mound and falling into a grass fire at his home. He was attempting to prevent the fire from spreading to a neighboring corn field.
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