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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1970
Page
2
A Shenandoah hog named Big Porkie owned by Mr and Mrs Fridolf Lyden weighed 800 pounds and required a custom pen at the Omaha Livestock Exchange after sale. Jay Hadley of Union begins a Murray Grey beef herd noted for small birth weight and rapid gain with five Murray Grey Angus cross calves on his farm.
Local classified ad rates set at four cents per word for first insertion and two cents per word for each additional insertion. Minimum charge is fifty cents. Keyed advertisement adds two cents. An unpaid ad handling charge applies. Cards of Thanks priced at ten cents per line with a one dollar minimum.
Classified list items for sale by residents: 22 inch 3 hp mower two years old A Richardson phone 8593491. 15 ft fiberglass boat 40 hp motor electric start trailer Kenneth Mammen phone 8593474. wooden saw horses $2.50 each contact Paul Edwards at the school phone 8593396. Rock Cornish game birds birds alive or dressed Mrs Harry Nelson phone 8593768. 1958 8x32 Detroit mobile home location at Kingwood Cottages Arnolds Park Iowa no calls. 1968 Ford four door automatic Richard Ditch phone 852494. 1955 Pontiac Ed Westfall phone 69 3743. drop leaf kitchen table two chairs vacuum cleaner assorted screens windows Mary Christianson. large assortment of signs including No Hunting Times office. 4 bedroom home Graettinger attached garage large lot Robert Berryhill phone 59 3198.
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Thomas Gallatin and Charles Wilford visiting Blaine Minnesota relatives. Several trips include Mrs Lois Lundgren at a funeral in Vermillion South Dakota and Mrs Elva Paulsen traveling from California to Kansas and Iowa. Numerous visits to relatives in Estherville Ames Spirit Lake and other towns noted with several upcoming weddings and family events.
Hohe School presents weekly lunch menu May 11 to May 15 with ham sandwich, mac and cheese, desserts, milk. Funeral notice from the Randa family expresses gratitude for prayers, visits, cards, flowers, gifts, and thanks to pastors and hospital staff.
Mrs. Vernie Jacobson expresses gratitude to relatives and friends for cards, visits, gifts, food, and flowers received during hospitalization and after returning home.
Douglas A Bates a retired vice president of General Telephone of Midwest departed Grinnell on April 17 to work in South Vietnam. He will help develop a nationwide civilian telecommunications system there for the next nine months.
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