Graettinger Co-Op Annual Meeting Highlights
Graettinger Co-Op members met at the Legion hall despite stormy weather. Bob Barnes gave a strong talk, Ray Kischer was elected to the board, and officers noted strong fiscal results with 606,592 bushels handled and 31 percent of sales from members.
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Graettinger
Bob Barnes
Graettinger Co-Op
Legion Hall
Ray Kischer
Chris Knudsen
P. J. Duus
Elmer Iverson
Frans Swanson
Elmer Masters
Harold Christiansen
Thomas Thomsen
Mr. Thomsen
Frank Andersen
Des Moines
Estherville
Fra
Auction of Alfred Simonsen house in Axelton slated
Alfred Simonsen will dispose of a room dwelling in the Axelton addition at a sale on Saturday afternoon May 5 starting at 2 00. Two acres of ground accompany the property with a garage a chicken house shade trees and a potential small chicken ranch site. Some machinery and miscellaneous items will be sold. Auctioneer is Ben Reeves with Graettinger State Bank as clerk.
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Alfred Simonsen
Axelton
Ben Reeves
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger Town Election Date in November in Question
Graettinger may hold a town election on Tuesday November 6 1951 the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. A circular letter from a large printing concern states the date but no official confirmation exists. Current officials elected last March would stay in office until April 1952. Some towns switch to November elections next year while others return to March. The town's fiscal year ends March 31 and possible changes are uncertain.
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Graettinger
Sullivan Coan
Coan's Grocery
Graettiiiger
Coan
Grachtiniger
Baseball Practice At Evergreen Park Sunday
Base ball practice will start at Evergreen Park Sunday afternoon. All young men of the town and country who wish to play base ball are asked to attend. From this practice a team will be selected after follow-up workouts.
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Evergreen Park
Change In Milwaukee Road Schedule Noted
Milwaukee road announces schedule changes effective last Sunday. The eastbound to Chicago now departs at 7 48 p m and the westbound from Chicago arrives at 10 68 a m.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Phi Kappa Phi adds 162 at Iowa State colleges
John B. Osher son of Mrs E B Osher Graettinger was among 162 Iowa State College students and staff honored by initiation to the scholastic honorary Phi Kappa Phi at the college, according to an announcement today.
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Phi Kappa Phi
John B. Osher
E. B. Osher
Graettinger
Iowa State College
State College
Graettinger pupil wins state snare drum and Patsy Masters top mezzo
Graettinger high school pupil Larry Kirkegaard earned a Division I snare drum solo rating at the Grinnell state music contest held April 27 28. Patsy Masters won Division I mezzo soprano solo against over 200 contestants. The Times notes large entry totals and lists other vocal and instrumental results while saluting teacher Milas Christie Kroul and local staff.
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Larry Kirkegaard
Patsy Masters
Graettinger High School
Grinnell
Larry Graettinger
Larry Kirke
Baard
Gracttinger
Robert Elsenbast
Barringer
Kren
Jones
Manchester
Patsy
Jane Wolfe
Graettinger School
Graettinger
the Times
Milas Christie Kroul
Luther League Rally And Choral Union Concert
The Estherville Circuit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church holds Spring Luther League Rally and Choral Union Concert at Union State Line Lutheran Church Petersburg next Sunday May 6 with 3:00 and 8:00 PM sessions Rev R A Olsen pastor theme Triumphant In Christ based on I Corinthians 15 57-58 Leaguers present three themed topics and guest speaker Rev E W Narvig director of public relations at Augustana College Sioux Falls will address both sessions Two choirs perform afternoon and evening numbers with Estherville Choral Union led by Carl Will attendance expected from fifteen congregations of Estherville Chronic.
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Estherville
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Union State Line Lutheran Church of
Jesus Christ
Christ
E. W. Narvig
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Hoe
Graig Overby
Tkach
Uggen
McDarland
Sibelus
F. Mellus Christiansen
Estherville Chronic
Basement remodel planned for First Lutheran Church
The First Lutheran Church basement will be remodeled in coming weeks. Horke & Resh will handle the contracting work with extensive changes planned to be made.
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Lutherian
Horke & Resh
Picture Storm Tuesday Causes Damage Near Graettinger
The Times observed a Tuesday afternoon storm east of Graettinger around 1 30 PM. A dark curtain like cloud moved rapidly from southwest to northeast with a pale yellow sky behind. Rain fell briefly followed by strong winds that damaged trees and structures including a hay rack near George Laubenthal. Seeding may begin soon after several inches of rain.
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Times
Graettinger
West Robbins Avenue
Graetinger
George Laubenthal
Graettingar
Open House for Mr and Mrs Hertin on May 6
Open house for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hertin at the Herum home Sunday May 6 from 2:00 to 6:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives invited.
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Raymond Hertin
Herum Home
Religious School Held by Sisters of St Ellen’s Academy
Sisters from St Ellen's academy in Emmetsburg will run a religious school at the Catholic church next Saturday afternoon May 6 from 1:00 to 4:00.
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St. Ellen's Academy
Emmetsburg
Pfc John Haag Wounded Again In Korean War
Pfc John P Haag son of Michael Haag of Graettinger was wounded in Korea on March 31 as reported by the defense department. This marks his second injury, with prior wounds in Korea last September when a rifle bullet fragment embedded in his wrist. He noted a brief hospital stay and expected recovery, having earlier returned from Japan where he had been hospitalized after a previous wound.
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John P. Haag
Michael Haag
Graettinger
Korea
S Defense Department
John
Japan
Rea
Paul Frick Serves in Japan Honor Guard at MacArthur’s Departure
Paul Frick a member of a headquarters company in Tokyo was part of the honor guard as General Douglas MacArthur left the Japanese capital on his journey home. He has served in MacArthur's headquarters since arriving in Japan over a year ago. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Frick of Graettinger.
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Paul Frick
Tokyo
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Paul
MacArthur
George Prick
Graettinger
Graettinger Duroc Breeders Enter Production Registry
Graettinger high school breeders Vernie Jacobson and Rolland Leduc, both of Graettinger, enter Duroc production registry with litters of 10 and 12 pigs respectively. The move follows demand for more production records to aid breeders in selecting qualified animals. A qualifying litter must exceed eight pigs with 56 day weight minimums of 320 pounds for sows or 275 pounds for gilts, with a star earned after two litters.
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Graettinger
Graettinger High School
Vernie Jacobson
Rolland Leduc
B. R. Evana
United Duroc Recon Association
Peoria
Maois
Singer Sally Foster to guest on OUR OWN Bob Goes Calling
Sally Foster the singer known as the girl with a smile in her voice will appear on Saturdays program OUR OWN Bob Goes Calling from Thoreson’s OUR OWN Hardware store. She began in a church choir in Milwaukee and sang on NBC National Barn Dance and Uncle Ezra on Chicago networks before joining KMOX in St. Louis and later CBS in Hollywood. Foster recorded for Decca for eight years and recently released Someday Youll Want Me To Want You which sold over 400 000 copies. The May 12 broadcast from 8 46 to 9 18 am on WCCO is sponsored by OUR OWN Hardware, a cooperative of 600 independent stores across several states.
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Sally Foster
Thoreson
OUR Own Hardware
Milwaukee
Chicago
Sally
KMOX
CBS
St. Louis
Hollywood
Pappy Cheshire
Decca
Bob Goes
Bob DeHaven
OUR Own
WCCO
OUR Own Hardware Organi 2Ation
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Montana
Wyoming
Thoregon’s
Flower Sale At Hansen Hardware May 12
The young folks of the Methodist church will run a flower sale at Hansen Hardware on Saturday May 12 in the afternoon and evening. Plants and flowers of all kinds will be offered. A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
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Methodiat Church
Hansen Hardware
Business Change in Locker Plant
Leonard Barrett has purchased his brother John Barretts interest in the Grachtinger Ineker plant. He will be assisted by M F Gilbaugh, the former proprietor. Mr and Mrs John Barrett will move to Arizona for Mrs Barretts health and store furniture in Estherville until her return from the sanitarium. They will then relocate to Arizona.
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Leonard Barrett
John
Grachtinger Ineker
Leonard
M. F. Gilbaugh
John Barrett
Arizona
Crop Failure Tale From Leech Lake Area
Don Forde relays an elder’s account from northern Minnesota about a past crop failure in 1865 and a warning of another hard year ahead, reflecting local memory of drought and famine.
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Minnesota
Leech Lake
Don Forde
Dua
Hospital Notice on Mrs Albert Schealler
Mrs Albert Schealler entered Holy Family hospital today for a surgical operation Friday morning. She expects to be a patient for a week to ten days as local friends hope for her early and complete recovery.
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Albert Schealler
Holy Family Hospital
Senior Class Play Cheaper By The Dozen At Auditorium
The senior class presents Cheaper By the Dozen at the auditorium Friday May 11 at 8 00 pm Adults pay 60 cents and children 85 cents A full account with cast will appear in next week's Times
Grinnell College Musical Comedy Casts Ronald Jensen
Ronald Jensen, a sophomore at Grinnell College, joins the Grinnell chorus in the annual musical comedy Then Was This Island about shipwrecked vacationers on a tropical utopia. The performance features a campus troupe and highlighted Grinnell College’s arts program.
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Grinnell
Ronald Jensen
Grasttinger
Grinnell College
Ronald
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Rochester Hospital
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