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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
7
Simon Omundson and his spouse were honored at a wedding shower in the South Walnut church parlors on Friday evening April 27. The couple, married April 7, opened gifts after a program and guests were served a luncheon to close the event.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Knutsen of Graettinger announce the engagement of their daughter Wanda to Willis Voxland son of Mr and Mrs O L Voxland of Kenyon Minnesota The wedding date has not been set Miss Knutsen is a graduate of Graettinger High School and a registered nurse at University Hospital Minneapolis Voxland is majoring in economics at the University of Minnesota
Several Graettinger families are relocating or planning moves after purchasing or renting homes. The Paul Belleack family moved to the DeLawyer house. George Basta and Mrs Basta moved to the former John Hansen house. Leland Bobilit will move to the Fred Graettinger home by June 1. Herb Weber rents an apartment in the Miller complex vacated by Sanford Oleon. Stanley Reinders plans to move from the Fred Graettinger house to the Bert Anderson house. Glen Reinders moves from the Mrs Wilson house to the Henry Miller farm south of Graettinger.
District Judge G W Stillman directed a verdict for Holy Family hospital Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother and Dr Don Green in a $10000 personal injury suit by Mrs George Crown filed in Emmet county. The three day trial at Estherville held the plaintiff failed to prove negligence in binding and administering blood to Mrs Crown while a patient in 1954. The judge found no negligence or incompatible blood reaction.
The Osgood Royal Neighbor camp hosted the district convention at Pythian hall Emmetsburg on Tuesday April 24 with national director Nellie Sexton state supervisor Florence Bridges and district deputies in attendance. The program featured a flag presentation by Edward Pringle and performances by Emmetsburg Catholic High School boys double quartet and Grac...
The Graettinger Pirates beat Ayrshire 62 at Evergreen Park last week. Gary Mastera pitched six innings and Paul Bonstead finished the last frame for Graettinger. Also, estate administration notice and hospital news items appear, with plans noted for Romania involving David Garst, Herold Smouse, and Coon Rapids.
Spring ushers flies as well as flowers in Iowa. Clean yards and sealed garbage. Repair screens and use a spray gun with DDT before flies breed. Country barns need spraying around buildings except milk houses. Fly prevention protects against diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid fever. A fly free picnic is worth the effort.
Robert Perry of Mingo construction worker was killed after falling from a Bax ter gymnasium second story while helping remodel. Death caused by a fractured skull.
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