Completes 21 Years Of Night Duty At Switchboard
Margaret Mahan marked 21 years of nighttime switchboard duty at Graettinger telephone, retiring hours before the dial system rollout. Over two decades she rarely missed a shift, recalling busy nights, emergency calls, and a notable incident when a fire alarm siren stuck, prompting swift electrician intervention.
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Margaret Mahan
Times
Margaret
Thas
Graettinger Telephone
Sonsillitis
Sabin Polio Vaccine Drive slated for Graettinger Estherville
On Saturday May 19 residents of Graettinger and Estherville areas will receive Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine at a county armory clinic in Estherville from 2 PM to 8 PM. The drive is sponsored by the Emmet County Medical Society with Dr. D B Dunn and Dr. D E Wolters as cochairmen. A physician will be on duty throughout the day. Also noted is a weekly Emmetsburg sale barn evening sale at 7:30 PM beginning next week through summer.
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Sabin
Graettinger
Estherville
Emmet County Medical Society
D. BE
Dunn
E. Wolters
Cochairman
National ‘Guana
Emmetsburg
Federal Crop Insurance Deadline Extended
U S D A officials set a closing date of May 18 for accepting applications under the 162 cont a program for corn and soybeans. Iowa State Director Justin C Dee Graettinger coal agent Al Speck and Ray Beatty Emmetsburg county agent note applications may close earlier if the State Director decides.
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U.S.D.A
Reparta Justin
C. Dee
Iowa
al Speck Af Graettinger
Ray “Beatty
Emmetsburg
Graettinger High Class of 1922 Plans Reunion
The Graettinger High School graduation class of 1922 plans a reunion on Sunday September 2 marking its 40th anniversary. A planning committee including Mrs Maria Jacobsen, Mrs Fred Graettinger, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Harding and Mr and Mrs Rolfe Lundgren met to arrange contact for all 25 class members. Addresses of those who moved away are requested. Send to Mrs Fred Graettinger Graettinger Iowa.
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Graettinger
Graettinger High School
Maria Jacobsen
Fred Graettinger
Kenneth Harding
Rolfe Lundgren
Joe and
Leona Leonard
Iowa
John Miller Dies in Washington Former Area Resident
John Miller formerly farmed in the Osgood area and owned a drug store in Albuquerque New Mexico. He died Monday in Elma Washington after years of ill health and multiple heart attacks. Funeral services were held in Elma and plans were made for services in Albuquerque. Survivors include his wife Gladys a son John Jr a daughter Mabel Weversensiant two stepdaughters Helen and June three grandchildren two sisters and two brothers Raymond of Pasadena California and H Heinle of Graettinger now in Phoenix Arizona.
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John Miller
Washington
Osgood
Elma
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Gladys
John Jr
Mabel Weversensiant
Helen
Asi June
Ray
Mond
Pasadena
Callf
H. 7
Heinle
Graettinger
Phoenix
Ariz
Elmer Olson Estate Auction Held in Gradt Unger
A public auction will be conducted Saturday May 5 to sell the Elmer Olson estate property in Gradt Unger including a three room house and personal property. See advertisement for details.
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Elmer Olson
Gradt- Unger
Miriam Circle Bake Sale and Lunch at Our Own Hardware
Miriam Circle of Bethel Lutheran church announces a bake sale and lunch on Saturday May 5 at 2 PM at Our Own Hardware store. Patrons are invited to attend.
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Miriam Circle
Bethel Lutheran Church
Our Own
Death of Warren Shaffer of Ceylon Minn at 76
Warren W Shaffer 76 of Ceylon Minnesota died Monday afternoon of pneumonia at Fairmont hospital after a month of ill health. He and his wife Ines had just celebrated their 50th anniversary. Funeral services were set for Thursday at 12 noon at Ceylon Methodist Church with burial at Storm Lake Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, three sons Claude Ernest and George and a daughter Mrs Richard Herum, five sisters and twelve grandchildren. The Shaffers farmed near Twelve Mile Lake then Estherville and now Ceylon.
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Warren W. Shafffer
Ceylon
Minn
Fairmont, Minn
Mrs. Shaffer
Ceylon Methodist Church
Storm Lake
Ines
Tlice
Claude
Emmetsburg
Ernest
Spirit Lake
George
Wyoming, Minn
Richard Herum
Wallingford
Fifty Dollar Prize Draw Evening Change Announced
A local notice states a fifty dollar prize draw will be held at 9 p.m. next Saturday with $50 bucks available in participating stores. The shift to a night drawing was made last week and Ole Sothiem did not claim the prior week’s twenty five dollar prize.
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Ngnes
Ole Sothiem
Football Coach to Join Local Faculty
Principal Michael D. Dorseth will be head coach for football girls basketball and track here next year. He graduates from Luther College Decorah this June where he starred in football served in the Navy and is married. Thomas E. Adolph will be junior senior high principal next year with a B A and masters from the State College of Iowa and has taught at Blairstown and Waucoma succeeding Robert Anderson.
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Michael D. Dorseth
Luther College
Decorah
Navy
Thomas E. Adolph
Adolph
State College of Iowa
Blairstown
Waucoma
Robert Anderson
Graettinger Grain holds annual meeting with board elections
Over 300 stockholders attended Graettinger Grain's annual meeting in the school gym. President Sipes presided as yearly reports were read and directors elected. Elmer Iverson was reelected to the board of directors and Lloyd McCombs was chosen to the other board seat. Other directors named include Forrest Bipes Wimigt Joe Leonard Arnold Bix.
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Graettinger Grain
Piri
Alegators
Sipes
Imembers
Elmer Iverson
Bos of Directors
Lloyd McCombs
Forrest Bipes
Wimigt
Joe Leonard
Arnold
Bix
Bankers Meeting Attendance Acknowledged
Friday May 11 Graettinger State Bank in Palo Alto County will be closed all day to allow bank staff to attend the Group II bankers meeting at Webster City.
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Graettinger State Bank
S,mikes
Palo Alto County
Bankers
Webster City
Bancroft Town Team Faces Whitecaps at Evergreen Park
The Bancroft town baseball team meets Graettinger Whitecaps at Evergreen Park Sunday for a 2 p.m. non league game. Both teams belong to the Martin County league, with the clash set as a weekend showcase.
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Bancroft
Whitecaps
Evergreen Park
Bancroft Town
Graettinger Whitecaps
Martin County League
Martin Cqundion
Ronald Christianson Wins F B State Scholarship from Iowa Farm Bureau
Ronald Q Christianson a Graettinger high school senior received a college scholarship from the Iowa Farm Bureau Women’s scholarship program. He is among 18 Iowa farm youths chosen after county and district selections and will pursue a teaching career. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Christianson of rural Estherville.
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Ronald Q Christianson
Graettin- Ber
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ronald
Iowa Farm
County Farm Bureau
Emmet County Farm Bureau
Clarence Christianson
Estherville
Gary Wikert to Attend Science and Math Institute
Gary Wikert a Graettinger High School junior son of Mr and Mrs Roland Wikert is among 54 northwest Iowans chosen to attend the third science and mathematics Institute for exceptional students at the University of Iowa from June 11 to Aug 6. Participants receive college level training in biology chemistry mathematics physics and geology with no college credit. The eight week session is funded by a $30 000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Gary Wikert
Graettinger High School
Roland Wikert
Science and Mathematics Institute
National Science Foundation
Services Held Tuesday For Wirs Ila Mitchals
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou A. Nitchals nee Bales were held Tuesday May 1 at 2 p.m. at Wallingford Lutheran Church with Rev Norbert Jolivette officiating. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery Emmetsburg. Survived by eight sons Harold Wallingford Maurice Omaha Nell Netl Boone Charles and Agar Estherville Hugh Dean Boulder Clifford Fort Thompson and three daughters June Anderson Charles City Ella Dedman Carey Idaho Elinor Thomas Estherville fifty grandchildren four great grandchildren four sisters Beulah Smith Ruthven Adolf Barber Renville Minn Orris Eckart Boone and Albert Shaw Spokane Washington one brother Hubert Bales Piqua Kansas. She was born June 5 1898 in Illinois and married Lou A Nitchals in Emmetsburg in May 1923. The couple farmed in Emmetsburg Wallingford and Terri communities before moving to Carey Idaho fifty years ago to live with a daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband one daughter and her parents.
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Puneral
Lou A
la Belle) Nitehals
Emmetsburg
Wallingford
Terri
Carey
Idaho
Wallingford Lutheran Church
Norbert Jolivette
Evergreen Cemetery
Melvin Nissen
Ronald Nissen
Richard Smith
Frank Smith
Lloyd Anderson
Daniel Moyer
Nitchals
Rods
Harold
Maurice
Omaha
Nell.Netl
Boone
Charles
Agar
Estherville
Hugh Dean
Boulder
Colo
Clifford
Fort Thompson
S. D
Sectional Baseball Tourney At Evergreen Park Next Week
Graettinger State Bank buys the Weinholzer Jewelry building next to the bank from Mrs Weinholver, plans to enlarge bank quarters on the ground floor. The expansion aims to add bookkeeping rooms and private conference spaces to improve service for a growing clientele.
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Graettinger State Bank
Weinholzer
Wein-holver Jewelry
Weinholver
Ita
Graettinger spring sectional baseball tourney week
The Graettinger spring sectional baseball tournament starts Monday May 7 at Evergreen Park with six local teams. Semifinals are Wednesday May 9 and the finals Friday May 11, with times 6 30 p m and 8 p m depending on weather. Teams include Armatrong vs Ringsted and CHlinger vs Sentral.
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Graettinger
Evergreen Park
Supt
Hartung
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