Graettinger School Board Announces Coaching Assignments
Graettinger high school names Joe Ferrell head boys basketball coach and Ron Brockmeyer girls basketball coach. Norman H. Appell of Liberty Center is hired as football wrestling and boys track coach, with junior high roles also chosen. A Goodwill pickup is set for May 19 to collect reusable items.
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Joe Ferrell
GHS
Ferrell
Graettinger
Chapmanville
West Virginia
Ron Brockmeyer
Brockmeyer
Lake Center
Lake Park
Victor
Towas
Nommnan Appell
Liberty Center
Iowa
Jim Reed
Leland Stiles
Paul Emerick
Norman H. Appell
Graettinger Board of Education
Appell
Drake University
Ball State University
Eagle Grove
Fallisington
Pennsylvania
Union
Maxwell
Prairie City
Services Held Friday At Estherville Lutheran For Mrs. Chrestiansen
Funeral services were held Friday April 30 at Estherville Lutheran for Mrs Albert Mathilda Chrestiansen 78 of Estherville formerly Graettinger area resident who died April 28 at Holy Family hospital The Rev Stephen Engelstad and Rev Oscar Engebretson officiated Burial was in Valley View cemetery east of Graettinger Pallbearers were Richard Alexandria William Johnson Ernest Henricksen Leo Janssen Herbert Neilsen and Bert Farmer She was born January 22 1893 near Bode Iowa daughter of Ole and wife educated near Bode Baptized May 8 1908 She married Albert Chrestiansen March 15 1916 They farmed near Graettinger then west of Wallingford moved to Estherville in 1957 They belonged to First Lutheran Graettinger transferring to Estherville 1958 Mr Chrestiansen died May 5 1959 She was active in ALCW circle work Survived by four daughters Mildred Es therville Mrs George Gwinner Fort Dodge Mrs James Lehner Lithonia GA Mrs Ivyl Kutler Woolstock and Mrs George Melevin Milford three sons Lawrence Floyd and Melvin Estherville 16 grandchildren three great grandchildren and five brothers Alfred Tonderum Eagle Grove Carl Tonderum Clarion Severin Tonderum Humboldt Joe Tonderum San Diego CA Morgan Tonderum Graettinger Preceded in death by husband parents four children two grandchildren and two sisters Next Saturday afternoons prize in the three o'clock draw will be 25 Bucks in participating stores Clara Rolfson claimed last weeks 50 Bucks prize.
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Estherville Lutheran Church
Albert (Mathilda) Chrestiansen
Estherville
Graettinger Area
Holy Family Hospital
Stephen Engelstad
Oscar Engebretson
Valley View Cemetery
Graettinger
Richard Alexandria
Wm. Johnson
Ernest Henricksen
Leo Janssen
Herbert Neilsen
Bert Farmer
Bode
Iowa
Ole Tonderum
Albert Chrestiansen
St. Olaf Parsonage
Wallingford
First Lutheran Church
Chrestiansen
ALCW
Mildred Chrestiansen
George
Alice) Gwinner
Fort Dodge
James
Julia) Lehner
Lithonia
Ivyl
Neva) Kutler
Woolstock
Lawrence
Floyd
Melevin
Milford
Alfred Tonderum
Eagle Grove
Carl Tonderum
Clarion
Severin Tonderum
Humboldt
Joe Tonderum
San Diego
Calif
Morgan Tonderum
Graettinger Variety Show Lights Up Weekend
Graettinger high school chorus and stage band present Swing Out Sweet Land at the gym Saturday and Sunday May 8 and 9. Kent Baldwin and Jan Norris direct a 105 minute program of 1920s 50s and Now era numbers with solos duets and band features. Tickets 150 adults 75 cents students. reserved seats include table chairs on gym floor. Band Parents serve lunch at intermission. Legion and Auxiliary hold monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 pm.
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Graettinger
Kent Baldwin
Jan Norris
Graettinger Gymnasium
Sweet Land
Woodstock
Graettinger Fire Douses Auto Engine Blaze
Graettinger firefighters extinguished a 1968 auto fire around 7 30 Wednesday morning. Mrs Don Fay was driving when flames broke out in the motor causing damage limited to wiring and engine. cause not determined.
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Graettinger
Don Fay
Graettinger Woman's Club selects Queen Candidate
Graettinger Graettinger Woman's Club names Suzanne Frick GHS junior daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Frick as its Labor Day Diamond Jubilee queen candidate. Five Graettinger High junior students will be chosen by organizations as queen contenders with more announcements pending.buttons sold before the celebration grant ballots for voting. The Graettinger theatre shows Disney's King of the Grizzlies in Technicolor this weekend starring John Yesno Chris Wiggins Hugh Webster and Jack Van Evera.
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Suzanne Frick
GHS
Paul Frick
Graettinger Woman's Club
Graettinger
Graettinger Theatre
Disney
Wahb
John Yesno
Chris Wiggins
Hugh Webster
Jack van Evera
Graettinger GED Class Terminated for Year
Leland Stiles, Graettinger adult education supervisor, says the GED class is terminated for this year and will not meet again this school term. It confirms the program end and notes the supervisor as the source.
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Graettinger
Leland Stiles
Public Invited To Graettinger Housing Meeting
Graettinger residents are urged to attend a public meeting on Tuesday May 11 at 7 30 p m in the town library basement. Local organizers seek to form a non profit to build elderly housing financed by Farmers Home Administration with units one or two bedrooms and inclusive rent.
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Graettinger
Farmers Home Administration
Teachers Will Conduct Local Cancer Drive in Graettinger
Graettinger teachers will conduct a local cancer fund drive sponsored by the GEA. After canvassing the business district they will run a house to house campaign, hoping to complete the drive by mid month. Graettinger Library board thanks contributors to the library building fund including John Ennen family 5 Cora Christopher 25 Mr and Mrs Heidecker 5 Mr and Mrs Lammers 5 and Florence Wells 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
GEA
Graettinger Library Board
John Ennen
Cora Christopher
Francis Heidecker
Henry Lammers
Florence Wells
Book Presented In Memory Of Father Of Fifth Grader
Mrs Margaret Johnson and Mrs Esther Rasmussen visited the north fifth grade room on Friday April 30. The class purchased a book on Ecology presented to the library in memory of Patty Guerdet's father Paul Twait who died last December. Johnson thanked the class and shared travel notes from Hawaii and Japan. Graettinger High School concert band earned a Division II rating at the large group contest in Spencer on May 1, performing La Roquina and Overture for Winds.
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North
Graettinger Public Library
GHS
Patsy Helmich
Donna Westergard
Kathy McQuown
Tom Poland
Tim Rooney
Patty Guerdet
Paul Twait
Library Board
Margaret Johnson
Keith Poeppe
Scott Herke
Mike Elsenbast
Randy Rients
Clark Rasmussen
Lonnie Prather
Beth Hankey
Darrell Hoffman
Julie Kulow
Julce Ennen
Esther Rasmussen
Jani Cox
Tim Brown
Monty Schang
Terry Masters
Debbie Hampson
Joleen Borchers
Jerry Boblit
Graettinger Irrary Board
Esther Rasmusesen
Johnson
Hawaii
Japan
Graettinger High School
Spencer
High School Band Spring Concert Next Tuesday
The high school band, directed by Kent R. Baldwin, will present a spring concert on Tuesday May 11 in the school gym at 7 30 pm. The program includes Loyalty March Skornica Hymn of Praise Brackney Soul Explosion Caruso Beyond These Hills Wirth a saxophone solo Julie Gjerde Mrs Jan Norris accompanist Overture For Winds Carter California Dreamin Monday Monday Holcombe Overture in B Flat Girovannini Concerto in D Minor Molique flute solo Linda Oleson Mrs Don Oleson accompanist La Roquina Green Alla Barocco Girovannini. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Graettinger Community High School
Kent R. Baldwin
Skornica
Brackney
Caruso
Wirth
Julie Gjerde
Jan Norris
Carter
California
Holcombe
Girovannini
Molique
Linda Oleson
Don Oleson
la Roquina
Green
Alla Barocco
Services Held At Emmetsburg For Martin Joe Hendricks
Funeral services for Martin Joe Hendricks 61 a Emmetsburg former Graettinger resident were held Monday April 26 at St Thomas Catholic church in Emmetsburg. He died April 23 at Palo Alto county hospital after a lingering illness. Burial was in St John s cemetery at Emmetsburg with great nephews serving as pallbearers. Military rites were conducted at the grave by the Emmetsburg VFW. He was born April 4 1910 in Emmetsburg the son of Martin and Lottie Eaton Hendricks and served in the U S Navy 1942 1945. Survivors include two sisters Mrs John McBride and Sister Mary Mechtilde. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
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Martin Joe Hendricks
Emmetsburg
Graettinger
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Hendricks
Palo Alto County Hospital
Robert Leiting
St. Thomas Church
Patrick Nooney
Ayrshire
St. John's Cemetery
John
Jerome
Timother Terveer
Patrick
Bernard
Mike Lutterman
Alpha
Minn
Sgt. McBride
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Martin and
Lottie Eaton Hendricks
U. S. Navy
Veterans Administration
Philadelphia
John McBride
Mary Mechtilde
Dobbs Ferry
New York
Donald
Lawrence
Bernice
GHS Band To Parade At Tulip Festival Saturday
Marching band from Graettinger High School will join the Tulip Festival parade in Orange City Saturday afternoon May 15. festival spans May 13 14 and 15 with events and activities across the weekend. Mary Ann Emerick Named Librarian And English Teacher At Graettinger School
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GHS
Tulip
Graettinger High School
Orange City
Mary Ann Emerick
Graettinger
Mary Emerick
Paul Emerick
Garrigan
Ottumwa
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Missouri
St. Mary's College
Omaha
Nebr
Emmetsburg
Emerick
Trash Cleanup Drive Opens in Graettinger
Graettinger holds May 1 to May 8 as clean up paint up and fix up week with residents urged to tidy homes and grounds. City will provide free pickup today and Friday May 6 and 7 with trash placed at street side for city trucks. Merchants urged to spruce up the business district to improve town appearance for residents and visitors.
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Graettinger
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Graettinger Public
Marmion Thoreson
Coy Coan
Hertha Frick
Mildred Warren
Alta Besh
Thelma Carter
Goodwill Industries
Graettinger United Methodist Church
C. O. Wikert
Jocal Goodwill
Merle T. Hanson
Hanson
Norman Appell
Jan Mitchell
Estherville Lutheran
Clara Rolfson
Graettinger Ffa
Mr. Edwards
Roger Rustad
Sentinel
Randy Nicol
Dean Ressell
Jerome Brown
Bill Ellis
Norman Nicol
GHS Music Department
Legion and Auxiliary
Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Navy
Robert Bisgaard
Arnold Bisgaard
Alamo
Vietnam
Okinawa
Philippine
Lowell Jacobsen
Susan Jacobsen
Steven Westergard
Richard Westergard
Steve Dobbins
Harry Dobbins
Gloria Johnson
Earl Johnson
Dan Voigt
Jim Voigt
Postal Service
U. S. Postal Service
Graettinger, Iowa
R. T. Nane
Nixon
Blount
Aae
Nane
Postal Services
R. R. Gillette
Des Moines
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