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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1969
Page
5
Participating Graettinger stores will feature another $50 Buck Prize in the weekly Saturday afternoon drawing. Drawing time is three o'clock. Mrs Ward Scherer did not claim last week's prize.
Alan Graettinger son of Mr and Mrs Don Graettinger was discharged from the U S Army in Oakland California after nearly three years of duty SPS Graettinger returned April 2 from fourteen months duty in Vietnam He is visiting his uncle Mr and Mrs Paul Graettinger at Montrose California and with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Louie Graettinger at Pasadena California
Funeral services were held Saturday at Sidsema Funeral Home Emmetsburg for Clarence W Howand 77 former Grachtinger area resident who died Thursday noon at Emmetsburg hospital after a two year illness. Rev Chester Guinn Methodist pastor at Emmetsburg officiated. Burial Evergreen cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry Clarken Rolfe Frank Mundus Emmetsburg Carl Lorenzen Deloit Virgil Autendro Mallard Kenneth BanwartCorrectionville Larry Din Kimmetsbirne. Surviving are his wife Georgia four daughters Mildred Clarken Mallard Cleot Cady Graettinger Bernice Banwart Cylinder California stepson Al Newman Emmetsburg three stepdaughters Florence Mulder Emmetsburg Art Dix Emmetsburg Burdette Peterson St Paul Minn one brother Gilbert Missouri one sister Mrs Wayne Hott Dickens. He was preceded in death by first wife Mable 1951 two sons and one daughter.
Paula Stuart won the Laurens meet in the 440 yard dash with a 61.8 second time, breaking the existing record by three seconds. She has set meet records in Milford Rolfe Lincoln Central Laurens and West Bend during the first five meets of the season, and her best result ranks as the state’s second fastest this year. The Graettinger Girls track team competed against a strong 24 team field, with Sue Studer, Anne Stuart, Paula Stuart, Maresa Rose, and Betty Brown contributing in sprints, relays, and the shot put.
Pastor Walter Rasmussen and his wife Shirley will speak at three American Lutheran Church seminaries in St. Paul Minnesota Dubuque Iowa and Columbus Ohio on May 15 16 and 17. The event aims to share hope with graduating seminarians who plan rural congregational service. Rasmussen leads Lost Island and Little Sea churches and will return May 18 for Rushven high school baccalaureate sermon.
The Most Rev. Frank Hl. Greteman officiated at three o'clock Sunday for 73 students and two adults receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at Immaculate Conception Church. Several area priests assisted. The report lists numerous girls and boys among the confirmands and notes scholarships awarded to GHS senior Mike Boblit for college study at the University of Iowa.
Anhydrous ammonia sprayed from a ruptured hose on a Graettinger Coop Grain Co. truck near the Rock Island tracks causing evacuations in Graettinger residents for about a half hour Saturday afternoon. Firemen and workers shut off valves after spraying water fog to dilute the gas. The truck, from St Paul Minnesota, carried about four tons of ammonia.
The Palo Alto county board of review is now in session at Emmetsburg according to Arnold Aleseh. Other members are Gene Albaugh of Emmetsburg and Harry Ritchart of Mallard. Persons wishing to contact the board should do so before May 20.
The Graettinger American Legion and Auxiliary will hold their regular monthly meetings Tuesday night at 8 p m in the Legion hall.
Bethel Lutheran plans dedication of its new Bethel church on May 18 at 10:00 a.m. Rev Alvon Nelson will lead the rites and Rev Fred Schenk will speak at 3:00 p.m community service. The North Bethel church has served since 1962, formerly St Pauls Church moved from 7 miles northeast of Spencer in 1926.
Raymond Butch Miller 47 of Pasadena Calif was found dead slumped over the steering wheel after his car and trailer left the highway near Blythe Calif on Monday He may have suffered a heart attack while driving Immediate survivors include his wife four children three grandchildren one brother Heinie Miller of Graettinger two sisters Mabel Groth of Pasadena Calif Kathryn Alexander and Helen Hinrichsen both of Omaha Neb Heinie Miller and his sisters plan to travel to Pasadena by plane for the funeral Friday
George M. Stockdale announces Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative essay winners for the Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington D C. High school juniors Steve Hawley and Joe Sikora earned all expense paid trips from 21 local entrants for essays on Rural Electrification and Our Rural Economy and Society.
Iowa City Douglass Naar a liberal arts senior at the University of Iowa was among 34 students honored at the seventh annual Honors Convocation on May 3 in MacBride Auditorium. Naar received an Honors Certificate in the College of Liberal Arts and the Phi Lambda Upsilon Pearce Award for seniors, his fourth consecutive year receiving the award.
Graettinger announces free city trash pickup this Friday May 9 as part of clean-up weekend. Residents should place rubbish at the street curb for city trucks. The effort aims to beautify Graettinger and improve the town for residents and visitors.
The article notes ongoing hardship for farmers due to repeated rain last week delaying field work. Mrs Henningsens records show 142 inches of rain in April, with historic totals including 441 inches in 1968 and 254 inches in 1967. May rainfall includes 0.05 on May 1, 0.2 on May 2, and 0.5 inches on May 3. Corn planting was starting midweek.
Doug Everett, longtime Graettinger Pirates football coach, resigns after successful years at Graettinger Community. He led the team to a league championship in 1967 and remained a prominent figure in local athletics, with plans for the future still undetermined.
Graettinger Band Parents will meet Monday night May 12 at 7 30 p m in the school lunch room. All members are urged to attend.
Firemen were called to Henry Doerning's farm in Graettinger on Thursday forenoon when a tractor caught fire in the yard. The blaze caused heavy damage to the tractor, its cab, and tires. Sparks from a charging battery are believed to have ignited gasoline while cleaning a gas line.
James H Currans 63 of rural Emmetsburg died suddenly at home May 1 heart attack. Mass at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in St Jacob s cemetery. Pallbearers Tom Guess Gordon Smith Arnold Alesch Wolfe Lundgren Robert Sehany Forrest Sipes. He lived in Palo Alto county all life. Survived by wife Sally six sons and four daughters eight grandchildren and many relatives. He was a hunter fisherman and outdoorsman and a member of Knights of Columbus.
The annual kindergarten roundup for parents of pupils entering kindergarten next year will be held in the school lunchroom Thursday evening May 8 at 7 30 p m. Call school secretary Winnette Vasey at SOR for details. Children must be five years old on or before Sept 19 1989 to be eligible for the fall term. A visitation schedule will be announced later.
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