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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
1
The Grachtinger High School band directed by Mr Perrine earns praise for engaging performances from pops to heavier pieces. Enthusiasm and strong arrangement impress local residents as they anticipate more in the season.
Residents have a chance to hear another band concert as part of the spring series at nominal admission of 23 cents. The event aims to appeal to all music tastes and support school activities beyond sports while celebrating Mother’s Day on May 14. Also noted is Dan Peterson mowing a lawn at a new home and Joe and Leona Leonard's ongoing construction.
An item notes a new three bedroom ranch home on a Graettinger farm by Olesen Bros. constructors and introduces Loren Jamison son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Jamison of rural Graettinger. It also covers Hammerberg Drug bowling team’s dramatic Graettinger league win and their late surge ending Junior’s Tavern 16 game streak. The final question asks who opposed tax increases.
The schedule lists exam days by town: Mondays Estherville and Grange City, Tuesdays Emmetsburg, Wednesdays Spencer, Thursdays Rock Rapids, Fridays Spirit Lake, and Saturdays mornings only at Sibley.
Directory listing for churches Immaculate Conception First Lutheran Lost Island Lutheran and others with pastors. It also notes Graettinger Chamber of Commerce Lions Club public library and Legion Auxiliary leadership, including presidents and officers.
An essay urging mothers and fathers to unite in parenting discipline. It defines discipline as an art combining correction and punishment, tailored to each child, aiming for Christ likeness. It warns undisciplined children threaten themselves and society and stresses parents must know their children’s actions and desired character outcomes.
Reader ad highlights John F Kennedy s Profiles in Courage winning the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. It recounts eight U S Senators including Edmund G Ross whose pivotal not guilty vote saved a president, plus a recommendation to read Laula Grave Erdman s Many a Voyage. New members Gary Dalen and Douglas Nelson are listed.
Mrs. Harry Nelson and family members Larry Johnson Donna Juhl Mark Perrine Connie Douglas and Jeanne Mowry are listed as part of a community notice detailing kinship and parentage. The item identifies each individual as a child of their respective parents in a social register context.
The 31st annual Rebekah convention for districts 21 and 74 will be held in Graettinger on June 4. Mrs Theile RN of Emmetsburg aided local doctors with diphtheria immunization. Rainy spells have drenched Graettinger since last Thursday. Joe Goeders of Emmetsburg and Andy Miller of Sioux City are slated for a main event in Graettinger. Everett Thorson, aka Mike Thorson, has a $115 monthly job as second cook on a Missouri River quarterboat with the government engineering service. Poppy Day is set for Saturday May 23 in Graettinger, sponsored by the American Legion. Memorial Day address will be delivered by Atty H E Narey of Spirit Lake on Saturday May 30.
Harold Toerber of near Massillon suffered severe facial cuts when a power saw slipped during tree limb removal. The injuries required fifty stitches to close the wounds.
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