13 May 1954
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
1
Towa's meat industry operates year round in up-to-state plants. Last year these facilities slaughtered and processed cattle at a high rate, reflecting ongoing demand and capacity.
The column salutes Iowa meat packing for Beef Month and urges Graettinger residents to tidy town lots. It reflects on fishing openings, a snow forecast, Noeline’s cheerful town tours, editor dynamics, and interest in a local ball team with community players needed to field a squad.
The annual Ostby golf tournament at Osage last week crowned Graettinger linkster Roger Ostby as family champ with the low score, beating his brothers Tommy and Otto. Rog has won the title three of four times, as three other Ostby brothers cheer from the gallery.
State of Iowa Palo Alto County notice that R T Naue has been appointed and qualified as administrator with will annexed of the estate of Vance V Wolfe deceased. Creditors must mail payments to the estate and filed claims with the district court clerk by law, dated May 7 1954. Merrill C Clark attorney for the estate. 5-133
Frank Taha a Prescott area farmer was drowned when his car was swept off a road as a sudden flash flood struck. Nearly five inches of rain fell in Prescott in about 85 minutes.
A compact listing of county figures and church leaders appears, including Mayor, Treasurer, Auditor, Sheriff, Engineer, Attorney, Coroner, and Superintendent positions with names such as Martin Thompson Jeres, Richard Miller, Matt Brown, J B Smith, and Rev. Hodgkin, Rev. Sorenson, and Rev. Paul Tele. The roster features numerous surnames and church affiliations from Conception, Lutheran and Methodist communities. This fragment outlines civic and religious figures relevant to a county governance gathering.
A May 16 1954 narrative uses a boy with spilled chocolates to teach greed and deceit. It cites Ahab Naboth Hitler loan sharks and laments rent-seeking, murder for profit, and the prophetic role of newspapers in exposing corruption and slush funds.
News briefs record a doctor’s auto trip to New York via Newark, a fire at a Graettinger home roof, a Chick loss from a residence blaze, a Kensett wedding, chilly May weather, and multiple local daily movements. Citizens, farms, and families are noted in short items across Emmetsburg and surrounding towns.
Local Grettinger store promotes fresh and cured meats for Sunday dinners. It carries hams and bacon at low, steady prices and offers cream milk bread with a large grocery stock. Robert Simonsen, proprietor, invites patronage and provides telephone contact 71.
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