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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
4
Local notes report visitors and travels among Estherville residents including A H Henningsen and Mrs Mamie Weir at the Weir home, Postmaster Ray Gleason returning from Mayo Clinic, Ida Zielske and Dorothy Ann visiting Rag Osburg, and Germane social visits by the Sevdy and Miller families. Advertisements tout six tube radios and Norge gas ranges with prices.
Do you know you can buy a new 1941 Norge refrigerator for as little as $112.95. A H Henningsen endorses enamel and interior glass as Wisconsin Lumber Co offers. The notice then shifts to a stream of community visits and social calls in Graettinger Emmetsburg and Algona including the Engesser-Dooley wedding and various relatives visiting or traveling between towns.
Interior of the Jack Jackson pool hall is being neatly painted. Miss Mary Margaret Joyce a student nurse at St Josephs Mercy hospital Fort Dodge spent Mother's day with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Joyce and was a guest at the J L Grady home. Leo Grady Trinity college student was an over Sunday visitor with his parents Mr and Mrs J L Grady. Mother's day at the Grady home was a happy occasion as Jon Jr was home from the navy briefly. Mr and Mrs Arnold Rothermell and the latter's mother called at the veterans hospital Des Moines to see Asa Hankey a patient there. The party were on their way from Seattle to Chicago. Mrs Frank Hisenbast attended the funeral of Ed Ryan in Emmetsburg Monday. Mrs Albert Schealler and family and Mrs Ed Herke and children were Sunday evening callers in Emmetsburg. A H Besaw recently left for Belvidere Illinois where he has secured a good position with a large canning company. Mr and Mrs Albert Schealler and Mr and Mrs Tom Carrigan and family spent Sunday at the Merle Richardson home. Mrs James Landing left Saturday afternoon for St Paul to assist as housekeeper in her brother's home. Miss Jane McDonald returned from Ames Monday morning after visiting her sister Miss Virginia there.
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