Clean-up week in Graettinger May 14 to 20 urged
Graettinger sponsors a town clean-up and paint-up drive May 14 through May 20. Free trash pickup by city trucks will occur Friday May 19 and Saturday May 20. Residents should place refuse at the curb to aid beautification and attract visitors. Merchants are urged to spruce up the business district during the campaign. Local citizens are urged to make an all-out effort to beautify the town and make it a pleasant place to live and visit. Three Iowa Lakes Community College students won state VICA trophies at Ottumwa April 27 to 29. Sue Engelbarts placed third in nursing. Karen Rowe won second in job interview. other participants include Barb Barnholdt, Vickie Stueve, Marc Guthrie, Jim Cushman, Orv Johnson, Bill Lambert, Pat Cronin, Tom Buss, and Chris Conlon. Iowa Lakes has two VICA state officers. Guthrie as parliamentarian and Shea as secretary. Supplemental food will be issued to eligible participants at Emmetsburg on Tuesday May 16, 11:30 to 12:30.
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Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
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Algona
Dave Hanson
Spencer
Peggy Crowley
Karen Rowe
Jackson
Vickie Stueve
Marc Guthrie
Milford
Jim Cushman
Terris
Orv Johnson
Bill Lambert
Pat Cronin
Cherokee
Tom Buss
Laurens
Chris Conlon
Ruthven
Karen Breyfogle
Mary Shea
Mary Kahler
Cather Gentry
Guthrie
Miss Shea
Graettinger Coop Grain to Hold Annual Meeting May 23
The Graettinger Coop Grain Company will host its annual meeting on May 23 at the Graettinger Community School gymnasium. A 6:30 p.m. turkey dinner from L'Trio Catering precedes the meeting in the General Purpose Room. The business session begins at 8 p.m. with a year-in-review and drawings to follow. RSVP due by May 20.
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Graettinger Coop Grain Company
Graettinger
L'Trio Catering Company
Sheldon
FFA
Coop
Poppy Day Proclaimed as Graettinger Honors Students
Mayor Arlyn Peterson proclaimed May 20 1972 Poppy Day in Graettinger praising local students who qualified for silver cords at commencement Sheree Lammers Connie McQuown Dennis Jacobson and Joe Ferrell with further notes on their activities and awards. The report also covers the election of Norman Nicol for State 4 H Office and Bethel Lutheran Church events.
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Sheree Lammers
Connie McQuown
Dennis Jacobson
Joe Ferrell
Petersens to Visit Frankfurt with Dana College Choir
Chicago to Frankfurt trip accompanies the Dana College Choir from Blair Nebraska. The Petersens, Mesa Arizona residents for four and a half years, plan to visit two daughters in Frankfurt and travel through Austria Switzerland and Denmark. John Pietz, president, and Enelius Elverhoy, treasurer, present the gift as Pastor Ray E Johnson observes.
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Frankfurt
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Mesa
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Tria
Switzerland
Denmark
John Pietz
Enelius Elverhoy
Ray E. Johnson
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Estherville
Iowa
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Mankato State
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Mankato
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Kurt
Kyle
Kevin
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Ronnie
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Clifford Krieger
Grace Nissen
Ceylon
Minnesota
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Joe Ferrell, Jr
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Bamey" Lewellyn
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Do Herby
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Kenneth
Esther Marion) Clark
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Holy Family Hospital
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Doris) Helgeson
Max Clark
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Pea Ridge
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Lois
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Henry Hankey
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Sherman Gunderson
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Reese-Henry Funeral Home
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Ruby Lucile Boles
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Alvin and
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Ayrshire
Hartley Community Memorial Hospital
David C. Boles
Everly
Hartley
Boles
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Golden Sheaf
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Athena Club
Alvin
Dean
Margaret Ann) Dixon
Yreka
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Sam Dyer
Ayshire
Gerald
Betty Jean) DeFreece
Charlotte Davis
Covina
Dale Webster
Richard Dyer
North Hollywood
Roy
Genevive) Burger
Gillett
Grove
Charles
Helen) Burger
Mrs. Peterson
Rose Peterson
Ruth Cronk
Armstrong
Clarence McBride
Hector, Minn
Clark McBride
Chester, Mont
Gnaettinger American Legion Auxiliary
Mas
Aldred McCombs
H. Irving Petersen
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