Graettinger Town Team To Open Home Schedule At Evergreen Park
Graettinger joins the Northern Division of the Sioux league this year. The town team hosts Sioux Rapids on May 24 at Evergreen Park, with a slate of seven more home dates through August. The league also plans an all-star game on July 3 and playoffs beginning August 28 between the division winners.
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Graettinger Town
Evergreen Park
Sioux Rapids
Graettinger
Rembrandt
Milford
Webb
Ruthven
Estherville
Newell
Cherokee
Larrabee
Storm Lake
Sutherland
Quimby
Peterson
Gracttinger
Graettinger Council Seeks Bids for Tank Cleaning and Painting
The Graettinger town council announces sealed bids will be accepted at the town clerk by June 6 for cleaning and flushing the interior and painting the water tank and tower. Job specifications are on file and available at the clerk’s office for interested parties.
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Graettinger
Frank Herke Lands 8 Pound Northern At Trumbull Lake
Local anglers faced a slow opening day of the game fish season on May 15 with most catching one or two large northerns or many undersized fish. Frank Herke, fishing from shore at Trumbull Lake with a large chub, landed an eight-pound northern. Henry Wester gard also reported a three and three quarter pound northern at Five Island Lake while using an angleworm for bullheads.
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Frank Herke
Trumbull Lake
Frank
Herke
Trumbull
Henry Westergard
Five Island Lake
Graettinger Pirates Sweep District Title In Big Win
Graettinger defeated Arnolds Park 6-1 to win the district meet, led by Tommy Burg on the mound and a 3-run first inning. The Pirates later fell 6-3 to Sioux Center in the sub state opener, ending a nine-game win streak amid costly errors and injuries. Curt Larson sustained an injury and did not finish the game.
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Pirate
Graettinger Pirates
Arnolds Park
Pirates
Sioux Center
Paul Bonstead
Gary Bonstead
Paul
Butch Baedke
Curt Larson
Graettinger
Longtime Emmet County Resident Lars Rockne Dies
Lars B. Rockne, 86, a longtime Emmet county resident, died Friday at his home after a monthlong illness. He farmed in High Lake and Jack Creek townships. funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church south of Grover, with Rev. C. B. Gunderson officiating.
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Lars B. Rockne
Emmet County
Mr. Rockne
High Lake
Jack Creek
Immanuel Evangelical, Lutheran Church
Grover
C. B. Gunderson
Lions Glub To Equip Local Bikes With Free Scotchlite Tape
Graettinger residents may get free scotchlite tape for bikes at city hall on Saturday May 21 from 2 to 3 PM. Lions club volunteers will apply the reflective tape to bikes to improve safety and meet town regulations.
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Lions Glub
Graettinger City Hall
Graettinger Lions Club
Lions Club
City Hall
Graettinger Seeks Support With Season Baseball Tickets
Graettinger Baseball Booster Association announces season tickets available through park board members. Tickets grant admission to all home games until Aug 31 including six league games as part of Sioux league northern division. Single admission $5, family option $7.50, funds support local baseball efforts.
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Graettinger Park Association
Graettinger Baseball
Park Board
Sioux League
Banks Of County Closed All Day Friday
All banks in Palo Alto county including Graettinger State Bank will be closed all day Friday May 20 so employees can attend a meeting of Group II of the state Bankers Association in Estherville.
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Palo Alto County
Graettinger State Bank
State Bankers’ Association
Estherville
Noxious Weeds Resolution Published by Palo Alto Board
The Palo Alto County board of supervisors publishes a resolution on noxious weeds in this week’s Times. It lists weed types requiring destruction by land owners and operators and provides deadlines for each type.
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Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors
Pleasant warm week with missed rainfall in locality
Pleasant sunny skies defined the past week with forecasts calling for rain that did not arrive. Farmers used the weather to complete planting of corn and beans, and in some fields the corn may already be rowed.
Graettinger High School Commencement Draws Large Crowd
Seniors of Graettinger High School received diplomas Tuesday night at the school auditorium in one of the largest commencements in history. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday with Rev. E.3 Maynard delivering the message. Dr. David R. Bluhm of Town State Teachers College spoke. Earl H. Erickson was salutatorian and Annette Thim valedictorian. Music by students complemented the event, with Supt. Manchester presenting the 1955 class.
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Graettinger High School
E. 3
Maynard
David R. Bluhm
Town State Teachers College
Earl H. Erickson
Annette Thim
Supt
Manchester
Band Parents Meet At Graaettinger School Tonight
Band Parents club of Graaettinger School calls a special meeting for next Monday night May 23 in the band room to close out the current school year's activities and urge all members to attend.
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Band Parents Club
Graaettinger
Northwest Iowa Hereford Association
Country Club
Spencer
Henry Moore
Cylinder
Crowning of May Queen at Immaculate Conception
Rev. E S Maynard announces the crowning will be at Immaculate Conception Church Sunday afternoon May 22 at three o clock. Magr Geran of Algona will be the speaker. He also notes the parish vacation school will begin May 31 for the youngsters.
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Immaculate Conception
E. S. Maynard
Immaculate Conception Church
Magr. Geran
Algona
Rev. Maynard
Olesen Brothers Named Dealers for Trussless Buildings
The Olesen Brothers, local construction contractors, are named sales agents for the Trussless Wonder Building, a new development in steel construction. See this week’s Times for full details on the product and its availability.
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Olesen Bros
Olesen Brothers
Beef Dairy Cattlemen's Banquet Set for May 31
The Palo Alto county Beef Dairy Cattlemen's banquet will be held at the Methodist church in Emmetsburg on Tuesday evening, May 31. Tickets are sold by Wm. Herke, M. J. Levi, or Harold J. Jorgensen, with a May 25 deadline. The meal will feature choice beef and dairy products, plus speakers and entertainment for cattlemen and their wives.
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Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg
Wm. Herke
M. J. Levi
Harold J. Jorgensen
Graettinger and Wallingford pick state boys’ state rep
Graettinger American Legion will send Paul Kirkegaard to Hawkeye Boys State at Camp Dodge June 5 to 12. Originally Paul Bonstead was slated, but Wallingford Post will amend and Bonstead will stay home, allowing Kirkegaard to represent Graettinger.
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Paul Bonstead
Paul Kirkegaard
Hawkeye Boys
Graettinger American Legion
George Crown
Graettinger Legion
Camp Dodge
Graettinger Post
Wallingford Legion
Wallingford
Bonstead
Graettinger High Hires Vocal Music Teacher Miss Mortenson
Miss Mary Mortenson of Wilmar Minnesota has been hired to teach Vocal Music in Graettinger High School for the 1955 56 school year. Milas Mortenson a Luther college graduate with two years teaching at Lake Crystal succeeds Miss Krieger who resigned to take a Forest City Schools post.
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Mary Mortenson
Wilmar
Minn
Graettinger
Milas Mortenson
Luther College
Lake Crystal
Misa Mortenson
Krieger
Forest City
Two Little Girls Die in Rodman Truck Accident
Janice May Fickbohm aged 3 and Jean Marie Fickbohm aged 2 died Tuesday afternoon near Rodman when thrown from their father's truck after a door opened and the vehicle swerved into a ditch. Investigating officers attributed loss of control to a tractor operation in a nearby field. The accident occurred about two miles north of Rodman. seven siblings survive.
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Janice May
Jean Marie Fickbohm
Maurice Fickbohm
Rodman
Fickbohm
Prizes Awarded in Graettinger Drawings Remain Unclaimed
Phyllis Rierson won $25 in Wednesday's Graettinger drawing. Mrs Olaf Michaelson did not claim the $100 Buck jackpot. Also unclaimed were the $10 award by Kevin Meirer and the $15 prize by Gerald Mammen. Next week's prizes will be 10, 15, 25 and 100 Bucks.
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Phyllis Rierson
Graettinger
Olaf Michaelson
Kevin Meirer
Gerald Mammen
Eighth Graders To Receive Diplomas May 26
The Graettinger eighth grade graduation and class night will be Thursday May 26 at 8:00 pm with County Superintendent J. E. Smith addressing the students and Superintendent Manchester presenting diplomas to about 655 eighth graders. A list of graduates includes Agnes Abrahamson James Alger Margie Anderson Alvin Baxter Leo Beschorner and many others. Awards for activities will also be presented.
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Aliso
Graettinger
J. E. Smith
Manchester
Agnes Abrahamson
James Alger
Margie Anderson
Alvin Baxter
Leo Beschorner
Shirley Bonstead
Gerald Bradley
John Craven
Lois Fry
Dwight Derrickson
Charles Disworth
Marlene Duus
Clifford Egeland
Graettinger Council Weighs Street Sweeper Purchase
The Graettinger town council met in a special session at city hall on May 16 and decided to buy a street sweeper for the Ford tractor. They also approved a building permit for Graetlinger Grain Co. and reported Marshall Dale King has been released from active duty as Peace Officer and Street Commissioner.
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Graettinger
Graetlinger Coop, Grain Co
Thomson
Marshall Dale King
County Beauty Contest Set for Sunday June 12
Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce announced the Palo Alto county bathing contest to be held in Emmetsburg on Sunday June 12 with two age divisions for entrants. Graettinger residents may enter by contacting Graettinger Community Club officials. Entries welcomed from across the county.
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Emmetsburg
Train Ride With Graecttinger Third Graders
Forty three third graders from Graecttinger School with teachers Miss Leona Leonard and Miss Arnola Neinitz rode the Rock Island passenger train to Estherville on Monday morning. They visited local businesses and public buildings, had lunch in Riverside park, then returned by school bus.
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Graecttinger School
Leona Leonard
Arnola Neinitz
Estherville
Rock Island
Riverside Park
Grachtinger
Catherine Elsenbast Accepts Waukee Home Economics Post
Miss Catherine Elsenbast daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Elsenbast Graettinger has accepted a position as Home Economics instructor in the Waukee Iowa School near Des Moines She previously taught Home Economics at Mallard during the past year
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Catherine Elsenbast
H. A. Elsenbast
Graettinger
Waukee
Iowa
Des Moines
Mallard
Noeline Jensen Drives Family Car With Hand Control
Noeline Jensen, disabled by a spinal injury two years ago, has earned her driver's license and enjoys driving the Jensen family car. The vehicle is equipped with a Steward's mechanical hand control to enable full operation. Noeline is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jensen and a graduate of Grachtinger High School with the 1955 class.
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Noeline Jensen
Albert Jensen
Jensen
Noeline
Grachtinger High School
Pirates Fall 7-1 to St John’s of Bancroft
The Pirates dropped a 7-1 decision to St John’s of Bancroft Wednesday afternoon. Burg and Gary Masters pitched for the locals with Kirkegaard catching. Rahe was the winning pitcher. Masters drove in the lone run with a Graettinger single in the sixth.
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Pirates
St. John's
Bancroft
Burg
Gary Masters
Kirkegaard
Rahe
Masters
Graettinger
Five-Year-Old Dickens Boy Killed in Emmetsburg Crash
Jerry Burdette aged five died Sunday after dashing from behind a tree into Highway 17 18 traffic at the southeast corner of the Veterans Club. Gene Snyder twenty one of Emmetsburg, driving about twenty miles per hour, struck him, knocking him about ten feet. Jerry was the son of Mr and Mrs August Burdette now residents of Dickens.
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Jerry Burdette
Dickens
Emmetsburge Hospital
Veterans’ Club
Miller
Gene Snyder
Emmetsburg
Jerry
August Burdette
Poppy Day Observance In Graettinger On May 29
Graettinger to honor dead from three wars by wearing and distributing red crepe paper poppies on Saturday May 29. American Legion Auxiliary members will work as volunteers, collecting contributions for disabled veterans and needy children. Poppies are replicas tied to World War I memorials, made by veterans from World Wars I and II. All funds support rehabilitation and child welfare for veterans and their families.
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Graettinger
Graettinger American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Auxiliary
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Tommy Burg
Parker
Schnell
Larson
Baedke
Gary Alger
C. L. Nyren
Iowa State Employment Service
L. C. Rown
Hereford Association
Donne Elbert
Jerry Eldridge
Robert Fanning
Janice Felkey
Dennis Fitzgerald
Margaret Fude
Lester Galbraith
Joseph Graettinger
Doyle Hanson
Larry Herke
Allen Hackett
Jack Jenkins
Joanne Johnson
Joseph Joyce
Melvin Kempf
Sharon Kiner
Mary Laubenthal
Billy Mummen
Mary Jo Martin
Alan Masters
Larry Masters
Dee Ettu Meng
Alvin Miller
Jerry Murphy
Dennis Nissen
Myrtle Nissen
Alan Norris
Robert Oleson
Dale Paulsen
Donald Pegum
JoAny Reeves
Dorothy Ressell
Richard Rick
Donald Robinson
Helen Schang
Darvin Schnell
Kenneth Suss
Richard Swanson
Shirley Thompson
Joseph Tindall
David Torrence
Patricia Watson
Council
Waukee School
John's OF
Graettinger Markets
Eeneanspae Seer
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