FFA Members Visit Waterloo For Iowa Leadership Meet
Jim Graettinger and Graettinger FFA chapter members traveled to Waterloo Iowa for the 48th Annual State FFA Leadership conference. They attended sessions, met Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Launsberry and Lt Commander Charlie Plumb, toured Clay Equipment Industries and the 1 Dome, and stopped at the Little Brown Church in the Vale on the return trip.
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Chuck Moser
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Jim Graettinger
John Tindall
Mike Elsenbast
Tom Brown
Tim Brown
Waterloo
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Robert Launsberry
Charlie Plumb
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Clay Equipment Industries
Cedar Falls
Little Brown
the Vale
Nashua
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Ruthven Wins Golf Meet at Hillcrest
Ruthven golfers took first place in a conference meet at Hillcrest Monday. Mallard finished second while Graettinger’s Brian Bonstead posted 88, the meet’s lowest score. Bonstead previously earned Pirate medalist honors at Emmetsburg Mallard and Spirit Lake events.
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First beef on the hoof arrives with Coronado in 1540
The earliest cattle to reach what is now the United States in the southwest came with Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. Natural stock breeding began by 1598.
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Instrument Display At Graettinger School Wednesday
The Graettinger Community School Instrumental Music Department hosts an instrument display on Wednesday May 26 at 7 30 pm in the vocal music room. All students wishing to start band and parents are invited. A Graettinger School band program discussion and a local music store representative on instrument rental will attend. The Graettinger Summer Band runs June 1 to July 8.
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The Pirate Press student newspaper masthead
The Pirate Press lists Tammy Kulow as Editor-in Chief with Linda Andersen as News Editor and Sallie White as Faculty Advisor. Marshall Herfindahl serves as Photo Advisor, guiding visual coverage and campus reporting.
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Linda Andersen
Sallie White
Marshall Herfindahl
Principal Desk Discusses Upcoming Student Council Elections
Laure Miller reports Mr Haggard outlines plans for voting by all students through grade levels and selecting president and vice president next week. He urges more active council work with monthly meetings and prepared agendas alongside senior involvement and bicentennial themed graduation.
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Four To Compete in Boys State Track Meet
Graettinger High School track team members Mike Masters Randy Rients Terry Masters and Joe Dykhuizen have qualified for state contest May 25 and 29 at Drake. Mike Masters aims for both hurdles while Masters Terry Masters and Rients form the 440 relay team for Graettinger.
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Awards Night Reviewed by Norma Newhouse at GHS
The GHS awards night on May 12 in the gym honored regular awards for Student Council class officers speech staff and athletics plus several special honors. Catherine Elsenbast won the State Bar Citizenship award and the four ILCC scholarship. Other recipients included Ro bert Mesenbrink, Steve Dawson, Tom Sampson, Kevin Clasing, and Bob Mesenbrink among many. The event featured new recognitions from the Class of 1962 and honors in science wrestling golf band English and journalism.
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Catherine Elsenbast
ILCC
Tammy Kulow
A.alulw
Maxine Henningsen
Jim Haegle
Graettinger Bank
Robert Mesenbrink
Gary Parks
Keith Norris
Steve Dawson
Bob Mesenbrink
Lowell Crabb
Drake
Tom Sampson
Kevin Clasing
Scott Gilbaugh
Nancy Chrestiansen
Womens Club
Rod Hough
Norma Newhouse
Sue Jacobsen
Betty Crocker
Ron P Brockmeyer
Dan Veigt
John Philip Sousa
Dan Berven
Charles Foy
Wim Crowley
Lavern Hoffman
Walnut Willing Workers Host Mother's Tea Event
The Walnut Willing Workers club held a Mother's Tea on Saturday at 3:00 in the Happy Tronn meeting room with 14 mothers attending. A radio show, a style show, two skits, and a reading titled What a Mother Is entertained attendees. Each mother received a flowering plant as a gift from her club.
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