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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1964
Page
4
Bethel Church circle hosts Elizabeth Circle Lunch and Bake Sale on Saturday May 23 and May 28 at Our Own Telephone Manor. Funds support church activities and bake sale items will be available for purchase. Notices mention garden plants and floral sales with community vendors and volunteers assisting.
Church notices list services and meetings for Wallingford and Lost Island Lutherans. Robert E. Glaser and Harald Bestul are pastors. programs include midweek Bible study and men’s and women’s groups. Local news notes visiting Geralds and Mrs Twair at the Percy Randa home near Cylinder.
Poppy sales, run by the American Legion Auxiliary, fund memorial flowers and aid to living veterans. Disabled veterans assemble the paper poppies in hospitals and workrooms, gaining employment, purpose, and recovery benefits while symbolizing sacrifice through each portable bloom.
Dismissed Thursday May 1. Omer Gjerde of Graettinger listed as discharged on Tuesday May 19. Clark of Wallingford and Lars Rierson of Graettinger noted as recent discharges. Kenneth appears as a partial entry with no clear date or full surname.
At the athletic dinner, Coach Mamlin Nelson awarded letters to the football and girls basketball teams, with Marlene Schnell receiving the Maxine Henningsen award. Coach Jake Hoekstra honored the boys basketball and track teams, while gifts of appreciation went to Nelson, Hoekstra, and athletic director Leland Stiles. Principal Bob Ashburn led cheerleader awards as Superintendent Paul Stuart spoke. Freshman home economics girls served the meal, with decorations by the home economics group under Mrs. Fredericksen.
John Ford directs Donovan's Reef a South Seas comedy adventure starring John Wayne Lee Marvin Dorothy Lamour Elizabeth Allen and Cuasar Romero showing Saturday and Sunday at the Grachtinger theatre. Wayne plays a former World War II hero who ends up island bound after the war with Donovan's saloon rivalries sparking frequent brawls and wreckage.
Bancroft defeated Western Christian 7 to 1 in the district baseball final at Ever-Brees Park. Bancroft led 1 0 early, a Brake homer made it 3 1, then a five run fifth inning followed a misplayed fly ball. Lensing and Menke formed the winning battery as Lensing allowed two hits, both by Straxe. Bancroft collected seven hits off Delboor and Van Isngen.
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