Busy Week for the Senior Class
Graettinger moves through a busy senior year with May events at Hawkeye Theatre and High School Assembly. Commencement May 29 features Prof. Kiester of Iowa University and diplomas for Gladys K Johnson Minnie C Henningsen Thora A Brekke Adaline G Sandvig Otto I Spies Vernon J Dickey Henry Simonsen Arthur I Myhre Henry M Fogde Adolph A Spies Elbert W Harrington.
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Hawkeye Theatre
Prof. Kiester
Iowa University
Gladys K. Johnson
Minnie C. Henningsen
Thora A. Brekke
Adaline G. Sandvig
Otto I. Spies
Vernon J. Dickey
Henry Simonsen
Arthur I. Myhre
Henry M. Fogde
Adolph A. Spies
Elbert W. Harrington
Rev. Berge
Estherville
Assembly
G. H
Glee Club
Supt. Johnson
Arthur Myhre
Gladys Johnson
Thora Brekke
Adaline Sandvig
Vernon Dickey
Long
Yell
Clara Larson
Minnie Henningsen
LeRoy Bartleman
Albert S. Keister
Memorial Day Program Schedule and Ceremonies
Memorial Day program outlines morning and afternoon events with assembly times for bands, parades, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls and school groups at High School grounds, flagstaff reception, Gettysburg Address and songs, boat launch City of Graettinger, salutes and Taps. Afternoon events include Opera house assembly, memorial addresses by J C Molison and Louis Gardner, choruses and band, then cemetery graves decoration led by J C Molison with veterans and civic groups marching in a parade of honorees.
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General Assembly
Flagstaff
Melville Johnson
Battle Hymn
Republic
Grachtinger
Columbia
Ocean
Opera House
Graettinger Choir
Soldiers and Sailors
J. C. Molison
Gruettinger Choir
Louis Gardner
Anamosa
Star Spangler
Cemetenes
B Dunn
Guard of Honor
Camp Fire
Big Market Day Sale in Graettinger May 24
A big market day sale will be held in Graettinger on Saturday May 24 featuring live stock household goods machinery automobiles and a tractor to be sold to the highest bidder A band concert will be on the streets at 2 pm with an afternoon and evening of entertainment and special bargain counters in area stores hosted by Catholic Ladies Aid society lunch served by J A Spies land office during the day streets entertainment and many attractions promised for the farming district surrounding Graettinger
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Graettinger
J. A. Spies Land Office
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
Grachtinger
Danish Lutheran Church Services in Gradthinger Area
Danish Lutheran Church notes services at Norwegian Lutheran church in Gradthinger Sunday 10:30 a.m. Duus school house 2:30 p.m. Danish Lutheran church South Walnut 8:00 p.m. All services in English. Attendance desired and cordial invitation extended by Pastor Reverend Hansen.
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Gradhtinger
Duus
South Walnut
Rkev. Hansen
Memorial Day Parade Call for Soldiers and Sailors
To Soldiers and Sailors All returned soldiers and sailors are requested to take part in the parade Memorial day May 30. They will be formed in the rooms of the Bachelor club at 8 30 a m Wear your full uniform Molison chairman Art Henningsen secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelor Club
Molison
Art Henningsen
Big Dance in Graettinger May 27
A big dance will be held in Graettinger on May 27 with music by the Bartleman orchestra. Do not forget this May dance.
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Graettinger
Bartleman Orchestra
Paving Meeting Friday Afternoon At Woodman Hall
A public meeting is called for Friday May 28 at three oclock in Woodman hall to discuss hard surfacing of roads. All interested parties should attend and hear speakers J A Suss for Walnut township.
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Woodman Hall
J. A. Suss
Walnut Township
What Will Happen to Small Towns If Paved Roads Rise
Leslie Wildey asks how a paved road system would centralize trade and affect small towns and their business houses, pondering the impact on local commerce and community vitality.
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Leslie ‘Wildey
Charles Christiansen's France to New York Diary Entry
A WWI memoir diary entry from Charles Christiansen dated May 8–17, 1919 recounts the Brest to Mt. Vernon voyage home. He notes delays and rough seas, meals aboard, officers aboard, sickness, bunk life, and longing for home including the Statue of Liberty greeting upon arrival.
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Charlies Christiansen
Brest
France
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Daniels
General Bell
General Wolfe
Beaucoup
States
Charles
Notice To Woodmen Meeting May 26 Vote On Rates
Notice to Woodmen at the next camp meeting on Monday evening May 26 the vote on increasing rates will be taken. Be on land protect your insurance. E. H. GEORGE, Clerk.
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Geoirge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sermon High School
Elizabeth Jensen
Berge
Graettinger Business Men
First National. Bank
Iowa
John D. Jertson
Floyd Fleming
James Jensen
Chevrolet
Jensen Auto Co
John Paulsen
Farmers & Merchants Bank
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