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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1961
Page
3
A small, humorous slice of life from an Iowa paper recounts quirky anecdotes about many John Smiths and a friendly farmer, Ernie Boyer, plus a light note on a hearing aid disguised as a radio and a tale of Lloyd the pig. It closes with social security outreach dates and a brief note on a veteran bowling team aged well past seventy.
Memorial page continues listing heroic dead by conflict and name. Civil War victims include John Keane and Michael Aylward among others while Spanish American War and World War I casualties are named with numerous individuals such as Nels Petersen Jack Mollison John Nelson Ray Lambe Kevin McDonald and many more. The Gold Star designation marks those who died in service.
Miss Ella Ramsey, chief operator for Northwestern Bell in Decorah, retires after 49 years, 9 months, and 10 days. She began in 1914 as a switchboard operator when Decorah had about 600 subscribers, now over 3800. Local calls rose from about 2000 in 1916 to 17,000–18,000 per day today.
Graettinger Bowling League champions Hammerberg Drug Bowling team edged Witt's Tavern and Wallingford Coop by two pins at Estherville Imperial Lanes. Team members include Leland Stiles, Herb Hammerberg, Francis Heidecker, Morris Smith, and Lloyd Petersen with substitutes Howard Gilman and Kenneth Hills. Hersleff's Clothing posted the high team series 2399 and high team single score 878. Fred Beschorner topped individuals with 626 and Schaller rolled 297 in high singles.
Vernon township hall hosted the Vernon Vanguard 4-H meeting on May 2 with president David WNalg presiding. Camp plans for June 5 to 7 were set, and youths Chuck Stillman and Allen Enge were chosen to attend.
Baumunk and Norman Jorgensen are senior demonstrators while Don Reeves and Doug Herke are junior demonstrators. R W Ashby presented a cattle judging film. Ed Carper of Extra retired after 40 years as a rural mail carrier, relying on three horses and a sequence of vehicles from a 1916 Model T to several Fords, a Jeep, a Dodge, and Chevrolets before retirement.
Glen Hall of Litney suffered severe injuries when the top portion of a tree being felled collapsed onto him. He sustained multiple broken ribs a cracked collarbone and a deep cut across his lower lip and chin.
Des Moines Iowa hosts the Hawkeye Futurity on Sunday June 11 at the State Fair track. The seventh annual 100 lap dirt track event features top national stars under Al Sweeney and National Speedways Inc. in the IMCA sanctioned championship. The race blends Indianapolis 500 style pageantry with Midwest speed festival tradition.
Wallace Coleman, formerly of Northwood, shot a huge Polar bear in Alaska. The specimen is expected to rank around eighth in the Boone and Crockett records for the world’s largest bears.
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