Memorial Day Parade Program Here Monday
Graettinger youngsters biked to city hall Saturday as Graettinger Lions equipped bicycles with free Scotchlite tape to boost after dark safety. Council urged owners to fit lights and reflectors. photo shows youths and Lion Bud Hamilton applying tape with Mayor Thomas Thomson observing.
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Graettinger
City Hall
Graettinger Lions
Lion
Bud Hamilton
Thomas Thomson
Lions
Poppy Day Planned By Graettinger Legion Auxiliary
The Graettinger American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor Poppy Day on Saturday May 28 with volunteers selling red memorial poppies to honor war dead. Proceeds support rehabilitation and child welfare funds for disabled veterans and children of veterans. A separate Northwest Iowa Merherford association Field Day is set for Spencer on Sunday June 12 featuring demonstrations judging contests 4-H and FFA groups, a livestock parade, a pot luck dinner, and cattle displays with entertainment and panel discussions on feeding and grooming.
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Graettinger
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Northwest Iowa
Clay County Fairgrounds
Spencer
Henry Moore
The
FFA
Adolph Spies Named Lions Club President
Graettinger Lions Club installed officers and welcomed new members at a Tuesday dinner at the school dining room. Adolph Spies was installed as president for the coming year, with E. V. Manchester as first vice president Frank Elsen bast as second vice president Wayne Hamilton as third vice president Francis Schealler as lion tail twister Robert Jensen as secretary treasurer P. T. Cody as director Donald Bloss H A Elsenbast Rev. Sorensen and Howard Hanson as directors Guests from Milford and Emmetsburg attended. Cylinder Side winders provided music and local members performed TV Beat the Clock stunts for entertainment.
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Graettinger Lions Club
Adolph Spies
E. V. Manchester
Frank Elsenbast
Wayne Hamilton
Tamer
Francis Schealler
Robert Jensen
P. T. Cody
Graettinger High to open summer schedule vs Lone Rock
Graettinger High school baseball opens summer play at Evergreen park Sunday night against Lone Rock Junior Legion. A B team five inning game starts 8:30 and the second game 8. Coach Held announced first Midget and Mite practice for next Tuesday at 3:30. The Midgets play Lone Rock next Wednesday.
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Graettinger High
Lone Rock Junior Legion
Evergreen Park
Lone Rock
Methodist Bible School Starts Tuesday at 9 AM
The Methodist church vacation Bible School will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday May 31 and run through Saturday June 4. Children should register during Sunday school hour on Sunday May 29.
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Methodist Church
Class Night and 8th Grade Graduation Tonight
Eighth grade graduation exercises and class night will be held at the local school. County Sept J. Be Smith will deliver the graduation address. Graettinger faculty to issue special recognition awards to local students.
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J. BE. Smith
Graettinger
Two-Snouted Pig Born, Dies After Brief Life
A freak pig with two snouts and two mouths was born Monday at the Greg Elbert farm east of Graettinger. It had a central large eye and a secondary eye, appeared to drink milk, but died Wednesday morning. The pig was part of a litter of six crossbred hybrids. the others were normal.
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Greg Elbert
Graettinger
Rites Held Friday For Mrs Melvin Anderson
Funeral services were held Friday at Nazareth Lutheran church in Armstrong for Severine Jensen Anderson a former Graettinger resident who died Wednesday at Holy Family Hospital from a brain tumor She moved to a farm near Armstrong in 1947 with husband Melvin Anderson daughter Delores 13 surviving relatives include her father Alfred Jensen Ringsted a brother Harold Ringsted and sister Myrtle Petersen Seneca Interment was at Armstrong Grove Cemetery with pallbearers listed and Rev Blockhus officiating
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Melvin Anderson
Nazareth Lutheran Church
Armstrong
Alfred Jensen
Ringsted
Harold
Robert
Myrtle) Petersen
Seneca
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Graedtinger
Veterans invited to two meetings at local Legion Hall
Commander George Crown of the Grachtinger American Legion posts announces two special meetings at the Legion hall on Thursday May 26 and Friday May 27. All area veterans are urged to attend starting at 8 p.m. each evening.
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Legion Hall
George Crown
Grachtinger American Legion
Legion Post
Car Crash Near Ernest Duus Farm Injures Graettinger Family
Mrs Edwin Graettinger and her three children escaped serious harm when her car struck the front wheel of a road grader driven by Jorgen Paulsen on a hill west of Graettinger. The collision occurred shortly before nine on the east side of the hill crest, damaging the car and turning it around.
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Edwin Graettinger
Graettinger
Agricultural Extension Council Elections Underway in Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County begins first phase of elections for the Agricultural Extension Council with township nominating committees across sixteen townships. R W Ashby assists local arrangements at request of Floyd Andre, director of the Agricultural Extension Service at Iowa State College. The new council replaces the Farm Bureau board as sponsor of extension programs in the county under a spring law.
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Palo Alto County
County Agricultural Extension Council
R. W. Ashby
Floyd Andre
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Iowa
Palo Alto County Agricultural Extension Council
Palo Alto County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Andre
Memorial Day Dinner At South Walnut Church
The South Walnut church Ladies Aid will hold a Memorial Day dinner on Monday May 30 at the South Walnut church. Serving begins 11 30 a m with lunch in the afternoon. Adults pay 1.00 and 50 cents for children. Menu includes meat loaf escalloped potatoes buttered corn cabbage salad pickles jam bread and butter pie and coffee. Public invited.
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South Walnut Church Ladies Aid
South Walnut Church
Memorial Day Services at Wallingford Cemeteries
Memorial Day services are planned for Monday at Wallingford Riverside cemetery at 9 am and at High Lake cemetery at 9 30 am.
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Wallingford
Wallingford Riverside Cemetery
High Lake Cemetery
Pocahontas REA Annual Meeting Scheduled for June 1
Pocahontas Rural Electric cooperative holds its 18th annual meeting in the Pocahontas high school auditorium on Wednesday June 1. Activities begin at 7:00 p m with member registration and a Ruthven High School band concert under T A Christiansen.
FHA Elects Officers For Coming Year At Graettinger
Graettinger FHA Chapter met May 20 electing Betty Lundgren as president Lois Mahan as vice president Sandra Simonsen as secretary Aileen Bisgaard as treasurer Maureen Traver as historian Doris Alger as reporter Cynthia Vasey and Karen Eldridge as music and recreation leaders A member picnic is planned for May 31 with Gull Point in the morning and Arnold's Park in the afternoon.
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FHA
Graettinger Fha
Betty Lundgren
Lois Mahan
Sandra Simonsen
Aileen Bisgaard
Maureen Traver
Doris Alger
Cynthia Vasey
Karen Eldridge
Ten youth to be confirmed at St Pauls Lutheran church
Ten young people who have completed two years of catechetical instruction will be confirmed in a joint town and country church service at St Pauls Lutheran this Sunday at 10 00 am. Confirmands include Marlene Duus Shirley Thompson Alan Masters Daryl Bartels Kenneth Jorgensen Dennis Nissen Kenneth Suss Dale Paulsen Dick Swanson and Robert Olesen. Friends and congregation members are invited.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Town Church
Marlene Duus
Shirley Thompson
Alan Masters
Daryl Bartels
Kenneth Jorgensen
Dennis Nissen
Kenneth Suss
Dale Paulsen
Dick Swanson
Robert Olesen
Weekend warmth yields to cooling front and light rain
Temperatures dropped Monday as a cool front moved in after a warm weekend. Thunder showers occurred in nearby areas while here only a trace fell. Skies remained cloudy through Wednesday with no rain, then rain began early Thursday morning reaching .3 inches by 8 am.
Prizes Drawn But No Claims Made Evening Summary
Names drawn for prizes include Mrs Ray Ruppert earning $10 Clyde Dykhuis $15 Harold Johnson $26 and Mrs Paul Johnson $100 No claims were made and next week's prize amounts are 10 15 50 and 100 Wicks
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Ray Ruppert
Clyde Dykhuis
Harold Johnson
Paul Johnson
Memorial Day Closures and Graettinger Church Renovation
Stores and the Graettinger State Bank will be closed all day Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The Graettinger post office and rural carriers will pause deliveries. Memorial Day services at Fahnestock park and Legion hall will honor war dead with a parade from the school grounds and a program at Legion hall. The Immaculate Conception church area undergoes remodeling including new cross, steps, sidewalks, and railings. A long list of honored veterans from Spanish-American War through World War II is named.
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Graettinger
Graettinger State Bank
Star
South Walnut Ladies Aid
South Walnut Church
Fahnestock Park
Legion Hall
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
R. E. Hodgkin
Grachtinger Methodist Church
Grachtinger
Wisconsin Lbr. Co
Main Street
Tolo
Sorensen
Paul Kirkegaard
Pete James
Clarissa Swanson
Rev. Tolo
Flanders Field
Helen Peterson
Jane Swanson
Wayne Johnson
Cancer Drive Totals Reached by Local Campaign
Mrs. Robert Carter chairman in the cancer drive announced local residents contributed 384.85 which was turned over to Joe Hanson Palo Alto county chairman. Volunteer workers included Mesdames Art Montgomery Frank Christensen O L Thoreson Kenneth Sorensen Arnold Sampson Andrew Duus Art Ritzman R L Jensen Gary Jensen J W Knutsen Lloyd Cornelius F A Petersen Merle Jones Vernon Rouse Russell Janes James P Hansen and Anna Henningsen. Carter thanks volunteers and contributors for their cooper ation.
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Robert Carter
Grachtinger
Joe Hanson
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Mesdames
Art Montgomery
Frank Christensen
O. L. Thoreson
Kenneth Sorensen
Arnold Sampson
Andrew Duus
Art Ritzman
R. L. Jensen
Gary Jensen
J. W. Knutsen
Lloyd
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Albert Knudstein
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Thomas O'Connor
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Bert Montgomery
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Louis Merklin
Henry Jorgensen
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Alvin Hansen
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Jack Show
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James Boles
Melvin Hartman
Robert Kllegl
Joe Craven
Roland Luchasinger
Henry Petersen
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Clarence Mortensen
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