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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1956
Page
1
A four-inch longer than normal license plate with no county number was found springing across a field west of the railroad tracks on a farm north of Osgood. Edmund Hertie discovered it while fieldwork. Bill Herke now holds the plate and readers are asked to recall when such numbers were used in Iowa.
J. E. Smith first. Lutheran and Our Savior’s Lutheran appoint Rev. Paul G. Tolo to lead the congregation. The change marks a clerical transition at the local Lutheran churches.
The text reflects on the church’s westward expansion from Antioch through Europe to America and beyond. It notes how churches adapt to new soils while preserving a core heart, with varying forms across regions yet sharing the same spirit of Christ. It asks whether the eastern frontiers beyond the Pacific remain to be explored by a faith continually moving forward.
Roghald Nase broke his arm at the kitten ball game on the High School grounds. The kitten ball season opened in Graettinger. A trap shoot is set for May 31 at the Graettinger Gun club. The Osgood kitten ball team beat Wallingford 31 to 24. A roofing accident at the Lutheran church injured three men. C. W. Stevenson leaves public schools to enter a Forest City variety store. A Ford coupe crash near Graettinger caused one death and injuries. Lawrence Sampson died at Ruthven. Al Brothers and Mrs. Pete Tertipes were hurt. Notice: Margaret M Sanders named executrix of Claude L Sanders estate. debts and claims deadlines set.
Up to Memorial Day 1956, 38 Palo Alto County deceased are honored in New Horizons. Memorials fund cancer research and education, with memorials listed in the Iowa division ACS Living Memorials book. Donations trigger confirmations to families and future publication honors.
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