School Lunch Program Opens Next Monday At Legion Hall
The Graettinger Public School will start a noon lunch program on Monday November 7 1949 under Elsie Larson and three assistants using the Legion Hall basement due to space limits. Tickets cost 1 per week for five weeks or 25 cents for a single day. Menus list daily juices meats breads salads and milks with varied dishes through November 18.
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Elsie Larson
Dora Sanding
Frances Mills
Idella Fleming
Legion Hall
Amer * Jcan Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
U. S. Department of Agriculture Ees
Graettinger
Harvard
HAS HAND IN CAST
Jack Wolfe suffered a couple of broken bones in his right hand in an accident last week. It is necessary to keep the hand in a cast.
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Jack Wolfe
Farm Sale Opens as Johnson Quits Farming
George B Johnson plans a complete closing out sale Tuesday November 22 at his Graettinger area farm as he and wife move west. More sale details will follow next week. Also Elmer Olson December 1 and Lars C Petersen December 6 will quit farming and move to Graettinger. Auctions by M O Grodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Johnson
Elmer Olson
Lars C. Petersen ii
Geo. B
Sehgal George
Graettinger
iMore
Etry
Lars C. Petersen
Tenens
Iowa Highway Patrol Reports Record Activity This Year
Patrol Chief 8 N Jespersen said the Iowa highway patrol will complete the heaviest volume of highway safety work in history during January through September. The nine month report shows 940 drunken drivers arrested and 22 465 summonses issued with 15 464 warnings. Traffic violations accounted for over 16 700 summonses while 16 800 faulty equipment tickets were issued. The force assisted 21 420 motorists and covered 5 671 084 miles, with per man workload rising sharply.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
N. Jespersen
Alfred Kahl
Jespersen
Odice
Advice on Lost Social Security Cards for Fort Dodge Area
Fort Dodge Social Security Office handles about 30 duplicate card requests weekly. Manager Clifford W Swedlund outlines steps: use a post office application to request a duplicate, mail to Fort Dodge, records are kept in Baltimore, and a temporary receipt can bridge two weeks. Swedlund will visit Emmetsburg on Wednesday morning November 9 to assist benefits applicants.
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Fort Dodge
Social Security Administration
Clifford W. Swedlund
Baltimore
Bwedlund
Emmetaburg
Funeral of Mrs A B Peterson 81 Held Saturday
Mrs A B Peterson widow of 1912 era founder of Gruettinger Times died last week and was buried in Lake Mills Saturday. Surviving sons Leslie Gordon and Wm and daughters Ada Stokesburg Flaste Olson and Tilda Peterson with Amanda having died in 1923. The Peterson family lived in Graettinger years ago and moved away in 1908. The Times offers sympathy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Peterson
Thomas Larson
Gruettinger Times
Lake Mills
October Report of Palo Alto Dairy Herd Improvement
October report shows 24 herds on test with 837 cows including 100 dry cows. Average production 670 lb milk and 22.4 lb butterfat per cow. 305 day lactations completed for 50 cows. Top butterfat figures listed for Spies and Levi Graettinger and others, with names and per cow pounds. Maurice Partridge, Supervisor.
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DHTA
Palo Alto County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Spies and
Levi of Graettinger
Hilbert Bierstedt
Whittemore
L. H. Thoreson
Emmetsburg
T. J. Cullen
E. F. Rouse
Ayrshire
Maurice Partridge
Beware of Traveling Slickers Warn of Health Dept Imposters
The Iowa State Department of Health cautions homeowners about traveling workers who falsely claim Department of Health affiliation to clean septic tanks and cesspools at high prices. Public health engineers specify they do not perform such work and advise asking for identification. The report notes scams begin with a pretended official inspection, followed by overpriced contracts. Towns like Chatsworth and Glenwood are mentioned in the bundled notices along with local incidents and a rare night-blooming Cereus observed in June and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Department of Health
Washington
Paul J. Houser
Division of
Public Health Engineering
State Department of Health
Department of Health
Emma Brouse
Glenwood
Landscape Meeting at Spies and Levi Farm Nov 9
John R. Fitzsimmons Extension Landscape Architect will attend a 2:00 p.m. landscape meeting at the Spies and Levi farm on Wednesday November 9. The event highlights farm development since the demonstration plan a year ago and showcases radical changes and a general building scheme for farm sites. The Spies and Levi site is a Cooperative demonstration farm with Town State College Extension Service.
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John R. Fitzsimmons
Spies and Leii Farm
Fitzsimmons
Spies
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting set for Eminitersburg
The Palo Alto County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting Wednesday evening November 9 at the Eminitersburg Methodist Church Basement with Senator J Kendall Lynes headlining. Lynees will discuss Iowa legislation and members will elect officers and review resolutions for 1950 to be sent to Des Moines. An additional program and lunch will be provided by the Methodist ladies.
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Farm Bureau
J. Kendall Lynes
Palo Alto
Jowal Farm Bureau
Dates Changed This Week In Times Mailing Notice
The Times mailing dates for this week have been adjusted including payments up to October 31. If you lack proper credit, drop a card. Mrs. Charles Tompkins of San Marino and her sister Mrs. James W. Gammon of Los Angeles arrived Monday to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swift, for a two week stay.
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Times
Charles Tompkins
San Marino
James W. Gammon
Los Angeles
Joe Swift
Mrs Frank Hastings Recovering After Surgery in Sioux City
Mrs Frank Hastings recently underwent a surgical operation at Methodist hospital in Sioux City and is recovering nicely, according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hastings
Methodist Hospital
Sioux City
Nicey
Ironrite ironing school Friday at Our Own Hardware
Remember the Ironrite demonstration at Our Own Hardware store Friday afternoon November 4. This will be for one afternoon only. A demonstrator will be here from the factory.
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Ironrite Ironing School
Farm Sale Near LeRoy Aims Homer Murray for $45 Per Acre
W A Marley reports the sale of a quarter section farm to Homer Murray six miles east of LeRoy Minnesota. Purchase price stood at 45 dollars per acre. Region and Auxiliary to meet Tuesday evening at Legion hall regular meeting night. members are urged to note the date and time.
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W. A. Marley
Homer Murray
LeRoy
Minnesota
Legion
Plese
Legion Hall
Naual Hour
West Bend Gets New Street Sweeper In Service
The Journal notes a mechanical street sweeper was unloaded at West Bend last week and will soon be in operation. A feather party is planned by Local Legion for November 16 at the Legion hall, with further details to follow. Vic Johnson, from Graettinger, is stationed at Keesler Field Mississippi taking radar courses.
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West Bend
the Journal
Legion Hall
Keesler Air Field
Vic Johnson
Graettinger
Keesler, Miss
Mrs Battles Enjoyed Visit With Brother in Mid West
Mr and Mrs Karl Battles of Center Junction Iowa visited Graettinger then traveled to Lemon Fargo and South Dakota to see Mrs Battles brother Wm Tipp. Tipp plans Thanksgiving week visit with the Battles family at Center Junction. Mrs Philip Johnson supplied the news item.
Ladies Bazaar and Supper Gross $640 for First Lutheran
The First Lutheran ladies reported a successful bazaar and chicken supper on Thursday night, drawing a very large attendance. This marks their third bazaar this fall run by three ladies aid societies, aiming to gross between $600 and $700.
Cars Stolen and Wrecked Last Night in Rural Area
Sheriff Miller reports two cars stolen and badly damaged in Emmetsburg area thefts overnight. The 87 Ford belonging to Jens Kirkegaard was stolen between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., found gutted with no water in the radiator. A second car, a 1936 8 owned by Alvin Brand of Ruthven, was found ditched in an 80 acre Voigt tract with throttle bent. Authorities warn residents to lock cars and avoid keeping cash at home as further warnings spread.
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Jens Kirkegaard
Dick Freedway
Emmetsburg
Miller
Kirkegaard
Dick Miller
Times
Grachtinger
Alvin Brand
Ruthven
Jack Cr
Weather Report Reflects Mild Fall With Snow Flurry
Ideal fall weather continues with occasional cool spells. Temperatures hover near 80 on Wednesday morning with a brief snow flurry reported on November 2. Bean harvest completed. corn mechanical picking nearly finished by week end. significant salvage work remains on grounded corn.
Mrs Craven Ill After Pneumonia Battle in Waterloo Hospital
Mrs Oxcar Craven remains very ill in a Waterloo hospital after recovering from pneumonia. Blood transfusions aided strength but weakness persists as local friends hope for early improvement and full recovery. Al Green, longtime Western Newspaper Union paper salesman, is very ill at his daughter’s Storm Lake home after a severe heart attack. the Times wishes him better health and recovery.
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AL Green
Western Newspaper Union
Storm Lake
the Times
W. E. Hamilton Dies Suddenly at 66 in Estherville
Walter Eilson Hamilton 66 died of a heart attack Sunday at Holy Family hospital Estherville after a recent illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church in Graettinger with Rev. Arthur Rasmussen officiating. Burial at Valley View cemetery. He leaves Bessie May Hamilton wife a daughter Cleo Mrs Owen Cook Spencer Iowa a son Wayne E Hamilton Graettinger four grandchildren and several siblings. He was a carpenter by trade later a projector operator at the Watson Theatre in Graettinger.
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Walter E. Hamilton
Holy Family Hospital
Estherville
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Graettinger
Methodist Church
Arthur Rasmussen
Valley View Cemetery
Nebraska
South Dakota
Bessie May Brood
Glenham
Iowa
Superior
Watson Theatre
Bessie May Hamilton
Cleo
Owen. Cook
Spencer, Iowa
Wayne E. Hamilton
Kay Hamilton
Craig
Judy
Patricia Cook
Edward J. Hamilton
Milford
George W
Motherville
Clarence C
Carroll, Towa
Mia
Annette Wylder
Tacoma
Washington
Maude Hamilton
the Times
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M. O. Grodland
A.B. Peterson
Henry Lyle
Chatsworth
Town City
Rochester
Spies & Leii Farm
California
Sioux City Hospital
Callora
W.E. Hamilton
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