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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1966
Page
4
The Wallingford community calendar lists events including a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Nov 12, the WSCS fundraiser dinner on Nov 9 featuring baked goods and assorted dishes, plus a noon fundraiser with jelly jam and desserts. Funeral home contact Graettinger Estherville listed.
A compiled notice lists Bethel Lutheran and neighboring churches with Sunday worships Holy Communion and Sunday School times, plus midweek sessions including confirmation classes and choir practices. Other congregations in the area such as Lost Island Lutheran Methodist and Wallingford Lutheran provide similar announcements with dates and council or circle meetings.
The November calendar lists a Friday act play at 8 p.m. in the school gym, a Saturday FHA cookie sale, and American Education Week November 6 to 12. Other items include a Tuesday GEA meeting with early dismissal, a 7:30 p.m. FFA meeting, and ISEA dinner at Mallard. Thanksgiving vacation closes the week with no school on Nov. 24-25.
Mayor Wayne Potter lists October court cases including Robert LeRoy Stoltz Emmetspurg charged with parking on a sidewalk near a school with $3 fine plus costs and Howard Kenton Smith Ruthven charged with speeding with $20 fine plus costs after apprehending other. Gilbert Stueve also mentioned in the docket.
Margaret Pratt of Emmetsburg received an award from the Association of Economists for excellence in her extension home economist work. active in county extension for over 15 years, she serves Palo Alto and Oskuth counties, previously taught home economics in Graettinger, and is treasurer of the Tawa Extension Home Economists Association.
Lancaster Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs Lewis Hoffmann and Mr and Mrs George Beery stayed with Pastor and Mrs R E Glaser and Elaine. Mrs Hoffmann was a delegate from Ohio to the American Lutheran Church Convention in Minneapolis. Oak Harbor Ohio and Detroit Michigan guests joined Thursday. Elmer Osher of Park Ridge Illinois and Blanche Young hosted Estherville. The Osher party later visited Marshalltown and Kimballion family connections.
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