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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1970
Page
3
The senior United Methodist Youth Fellowship will host a lunch in the church basement after the Graettinger Terris football game Friday night. Menu includes pop coffee pizza maidrites. Proceeds benefit the UMYF and the public is invited.
Paul Peterson, Concordia College student, Moordhead, Minn, arrived at the Nordern Peterson home Friday at 2:30 am and returned to college Sunday. The Skattebo family received a Norway letter translated from Norwegian by James Nelson, Leonard Munson and Bertha Peterson. Evelyn and a friend were driven to Des Moines to attend beauty school tests. The First Trust and Union Savings Bank of Sigourney held open house October 31 marking its 100th year in business.
Graettinger mayor Wayne Potter lists October court dispositions. On Oct 6 Clayton W. Duhn faced track speeding with Vascar, fined $12 plus costs. Oct 12 Karen Ann Studer and Leonan Barrett faced night speeding, each fined $15 and costs. Oct 19 Gary Lee Gould charged with night speeding with Vascar, fined $15 and costs.
One month old Melissa Huisinga becomes the Vogt family’s fifth generation member in Denison. Her lineage includes great great grandmother Mary Vogt 82 great grandmother Mrs. William Plagge grandfather Louis Plagge and mother Mrs. Robert Huisinga. This month also marks 60th wedding anniversaries for Mr and Mrs Mike Gavin Wexford and Mr and Mrs Charles Mike Sell Sigourney. The Gavins have ten living children and 39 grandchildren.
A compiled notice lists Immaculate Conception Mass times and confessions, Bethel Lutheran events with services, Sunday school, devotions, and choir rehearsals. Gradington area churches World Community Day events, WSCS, confirmations, church school, UMYF, and choir activities are detailed for Friday through Thursday the upcoming week.
The Vernon Climbers 4 H Club held its officer election at Vernon school on October 26. Elected were Esther Hankey president Fern Laabs vice president Judy Myers secretary Karen Smith treasurer Ann Jacobsen historian Diane Quam and Shelley Highton reporters Mary Korvit camera girl Lynnea Naigj flag bearer Beth McCombs music and recreation. New members Connie Myers Susan Jacobson and Beth McCombs joined. A Halloween party followed the election. Visitors included David Conley Dan Conley Candance Long Jorene Long Debbie Zummach Nancy Christensen Pat Jones Mrs Quai and Mr Smith. Next meeting set for Vernon school on Monday.
Palo Alto County Church Women United will observe World Community Day on November 6 at Bethany Lutheran Church Emmetsburg partnering with Ruthven Methodist Women to highlight international education year. The observance supports literacy, educational materials for new readers and scholarships for journalism training with global aid programs led by Church World Service and the United Nations as a driving force for justice and peace.
Dorothea Licht of Lowden marked her 100th birthday on October 31. Born in Germany she moved to the Lowden area, where she has lived since arriving in the region.
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