Graettinger and Palo Alto Vote Democratic Majority
McGover lost nationally but led Graettinger ballot with 68 votes. Nixon/Agnew led countywide with 3141 to 2845 for a presidential pick. Incumbents Miller and Smith were defeated in Graettinger. Clark and Bedell won key races in the district. Multiple state offices swung in favor of Democrats with Graettinger results showing mixed local- vs state-level outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McGover
Graettinger
Nison/ Agnew
McGover
Shriver
Jack Miller
Dick Clark
State of Iowa
Legion Hall
Clark
Millers
Wiley Mayne
Berkley Bedell
Bedell
Mayne
Ray
Franzenburg
Neu
Gannon
Lloyd Smith
F. Harold Forret
Smith
Maurice Barringer
Albert Anderson
Robert Lounsberry
Kenneth E. Owen
Richard Turner
James Reynolds
Bert Priebe
Wayne Keith
Priebe
Palo Alto Co
Robert Krause
Lyndon Berkland
Berkland
Palo Alto County
Munty Suditor George On
Supreme Court
Lloyd Jensvold
John Kelly
Jensvold
Kelly
Carol Johnson
Chester Waterman
Gmettinger
Nixon/ Agnew
Lions Club Graettinger Men Meeting At Hanas Cafe
A joint Lions Club and Graettinger businessmen meeting is set for Monday November 13 from 6 30 to 7 30 p m at Hanas Cafe with a guest speaker. Rock solid results show McGovern Shriver and 75 votes for Schmitz amid Graettinger races. Other Graettinger votes went to John Schmitz American Independent Party Gabriel Green Universal Party and William Recap Jr American Independent for senator and Robert Dilley American Independent for governor. Election judges named Don Graettinger Harry Dobbin and John Carey. Clerks were Ed Herke and Ralph Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club & Graettinger
Hanas Cafe
McGovern
Shriver
Schmitz
Graettinger
John Schmitz
American Independent Party
Gabriel Green
Universal Party
William Recap Jr
Robert Dilley
Don Graettinger
Harry Dobbin
John Carey
Ed Herke
Ralph Graettinger
Tie for First as Alger and Lundgren Split Top Cash
Rodney Alger and Ted Lundgren shared first and second place money in a tight competition. Ron Graettinger claimed third place, completing the podium in a close finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Alger
Ted Lundgren
Ron Graettinger
October Rainfall Sets Partial Record at 3.03 Inches
October rainfall totaled 3.03 inches, surpassed only by 1968 and 1971, with last year at 5.62 inches. November 1–2 added 1.2 inches, while Graettinger hosted an Open House for a new Telephone Office addition with 136 guests. free rent prizes went to Judy Weis and Matilda Oleson, flowers donated by local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Judy Weis
Matilda Oleson
Graettinger State Bank
Bonstead Plumbing and Heating
Graettinger Municipal Light Plant
Suggested Christmas mailing deadlines list by service
A dated schedule lists deadlines for mailing Christmas packages and cards to Armed Forces and various regions. It covers surface, surface and SAM, PAL, and airmail options to Near East, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Canada, with specific dates from November 1 to December 20.
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Near East
Africa
PAL
South
Central America
Surface
Europe
SAM
Far East
Canada
Artic
Arctic
Alaska
Hawaii
Mexico
United States
Unitedtates
Alan Norris and Family Featured in Local Biography
Alan Norris born on a farm west of Graettinger attended Center School and Graettinger Consolidated School, graduating in 1959. He served four years in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic, trained in Texas and California, spent time in Alaska earning a barber license, then returned to Iowa to barber in Cedar Rapids for 25 years where he met Jackie. In 1967 the couple moved to Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Norris
Graettinger
Center School
Graettinger Consolidated
Chicago Technical School
Minneapolis
Air Force
Texas
California
Alaska
Alan
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Jackie
Market Report Corn and Beans and Grains Indexes
Market report lists corn for November December January with prices near 1.11 1.20 1.25 and beans around 3.27 3.29 and oats around 0.70. The fragmentary data shows monthly future references for November December January July with several repeated sequences and unclear formatting.
Buck Prize Winners and Local Figures in Graettinger
Mrs H M Jorgensen claimed the Buck Prize last week and next week’s drawing offers 50 dollars. Al’s Barber Shop on Graettinger’s main street closed in July 1971 as he became an on the road salesman for Forney Arc Welding Co. He now covers Palo Alto Pocahontas and Calhoun counties in Iowa and Faribault County in Minnesota. Al Norris, formerly of Graettinger, is secretary of Bethel Church Council and has past ties to the Graettinger Fire Department and Lions Club. Jackie Gluesing Norris, born in Van Horne, trained as a computer programmer and worked at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids United Fire and Casualty Insurance before marrying Alan. She now types for Your Graettinger Times and serves as Bethel Lutheran ALCW president for 1973. The Norris family includes Scott Alan and Kristen Jay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Forney Arc Welding Co
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Iowa
Farbault County
Minnesota
Albert Norris
Jackie
Jackie Gluesing
van Home
van Home Consolidated School
IBM
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids United Fire and Casualty Insurance Company
Alan
Graettinger Times
Bethel Lutheran Alcw
Graettinger Women's Club
Norris's
Scott Alan
Kindergartner
Kristen Jay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrats
Nixon
C. Kenneth McGuire
Kleigl
McGuires
Alma Burns
Joe Girres
Girres
Knudson
Red Baker
Russell Peterson
George Twait
William Herke
Harry Dobbins
Alan and
Jackie Norris
Market Report
Buck Prize
H. M. Jorgensen
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