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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1943
Page
5
Several Graettinger area weddings are announced. Bisgard and Bensen wed at St Pauls in Fairmont Minnesota with Sgt Bisgard in uniform and future plans pending postwar. Sjeklocha and Duhn unite in Des Moines with reception. bride worked in Des Moines beauty field and groom plans farming near Des Moines. Christiansen and Story marry in Estherville with Navy fireman groom. bride a Graettinger teacher.
The Lost Island Ladies' Aid will hold its annual chicken dinner and bazaar Thursday at the church parlors. Serving starts at 12:00. Menu includes chicken and dressing, mashed potatoes, cabbage salad, celery, pickles, bread and butter, jam, pie and coffee. Adults 65c, children 5c. Church services at 11:00 a.m. All welcome.
On Friday evening November 26 sixteen elections will be held in Palo Alto county to elect township Triple A Committees and alternates to administer the 1944 farm program. Delegates will meet November 27 at 10 pm to elect a county committee. Elections occur at multiple townships centers. Every farmer is invited. discussions will cover 1944 program and machinery rationing. Auto licenses go on sale December 1. penalties begin February 1. 1942 plates to be used in 1944.
Graettinger high school faces Dickens at Dickens tonight in the opening game of the 1943-44 season. The first Graettinger home game is Tuesday, November 23, and the gym has been improved. Boys and girls rosters are listed for the trip and season schedule runs through February with multiple away and home games including Ayrshire, Lake Center, Curlew, Ruthven, Emmetsburg C H, and Gillett Grove.
Katherine Anastacia Mulligan Hassel, 69, died November 14 in Ottawa Illinois after a paralytic stroke on November 10. Funeral held at ten this morning with Rev D K Hurley. burial in Catholic cemetery beside husband Alphonse Hassel. Survived by sons Alphonse Jr and Clarence, one grandson Clarence Hassel Jr in Camp Davis NC, one brother James, and many relatives. Funeral service by Emmett Martin, Graettinger, recalling eight years residency here northeast of Graettinger.
A week after the November 7-8 storm main highways are passable though side roads remain rough. The Monday storm did not arrive as predicted. Tuesday featured sun and warmer temperatures. Overnight Monday was 10 above zero and Tuesday morning reached 16 above.
The Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service will sponsor its Annual Thank Offering service at the regular morning worship hour on Sunday November 21. Representatives of Morningside College in Sioux City will present the morning service guiding thoughts through music and worship.
Leslie A Patten 51 of Mankato Minnesota died at home Monday November 8 1943 after health decline since 1940 He worked at Truth Tool Company and fell ill while leaving for a 6 PM shift He was born February 15 1892 in Streator Illinois later moving to Emmetsburg Iowa He married Florence Haldeman February 3 1920 They later moved to Mankato He leaves wife two daughters Helen Ahlstrom of Baltimore and LaVonne 15 and son Dale 9 plus his mother and stepfather Russ Henson of Merrill Wisconsin a sister Hazel Strom Oak Park Minnesota and several relatives The funeral was held at Landhamer Funeral Home and Baptist church with Masonic and Morgan escort services The service drew many friends including relatives from Maryland Oregon and Minnesota Weather prevented many from traveling.)
Charles Burg Jr is severely injured after an explosion on his ship while on duty. The war department notified his family Thursday morning that seven men may have been hurt as the vessel continued its voyage. Charles, about 19, enlisted in the navy at 17. Friends express hope for better news soon.
December 10 is set as the war time deadline for Christmas mail. November is the mailing month this year. The post office department urges all parcels letters and postcards be mailed by December 10 with a plan to finish by November 30 if possible. The note cites limited extra help for transportation and office work and warns of a jam of mail, but the extra two weeks should aid clerks in sorting.
Mrs M L Murphy slipped and fell last Wednesday sustaining a sprained wrist and a leg cut that severed a vein and required surgical treatment. The wrist injury remains very painful.
Graettinger shops will remain closed throughout Thanksgiving with no morning hours as in past holidays. Local merchants remind shoppers to plan ahead since no stores open in the morning or during the day.
Mrs Ed Weeden formerly Nan McCarty of Graettinger underwent a major operation at Mercy hospital Chicago Tuesday morning. Her condition was satisfactory by late afternoon. Her mother Mrs D E McCarty left for Chicago Monday evening to be at her daughter's bedside. Pvt Ed Weeden of Camp Roberta California and his wife joined Mrs Weeden's sisters Mrs Frank Sink Benton Harbor Michigan and Miss Kathryn McCarty Nashville Tennessee. Graettinger friends hope for her early complete recovery. Mrs Martin Jensen of south of Graettinger fell Friday and broke a bone just above the ankle, taken to Emmetsburg hospital. Mr Jensen, ill for weeks, is improved and able to be about.
A deputy collector of the Internal Revenue Service will be in Graettinger at City Hall on December 8 to help taxpayers file their 1943 tax returns. Several taxpayers who did not file the September 15 estimate may need assistance, offering a helpful opportunity for those needing help.
G. O. Erickson about 20 was severely burned this morning when a re capping outfit exploded at Brown tire shop in Estherville. The building interior was destroyed, an adjacent implement shop damaged, and Erickson was conscious at noon with slim recovery hopes. The Erickson family had long residence in the town. A daughter worked at Jensen drug store in Graettinger. a son, Ellwood, serves with the army overseas.
Graettinger State bank plans a special meeting at 2:00 p m to vote on raising capital stock from 12500 to 26000, funded from undivided profits. The bank, organized in spring 1944, reports over 800000 in deposits and a profitable run, with C A Jensen president and a slate of directors including John Graettinger.
Max Baumgartner chaired Graettinger’s streamlined unit for the National War Fund drive. The town surpassed its $700 quota, totaling $878.62, reaching the top subdivision in the county by 4:00 p.m. on the drive’s first day.
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