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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1958
Page
5
The Gradlinger Booster club shifts Saturday drawings to 3 p.m. each week for the winter, starting next Saturday Nov 22, with a $100 prize this week. Grace Oleson of rural Emmetsburg missed last Saturday's $75 prize.
Wallingford Coop Elevator to hold open house on Tuesday November 25 manager Cliff Thomas says. Bree pancakes and coffee will be served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there will be door prizes. See ad in this issue for details.
Dr Richard Palmer president of Morningside College Sioux City will speak at a subdistrict senior High Methodist Youth Fellowship Rally in the local Methodist Church on Sunday evening November 80. The rally will open at 4 p m with registration devotions by the Dolliver group and a fellowship supper. A film titled The Difference will show the value of church related colleges. Bob Fanning MYF president and the council with Mrs Ruth Traver counselor are organizing the event.
Mickey Rooney stars as grown up Andy Hardy now married with two children in the new Hardy film Andy Hardy Comes Home. Fay Holden Cecilia Parker reprise their roles as Ma Hardy and Andy's wife. Sara Haden returns as Aunt Mille with Marlon as Aunt Mille’s counterpart. Showings set for Sunday and Monday November 23 and 24.
Noted big game cameraman Miki Carter filmed six months on the Dark Continent for Sol Lesser's Tarzan production. Wild animal scenes and authentic African background are highlights. The film screens Thursday and Saturday, November 20 and 22, at the Graettinger theatre.
Chuck Stevens announces a Thanksgiving holiday dance schedule at the Center Ballroom Arnolds Park. November 22 features hourly turkey drawings with music by the Frank Jonas orchestra. Thanksgiving night offers the Guy DeLeo band, and November 29 features the Malek Brothers. The Center stays open all winter with dancing every Saturday night.
Graettinger State Bank will be closed again on Saturday November 22 to finish ceiling repairs. Patrons should plan weekend banking around the closure. Letters for Retarded Children's Association contributions have been mailed. those missed may send to James Spencer Estherville Iowa. Former Graettinger resident Mary Ann Jensen and her 5 year old son Mark were featured in the Minneapolis Tribune for Retarded Children's drive. Mark attends special classes at Waite Neighborhood House Minneapolis.
The Gracttinger Community chorus will start rehearsals this week for a Christmas concert on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 14. The first session is tonight at 8 30 at the Methodist church, with a second rehearsal Sunday afternoon at the same church. Everyone in the community is invited to join and attend. The annual program has grown popular in recent years, promising an enjoyable event for participants and audience.
Cash donations for the Christian Rural Overseas Program are solicited this week and next in rural Palo Alto County. County Chairman Martin Simon son of Ruthven directs volunteers who will canvass farming areas to raise food for starving families overseas as part of a nationwide Amer ica’s plenty effort.
Gracitinger boys and girls basketball open home schedule Friday night at 7 as Cylinder teams visit. The Grasttinger Prettees begin season November 11 with a win over Burteeztte. The Pirates seek their first victory after a Lakes Conference tilt.
The Graettinger Band Parents schedule is shifted to a bi monthly pattern with no December meeting. The Feb 23 and Apr 27 meetings follow the new rhythm, while the Christmas program will be held on Dec 16 with details to come. Harold Drew hosts a farm sale auction on Dec 2 nine miles east of Graettinger. J L and Simon Omundson hold a Dec 18 sale of farm machinery and Swiss cattle at a farm 4 miles west of Graettinger on Highway 17.
Area churches list Thanksgiving worship times including Wednesday November 26 at 7 30 p m Methodist church 8 p m First Lutheran and 9 a m Thanksgiving Day services at Lost Island Lutheran Immaculate Conception Catholic Wallingford Lutheran St Pauls Lutheran and South Walnut Graattinger. Businesses close all day for the observance.
There will be a public auction of watch repair equipment tools showcases and many miscellaneous items at the Weinholzer Jewelry Store on Saturday November 29. Details of sale will appear next week.
The final night of the Graettinger adult evening school is Monday Dec 1 with one hour of class followed by an oyster and chili supper. Supt Hartung reports after the supper there will be reports of the session and election of council members. Attendance requires advance reservations for non enrolled guests.
Voters in Palo Alto county will decide on a corn referendum Tuesday November 25. Polling places include Walnut Graettinges Lost Island Emmetsburg West Bend Ellington Maillard and many others with hours 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eligibility covers owners operators cash tenants and various share arrangements in the 1958 corn crop program. Thanksgiving break follows with Graettinger School dismissing at 2 30 p.m. on Wednesday November 26 and classes resuming December 1 at 8 20 a.m.
Palo Alto county will start sealing 1958 corn this week per county chairman Joe Lynch. Operators and landlords must contact their township dealer, not the county office, to participate. Provide details such as bank name, spouse, landlord, and legal description to the dealer.
Funeral services for Carl G. Hansen 74 of rural Ruthven are held today. He died suddenly Tuesday morning from a heart attack at his home southwest of Graettinger. Services 1 pm Lightle funeral home Ruthven and 2 pm at South Walnut church with Rev H Irving Petersen officiating. Burial at South Walnut cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters and three sons including Maynard Hansen Ruthven Rev Everett Hansen Booth Dakota Raymond Hansen Albert City Mrs Lester Zietiow Tech
Everett Thorson formerly of Graettinger and ex- diplomat in the U S embassy service recounts Far East experiences from two years in Indo China and a planned Parla posting. He notes Saigon heat and humidity, refugee crowding, Mekong development, Caow-Dai Temple, and local commerce. mentions transportation role in the Satwan embassy and Vietnam’s weather patterns.
Graettinger merchants host a weekend Dollar Day with 25 free turkeys for shoppers who register at participating stores November 20 to 22. Four drawings will post winners Monday, November 24, with turkey claims by 6 p.m. Winners may register unlimited times. one turkey per family, ages 16 and up. List of participating stores included.
The Danish gym team touring the United States and Canada will visit Ringsted High School on Thursday November 27 at 730 p m. Their two hour program features gymnastic displays and Danish folk dances in original costumes presented by 28 young Danes. They have performed in Madison Square Garden and across North America.
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