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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1961
Page
8
A cock pheasant perched on a front wall escapes being hunted as carloads pass. Historian Clifford Dowdey explains that the first Thanksgiving occurred in 1619 at Berkeley Hundred in Tidewater Virginia, long before the Pilgrims left England, a religious ceremony repeated to this day.
The piece traces Thanksgiving origins from 1621 through Lincoln and the 1863 date, notes changes to the date by FDR in 1939, and state resistance. It then reflects on Arctic Eskimo harvests and wildlife near Ikpik, Wainwright, Cambridge Bay, Barrow, and Barrow caribou trends, alongside prior regional travel observations.
Paris Illinois hosts its annual International Thanksgiving Fellowship welcoming guests from the Chicago metropolitan area. For a four day weekend, residents entertain foreign visitors as a neighborly policy by sharing homes and hospitality.
The board met at regular meeting on Nov 13 1961 with all members present. Motions approved minutes and paying bills in full. Lloyd Petersen discussed hospital insurance for employees. Salaries and various vendors listed totaling 1405.67 with officers Glen F. Shaver Earl Erickson Lars Petersen and Myrtle Nissen noted.
John Dunham of Dunlap recently suffered the loss of the little finger of the right hand and a badly mangled third finger in a corn picker accident.
St Paul s Lutheran Irving Petersen pastor lists Lutheran World Relief Clothing Drive confirmations worship services and family Sunday School details for St Paul South Walnut Lost Island and First Lutheran churches with joint services Thanksgiving Eve events and church meetings. Methodist and Immaculate Conception schedules shared with mass times confirmations and confessional hours.
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