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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1945
Page
7
Local notices celebrate soldiers reuniting, promotions, hospital moves, and transfers. Family updates include Pvt Masters, Sgt Thoreson, Cpl Sandvig, and Sgt Bonstead. Airmen Dan and Noel Olson receive good news. Otumwa transfers affect A C Bonstead. Letters recount typhoon, Tokyo visit, Nagasaki sighting, and war experiences across Europe and Pacific theaters.
The speaker notes a possible spare jeep and hopes to be home by Christmas. They are adjusting hours to become eligible and mention wetting replacements from bomber groups that have been deactivated, expressing cautious optimism.
Sunday callers included Mr and Mrs Frank Scheatler Albert Schaeller and others. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Enger visited at Virgil bty home. John Simon and wife celebrated 25th wedding anniversary October 2. Mrs Frank Smith hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Marion Birkland who wed Donald Christensen Thursday at Bethany Lutheran Emmetsburg and will reside in Lake Forest Illinois.
A birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Noonan on Thursday evening in honor of Mrs Noonan. The gathering included close family members and friends in a warm celebration.
Two cartloads of Hereford calves for the 4H baby beef club in Emmetsborg will arrive mid October. They are handpicked from the Vetan ranch and have performed well in the county. Interested youths should contact the Farm Bureau to be notified of arrival and sale dates, with demand expected to fill the full calf allotment.
K G Ensminger, 92, of Morrison, marks sixty straight Grundy county fair attendances since the first fair in 1885 at Chundy Center. This year he attends as usual, enjoying the same Hippodrome act as in prior years.
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