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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
4
Rev. 4.8 Maynard, Pastor lists weekday masses at 7 a.m. Confession Saturdays 3 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Catechism Saturdays 9 a.m. Choir rehearsal Thursday evening at 7:30.
St Pauls Leela church hosts mens brotherhood at 4 00 p m at South Walnut church Luther League executive meeting at 7 30 p m Saturday Confirmation Class at 10 30 a m Sunday worship with Pastor James P Christenarn former pastor of St Paula conducting service and preaching at 10 30 a m a cordial invitation to worship and Sunday School at 9 15 a m Bible Class at 9 15 a m
Public notices show Tuesday evening Senior Choir rehearsal at 7 30. Thursday Luther League gathers at 6 30 pm for supper program and recreation.
Thursday men’s Brotherhood tests at 8:00 p.m. Invited. Saturday confirmation class at 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship at 8:00 a.m. Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. Pastor James FP Christensen to preach. Luther League supper and program at 6:30 p.m. at St Paul’s Lutheran. all youth invited.
Wallingford Lutheran follows a Sunday worship with Holy Communion at 9:00 a.m. and a Sunday School and Bible classes at 10:15 a.m. Confirmation classes are set for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Junior Choir practice also listed for Saturday.
At 2 00 pm teachers meet at Arlee QOshers Friday Oct 6 a film shown. Jewish Mission Society meets Sunday Oct 7 with Pastor Maakestad of Esthyrville Lutheran church as speaker. Pol L Sunday at 8 00 pm program Group IV recreation Group V refreshments Group I.
George J Fingie minister teaches at Methodist Church with Senior MYF Thursday 7 50 pm Sunday 930 Church School 1030 Morning Worship sermon topic Observance of World Wide Communion 700 pm Intermediate MYP
Schedule of Lutheran services and events at First Lutheran and Lost Island churches. Includes worship times 9:30 a.m. and 10:46 a.m., Sunday School, Bible Classes, choir, confirmation instruction, guest speaker Pastor B A Helland from Lutheran Bible Institute, and various midweek events and meetings at Lost Island and Ringsted locations. Community youth and Bible study activities noted.
Contest area spans 18 northwestern Iowa counties 15 southeastern South Dakota 42 northeastern Nebraska and southwestern Minnesota. First prize 1000 cash with ton of formulated beef feed for next three. top four receive feed prizes. 49 runners up get 1000 pounds. Entries to Terramycin Sioux City. Sheldon forum drew 285 attendees as meetings schedule in Beresford Aberdeen Tracy and Wayne featuring beef nutrition talks and feedlot disease slides.
The Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation in Palo Alto county will start its 1956 annual fund appeal on Oct. 6. Ruthven volunteer chair Mrs. Behrendsen Jr announced campaign start, outlining three main uses for contributions: sustaining the Kenny Institute in Minneapolis as a leading polio hospital. expanding the Kenny treatment to all ages and groups with disabilities. and training more nurses and therapists under scholarships to become Kenny Therapists. The Kenny Institute serves as the foundation’s international training center.
A Graettinger teenager was apprehended by Marshall Albert Jensen and charged with speeding and failing to stop for a stop sign. He appeared in Mayor's court and paid a five dollar fine on each count plus costs.
The entry by James Lein defeated eight other cows in the three-year-old Holstein class at the Waterloo Dairy Congress. The exhibitor has previously been champion there twice and claimed 4-H state fair and open division titles. Levi earned a high ribbon for his dairy herd and was named reserve showman. Palo Alto took a county blue ribbon in Holstein.
Miss Jacquelyn Howell daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Howell of Bhie Barth rural area enters Abbott Hospital School of Nursing Minneapolis Minnesota She is a Graetinger Community High School graduate and was active in FHA newspaper staff basketball one act plays Speech Club Librarian G Fin Club She was Yearbook Editor and Assistant Director of the class play enrolled in the September 4 program offered jointly by Macalester College and Abbott Hospital
The weekly menu lists daily items for school lunches. Monday includes barbecued beeturgers with cabbage salad, Davy Crockett beans, cooky, and milk. Tuesday features mashed potatoes, creamed peas, meat sandwich, cheese squares, apple crisp, and milk. Wednesday offers chili and crackers, peanut butter carrot sticks sandwiches and pudding. Thursday serves creamed chicken and mashed potatoes, Emerald Isle salad, cranberries, sandwiches, baked apple. Friday presents grilled cheese, buttered corn, catsup, fruit jelly, and cakes.
Palo Alto county farmers may obtain detailed information on the conservation reserve park. County ASC chair Wim Brodersen explains access to details expands beyond the soil conservation program. Despite advanced crop status, farmers have until October 15 to sign 1956 contracts. land must not have been cropped or grazed since start of year to qualify. Information for 1957 contracts is available now with signing allowed through next March 46.
The Graettinger FFA boys and instructor Reynard Satory plan to attend the farm field day demonstrations tied to farm progress days at Spencer on Saturday October 6. Activities include demonstrations of farm equipment by implement firms a parade of farm machinery FRA chapter and bands at 10 a m with demonstrations starting at 1 15 p m north of Spencer.
The Gracttinger Junior FFA elected Benny Tonderum as President Donald Weir as Vice President James Mahan as Secretary Rodney Thim as Treasurer Marvin Egeland as Reporter and Erland Duus as Sentinel at their first meeting of the year They plan to serve lunch for the Evening Adult School to raise funds and will work on their program of work.
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