Pirettes' Softball Day Triumph Over Marathon at School
Graettinger Community School declared Softball Day after the Pirettes rallied from 15-10 in the seventh inning to beat Marathon 16-15. Jeanne Probert led with a triple, Nancy McQuown delivered a clutch single, and Cindy Guinn's single produced the tying and winning runs as Pat Clipperton and Barb Petersen shared the winning battery. Linda Clipperton, Jeanne Probert, Cindy Guinn, Nancy McQuown, and Vickie Stueve contributed multiple hits.
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Graettinger
Pirettes
Marathon
Jeanne Probert
Nancy McQuown
Jeanne
Kathy Wikert
Pat Clipperton
Vickie Stueve
Linda Clipperton
Barb Petersen
Connie McQuown
Cindy Guinn
Ron Brockmeyer
World At Our Feet World At Our Feet
A fragmentary item notes Zurichs Die Weltwoche calling Spiro Agnew a prophet in a quirky, reflective column. The piece then jokes about calendars and twins, mentioning a pilot misplacing speed until a paintbrush struck a wasps nest.
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Zurich
Die Weltwoche
Spiro Agnew
Wasp, Raccoon Tales Mark Iowa Notes in Graettinger
In Graettinger Times the column recalls a near-miss with a wasp attacked lawn mower incident and a harried mother noting autumn routines. It ponders past eras and politics while sharing the raccoon hunting season details, noting opening dates, limits, and season end.
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Double Ring Wedding in West Bend Unites Berninghaus and Schany
Patty Berninghaus and Bill Schany were married August 28 in St Peter and Paul's church West Bend in a double ring ceremony. The couple will live on a farm near Ayrshire. The bride is a 1968 West Bend graduate who worked for Kossuth Mutual. the groom, also a 1968 graduate, serves in the National Guard and farms with his father.
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Patty Berninghaus
Delbert Berninghaus
West Bend
Bill Schany
Wm. Schany
St Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
Leo Schany
Graettinger
Gilbert Benninghaus
Jo Ellen Meyer
Ottosen
Donnia Berninhaus
Larry Stille
Ann Marie Schany
Gilbert Berninghaus
Paul Berninghaus
Irvin Harms
Jane Shey
Gisele
Gloria Berninghaus
Ellen Meyer
Gwen Berninghaus
Ayrshire
Kossuth Mutual Insurance Co
National Air Guard
Ft. Dodge
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Graettinger Times
Maurice Knutsen
Viet Nam
Dick Nixon
Buckingham Palace
Mr. Queen
Saint Patrick Church
God
Raccoon
SAVE
Graettinger Trading
Linda Bonnstetter
John Schany
Chuck Schany
Gary Schang
Duane Berninhaus
Bob Nitchols
Mer
Paul Forey
FGDA
Paul D. Forey
Graettinger Coop Grain Co
Emmetsburg
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Omar Burkgren
Wallingford
Robert Wisner
Marvin Shadburg
Iowa State University
Argie Hall
ISU
Ation
The
Graettinger Cooperative
Mrs
Komes
Willie Wirehand
Pocahontas
State Bank
Sparky
H. A. Elsenbast
Dennis Essing
Thoreson Insurance Agency
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
L. H. Thoreson
Graettinger Municipal
Kenneth Jensen
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