Eight Candidates File For Council Race and Mayor
Eight candidates seek Graettinger council seats with two vying for mayor in the Tuesday November 5 election. Nomination deadline was October 8. Mayor candidates are John McDonald and John Poland. incumbent Thomas Thomsen not seeking reelection. Council candidates include Hanson Knudtsen Nissen Olesen Peterson Potter Rolfson Spies. Millen not running. McDonald runs for mayor. Leo Hughes seeks reelection as treasurer. Newly elected officers take office January 1964. A citizen committee caucus nominated Poland Hanson Ninen Olesen Peterson Spies to file nomination papers.
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Graettingers
John McDonald
John Poland
Thomas Thomsen
Roy Petersen
Howard Hanson
Ted Knudtsen
Roy Nissen
Virgil Olesen
Forrest Peterson
Wayne Potter
Byron Rolfson
Adolph Spies
Tom Millen
Leo Hughes
Citizen’s Committee
Poland
Hanson
Ninen
Olesen
Peterson
Spies
Graettinger PTA to Hear Naimi Speaker October 15
Graettinger PTA invites residents, parents, and teachers to a Tuesday evening meeting in the school community room. Guest speaker Omar Naimi of Graettinger, Afghanistan native and local social studies instructor, will discuss his background and views after receiving degrees at Drake University and Kabul University.
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Graettinger Pta
Omar Naimi
Graettinger
Afghanistan
Hitherville Junior College
Naimi
University of
Kabul
Drake University
Drake
Mrs Ira Beaver Fatally Injured in Phoenix Car Crash
Mrs Ira Beaver 56 of Phoenix died at Good Samaritan hospital after a three car collision at an intersection last Wednesday. She taught at North High and Glendale High, was a graduate of St Olaf College and Columbia University, moved to Phoenix in 1937, and is survived by her husband mother and two brothers. Burial was at Memory Lawn Memorial Park after services at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary.
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Ira T. Beaver
Missouri
Phoenix
Arizona
Gwendolyn Jensen
Graettinger
Beaver
Good Samaritan Hospital
D Beaver
A. L. Moore and Sons
Lyle C. Burns
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Minneapolis
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church
Chris Jensen
Kermit W. Jensen
Waterloo
Iowa
Quinten
H. Jensen
Chandler
Bertha
Bill Axelton
PTA Membership Drive Sets Book Prize for October
The Graettinger PTA continues its membership drive and will award a book prize to the grade with the most paid up members at the October meeting. Dues are fifty cents, payable to the school. a membership card will be mailed or presented at the October meeting on Tuesday October 15.
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Graettinger Pta
Weekend Heat Beats Records Across Region
The past weekend brought record high temperatures with sunny skies and no rain. Temperatures reached the nineties on Saturday and Sunday, drying fields as soybean harvesting nears completion and some farmers move to corn picking.
Dan Christensen Plans New Graettinger Drug Store
Dan Christensen formerly of Sioux Falls plans to open Christy Drug in Graettinger with wife Cherri. He has been a No Way Drug sales representative for two years and will stock and remodel the Lars Petersen house area, adding a soda fountain and familiar drugstore departments as stock arrives next week.
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Dan Christensen
Sioux Falls
S. Dak
Harold Christensen
Graettinger
Dan
Cherri
Christy
Sioux City
Omaha
National Fire Prevention Week Observed in Graettinger
October is Fire Prevention Week with local ads from Graettinger agencies and the volunteer fire department urging home safety. Officials note stoves furnaces and electrical systems are major fire risks and urge quick checks and simple repairs to reduce danger, plus plans to rescue children and elderly in night fires.
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Gracttinger Insurance Agency
Gracttinger State Bank Insurance
H. A. Elsenbast
Graettinger Youneer Fire Department
Iowa
No School Here Oct 17 and 18
Graettinger schools will be closed Thursday and Friday October 17 and 18 during the state teachers convention in Des Moines.
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Graettinger
Des Moines
Palo Alto Hospital Proposal Heads to Oct 25 Vote
Mrs Gladys Hankey takes the Walnut precinct chair to inform voters about the proposed 500000 county bond for a new Emmetsburg hospital replacing Palo Alto Memorial. The plan envisions a modern beds facility in a 20 year bond funded by a tax increase averaging 90 cents per 100 dollars in towns and six and a half cents per acre in rural areas, with a seven member trustees board to be elected countywide.
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Gladys Hankey
Walnut
Emimetsburg
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
Dhalls
State Department of Jage
Emmetsburg
Lasue
Llasue
Ee Pov Wis
Pirates End Losing Streak at Evergreen Park
The Pirates beat Sioux Rapids 14 to 12 in a homecoming victory. Dale Munson Jum Girres and Ron Thu led the effort with strong plays as the team overcame an early six point deficit after a Becher 72 yard run and a first quarter interception.
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Sioux Rapids
Evergreen Park
Pirates
Dale Munson
Jum Girres
Ron Thu
Becher
Pirate
Doctor Dawson to Discontinue Local Practice
Dr. Robert Dawson, Groettinger physician and surgeon, announces he will discontinue his practice here in two weeks. Arrangements may transfer patients records to any designated doctor. The office will stay open longer. no definite plans for the immediate future.
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Robert Dawson
Groettinger
Dawson
Fuhrman thanks donors for glasses to aid the needy
Frank Fuhrman of Graettinger and Estherville expresses gratitude to the public for hundreds of donated eyeglasses. The note promotes Fuhrman’s New Eyes for The Needy campaign, a nonprofit that redistributes used glasses worldwide, and invites further participation with details and a photo.
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Fuhrman
Frank Fuhrman
Graettinger
Estherville
Fuhirman
Campaign For
Graettingers Saturday Night Prize Draw Set at $50
Graettingers will award a $50 prize Saturday night at nine o clock in stores. Mrs Blanchard Jacobson did not claim last week's $25 award.
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Graettinger
Dr. Frye Accepts USDA Post in Lincoln Nebraska
Dr. G. H. Frye, Graettinger veterinarian for nine years, has accepted a civil service appointment in the Animal Disease Eradication Division of the U S Department of Agriculture. He will begin duties in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 4. Frye notes a possible veterinarian may take over his Graettinger office but is unsure if that transition occurs before his departure.
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G. H. Frye
Graettinger
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Lincoln
Nebraska
Pirates Schedule Home Game with West Bend Next Wednesday
The Pirates are set to host West Bend at Evergreen Park on Wednesday night October 16. Earlier, they will play Sioux Valley at Peterson on Friday night October 11.
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Pirates
West Bend
Pirate
Evergreen Park
Sioux Valley
Peterson
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Relat L. Neary
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Cylinder
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Claire Enge
William O'Leary
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Willie Pederson
Francis Joynt
Charles Fank
Chris Larson
Lawrence Rubel
Independence
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Clarence Arbogast
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Torwald Rasmusgen
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Joan Parigh
Elmer Randa
PTA
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Palo Alto Hospital
Walnut Information Chairman
Marlene Schnell
Jim Girres
Marlene
Wilbur Schnell
Jim
Arnold Girres
Nicherson Studio
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Sue Ruppert
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Joyce Anderson
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