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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1954
Page
2
Des Moines visitors visit R. W. Nunamaker and family in Wallingford while several relatives travel to Estherville and Sioux City for illnesses, births, therapy, and social gatherings. Multiple families attend church, games, and dinners, with extended kinship ties across Graettinger, Terris, and surrounding areas noted throughout the week.
The Graettinger Iowa municipal light plant board met October 11, 1954 with all members present. Motions approved last meeting minutes, all bills paid, and meeting adjourned. Notices show payments to internal revenue district director, public employee retirement, social security, state treasurer, and various suppliers. wages and post office. secretary Josephine Fitzpatrick. Printing services advertised by Graettinger Times.
The 1954 duck hunting season begins Friday October 15 with rains promising good grounds. Hours run half hour before sunrise to sunset, Iowa Missouri River areas extend to sunset. Iowa shortens day by one hour due to Mississippi flyway supply. Bag limits remain 4 ducks and 5 geese with specifics on possession and species. Coat is 10. Seaton town open noon October 15 through October 29.
In a dusk halted B team football game, Estherville Freshmen fall 18 7 as Gary Mouse Masters seals the win with a 30 yard bootleg late in the fourth. Graettinger scores a touchdown earlier, while Estherville cuts remaining play time due to darkness.
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