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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1958
Page
6
The junior class will present a mystery comedy by Rollin W. Coyle on Wednesday evening November 5 at Graetlinger High School. Further details on cast and production to follow.
Mrs Alela Cameron of Emmetsburg, a former Graettinger resident, sustained rib injuries and other bruises when her car, traveling west on a graveled road, lost control in loose gravel and rolled into a ditch four miles north and a mile east of Graettinger. She was hospitalized at Palo Alto Memorial in Exumetsburg.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will appear at a sixth district Republican meeting in Fort Dodge on October 30. Angus Cotton, sixth district Republican committeeman, announced plans are in the formative stage with Nixon arriving about noon to address the crowd in the city square.
In last week's Times the Graettinger summer recreation committee financial report corrected an expense error. The 104 gallons purchased from Heidecker's DX should appear only once, not as two separate listings.
The public is invited to an open house today from 10 am to 6 pm at Graettinger Coop Grain Co sponsored by Rath company featuring Rath ham sandwiches and coffee. Jim Iverson, manager, extends the invitation to everyone. Rexall sale ongoing at Jensen Drug with two for one offers and penny sale. see Jensen Drug ad. This Happy Feeling shows at Graettinger Theatre Sunday and Monday October 19 and 20 starring Debbie Reynolds Curt Jurgens and John Saxon.
The drivers license office in Emmetsburg will be closed on November 4 and November 11 for election day and Veterans Day. Motorists with licenses expiring during that period are advised to note the dates.
Pastor A. 8. Berg of the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis will headline a Bible teaching mission at St Pauls Lutheran and South Walnut Lutheran churches October 23 to 26. Services alternate between the two churches with dates in St Pauls on Oct 23, 26 and Oct 26, and South Walnut on Oct 24 and 26. A Harvest Festival with a special synodical offering will follow Sunday morning worships at both churches. Pastor Berg has pastored churches in Chicago, Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Tecoma and joined the Lutheran Bible Institute faculty in 1968 where he directs Bible Teaching Missions.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Bud Hamilton hold a public auction of household goods and appliances on Saturday October 25 at 1 30 pm at their residence first house south of Graettinger lumber yard Details of sale in this weeks issue.
Storck Chevrolet and Buick in Emmetsburg displays the 1959 Chevrolets with new styling and mechanical improvements. Romaine Heidecker of the area serves as the local representative. Detroit reports describe the line as highly unusual with redesigned passenger bodies and revised series identifications. Impalas join Bel Air, plus new Bel Aires, Biscaynes and station wagons debut.
Spencer sophomores edged Pirate B team 14-12 at Evergreen Park Monday afternoon. Spencer led 7-6 at halftime, Pirate B fought back 12-7 in the third period, then Spencer added a late score on a pass from Marvin Egeland to Kay Carter for the final tally.
Corn price support announced for Palo Alto county covers corn harvested this fall. Eligible corn grades No 3 or better or No 4 by test weight, stored on farm or in approved warehouses. Noncompliant corn receives 97e per bushel. compliant corn 1.27 per bushel. Program runs until May 31 with loans due next July 31.
A Farmers for Coad meeting is set for Friday night October 17 at 8 p.m. in the Plantation ballroom near Whittemore. Congressman Merwin Coad and Charles F Brannan former secretary of agriculture will be the main speakers. Brannan will advocate for Congressman Claud C Kennedy reelection in the sixth district. The event is sponsored by the Farmers Union of the sixth district.
Readers of the Gradlinger Times are urged to support the 1984 Kenny fund appeal in Palo Alto County. The Kenny Institute expands its in patient rehabilitation for nerve injuries strokes spinal cord issues and polio among others with public contributions as its sole income source. American Legion Auxiliary members will soon canvass residents asking for support to sustain and grow this humanitarian program.
A countywide corn referendum is set for Tuesday November 25 with eligibility rules for farm owners operators landlords cash tenants share tenants and specific groups tied to 1958 corn activity. The vote seeks to decide if the 1959 program should end acreage allotments and shift price support to a new method.
C O Wikert will hold a public auction of trucks and equipment and machinery at the Wikert farm just north of town on Saturday November 1. Details of sale will appear later.
Elaine Reynolds claimed the $50 prize in Graettinger shoppers drawing held last Saturday night at Elsbury Farm Equipment. Next week’s prize drops to $25 as the Graelinger Booster Club sponsors the weekly drawing.
Graettinger Supt Harting says the Emmet County tentative school reorganization plan excludes Graettinger territory now in the district but adds about three sections from High Lake Township south of Wallingford. If adopted, Graettinger would rise to about 100 sections with possible further land from Twelve Mile Lake Township. Some residents worry the plan would shrink Graettinger territory, which is denied by officials.
A drama about the whiskey war set in Kentucky titled Thunder Road will be shown locally at Graettinger Theatre. The film stars Robert Mitchum with Gene Barry and Jacques Aubuchon, supported by Kelly Smith Trevor Bardette Sandra Knight and Jim Mitchum in his film debut.
From a Friday low of 25 degrees the temperature rose to 75 Sunday and over 80 Monday. Outdoor activities flourished as farmers finish soybean harvest and some corn is already harvested. Corn quality and yields vary with soil and rainfall, especially in drought years. Mild weather persisted into midweek with 80s, and no precipitation reported this past week.
Local horsemen formed the Northwestern Trail Riders with Richard Gray as president Harvey Anderson as vice president and Sandra Prather as secretary and treasurer. Arnold Alesch Sam Watson Frank Gray Harold Prather and Richard Gret hen were elected to the board of directors. The group aims to promote trail riding and related events. Twenty seven riders participated in the first Sunday trail ride.
Mrs Harry Vahldieck of High Lake and her sister Anne Presthus of Lone Rock recently completed a seven week journey to Norway to visit relatives. They traveled by train to New York, boarded the Queen Elizabeth liner to Southampton, then by rail to Newcastle before crossing the North Sea to Bergen. After sightseeing they returned by plane from Oslo to Copenhagen and Glasgow, then transatlantic air to New York.
Evergreen park hosts Armstrong B team versus Pirate B team next Monday night. Game time is 7 15.
The Grachtinger Pirates travel to Emmetsburg Catholic High for a non conference game Friday. Emmetsburg has posted high scoring outputs this season while Pirates sit at .500 and hope to upset the favored ECH squad by playing up to potential.
The Gratttinger PTA will hold its regular October meeting in the school community room on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Jerold Neseth of Estherville, district YMCA secretary, will discuss “The Cooperative Home” and lead a panel on home, school, and church cooperation. A district boy scout leader will speak briefly. all are invited and memberships may still be obtained.
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