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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1975
Page
3
Tammy Kulow serves as editor in chief while Linda Andersen is news editor. Sallie White acts as faculty advisor and Marshal Herfindehl as photo advisor.
Steve Dawson profiles Dave Haggard in his first year as Graettinger High School principal. Haggard, a former Norwalk business teacher, student taught at Lincoln High Des Moines, and trained at Drake. He notes Graettinger’s friendly, progressive vibe and identifies three facility shortcomings while outlining goals to boost self images and curriculum quality. He and his wife live eight miles northeast of town.
Joe Thompson reviews Jaws as a coastal town battles a killer shark. Sheriff Grady clashes with officials over beaches while tourists fund the town. Oceanologist Matt Hooper joins Quint the hunter, a plan unfolds, the shark sinks their boat and Quint is killed, but Grady acts to save others.
Graettinger High School begins organizing a debate team for 1975 76 with Chuck Moser as head coach. Prospective members include Joe Thompson Vernon Reitz Darnell Pettengill John Millen Jim Graettinger Monty Schang John Tindall and Tim Brown. Team plans training and practice before traveling as observers to Spencer November 1 and to Cherokee in December to compete on the topic about international control of scarce world resources.
The piece credits the administration faculty sponsors and cheerleaders for Spirit Week at GHS. It highlights the hard work behind Cap Day Lock Day Number Day and other Homecoming activities and praises the cheerleaders for running Spirit Week and the homecoming events.
The National Honor Society members hosted a 7:30 a.m. breakfast on Wednesday October 15 for faculty council and administration. Attendees included Mrs Sallie White Mr Lowell Crabb Mr Ron Worley Mr Leland Stiles and Mr Chuck.
Faculty breakfast included Moser Dave Haggard Pettengill Dawson Brockmeyer. Executive committee discussed ideas for a possible trip group projects and installation of officers. NHS members thank Mrs Dawson for assisting with the meal.
The G H S Chorus presents a concert on October 28 at 8:00 featuring ten numbers including a Ticket To Ride Beatles medley. The program titled Brighten My Soul With Sunshine highlights the junior high girls and a first quarter photography exhibit with no admission charge.
Fourteen juniors and seniors sold Pirate annual ads to merchants in Estherville, Emmetsburg, and Spencer. Seniors Tom Sampson Steve Flint Guy Oliver Pat Moran Mary Westergard Deb Prather Diana Weber and junior John Millen Mike Masters Tim Crowley Brian Bonsted Pam Sampson reported 985 received for ads with more sales made pending payment.
This week's mystery student is a senior, 5'5", brunette with brown eyes. She lives in town, will work at Kathleen's Custodial Home at month end, and participates in activities like annual and Pirate Press. Her pet peeve is riding in the back seats of cars. Last week's mystery student was Steve Westergard.
Five seniors Tammy Kulow Susan Mowry Linda Andersen Steve Dobbins and Joe Thompson visited the south attendance center of Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg on Tuesday October 14 to view the campus and inquire about courses. They met with instructors about offerings and toured the facilities.
Dave Haggard, principal, explains that Baccalaureate and Commencement were not merged to suppress religion or silence seniors. He says the goal was to let relatives and friends from afar attend this special event. He acknowledges a communication gap and notes the date was set due to pressure from the school community. He supported the idea to involve seniors in conducting parts of the program and to start a new tradition for the class of 1976.
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