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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
7
News and Shorts section notes Sunday and Monday, November 2 and 3, featuring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught In The Draft. Promotional item highlights appearances and programming details for the pair.
A notice lists Graettinger and nearby residents serving in the U S Army Navy Marines Coast Guard Air Corps and other units. It invites corrections for missing names or misclassified branches and notes these Times copies will be preserved for future volumes.
Graettinger Iowa meat market ad highlights Robert Simonsen as owner with contact. Promo pitches large stock of meats and groceries including bacon ham cream milk bread and vegetables at low prices for Sunday dinners and daily needs.
Joe Grady writes from a naval voyage describing duty on a patrol near a sub, communications, mail, examinations for fireman first class, hopes to reach Boston, and rough seas. The column also records local notices on accidents, a rock garden project, a sliver wound, injuries, a Columbus Day celebration, and literary achievements of Cedar Alpins poetess turned novelist Kathryn Ragan.
The Hawkeye presents Had Man Of Missouri featuring Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris Friday and Saturday. Also shown are Road to Zanzibar style comedies with Bob Hope, Lamour, Overman, Bracken, and a feature The Son of Monte Cristo with Joan Bennett. Local items include a pheasant possession case, Elzy Brown’s return, grasshoppers over Iowa, a missing dog Booger, October lime blossoms, and a bed lamp fire at Modale with minimal damage.
Graettinger dominated St. Mary's with three touchdowns, including a long pass to Hartman and a late safety. Bob Green, Lawrence Tenborg, and Daniels stood out in backfield play, while Hartman and Lammers shone on ends and center respectively. The crowd filled the stands as bands performed and local residents noted a calm autumn day.
Supt. Miller faces fallout after a Maquoketa game boast that if the boys beat DeWitt they would wheel him through Maquoketa. Four teams competed as three others were wheeled through town. A pole-top shooter disrupted service to 450 farms near Guthrie Center, costing repairs and overtime. Hardy Van Gorter of Waukon plans a spring replant of two cotton plants after a quirky harvest.
Immaculate Conception Church lists masses and confessions, with a Sunday school 10 a m. Nov 4 features Ten Knights In A Bar Room and a young adult banquet. Lutheran notes invite worship, rallies, choir concerts, and a Harvest Festival with offerings. multiple churches announce services, confirmations, and youth events around Estherville and Graettinger.
The American Lutheran Conference holds a Reformation Rally at Estherville Lutheran Church. All invited at 6 PM. Sunday school teachers rally at Rutland, Iowa, 8 PM. A Large Young Peoples meeting at Motherville Lutheran Church on Tuesday November 1 at 2 PM. Dorcas Mission Society meets at Miss Clara Suss's home. Rev Verner N Carlsen invites worshippers for Sunday morning service.
On Wednesday evening November 12 Grauttinger High School music department presents a cantata The Childhood of Hiawatha featuring grades six seven and eight with songs dances and narration about Hiawathas story Admission is 18 cents plus 2 cents tax The program includes selections by mixer chorus glee club mixed quartet boys quartet and girls sextets under Mrs Allen McClain Band news congratulates Shirley on a first division in a state contest and notes new instruments music stands and repair supplies provided by Band Mothers and Band Activity Fund Mary Evelyn Fogde
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