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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1970
Page
2
A happy and unusual family reunion brought together fifty four members of the Ruch Family at the Harley Weitenhagen residence in Sumner this month. It marked the first gathering of the ten Ritter children with relatives from Florida Ohio Texas and Wisconsin joining in.
A compact classifieds notice lists numerous for sale items including a 3-bedroom home with fireplace, new welders, spring fries, a 1961 Buick LeSabre, canning tomatoes, purebred pigs, used living room furniture, tractor rims, winter coats, a deep freeze, sprigg fryers, and driving training with a contact at United Systems in Omaha. Also includes location credits Graettinger Algona Wallingford Ringsted and phone numbers.
A long notice listing visits and travels of many Graettinger area residents over the past week. It notes attendance at weddings in Ruthven and Estherville, family visits in Emmetsburg, and trips to Des Moines and Spearfish. Also lists adoptions, hospital stays, and a military assignment, with several names and locations across Iowa and nearby states.
Two brief notices of thanks from L. H. Garber and Mrs. Fred Christine Christiansen. Garber expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for help arranging a sale of household goods and wishes appreciation for the assistance. Christiansen thanks friends for cards letters and visits during hospital stay.
Bruce Gjerde son of Mr and Mrs Omer Gjerde of Graettinger a department head in the offices of Burlington Northern in St Paul Minn was one of about 3000 employees who received a scare as their building was bombed about 735 Tuesday morning. Only two employees were injured in the blast which blew out all windows in the large building. The blast was on the first floor and Bruce's office is on the fourth floor. There were similar blasts in three other Twin City buildings Tuesday. On two different previous occasions the Burlington Northern employees had been evacuated after receiving word of bomb scares which never materialized but there was no warning Tuesday. Burlington Northern employees returned to work Tuesday noon.
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