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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1952
Page
3
Graettinger Park association members invite fans to a free baseball game between Graettinger and the Minnesota All Stars next Sunday at 2:00 PM. Admission is free and the public is urged to attend and arrive early for preferred seating. The event is promoted as a community treat with all welcome.
The notice explains an absentee ballot application blank for the November election and that it can be completed by an adult relative such as a wife parent brother sister son or daughter for servicemen. It emphasizes filling out all questions correctly to apply for a ballot.
The report notes a cool stretch Monday through Wednesday forenoon with Labor Day afternoon around 60 and night in the upper 40s. Summer returned yesterday afternoon and tree tops appeared frosted though temperatures stayed above 40.
Mr and Mrs Porter Thorson and Gloria returned from a two week trip through the western states. They visited the Dakota Bad Lands Big Horn mountains Yellowstone National Park Albany Oregon and Spokane Washington and met their new grandson.
A-1C Robert H. Prather of Graettinger route 2, Graettinger, completed a military sponsored accident prevention and first aid course. He trains with the Air Installation Squadron at Brize Norton England after being chosen by his commanding officer. The Red Cross notes Europe wide safety efforts and 1680 classes in twelve months across England, France, Germany, Austria, Trieste and Libya.
David Reuland nine is in fair condition at Holy Family hospital after a Sunday evening crash with James Hanson Graettinger. He suffered a compound leg fracture skull injuries and internal injuries and bruises while his brother Gordon twelve watched and crossed the street at a DX station. The two had been downtown Wallingford returning home when David failed to see the second vehicle.
Mrs. Bennett, a woman in her seventies, suffered a severe head gash when she fell at the home of her nephew Dwayne Kiner and family Tuesday night. She was taken to Holy Family hospital for stitches and is staying with the Kiner family as friends wish her a full recovery.
FFA winners are listed for Labor Day events including Champion Barrow Champion Litter and Grand Champion Duroc categories with names Gary Banstead Merle Jensen Frank King Merlin Norris Curtis Larson and Curtis Larson. Grain show champions include Corn 1951 John Elsenbst John Elsen and Oats champion Richard Herke. Moving notices report Kurt and family relocating to Mayville North Dakota for new creamery business. No school on September 11 and Auxiliary meeting details from Graettinger notices.
Mrs. M R Bradley died last Sunday at her son Ed’s home in Palo Alto County after long illness and recent pneumonia flare ups. The 88 year old was bedfast in recent years, funeral held Wednesday morning at Fort Dodge with Rev. Father Leo McEvoy officiating. Survivors include two sons Ed and Bernard, two daughters Mrs Leonard Schumacher and Mrs James Mahan, plus many grandchildren and a sister Miss Josh McEvoy of Algona. The Times offers sympathy to the family.
Cpl Tony Koppie of Emmetsburg helped install wiring for a Joud speaker during a Puerto Rican flag ceremony on a Korean hilltop. The flag flew beside the U S flag as Col Juan Cesar Cordero led the moment amid Chinese shelling. Koppie hopes for home leave around early November.
The County Extension Office has many materials for distributing 411 oats seed this fall for 1954 multiplication. Grown by the Committee for Agricultural Development with Iowa State College in 1952, the seed will be sold in lots of 36 or 48 bushels at 4.00 per bushel to individuals in Ames or Marshalltown. 411 oats is a Santa Fe Clinton cross, similar in color and quality to Reselect Clinton, with heading and ripening days modestly later than Clinton and taller by 2-3 inches. Crown rust absence or light infection favors yields close to Clinton, but heavier rust boosts 411’s yield. Palo Alto County is to supply six growers, with qualification forms available in Emmetsburg Extension Office. Sale today reports Ray Biergen auction held this afternoon as advertised last week.
Dr. J H Walston announces his association with Dr Norman A Schacht a native of Emmetsburg who after Navy service and studies at the State University of Iowa will practice in Gractinger. The Schacht family will relocate to Gractinger as soon as housing is secured and a welcome is extended by The Times. LeRoy Powers 18 injured in auto crash on Highway 17 near Gractinger with several others treated at Memorial Hospital. A Labor Day family reunion at Mr and Mrs ALM Young’s home draws siblings and relatives from California Illinois and other states.
Reported over the Labor Day weekend in 1949 nine people died in traffic crashes on day one across Iowa with five more fatalities expected Sunday raising the toll to 14. The piece reflects on driver responsibility amid record highway traffic.
Mr and Mrs Frank Sink of Benton Harbor Michigan and Miss Vivian Sullivan of Los Angeles arrived Saturday evening for a visit. Vivian came from Detroit driving a new Plymouth while the Sinks travel home in a new Buick at slow speed. They stopped at Fort Codire to visit Miss Anna McCarry. The Sink couple returned Tuesday and Vivian will stay a few weeks.
Auction set for Saturday September 6 at 1 30 pm features eleven lots in E Kent's second addition Graettinger. A prior sale failed to meet appraised price. potential bidders are advised to inspect now and attend. Ad in today's Times.
John Fitzpatrick thrilled Graettinger crowds with a spectacular Labor Day parachute jump. He landed near Arnold Aleseh pasture after dropping from 3,500 feet, opening at 800 feet. local residents and visitors filled the celebration as others recalled former connections and from nearby towns.
Gerald Fitzpatrick of Graettinger underwent an operation for appendicitis at Holy Family hospital Tuesday. He is recovering nicely and friends hope for his continued improvement and complete recovery.
A new garage is under construction at the parsonage home of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Sorenson. The structure will accommodate one car but with extra width. Grading has been done and four trees have been cut down.
Mrs Arnold Doerning of Emmetsburg was stricken with a heart attack Friday and on Monday taken to Holy Family hospital in Hetherville for care. Friends here hope for her early recovery. Wayne Hamilton, Britt, died last week on a high line near Dubuque when a live wire shocked him instantly. A new car owned by August Naefke near Clarion was damaged last week by a horse bite with deep cuts. Kenneth Bollinger of Fenton suffered a mangled hand and arm in a hammermill incident. Towan Harry Sivers of Oakland won a 50 minute bout and caught a 42 pound Muskie in Eagle Lake Ontario measuring 48 inches. Henry Hanam’s 160 acre farm in O'Brien county sold for 53,000 dollars total.
The 66th annual Labor Day events in Graettinger drew sizable crowds, with indoor activities and a large evening turnout despite cool daytime temperatures. Highlights included a Graettinger 5 2 win over Sherburn in baseball, a Legion hall dance, free acts in the park, and strong attendance at the FFA hog show rodeo and grain exhibit.
Miss Karen Wicks aged five daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Wicks underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis at Holy Family hospital a week ago Sunday night. She recovered rapidly and is now at home. Friends of the family are pleased by Karen's speedy recovery.
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