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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1956
Page
5
In the second photo Paul Bonstead stands with the grand champion dairy heifer from Sunday’s FFA livestock show held during Labor Day. To his left Lester Galibraith poses with his champion taicorn stalk, first in the FFA grain division, the stalk measuring nearly 1 feet.
The Catholic Daughters of America Court Mary Immaculate plans the installation of its officers at Immaculate Conception parish hall next Tuesday Sept 11 at 8 p m District Deputy Margaret Brennan of Emmetsburg will attend The program will be presented by Margaret Webbe and Ben Witt The refreshment committee includes Mary Alesch Susan Bosold Glenadyne Boecker Donna Fude historian
The Philgas softball team captured the Inter-city championship at Evergreen Park with a 25 to 2 victory over the Legion team. In the consolation game Lost Island edged Blue Ribbon 13 to 12.
The Palo Alto County Izaak Walton League hosts a field day and retriever trials Sunday September 9 south of the Osgood Bridge southeast of Gravittnger. Events include archery boat safety pistol shoot horns horn, a trap shoot demonstration by Charles Harms Jr. and a bait casting contest with prizes such as a 1956 Ford and a 10 day Leech Lake fishing trip.
Fred L. Adams aged 72 died suddenly Saturday morning after a heart attack in his parked car near the post office. He operated a mobile tool sharpening business serving farmers and businessmen in Palo Alto and Emmet counties. Funeral services were held Tuesday at First Lutheran Church with interment at River View Cemetery in Algona. Martin Funeral Home handled arrangements. Pallbearers included Harvey Eldridge and others. He was born July 14, 1884 in Wesley Iowa. He married Hanna Peterson on May 29 1943 and lived in Graetlinger. He is survived by his wife, a brother Harry Adams of Algona, two sisters Laura Kelley of Vinton and Susie Kelley of Tulsa.
Local school officials announce there will be no school next Monday September 10 as teachers attend the Emmet Palo Alto county teachers convention in Estherville.
Firefighters were called to the Bill Brown farm about 11 o clock Wednesday forenoon where Geo Neilsons mounted corn sheller caught fire. The fire was extinguished before arrival. Damage was confined to the sheller motor.
Mrs Ronald Herum 23 of Wallingford was killed when her westbound car collided with a northbound vehicle at a country intersection three miles north of Estherville airport. Her husband Ronald 29 and daughter Lynn 3 were hospitalized. Stuart Anderson 37 was in the other car and survived with injuries. Funeral services for Mrs Herum were held at the Wallingford Lutheran church.
Arnold Nichtern will hold a public auction of his improved 160 acre farm today at 1 30. The property lies one mile north and three quarters mile south of Wallingford or three and a half miles north and one and three fourths mile west of Gratttinger. Features include a 60 by 44 barn four bedroom house 24 by 20 hog house double corn crib and granary and chicken house with good drainage and a flowing well. There are 115 acres under cultivation. Boutvit and Clark are auctioneers.
Mrs Claude Sanders will hold a public sale at her farm five miles west and three fourths mile north of Grachtinger on Friday Sept 7. Items include carpenter and blacksmith tools, bracader house seating and garden stools, an air conditioner, cribbing, roofing, household goods and miscellaneous articles. M O Groedland auctioneer and the Great finger State bank will clerk. Ad in this weeks Times.
Heinie Miller will hold a public auction of farm machinery on Monday Sept 17 at a large farm four miles south and one and a half miles south of Graettinger on the river road. Bortint and Brown auctioneers and Graettinger State Bank will clerk. Details to appear in next week’s Times.
Unofficial August rainfall in Graettinger reached 3.85 inches, more than double last year’s 2.75 inches. Temperatures fell to 63 during the day with a Wednesday afternoon shower and a Wednesday night low of 36. The past week has been notably cool with record lows reported on several days.
Immaculate Conception Church will hold its annual chicken dinner on Sunday September 23 at the parish hall. Menu details will appear in an upcoming Times issue.
Prizes include a $10 prize a 84a prize and a 350 jackpot. No prizes were claimed last night as Mrs. Homa Skow of Emmetsburg did not claim the S10 prize Richard Dean Peton missed the $15 award and Ihsaneth Murray of Estherville did not claim the $20 prize.
The 60th Labor Day event drew large crowds as Monday night cooled and drew thousands to Crahctinger’s event. The weekend featured a grain and livestock show, a tractor rodeo, and a noon meal served by the Methodist women, with an ongoing program into the afternoon.
A default judgment of 20000 was awarded Thursday in District Court at Emmetsburg to Mrs Selma Felkey as administratrix of Harland J Welkey’s estate. Richard E B Wilson of Gerro Gordo county did not appear at the hearing. The suit concerned the death of Harland J Felkey on October 1, 1955 after a traffic crash on Highway 17 near the South Yt intersection. Judge Harry B E Narey found Wilson’s driving careless, reckless, and negligent. Attorneys Kennedy and Clark of Eastville represented Felkey.
Supt Manchester announced a record high opening day enrollment of 621 pupils at Graettinger Community School. More enrollments are expected for the 1056 57 year, with the kindergarten class at 67 pupils leading. Freshmen number 31. detailed grades for boys and girls follow.
James Mahan, catering for Market Barrows, showcased at the Midwest Barrow Show in Austin Minnesota. Three barrows placed highly across classes with one third in carcass judging and seventeenth in live judging. The show drew 256 entries in the market barrow division.
Mrs G H Paterson formerly of Jack Creek area dies at her Hillsboro North Dakota home on September 2. Funeral services held Tuesday at Grandin church. Attending mourners include Mrs Nelson and Mr and Mrs Le R Wiser Ringsled Minn, Mr and Mrs Louis Mortenson Kenyon Minn, and Mr and Mrs Oswald Erickson Cholk Minn. The Petersons formerly lived on the Harding farm now Glen Lundgren residence.
Last week’s Times details the Voigt farm four miles east and half a mile south of Graettinger owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Voigt. They bought the 160 acre property in 1941 and moved there in 1942. The couple, married in Oklahoma in 1917, have six children and farm with corn oats beans and cattle. The Voigts belong to the Farm Bureau and Emmetsburg Methodist church. The farm formerly belonged to Claude Rucker.
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