A Mixed Bag of Local Happenings in Town and Nation
The page recounts a quirky mix of events including baseball lore with Judy and Mary Thorson and Sultease Simpson, local election notes, a war on cancer award for the Ottinger Times, memory snippets about Azusa spelling, drought-era tales from Estherville area with Lost Island Lake and migratory wildlife, Lake Tigh and nearby lake reports, fishing feats by the Singers and Menzel party, a TV feature on Jim Mahan, and a Labor Day streets clean‑up tribute to marshals Jensen and Weber with crews restoring order by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen
Weber
Local Officials and Clergy List from Emmetsburg IA
A compiled roster shows Bud Craven John DeVries Alan Heraleff Jens Kirkegaard Virg il Olesen Richard Miller Mra Alice Yeoh Dick Love Mercer Richter day Duhigg Dr J R Hyde Supervisors 1st District W H Bargman 2nd District Joe Joycard District William Fogarty 4th District Wm McConnell Ltd District A P Rickless Supt Co Home Matt Brown County Superintendent J E Smith ny Immaculate Conception Father E 8 Maynard Methodist Church Rev John Amundsen Ket Lutheran Our Savior s Lutheran Rev Paul G Tele Rev Arthur W Sorensen Phone 22321 TOBIN BLDG EMMETSBURG IOWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Miller
Alice Yeoh
Dick Love Mercer Richter
Day Duhigg
J. R. Hyde
Supervisors
W. H. Bargman
Joe Joycard
William Fogarty
Wm. McConnell Ltd
A. P. Rickless
Nehemiah the wall builder as executive model
A 1953 lesson compares Nehemiah to a modern executive who turns hindrances into progress. It notes how he organized wall builders by trade, leveraged fear to motivate work, and compressed 93 years of stagnation into 52 days, illustrating leadership amid division and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Korea
Nehemiah
Palestine
New York
Benet Ec Parece
Labor Day Night Auto Mishap and Boxing Show Chaos
A Labor Day event section recounts an auto mishap during a boxing show area with spectators toppled building and a clothes line wreck. It covers ring action featuring Wild Bill and Gerdes, audience reactions, and a crash that sent fans spilling into an excavation as a car struck a structure. The piece notes Gractinger public schools opening and Kenneth Reeves entering work at the East Ermetsbury bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piscary
Mullinhork
Hassel
Wild Bill Treed
Fordyer-Gerdes
Craven Sided
Chapman
Larson Lowre
Curry-Allen
Ann Joe Hand
Emmittsbury
Barnes Hassel
Wilt Bol Gerdes
Bill
Tie
Hhin
Grachtinger
Kenneth Reeves
Ben F. Reavus
East of Gracttinger
Ermetsburyg Bank
Town Trust & Savings Bank
Reeves
Gracttinger High School
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the Graettinger Times
BR. YT. Cody
Graettinger, Ia
Palo Alto
Mimet
Venton and Terris
Emis Beller Come
Rinip
Spencer
Albert Suss
Cabinet Shop
Judy
Mary Thorson
Sultease Simpson
Kansas City A
Kansas City Stadium
Simpson
Mary
Baltimore
Keanas City
Oes
Awa
Grachinger
Ottinger Times
American Cancer Socie
Azusa
Calif
Judd Best
U.S.A
Estherville Daily News
Innier County
Duba
Five Island Lake
Dubn
Chicago
O— Phive
Ineshant
Thigh Lake
Gorge Brinkman
Harry Vahidiek
Larry's
Tigh Lake
Earl Menzel
Zear Ing
George
Jim Mahan
TV Tonight
Channel von 4
Trulden Sun
Estherville
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Rock Rapids
Spirit Lake
Sibley
Graettinger
Emmet County
Edward Duling
Iowa
Sucessor
John T. Ryan
Don C. Green
Baily
C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
North 6Th
C. A. Shiley
Dennis
Bouse
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist Vision Specialist
Gardston Hotel
Emmett Martin
Olene Jacobson
D. Vv. M. Veterinarian Telephone No
Directory OF Graettinger Organizations
Community Club
Dam Watson
Woman's Club
Bees
Hamiles
Legion Auxiliary Preal
Mire
Mark
OF the
Thomas Thomaen
Leo Hughes
Bud Craven
John DeVries
Alan Heraleff
Jens Kirkegaard
Virgil Olesen
Police—Streets Dept
Albert Jensen
Robert Murray
Joe Grady
Stugt
Directory OF County Officials
Supt. Co. Home
Matt Brown
County Superintendent of Schools
J. E. Smith
Ket
Lutheran and Our Savior's Lutheran
Paul G
Tele
Arthur W. Sorensen
Arthur Anderson CO
TOBIN
W. M. Rode
Uraetlinger
A. H. Hobson
Broadway Optometrist
Emmetaburs
BR. E. Dappen
G. A. Frye
Loora
Terry I. Anderson
Optometrist Emmet CO. Bank
Eatherville
Donabue Tire
Emmetsbare
Casper
CAP
Nelson Palo Alto County Abstract Co
Ted Knudtson
Adolph Epiea
American Legion
Pte
Jamea
BOY Scout
V. Carter
Rico Ce
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State Bank
Whem
Grusttinger Times Times Office
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