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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1957
Page
2
A stray hog owner seeks identification and payment for damage. Ads invite buyers for hogs eggs and chickens, a sewing machine trade near Des Moines. A spinet piano on credit, and a part time distributorship offer with earnings targets. Also listed are typewriter ribbons and a Times Office note.
Mrs Roy B Stoltz thanks friends and neighbors for flowers cards and letters during her hospital stay. Mr and Mrs Ted Christianson express gratitude for cards gifts and remembrances on their 40th wedding anniversary. Kenneth Suss thanks relatives and friends for cards and letters from University Hospital Iowa City and after returning home.
The WSCS of the Methodist church expresses gratitude to all who patronized and helped with the Labor Day dinner, noting the event as a splendid success and thanking volunteers and attendees.
Highway Commission officials filed charges of overloading Axle No 2 against Graettinger truck driver Merle Jones in Justice Wayne Potter's court. A mandatory fine of 16.37 was paid. Excathur was claimed to be the name of King Arthur's mystic sword.
Numerous Graettinger and Estherville residents hosted and visited kin and friends over the weekend. Del Baker’s mother Frances Baker died in Council Bluffs after a critical illness. Travel and fishing trips near Lake Kabetogama and Lake Ingadon were reported as slow or fruitful, and many relatives gathered at homes and family events across Mallard Estherville and surrounding towns.
Excerpts from Graettinger and neighboring areas mention students in Estherville Junior College with names Tommy Grein John Peterson Paul Kirkegaard Roland Thomas Shirley Bonstead Margie Torrence. Local residents host dinners in Zwingle and Graettinger while Mr. Hudek of Pocahontas visits Graettinger Times Office. World Book managers attend Chicago conference. a family moves to Estherville for work at Montgomery Buick. Baseball fans learn about Lindy and Von McDaniel bonus boys in The American Weekly.
Joneva Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Anderson, attends Emmetsburg Junior College. Harley Laidig and Bill Crawford families moved into Hawkeye apartments, former Maple Hill and Estherville residents. Gene Twait and family visited at Mr. Twait’s parents in Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Ill. Norene Twait attends Waldorf College in Forest City.
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