14 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1961
Page
1
Jake reported walleye bites at night last Saturday with several 1.2 lb pike caught and bullheads feeding from shore. High Lake bullheads remain active in deep water, while three hobbyists attempted an odd effort tying ten tree toads. Local businessmen launched a new group to promote Grac tingerTown trading status and community projects.
The passage calls on local business men to cooperate with those elected to lead an organization and tackle the town’s modern business challenges. It contrasts this with relying on a single person, and ends with an odd refrain about haddocks before a reminder to patronize advertisers.
Alma Burns Clerk of District Court announces the appointment and qualification of the executrix for the estate of Susan B Basold of Palo Alto County. Creditors are asked to present claims duly authenticated for allowance and file with the Clerk of the District Court. Dated Sept 7 1961.
A fragment shows church names and clergy such as St. Pauls Lutheran South Walnut Lutheran Grace Baptist Church and Rev H Irving Petersen in Graettinger Iowa with a date 5 1 62 and a list of individuals including Earl Lehigh Phillips Charles Barrow Dr J L Coffey W H Bargman Walter High and Arthur Cody. It reads like a church directory entry or local notice with telephone reference 23w.
The article traces how the pastorate emerged as churches grew and highlights Titus as a model pastor. It notes a pastor is first a good man and friend, with tact and sympathy for the congregation, yet striving to uplift them toward stronger Christian living. It emphasizes leadership arising from community needs and the church’s call to nurture future ministers.
A report notes Kenneth McCombs suffers a broken nose during high school football practice on the field. It records a light frost the next morning and cool weather following a hot summer. The piece also covers a Graettinger wedding of Sanford Olson and Beulah McQuown at Emmetsburg, with A P Thompson and others as attendants. It mentions Baer Brothers boxing plans in Shel don, a new parking space by Hawk Eye Theatre across Robbins Avenue, and details from a 1916 Times item about Labor Day festivities and a Bancroft vs. Chicago Giants baseball game attended by over a thousand fans.
The team was found in a gravel pit north of town after feeding horses near the Wildey store on Labor Day night. The city council has a tentative agreement with Northern Town Gas & Electric Co. to supply electric service for Gracttinger.
City Library adds new non fiction and a lively novel about Uncle Will Fitzgerald from John D Fitzgerald. The tale follows Will in the West with gambling fist fights escapes and humane moments amid rugged frontier life. New member Shirley Sampson is introduced in Golden 100.
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