Honored tribute marks community dedication event
The article notes a devoted community gathering honoring significant contributions with a pro and tribute event, highlighting the strong turnout and collective appreciation for local figures.
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1966
Page
2
The article notes a devoted community gathering honoring significant contributions with a pro and tribute event, highlighting the strong turnout and collective appreciation for local figures.
A fragment reports a recovery of something lost during Christian Reformed church work, noting initials found on the item and its obscure history. The item was located between walls during renovations, suggesting a long‑lost inscription or token was recovered after decades.
Readable classifieds show rate card details for Pia SP cot and related inserts. First insertion 3 cents per word, subsequent insertions 20 cents per word, minimum 250 words, roved ads incur 250 extra. Cards of thanks priced at 10 cents per line with minimum 50 lines.
FOR SALE Purebred Suffolk lamb rams and ewes. Holstein cows milking to freshen. Storm windows and oil furnace. 1962 Buick Sedan. Spinet piano. Homes for sale in Graettinger. Typing paper. New gifts hosiery. Rent a three room house. Piano lessons offered. Spare time income from coin dispensers. Found wristwatch. Feed and hay by the ton. All entries show contact names and locations where readable.
Mrs Lao Wikert and Mrs Pete Ames travel to Vermillion with others for university events. Emma Johnson of Estherville visits brothers in Graettinger. Ruth Ann Biszaard returns to Fort Dodge for nurses training. Wesley Anderson and Joyce visit Sheldon and greet son Wayne Anderson before his return to McClelland AFB. Attendees include Munson, Day, Bertsch, and Peterson families, with several attending Twins Orioles games in Bloomington. Various trips to Ames, Mound and Des Moines area for education and family occasions.
Expressions of gratitude flowed from Graettinger Community School District voters after Monday’s election. Various community members including the Graettinger Methodist WSCS women and local families sent thanks for patronage, sympathy, hospital care, cards, visits, and memorial gifts received during periods of illness or sorrow.
Neighbor, friend, and relative thanks fill the note for trips, calls, and visits. Ed Bradley also thanks the hospital staff for care and kindness during the illness.
Maxwell Jamison expresses gratitude to neighbors, friends, and relatives for acts of kindness during hospitalization and after returning home. He notes special thanks to men who helped shell corn and to Pastor and Mrs Bestul for their calls, and offers blessings to all.
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