Beautiful wedding at St Paul Church Saturday evening
Miss Frances J Christensen and Mr Donald L Thorn wed at St Paul Lutheran Church Urnettinger on September 15, 1947. The ceremony featured traditional vows, with a large reception for about 150 guests, and elaborate blue and white decorations.
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St.Paul Church
Fred Jacobsen
St. Paul Church
Deloris Clemenson
Deloris
Gladys Thorn
Dennis Thorn
Eddie Strugs
Delmer Christensen
Paul Jacobsen
Arlen Duhn
Ruth Frick
Doris Thomsen
Sarah Amdahl
Gordon Halverson
Candle Lighters
Ian
Parochial School Saturday Session at Catholic Church
Religious instruction will be held Saturday afternoon from one to four at the local Catholic church. Sisters from St Ellen's Academy Emmetsburg will conduct the classes. Kansas City visitors included Mr and Mrs Edgard Grein and Mrs George Neilson of Graettinger who consulted a hospital specialist after surgery. Harold Cress aged 38 of Emmetsburg died at Oakdale Iowa last week. Funeral held in Emmetsburg Thursday. He was son of Mr and Mrs V V Cress. The Cress family had lived with Glynn B Cress of Graettinger when he was a boy.
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St. Ellen's Academy
Emmetsburg
Kansas City
Edgard Grein
George Neilson
Grachtinger
Harold Cress
Oakdale
Iowa
Emmetburg
V. V. Cress
Cress
Set. Glynn
Graettinger
Fairmont to visit Graettinger for Sunday game
The Fairmont baseball team travels to Graettinger to face the Graettinger Independents Sunday at Graettinger park. The game starts at 2 30 PM and is expected to be a strong matchup for local fans.
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Fairmont
Graettinger
Graettinger Park
Died in Her Sleep at Miner Farm Home
Mrs. Victor Miner, 27, of Superior, died in her sleep at the Miner farm home south of Superior about midnight Friday. Previously in good health with no known illness, she read Thursday evening until 10:30. Her husband heard gasping and a physician found she had been dead some time. Survived by husband, three children, and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hutchinson of Estherville.
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Victor Miner
Superior
Miner
Frank Hutchinson
Estherville
Feller Family Welcomes Second Son
The score is 2 to 0. A second son was born to Mr and Mrs Bob Feller, Cleveland baseball pitcher, on September 13. Bob is from Van Meter Iowa.
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Bob Feller
Cleveland
Bob
van Meter
Large Delegation Of Young Folks Off For College
Graettinger residents report many students leaving for college with a long list of institutions including Briar Cliff Grinnell Dana and Drake Universities plus St. Olaf and Agnes Elsenbast among others The story also notes local residents recovering from illnesses and two families relocating for the winter with Mrs W C Foster at Estherville Hospital and Mr and Mrs R H George planning a winter in Phoenix Arizona The health updates include Mrs Lorne Wolfe returning home from Des Moines hospital improved health.
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Briar Cliff College
Mary Sullivan Grinnell College
Valois Jensen
Dana College
Don Glazier
Mankato Business College
Aul Frick
Emmetsburg
Melvin Doerning
St. Catherine's College
Mary Elsenbast
Agnes Elsenbast
Iowa University
Madge Jacobson
Clayton MacDonald
Florence Jackson
Verna Sprout
Drake University
Kenneth Barringer
Bob Barringer
Paul Andersen
Lorne Wolfe
Des Moines
Police raid nets slot machine as evidence in San Francisco
San Francisco Police Sgt Overstreet confiscated a slot machine during a raid and remarked the machines never pay off. He tested the device by inserting a nickel and hitting the jackpot, illustrating the pull of gambling devices.
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Overstreet
San Francisco
Mrs Ben F Reeves Returns Home From Rochester Hospital
Mrs Ben F Reeves of Estherville returned home Friday after visiting Rochester hospital where she had gone on Labor Day.
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Ben F. Reeves
Estherville
Rochester Hospital
Graettinger High Beats Ruthven 7-5 In Baseball Debut
Graettinger High opened fall baseball with 38 players reporting to Coach Don Hahn. After cuts, seven lettermen remain including Hinev Appel Frank Young David Baumgartner and Victor Johnson. Grt team defeated Ruthven 7-5 in a strong late rally led by Baumgartner and Herum.
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Gracttinger High
Don Hahn
Hinev Appel
Frank Young
David Baumwartner
Victor Johnson
Herbert Lancaster
Dale Mills
Chichip Herum
Boland
Iowa
Vic Johnson
Bob Prather
Einer Appel
Duane Munson
David Baumgartner
Maynard Holland
Meryl Fleming
Ruthven
Lake Center
Mallard
Cylinder
Ayrshire
Ida Wright 63 dies suddenly at Beresford South Dakota
Ida Mae Truesdell Wright aged 69 died suddenly of a heart attack last Wednesday at her Beresford home. Funeral held Monday from Wass Funeral Home and Congregational Church Beresford with Rev. George Turner officiating. Survived by stepdaughters, ten grandchildren, and a brother George Truesdell. She was a former Ringsted postmaster and Graettinger high school graduate active in church work.
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Ida ‘Truesdell Wright
Beresford
South Dakota
Hell
Wass Funeral Home
Congregational Church
George Turner
Graettinger
A. J. Jolson
A. H. Henninggen
Elizabeth Jensen
YL. O'Connor
Ida Mae ‘Wruesdell
Boone
Iowa
Story County
Untl
Ringsted
Chester I. Wright
Thompson Lumber Go
Wright
Scatterwood Circle
Lily
Victor Bik
St. Paul
Clifford Anderson
Omaha
George Truesdell
Phoenix
Arizona
Visitors from Emmetsburg and San Diego
County Auditor Martin Thompson of Emmetsburg and Mike Miller of San Diego visited Wednesday afternoon. They plan trips to Philadelphia and Virginia to see Mrs Miller's parents and a brother. Miller works in San Diego shipyards and is a two war veteran.
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Martin Thompson
Emmetsburg
Mike Miller
San Diego
California
Graettinger
Bazaar to be held by Catholic ladies on Sunday
Readable fragment states the Catholic ladies will hold their annual bazaar on Sunday September 28 with dinner served. Further details are promised next week.
Sold quarter block to Robert Eisenbast
Mrs. 1D J McCarty sold her guitar block of ground located just west of Faluestock city park to Robert Eisenbast. Wisenbast will build a new home on the location.
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J. McCarty
Faluestock City Park
Robert Eisenbast
Ma. Wisenbast
Taxes Due in Month for Property Tax Payment
Taxes are due this month for payment of property tax with a penalty to be assessed if not paid by October 1. The notice warns residents to settle amounts to avoid charges.
Larsen and Root MilkingShorthorns win big at Clay Spencer fairs
Hilmer Larsen of Wallingford shows senior and junior champion bulls and leads the Larsen Milking Shorthorns to eight firsts, three seconds, one third at Clay county fair. The same herd wins multiple titles at Osceola and Spencer fairs with junior and grand champions. Donald Root exhibits four Milking Shorthorns at Spencer, winning junior female championship, first on heifer valves and herd sire, plus top honors at Jackson and Sibley fairs. The Times congratulates both herds.
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Clay County Fair
Hilmer H. Larsen
Wallingford
Larsen
Larsen Milking
Osceola County Fair
Larsen String Tone Stock Farm
Donald Root
Spencer Fair
Spencer
Roots
Jackson
Sibley
Rand
George Jenkins Dies in Storm Lake at 55
George Jenkins 55 of Storm Lake died Friday afternoon from paralysis after strokes on Tuesday and Wednesday. He suffered a blood clot last spring but recovered and worked through the summer. The funeral was held in Storm Lake Monday. Survived by wife and one son William. brother Clarence Jenkins and Mrs. G. F. Shaver of Graettinger. Family formerly lived in Sac City. Mrs Jenkins is former Mahan daughter of Mrs J. P. Mahan Hatherville. The Times extends sympathy to the family.
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George Jenkins
Storm Lake
Sumer
William
Sac City
Clarence Jenkins
G. F. Shaver
Graettinger
Jenkins
Ftosalic Mahan
J. P. Mahan
Hatherville
the Times
Nine year old Wayne Ware injures arm on school swing
A nine percent old student, Wayne Ware, son of Mr and Mrs Francis Ware, sprained his arm while playing on a school swing Monday. He and classmates were using the swing when the injury occurred.
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Wayne Ware
Mya
Francis Ware
Left For San Diego With Family Notes
Left for San Diego California Friday Mr and Mrs L C Rusted Arnold and Janice accompanied by relatives and a daughter Richard Fagmeneyty is mentioned amid garbled text indicating a family trip lasting two months San Diego trip plans appear in fragmentary form.
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L. C. Rusted
Arnold
Janice
San Diego
California
Graettin
Richard Fagmeneytyr
Feature Ball Game In Graettinger Next Sunday
Graettinger Independent baseball team fell 10 to 8 to Fostoria in a hard fought road game. Lefty McQuown allowed ten hits and struck out several batters while Berio Myers homered in the fifth with Reeves scoring. Mungen led Graettinger with a double and two singles as a six run rally in the fifth spurred a brief lead before Knuckle Ball Tay lor shut down the offense. Next Sunday Fairmont visits Graettinger at 2:90 for a pivotal game, then Arnolds Park comes Sept 28 to close the 1947 season.
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Graettinger
Ruthven
Bob Prather
Lancaster
Herum
Mills
Iowa
David Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Armstrong
Fostoria
Lefty McQuown
Berio Myers
Reeves
Mungen
Taylor
Gae
Fairmont
Foval Diamond
Arnolds Park
Baby Born at Holy Family Hospital in September
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Brighton at Holy Family Hospital in September. The Times extends congratulations to the happy parents. The mother, Arione Meyers, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erink Meyers. The mother was home briefly September 11 before returning for surgery.
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the Times
Hidsness
Marie Bergeson
Holy Family Hospital
Clifford Brighton
Times
Mather
Babe
Blighton
Arione Meyers
Erink Meyers
Rodeo Fans See Gene Autrey In St Paul Appearance
Gene Autrey appeared in person at a St Paul rodeo attended by Ted Leduc and son Rolland Mr and Mrs Warren Christiansen and son Jimmy Dale Christiansen and Doris Poppinga. Autrey's educated and trained Troise wowed fans. locals called it the best rodeo they ever attended.
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Gene Autrey
Ted Leduc
Rolland
Warren Christiansen
Jimmy
Dale Christiansen
Doris Poppinga
St. Paul
Autrey
Troise
Weather update from Emmetsburg and Spencer reports
Brief weekly weather summary notes showers last week with light rainfall on Friday and no further moisture since. Cool pleasant conditions prevail. Emmetsburg recorded a downpour Friday while Spencer fair saw heavy rain a week earlier with additional rains on Thursday and Friday. Saturday brought a pleasant day for the fair.
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Emmetsburg
Spencer Fair
Spencer
California Visit Tied to Dwight Lammers Family
Mrs. Ted Leduc and Mrs. Edwin Tindall traveled to Long Beach California two weeks ago to visit the Dwight Lammers home. Wynn Gary Lammers, son of Mr and Mrs Dwight Lammers, had been spending the summer with his grandmother. Mr and Mrs Henry Lams returned to California with Ladue and Mrs Tindall.
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California
Ted Leduc
Edwin Tindall
Long Beach
Dwight Lammers
Wynn Gary Lammers
Farah
Henry Lam
Re "Ladue
Tindall
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Feller
St. Olaf College
George Frick
Wayne Knutsen
Hamilton Business
Ruth Thompson
Dorene Larsen
Ratherville
Sam Young
Dick McCombs
Reed Potter
Jews State College
Leo Young
Zari Petersen
Richard Spies
Don McWilliams
John Osher
Charles Christianson
Howard Suss
Robert Orcutt
Rob Hatfield
Wim, Rasmussen
Harry Fink
Town State
Estherville Hospital
W. C. Foster
R. H. George
Rochester
GHS
New York City
Clara Suss
Zieefeld Theatre
Miss Suss
American Legion Auxiliary
Ida Wright
Arlington
Virgi
Ware
The_young
Bazaar
Hilmer Larsen
Iy Ray Suss
Myers
Munson
McCombs
McQuown
Postoria
Craettinger
Vor
Graettinger, McQuown and Strain
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