21 Sep 1961
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1961
Page
1
David Sanding, famed for dazzling baseball feats, plays for an air force squad that arrived from Okinawa. The unit heads to service tournaments in California and Florida, with plans to stay a few weeks in the United States before returning home.
Graettinger’s new Businessmen’s Club kicks off with Hot Dog Day from 2 to 5 p m on Thursday Sept 28. Free hot dogs and pop for all, no strings attached, as merchants show appreciation for patrons and friendly association. Pfc Don Weir, son of Mr and Mrs A J Weir, writes about German traffic near Frankfurt. He has been stationed there the past 14 months. Mrs Harry Dobbins seeks exchange for a black wool cardigan lost after a church event. she owns a nearly identical sweater for swap.
A concise maxim notes how setbacks sting more severely when a rise ends and a fall begins. It warns that declines carry sharper consequences than the ascent's gains, emphasizing caution in ambition.
A layman is a non specialist Christian who lives his faith and supports the church. Without laymen, a minister cannot sustain a church, while lay members like Gaius in the New Testament show how hospitality and friendship power church life. The article urges readers to be friendly, offer guidance, and foster benevolence through action.
Notices show Alfred Hampson's death at 21 after heart illness. Marriages include Joy Jacobson and Florence Watson on Sept 12 and Clarence Moffitt with Gladys Aylward on Sept 23. Weather notes report 95 degree heat then 42. Verne Trickeel boxed Buddy Baer in Sheldon. Palo Alto county loans exceed 1.93 million from Federal Land Bank and land bank commissioner over three years.
Sonora Carver recounts diving horses on a forty foot tower then becoming blind. She teaches herself to dive again and rides blind for eleven years in shows across the United States. New members Patricia Anderson and Kathy Sjekiocha listed.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Summey of Pleasantville celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They have resided in Pleasantville for the last 42 years.
John Moore of Armstrong was presented a certificate by Gov. Norman Enbe for long service to the State as an Iowa State Highway Commission employee. Moore has spent about 44 years in road maintenance and construction work.
Mrs Herb Hensley of Algona cracked her elbow in a fall from a horse. The accident was reported with the injury described as a cracked elbow and medical attention likely required.
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