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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
4
A turkey dinner with all the trimmings will be served at Sacred Heart Church in Ruthven on Sunday Oct 9. Proceeds or entry by the Blue Mound Turkey Co. The public is invited to attend.
Bethel Lutheran Church announces confirmation classes for 8th to 10th graders with services including The Lord's Supper and Sunday School starting Septand Luther League events under Pastor O J Reitz. Zion Lutheran and American Lutheran Church notes include choir, pastor Tate, and midweek Bible study. Methodist Church led by Rev Ronald Swedberg with worship services and fellowship programs as well as subscription label reminders.
Lost Island Lutheran lists Sunday services led by Haratd Bestul and Cireles merto with worship at 2 pm, 1 pm rally at Walhert college, and Immaculate Conception Masses at 8 and 10 am. Iowa District ALC pastoral institute in Iowa City Sept 27 29 will install Bruno Schlachtenhau sen as district president with Rev J Reitz Rev R E B Glaser and other local pastors attending.
The Graettinger FFA chapter held its monthly meeting on September 11. Topics included installing FFA road signs at Graettinger’s north south and east approaches, promoting safe corn harvest, coordinating judging teams for Clay County Fair and a trip to Jackson Minnesota on October 1.
Seventeen year old Terry Nico son of Rock Rapids finished a billiard marathon on August 17 lasting 43 minutes to set a national record as the last of four players to quit the long session.
Carole Stuart, a sophomore music major from Iowa City, is awarded a university music scholarship for the TNHG-67 academic year in recognition of academic and musical achievement. She will receive tuition stipends and $10 for private lessons, with total stipends ranging from $178 to $410.
Farmers in the Graettinger area predict a good harvest with soybeans nearly ready and corn yields hurt by early July heat and moisture shortages. Rainfall is sparse this month, subsoil moisture remains low, and farmers hope for a fall rain to aid plowing and recovery of moisture.
The September gathering of the Lost Island Lucky Stars was hosted by Debbie Funk. Twelve members answered roll call with a type of material and sample piece shown. Four visitors attended. The program included pledges, music by Linda Olesen and Gabriella Peton, talks on clothing care and hair care, demonstrations on coordinates color combinations hand and nail care, and a sewing hem activity. The October meeting will be at Gabriella Peton’s home.
The Graettinger theatre screens Ole Rex on Saturday and Sunday, a color tale of a boy and his dog set in Texas oil fields and the Wichita Mountains with a tender devotion that shifts to a fierce finale. Rex, a shaggy white dog, stars in the film. Also showing is Four Days in November about President Kennedy’s assassination, researched across fifty U.S. cities plus Moscow and Mexico City for United Artists. David L. Wolper produced and Richard Heldhart narrates.
Glenn Hamilton, a Lake City teacher, has grown a sunflower in a large yard that stands over eleven feet tall. The plant grew a foot in recent weeks.
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