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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1971
Page
4
Local Graettinger item notes community happenings in Palo Alto County Iowa. Brief notices reflect town life and archival history pages from the Graettinger Times dated Thursday September 23 1971.
The Jensen brothers Holger and Henry Jensen farm 70 acres northwest of Graettinger in rolling valleys, growing corn and soybeans while raising over 100 cattle and 500 hogs a year. Henry, a World War II Navy veteran, married Marian Cameron in 1954 and they have six children, with several grandchildren. The family, active in local churches and 4-H, lives amid community ties in Graettinger and Balaton areas.
The senior homecoming court lists Dennis Jacobson, Dave Nelson, Norman Nicol, Tom Rooney, Randy Tindall, Betty Brown, Suzanne Frick, Rhonda Jacobsen, Connie Tunnings, and Ann Schealler as king and queen hopefuls. Each is described by parental line. One of these will be chosen later.
The Times football contest winner was Dave Ennen who tied with his father on fewest misses and won five dollars. Second went to the senior Ennen for three dollars, while Ted Helmich and Michael Elsenbast split the one dollar third prize with fifty cents each. All winners are Grettinger residents. The notice also lists student queen candidates Constance Graettinger Connie Tuininga Ann Schealler Betty Brown Susan Frick Rhonda Jacobsen and outlines their activities. A Palo Alto County Farm Bureau meeting is set for September 23 at St Paul Lutheran Church Emmetsburg with Booth Vallentine discussing pollution.
Dr Rients spoke to a large Doctors gathering from Iowa’s Southwest District in Atlantic on Sunday September 19. His program titled The Detection and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Traumatic Conditions was presented to attendees along with a reception later for Graettinger teachers and community members to meet the new Graettinger Community School faculty.
Graettinger Pirates lose a non conference tilt by one point as Dennis Jacobson kicks off to South Clay and Stewart returns to Graettinger’s 35 yard line in a tight finish the previous Friday evening.
Graettinger’s B squad beat West Bend 16 6 on Monday at the losers field. Randy Struthers scored the opening touchdown on a fumble recovery in the end zone. Kevin Stiles connected with Dave Ennen for two points, then ran in for a TD to make it 16-6. Key players included Stiles Ennen Petersen Struthers and defenders Schmitt Janssen Millen Lammers Anderson Joyce. Next game is Monday against Armstrong.
A clergy conference for 12 north central Iowa counties will be held at the Country Club in Algona on Tuesday September 28 with 9:30 a.m. registration. Avery J. Lauber of Clear Lake announces the Iowa Cancer Society event featuring talks by Trevor Baskerville Rober Guthrie and Oscar Rees on illness and patient care. Clergymen from Calhoun Dickinson Emmet Hancock Humboldt Kossuth Palo Alto Pocahontas Webster Winnebago Worth and Wright counties are invited.
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