Poem and town pride amid river of old times
The Sioux Valley News prints a Ted Witter poem praising a football win for Graettinger and a push for small town business, followed by a local editorial plea for town support. Also included are nostalgic notes from 1945 and a report on Graettinger High baseball games, detailing scores and players.
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Sioux Rapids
Ted Witter
Ted
Farmer
The
Sioux Valley News
Sima
South Dakota
Castaways by Jamie Lee Cooper inspires quiet mood in 1930s quest
Weather notes mark a warm weekend with a near 80 degree high and a breeze dropping temperatures later. Pvt Wayne Masters returns from Ft Snelling for a weekend visit. LeRoy Miller, U S Army, visits family from Camp Carson on furlough.
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Pvt
Wayne Masters
Ft. Snelling
Mrs
Fred Masters
Jamie Lee Cooper
Mike Commano
Lorie
Riff
America
LeRoy Miller
U. S. Army
Peter Miller
Camp Carson
Social Security Contact Schedule Announced
The Social Security district office at Fort Dodge issued a schedule for contact stations. Emmetsburg courthouse sessions run 10 30 to 12 30 on September 2 16 and 30 at Estherville City Hall on September 8 and 22, Spencer Senior Citizens Center Shopping Center 8 30 to 12 30 on September 3 and 17. Also notes Navy and Army personnel with family visits and a local high school baseball result Lotts Creek defeated Graettinger 5 1 in the final league game of 1945 with Keucher and Anderson pitching.
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Graettinger
Terril
Richard McCombs
Paul Frick
Mallard
GHL
Palmer
David Baumgartner
Don McWilliams
Pomeroy
Social Security District
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Estherville
Spencer
Lotts Creek
Keucher
Anderson
Spending and structure of American education described
The text contrasts vast school funding and modern facilities with doubts about outcomes, noting NYC findings that high spending did not guarantee achievement. It argues for quality education over mere expenditure, stressing tangible results and avoiding unproven experiments while protecting children’s interests.
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New York City
Mary Brum's 100th Birthday Celebrated in West Branch
Mrs Mary Brum former Iowa City resident now living in West Branch marked her 100th birthday on August 10 She traced her roots to Czechoslovakia and has a long immigrant story celebrated by the community and family members.
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Mary Brum
Iowa City
West Branch
Brum
Czechoslovakia
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Graettinger Boys
Cody
Pirates
Indians
Times
Oscar Johnsons
Mason City
Iowa
City Library
City Librarian
Allen J. Birkland
U.S. Navy
Lawrence Birkland
Great Lakes Training School
Cpl
Norman Luchsinger
Germany
LeRoy Paulsen
Jorgen Paulsen
Charles Young
U. S. Navy
R. M. Young
B. G. Louscher
M. G. Louscher
10Th Street
A. N. Kruse
Optometrist
Broadway
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
A. H. Hobson
Terry I. Anderson
North 7Th Street
Owa
K. L. Johnson
James J. Roberts
Optometrists
North Sixth Street
Bratland Jewelry
Princess Diamonds
W. G. Rients
Fuhrman Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Frank Furhman
Graettinger Coop Grain CO
Ted Knudtson
Central Ave
Lowa
DIAL
State. Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Little Red
Neng Aber Association
Palo Alto County
the Graettinger Times
P. T. Cody
Town
Graettinger Times
Graettinger Area
Elroy Kulow
Don Graettinger
Arnie Masters
Kenneth Jensen
Gene Boblit
Graettinger American Legion
Bulldogs
Graettinger Pirates
West Bend
Evergreen Park
Al's
Fuhrman Funeral Home
Tankwagon
Graettinger Block & Tile
Graettinger Coop. Tel. Ass’n
Graettinger Laundromat
Graettinger State Bank
Graettinger Lumber Co
Graettinger Coop Grain
Ed Herke
Hanna's Cafe
Karen's Beauty Nook
Knudtson Cabinet Shop
Lucky’s Super Market
Masters’ Grocery
Murray Variety Store
Northern Propane Gas Co
Olesen Bros. Construction
Rest'’s
Red’s
Roy's Service
Studer's Welding Shop
Sedrock Furniture Shaver Mfg. Co
Spies Farm Lands
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