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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1934
Page
7
Local notes report Adolph Spies and others visiting from Mallard and Des Moines. Several residents travel to Des Moines for football and business, with events at Sacred Heart Ruthven and Gradlinger churches. Community updates include moving plans, hospital stays, sales, and upcoming games on September 28 and October 1.
A birthday party honored Kenneth Bryan on Friday evening. George McCarty suffered severe burns when his tractor boiled over last week. Gordon Rick returned from Coleman hospital Monday. Otto Rick and son Gordon visited Estherville on Wednesday. John Johnson and Mrs Louise Oddson were Graettinger callers Thursday. Mr and Mrs Will Olson visited Dolliver Thursday. Mr and Mrs Chester Torreson along with Mrs Glenn Young and Olson family spent Thursday at the Will Peterson home in Spencer. Mr and Mrs Jesse Anderson welcomed a baby boy born September 14. Mr and Mrs Gunder Paulson welcomed a baby boy born September 19.
Mrs. Max Baumgartner hosted Embroidery Club members Tuesday afternoon in Emmetsburg. Guests enjoyed a pleasant social time with light refreshments to conclude. Birthday observance for Mrs. John Younker drew about 90 friends at a surprise party Saturday evening with dancing and a luncheon. Freshman class party hosted by Sophomores at Emmetsburg Junior College Friday included teachers and school board members in attendance.
Alvin Johnson Gradlinger narrates a trip up the East Coast visiting New Bedford and Boston sites linked to whaling and Pilgrim history. He notes Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrim Mother’s Fountain, Brewster’s Lot, the Massachusetts landmarks, Boston’s 1773 Tea Party location, Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere’s sites, Old North Church, and Concord Bridge with Minuteman monuments, concluding near Cambridge and Lexington and a postscript about the local livestock shipping note.
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