Circuit WMF Convention At Lost Island Church
The Lost Island Ladies Aid hosts the Estherville Circuit WMF convention at Lost Island Lutheran Church on Tuesday Oct 4. Registration begins 9 opening session at 10. Fifteen congregations from the elecast attend. Theme Workers Together with Christ from Corinthians 3 9 Pastor Wallace Larson of Little Sioux Milford será the sermon. First Lutheran Milford provides morning music. Noon meal $1.00 served by Lost Island ladies. WME chorus will sing in the afternoon. Hundreds expected. public invited. Also reports 1956 wool support price set at 62 cents per pound on a grease basis. 1958 marketing year begins April 1 1956. incentive payments based on cash returns and wool sales. payments via county ASC offices. GUEST SPEAKER
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Taland Ladies Aid
Estherville
WMF
Lost Island Church
Elecast
Corinthians
Wallace Larson
Little: Sioux
Milford
First Lutheran of
Alice Sanne
WMP
Rudolph Christiansen
Lost Island
WME
Lost Island Ladies Aid
W. M. Broderson
Palo Alto County
ASC
Department of Agriculture
Soon Time To Mail Overseas Parcels
A reminder that Christmas mail should be posted between October 15 and November 15. Early mailing is urged as later parcels may not arrive in time for Christmas. pack securely, address carefully, mail early, and avoid perishables.
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Iasis
Mearnlud
Yonne Shiley to Lead Highlanders at Wisconsin Game
Milas Jonne Shiley daughter of Dr and Mrs C A Shiley of Grach tinger was elected chairman of the governing board of the Iowa University Scottish Highlanders She will lead the Highlanders as majorette when they appear at the Iowa Wisconsin football game in Madison Wisconsin next Saturday afternoon.
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Yonne Shiley
Highlanders
Milas Jonne Shiley
C. A. Shiley
Grachtinger
Iowa University ‘Scottish Highlanders
Jonne
Madison
Wisc
Dairy Farmers sponsor TV show for Towa University game
Dairy Farmers Coop Creamery announces a weekly TV broadcast of the Towa University football game. Shown Sundays after the Saturday game with Coach Evashevski as commentator. times and station listed in ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grachtinger Farmers Coop Creamery
Dairy Farmers of
Towa
Towa University
Evashevski
Mail Route Consolidation Protests in Graettinger
Graettinger residents and rural mail route patrons are urged to oppose the proposed consolidation. Sign petitions, write to the Sioux City post office district manager, and address letters to Representative Dolliver and Senator Martin with reasons for opposition. National Letter Writing Week runs October 2–8. In sports, Graettinger B team beat Estherville freshmen 20–7 at Evergreen Park, with scoring by Gary Masters and Gary Johnson. The junior high squad fell 12–6 to Estherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
United States Post Office
Sioux City
Iowa
Graecttinger
R. T. Naue
Estherville
Evergreen Park
Gary Masters
Gary
Johnson
Chesty Masters
Graettinger Junior High
Arnie
Rouse
St Paul Lutheran church lunch Oct. 5 at Elsenbast building
Cirely No. T announces a community lunch at St Pauls Lutheran church on Wednesday evening October 5 in the H A Elsenbast building formerly Conn’s Grocery. Menu includes maid rites pie cake and coffee. Serving begins 3:30 PM. Everyone welcome.
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Cirely No. T of
St. Paul's Luetheran’ Church
H. A. Elsenbast
Conn’s Grocery
Four Way Stop Signals Adopted Near Craelinger School
Four way stop signs were installed at the school intersection following Driver Education class recommendations. Town council ordered the red signs and safety features were prepared by Driver Education and Teen-Age Driving Club committees after surveys on child crossing visibility and traffic into Craelinger Community School hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A parking plan was adopted as part of the safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weelktad
Craelinger Comunity School
Eas
Uney
Football Field Crowd Control and Admission Charges
Local school officials outline field marking lighting and fencing rules for home games. Two fences create a 30 foot spectator buffer and a 10 foot rear area for staff and media. Admission formerly varied at gate then set to 60 cents adults and 30 cents students with activity tickets available at the school office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lncal
Iulea
Grachtinger Achool
Gale
Last Week's Mystery Farm Identified by Thoreson’s staff
The mystery farm was correctly identified as operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zitterich after Avery Bonatead and then Russell Jones of Thoreson’s hardware named it. A winner for a free theatre ticket was Mrs. James Mahan. Other correct identifications were made by multiple readers including Mrs. Martin Norris and Rachel Neilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Zitterich
Thoreson’s Hardware
Avery Bonatead
Russell Jones
Avery
James Mahan
Martin Norris
Rachel Neilson
Eddie Jo Tindall
Mabel’ Andersen
Services Here Today For Mrs Featherston Former Local Resident
Funeral services are held at Ganettinger Methodist church for Mrs Marie Curry Weatherston 66 of Wingstey Indiana former Gannettinger resident She died Monday evening after a heart ailment and complications Funeral at Kingsley Thursday morning Rev John Amundsen presides Burial in Methodist cemetery east of Gravthinger Pallbearers listed Survived by husband two daughters and a stepson plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren Also hospital association meeting Oct 4 at Emmetsburg Courtroom 8 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Amundsen
Gravthinger
Gov
McCarty
Wilfred McCarty
Gractlinger
August Andresen
Wallingford
Robert Woods
George Grins
Greaver
Fred Wiwood
Esthervile
Mrs. Featherston
Tara County
Fred Pratherston
Sowen
Mirriage
Herbert W. and
Benton W. Curry
Rellin Ur
Ira M. Curry
Natherville
Gilbert Co. Curry
Sioux
Spuk Centar
Minn
Pete Weir
Althin
Immaculate Conception Church Adopts Winter Mass Schedule
Rev. ELS. Maynard announced the winter Sunday morning Mass hours begin next Sunday at Immaculate Conception Church with masses at 8 and 10 o'clock. He also noted a separate event this week though details are unclear due to garbled text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Els. Maynard
Immaculate Conception Church
Maynard
Groottinger FFA Chapter Wins Superior National Award
The Groottinger Chapter of the Future Farmers of America was informed by the National Board of Directors that it earned the Superior Award in the National Chapter Award Program for 1955. A certificate with the superior seal accompanied the letter, and several Iowa chapters also received the honor including Atlantic Audubon Bettendorf Carroll Connellson Griswold Indianola Iowa Falls Exaota Lisbon Lytton Sac City Marengo Mount Ayr Wilton Jonelson and Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groottinger
Future Farmers of America
National Board of Directors
Iowa
Atlantic
Audubon
Bettendorf
Carroll
Donnellson
Griswold
Indianola
Iowa Falls
Ixeota
Lisbon
Lytton
Sac City
Marengo
Mount Aye
Wilton Jonelson
Waverly
Dawn
Harrison Rites Held for Emmetsburg Man M I Harrison
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bethany Lutheran church in Emmetsburg for Ch M M Harrison, 59, longtime farmer of the area. He died Saturday evening in Palo Alto Memorial hospital after a heart attack at home. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery. He was survived by his wife and ten children. two sons died at birth and a son, Glen, was killed in World War II. Harrison was a World War I veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Lutheran Church
Emmetsburg
Ch. MM. Harrison
Palo Alto Memorial Hospital
C. H. Johnson
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Hackson
Cylinder
Omer Gjerde
Grachtinger
Glen
Harrison
No Prize Winners Here Wednesday Night
There were no prize winners here last night in the local merchants weekly Wednesday night drawing. Names drawn for the awards were M. O. Gradland Wallingford ten dollars Forrest A. Peterson Os good fifteen dollars Flora Jean Brown Osgood twenty five dollars and Jessie Anderson Wallingford one hundred bucks Next week's prizes will be ten fifteen fifty and one hundred bucks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Gradland
Wallingford
Forrest A. Peterson
Flora Jean Brown
Osgood
Jessie Anderson
Marathon High Gridders Here Friday Night
Marathon High Football travels to Evergreen Park Friday night to face the Pirates, aiming to rebound after a tough West Bend game. Coach Held says the team is fit for the contest and looks to improve before next week's homecoming against Swea City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grachtinger Pirates
Volun
Evergreen Park
Pirates
Held
West Bend
Swea City
Watson Theatre Installs New Cinemascope Lens
Sam Watson owner of the Watson theatre announces the purchase of a modern projector lens to deliver cinema scope pictures for local viewers. The new wide screen was installed recently and will be ready by Sunday October 2 for the cinema scope release The High and The Mighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Watson
Watson Theatre
Watson
Fall Weather Arrives After Rainy Weekend Harvest Underway
Weather turns clear and warm after a rainy weekend with drizzle Sunday through Monday night. Farmers report corn harvest in full swing with yields ranging from 25 to 50 bushels per acre and soybeans around 20 bushels, moisture content 12 to 14 percent.
Mystery Farm Home of Zitterich Family Near Os goods
Mr and Mrs Ed Zitterich reside on a 820 acre farm one and a half miles north of Os goods and a eighth mile east, owned by John O Jensvold of Emmetsburg. The farm is farmed by G J Jansvold of Ringsted and Zitterich. Ed and Charlotte Zitterich have five children. The farm employs hog raising with a feeding program producing market hogs roughly every 80 days and about 150 head currently. The Zitterich family attends St Pauls Lutheran Church in Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Zitterich
Osgoods
John O. Yenavold
Emmetsburg
G. J. Jansvold
Ringsted
Zitterich
Equitable Life Ins. Co
Charlotte Zitterich
Justin
Dunnell
Minn
Jim
Jeralda) Ewald
Arlington
Calif
Merle
U. 8. Air Force
Philippine Islands
Eldon
U. S. Army
Germany
Marietta
Dr. Abiley
Graet
Inger
Mrs. Zitterich
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Graettinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lost Island Lutheran Church
Dairy Farmers
Merrill Clark
Herman Elsenbast
J. R. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Tom Martin
Washington, D. C
Featherston
FFA Chapter
Rametsbuig
Ilarrison
Marathon High
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Fredericks
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