Activities Of Titonka School For The Week
Music classes prepare voices for tests next week while groups rehearse for banquet commencement and the senior class play. Seniors win both senior girls 37 31 sopho more girls. senior boys 42 39 freshmen with tight finish. Girls battle sophomores until last quarter. Girls PT classes take short hikes Thursday. Senior news shows dresses, house plans, class play rehearsals, physics review, and speech practice for commencement. Junior notes note English work, an achievement test soon, typing speed tests, banquet prep, and studies in sociology history and business arithmetic. Sophomores study trees, field trip plans, geometry lines, and current events tests. Freshmen pair off in algebra contests and study flowers. Seventh grade explores measurement history poetry pronouns.
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P. T
Thompson
Schoolroom progress across grades and projects noted
In eighth grade algebra engages students with interesting yet complex problems while geography studies progress and farm booklets form. Fifth graders build a food themed house cover and learn direct quotations. Fourth graders craft garden club booklets, with thirteen perfect spelling lessons and soil experiments. Third graders run a classroom store led by Alaina and Billy, while first graders dramatize pancakes and display Peter Rabbit. January 1, 1943 US sheep stock totals show a 3 percent drop from last year.
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Amy
Catherine
Alfred
Doris
Holland
Standardizing Hiring of Kossuth County Teachers
County Superintendent A E Lauritzen reports at Britt on March 25 that Kossuth board members approve plans to standardize teacher hiring countywide. The note outlines anticipated rural teacher shortages, cross county meetings, and a Burt gathering on April 5 to align salaries, staffing, and scheduling for the September term.
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A. E. Lauritzen
Hancock
Kossuth
Britt
Kossuth County
Paul Norris
State Department of Public Instruction
Burt
Titonka Churches Schedule Lenten and Easter Activities
Immanuel Lutheran set April church events with Ladies Aid at church parlors and council at the parsonage. English services Sundays at 10 30 a m with Sunday School at 9 30. Luther League devotional and business. Lenten services April 7 at 7 30 p m with topic Our Lord Condemned. Mid week Lenten devotions at 8 p m. German service at 2 00 p m and special missions offering. Choir practice Wednesdays after services. Confirmation classes Saturdays 8 45 a m. Donations to Waverly Children’s Home and Tidings subscriptions to the pastor. Good Hope Lutheran services at 11 00 a m and 2 00 p m German Lenten service. Mid week devotions 8 00 p m. Missions offerings and Tidings subscriptions.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Plant
Titonka
Ladies Aid
Herman Limberg
Henry ‘Mayland Sr
Luther League
Good Hope Lutheran
Alfred QC
Mardorf
Waverly Children's Home
Waverly
Ramsey Reformed Church Services and Meetings Notice
Ramsey Reformed church schedule includes morning worship at 10 30 a m Sunday School 9 30 a m and evening service 8 p m The Young People Club meets Tuesday 9 30 p m Choir rehearsal and Ladies Aid Society gathering on Wednesday afternoon April 7 Monthly missions offering to be received at all services Note change of Sunday School and morning worship times.
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Young People's Club
Ladies Aid Society
N. B
Methodist Church Services and April 1 Society Meeting
Pastor Reverend W L Patterson leads Sunday School at 10:00 a m and Morning Worship at 11:00 a m. DOAN holds Morning Worship at 9:30 a m and Sunday School at 10:45 a m. Services are in the church. good attendance urged. Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Thursday April 1 at Mrs Alice Buffington's home with Mrs Bradford Buffington as associate hostess.
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Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Alice Buffington
Bradford Buffington
Iowa ration calendar outlines several deadlines and coupons
Iowa's ration calendar lists inspection deadlines for Class A B and C rationing along with commercial vehicle rules. It details expiry dates for Gasoline A book coupons, Fuel Oil Period 4 and 5 coupons, Coffee Coupon No 26, Sugar Coupon No 12, and blue stamps D E F valid through April 30. It also notes red stamps A and B validity, Shoes Coupon No 17 and related provisions.
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Iowa
Teachers planned to stay or move based on wages says survey
A survey of 65 teachers shows 45 plan to definitely teach next year, while 20 of the 65 who expect to teach would consider securing another school in the county if not reappointed. Some indicated preferences for other counties or undecided status depending on wages.
I'm In the Army Now Wesley Senior Class Play at Wesley High
Wesley high school presented I'm In The Army Now the senior class play Tuesday evening in the auditorium. Cast included Wally Christensen Helen Arend Carmel Lickteig Paul Lorenz Everett Ackerson and others. Between acts two musical groups performed World War I and II songs accompanied by Sylvia Ann Gerdes. Miss Mercedes Schmidt directed the production and received a compact from the senior class.
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Wesley
Wally Christensen
Helen Arend
Carmel Lickteig
Paul Lorenz
Everett Ackerson
Wacenle Olson
Irene Loebig
Ruth Forburger
Gerald Studer
Theresa Lickteig
Geraldine Seefeld
Mary Jane Trauptmann
Wesley Girard
Joe Johnson
Robert Diekmann
Paul Riggs
Pat Rasmussen
Rosalie Anne
Lois Bleich
Mary Lou Haverly
Buddy
Sylvia Ann Gerdes
Mercedes Schmidt
Protect Fruit Shade Trees by Spraying
Much damage to fruit and shade trees can be prevented with timely sprayings. Control scale insects such as European elm scale and oyster shell scale with a dormant spray using lime sulfur and water. A strong dormant spray is one part lime sulfur to seven or eight parts water, with later sprays needed for quality fruit. Owners may hire custom sprayers if lacking time or equipment.
Cousins Reunited After Florida Training Camp Discovery
Two cousins from Guthrie Center trained side by side in a Florida camp for over a month without realizing they were related. They only learned of their kinship when letters from another cousin prompted contact. The youths had never met, living in different states prior.
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Etta Thompson
Guthrie Center
Florida
Marjorie Huisman and Irvin Pannkuk Wed In Candlelight Ceremony
A candlelight wedding was held at seven o'clock Wednesday evening March 24 in the Ramsey Reformed church. Marjorie Fern Huisman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Huisman, became the bride of Irvin Pannkuk, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pannkuk, with Rev. F. Snuttjer officiating. The ceremony featured music by Mrs. Floyd Huisman and Lila Heyer, a three-tier cake by Minnie and Alice Pannkuk, and a reception for about eighty guests. Ushers were Virgil Wirtjes and Elton Huisman. The couple are to begin life together with many well-wishers in attendance.
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Marjorie Fern Huisman
William Huisman
Irvin Pannkuk
John Pannkuk
Ramsey Reformed Church
Alice Pannkuk
F. Snuttjer
Harold Schaa
Kamrar
Elvina Snuttjer
Donna Ites
Dorothy Gray
Floyd Hulsman
Lila Heyer
God
Mendelssohn
Virgil Wirtjes
Elton Huisman
Floyd Huisman
Arlene Gray
Elton Huisman. A Talk Was Given By Rev. Snuttjer
Bd [Tes
Viola Gray
Fannie Pannkuk
Grace Beenken
Minnie
Alice Fannkuk
Irene Gray
Mildred Heyer
Dene Ites
Irene Rippentrop
Gertrude Rippentrop
Blue Earth
Minn
Raymond Pannhuk
Mallard
Arends and Family
Jewell
John Greenfield
Richard Temple
Gerhard Isehrand
Iona Schaa
Erma Klaver
Titonka Federated Club Elects Officers for Year
The Titonka Federated Club held their annual election of officers at the regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Thelma Tesch Tuesday. Officers elected were Mrs. Helen Schram president, Mrs. Margaret Lang vice president, Mrs. Thelma Tesch secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Bartlett treasurer, Mrs. Clea Nelson publicity chairman, Mrs. Lilian Honken executive board.
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Titonka Federated Club
Thelma Tesch
Helen Schram
Margaret Lang
Gertrude Bartlett
Clea Nelson
Lilian Honken
Manure Application Guidance For Garden Spots
If available, apply five to ten tons of manure per acre to the garden spot each year. This recommended rate targets soil fertility buildup and organic matter improvement while avoiding nutrient imbalance. Regular soil tests advised to tailor applications.
Information Wanted of Robert H. Rochat
Algona report seeks Robert H. Rochat who was inducted in March but did not report with inductees last week He may have gone to Camp Dodge instead and has not been heard from since three weeks ago Wagging attempts to locate his address via his relatives in Robbinsdale Minnesota and the Local Board office in Algona are ongoing.
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Algona
Robert H. Rochat
Kossuth
Camp Dodge
Rochat
Louis Meinke
Noble Ave
Robbinsdale
Minn
Board
Infant Son Fred Junior Schmidt Passes Away
Mr and Mrs Fred Schmidt mourn the loss of their infant son Fred Junior Schmidt born March 28 at Titonka. He received baptism and salvation in the Lutheran faith, died the next morning at Mercy hospital Mason City, and was laid to rest at Immanuel Lutheran cemetery God’s Acre with wreaths sent to Lutheran Children’s Home Waverly. Rev Wm Plant led services. Sympathy extended to the Schmidt family.
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Fred Schmidt
Fred Junior Schmidt
Mildred Nee Kubalek
Titonka
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
God's Acre
Immanuel Lutheran Cemtery
Wm. Plant
Waverly
Fred Junior
Immanuel Congregation
Schmidt
Condemnation Action Planned For Union Slough Land
Condemnation has begun against a forty acre tract on Union Slough owned by Herman and Kate Wirtjes. The land would join the wildlife refuge and be added to the district. Two Algona boys Darrell Johnson and Jerome Sanberg were sent to Eldora Training School after joining two others to appropriate a car for joy riding. County officers receive a 10 percent salary raise under a new state law, with supervisors’ pay up to 6.50 per day. Three divorces started: Florence Klein vs Fred Klein for desertion Zadha Koppen vs Andrew Koppen for cruel and inhuman treatment Clara Bowman vs Clarence Bowman for non-support.
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Union Slough
Herman
Kate Wirtjes
Algona
Darrell Johnson
Jerome Sanberg
Eldora Training School
Florence Klein
Fred Klein
Zadha Koppen
Andrew Koppen
Clara Bowman
Clarence Bowman
Red Cross Drive Appeals For Local Donations
Local appeal urges residents to donate to the current Red Cross drive if not contacted by solicitors. Contributions can be left with Dr H I Torgersen or H A French at the Bank of Drug Store. Town support shown as volunteers emphasize only patriotic service in soliciting.
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Red Cross
H. I. Torgersen
H. A. French
Bank of Drug Store
Tractors Lose Power From Scale and Rusty Radiators
Deposits of scale and rust in tractor cooling systems cause overheating and power loss annually. Muriatic acid is suggested as the most effective chemical to dissolve the scale and restore performance.
Interstate to install Titonka street lights this summer
A letter from G. G. Young of Interstate Power says 14 new lights will be added along Titonka main street. WPB approval allows release of material held for over a year. work may start mid May after line relocation, with completion at the earliest possible moment. Mayor Howard French disclosed the plan in Titonka Iowa.
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Titanka
Interstate Power Company
French
G. G. Young
Power Company
Titonka
Winnebago
Minn
Howard French
Iowa
War Production Board
WPB
Washington, D. C
Une
You Must Display 1943 Auto License Sticker
Des Moines Karl W Fischer Iowa Commissioner of Public Safety urges drivers with delinquent registrations to obtain current registrations immediately. He says enforcement will be vigorous and that 1942 plates were reassigned with stickers to show payment. The sticker should be placed on the upper right corner of the windshield.
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Des Moines
Karl W. Fischer
Towa
Fischer
Woden Creamery Holds Re Organization Meeting
Woden Farmers Creamery Association stockholders re organized at the Community Hall last Monday evening adopting a new Articles of Incorporation. The creamery will operate under the new setup with speakers from the State Department of Agriculture Humboldt and Howard Delahoyde Magon City.
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Woden
Woden Farmers Creamery Association
Howard Lavrien
State Department of Agriculture
Humboldt
Howard Delahoyde
Magon City
Warmer Weather Sparks Local Reactions In Titonka Area
Residents note a warmer spell but warn against overconfidence. The piece recalls a 5 year stay in Titonia with a past snow drift incident near Frank Hauptly's farm south of Titonka, emphasizing readiness for lingering winter conditions and continued heating needs.
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Titonia
Frank Hauptly
Titonka
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