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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1956
Page
6
Beginning this week the Topic becomes the weekly source for school news across grades. Readers are invited to submit original works and suggest a name for the new high school paper, with four or five top title ideas to be voted on next issue.
The sixth grade Baade class continues decimals and fractions practice emphasizing decimal placement in addition and subtraction. Students study Iowa history noting famous Indian chiefs and tribes and early explorers. The week ends with perspective drawing lessons using a horizon vanishing point.
The music department presented a Monday night concert in the high school auditorium featuring vocal and instrumental groups led by Mr. Malthaus and Mr. Pringle. Performers included Doris Hipp, Lowell Bilsborough, Myrna Norland, Virginia Fritz, Orla Jane Anderson, Nancy Tjaden, Lora Willemssen, Geraldine Ullmann, Arlen Bilborough, and many others in solos, ensembles, and quartets.
The F F A group from the local school toured the John Deere plant in Waterloo. They traveled by school bus and observed the foundry furnace sand molding and sheet metal work then viewed assembly lines in the basement. Attendees included Kent Rippentrop and Denny Wubben among many others. sponsored by J R Schutter.
A Titanka to Sheldon trip for a District Speech Contest saw Joy DeGolia and Craig Sathoff earn ratings, with Joy receiving a 2 for her original oration My America and Craig a 1 for Ladies Night. The group later saw Darlene Callies and the One Act Play Pink and Patches rated 2. The school applauded their efforts and hoped for state success.
The Band and vocal groups recorded on Wednesday March 28 and broadcast Friday March 30 at 4 30 pm over KSMN Mason City. The band recorded Tinker Polka Belmont Overture In the Good Old Summertime Let Me Call You Sweetheart Metropolis and Springtime Polka. The vocal groups sang Sincerely Carolina Moon and A Song of Friendship. Titanica merchants sponsored the event.
On Monday our class enjoyed a walk in spring. We dyed Easter eggs and hosted a party with the Easter Bunny. We adopted two white rats and a bat, built a bat cage, and learned about our finds. The poems celebrate April's breath of spring and its joys.
A cheerful school page notes April’s return with sun and showers, mentioning March visitors and birthday treats from Jonquils Blooming Bright, Daffodils, and violets. It covers class activities, tests, plays, and projects across grades, including reading on The Lady or the Tiger, language work on modifiers, IQ tests, and senior activities. Kathy Thilges visits from Algona with Easter cookies.
A report in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association details a method to break infection chains in swine by using disease free baby pigs via Cesarean or sterile-bag delivery and isolating them at birth. Pigs raised without colostrum protection can thrive if kept isolated from disease factors, showing higher growth efficiency and absence of chronic herd diseases.
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