Titonka School Weekly Activities Summary
Fifth graders played Jacks indoors and on the sidewalk outdoors as rain and sun allowed. They finished reading workbooks and practiced fractions in arithmetic. The Easter committee drew a bunny on the board, awarded prizes, and served cupcakes and candy. Eighth graders studied U S overseas possessions, adverbs, and Travel geography, with many achieving high spelling marks. Lunch menus list daily entrees and government commodities received during Easter vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ulysses
Wayne
Diane
Darlene
Harriet
Melba
Harold D
Jacqueline
Betty H
Dennis K
Neal
Marion
Myrna
Nancy
Phyllis
Marie
Gerald
Dennis W
Wayne Bartelt
Valley Farmerettes Meet and 4-H News Summary
The Valley Farmerettes meet at Dawn and Donna Beenken's home with nine members present. Mothers Day Tea planned. pillow tops shared. Dawn and Donna Demonstrated cleaning kit making. discussion on applying beauty to room color schemes. report on 4-H Day at Algona. Also notes on clock watchers in Anamosa and local bond votes and grain weevil control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Farmerettes
Dawn
Donna Beenken
J. Ostermann
J. Welhousen
Arlene Stohr Marries Raymond Kruse in Candlelight Service
Arlene Stohr daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Stohr of Woden married Raymond Robert Kruse son of Mr and Mrs Robert Kruse of Titonka in a candlelight ceremony March 20 at 7 30 pm in Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev H A Diets officiated the double ring ceremony before floral decor and floor candles. Bride wore white slipper satin with Chantilly lace train and pearl necklace carried pink roses. Attendants included Mrs Don Perry matron of honor Erlene Mayland bridesmaid and Elaine Meinders flower girl. Groom’s party wore gray with pink and lavender corsages. After the ceremony a reception for about 200 was held in church parlors. The couple will reside on the groom’s family farm after a wedding trip. A stray note about a monkey and a local obliquely referenced event followed. Russell Bleich of Miller wins Division I in district oratory at Hartley with The Button. to compete at Shenandoah state contest April 17-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Stohr
Henry Stohr
Woden
Raymond Robert Kruse
Robert Kruse
Titonka
Immanuel Lutheran Church
H. A. Diets
Richard Beenken
Harris Sonnenberg
Don Perry
Erlene Mayland
Elaine Meinders
Nice
Allen Janssen
Vernon Stohr
Ernest Janssen
Clarence Harringa
Arnold Kruse
Bob Fisher
Dick Meinders
Willie Kruse
Rosella Bruns
Ed Helthaus
Herman Limberg
Bernard Schmidt
Henry Dirksen
Clifford Eisemann
Meindert Smidt
Andrew Verlo
Enko Smidt
Lawrence
Russell Bleich
Miller
Garner
Martin Bleich
Hartley
Russell
Shenandoah
Garner High School
Des Moines Driver Safety Congress Meeting Attend by Barlow
Des Moines hosted the annual Iowa Safety Congress at Hotel Fort Des Moines with Seoaphes Davry representing a local school. Barlow joined a teenage panel on organizing driving clubs and a panel of instructors discussed driver education issues and testing standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoaphes Davry
Des Moines
Iowa Safety Congress
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Barlow
Town Safety Council
Lee Struthers
Kamrar
Easter Sunday Guests Across Doan Community
Easter Sunday dinner guests in the Doan area included families from Algona Titonka Burt and Burt area farms. Notable gatherings featured Harvey Larson Glen Perels John Hanselman Emma Haag Wilbur Christensen and several Hoovers, Bahling and Zwiefel households among others sharing meals and church services across Doan and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Larson
Glen Percels
Titonka
Tom Elefson
John Hanselman
Algona
John Haag
Doan
John Miller
Emma Haag
Perry
Melvin
Wilbur Christensen
John Greenfield
Ilo Buffington
Tom Sampsons
Bradford Buffingdon
Ray Hansens
Gordon
Fred Kruse's
LaVerne
Glen Zwiefels
Anna Hillenga
Cletus Zwiefels
J. W. Gross
Burt
Merrill Zwiefel
Services for Mrs Florence Orthel at Woden Church
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Orthel were held at the Methodist church with burial in Bingham Township cemetery beside her husband who died in 1927. She was born March 10 1879 in Boone County Iowa and died March 27 1953 in Patton California at 74. She lived in California since 1990. She married Adolph Orthel March 14 1800 in Algona Iowa. They had four children Kenneth died in infancy Minnie John W Nevius Ernest Leo. Survived by one sister and one brother, ten grandchildren and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Orthel
Methodist
Bingham Township
Florence Ellen Fox Orthel
Boone County
Iowa
Sway
Patton
Calif
California
Adolph Orthel
Algona
Kenneth
Minnie
John W. Nevius
Long Beach
Ernest Orthel
Culver City
Leo
Buffalo Center
Cy Missman
Britt
K. J. Fox
el Cajou
Callf
Patrolman and Sheriff to Speak at Titonia Chamber Meeting
A State Highway Patrolman and Sheriff Ralph Lindhorst will attend Titonia Chamber of Commerce Monday evening to discuss Safety and Safe Driving. The event includes the usual business session and lunch at Harold's Roller Rink starting at 9 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Lindhorst
Titonia Chamber of Commerce
Harold's Roller Rink
Rural Women's Day Set for Algona April 10
The annual Rural Women's Day will be held Friday April 10 at the KC hall in Algona, starting promptly at 1 pm. All women are invited. Mrs Swen Larson will preside, Bancroft’s Christian Abbas, a state Farm Bureau scholar, will speak, Mrs Wortman of Lakota will give a book report, and displays of this year's activities are planned. The Kossuth County Rural Women's chorus will sing, and a luncheon will be served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
KC. Hall
Swen Larson
County Farm Bureau
Christian Abbas
Bancroft
State Farm Bureau
Wortman
Lakota
Miss Jean Farrow Weds Donald Graham at Titonka
Miss Jean Farrow daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Farrow Lakota wed Donald Graham son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Graham Titonka Thursday evening at 645 in the Methodist church Rev J K Albertson performs the single ring ceremony Attendants were Miss Lucille Farrow and Vernon Farrow A reception followed at Lakota home Guests included families from Lakota Ayrshire Minnesota Titonka and nearby areas The newlyweds will live with the groom's parents while he farms with his father
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Farrow
Wm. Farrow
Lakota
Donald Graham
Harvey Graham
Titonka
J. KE. Albertson
Lawrence Blocker
Ayrshire
Lucille Farrow
Vernon Farrow
Grom
Reynalde
Florence
Wim
Farrow
Maxine
Ray
Harold
Nicks Sands
Diane
Lois
Billie
Dennis
Bennie Farrow
Minnesota
Harvey Graham Sr
Harvey Graham Jr
Denn
Kenneth
Joe Boekelman
Calvin
Lucy Newville
Titonia
Immanuel Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule and Meetings
Worship at 10 am and Sunday School at 9 am this Sunday. Thursday April 8 at 1 30 pm Ladies Aid and Mission Society meet. Thursday April 9 at 7 30 pm Brotherhood meets with speaker L H Wingert of Cole Iowa. All men invited. Quarterly meeting after service. Gather League meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm. Tuesday April 14 building committee meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Reformed A. Roskamp
Young Peoples
Immanuel Lutheran WH
A. Diora
Ladies Aid and Mission Society
Brotherhood
L. H. Wingert
Cole
Iowa
Sarvice
Good Hope Lutheran Church notices and events
The weekly schedule lists services at 9 30 am worship 10 30 am Sunday School 11 am Lakota Confirmation on Sunday April 12 Choir rehearsal 8 pm Sunday April 11 Confirmation instruction 9 am Tuesday April 14 Pastors Circle at Woden Brotherhood at 8 pm Film Healing In the Holy Land Hosts Bonno Schutter John Welhousen Harm Wibben Farmers could gain 15 to 28 bushels per acre in 1952 by planting top five Iowa corn hybrids Retiring Blakesburg loses village smith Everett Rowe closes his blacksmith shop after 52 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran B. H. Schwerin
Woden
Brotherhood
The
Holy Land
Bonno Schutter
John Welhousen
Harm Wibben
Iowa
Sunday Work Day Planned at Slough Park Site
Sportsmen and conservationists are asked to gather at the Union Slough gravel pit on Bancroft Titonka road Sunday April 12 to help improve the park site. Milford Smith federal game warden and custodian of Union Slough and Mr Tellier state game warden aim to create a public park this year. Bring a sharp axe brush axe tree clippers or a sharp tiling spade.
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Union Slough
Bancroft-Titonka Road
Milford Smith
Tellier
Trim hooves before turning cows to pasture
Floyd Arnold of Iowa State College advises trimming cows’ hooves before turning them out after winter. If hooves are too long, toes may break, causing weeks of sore feet and lameness. Feet should rest flat on the sole with moderately short toes before pasture travel begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Buffalo Consolidated School expansion approved by board
The County Board of Education approved enlarging Buffalo Consolidated School and petitions to publish for a vote are filed. The Titonia Topic will publish all related notices as the official district paper. Voting is expected around May 25 with results from hearings by late April and a summer plan to add teachers and classroom space.
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By 'T
Meith
Buffalo Consolidated School
County Board of Education
Miss Betty Koppen Ervin Wittgen Wedding at Wesley
Betty Koppen Ervin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Koppen, married Ervin J Wittgen son of Mr and Mrs Michael Wittgen of Algona in a Wednesday morning ceremony at St Josephs Catholic church Wesley The Rev L W Klein officiated The wedding featured a double ring nuptial mass with attendants including Lucie Schmidt as matron of honor and John Wiltgen as best man A 30 guest dinner followed at Johnson House Algona and a 100 guest reception at the same venue A dance at the VFW hall Algona capped the day After a southern states trip the couple will reside in Algona where the groom and his brother own a jewelry store The bride is Wesley high school alum and the groom is Bode high school alum
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John Wiltgen
Bode
Mary Ann Koppen
Whittemore
Ralph Kappen
Johnson House
Algona
V.F.W. Hall
Clarence
Wesley High School
the Grom
Bode High School
Seven New Cars And Trucks Sold In Kossuth County
Seventeen vehicles and one motorcycle were licensed in Kossuth county last week. New owners include Buick Henry J Arndorfer Corwith. Lawrence and Betty Becker Bancroft. George K Nelson Swea City. George Bormann and Son Bode. Dale Briggs Irvington. William B Fox LaVerne. Dick Franzen Titonka. Edwin J Gilmore Algona. Paul A Christ Algona. Thermon E Pratt Bode. Richter Bros Elmore. John Stohr Elmore. Mrs Helen Ernest Algona. Glen W Heather Jr Algona. Jack Garnett Fenton. Mark Insko and Sons Bode. C R LaBarre Algona. Hugh Packard Algona. Prices in 1953 to date higher than a year ago.
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Kossuth
Buick
Henry J. Arndorfer
Corwith
Lawrence
Betty Becker
Bancroft
George K.nelson
Swea City
George Bormann
Son
Bode
Ford
Dale Briggs
Irvington
William B. Fox
LaVerne
Dick Franzen
Titonica
Edwin J. Gilmore
Algona
Chevrolet
Paul A. Christ
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Anamosa
Dale Condry
Dunlap
Graettinger
Raymond Kruse
Des‘moines
Methodist Church
Jean Farrow Donald Graham
Blakesburg
Smith
Everett Rowe
Ubbe Ubben
Ubben
Therese Schutter
Wm. Schutter
Slough Park
Idlans
Betty Koppen
Ervin J. Wittgen
Wesley
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