Local School Weekly Activities Chronicle
Weekly reports from seniors juniors and seventh and eighth graders describe classes in English grammar capitalization and punctuation. Social Security Crime. psychology memory tests and marriage. homemaking furniture. shorthand dictation. physics light waves and star distance estimation. World geography Europe Great Britain. American history Industrialization and Transportation. American literature punctuation. civics labor and business. arithmetic spelling perfect papers listed. seventh graders at spelling contest. sixth graders birds western states health Sunshine and Fresh Air. upcoming six week tests. reporters Janice Wibben and Sherry Davis.
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Great Britain
Brazil
South America
Kenneth Krantz
Larry Boyken
David Adamson
Mrs. Oesterreicher
Kossuth
David
Alvina
Sharon
Shirley
Elwood
Sherry
Henry
Mary Ann
Gary
Marilyn
LeRoy
Vernon
Lawrence
Billy
Merle
Richard
Patty
Verlyn
Verna Dell
Janice
Ronald
U. S
Janice Wibben
Sherry Davis
Merlin
Ewin
Harry
Betty Ann
Bonnie
Pick
Branklin
Priscilla
Methodist Church Young People Minstrel April 17
Donald HB James outlines morning worship at 11 and Sunday School at 10. Young Adult Fellowship hosts a minstrel show April 17 at Tyke Theatre to fund an organ. Admission 50c adults 25c students. Misa Florence Reynolds sought for orchestra. Tu tonkia and Doan Youth Rally April 13 at Lavern e features sound movie The Good Samaritan and technicolor hymns. Reservations advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Donald HB. James
Tyke Theatre
Misa Florence Reynolds
Tutonkia
Doan
Laverne
Good Samaritan
WSO
Evan Hansen
D. H. Struthers
Radio Director to Speak at Woman's Day in Algona
Hank Hook KGLO Farm Service Director will speak at Kossuth County's Annual Rural Woman's Day on April 15 at 4 00 p m at Algona Public High School. He will discuss Tolerance for Other Nationalities. The program includes musical items and a historical skit by Farm Bureau Young Married Group. A Sunbeam electric iron will be awarded, and USDA notes farm electrification reaching a historic high in 1947.
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Algona
Hank Hook
Kglo Farm Service
Kossuth
Albert Johnson
Corwith
Farm Bureau Extension Service Women’s Committee
LuVerne Tuesday Clup
Florence Hof
Lewis Merkle
Gerald Brace
John Voss, Jr
Paul Beckman
DeCapra
Brahms
Farm Bureau Young Married Group
Harry Felter
Ervin Gerber
Joseph Besch
Whittemore Township
Ivan Johnson
Howard Finnemark
Wesley Township
Ronald Gardner
Floyd Bode
Dick Kain
Calvin Bode
Earl Zeigler
Don Weaver
Flum Creek Township
Chas
Nygaard
Gilbert Hall
Prairie Township
Wm. Dodds, Jr
Union Township
Lawrence Kirsch
Harold Will
Lotts Creek Township
Owen Hurt
A. L. Brown
Last Rites For Peter Wagner Sr Thursday
Funeral services for Peter Wagner Sr were held at Ramsey Reformed Church with Rev. F Snuttjer officiating. Born June 3 1878 in Hardin County Iowa he lived much of his life in Kossuth County later living with son Albert in Nora Springs. He died March 30 1947 after a stroke at Iowa City Hospital aged 68 years 9 months and 27 days leaving five children two of whom survived with grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Peter Wagner Sr
Ramsey Reformed Church
F. Snuttjer
Hardin County
Towa
Kossuth County
Titonka
Anna Severins
Jacob Huenemann
Hanna
Wagner
Kossuth
Albert
Nora Springs
Iowa
Iowa City
Norah Springs
Simon Ricks
Peter
Herman
Ti+tonka
Terry
Montana
PANNKUK BUYS RIPENTROP HOME AT AUCTION
Sever Panniuk purchased the former Grandma Rippentrop residence for 4200 dollars at auction. He plans improvements and to live there with Mrs. Panniuk, moving from the Mennonite Full home. Mrs. Conrad Schmidt bought the vacant lot for 700 dollars, planning a future home site. Personal property from the sale brought fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sever Panniuk
Grandma Rippentrop
Sever
Panniuk
Menno
Alice Buffinton
Conrad Schmidt
Schmidts
Mrs Edward Brandt's Parents on England Trip
Mr and Mrs Edward Brandt Sarabeth and John Edward joined Rev and Mrs Wm Baddely at View Iowa for Easter Sunday. The Baddelys left Monday for England sailing from New York on Cunardiner Queen Elizabeth bound for Southampton. They will spend three months visiting relatives around Stoke on Trent and other parts of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brandt
Sarabeth
John Edward
Stoke On Trent
Englar’l
Bill Batts to Host Open House in Burt for 25th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Bill Batt will hold open house at their Burt home on Thursday afternoon and evening April 17 in honor of their twenty fifth wedding anniversary.
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Bill Batts
Burt
Bill Batt
Burton
Baseball Players Requested to Report for Uniform Orders
All baseball players are asked to report to Arthur Boyken at the bank to learn sites for ordering more suits, as orders will be placed soon.
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Arthur Boyken
Kossuth Ranks 3rd in State in Farm Product Value
The 1945 Census of Agriculture lists Kossuth among Iowa’s top ten counties by farm product value for 1944, which totaled 1.232 billion dollars statewide. Iowa’s 1944 farm product value represents about seven percent of the national 18.108 billion total. The report highlights the ten leading Iowa counties, their national ranks, and their 1944 values.
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United States
Iowa
Highway 2% road progress reported by state engineer
State engineer Cox and inspector Rowe visited Britt and Forest City area to discuss highway improvements. Hard surfacing east of Forest City eight miles to fill a gas is pending weather, 226 grading expected to finish soon along with bridge and culvert work by A Olgon Construction Co. of Valerroo. surfacing plans may switch to blacktop.
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Cox
Iowa
C. G. Rowe
Hampton
Britt
Forest City
A. Olgon Construction Co
Valerloo
Good Hope Lutheran Church Activities and Events
Divine worship at 10 30 with Sunday School and Bible class at 9 30. Monthly special offering this Sunday. Luther League guests from St John Woden this Sunday evening. Leaguery meet 7 30. Choir rehearsal Thursday April 10 at 7 20. Confirmation Saturday morning 9. Mason City pastoral conference April 14 15 at First Lutheran Britt. Choir rehearsal April 16 7 30. Women’s Missionary Society April 17 7 30. Outlook topic New Guinea led by Mrs Edward Boyken. Wartburg College a cappella chorus concerts in Mason City High School auditorium Friday 8 and Britt High School Saturday 8 30.
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Luther League
St. John’s of
Outlook
New Guinea
Edward Boyken
Wartburg College
Canada
Mason City High School
Britt High School
Car Truck List Totals Fourteen in Kossuth County
Eleven new cars and three new trucks were licensed in Kossuth county last week. New owners include Chevrolet George W. Aldrich of Wesley Dodge H. J. Cowan of Algona Virgil Wirtjes of Lakota Plymouth Ed H. Farland of Swea City W. H. Fennema of Ledyard James Vipond of Algona Ford Ruth E. Hasse of Burt Mrs. Beulah McMahon of Algona Carl D. Merck of Algona Oldsmobile Milford Plathe of Irvington Nash Jess H. Riddle of Algona Studebaker truck Irving Urch of Algona.
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Kossuth County
Chevrolet
George W. Aldrich
Wesley
Dodge
H. J. Cowan
Algona
Virgil Wirtjes
Lakota
Gilbert Pefferman
Swea City
Wilma Strayer
Plymouth
Ed H. Farland
W. H. Fennema
Ledyard
James Vipond
Ford
Ruth E. Hasse
Burt
Beulah McMahon
Carl D. Merck
Oldsmobile
Milford Plathe
Irvington
Nash
Jess H. Riddle
Studebaker
Irving Urch
American Legion Auxiliary Seeks Donations and Meeting Plans
Mabel Peterserf reports shipment of 18 pounds carpet rags and carnival gifts including Sox hankies pencils cigarettes playing cards candy bars billfold tie tobacco stationery and a pipe. More rags needed and current Iowa mental hospital bulletins requested. Helen Schram urges informed action per bulletins to improve hospital conditions. Joint county meeting at Bancroft April 10 Mass initiation planned. Regular April meeting April 14 at Legion hall with hostesses Stella and Lois Peterson.
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Mabel Peterserf
Carnival
Helen Schram
Iowa Mental Hospital
Tha
WSCS
Bancroft
Legion Hall
Stella
Lois’ Peterson
Immanuel Lutheran Church announces Sunday service and meetings
Divine services next Sunday at 10 am with Sunday School and Bible Class. Congregational meeting after the service. Spring and summer time change noted. Bids invited by secretary Walter Haack for mowing cemetery and for church cleaning. Ladies Aid and Mission Society Thursday April 10 at 1 30. Brotherhood meeting Friday April 11 at 7 30. Wartburg Choir sings Britt High School April 12 at 8 30 pm. Rev John Mohr and First Lutheran invite all. choir rehearsal by announcement.
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Walter Haack
Ladies Aid and Mission Society
Brotherhood
Wartburg
Britt High School
John Mohr
Ramsey Reformed Church Service Schedule and Choir Rehearsal
The Ramsey Reformed Church led by Pastor F. Snuttjer lists morning worship at 10:30 and Sunday school at 9:30. Evening service at 8. Choir rehearsal and Young People's Society meet Wednesday April 16 at 8:00. Psalm quotation appears as a guiding verse.
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Young People's Society
Kossuth Legion Meeting to Hear Halden Thursday
Jesse W. Halden of Newton, commander of the Iowa American Legion, will speak at McKinnon Post No. 377 in Bancroft on Thursday at 8 p m. The program includes district and auxiliary leaders and the Pocahontas initiation team in uniform. Veterans of both wars are invited.
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Jesse W. Halden
Newton
Iowa
American Legion
McKinnon
Bancroft
A. A. Fangman
Bancroft American Legion
Halden
Legion
Towa
Towa Legion
Indianola
Commander Halden
Simpson College School of Business
Marriage Licenses To Three Couples
Three couples received marriage licenses from the district court clerk last week. Darrel Degroota of Carwith and Pearl Hollatt of Clear Lake, James Hamm of Livermore and Phyllis Johnson of Humboldt, Carl Simmons of Ringsted and Ivadell Anderson of Armstrong were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Darrel Degroota
Carwith
Pearl Hollatt
Clear Lake
James Hamm
Livermore
Phyllis Johnson
Humboldt
Carl Simmons
Ringsted
Ivadell Anderson
Armstrong
Disabled Veterans Craft Poppies for Annual Poppy Day
Disabled veterans in Iowa and veterans hospitals are busy making poppies for Poppy Day. Mrs. Caroline Hatten leads the local American Legion Auxiliary, directing distribution by Auxiliary members. The crepe paper flowers with wire stems give veterans work and income, as the program expands in hospitals nationwide with over 25 million poppies expected.
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Iowa
Caroline Hatten
American Legion Auxiliary
Hatten
Auxiliary
Veterans Administration
Lakota Posts Office Opens in New Quarters
Lakota’s post office moved from the Barrett building to the Anderson building, with the first floor housing the post office and a two story structure planned. The post office has a ten year lease and the back yard will be improved for truck loading, as Mrs Barrett plans to upgrade both floors eventually.
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Lakota
W. J. Leslie
Barrett ‘Variety
Anderson
Barrett
A. E. Anderson
Lassie
Lakota Record
Lakota Communion Services Held at Presbyterian Church
Lakota held communion services after Thursday evening worship at the Presbyterian church. Soloist Mrs. Chas Gutknecht performed. Good Friday featured a mixed quartet including Mrs. Chas Gutknecht Wanda Heetland Jerry Heetland and Jerry Ukena singing Calvary. Easter morning Dorothy Schroeder sung O Divine Redeemer with the choir’s The Lord is Risen Indeed. New church members welcomed by letter: Mrs. Robert Beemer Mrs. Henry Dontje Mrs. Olfert Rippentrop and Mr and Mrs Clyde Sanders.
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Lakota
Presbyterian Church
Chas. Gutknecht
Wanda Heetland
Jerry Heetland
Jerry Ukena
Calvary
Dorothy Schroeder
St. Olaf's
Divine
Robert Beemer
Henry Dontje
Olfert Rippentrop
Clyde Sanders
Good Ration To Feed Young Pigs Source Recipe card
Livestock specialists from Town State College describe a starter pig ration of 50 pounds ground shelled oats and middlings split equally plus 25 pounds of supplement. Options include a 40 percent commercial supplement with alfalfa or a mix of 40 pounds meat and bone scraps 40 pounds soy bean meal and 20 pounds alfalfa. Feed in a trough away from sows and start grain ration about 10 days after farrowing.
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Town State College
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Herb Schram
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Art Bartlett
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