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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1957
Page
3
A reader letter urges Titonka residents to back local businesses fire protection and a central school, arguing that community support sustains growth. The piece highlights the importance of shopping locally and maintaining amenities to prevent stagnation and loss of quality of life.
Scouts will collect Goodwill clothing bags for the Scout Good Turn Clothing Drive. Cub Scouts distributed the bags last week. Pickup starts at 1 00 pm. leave the bag out front at Goodwill Industries Lap.
The Farm Bureau reaffirms blame for Congress delay in passing corn policy after urging haste for weeks. Leaders testified before House and Senate committees, seeking legislation to set a base acreage for commercial corn with Midwest groups backing a compromise.
The Titania PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting at the school house on Monday evening April 15. Mrs. Arlene Raymond of the Iowa Chiropractor Association will speak on A Parent's Responsibility to His Child Through Government Education. Fifth grade tauste and a sixth grade triple trio will perform with student selections.
The American Legion Auxiliary holds its regular work meeting Friday April 26 at the Francis Gingrich home with Lois Petersen as assisting hostess. Lois Petersen urges members to write lawmakers urging bills to improve mental hospital patient care and outcomes.
The Titonka community prepares for a dedication program at 100 p.m in the gym featuring a history of local education, remarks by the Board of Education president and a State Department representative, plus music by the high school chorus. A reception follows in the lunchroom. The event aims to engage residents and invites local data and historic photos.
Parents learn of a pending state bill altering kindergarten entrance age to five by September 15. Plans adapt to law outcome with visits on April 6 and 7 and May 7. Mothers invited to lunch May 7 with staff. letters to detail visit sessions and required health checks.
Wool and lamb producers wishing to participate in the wool incentive program for the 1956 marketing year ending March 31 must file applications by month end at the county ASC office. Incentive payments for wool and lambs sold between April 1 1956 and March 31 1957 will be paid. March 31 1957 is included in the 1967 wool marketing year running to March 31 1958. Applicants must provide documents showing complete information on wool and lamb sales under the National Wool Act.
Extension Director Hogs predicts up to 4 to 5 percent more late spring and summer pigs if current saving trends continue. Francis Kutish Iowa State College farm economist cites 1 percent fewer sows farrowed in Dec Feb 1957 versus 1956 as a key factor. He warns 1957 summer prices may hold, but late fall and winter prices could drop 75 cents to 1.50 per cwt due to heavier marketings. Cattle prices rise on rain and grazing demand. he urges selling plain quality cattle in the next two months for best returns.
The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts plan a joint meeting on Tuesday April 16 at 7 30 p m at Titania Methodist Church. Badges will be awarded to the Cubs. Parents are urged to attend. Mr Harold Burgess will show a film of interest to both boys and adults. Refreshments will be served after.
The regular monthly meeting of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator was held Saturday evening at the Elevator office. Herman Tiarks was elected president, Clarence Schutter vice president, and John Welhausen secretary treasurer, with Louis Huber, George Sonnenberg, Bill Spear, Bill Peterson, Sophus Nelson, and Gerald Bahling named to the board of directors.
Mrs. David W. Ryder of 5001 Host enters the Mrs. America contest state finals in Dallas at the Statler Hilton April 10. A homemaker and mother of three, she bakes breads and cakes, sews, decorates, and has carpentry skills shared with her husband as they renovate their home.
City officials churches schools and Iowa groups organize April 14 20 as Plant Iowa week to stress soil conservation plantings and wildlife work. Governor Love and the Plant Iowa program trace back to 1957 with farm land signups and incentive details from the Kossuth ASC office in Algona. Titonka Savings Bank receives a 1958 quota award for Savings Bonds sales with a 1956 Distinguished Service plaque presented by Jack W. Roe<U+2019>s area manager.
Kossuth County totaled 59 soil tests at Ames in March with the state total 5 666 samples. ISU weed specialist E P Sylvester urges brush control using a 2 4D mix in fuel oil to spray stumps. The College seeks twin Holstein calves under 30 days old for experiments and notes egg incubator and hatch trends show 26 percent fewer incubator eggs and 30 percent fewer February hatchings year over year.
On March 23 eleven of fourteen Wesley Boys 4-H Club members met at Nygaards and toured Hormel Meat Packing Plant in Fort Dodge after judging hogs in the morning. They could not view the plant's interior due to Saturday closing. the group toured the electric plant in two six-person groups and finished after touring from top floor to basement.
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