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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1956
Page
6
Editorial notes second high school paper now complete with weekly senior interview series on post graduation plans. Readers urged to submit ideas via the high school suggestion box as staff thanks Mr. Jaren, Mrs. Brandt, and Mr. Easton for support.
Friday afternoon Miss Finletter addresses Juniors in a quiet classroom. She assigns an essay from page five hundred eighty six under activities, due next Thursday. She encourages thoughtful preparation and emphasizes starting early this weekend.
A student recalls a week of study periods and assignments for geometry and history due Thursday. Monday and Tuesday bring hectic schedules and delayed motivation, while Wednesday slips by with forgotten themes until Miss Finletter reminds the task. After late night effort the essay is finished, but a Monday return reveals a C, blamed on teachers for not recognizing quality.
On opening night at the Titania drive in last Thursday April 5 two masked bandits with sawed off shotguns robbed Linda Nelson and Betty Hatten near the popcorn stand. About 145 dollars was taken from the stand including 5 from Lee Stockwell's billfold which also contained personal items. The blue 1953 Plymouth used by the bandits had been stolen in Algona. Four Titania high school students and a Burt student witnessed the crime and provided a partial description of the suspects. The crowd left before the film ended.
A humorous look at how a family phone call sparks a chaotic race to answer. The narrator endures sibling jokes and misread signals as the line shifts from a promising social invite to a dreaded single fate.
A young caller contends with a busy party line to reach Joan, with misdirected dialing and comic delays. The scene captures teenage longing and humorous miscommunication as the narrator pursues a date with Joan, while family chatter and a friend’s teasing close the tale.
A first in a series of student interviews outlines the postgrad plans of seniors. Marlene Stecker will attend business college, Geraldine Ullmann aims for college and drama coaching, Noreta Trunkhill considers beauty culture or WAC service, Gerald Welhausen plans army service followed by mechanics, Merlin Van Hove intends army service then farming, and Gary Smith also says he will join the army.
Ten rules urge teens to think before drinking obey parents avoid unclean thoughts and risky driving, choose mates responsibly, attend church, pick companions wisely, resist crowds, and keep the original Ten Commandments. Pastor Donald Comnick of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock Falls, IL, found them via a Lutheran radio announcer Jack Radke.
Miss Kestwick’s class welcomes Steven Hodson from Lake Mills. Students enjoy spring weather, jump ropes, and balls. They visited a hatchery, liked colored chicks, and dyed eggs. They learned to tell time, practiced spelling, read Our New Friends, and many checked out library books. Anita shared birthday treats.
Miss Meyer’s third graders enjoy Easter, arithmetic with fives, making problems, and a film about Willie the skunk. They studied fuels, geography, and six weeks spelling, with 68 words. Fifth graders show poetry progress, write poems, assemble booklets, and learn area and perimeter while mapping South America.
A note about fresh drapes for windows highlights spring upgrades. The writer mentions enjoying the new items and the positive response from those around them after weeks of spelling practice and word reviews.
A class project on voting includes a mock primary with Eisenhower on the Republican ticket and Kefauver on the Democratic ticket. Students discuss 18 year olds voting, review The Changes in the American Way of Living, and note Jane Addams as a familiar social work figure.
In Home Ec pupils are sewing seams and attaching buttons hooks and eyes while practicing snips. Algebra lessons include square roots and English studies cover phrases and clauses. General science explores light and related phenomena.
Tenth grade history covers twenty Latin American countries and discusses plant structures in biology. English readings focus on individuals who contributed to better lives. As six weeks end, there are a few tests, but everyone expects to manage.
A jumble of questions about crushes, dates, who spoke to whom, and private affairs. Names like Linda, Doris, Joyce, Burt, Sherry, Marlene appear amid queries about loyalties, letters, and parties, suggesting a gossip page on campus dynamics.
Ellen Nelson Jo Ann Baade Marilyn W. Julia Wueben Mary Lou Diamond Joy DeGolia Shar on Rippentrop Barbara Ringsdorf Trudy Bess Lora Willemsen Virginia Miller Diane Krominga Belle Tjaden Beverly Rider Myrna Norland Darlene Callies Kent Rippentrop Craig Sathoff Dennis Wueben Louise Boyken Joyce Isebrand and Doris Hipp are listed as members of the paper staff in the notice.
After 27 years Newell will appoint C R Kremenak as the new schools superintendent. He plans to stay in Newell and continue teaching in a nearby school while assuming the post.
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