Last Meeting of Local P T A
The last regular meeting of the parent teachers association was held in the high school auditorium Monday evening with Mrs. J F Fisher presiding. Reports covered student visits to Des Moines and district events, fund balances, and plans for Community Picnic and upcoming commencement activities. Officers for next year were elected and installed, and the year’s programs were praised as successful. The next meeting will be a reception for teachers at the start of the new school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
parent-Teachers Association
J.F. Fisher
Des Moines
Russell French
State Capitol
State Senate
Gerald Huber
Finer Printing Department
Municipal Court
Ruth Welhousen
Drake Observatory
Clarice Falk
Register and Tribune
Harriet Schram
P.T.A. North Central District
Mason City
Mesdamey M. G. Craven
R. C. Ball
Boris
R. L. Krantz
Treasury
Craven
Hoon
W. Farr Hall
Grace French
Mona Bonacker
Doris Amundsen
Louise Krantz
Ray Milley
Floyd
Harold Miller
Delma Henderson
Sara Higby
Clarine Johnson
Margaret Lee
Dorothy Weaver
Howard Fretch
Ruth Inman
Bancroft
Lutheran Church Evening Service At 7 30
English service conducted by A Kilian leads the Lutheran church service at 7 30 PM with A Moe Sunday School at 9 00 AM. Members urged to attend and participate in the program and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kilian
A. Moe
Willi
Town Water Dues Due April Fifteenth in Titonka
Town of Titonka reminds residents that quarterly water dues are payable by April 15. Receipts can be obtained at the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Courtesy Driving Averts Accidents In Downtown Action
A reader praises courteous truck drivers for preventing accidents. A driver stopped to aid an elderly pedestrian at a busy downtown crossing, demonstrating how courtesy and attentiveness reduce crashes and improve public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goross
Rent and water bills due in April for three months
Water users must pay for the past three months by April due date. Rent is due in April and may be paid at the bank or charged to the account of the Clerk Boyken.
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Boyken
Legion and Auxiliary Meet Tonight in Titonka
A county meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held in Titonka on April 15 at 8 30 PM. An interesting program is planned and a business session will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C
Half Million Deposits Reported By The Savings Bank
The Savings Bank reports deposits of over five hundred thousand dollars in March eighty first, signaling prosperity in Titania and nearby areas. The notice implies that lack of deposits is a personal shortfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank
Titania
Prayers Unanswered Birth of Third Son in Family
Walt Oesterman of the east town reported a Sunday night birth of a 10 pound baby boy, his third son. He noted the family now has ample help on their spreads and that he wished for a girl but accepted the outcome. Mother and baby are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Oesterman
Trap Captures Eight Fox Whelps Near Town
Elmer Oesterman set a trap east of town and caught an old fox last week. Investigating sounds by the trap he found eight fox puppies in the hold. He took the eight pups and the mother home to decide their fate, noting they could have started another New Year’s fox drive if grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Oesterman
West Bend Woman Fined for Drunkenness in Justice Court
Mrs Ollie Opperman of West Bend appeared before Justice P A Dansoh for drunkenness and was fined ten dollars plus eight dollars and sixty five cents costs. Reports say her husband deserted her and she went on a bender as a result. Ethan Light of Bricelyn Minnesota failed to stop at a stop sign and was fined one dollar and assessed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Ollie Opperman
West Bend
P. A. Dansoh
Ethan Light
Bricelyn
Minn
Will Make Home in California by G A Baker
A letter from G A Baker notes plans to settle in California after winter visits. She describes travel from Iowa, time with relatives in Los Angeles and San Diego, an Iowa snow storm, blooming flowers, and two minor earthquakes in Oakland and Los Angeles. She sends regards to old friends and mentions a friend list and a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wolfe
Iowa
California
Los Angeles
Dr. Piercy
Oakland
L. A
Resp
Mra
G. A. Baker
Sartor and Qesterrejchey Attend D D Meeting in Mason City
Mesdames Pierre Sartor and Mary Qesterrejchey attended a committee meeting of the D D 4 at Wesley Batyre day morning to help plan the state convention scheduled for May in Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Pierre Sartor
Mary Qesterrejchey
Wesley Batyre
D. D. of
Mason City
Homestead Credit Rules Outlined by State Board
County boards grant homestead credits with uniform rules from the State Board of Assessment and Review. Key points include eligibility for those owning a homestead in 1936 or buying property by June 1937, a final filing date of June 1, 1937, and that sales after June 1 1937 are ineligible until 1938. The soldier exemption, property measures, and contiguous land rules are detailed, with the 1937 valuation used for 1987 and 1988 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
State Board of Assessment and Review
Farm program gains pace in Kossuth County
Kossuth county committeemen have contacted each farmer with a Cropping schedule listing acres and recommended plantings to qualify for government benefits. Farmers must sow adapted legumes on land for soil conservation, using nurse crops at half normal rate and not for hay or grain. Pasture use of older conserving crops is allowed. About 400 farmers await first payments from the 1936 program, with second checks due in several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Methodist Church Notes and Doan Bazaar Details
Methodist Church notes list W L Patterson as pastor with Sunday School at 10 00 A M and morning worship at 11 00 A M Epworth League at 7 30 P M Ladies Aid hostesses Mrs John Keil and Mrs Leonard Callies Doan church announces a morning worship 9 30 A M Sunday School 10 00 A M annual bazaar and chicken pie supper Tuesday April 20 Adults 35c Children 20c plus notes on local residents and travel plans including Mr and Mrs John Amesbury visiting from Wesley and a fishing trip to International Falls by O W Swanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Phelps
Epworth
Ladies Aid Society
John Keil
Leonard .Callies
Doan
Mrs Kennedy and Family Visit Rodman
Mrs Dizabeth Kennedy and her son Paul and daughter Minnie visited her mother at Rodman on Friday. Dick Beenken sold his corn Monday for 1.27 dollars per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizabeth Kennedy
Paul
Minnie
Rodman
Dick Beenken
District Court News In Brief Judge Deland Delivers Verdicts
District Court proceedings last week included Walter Zentnér found guilty of illegal liquor possession after a jury trial. Dougherty indicted for securities act violation. court appointed counsel L B Linan after defendant claimed inability to hire an attorney. Civil actions concluded include quiet title decree in Butts vs Butts and several judgments on accounts. Divorce and guardian matters noted. foreclosure action Tralevers Ins Co vs Krull listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James DeLand
State
Walter Zentnér
State Vs
Dougherty
L. B. Linnan
Henry Butts
Frank Butts
Wm. Buenger
Myron Ludwig
Lloyd E. Mauer
Chandos Smith
Sylvia Nall
Clarence L. Nall
J. L. ‘Bonar
Alvin Fuhr
Minnie Helgen
Rice
Herman
Schroeder
Tralevers Ins. ‘Co
John H. Krull
Pioneering Algona family member in critical stroke state
Frank Winkel aged 87 suffered a stroke at his Algona home last Tuesday evening and remains in critical condition. He was the last of six Algona area pioneers, brothers John A Ban, Peter, Jacob who died recently, Jonathan and Nick. Frank and his wife spent winter with daughters in Minneapolis and St Paul and only returned home March many of his children have rushed to be with him. In another note Dale Clark reports Ralph Brown herd led March milk production at 1448 lbs with 48.2 lbs butterfat, while Robert Keefe’s herd produced 1470 lbs of milk or butterfat, Floyd Bode second with 70 lbs. The association has 307 cows, 83 of which yielded over 40 lbs butterfat per cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Winkel
Algona
John A
Ban Brothers
Peter
Jacob
Jonathan
Nick
Frank
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Dale Clark
Association No
Ralph Brown
Brown
Robert Keefe
Floyd ‘Bode
Marriage Licenses Issued for Several Couples
Cort C. Rippentrop and Sdaho Telkamp of Lakota. Vernon Jeffries of Winnebago Minnesota and Viola Halverson of Winnebago Minnesota. Lyle BE Johnson of Lake Crystal Minnesota and May BH Neitzel of Burt. Harold T. Johnson and Irene A. Hyeness of Blue Earth Minnesota. Wm. F. Anderson of Humboldt and Opal Potter of Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cort C. Rippentrop
Sdaho
Algona Board Discusses Fees and Gravel Projects
The county Board of Supervisors met last week, approving Imelda Dooley’s deputy recorder salary at 100 dollars monthly and purchasing a new Clerk’s office typewriter. They filed gravel project final estimates for M T McGuire and J W Elbert, approved several bond reports, and ordered a Secondary Road Districts report for 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
County Board of Supervisors
Imelda Dooley
M. T. McGuire
J. W. Elbert
South Riverdale
Nd Chambers
Luverne Township
B. J. Sankey
Sexton
Sea
Prairie Township
H. M. Smith
SCHOOL SPIRIT AND EVENTS AT THS INCLUDE PLAY AND BANQUET
The THS news notes a bookkeeping field trip to Savings Bank and use of a posting machine. Senior announcements and the play Farewell Cruel World arrive with cast members but mention a struggle before a hopeful ending. The Junior-Senior Banquet is planned for April 20 at the Lutheran church basement with several committee chairs named. Baseball opens April 20 versus Armstrong on the school diamond. Report cards close the sixth six weeks. Various grade activities, contests, and crafts fill the week, including kite contests, geography lessons on Burma and India, and student posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice
Kuchenreuther
Jeraldine Bruns
Charley Reed
Jean French
Lutheran Church
Roy Budlong
Ruby Stenzel
Dorothy Budlong
Gerald Huber
Hibbing Ming Visit Stirs Local Memorial
A fragmented note describes Hibbing and Ming visiting a man named Harold Gartner at a local facility. The text references a return trip and a gathering on a misty morning, with unclear details about the event or location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibbing
Ming
Ayer
Harold Gartner
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P. T
Williams
Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
John Amesbury
Wesley
John
Young Ag
Charles City
Corvallis
Montana
F. W. Schram
Tilonka
Hamilton
Cheese Factory
Wwe
W. W. Swanson
Otto
Ernc Swanson
Cedar Falls
Lewis Swanson
W. Swanson
International Falls
H.P. Hansen
County Legion and Auxiliary Meeting
America
M. 8. Craven
J. L. Miller
Albert Sterzing
Butler
Africa
Legion Auxiliary
District Court News
Iean
Thelp Fata
Armstrong
Junior High
Andrew Peters
Good Citizens Meeting
Férne Ailts
Elwyn Stenzel
Doris Krantz
Jennesee Sathoff
Tutton
Beck and
Ladd
Falkert Stecker
Laurence Miller
Delores Peterson
Burma
India
Luella
Pruisman
Florence Willis
Beverly Adamson
South America
Brazil
Phyllis Falk
Delores Isebr
Marion Krantz
Marlig Wessels
Allao
Noyce
Jance Bonacker
Homer Downs
Robert
Kenneth Blakley
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