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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
4
The junior senior banquet took place Thursday evening at 6 30 in the high school auditorium. Miss Schmidt provided music as 16 seniors and 11 juniors entered the gym decorated as a dense tropical jungle. A dinner followed with a menu of mashed potatoes, Swiss steak, peas, pea salad, rolls, jelly, olives, ice cream and angel food cake prepared by the juniors’ mothers and served by sophomore and freshman girls.
Local moves include the Knutsens relocating to the Bosma residence and Paul Trasamar’s vacated house. Presbyterians plan a Thursday missionary society meeting at Mrs. Carl Gerzema’s home. A Friday city hall party hosted by the Acorn Club drew a large crowd. Families travel for funerals and hospital care, with extended visits from Chicago to Algona and Albert Lea to see relatives and patients. Memorial Day plans surface in Legion Auxiliary discussions.
Local resident Lou Hanson reports a one legged robin found in a Waukon area for years and a tailless gray squirrel also living nearby. Mrs. Harlan Peterson of Harlan has crocheted a white service flag with red border and blue star bearing her son Jack’s name and is making similar flags for others.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends across Portland households. Events included frequent dinners and Sunday gatherings, trips to nearby towns, club meetings, and a furlough homecoming. Notable mentions include Pvt Calvin Bristow’s nine day leave from Fort Knox and various host-guest exchanges among Larsen, Bristow, Ringsdorf, and Ringsdorf families.
An Iowa State College extension entomologist endorses strychnine bait to control pocket gophers now widespread in the state. The method entails placing bait in main tunnels and day to day field treatment, with warnings to keep children and livestock away. The report also notes an elderly Grinnell resident and a Lacona farm egg incident as local curiosities.
A new monument commemorates Lieut. Jonas Mulford of Iowa Falls. The face features his portrait seated in a plane cockpit and the engraving measures nine and three quarters by fourteen inches. The monument also includes a brief obituary and a record of his patriotic achievements.
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