Activities Of Public Schools For The Week
School bulletin details student roles and prizes in home economics cake judging. Shirley Bruns won first prize with 96 percent, Irene Mayland second with 95, Julia Hanson third with 94. Other competitors earned theatre tickets. Miss Thompson received candy. See report on class plays, speeches, tests, and grade activities across senior to fifth grade sections.
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Home Economics News
Bonacker
Miss Thompson
Home Economics
Mr. Bonacker
Shirley Bruns
Irene Mayland
Julia Hanson
Marriage Licenses Granted In Algona And Nearby Areas
Marriage licenses issued last week include Frederick H Kosseck and Alma Jacobs both of Algona. Edward K Green 29 of Livermore and Mary Mertz 36 of Algona also received licenses in the period.
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Frederick H.kosseck
Alma Jacobs
Legal
Algona
Edward K. Green
Livermore
Mary Mertz
Algona Girl Wed Five Days is Left a Widow
Richard G. Brickner of Tiffin Ohio, 25, who wed Miss Helen Elizabeth Kuhn of Algona after Sunday noon, died Friday morning at Kossuth hospital following an appendectomy. Brickner fell ill five hours after the ceremony and was rushed to the hospital. Mrs. Brickner is daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Kuhn of Algona. The body was taken to Tiffin for burial. Besides his wife, his parents and a sister survive.
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Algona
Richard G. Brickner
Tiffin
Ohio
Helen Elizabeth Kuhn
Kossuth ‘Hospital
Brickner
Gordon Kuhn
Algony
Wallace Winkie In Letter Home From Camp Claiborne
Wallace Winkie writes to Mr and Mrs Clair Winkle from Camp Claiborne describing packages received and meals enjoyed noting rumors about illnesses back home and noting restrictions. He recounts training including coded messages for airplanes and an observation plane crash nearby. He mentions friends Stott and Sponberg visiting and delivering a jeep ride while reflecting on church attendance and chaplain talks.
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Clair Winkle
Wallace
Camp Claiborne
Stott
Wyatt Stott
iSponberg
Harry ‘Sponberg
Algona
Mason
Marty
Clair Wolfe
Here
Sponberg
Amateur Program Held at Wesley Friday Evening
About 600 people attended the seventh annual amateur program at the Wesley auditorium Friday night. John Hutchinson substituted as master of ceremonies for Guy M. Butts who was hospitalized with erysipelas. Kirschbaum sisters Maxine and Loretta won first prize. Cooper quartette of Algona won second prize and Mary Janice McWhorter of Burt took third.
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Wesley
John Hutchinson
Guy M. Butts
Mr. Butts
Kossuth Hospital
Kirschbaum
Maxine
Loretta
Cooper
Jack
Harold
Doris
Florence Cooper
Algona
Mary Janice McWhorter
Burt
Weather and Rural Roads Slash Hobby Show Crowds
Heavy rains and poor rural roads reduced attendance at the Kossuth county hobby show in Algona. The event drew 68 exhibitors and about 350 registered in the afternoon, hosted by the County Federation of Women's Clubs with county president Mrs. H. Be Woodward of Whittemore.
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Algona
Kossuth
County Federation of Woman's Clubs
H. Be, Woodward
Whittemore
Insane man captured after seven hour running gun battle
John Lynch, 24, son of Mr and Mrs Don H Lynch of near Fenton, was captured by Kossuth and Ames police five miles north of Ames after a seven hour running gun battle following car thefts. He, diagnosed with dementia praecox, was returned to Algona for insanity commission hearings and moved to Cherokee that afternoon. He drew a .22 at Mrs Francis Foley, prompting the pursuit from Algona along highways to Garner and Blairsburg before exchanging vehicles.
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John Lynch
Don ‘H. Lynch
Fenton
Kossuth
Ames
Lynch
Algona
Cherokee
Detman Neilsen
Francis Foley
R.W. Lindhorst
Garner
Blairsburg
Neilson
R. J. Laughlin
Chevrolet
Geo. Jorgenson
iOfficers
Jewell
Toll Health
Great Picture Coming The Land of Liberty at Tyke Theatre
A showing of The Land of Liberty at the Tyke Theatre Tuesday afternoon and evening April 2p earns high praise for its scope and continuity. The DeMille film features many famous names, with opening and closing sequences described as beautiful and thrilling. The Titanical Woman's Club endorses the picture after viewing it through Mr Bartlett's courtesy.
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Land of Liberty
Tyke Theatre
DeMille
Bartlett
Titanical Woman's Club
Draftees to Be Called for April and May Contingents
Edward Farrow, 29, Bancroft is the only new volunteer on the Selective Service list. The Kossuth board has received 11th and 12th calls for 19 men each. Induction for the 11th call is set for April 30 and for the 12th on May 6. Volunteers have not kept pace, so drafts are expected for both calls. College student examinations will be conducted locally by college doctors, with results certified to the board. Reclassification of Class TIA deferments will begin the first week in May, shifting many to 1-A as six month deferments expire.
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Algona
Edward Farrow
Bancroft
Kossuth Board
Kossuth Board Sets Road Letting Date For 32 Miles
The Kossuth board of supervisors will receive bids at 2 p m May 5 for grading and incidental work on 32 miles of local county roads, involving 224000 cubic yards of earth excavation.
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Kossuth Board of Supervisors
Weddings Bring Joy Across Several Iowa Communities
A series of weddings in April bonds families in Emmetsburg Wesley and surrounding towns. Grace Smidt and Floyd Huisman wed in Ramsey Reformed church with small family ceremony followed by a luncheon. Ida Mae McGregor and Clifford McGregor married at Armstrong in a living room ceremony attended by immediate family. Dorothy Ann Youngwirth and Julius Becker united in St Joseph church with a nuptial high mass and a farm reception near Wesley.
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Geo. Eden
Ida Mae
Clifford McGregor
Fred McGregor
Armstrong
W. L. Patterson
Mrs Margaret Nickey Weds Edward Eckerman at St Josephs
Mrs Margaret Nickey oldest daughter of Mrs Mary Otis married Edward Eckerman of Early Iowa Monday morning at St Josephs Catholic Church. Rev E L DeBusschere officiated high mass. Attendants were Miss Gertrude Otis and Joseph Mosenhauer. The bride wore a beige suit with green accessories and Jonathan roses. The bridesmaid wore dusty rose dress with black accessories. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s sister Mrs F J Hauptman home for forty relatives and friends. Attending from a distance were Father E L DeBusschere Elmer Eckerman Mr and Mrs S P Beckerman and Katherine Eckerman.
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Jonathan Roses
Dusty Rose
F. J. Hauptman
Father BE. Il. DeBusschere
Elmer Eckerman
P. Beckerman
All ‘Clarly
Katherine Eckerman
Bride-to-Be Showered Last Sunday Afternoon
A large group of friends and relatives attended a miscellaneous shower for Dorothy Youngworth Sunday afternoon. Bridge and 500 were played. Mrs. Leonard Arndorfer and Mrs. Matt Kirsey of Bode won high score prizes. Dorothy received many useful gifts for her new home. A lunch was served at the close of the event. Dorothy Youngwirth married Julius Becker of Bode Tuesday morning.
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Whsloy
Dorothy Youngworth
Leonard Arndorfer
Matt Kirsey
Bode
Dorothy
Miss Youngwirth
Julius Becker
Nemmers manslaughter trial ends with plea and stay
In Algona Kossuth district court Raymond Nemmers 19 Ledyard faced manslaughter charges tied to a February auto crash near Bancroft that killed Virgil Guest and left a passenger dead by their own action. The judge suppressed a blood test as evidence due to lack of consent and improper timing. Nemmers pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and received a one year jail term plus costs. the manslaughter charge was suspended on good behavior with parole set and bond at 2500. Additional fines were imposed on embargo and other traffic counts. Several other cases and probate matters were listed in the session.
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Algona
Raymond Nemmers
Ledyard
Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Nemmers
J. ©.Lynch
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
Kossuth
Bancroft
Virgil Guest
Reuben Green
Matt Fisch
Grand Jury
Justice Ostwinkle
Fisch
Della Welter
Maurice C
McMahon
Brady Transfer Company
Fort Dodge
C. H. Ostwinkle
Kennedy &Parsons Company of
Lars Skaar
Wally Johnson
Bode
H. M. Smith
Edward Hinz
Laverne
Hinz
Hudson
Luverne
R. W. Dimler
Fruehaus Trailer Company
Paul Palmer
Oscar E. Oslund
Frederick W. Laurenz
Mike Simon
Palo Alto County
Kossuth Champs Honored By Visit Of Holstein Team
About seventy five men and boys attended a banquet at the Methodist dining room on Tuesday evening honoring Kossuth county basketball champions for 1941. Ti tonka’s team won the title for the first time, with Holstein’s Van Citters five stars as guests. The visitors, who placed second in the state tournament, were warmly welcomed and praised by Supt Hoon, Coaches Van Citters and Caskey, and toastmaster J L Miller. Clarence Loats sang, Phyllie Dougan performed, and A B Lauritzen offered an inspiring talk. The Titonka Lions Club and committee organized the event with broad community support.
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Methodist
Kossuth County
Titonka
van Citters
Holsteim
J. L. Miller
Supt.Hoon
Caskey
Clarence Loats
Phyllie Dougan
A. BE. Lauritzen
Titonka Liong Club
Federated Clubs Meet Here Next Tuesday
Federated Women's Clubs of the county plan a meeting in Titonka on Tuesday April 29. Hostess clubs include Titonka Woman's Club Burt Woman's Club Dean Women's Club Plum Creek Woman's Club and Union Mothers and Daughters' Club. Events begin 11 a m at the Methodist church with luncheon at noon served by the Women's Society of Christian Service. Officer elections follow and a 1 30 p m program features talks by Mrs C H Tompkins Mrs Kermit Larson and Mrs Odvin Hagen, plus music by local groups and soloists.
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Federated Woman's Clubs
Titonka
Burt ‘Woman's Club
Dean Woman’s ‘Club
Plum ‘Creek
Union Mothers’ and Daughters’ Club
Methodist
Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. H. Tompkins
Garner
Kermit Larson
Mason City
Odvin Hagen
Forest City
Europe
Scandinavian
Clarence Loats
Miss Dugan
Funeral Services Held for Former Woden Girl
Funeral services for Mrs Clark Thompson were held Tuesday at the Norwegian Lutheran church near Woden with Rev. C. H. Peterson officiating. She died Saturday at Alliance Nebraska after giving birth to a son. She had lived in the area most of her life before moving to Nebraska. She was Hanice Hanna before marriage and is survived by her husband a six year old son and an infant son her father Oleo Hanna two sisters Mrs Dan Lemme and Mrs George Dickinson of Indianapolis and two brothers Gilman and Clarence. Her mother preceded her in death. Burial was in the Norwegian Lutheran church cemetery.
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Oleo. Hanna
Dan ‘Lemme
Mrs. Peter Skow of Wesley 89 Years Old
Mrs. Peter Skow of Wesley celebrated her 89th birthday with Rev and Mrs Johnson and many old friends calling in the afternoon. Mrs Paulson served lunch, and Mrs Skow received a card shower and numerous floral gifts from friends.
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Peter Skow
Wesley
Johnson
Paulson
Skow
Wesley Temporary Priest Takes Church in Canada
Father De Bussere left Wednesday morning for the parish in Saskatchewan Canada. He had been filling the pulpit at St. Joseph's Catholic church since Father Wagener departed for Dubuque weeks ago. No permanent appointment has been announced.
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Iwislbey
Father de ‘Busschere
Saskatchewan
Canada
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
A. J. Wagener
Dubuque Geveral
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Evelyn Sachau
Greta Sloper
Helen Falk
Marjorie Mechler
Lydia Dreesman
Beverly Adamson
Arlene Hansen
Junior News
Tyvanhoe
Wallace Winkie
Board of Supervisors
Grace Smidt
Warner M. Smidt
Floyd V. Huisman
William Huisman
Ramsey Reformed Church
Calvin Schnucker
Clara Aukes
John Smith
Warner Smith Jr
Marjorie Huisman
Mendelssohn
Richard Gray
Margreta Cordes
Katie Beenken
Emmetsburg
Russell Mullin
Storm Lake
Chas. Albright
Mathilda Schwiderski
Humboldt
Andy Kietz
Manson
Fred Stunt
John McGinty
Schultz
Sac City
Gladys Sears
Eckerman
Chicago
McGregor
Eden
Donald Ortman
Ortman
Titonka High School
Armstrong ‘High School
Mrs. McGregor
Dorothy Ann Youngwirth
John Youngwirth
Julius ‘Edward Becker
John Becker
Bede
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
E .L. de Busschere
Lawrence Youngwirth
Viola Klein
Alf Studer
Tihelma Oppedahl
John Stein
Richard Ferstland
St. Benedict
John Youngwirth Sr
Leo
Joe Youngwirth
Frank Youngwirth
Otto Youngwirth
Marie Origer
Ardella Hauptmann
Corwith
Albert Kramer
Ayrshire
Arthur Platte
St. Joe
Geraldine Henley
Curlew
Emily Radil
Mrs. Glifford McGregor
Kossuth District and Justice Court
Holstein
TUES
Woden
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