Local School Weekly Activities Read and Record
School notes recount a week of classroom progress across grades. Kindergarten reports visitors and perfect attendance by Janet Bahling with several absent students noted. First grade covers reading, math facts, spelling, poetry, and sound families. Second and fourth grades list spelling A honors, art projects, picture taking, PTA preparations, and science displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bahlinng
Sarah Brandt
Watuben
Suzette
Cora Doughan
Ardith Eden Barbara Lea
Brenda Wood
Janet Bahling
Chevys
George B
Lois
Jeffrey
Deloris
George Rea
Decris
Carolyn
Loraine
Dickie
Margaret Ellenathy
Karry
Pam
Denis
Larry
Betty Ann
Linda
Very
Claude
Ronald
Gary
Ardith
Kenny C
Jadley
Sylvia
Sandra
Verna
Beverly
Kenny H
Clarence H
Jith
Lenora
Brent
Bruce
Ali
Leslie
Margaret
David
Doug
Bobby
Pew
Judy
Terry Kingsdorf
Harlan Hanna
Jimmy
Lee
pWo
Fairy Land
Prairie Pals 4-H Meet Discusses Rally Day Plans
Prairie Pals 4 H girls met April 22 at Richard Smith home with 18 members answering roll call. Marilyn Reeder spoke on wall paper and paint cleaner, Ardry Haverly on board sleep units and shoe care, Virginia Studer on planning a good dressing unit, Carol Elbert demonstrated table setting, and Mrs. Gilbert Hall explained the Praying Hands picture. Plans for Rally Day were discussed. next meeting is a Mothers Day tea May 13 at August Studer home hosted by Mary Kay Smith and Sandra Flom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Prairie Pals
Richard Smith
Marilyn Reeder
Ardry Haverly
Virginia Studer
Carol Elbert
Gilbert Hall
Immanuel Lutheran Announces Services and Activities
Immanuel Lutheran led by Pastor William Planz lists Divine Services at 10, Sunday School and Bible Class at 9. Choir rehearsal Friday at 3, Saturday confirmation class Thursday May 4, Ladies aid and Mission Society at 1 30, Brotherhood at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elier
Ladies Aid and Mission Society
Brotherhood
Runaway Horse Team Tramples Care in Iowa Farm Incident
Burton Hansen of half way to Wesley on old 226 had a runaway with a team of horses near his farm. The horses bolted after one slipped its shoe, dragging the wagon. Hansen jumped out, injured his back, and received first aid before hospitalization at Park hospital in Mason City. Julius Hansen moved the team to pasture. The story reflects an everyday event now unusual in modern news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Hansen
Burton
Wesley
Old 226
Park Hospital
Mason City
Julius
Titania High School Achieves Top Ratings in State Music Contest
Titania High School units compete in the state spring music contest at Arnolds Park with the Glee Club performing The Spirit Flower and The Happy Song and the Band playing Fidelity Aurora and Rosmarin. Both groups earn one Division I and two Division II ratings. Joan Johnson, a recent Division I soloist at sub-state, wins Division I in a Storm Lake pre-state solo test with Villanelle The Swallow, noted for its wide vocal range and virtuosic passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titania High School
Arnolds Park
Glee Club
Fidelity
Cperatures
Aurora
Storm Lake
Joan
Iva Dell Acqua
Ramsey Reformeds Sunday Schedule and Evening Sermon Series
A. Roskamp leads at 9:30 am Sunday School and Bible Classes, 10:30 am Morning Worship, and 7:30 pm Evening Worship with Sermon The Psalm of the Good Man, first in a Seven Great Psalms series. Friday 8 pm Prayer service, Wednesday 1:30 pm Ladies Aid. other weekly meetings per schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Reformed A. Roskamp
Geynon
Union Slough set for park with bath house and recreation
At Bancroft Monday a development plan for Union Slough as a park with a bathing pool fishing and recreation area was outlined. Funds from the federal government will buy materials and volunteers from Algona Burt Lakota Titonka Bancroft will clear brush plant trees and landscape the site under Milford Smith supervision. Joe Lowe shared federal program details and showed nature films while urging immediate local help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Slough
Bancraft
Algona
Buri
Lakota
Titonka
Bancroft
Milford Smith
Burt
Joe Lowe
Union Slough Reserve
Washington
Mir
Lowe
Will Day
Missori River
Sioux City
Minnesota
Canada
Mr. Smith
Old Union Slough
Good Hope Lutheran A Mardorf Pastor Announces Services
Confirmation and Holy Communion will be celebrated this Sunday at Good Hope Lutheran Church. Birthday offering at Sunday School and Luther League meeting honor newly confirmed. Pot luck supper at 6 30 with topic leaders James Fritz and Joan Johnson. Entertainment by Richart Olson Herbert Tiaden and Sylvester Van Hove. Choir rehearsal Wednesday. Town District Broadcast on KXML 1540 Saturday morning May 6 at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
James Fritz
Joan Johnson
Richart Olson
Herbert Tiaden
Sylvester van Hove
Church Council
North Central Women's Missionary Crows Meeting
Coryith
Ladies Aid
Chris Brandt
Harley Brandt
Reinder Krominga
Virgil Miller
Brotherhed
Edward Boyken
Herbert Rakow
Edward Sathofif
KXML
Our Church
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kossuth County Last Week
Four couples received marriage licenses in Kossuth county last week. Vernon W N Bormann of Whittemore wed Zita Marie Fandel of Algona, Willian Edward Healey wed Cynthia Catherine Striet of Chicago, Paul W Kisth wed Betty Hentges of Algona, and Harold Kunze wed Phillis Bell of Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Vernon WN
Bormann
Whittemore
Zita
Marie Fandel
Algona
Willian Edward Healey
Cynthia Catherine Striet
Chicago
Paul W. Kisth
Betty Hentges
Harold Kunze
Phillis Bell
Relax Kent on Gum Chewing and Cigarette Origins
A KGLO on the street column asks readers for the most disagreeable habit seen in others. Gum chewing tops the list, with fingernail biting and cigarette smoking noted. The piece recalls prewar Iowa cigarette illegality, bootlegging, and postwar legal sales shaping modern smoking habits.
Junior Senior Banquet Celebrated With Themed Program
Students and guests gathered at Sea View Terrace on April 20 for the Junior Senior banquet. The event featured speeches, musical performances by the Senior Sextette, and a later alumni dance on the terrace with Denny's Trio providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea View Terrace
Th.s
Larry Boyken
Helen Roskamp
Larry
Castor
Hanselmann
Metcalf
Shirley Goetz
Stafford
Joan Johnson
Mary Ann Nordman
Burdine Hansen
Greber
Denny's Trio
Titania Woman's Day
Miss Greber
Titonice Woman's Club
Poppy Day Observed With Veteran Made Memorial Poppies
Poppies for Poppy Day May 27 are being crafted by Iowa Soldiers Home veterans under the Auxiliary. Alfred Madsen and Roy Williams lead the effort creating crepe flowers for sale to fund rehabilitation. Volunteers will distribute them in town. proceeds support disabled veterans and veteran children welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Madsen
Roy Williams
Nionica
Mina Miller
Popy
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Flanders Fields
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Irene Peterson
Vera Schwietert
Minnie Oesterreicher
Grace French
Nordman advances to national speech finals in Iowa contest
At the Iowa State Speech Association state finals in Cresco on April 22 Mary Ann Nordman daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Nordman of Titonka earned a superior rating in original oratory and earned a spot in the National Speech finals. Her topic Death Sentence for Our Public addresses highway accidents among ten competitors four supers were awarded. She has not yet been notified of time or place for the national contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Speech Association
Cresco
Mary Ann Nordman
Herman Nordman
Mary Ann
Methodist Church Activities Lead Week’s Schedule
Pastor Donald H. James conducts 11 oclock morning worship with 10 oclock Sunday School. MYP meets Wednesday 7 30 at parsonage. Bible study Thursday 8. Conference WSCS at Webster City Friday 9 45. District Youth Rally at Clarion Sunday. Subdistrict WSCS Livermore May 4. WSCS meeting April 27 2 30 at Mrs Loyal Young home. Membership Training Tuesday 7 15.
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WSCS
Webster City
Clarion
Livermore
Loyal ‘Young
Rosella Friders and Marvin Eichen Wed in Wesley Church
Rosella Friders daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Muljer and Marvin Eichen son of Mr and Mrs Alex Eichen of St Benedict were married Wednesday morning April 19 at St Josephs Catholic church Wesley. The ceremony was a nuptial mass with Rev L N Klein officiating. The couple planned a reception at the groom's home and a wedding dance at the Plantation ballroom. They will live on a farm south of Sexton after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Rosella Friders
Peter Muljer
Marvin Eichen
Alex Eichen
St. Benedict
St. Josephs Catholic Church
L. N. Klein
Ruth Ann Muller
Philip Eichen
Dante
Sexton
Longtime rural letter carrier Lew Heifner's 41 years on route
Lew Heifner, based in Titonka, started rural mail in 1909 and switched to cars by 1917, gradually adopting vehicles after early horse use. He is noted for steady reliability and rarely blocked by bad roads, often repeating routes when others would quit. The piece also includes a public bid notice for Buffalo Township Consolidated School District renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Heifner
Titanka
Lou
Geneva
Buffalo Township
Kossuth
Titonka
Towa
Harold E. Gartner
Board of Education
Consol
Botna man dies after clothing catches fire during debris burn
Marion McConnell died at a hospital hours after receiving third degree burns when his clothing ignited while burning debris in a field. He drove his tractor home a half mile after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion McConnell
Botna
Bartlett Brothers Lose 250 Turkeys to Dogs
Bartlett Brothers suffered 175 dead and 75 injured turkeys after a Friday night or Saturday morning dog attack on their range. The loss, with birds valued at about $3.26 to $3.50 each, may be claimed from the county Domestic Animal Fund, though funds are typically insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett Brothers
Turkey Farm
Lavis Bartlett
Indians lose first two ball games of 1950
The Titanica Indians opened their spring season against Crystal Lake and fell 9-8 after leading 8-0 into the fifth. Kuchenreuther hit a bases loaded home run in the fifth for Crystal Lake. In the showdown at Luverne, Titonka and Ramos each pitched two hitters as Luverne won 3-0. unearned runs followed an error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuchenreuther
Titonka
Crystal Lake
Indians
Luverne
Heimer
Ramos
Laverne
Tauverne
Titonks
Wesley Boy Hurt In Car Crash Near St Josephs
Jimmy Meurer son of Mr and Mrs J T Meurer employed at Louis Simpson farm was injured Sunday morning while en route to mass at St Josephs church. His car went into a ditch near Hans Beenken farm. He walked to the Beenken home and was taken to a local doctor with a cut left elbow several broken front teeth bruises. He is at home recovering and cannot recall the incident. Car badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Jimmy Meurer
J. T. Meurer
Louis Simpson
St Josephs
Hans Beenken Farm
Beenken
Narrow escape for Hat Cable Glen Rounds at Hawarden
Hat Cable Glen Rounds of Hawarden grabbed a live cable that had contacted a high one. His gloves and rubber boots saved his life but one hand suffered severe burns.
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Orla Jane
Jo Ann
Frances
Ell
Peggy
Mary Lou
Betty
One
Gertrude
Georgtin
Rod
Dicky
Richard
Dean
Ross- Craig
Lloyd
Kenneth
Roy Beverly
Marianne
Sharon
Belle
Marilyn
Patty
Julia
Worth
Qrhe
PTA
India
Samal
Lota
Donna
Dawn
Allan
Ronald B
Diane Rly
Wendal
Phyllis S
Vir
A S
Karen
Billie
Jane
Myrna
Joyce W
Per Robby
Harold
Denis Way
Craig
Marian
Nancy
Dave Kent
Maria
Kaye
Perthet
Og. Nis K
Milky Way
Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Planz
Good Hope Lutheran A. Mardorf
Kent
KGLO
Iowa
United States
William Davidson
Brother Goose
The
Dramatics- Co
Burt High School
Mary A. Nordman
Nation
Methodist Church
Donald H. James
Wesley Church
Lew Heifner
Bartlett Bros
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