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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1955
Page
4
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A heavy rainfall over Titonka area brings much needed moisture for seeding and drying fields. Neighbors led by Will Miller aided spring work, sharing meals that boosted morale. Local events include visits by Rev Wm Baddeley and family, new home construction by Etta Fahrenholtz, and several farm relocations. A daughter named for Dr. Alvin Meyer of St Louis was born April 24. Community clubs met, discussing desserts and perennials. An Iowa State College study notes antibiotics in chick rations speed growth. Buy it in Titonka.
Immanuel Lutheran WI led by Pastor A. Diers will host worship at 10 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 a.m. On Wednesday at 7 p.m. there is Women’s Chorus, and on Thursday April 28 at 10 a.m. the eleventh annual North Central Group W.M.F. meeting at St. John’s Woden with Rev. Wm. N. Weiss and Miss Erna Adix as speakers. A not luck dinner and BYO table service. Junior Choir Saturday at 8 a.m. Confirmation class Sunday May 1, Hawkeye Luther League Federation Rally at Thornton Lutheran Church starting 2 p.m. with theme Texas Round Up. Clothing and shoes drive for Lutheran World Relief, gifts due in church basement by May 2.
Sunday Services include 9 30 a m Sunday School and Bible Class 10 30 a m Morning Worship and 8 p m Evening Worship The Rev Herman Harmelink of Carmel Iowa will conduct services Weekly activities include Choir rehearsal Wednesday 8 pm and Prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm Interviews as scheduled on Bulletin
Mr. and Mrs. Levant Moore welcomed Virginia Kay, a 7 lb baby girl born Monday evening April 18 at St Ann Hospital. The report lists numerous Sunday and midweek visits by local residents to relatives and friends in surrounding towns and farms, including trips to Ames Boone and Iowa City for events and funerals, with many family connections noted.
Earle Raun of Iowa State College extension entomology urges spraying newly shorn sheep with DDT to rout ticks for up to two to three years, reflecting mid-century agricultural guidance from a state college expert.
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