Ramsey Reformed Church to Mark 50th Anniversary
Ramsey Reformed Church in North Kossuth celebrates its fiftieth anniversary May 6 and 7. Since 1886 organized, services since 1932, with past pastors including Schaefer, Huenemann, Janasen, and Haken. Public services in two languages, Titonka band concert, and a forthcoming history booklet and celebration program details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahve Ramsey
Haken
W. T. Janssen
Synod of the Reformed Church
Illinois
Pacific Coast
Canada
Mexico
Kossuth
Titonka High School
German Township Votes 25000 Bond for Eight New School Houses
The electorate approved a 25000 bond Saturday to fund eight new school buildings in the German township. After sale ads, the board will set bids for the new structures and auction old houses, some over sixty years old. G D Welhousen handles legal matters for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Welhousen
Spelling Prize Winners Include Brink and Metzger
Richard Brink of Laverne placed 3rd in the state spelling contest in Des Moines as Joan Trowbridge of Stuart took 1st and Raymond Metzger of Afton finished 2nd. A tie between Metzger and Brink determined 2nd and 3rd with Brink failing on halcyon while Metzger spelled it correctly. Third prize amount was $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brink
Laverne
John Brink
Des Moines
Joan Trowbridge
Stuart
Raymond Metzger
Afton
Metzger
Brink
Halcyon
Junk Grounds Open Thursday Friday
Citizens may arrange junk removal with Marshall Ricklefs as the junk grounds will be open Thursday and Friday. See him today to schedule removal of all kinds of refuse, cinders, and junk in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Ricklefs
Lutheran Church Notes and Events Mentioned
The Lutheran notes record Lutheran League meetings and committee plans for Titonka on Sunday May 1, with the Ladies Aid listing Mrs. Marve ben, Mrs. Sadie Pannkuk, Mrs. Aguas Stucker. Service at 10, sermon at 9. Rev. Kilian and Rev. Schoenlein attended a conference in Grafton, Iowa, midweek. A new $100,000 Lutheran church was dedicated in Grafton last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Lawkeye Federation
Titonka
My Ladies Aid
Reno Allemany Hestesses
Marve ‘Ben
Sadie Pannkuk
Aguas Stucker
Adolph Kilian
Ne W. Schoenlein
Grafton
Iowa
Dog Licenses Due and Local Notices in Town
Dog license payment is due with city officials listed for payment. Notes on Gertrude Stecker’s minor accidents and recovery. Welcome to Mr and Mrs Beenken moving into Schweppe residence. Casey Loss seeks the Democratic Sheriff nomination in Kossuth County for June primaries. votes requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Ricklefs
Wm. Booken
Casey
Kossuth County
Tuttles Arrive From California For Extended Titonka Visit
Mr and Mrs W Tuttle Pasadena California arrived Thursday for a visit with sister Mrs T D Sietsema and family. They traveled from Crown Point Indiana to Detroit Michigan where they bought a Ford V-8 and drove it to Titonka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
California
T. D. Sietsema
Crown Point
Ind
Sheriff Dahlhauser campaigns for Kossuth County post
Algona sheriff Carl Dahlhauser visited on Thursday to campaign for another term. He notes multiple candidates seek the nomination, and in this race he believes his four years of service justify re election. May the best man win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dahlhauser
Algona
Kossuth
Dahlhauser
Mrs. MecEvoy Seeks Re run for District Clerk Post
Mrs. E B MecEvoy district court clerk visited Titonka on political business tied to her bid for another term. She inherited the office after her husband’s death and, with a capable deputy, has managed the clerkship effectively. Her Democrat nomination is presented as acceptable to county voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. J. MecEvoy
District Court
Titonka
Contractor Opens Offices in Algona Cowan & Son Firm
Algona contractor Cowan and Son have opened an office in the former Iowa State Bank space once occupied by Kruse and Blos som and later by Harry V. Hull, receiver for banks. Hull moved to a smaller room across the hall in the same building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona—Cowan & Son
Iowa State Bank
Kruse & Blossom
Harry V. Hull
Hull
Fort Dodge Presbytery Meets With Algona Delegation
The 80th Fort Dodge Presbytery session ran Tuesday and Wednesday with about forty five churches in the district expected to be represented. Rev. Paul Carlson of Algona will preside as District Moderator. Speakers include Rev. Norman Nygaard and his wife of Des Moines, former missionaries, along with Rev. H. Aten of Burt and Rev. S. M. Gladstone of Lone Rock on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kt. Dodge Presbytery
Algona
Fort Dodge
Presbyterian Church
Paul Carlson
Algona Church
Norman BE
Nygaard
Westminster Church
Des Moines
Corn-Hog Checks Here Soon For 1936 Contracts
The Khossuth County Soil Conservation Association notes transmittal sheets totaling 216000 have been received for first and second payments under 1936 contracts. Checks will arrive soon as the program expands. The record shows the largest farm covered by a worksheet at 1120 acres. Eligibility requires 15 percent of the soil depleting base in soil conserving crops, with performance on all land in the county owned, operated, or controlled by the applicant. Committees may plant corn up to 75 percent of the soil depleting base if farming practice warrants, and unused November compensation checks may be picked up at the county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Khossuth Co. Soil Conservation Association
Doan News Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Marie Buffington of Sheffield hosted weekend visits while Genevieve Christensen stayed with her in town. Families from Doan and nearby areas shared Sunday dinners, theatre outings, and shop trips. The Doan bazaar raised about 83 dollars, and the Buffalo No 9 school children surprised their teacher with a shower. The Dean Womans Club held a Scenic Places in Iowa lesson with a playlet by Mabel Hansen and Mary Young, and guests from Zearing joined a Burt visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Reichhoff
Clarence Christensen
Elmer Mechler
Marie Christensen
Dean Andrews
Rochelle
Henry Mertz
Ottosen
Dale Struthers
Call Theatre
Algona
Rudolph Larson
Margaret
Betty, Dick and
Joan Meyer
Fenton
Andrew Hansen
Ted van Hansens
Loyal Youngs
Melvin Olsons
J. D. Andrews
Ted Hoovers
Bulmer Jaspersons
Clear Lake
J. C. Christensen
Herman Carlson
Want
Buffalo No. 9
Bradford Buffington
Dean Womans Club
Ross Buffington
Iowa
Mabel Hansen
Mary Young
W. W. Carver
Vanetta
Zearing
Alice Buffington
Clifton Carvers
Burt
Clifton Carver
Condit Bowie
State Agents Raid Liquor Joints
A raid on bootleggers in Al gona was staged last Saturday night by a federal agent two state agents Sheriff Dahlhauser and Marshals F W Green and H A Van Alstyne. They arrested Wayne Godden Walter Zentner and Jens Knudsen and had them in the county jail until Monday on charges of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. They had a hearing before Justice P A Dawson and all waived preliminary and were held to the grand jury at the June term. Godden bail set at 1000 others at 1500. This is Godden's first offense Knudsen's second Zentnar's third offense on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Dahlhauser
F. W. Green
H. A. van Alstyne
Wayne Godden
Walter Zentner
Jens Knudsen
P. A. Dawson
Gadden
Knudsen
Zentnar
Organ Recital at Al Goa M. Church May 3
Claude B. Rose organist assisted by Lucile Indra violinist presents a program including Bach D minor organ movements Guilmant Opus, Kreisler caprices, Borowski Adoration and chorales, with arrangements and spirituals by Miller Rose Waegner. Concert features pieces from nature Dripping Spring and Pipes of Pan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Rose
Lucile Indra
Algona M
Bach
Guilmant
Cloktey
Kreisler
de Beroit
Iowa Legionaire Editor to Address Banquet in Forest City
Mr. Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionaire, will speak at the banquet Tuesday evening in Forest City after the Legion and Auxiliary spring conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
The
Iowa Legionaire
Forest City
Legion and Auxiliary
First Grade Notes: Dental Cards and Attendance
Kenneth Blakely and Russell Kromminga were absent Saturday. We aim for perfect attendance and welcome visitors Mrs Pink and Mrs Stockwell. Nine students have signed dental health cards: Richard Downs Mary Jane Bleich Mary Hoon Dean Oesterreicher Carol Heifner Mildred Schutter Keith Stott Clifford Willis Kathryn Gay Dunmire. May campaign items urged. May baskets made in Art. Marietta Norland back after car trouble. Marietta Bruns hoped back soon for perfect attendance. We drew and cut for spring posters and plan a poem book. We review two hundred addition and subtraction facts. Ruby Heifner and Howard Stott completed a 42-item written test. Fourth graders with perfect attendance: Jean Faul Jer aid Heifner Donald Hoff Marlis Wessels Dorothy Wiegand Florence Willis Martyn Bonacker. Third to sixth grades held a house contest. Louis Oasterreicher won first, Richard Kuchenreuther second, Marian Krantz third. Visitors Migs Nelson Mre Carrie Bonacker Janet Prussman. Geography trip described sailing the Rhine toward Holland. fractions being studied. poem Pussy Willows by Maude Wood Henry illustrated with posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Downs
Mary Jane Bleich
Mary Hoon
Dean Oesterreicher
Carol Heifner
Mildred Schutter
Keith Stott
Clifford Willis
Kathryn Gay Dunmire
Marietta Norland
Marietta Bruns
Ruby Heifner
Howard Stott
Jean Faul
Jeraid Heifner
Donald Hoff
Marlis Wessels
Dorothy Wiegand
Florence Willis
Martyn Bonacker
Louis Oasterreicher
Richard Kuchenreuther
Marian Krantz
Marian
Phyllis Falk
Migs Nelson
Mre
Carrie Bonacker
Janet Prussman
Rhine River
Holland
Maude Wood Henry
Mechlers Return From Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs Clarence Mechler came home Friday from a wedding trip visiting eastern Iowa and Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs J C Newville and Vernon Larson accompanied Mr and Mrs Will Newville to Des Moines Sunday and returned the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Mechler
Iowa
Wisconsin
J. C. Newville
Vernon Larson
Will Newville
Des Moines
District Court News in Brief Foreclosures and Divorces list
The district court will not sit until the term begins June 8 with Judge F C G Davidson presiding. New weekly filings include L Franklys and Robert Summers et al for foreclosure, Kohlhaas v Becker landlords attachment, Kohlhaas Bros v Becker Bros account, Ray G Hauenstein vs Alice Hauenstein for divorce, and probate matters for Julia F Brace and Evan Arend with wills filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. CG. Davidson
Immersburg
L. Franklys
Robert Summers
Frank Kohlhaas
P. J. Kohlhaas
W. J
Henry Becker
Kohlhaas
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week
Three marriage licenses were issued this week. Harold A. Haser and Ruth H. Reynolds both of Mankato Minnesota. Peter R. Chubb and Philomena Quinn both of Algona Iowa. Edward Nelson and Agnes B. Anderson both of Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Haser
Ruth H. Reynolds
Mankato, Minn
Peter R. Chubb
Philomena Quinn
Algona
Edward Nelson
Agnes B. Anderson
Minneapolis
Notice of foreclosure and quiet title in Kossuth County Iowa
District Court in Algona Iowa holds a suit by Addie F Gingrich and others against Jessie Smith Minnie He Walt Man Minnie Bliss Moe and Sjo Gren Laird and McCullough Kossuth County and unknown claimants to Lot 22 Auditor's Plat Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter Section 2 Township 95 Range 29 West of the 5th P M seeking foreclosure on a 1928 promissory note for 1600 with interest from 1936 and costs. Plaintiffs request a receiver and quitclaim of all claims. defendants urged to appear by June 8 1936 or default and judgment will follow. option to extend to March 1 1937 per Iowa law. Attorneys VAN NESS & STILLMAN for plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie FF. Gingrich
R. W. Gingrich
Loyal Gingrich
Gingrich
Jessie Smith
Minnie HE
Waltman
Minnie Bliss
MOE
District Court of
Kossuth County
Rum
Robert R. Smith
Mina Smith
L. I. Gingrich
Call’s
Algona
Iowa
Greenberg Erecting New Store in Algona
Workmen excavate the basement for Joe Greenberg’s new double front store north of Elk Cleaners. At the current pace, completion seems near.
Portland People Share Weekend Visits and Local Events
Port land residents appear in many social rounds with visits to Algona Burt and Woden. Names include Bobby Appelgate Lucille Watson Lorraine Lohse Vic Appelgate and families. A local amateur contest winner Dick Brayton from Burt earned a Des Moines trip after a WHO event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Watson
Woden
Wendell
Algona
Lorraine Lohse
Pete Dremel
Hannah Behnke
Louis Bartlett
Vic Appelgate
Potter Home
Henry Nelson
Mason City
Tony Lohses
Evelyn Peck
Forest City
Lou Huber
Bobby
Doris Appelgate
Potter
Katie
Gladys
Gerd Heenken
Marcella Bartlett
Herman Leeck
Chas. Leeck
G. C. Hood
W. Jd. Stewart
D. M. Stewart
Dave Weber
Jess Waltman
Ivan Long
Donald Ringsdort
Art Moore
Wm. Anderson
Carl Watson
Ed, Bartletts
Bernard Phelps
Leroy
Ruth
Swea City
Everett Shipler
Ralph Shipler
Fred Hagen
Geo. Graham
L. H. Bartlett
Tony Lohse
Fred Jennings
Near
Burth
Fred Heenken
Junior
Algong
Portland
Joint
Legion and Auxiliary
Burt
Lauretta Larsen
George
Iowa
Beulah Larsen
Chas Larsen
R. M. Wallace
Marie Grover
Floyd Duncan
Ralph Roberts
Joe Magonigil
Clarion Long
Fred Wittenberg
Tim Clayton
Emmetsburg
Geo. Larsen
Bernice
Goldfield
Richard Brayton
Leo Brayton
Portland Township
WHO
Des Moines
Kossuth County
Burt High School
Honor Roll Entries From Iowa Towns and Dates
A list of honor roll names, towns, and qualifying dates across Iowa towns including Titonka, Algona, Woden, Takota, Buffalo Center, Wesley, and surrounding areas. Entries show individuals with dates ranging from 1937 to 1987, reflecting community recognition over several decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wred CC
Wentz
Titonka
Iowa
John Korte
Towa
Carl Dahlhauser
Algona
J. H. Junker
Woden
Rike
Reinder Johnson
Takota
John Wessels Jr
Buffalo ‘Center
Chris Meyer
Wesley
Will Rode
Also Mentioned on This Page
Center School House
Lutheran Church Notes
Gertrude
Fred Stecker
Martin
Pete Beenken
Familly
Schweppe
Doan News
Marie Buffington
Sheffield
Genevieve Christensen
C. H. Christensen
Tom Youngs
Ernest Peterson
Alvin Andersons
Clarence Christensens
Kenneth Blakely
Russell Kromminga
Mrs. Pink
Mrs. Stockwell
DISTRICT COURT _ NEWS
Portland News
Bobby Appelgate
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