Local Church Schedules and Friday Softball Games
Community church listings show Grace Baptist Ramsey Reformed Titonka Doan and Presbyterian services with times for Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Service and midweek events. A series of softball games from August 9 to 16 pits Ramsey Britt Christian Reformed Methodist Good Hope Doan Immanuel Corwith and others against each team.
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Grace Baptist Church
Ramsey Reformed Church
William Kroon
Immanuel Lutheran Church Services and Event Schedule
Immanuel Lutheran led by Pastor A. Diers invites worship at 10:00 a.m. with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9:00 a.m. Upcoming events include softball at Woden on August 13 and district conventions in Wartburg College, Waverly and Minneapolis.
Woden High School Alumni Meet 25th Anniversary
Woden High School marked its 25th anniversary with an August 4 alumni gathering at the school building drawing 131 attendees. Officers elected for the coming year were President Mrs. Jacob Theiben Vice President Ralph Anderson of Britt Secretary Mrs. Howard Fredrickson Treasurer Mrs. Mark Tweet. A 1958 reunion was set for the first Sunday in August. The first three graduates attended: Mrs. Gordon Volding Britt Mrs. Willard Moeler Marshalltown and Mrs. Ted Bodé Ceylon. From 1932 to 1957 the school produced 308 graduates with eight deceased. The district noted five superintendents Merwin Zwald Ted Bode Julius Johnson Frank Truesdell and J. R. Tisdale.
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Woden High School
Woden
Jacob Theiben
Ralph Anderson
Britt
Howard Fredrickson
Mark Tweet
Julius Johnson
Frank Truesdell
J. R. Tisdale
Good Hope Lutheran Announces Summer Church Activities
Pastor B. H. Schwerin invites change of pace with a full church week. Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. worship at 10:00 a.m. Brotherhood picnic at John Welhousen farm on Thursday August 8. Junior Choir rehearsal Saturday August 10. Clothing and school supplies drive for Lutheran Children's Home in Waverly closes August 13. Women's Missionary convention at Waverly follows. Softball games Good Hope vs Methodist at 8:00 p.m. Doan vs Immanuel at 9:10 p.m.
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Good Hope Lutheran B. H. Schwerin
Brotherhood
John Welhousen Farm
Waverly
Good Hope
Methodist
Doan
Immanuel
Not Present September Draw Will Be $4.00
The September drawing will be four dollars since she was not present. Pin inspection occurred with thirteen members wearing pins. The President named year chairmen for multiple committees including Rehabilitation Lena Rieken and Publicity Mae Tweet among others. May Tweet served as Publicity Chair.
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Lena Rieken
Mary Hart
Poppy
Dora Pihl
Mae Tweet
Louise Smith
Marjorie Beye
Pearl Smith
Martha Larson
LaVon Brown
Frieda Larson
Florence Kuder
Mandella Ellefson
Georgia Harrington
Martha Theiben
Neema Isebrand
Elnora Devine
Elsie Helm
Mildred Fredrickson
Reding family reunion and regional visit notes count in Iowa
The column lists multiple social visits and travels across towns in Iowa and nearby states. Attendees include the Reding family from Algona and nearby communities. visits feature Britt Mankato Mason City St Ansgar Lima Des Moines and Black Hills Yellowstone trip by the Smiths and others.
Vacation Visit Notes in Colorado Region
Tuesday morning on a vacation trip to Colorado Arlys Rittenhouse of Fort Dodge spent Tuesday night and Wednesday at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs Dale Rittenhouse Mrs Sam Smith has been spending the past week at the home of her daughter Mrs Fred Gerdes and family
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Reding
Bernard Devine
Algona
LaVerne
St. Joe
Ottosen
Good Thunder
Minn
George Senne
J. R. McNeese
Britt
Basin
Wyoming
Gary
Nancy McNeese
Hans Smith
Dianne Gerdes
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Elmer Hunt
Cali
Fornia
Cameron Christensen
Iowa
Paul Christensen
J. M. Strong
Rushville
Nebraska
Charles Kruse
Akron
John Greenfield
Strong
Pennsylvania
Joe Kramer
Gien Thompson
Mankato
Ed Riggins
Mason City
Ernest Giesking
J. C. Helm
LaVerne Smith
Lima
Ohio
Des Moines
Sharon Helm
Dale Rittenhouse
Joan Rittenhouse
Irwin Hayenga
St. Ansgar
John Quinn
Colorado
Arlys Rittenhouse
Fort Dodge
Sam Smith
Fred Gerdes
Senate Opposes Desert Land Irrigation Bill
The speaker rails against H R 3753, a House backed bill to loan funds for desert land irrigation. He argues soil bank aims to retire land from farming, while irrigation would open arid West for future growth, stressing water scarcity and no tax cost in current idle land.
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Senate
House
Midwest
Soil Bank
Proposals for water supply and farm costs in 1957 session
The discussion highlights long range water provisions, notably the San Angelo Federal Reclamation Project with a ten year irrigation moratorium. It notes rising farm costs from labor transport and materials and a shift toward single-crop forward contracts. It also covers hearings on the Financial Institutions Act of 1957 with Fed chairman William McC. Martin testifying.
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San Angelo Federal
San Angelo
Rules
Kansas
Willian McC. Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Interrogation Today On Currency Controller Ray Manaw Ava
By order of committee the session proceeds today to conclude questions with Mr Ray Manaw Ava, Controller of the Currency. The hearing involves remarks by Vimy Merwin Coad and a statement from the congressman.
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Ray Manaw
Open Letter from Elmore Music Mother
A letter from an Elmore resident thanks Titonka Iowa for hospitality at a Tuesday Indian Day parade. She notes very hot noon heat, the Titonka Saddle Club providing hot dogs and cold pop to visiting band members, and asks Titonka to send a big thank you from the boys and girls.
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Titonka Saddle Club
Titonka Locals Celebrate Sever Pannkuk’s 85th Birthday
Sever Pannkuk enjoyed an early birthday gathering at his home on Sunday with relatives and friends including August and Jane Pannkuk, Herman Pannkuk of Minneapolis, Morris and Richard Isebrand families, and Senus Isebrand. A pot luck dinner marked Sever’s 85th birthday, observed Wednesday, August 7. Nearby, Pastor August Post and family joined Long Prairie visitors for Monday supper at the Huisman home. Weekend guests Harold Crouse of Des Moines greeted L W Nath and family, while Clarence Akkerman and family visited Verle Nelson Tuesday evening.
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Sever Pannkuk
August Pannkuk
Jane
Herman Pannkuk
Minneapolis
Wally.Pannkuk
James
Omaha
Nebraska
Morris Isebrand
Richard Isebrand
Senus Isebrand
Sever
August Post
Long Prairie
Minnesota
William Huisman
Harold Crouse
Des Moines
L. W. Nath
Clarence Akkerman
Verle Nelson
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Titonka-Doan
Max E. Goldman
Titonka
Ramsey
Christian Reformed
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Dean M. Y. F
Corwith
First Bible Presbyterian Church
Robert. A. Wildeman
Immanuel Lutheran Hi
Dean
Women’s Mission Federation
Wartburg College
Lutheran World Federation
Minneapolis Auditorium
Woden News
Bingham Boosters
Martha Gerdes
Donna Eden
Jean Meyer
Emily Finch
Bonnie Streeter
LaVonne Meyer
Robert Smith
Robert Huisinga
Call Park
Algona Pool
Robert Smidt
Verne Brunsen
Woden Unit
American Legions Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Irma Tindall
Della Conradi
Bird
John Junker
James Neilson
Mina ‘Bird
Crystal Lake
Darlene Valley
May
Frigidaire
Wayne
Isebrand
Titonka, Iowa
Merwin Coad
Elmore
Elmore Music
Tyke Theatre
IN Technicolor
Bulk
P Gas
Home Comfort
Bex
Thermogas
CY Press
Intermill’s
California
Bartlett Pears
Frozen Foods
Essex
Marshall Pork & Beans
Diamond
Nabisco
OREO
Fridgidaire
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