Local Happenings Around Titonka and Surroundings
Titonka community notes a flurry of visits and gatherings. Frank and Ma Bleich hosted guests at Ward home. Mrs. Lou Hila Brook visited Frank Clark in Atkinson. Rev F Snuttjer’s family took a three week vacation. Donna Beenken recovers from diphtheria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrr
Frank Bleich
Daughtara
Ward
Lou Hila Brook
Atkinson
Nebr
Frank Clark
F. Snuttjer
Donna Beenken
John Beenken
Herman Wirtjes
Walter Peterson
Fairmont
Iona
Violet
Algona
Frank Butts
Mary Ooesterfeicher
Chicago
Mrs. Coyle
Alice Sartor
Judy Coyle
Dr. Sartor
Gartner
Jim Hanson
Nevada
Hanson
Bertha Callies
Dayle S. Craven
Patty
Portland
Oregon
Vera Johnson
Daisy McElvenny
Waterloo
Craven
Vera
George Johnson
McElvenny
Daisy Craven
Des Moines
W. L. Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Patterson
Robert Clemans
Mitchell
EH. N. Clemans
Joe Morrow
Town Council Proceedings August 7 1944
The Town Council met August 7 at the French br. Co. Office with Mayor French, Clerk Reaser and councilmen Schutter Swan Hagen Sat hoff present. Minutes and treasurer report approved. Bills approved totaling 288.72 for telephone gas oil rent electricity and other items. Mrs. Wm. A. Schram named library board secretary. 1944 budget adopted as printed in the Topic July 13 1944. Meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Br. Co
French
Reaser
Schutter
Swan
Hagen
Sathoff
Sathoif
Titonka Telephone Co
B. A. Pannkuk
Wm. H. Stott
Iowa
Titonka Topic
VT Ocg
Wm. A. Schram
Sec
Library Board
Jay Budlong
Sathofft
Florence
Titonka and Dean Methodist Churches Cancel Sunday Services
Rev. W L Patterson reports no services at Titonka or Dean Methodist churches on Sunday August 18 and 20. Communion may be held this Sunday. Choir meets Saturday at 8 30 p m. Women’s Missionary Society gathers next Wednesday August 16 with Africa as Outlook topic. Holy Communion at 10 15 a m and Sunday School at 9 16 a m at Good Hope Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
Outlook
Africa
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred
Mardorf
Portland social notes and wartime curiosities in brief
Sunday dinner guests spill from Bartletts, Waltmans, Kruegers and others at several homes near Fenton Whittemore Forest City Titonia and Waterloo. A B-24 loss souvenir handkerchief with crew names is found after oats harvest. Local club plans a shower for fire victim Tony Tandl. A soot covered squirrel frightens Mrs Freese, mistaken for a black animal in basement. Lt Harold Presthus listed among crew on the parachute handkerchief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Nelson
Mabel McCall
Bill Dayton
Waterloo
Chas. Kushiik
Forest City
Mary Michaelson
Titonia
Harold
Taft
Mickey
Harvey Graham Sr
Warren
Graham Bros
Glenda McColley
Calvin Bristow
Henry Smith
Harold Presthus
Hans Presthus
The
Smiths
Maymie Spiecher
Harvey Graham
Ronald Elvidge
Elvidge
Portland Progress Club
Will Grover
Clifford Ringsdorf
Howard Sparks
Vernon Acai Sen
Tony Tandl
Henry Freese
London
Immanuel Lutheran Service Schedule Nearby
Immanuel Lutheran, four miles east and one mile north of Titenka, presents Rev. Wm. Plant as pastor with English service at 10 30 a m after an 8 30 a m German service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran
Titenka
Wm. Plant
Paater
Local Family Visits and Moves Highlight Wesley Notes
Wesley area social items report visits by Mr. and Mrs. Hirnest Sheets and children from Omaha to Mrs. Annie Reno, and numerous travel updates including L H Klempeter from Chicago and Miss Ann Richter returning to Philadelphia. The St Joseph’s bazaar is planned for August 13, while several families relocate houses and move into new homes around Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirnest Sheets
Omaha
Annie Reno
L. H. Klempeter
Chicago
George Kelch
Kanawha
Alf
Studer
R. B. Hopkins
Algona
California
Evroul Toebig
Jackie Worsley
Ventura
Oliver Young
Ann Richter
Mary Dilen Gary
Philadelphia
Miss Richter
John Richter
Mary Lou Haverly
Oscar Monson
Mason City
Mr. Monson
Wilfred Loebiga
Kennedy
Supt, Mullin
Mullins
Marcos
John Kellners
Jim Silbaughs
Curtis Banskins
Oliver
John Bauer
Camp Roberts
Calif
R. C. Bauer
Ben Matern
Sunday Visits and Local Socials Highlight Community News
A flurry of Sunday gatherings links Thornton families with Mrs Elizabeth Matern Mrs Leo West and Mrs Catherine Downs visiting Tony Mildman and other relatives. Local sports saw Wealey Tigers lose 3 0 to Whittemore, with next week’s home game against Ventura. Numerous guests traveled from Duncan St James Algona Mason City Chicago and Des Moines to visit relatives, attend baptisms and celebrate births while the American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs J T Meurer hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Elizabeth Matern
Leo West
Juliug Seiler
Wallace Donavan
Frank Johnson
Edwin Johnson
St. Jamen
Minn
Will Hrubes
Duncan
R. C. Bauer
R. K. Richardson
Minnesota
Charles Kraua
St. Paul
Harold Brooke
Brookes
Linda Kay
American Legion Auxiliary
J. T. Meurer
Wands. Sherman
Algona
Mary Jane Studer
Lois Hildman
Mason City
Tony Hild
Mana
al Richtsmeier
Alf Hildman
Sammin
Texas
Tillie Hildman
Des Moines
Pvt
Hildman
Baltimore
Will Grove
Roscoe
Calif
Hattie Price
Price
Cpl
Gayle Studer
Camp Ord
J. L. Studer
Johanna Hansen
Laura
Hansen
Ed Otis
St. Joseph's Church
Margaret Mary
Francis Hauptman
Ed Dusold
Peter Alnes
Bricelyn
Sam Alne Homie
Tom McMahon
H. H. Raneys
Clear Lake
Woden news highlights church services and community events
The Woden area reports Sunday and midweek church activities at John Lutheran Woden and Methodist churches, including no Sunday service on Aug 20 and a 10 30 a m service. Mrs Joe Anderson returns from a Fort Ord trip while families hear news from Rev Buckwalter and Rev Maberry. Dressings volunteers tally 637 four by eight sheets with more needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Anderson
Sgt
Harold Anderson
Fort Ord
California
Seattle
Washington
Charles Buckwalter
Rolfe
Methodist Church
David
Herman Markworth
Clear Lake
Herman Buns
A.T. Maberry
Okoboji
Jon McGurk
Britt
Fritz Gerdes
Betty
Barbara
Gerden
Ernest
Robert Nyman
Lutheran Aid
Herman Bung
Local social notes and visits across Algona area
Last Thursday brothers Jake Schlenger and family attended the Methodist Woman's Society in the church parlors. Lou Baumann, after a tonsil operation at Dolmage hospital Buffalo Center, returned home much improved. Cpl. Stanley F. Valley, Van Nuys, California, was released from Birmingham General Hospital after three weeks with a ruptured eardrum. Sylvester Hoff family moved to Woden. Ted Bode and Marilyn visited from Ceylon. Several local families hosted guests at the William Wood home and Park Algona gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Schlenger
A. O. Milbrandt
Methodist Woman's Society
Lou Baumann
Dolmage Hospital
Buffalo Center
Cpl
Stanley F. Valley
van Nuys
Calif
Birmingham General Hospital
Sylvester Hoff
Woden Sant
Titonka
Leon Gilner
Forest City
William Wood
Hi-Lo Bridge Club
Call Park
Algona Sea- Gay
Ben Atzen
Albert City
Leona Atzen
Barbara
Ted Bode
Marilyn
Ceylon
Minn
J. Fy ‘Johnson
Robert
Rockwell
Wayne Naser
Britt
Alvin Hanna
Thompson
Wiliam ‘Wood
William Phillips
Dale Rittenhouse
Seaveay
Joan
Arlys
Mason City
Clear Lake
Estella Ludeking
Charles Valley
Herbert Hanson
Ronald
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Meads
Gale
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Happy” Peterson
Alfred Schenck
Clair Heifner
Lou Heifner
Lou Heifners
Teillsworth
Gracie
Clair Heifners
Andrew Janssen
E. A. Wortman
Thomas Lants
Ben Pannhuk
Garner
Telko Stecker
George Eden
George Jr
Elmore
Burt
Swea
George Hava
Ireland
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Gertie Sonnenberg
Bert Gruss
Thia
Gruss
Maurice Hansen
Hampton
Titania
Hess
Clara Duffenbaugh
Frank Hagen
Charles Hagen
Titonka Lions Club
Meindert Ullman
Ray Hansen
Herman Tapper
Harold Miller
FY. G. Eliott
Norris Keil
Clear Lake Cottage
Seaver Pannkuk
John Pannkuk
Guy Giddings
Clifford
Mary Lou Pannkuk
Herman Pannkuk
Pannkuk
Henry Huisinga
Senus Isebrand
Seaver
Morris Isebrand
Darrell
Delores Franzen
Russell Gilberts
John
Alice
Ronald Cordes
Ralph Cordes
Smith’s
Titanka
Algona, Iowa
Bosco
K. C
Callies Bros Store
Council Proceedings
Portland News
Gertrude
Bob
Heiko Boekleman
Paul Krueger
Marie
Laurence
Rev
Wesley News
Intermill’s Store
Titonka, Iowa
Maxwell House Coffee
Kix
Bran Fuakes
Jake
van Camp
Peters Shoes
BIG Smith
Woden News
John Lutheran
Woden
H. J. Knoploh
Ladies Aid
Bonacker
SAT
Monarch
Sweethehart
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