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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
2
The Titonka Topic weekly newspaper announces mail handling details and subscription rates. It lists a 2.00 yearly advance in Kossuth County and Titonka trade area, 2.80 outside the area, and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries, with a published phone number.
Mrs A C Milbrandt and Mrs John Mathison hosted the WSCS at church parlors. Rev J J Braun of Sumner visited the Milbrandts. Ames figures attended the Lois Weber and Richard Green wedding in Burt. Beverly Bode visited Des Moines. her family drove her home. Presbyterian ice cream social on Main Street. Arlene Tegtmeyer visited sister Frances in Salida Colorado. Ted and Wir Hilders left for Washington state on a two week business trip. Bilyeus visited and hosted at John Buna and Addmily. Woden fire department responded to Oscar Anderson farm barn fire, origin unknown. Joan Rittenhouse to Washington DC for work, with Dale Rittenhouse and Walter Anderson. Catholic ladies guild hosted by Mrs Bernard Devine. George Pommer in Mason City hospital. to return home soon. Dale and Arlys Rittenhouse spent day with Ernest Giesking. Mason City visitors Charles Murr and Rudisill families with Mary Rudisill. John Wood and family plus Eugene Wood visiting Detroit relatives. William Phillips family at Harry Miller home in Laverne. Wilbur Goodfredson home visit at Lake Mills. Local softball lost to Forest City 6–4. Mrs Glen Thompson and children returned from four week stay with Joe Kramer family in Armstrong. William Wood family visited Crystal Lake. dinner with Peck, supper with Leon Gilner in Forest City. Dale Rittenhouse, Joan, Betty Gerdes and Geraldine Gerdes visited Clear Lake Mason City. Rittenhouse stayed with Mason City hosts.
A sports profile traces Joe Hatten from Bancroft Iowa farm youth to Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher. It covers early failures, farm league starts at seventeen, pivotal breaks with the Minneapolis Millers and Crookston, and culminating in a 1946 major league signing after a decade of work. The piece notes his durability, 1942 14 wins season, and the role of baseball in shaping a good American.
Lakota residents and relatives attended a Thaves reunion at Algona fairgrounds while others visited family at cottage gatherings at Clear Lake. Births, travels, and vacations were noted including Jeffrey Arlowe’s arrival and Geraldine Ukena relatives visiting Springfield and Ethica. Neighborly visits and a local death were reported among Steele, Ukena, and Bork families.
A good fireworks display has been secured as the closing feature before the Grandstand on the last evening, August 22. It will be the first fair fireworks since 1941 or before the war and likely the first opportunity many children have to view a quality display.
A vivid harvest diary recalls heat waves, thirst, windmills, milkweed scent, and playful notes on farm life. Interwoven are reflections on gear mishaps, meat leftovers, and a shop basement aquaria moment, ending with a Memorial to Cancer Dead urging August donations to the American Cancer Society and the national goal for 1946-47.
A 12 inch bass leaped into the boat holding a Waukon fishing party on the Mississippi near Walkon Junction. Reverend George Reichert of Bethlehem Church, a party member, confirms the tale. USDA economists forecast a significantly larger cattle slaughter this summer than last year.
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