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Titonka Topic

Location

Titonka, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1958

Page

3

Obituary of Dr. Pierre Sartor in Wesley and Bancroft

Funeral services were held for Dr Pierre Sartor at St Joseph's Church Wesley with interment in Catholic Cemetery Wesley. Born August 23 1871 in Luxembourg he trained in Chicago and Bancroft where he practiced 60 years. He served on local boards and was honored as General Practitioner of the Year in 1953 by the Iowa Medical Society. Surviving family includes Mary Sartor and several children and grandchildren.

St. Joseph’s Church Wesley Pierra Sator Pierre Sator Berbourg Duchy of Luxembourg Ferdinand Eischen Luxembourg University Young Sartor United States America Sartor Quebec Chicago Bennet Medical College Loyola University Bancroft B. Mousel States Luxembourg Joe Klein United Udy Mousel Bahlcrott Klein Des_Moines State Board Clark Devon Ave Mary Winandy Anthony Park Hospital Titonica Chamber of Commerce Lions Club Parent-Teachers Association German Buffalo Titonka American Medical Association Iowa and County Medical Societies The Medical Society Catholic Order of Forresters Rock Island Railroad Hée Iowa Medical Societ

Rev Diers Honored for 35 Years in Gospel Ministry

The Rev H A Diers pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church was honored by hundreds of friends for completing 35 years in the gospel ministry. Festivities on Sunday August 10 featured testimonials from former congregations and remarks from church leaders. A special program included solos, choir numbers, poems, and a watch presented by the Immanuel congregation. Diers ordained July 8 1923 in Olin Iowa and has served continuously at Immanuel since 1950 after ministerial service at Olin North weed Greene Andrew and Monticello.

H. A. Diers Immanuel Lutheran Church Elmer. Boyken Immanuel Congregation Diers Pomeroy H. W., Sietkes Iowa Urbia Canaeliverey Arthur Diers Wartburg Seminary Dubuque Immanue Dorothy Giesking Luther Leaguers Geraldine Ullmann A .H. Geske Gilmore City Burton Schwerin Titonia Morris Igebrand Pastor Diers Olin Iowa Synod American Lutheran Church Northweed Greene Andrew and Monticello Immanuel Lutheran

School Start Date Reminder for Titanica Region

A brief notice informs readers that school begins on Wednesday August 27 in Titanica. More detailed opening coverage will appear in next week’s issue.

Titanica

Local doctor recalled as everyday lifer in community

A physician described as part of the community’s daily life, sharing laughter and grief with patients and friends. He connected deeply with those he treated, becoming an integral presence in local life and remembered by many who knew him well.

Fair week harvest tips and market produce guidance

The article urges stocking shelves for nutritious year round eating during fair week and harvest. It highlights tomatoes for preservation and vitamin content, advises choosing vine ripened tomatoes, firm and blemish free fruit, and notes canning methods. It stresses refrigeration of home garden vegetables for maximum vitamin content and warns warming reduces tomato sweetness and corn sugar. It notes a top peach crop this year, suggests cooling corn promptly, and mentions melons as versatile offerings. 4-H groups have prepared products for Kossuth County Fair with attendees encouraged to visit.

American Legion to Assist Korean Veterans

The American Legion will offer free help at the Legion Hall on Friday August 15 at 7 30 p m for Korean War veterans needing to fill out bonus papers. Veterans seeking assistance should stop by that evening.

American Legion Legion Hall

Progress on corn silking and farm tips across North Central Iowa

North Central Iowa corn should be 75 percent silked by July 31 for normal yields, with many fields achieving this drift. Practical farming notes cover fence post depth increasing holding strength, doubling 24D pesticide safely after browning silks, soil sampling now for timely fall plowdown fertilization, and swine breeding progress. Local breeders like Peter Erpelding and Harald Fischer report strong tests of Polands and Hampshires, with Berkshires still on test.

Iowa Peter Erpelding and Algona Harald Fischer Swea City Erpeldings

Clay County Fair Opens Monday at Spencer Iowa

The six day Clay County Fair in Spencer Iowa opens Monday September 8 with a music-filled kickoff. Invitations have invited 58 bands from surrounding schools to perform and parade around the grandstand and track. About 300 musicians in 100 school buses will participate under Karl King of Fort Dodge Municipal Band. The massed band will perform King's Flowing Band March and Arkansas School Band March for the crowd. Students and directors will be guests of the fair and sit in the bleachers to see the Thrill Show. Participating schools include Glenwood State School Hinton Cylinder Manson Pierson Spirit Lake St. Columba Varina Hospers George Boone Valley Renwick Ayrshire Little Rock Ruthven Albert City Truesdale Hartley Fonda Sioux Rapids Maurice Terrill Harris Linn Grove Rolfe Pocahontas Sanborn Graettinger Sioux Center Marathon Milford Schaller Swea City Emmetsburg Twin Rivers Bede Burt Ringsted Pomeroy Excelsior Township Lake Park Cleghorn Hull Laurens Sutherland Kingsley Rodman Newell Whittemore Washington High Cherokee Mallard Fenton Ochevedan Larrabee Rembrandt Lakota Gilmore City Everly Primghar Havelock Plover Early West Bend Ireton.

Spencer Iowa Bill Woods Karl King March King Fort Dodge King Arkansas Glenwood State School Gilenwood Hinton Cylinder Manson Pierson Spirit Lake St. Columbkine's Varina Hospers George Boone Valley Renwick Ayrshire Little Rock Ruthven Albert City Truesdale Hartley Fonda Sioux Rapids Maurice Terrill Harris Linn Grove Rolfe Pocahontas Sanborn Graettinger Sioux Center Marathon Milford Schaller Swea City Emmetsburg Twin Rivers Bede Burt Ringsted Pomeroy Excelsior Township Lake Park Cleghorn Hull Laurens Sutherland Kingsley Rodman Newell Whittemore Washington High Cherokee Mallard Fenton Ochevedan Larrabee Rembrandt Lakota Gilmore City Everly Primghar Havelock-Plover Early West Bend Ireton

Young Bloomfield Baby Suffers Broken Thigh in Auto Crash

Larry Dean Martin four month old son of Mr and Mrs Donald Martin of Bloomfield sustained a broken thigh when a board jammed the steering of a car driven by his mother caused the vehicle to crash into a ditch. He is the youngest patient placed in traction at Davis County Hospital.

Larry Dean Martin Donald Martins Bloomfield Davis County

Titonka To Vote On Gas Franchise September 22nd

The Titonka library hosts a summer reading program with primary junior high divisions. Donavan Giesking led the primary group, Judy Isebrand led the intermediate group, and Gregory Giesking topped the junior high division.

Titonka Donavan Giesking Judy Isebrand Gregory Giesking

American Legion Auxiliary Juniors Meet for Annual Picnic

The American Legion Auxiliary invites mothers wives sisters and daughters of veterans to join. Juniors will meet at Patricia Haines home for the annual picnic 3:00 to 5:00 pm on the first day of school. Members are urged to attend and support wartime veteran care.

Patrica Haines American Legion Auxiliary American Legion Thelma Higgins Auxiliary Pete Haines

Hobo Day Festivities Mark National Convention in Britt

Delegates including Boxcar Betty and Scoopsovhel Scotty head to Britt for Hobo Day on Tuesday August 19 with a 10 am parade 75 units strong and 300 plus in prizes. Royal bids at 11 30 am mulligan stew at noon and a day of free acts games and entertainment follow.

Boxcar Betty King David Scoopshovel Scotty Britt Hobo Ben Benson California Britt Commercial Club Royal United Ben No. 18 Milwaukee Mang St. L

Sartor Children Win Honors at Britt Fair

Mary Beth and Julie Sartor daughters of Dr and Mrs G J Sartor of Mason City won top prize at the Britt 4 H Club and Junior Fair talent show Tuesday evening. Over 100 acts auditioned, 30 selected for the program. The winners will be auditioned for the Ted Mack show in New York next June. Potatoes: Mr and Mrs Gerald McNulty of Newhall dug a 4% pound potato from their garden.

Mary Beth Julie Sartor G. J. Sartor Mason City Phyllis Sachau Bobby van, Hove Titanics New York

Union Slough Digest v Harold v Rin And Witalite Service

Wildlife surveys at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge show broods hatched prior to August 1 for several duck species with counts: 31 bluewinged teal 13 mallard 9 wood duck 2 pintail 1 hooded merganser. Estimated total ducklings observed reach 225 blue-winged teal 91 mallard 85 wood duck 13 pintail 7 hooded merganser.

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge

4-H Livestock Sale Set for Aug 15 at Kossuth Fairgrounds

The 1958 4-H and FFA sale at Kossuth County Fairgrounds lists livestock to be sold on August 12 and 15. Lambs and market hogs go on Tuesday at 1:00 pm, baby beef at 9:30 am Friday. About 300 beeves, 150 hogs, and 26 lambs will be sold. packer buyers expected. last year sales exceeded $70,000.

FFA Kossuth County Fairgrounds

Farm Outlook From Kossuth Extension Director

The USDA projects the 1958 crop yield to match peak years despite small planted acreage. Iowa weather delays harvests with oats near average but late, alfalfa above average yet down from 1957, and corn maturing late amid pond damage. Soybeans up 9 percent. storage and disposal concerns noted. Nationally beans stock high. cotton acreage at 80-year low. Winter wheat set a record, spring wheat smaller, surplus grain likely fed locally. July 1 corn stocks at 1 billion bushels. feed grain carryover forecast 25 percent higher than 1956-57, boosting feeding and hog weakness. range feed outlook softer than last year. cattle marketings expected to follow normal seasonal patterns.

United States Department of Agriculture Tom. Rackham Iowa State College Farm Economists Iowa Rackham

Hawk Hunters Finds Giant Kansas Chicken Hawk

Jerry Karns of Anita shot a large chicken hawk on his parents farm. The bird measured 72 inches across the wings and had a body as big as eight Hoose. Its claws looked strong enough to lift a lamb.

Jerry Karns Anita

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