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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1948
Page
4
Lakota and surrounding residents hosted relatives from Marathon Fairmont Rolfe and Lake Park over the weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Herman Jutting Mrs Earl Paulson and the Mulverhills with their daughters who stayed eight weeks with the Leslie family.
Local notes report families moving to Muscatine with Swift Co. transfers, visits from Buffalo and Racine relatives, birthdays and pool party celebrations, and various travel plans. Neighbors and friends gather for dinners, vacations, and church events while residents adjust to work changes and return from trips to Spirit Lake, Minnesota, and Roche ester.
Miss Luella Zeal of Plankinton Dakota visited the Ivan Johnson home for a week. Mrs. Joe Drummer returns from University hospital Iowa City for a checkup and possible surgery. Max Studer family from Mason City and Sister Mary Dion of Evanston Illinois, with Glenn Bell, visit Alf Studer’s home and other relatives. Jens Andersons of Emmetsburg rent Lawrence Gleidon’s farm. Gleidons move to Ed Meyers farm. Wanda Sherman leaves for Milwaukee to enter St Francis convent after graduating from St Gecelia Academy. Peter Kelch and Katherine of Corwith visit Julius Matz home Friday evening.
Dr May and Edith Budiong left Friday for points north on a vacation trip. Mr and Mrs RL Krantz Kenneth Krantz Billy Ames and Jane Amesbury left Friday for California to visit Doris Krantz. Mrs Clark Miller and family also traveled toward the west.
Iowa dairy cattle continue to drop with 1,270,000 head, down from 1,544,000 in 1943 and 1,270,000 today. Floyd Arnold of Iowa State College cites high slaughter prices, dear feed relative to product value, and competition from other farming as key causes, while culling has raised average milk per cow and hints at a dairy rebound later in the year.
Ed Cott of Iowa State College Extension advises on onion storage. Thick necks spoil faster. thin necks keep until spring if properly cured. Harvested bulbs should cure in a cool dry area, stored in mesh sacks or paper, hung in a barn until freezing weather.
Four year old Charles Hof of Humboldt died when a loose window box fell on him during play last week. Playmates escaped with no injuries as the incident prompted a local safety inquiry.
The weekly Woden News reports a St John Lutheran Brotherhood meeting on Friday August 20 at 8. Rev. Jungenson of Bricelyn Minnesota who served as a U S army chaplain in the South Pacific will speak. Sunday worship is at 8 30 with Rev A Mardorf in charge and Sunday school at 9 30. Several local residents and visitors are noted including Joann Valley visiting from Nora Springs, the Bode family traveling to Chicago, Grace Scott from Milwaukee visiting her mother Mrs Bertha Pommer, and other families visiting relatives in Ames Des Moines and Cresco. A barber course graduate James Valley returns from Des Moines, Geraldine Logs wedding observed in Cresco, and multiple families host dinners and visits across Ames Nora Springs George Burt Mason City and Minneapolis.
Multiple short items recount visits and family gatherings in Mason City area including Rudisilt Brunson Hanna and Cushman families visiting in Mason City Webster City Algona and Ames. Also reports on a Woden Junior Legion baseball loss to Goldfield and a discussion of DDT safety and environmental impact by Moorman citing 1947 Iowa fly control lessons.
Iowa State College extension wildlife specialist Robert Moorman warns DDT can be used for insect control around farms, streams, trees and underbrush without harming wildlife if applied in recommended dosages. He cautions that large quantities can kill wild animals, birds and fish, but proper approved treatments allow safe use by farmers.
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