Funeral Rites for Clifford Willis Held Saturday
Funeral services for Clifford Willis aged twelve were held at the Titonka Methodist church with Rev. Patterson officiating. Burial followed in Buffalo Township Cemetery. A quartet sang and pallbearers were named. Born December 14, 1929, in Titonka Iowa, he died August 11, 1942. He leaves parents Forrest and Hazel Willis, three sisters Florence Verna Dell and Patricia Ann, one brother Wilbur, and grandmother Mrs. Dell Reibsamen. The obituary recalls his shy, helpful nature and faith, ending with hopeful verses about not truly being dead. Friends and neighbors expressed deep sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Willis
Titonica
Buffalo Township
Patterson
Wilbur Schram
Patricia Ball
Ferne Krantz
Lorraine Kuchenreuther
Isle of Somewhere
Pall Bear
Harley Boeckholt
Billy ‘Tjaden
Orvin Rippentrop
Donald Budiong
Joe Korte
Gerald Bonacker
Clifford Eugene Willis
Titonka
Iowa
Forrest
Hazel ‘Willis
Florence
Verna Dell
Patricia Ann
Wilbur
Dell Reibsamen
Clifford
Willis
Methodist Church of
Heavenly Kingdom
Victory clock to be salvaged for brass copper and steel
For Victory Uncle Sam will receive the brass copper and steel parts of the old chime clock that for 28 years sounded quarter hours and hours on the Recard Tribune corner of Indianola. High repair costs forced owners to dismantle the landmark built by a now defunct bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Indianola
Bloomfield Farmer Sets Timothy Growth Record
Willie Lamb of Bloomfield held a brief record for long-eared timothy growth at 10 inches. M. Jones, another farmer, surpassed the Lamb record by producing timothy with heads measuring just over 44 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lamb
Bloomfield
M. Jones
Timothy
Selective Service and Rationing Board Move to Larger Quarters
Two government offices in Altoona require more space. The Selective Service office is relocating to three large rooms at the far end of the hall on the McEnroe building's second floor. The rationing board now occupies the former Brown Studio rooms, moving from adjacent to the Chamber of Commerce office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service and Rationing Board
Alilona
Selective Service Office
McEnroe
Rationing Board
Chamber of Commerce
Brown
Patching Parties Gain National Red Cross Support
A Whittemore Junior Red Cross project by Mrs. H. B. Woodward has grown from a local effort to a model sent to national headquarters. Girls ages eleven to teens organized patching parties to darn stockings sew patches and make simple house dresses to extend clothing use. The program has spread to most towns in Kossuth County and earned praise from the St. Louis Red Cross office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Whittemore
Red Cross
H. 8. Woodward
Whittemore
St. Louis Red Cross
Kossuth County
Collision suit filed in Kossuth court over auto crash
A damage suit was filed in Kossuth District Court by A M Collinson of Algona against Thelma Jones for 275 dollars plus interest after a February 28 collision at State and Jones streets. Collinson alleges Glen Jones negligent. both Collinsons were injured. Dist. Court also heard divorces: Laurine Hewitt from Harold L Hewitt on cruel treatment. Lucille Carlson seeks custody in desertion case. Additional minor cases and fines listed. no new probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
A. M. Collinson
Kossuth
Thelma Jones
Collinson
State and
Jones Streets
Glen Jones
C. H. Cretzmeyer
Henry Juchem
Wiliam H. Dorweiler
West Bend
Justice of the Peace
C. H. Ostwinkle
Dorweiler
Delbert L. Anliker
Merle L. Nelson
Mason City
Don E. Beewers
Fred Baumgartner
LaVerne
Justice Court
Ida Grove Man Uses Temporary Boot-Foot After Amputation
Boot Foot Ray Pilcher of Ida Grove is pleased with a temporary tailored right shoe that replaces a missing foot for now. The device serves as a crutch substitute, allowing driving and standing without two crutches until an artificial foot is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Pilcher
Ida Grove
Ray
County fair showcases 4-H boys and girls club demos
Fourteen 4-H boys teams plan county fair demonstrations August 22 to 26 led by Fay J. Meade with projects on egg grading cattle hogs horns rope splicing dairy feeding and calf care. Twenty girls from ten clubs present demonstrations on canning meals and meal planning August 24 and 25 with specific timed sessions led by club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay J. Meade
Jimmy Woltz
Harold Fischer Jr
Burt Club
Irvington Club
Paul Lemkee
Donald Krause
Gerald Soderberg
Ross Inman
Bancroft
Lowell Larson
Floyd Gabel
Swea
Edwin Nauman
Sanford Hichhorn
Hebron Club
Algona Club
Paul and
Lee Schenck
Wayne Barr
Robert Mayer
Donald Budlong
Gerald Bonacker
Titonia Club
Harold Osborn
Wayne Lynch
Seneca
Phil
James Blumer
Sherman Club
Henry
Edward Eggerth
Eugene Radig
Robert Hanna
Lone Rock
Orville Muller
Richard Bormann
Whittemore Club
Carroll Willett
Ervin S Borchardt
Fenton
Kossuth
Marjorie Mech
Ruth Pijahn
Lorna Faulstich
Lotts Creek Lassies
Shirley Harvey
Betty Satchet
Union Aletheans
Cecelia Miller
Virginia Zeigler
Plum Creek Blue
Shirley Hanson
Helena Weisbrod
Burt Bluebirds
Phyllis Gade
Dorothy Dreyer
Jane
Ramona Mayer
County USDA Chairman Urges Scrap Drive Effort
Kossuth County USDA War Board chairman Robert M Logs urges full participation in scrap collection. He stresses every pound of scrap iron and ounce of rubber, plus even small jar rings, is vital for producing airplanes, tanks, ships, guns, and ammunition. Citizens should phone Dr R C Ball at Titanka No 49 to arrange pickup and payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Robert M. Logs
Kossuth County
Usda War Board
R. C. Ball
Titanka
Ramsey Reformed to Hold Final Sermon by Pastor Schnucker
On Sunday August 23 the Ramsey church will hear Rev Calvin Schnucker preach his final sermon as pastor. An English worship service at 1040 am follows a 930 am combined Sunday School in the basement. An August 21 ice cream social on church grounds ends the pastorate. Baptisms and new members are to be received. After August 25 the pastor’s home address is 1765 Ashbury Street Dubuque Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Reformed
Calvin Schnucker
Ramsey Church
Friends of the
Ashbury Street
Dubuque
Iowa
Good Hope Lutheran Church Sunday Services Schedule
Good Hope Lutheran Church invites worship with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Divine Service at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Mohr of Britt will conduct the service. The congregation welcomes all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Mohr
Britt
Good Hope
Immanuel Lutheran August 28 announcements
Pastor Wm Plant presides on the 12th Sunday after Trinity. English service at 11:00 with confessional at 10:30, Sunday School and Bible Class at 9:30. Communion announcements for Saturday at the parsonage. Luther League to meet in the evening for devotion and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Plant
Luther League
Dr. Raney Wesley Makes Improvements On Farm
Dr. H. H. Raney purchased a farm northeast of Wesley where Ed Otis and his family reside. A new corn crib, new hen house, and modernized kitchen and house repairs were completed. The old granary was torn down and the north half of the kitchen was removed. The property was formerly the J. L. Haverly farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
H. H. Raney
Ed Otis
J. L. Haverly
Sisters Return to Jobs as Teachers at Wesley
The Sisters of St. Joseph arrive to Wesley School with Sister M Raphael teaching 7th and 8th grades Sister M Jeanette 5th and 6th Sister M Agnes 3rd and 4th Sister M Rosalinda 1st and 2nd Sister M Bragetta as housekeeper and Sister M Margaret replacing Sister M Owen as music instructor School opens August 31.
Marriage Licenses Issued in the Past Week
ALGONA marriage licenses issued include Dr. Joseph Seaton 24 Sumner and Mary Elaine Devine 22 Bancroft. Also listed Menno Limberg 26 Buffalo Center and Rosemary Semon 24 Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Joseph Seaton
Sumner
Mary Elaine Devine
Bancroft
Menno Limberg
Buffalo Center
Rosemary Semon
Man Finds 1851 Gold Dollar in Garber Yard
Clem Moser of Garber uncovered a 91 year old gold dollar while digging for fishworms. Minted in 1851, the coin is described as thin as a postcard and about one half inch across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garber
Clem Moser
Program 1942 Kossuth Fair Starts Sunday
Detailed schedule for the 1942 Kossuth Fair in Algona with events from August 23 to 26 including band concerts, harness racing, circus acts, vaudeville shows, 4-H judging, beef cattle and dairy cattle contests, parades, horse shows, fireworks, and a Golden Wedding Day celebration. Notable entities include Algona Concert Band, Swea City Concert Band, St Joe, Bancroft, Lone Rock, Lotts Creek, Bode High School Band, Campfire Girls, 4-H clubs, and Graham Family participants.
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Algona
Graham
Titonka
Wesley
St. Joe
Bancroft
Swea City
Lone Rock
Lotts Creek
Swea
Bode High School
Bancroft Lions
Titonka Prepares For County Fair After Week of Baseball
Titonka split a doubleheader with Armstrong at Armstrong Sunday, losing the first game 3 to 2 after 11 innings and winning the second 6 to 2. Dick Batt and Eddie Rippentrop pitched the games. Wesley defeated Lotts Creek 5 to 1 and 2 to 1. Algona won both ends of a doubleheader from Lone Rock 4 to 1 and 1 to 0. Bancroft fell to St. Joe 3 to 0. Titonka faces Wesley at the county fair next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Armstrong
Dick Batt
Eddie Rippentrop
Wesley
Lotts Creek
Algona
Lone Rock
Bancroft
St. Joe
Boy, dog, and two girls spark Parkersburg mishap
A dog owned by Albert Huisman struck the horse ridden by Irma Van Halen with Barbara Weigmann aboard, causing the horse to rear and throw the two girls onto the pavement. All three were uninjured. The incident occurred on a recent Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Albert Huisman
Irma van Halen
Barbara Weigmann
Tax Check Reaches Clayton County From India Missionary
A payment for Clayton county taxes arrived from Mrs. E. Stanley Jones, long a missionary in India. The note highlights the reach of tax collection across oceans and the taxpayer’s longtime service abroad.
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India
Clayton County
E. Stanley Jones
Pannkuk Children Celebrate 60th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs B A Pannkuk observe their 60th wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering of their children and grandchildren. Attendees include Tom Hinders Woden Clarence Pannkuk Fairmont Anton Pannkuk Garner Egbert Buss Herman Sweet Henry Butler Estherville Ben Pannhuk Estherville Carl Veer Ben Hinders Wesley Ted Hinders and Herman Hinders. Ice cream and cake were served as old times were recalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannkuk
B. A. Pannkuk
Tom Hinders
Woden
Clarence Pannkuk
Herman Hinders
Most County Schools Open Monday August 31
In Kos suth county most schools start August 31. About 120 rural schools will open. A teacher shortage is noted in both town and rural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Last Rites Held for Miss Tillie Fritz
Funeral services for Matilda Tillie Fritz were conducted at the home of Mrs Bertha Callies and at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Springfield Minnesota. Rev Max Von Fischer officiated with Swan Funeral Home in charge. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Born July 21 1873 in Pommern Germany she immigrated in 1889 with her sister Bertha and brothers Albert and Charlie after becoming an orphan. She died Monday in Springfield at 69 after living with relatives and then in St Johns Old Folks Home. Her surviving sister was the closest remaining relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Callies
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Matilda Fritz
Springfield
Minn
Max von Fischer
Swan Funeral Home
Miss Fritz
Leonard
Lester Callies
Reinhart
Herman
William Fritz
Herbert Rakow
Pommern
Germany
United States
Bertha
Albert
Charlie
Blairsburg
Tillie
Frank Kettwich
St. John’s Old Folks Home
Funeral for Mrs. Ed Wood at Woden
Mrs Ed Wood died in Rochester Minnesota after several months illness. Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church in Woden with Rev C B Mitchell officiating. She had lived in the area all her life and is survived by husband Edward and a large family including four sons and three daughters, plus many grandchildren and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Methodist Church
Ed Wood
Rochester
Minn
C. B. Mitchell
Wood
Edward Wood
William
John
Elmer
Detroit
Michigan
Melvin
Wilbur Godfredson
Forest City
Kenneth Kuchenreuther
John DeVries
Buffalo Center
Daniel Barth
Doran
Henry Barth
Sabin
Lena Thiehen
Ackley
J. O. Johnson
Sophia Barth
Campbell, Minn
Emma Barth
Lawn Hill
Lizzie Mosher
Eagle Grove
Anna Larson
Jacob
Freda Abel
WWI Flyer Receives Army Air Corps Commission
D L McDonald, a World War I flyer, has been commissioned as a captain in the Army Air Corps. He will report in September to the officers conditioning school in Miami Florida and then to the commanding officer intelligence school in Harrisburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
D. L. McDonald
Army Air Corps
Miami
Florida
Harrisburg
Housewives Rally for Scrap Iron and Rubber Drive
Dr. R C Ball announces a local salvage drive supplementing a national campaign to gather scrap iron steel brass rubber rope and fats. The push aims to boost wartime production by feeding furnaces and equipment with needed materials while urging housewives to inspect homes and turn in usable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ball
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Axis
Titanka
13 Year Old West Bend Boy Killed by Bull
Funeral services were held in West Bend for Richard Fehr a 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Fehr fatally injured last Tuesday night by a bull. He was attacked in the barnyard after bringing the herd in from pasture. Mrs Fehr beat the enraged bull off with a club and got him to the house where he died before aid could be summoned. The boy’s chest and back were crushed and he suffered internal injuries. The parents and a younger brother survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bend
Richard Fehr
Ernest Fehr
Fehrs
Kossuth
Richard
Buffalo Boosters Meet With Bonnie Snyder
The Buffalo Boosters 4-H club met at Bonnie Snyder’s home on Thursday August 13 for a regular meeting. President Marjorie Mechler chaired the business session as the group planned the girls canned goods’ role in the county fair and discussed the demonstration team while others prepared posters. Marietta Norland reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Boosters
Bonnie Snyder
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club
Marjorie Mechler
Marietta Norland
Wesley Young Men Go to Defense Jobs in the East
Wesley Johnson of Buffalo New York traveled east after a ten day visit with his mother Mrs Anthony Johnson and family. He left Monday morning with his brother Edward who will seek work in Buffalo. His sister Lillian accompanied them to Hammond Indiana to visit her agent and uncle Mr and Mrs Frank Lindenmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
William Johnson
Buffalo
N. Y
Anthony Johnson
Edward
Lillian
Hammond
Indiana
Ang
Frank Lindenmeyer
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Kossuth District and Justice Court
Tagic Office
Raney
Miss Tillie Fritz
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