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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
1
All subscriptions for papers within the county and Titonka trade territory are treated as continuing yearly subscriptions. They may be discontinued only upon notice from subscribers or at the publisher's discretion.
The article lists numerous visits and travels among Wesley residents. Families travel to Detroit South Bend and Dubuque for weddings and health, attend ceremonies, reunions, and church events. Local gatherings include apron sales and club meetings, with many relatives visiting Algona and surrounding towns.
John H Junker returns home from Buffalo Center after three months as a patient. Several families travel to Indianapolis Wisconsin and Oskaloosa for visits. Town peace officers meet at Clear Lake with banquet and dance.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 9 and special memorial for Rev. Adolph Kilian next Sunday. Annual Mission Rally on Sept 2 features Rev. Renther of Australia and Rev. Reuther on Australia church, with lectures, meals, and missions offerings. St Johns invites Immanuel to Woden for Oct 10 services.
Pastor J E Albertson leads a week of church events with choir Thursday at 8 p m and a church board meeting Friday night at 8. Morning worship is 11 with Family Night 8 30 followed by potluck. 7 15 sing 7 30 split into groups then 8 15 closing worship. Laceur Evangelistic Quartette to perform at Clear Lake camp starting this Sunday night after three months in Japan. The quartet promises strong gospel programs and instruments include four marimbas, trombones, violins, and a large harp.
Lakota community members and friends report visits from Andrew Anderson Lake Park and the Davies family from Minneapolis. Wardrobe changes at W Elley Motor Co and a nurse trainee Joyce Beyer enjoy vacation with classmates. Mr and Mrs Valley wed and return from a wedding trip to establish residence in Woden.
Mansfield report describes Elektra Westinghouse’s mechanical man with a 77 word vocabulary. The robot walks talks smokes counts colors and sings while drawing power from a light socket. Sparko the electric dog performs tricks as the duo tours the country in a aluminum and steel frame body.
A New York police officer stopped two men with long pickpocketing records after spotting them with a holiday crowd in a cemetery. The pair said they had come to decorate a friend’s grave and pray, but admitted they did not know how to pray. They face jail as a chance to learn.
Bernice Brown 11 year old ninth grader at Capitol Hill junior high in Oklahoma City requires a good reason to miss school. Confined to bed by rheumatoid arthritis she studies via a bedside micro phone speaker linked to the school and classmates carry the device as rooms change.
New York dispatch reports Charles F. Blair Jr. as chief Pan American Airways pilot who completed a transpolar hop from Bardu Norway to Fairbanks Alaska in 30 hours and 30 minutes. He says the feat is simple and could be repeated by air lines or the Russians. Blair stopped in Fairbanks for an hour of sleep and a beef sandwich before reaching New York, averaging 875 miles per hour on the return leg.
U S Fifth Air Force officers claim camels with artillery in Korea near Hungnam are being fought and sunk by pilots. A flyer says he knocked out eight camels near Poyngyung, as infantry doubts the tale. The piece blends humor and combat rumors in a wartime briefing.
Harold Gunderson an extension entomologist at Iowa State College warns against grasshoppers urging use of drastic chemicals like chlordane and toxaphene. The note also mentions naturalized US citizens rights and a bold slogan BUY IT IN TOTONKA.
A gandy dancer is a man who inspects railroad ties for loose rails and bolts.
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