Rural teachers attend meeting at county seat
Ninety eight rural teachers gathered at Algona on saturday august 24 for a county meeting. A list of attendees includes Vera VanBuskirk Mae Van Buskirk Maureen McNeill and many others from Fenton Cresco Irvington Ledyard Plum Creek Prairie and more. The gathering set to plan the year’s program discussed building quality schools and citizenship, with mid term exams to be simplified and a state rural course to be prepared. A 25 cent per teacher library fund was approved, matched by the Improvement of Instruction Fund, and committees were appointed to select professional library books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Buffalo
Vera VanBuskirk
Mae van Buskirk
Burt
Maxine Fraser
Grace McNeill
Evelyn Johnson
Cresco—Elenor Fraser
Ruth ‘Butts
Helen Hrickson
Mae Van‘Buskirk
Hagle—Hilsh Regner
Lavonne Stenerson
Kenneth Nelson
Lillian Brones
Marie Brandon
Gladys ‘Berglund
Fenton
Dorothea Gerhart
Mathilda Ruhnke
Myrtle Hanna
Garfield
Jessie van Buskirk
Gladys Schnieder
Ruth Blair
Leila Hanson
Natalie Mann-Tryon
Anna Andrews
Schulz
Helen McMahon
Pearl Leigh
Doris Keister
Elgena Calhoun
Springfield
Lillian Johnson
Murial Johnson
Dorothy Mitchell
Hattie Johnson
Union
Mary Tijaden
Mary Fraser
Jeannette Madsham
Carol Jackman
Kathryn Hividge
Clara Shilts
F Wesley
Rose ‘Smith
Dorothy Steven
Ethel Flom
Alice Thorsen
Harriet Schram
Whittemore
Marcella
Norris
Iowa
Capitola Creteman
Iowa State Teacher's Association
Dooley
Tryon
Titonia
Schmiel
Lone Rock
Myrtle Jordan
Supt. Lauritzen
Kossuth County
No Chance Terrier Fights Rat in Seymour Scene
A small wire-haired terrier named Jiggs, owned by Hugh Hckels of Seymour, chased and nabbed a rat. The rodent darted toward a gap and the dog swiftly intercepted, delivering the rat and ending the chase.
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Jiggs
Hugh Hckels
Seymour
Buffalo Consolidated hires list of school staff for fall
The Buffalo Consolidated schools announce a complete teaching staff for the opening next Monday, September 2. Names include Superintendent O A Hoon, Coach Harold Caskey, Music Phyllis Dougan, Science Helen Rodgers, Domestic Science Beulah Thompson, English Helen Olson, junior high Lilah Kapengst, Dorothy Bringle, fifth grade Ella Jensen, fourth grade Ruth Wellemeyer, second and third Velma Van Nest, first grade Gladys Groom, Janitor Henry Harms, and bus drivers Ray Hansen, Conrad Schmidt, Michaelson Brothers, C B Egesdal, Otto Falk, and Lynn Kuchenreuther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Consolidated Schools
A, Hoon
Harold Caskey
Wabb
Towa
Phyllis Dougan
Iowa Falls
Helen Rodgers
Centerville
Beulah Thompson
Northsfield
Minn
Helen Olson
Badger
Iowa
Lilah Kapengst
Elmore
Dorothy Bringleson
Immanuel Lutheran Sermon Warns on Money Than Power
Pastor Kilian delivers a sermon on right use of wealth and tools. He cites electricity and drugs as examples and warns against greed, using a parable of a monkey trapped by clinging to food. Announcements: English service next Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school at 9:00. Luther League devotional at 8:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
English Service Returns as First Sunday Tradition
Good Hope Lutheran announces English worship on the first Sunday of September at 10 a.m. with Sunday school at 9 a.m. The Luther League meets Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Choir practice Friday evening. Ladies aid hosts on Wednesday September 4 with Mrs Stroebel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Council
Luther League
Ladies Aid
Chas
Stroebel
Gee
Alice
Frank Fisher
Methodist Episcopal Services and Sunday Schedule
Reverend W. L. Patterson leads two churches with services on Sunday September 1. At Titonka church Sunday school starts 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00. At Doan morning worship is at 9:30 and Sunday school at 10:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Doan
No Maneuvers for Him Lindsay Crabtree Hospitalized
Lindsay Crabtree of Kansas City will spend the time he expected to serve with the National Guard at Campsey in a LeMars hospital after a fall in the LaMars business district left him with a head injury from striking a curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay Crabtree
Kansas City
National Guard
Campsey
LeMars
Crabtree
LaMars
Union 4-H Girls Win Fair Trip In Demonstration
Betty Turner and Lois Gardner lead Union 4-H girls to represent Kosseth county in the State Fair demonstration program this week after winning on Achievement Day. Their project From a Radio Cabinet to an Efficient Business Center edged eleven other teams. A second-place team, LaVonne Newel and Pauline Frank, will perform at the Spencer district fair on September 12. The county health champ is Betty Eggerth of Ledyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Turner
Lois Gardner
Union
Kiossuth County
Glen Jenkinson
LaVonne Newel
Pauline Frank
Spencer
State Warr
Cecelia Miller
Plum Creek
Helen ‘Meyers
Hazel Manhs
Whittemore
Margola McKean
Seneca
Helen Meyer
Mary Frances Inman
Bancroft
Dorothy King
Cresco
Hazel Jenkinson
Fenton
Mary Jo Kollasch
Eileen Lieurance
Elgena ‘Calhoun
Viola Johnson
Bancroft and
Billen Quabs
Ledyard
National Club Congress
Chicago
Kosseth County
State Mail
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Union 4-H Club
Dairy Cattle Congress Offers Large Premiums in Waterloo
More than 20 000 in prize money will be shared by five dairy breeds at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo this fall. The National Belgian Horse Show adds 5 000 and the 4 H Dairy Call Show distributes 4 217. Judging will be by named professors from Urbana Hopewell Junction Chicago and other cities. Over 300 entries expected, with companion events including the American Poultry Congress and Midwest Flower Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
HH. Is
Hstel
C. S. Rhode
Urbana
Ill
Guernseys
W. K. Hepburn
Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Brown Swiss
J. .P. Eves
Chicago
Ayrshires
Cuthbert Nairn
Ellicott ‘City
American Poultry Congress
Hen perched on manifold bakes eggs in car near Dyersville
John Knipper of Dyersville reports a White Rock hen perched between his car’s manifold and engine. Five eggs laid in a row were found hard boiled beside scorched feathers. The hen appeared unharmed beyond minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knipper
Dyersville
Towns Weeds Remind Youngsters of Jungles
A neighbor’s mayor and his son visit a boys’ hideout named the jungles built from weeds and large cartons. The tale ends with the mayor learning the youths dug holes to trap intruders, likened to African jungle traps, prompting a warning against letting weeds grow too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aveeds
Jungles
Africa
Farmers Decide To Reseal Corn In 1940 Plans
Wet conditions in August raised interest in resealing 1938 and 1939 corn in Iowa. AAA officials warn early frost risk if weather turns unfriendly and note that 1940 corn may be moisture heavy. Farmers can reseal anytime in coming weeks with CCC paying 5 cents per bushel for one year or 10 cents for two years, canceling accrued interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas
Iowa Aaa
AIAIA
Des Moines
Commodity Credit Corporation
Orchardists Field Day At Iowa State Sept. 7
Iowa orchardists and farmers allied with the Iowa State College Extension Service will hold their third annual field day at Ames on the college campus September 7. The program begins at 10 a.m. with tours of vineyards small fruits plums and peaches, followed by a noon picnic and a speaking program. Afterward visitors tour apple varieties hardy stock plots and soil management areas with a ladies tour of the college flower gardens. Edgecombe notes excellent apple crops and favorable weather should make September 7 ideal to observe varieties and management practices including spraying to reduce fruit drop. A second field day for commercial apple growers is set for September 9 at the college orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Towa State College Extension Service
Ames
S$. W. Edgecombe
College
Edgecombe
iEdgecombe
College Orchard
Child Burns Feet Hands On Hot Metal Object
The year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Seidel, George Jr, burned his feet and hands when he stepped on a hot metal object lying in the sun in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Seidel
George Jr
Lakotan Named Member of Home Buying Committee
W J Henry Patterson of Lakota Iowa is named the 98th member of Kossuth County Tenant Purchase Committee succeeding Albert Johnson who retires after one year. Patterson will assist in operating the Farm Security Administration Tenant Purchase program in Kossuth County including loan review and recommendations. Five loans totaling 54750 have been made. about 30000 more in loans are expected for the year. The county committee also advises with the RSA on issues faced by current Tenant Purchase borrowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Jhenry Patterson
Lakota
Iowa
Kossuth ‘County
iAlbert Johnson
Corwith
William ‘H. St. Clair
Farm Security Administration
Patterson
Kossuth County
RSA
Mr. St. Clair
IRSA
Charles Beed Attended Big Chicago Musical
Charles Beed returned Wednesday from Chicago where he visited Mr and Mrs Hood. He attended the annual Chi cagoland music festival at Soldiers Field in a program led by John Charles Thomas and Marion Clair with 80 000 in attendance. The event featured 8 000 performers, selected by auditions, including singing, choruses, bands, solos, and unique instruments such as combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beed
Chicago
Hood
Soldiers Field
John Charles Thomas
Marion Clair
Wesley Boys Head to Iowa Teaching Jobs
Bernard Erdmann of Wesury plans to leave this week for Alvord Iowa to teach and coach at the high school after graduating from Iowa State Teachers College this spring Edward Funnemark also departs for Mitchell Iowa to teach English and speech after graduating from St Olaf College Northfield Minnesota in June
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesury
Bernard Erdmann
Alvord
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers ‘College
Edward ‘Funnemark
Mitchell
St. Olaf’s College
Northsfield
Minn
Bleich 1st Stecker 2nd at Kossuth County Fair
Titonka butter wins first at Kossuth County Fair for the third straight year. Martin Bleich of Titonka takes first with 95.00, H L Stecker of Titonka second with 94.75, Carl Anderson of Burt third at 94.25, I L Seaman of Algona fourth at 94.00. Eighteen entries competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Kossuth
Martin Bleich
H. L. Stecker
Carl Anderson
Burt
I. L. Seaman
Algona
Former Algona Boys Featured in Homes Magazines
Raymond and Roland Paine nephews of Mrs. Chas Phelps and sons of George Paine of Algona are highlighted by American Home and Better Homes and Gardens. Bolang Paine's Evanston home appears in September American Home while Raymond Paine of Altadena California shows an outdoor fireplace in the July Better Homes and Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Titanica
Raymond
Roland’ Paine
American Home
Better Homes and Gardens
Roland
George Paine
Chas. Phelps
Evanston
Bolang Paine
American ‘Home
Raymond Paine
Altadena
Calif
Chick Rubner’s lucky escape sparks avowed tale
Reporter notes Chick Rubner of Worthington survived a wrist watch impact from a height incident, enabling him to later recount the event. The account emphasizes the near miss and Rubner’s ability to tell the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Hghtminis
American Legion Auxiliary reports progress and service
The Beth Miller hosted afternoon meeting outlined department chairman reports on the year's accomplishments. Auxiliary junior membership surpasses 64,200 with 2,207 units active and 526 junior groups. Rehabilitation work aided 116,419 hospitalized veterans plus hospital visits 106,166 and home visits 39,896 with expenditures over 900000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Miller
God Bless America
God ‘Bless America
Mathilda Falk
Mary Sartor
Esther Breen
Mary ‘Sartor
Daughters of American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Young
United States
Evan Peterson
Titania Unit
Auxiliary
Petersen
Legion
Marriage Licenses in Kosuth County Read Off in Week
The week’s marriage licenses in Kosuth County list 42 licenses for the first twenty six days of August. Couples include John Ostedahl Jr. and Genevieve Dearing of Buffalo Center. James Logan and Marguerite Ostwinkle of Algona. Eddie Gilbertson and Frances A. Luiruhn of Bismarck. Albing Nelson and Helen Christ of Lakota. John G. Bishop and Blaine Hilgreadt of Algona. Others are Benjamin Smegal and Mary Lou Vaughn of Minneapolis. Wayne Joel and Elizabeth Ahrens of Wells Minnesota. Russell Roba of Elmore with Erma Larsen of Swea City. and several additional pairs from Ledyard, Swea City, Lone Rock, Bancroft, St James, and adjacent towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
John Ostedahl Jr
Genevieve Dearing
Buffalo Center
James Logan
Marguerite Ostwinkle
Algona
Eddie Gilbertson
Jegal
Frances A. Tlauruhn
Legal
Bismarck
N. D
Albing Nelson
Helen Christ
Lakota
Russell Roba
Elmore
Lang
Erma Larsen
Swea City
Ervin Johnson
Ledyard
Doris Brock
Gerald Hutchingon
Lone Rock
Mary Hynes
Bancroft
Floyd Franc
Beatrice Roberts
Minneapolis
Cécil Larsen
Doris Tondevold
St. James
Minn
Bonackers Seek New Home for Dolly the Old Pony
Anamosa residents Janice and Joyce Walderbach seek a new home for their 31 year old pony Dolly. Once their father’s pony, Dolly remains lively though stiff in the joints and often walks rather than trots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice
Joyce Walderbach
Dolly
Six Accidents in 72 Hours Spark Decorah Concerns
Six accidents occurred within 72 hours in Decorah with multiple causes cited. One person, Agong Wen, sustained serious injuries while others escaped with minor hurts. Local authorities investigate patterns and safety lapses as residents react with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Agong Wen
Kossuth Court Faces Rail Tax Refund and Damages Case
In Algona the Kossuth district and justice court weekly round up cites two gults filed against the Kossuth board of supervisors by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroads seeking refunds of $603.48 and $595.98 for allegedly illegal taxes plus interest and costs. A damage suit by Rev. A. A. Hauber of Davenport against Harvey Hackborth arises from a June 10 truck car collision near Algona, seeking $3,730.55 with interest. Judge Fred M. Hudson granted a divorce for Clara Swanson from Glen Swanson on cruelty grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Kossuth
Kossuth Board of Supervisors
Frank O. Lowden
James Gorman
Joseph B. Flemming
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Kiossuth County
Quarton and Miller
J. G. Gamble
John Gamble
Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Henry A.scandrett
Walter J. Cummings
George I. Haight
Kossuth Board of Supervisory
Kossuth County
Hughes
O’brien
Deg Moines
A. A. Hauber
St.Ambrose College
Davenport
Harvey Hack~ Borth
Hauber
Lake Okoboji
Kossuth Hospital
Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Clara Swanson
Glen
Mary B. Hyde
Helen Becker
Clifford
Georgia Holding
Auguste Weise
H.W. Miller
Justice Court
P. A. Dawson
Clarence C. Wells
Fort Dodge
B. Thomas
Luverne
Raymond Roach
Klondike Resumes Daily Train Schedule
The train returns to a daily schedule and will run regularly until spring or until officials decide only three trips a week are viable. Freight access via a Rock Island line and stock shipments influence whether daily service is needed. Erik Peterson of Lakota would stay with his family in Titonka during three-day weeks, and with daily service he would relocate. Pete’s sake motivates demand for daily service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad System
Estherville
Titanka
Erik Peterson
Pete
Lakota
Wall at Knoxville High Stadium Washed Down Twice
Rain damaged the stone retaining wall on the Knoxville High School stadium embankment. Report says the wall remains down but workers are trying to stabilize it against the bank amid ongoing efforts after the downpour.
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Knoxville High School
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Immanuel Lutheran
Adolph Kilian
Algeria
Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schulz
Methodist Episcopal
W. L. Patterson
Union Township
Iowa State
Lakotan
Home Buying Committee
Wesley
Bleich
Stecker
American Legion and Auxiliary News
Kossuth District and Justice Court News OF the Week
Klondike
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