American Legion Auxiliary September meetings update
The Regular September Business meeting is set for Monday September 3rd at the Legion Hall with Kathryn Hamilton and Caroline Hatten as hostesses. Juniors meet at Ben Garrett home after school the same day with a Wiener roast planned. Members urged to pay dues and bring them to Stella or Irene Petersen.
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Legion Hall
Kathryn Hamilton
Caroline Hatten
Ben Garrett
Carolyn Hatten
Stella
Irene Petersen
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Cairman
Babcock
National
Ollie Bruns
Edith Ischland
Nothwehr
Tyre Theatre to Close Temporarily
The Tyke Theatre under Callies Bros and Walter Haack will close temporarily with a possible Saturday reopening. The last show was held Wednesday evening and there is no show tonight Thursday.
Football Season Opens Against Renwick Sept. 14
Football practice began last Friday with 21 boys reporting for pre season work and seven lettermen. The squad lists seniors Dennis Krominga Kent Rippentrop and others aiming for the opener against Renwick on September 14 at Renwick. The roster includes boys from freshmen to juniors and sophomores, with Tilonka as a Cornbelt Conference member featuring 11 schools and a five conference game requirement.
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Renwick
Bobby Fritz
Dennis
Krominga
Kent Rippentrop
Clinton Asche
Arlen Billborough
Allan Boyken
Ernest Carson
Richard Mayland
Billy Abbas
Philip Asa
Rodney Alexander
Lowell Billborough
John Cosgrove
Richard Hench
Jack Trunkhill
Richard Trunkhill
Jerry Buffington
Kenneth Carlson
Edward Mayland
Larry Pearson
Doug Swan
Tilonka
Cornbelt
Armstrong
Graettinger
Mallard
Marathon
Ruthven
Sioux Rapids
Swea City
Terris
Thompson
Titonka
West Bend
Titonksa
Grattinger
Terri
Lyle Opheim
Luther College
Ass't
Harold Road
Wartburg College
Kossuth 4-H'ers Prepare for Iowa State Fair
Fourteen Kossuth County 4-H members travel to Des Moines August 24 to 31 for the Iowa State Fair. James Bierstedt shows two baby beeves and a purebred Angus heifer. Robert Fritz enters a fat lamb and Columbia ewe. Teams compete in crop ID, livestock judging, and demonstrations with coaches James Antoine and Cecil Thoreson, led by county extension staff. Accompanying officials include Robert Johnson and Dean L. Barnes. Vaccination advice for horses and ponies targets sleeping sickness before mosquitoes rise.
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Kossuth County
Des Moines
James Bierstedt
Lotts Creek
Robert Fritz
Buffalo Boy's Club
Mark Bernhard
Leon Dumstorff
David Kollasch
Richard Meyer
Greenwood Boy’s Club
Grant
Cecil Thoreson
Swea-Harrison
Soren Pederson
Robert Johnson
Count Extension
Dean L. Barnes
Filling Stations To Be Open For Sunday Service
Three Tiltonka stations Boyken D X Sation Rick's Cifes Service and The Farmers Co op Oil Co will rotate Sunday hours from 8:00 am to 7:30 pm with one station open each Sunday. K and H Station keeps previous schedule morning hours until church time.
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Tiltonka
Boyken D-X Sation
Rick's
Cifes
Farmers, Co-op Oil Co
Harold's Roller Rink Grand Reopening in Titania
Harold Miller announces Titania roller rink reopening with free skate on September 5 a Wednesday. Friday Kid's Skate 7 9 pm 25 cents admission. Saturday regular skate. Sunday evening free for ladies over twelve. Harold moves skates from Buffalo Center to Titania.
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Harold
Harold Miller
Titanka
Buffalo Center
Titania
4 H Record Books Due September 10
4 H farm project record books are due in the Extension Office by September 10. County 4 H award trips and medal winners will be selected from books scoring nine ty and over. The top scoring book will receive ten dollars from the Iowa State Bank. Members are reminded that books must be turned in to receive premium checks and to remain in good standing for basketball.
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Farm Project
Iowa State Bank
Algo
Elevator Stockholders Hold Special Meeting at Tyke Theatre
A special information meeting of Farmers Elevator stockholders in Titonka will be held at the Tyke Theatre on Friday evening August 31 at 9:00 p.m. A representative from the Farm Grain Dealers Association will attend to answer questions.
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Titonka
Tyke Theatre
Farm Grain Dealers Association
Debra Schmidt Dies After Heart Surgery at Minnesota Hospital
Debra Schmidt aged about two years died Monday August 27 at the University of Minnesota Hospital after a heart operation infection set in days later. Funeral services will be Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial by Swan Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schmidt and sister Judith. Grandparents named Alden and Mrs. George Mason City and Henry Schmidt. Pallbearers William Friend Robert Werauch Marlon Mehlan Richard Mehlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Debra Schmidt
Debra
Ernest Schmidt
University of Minnesota Hospital
Judith
Diers
Swan Funeral Home
Alden George
Mason City
Henry Schmidt
William Friend
Robert Werauch
Marlon Mehlan
Richard Mehlan
Titonka
Fourteen Kossuth 4-H entries win many blue ribbons at Iowa State Fair
Fourteen Kossuth County 4-H home furnishing displays at the Iowa State Fair earned ten blue ribbons and four red ribbons. Judging was completed as the fair opened on August 24, with displays in the 4-H Girls Department through September 2. Names and ribbons listed include Pat O’Brien blue, Alice Bormann blue, Jo Ann Sunde blue, Betty Lensing blue, Karen Zeimer red, Claudette Seely blue, Pam Ela Andrews blue, Margaret Fischer red, Brenda Finnestad red, Janet Walker blue, Darlene Callies blue, Julie Nygaard blue, Dorothy Gade blue, Carol Winters red. Eunice Gade’s room was also on display. Demonstration teams Lois Wilberg/Kathryn Johannesen and Buffalo Boosters with leaders meet August 29–Sept 1. judging August 21 and September 2. Legume seedings can be topdressed after oats removal until fall per agronomist Bill Bennett.
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Kossuth County
Pat O'Brien
Alice Bormann
Jo Ann Sunde
Betty Lensing
Karen Zeimer
Claudette Seely
Pamela Andrews
Margaret Fischer
Brenda Finnestad
Janet Walker
Darlene Callies
Julie Nygaard
Dorothy Gade
Carol Winters
Eunice Gade
Cresco
Seneca Stars
Lawrence Johannesen
Buffalo Boosters
Clarence Brandt
Meier Sonnenberg Vows Exchanged At Waterloo
Nuptial rites united Carol Meier and Harris Sonnenberg at First Lutheran Church Waterloo Sunday evening Aug 18. The couple planned to reside at Center Grove Trailer Court Dubuque Iowa after a Duluth honeymoon.
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Carol Meier
Vern Meier
Waterloo
Harris Sonnenerg
G. B. Sonnenberg
Titonia
B. Schleschtenhausen
Aubrey Fink
D. M. Boyd
Betty Sonnenberg
Titanka
Sabrina
Alton Limberg
Waverly
Merlin Franzen
Titonka
Richard Larson
Earlville
Tllinois
Herbert Britzman
Waterlow
Gerry Zumbrunnen
Congan
Diane Buhr
Readlyn
Lillian Fuchs
Tripoli
Darlene Franzen
Manford Heideman
Gretchen Lewis
Holland
John Beem
Velida Bruns
Don Price
Wartburg College
Sonnenberg
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Duluth
Minnesota
Center Grove
Route 2
Iowa
John Ostermann Sr Rites Held Thursday Afternoon
John Ostermann Sr born January 14 1869 in Eseas Ostfriesland Germany died August 25 at 87 after long illness. He immigrated 1686 to Pekin Illinois later farmed near Flanagan Wisconsin Titonia Iowa and retired in Titonica. Survived by wife two sons John and Elmer a daughter Mrs George Boyken ten grandchildren one great granddaughter sister in Germany and many relatives. Funeral guests included Kettwick and related families from Minonk and nearby towns.
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John Ostermann
Valentin Ostermann
Haure Nee Mueller
Eseas
Ostfriesland
Germany
Ostermann
New World
Pekin
Illinois
Flanagan and
Minoak
Ilinois
Lucy Kettwick
Walter
Flanagan
Wisconsin
Titonia
Iowa
Titonica
Lutheran Church
Mr. Ostermann
John
Elmer
George Boyken
John, Ostermann Sr
John Kettwick
Carl Kettwick
Orville Kettwick
Alfred Kettwick
Alfred Bauman
Frank Bauman
Lyle Tolan
James
George Krug
Minonk
Walter Ostermann
Harry Laub
Grand Junction
Harold Kline
Peoria
Dick Kalkuarf
Pete Kalkuarf
Belmond
Iowa Farm Bureau To Award Trip To Florida
The Iowa Farm Bureau offers a “Nifty Fifty” trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in Miami Beach December 10-12. Counties signing 50 or more 1957 members in Sept–Oct receive a $40 to $80 incentive. 75 members earns $60 and 100 members $80 to cover delegates. Bus departs Des Moines December 7 and returns December 16 with an estimated $100 per delegate cost plus meals.
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Florida
Iowa Farm Bureau
IFBF
American Farm Bureau
Miami Beach
Chas. Sorenson
AFBF
Des Moines
Sorenson Gays
Bureau Young
Ground Observer Corps To Hold Meeting Tuesday
The Titonics Unit of the Ground Observer Corps will meet Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock in the Tyke Theatre to organize for work on the new tower near Titonia airport. Sgt Don Cooper from Mason City will attend to show a movie. all interested in the corps are urged to attend.
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Titonics
Ground Observer Corps
Tyke Theatre
Titonia Airport
Don Cooper
Mason City
Corps
IST
Snes
Local High School Faculty for Next Year Announced
The Titonka high school faculty for the coming year is announced. Jack Easton, who resigned his English post in Titonka and joined Garner, will return to the high school teaching staff. TheEastons could not find suitable housing in Garner but are well liked in the community and by fellow teachers and students at Titans High School.
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Jack Easton
Titonka
Garner
Easton
Familly
Eastons
Titanics
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Ava
Taab
Reising-Studer
Wesley
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rosalee Ann Reising
Andrew Reising
Philip Studer
J. P Studer
L. N. Klein
Virginia Studer
Mary Cruise
Zeno Reising
John Youngwirth
K. C. Hall
Algona
K. C
Bill Bennett
Iowa State College
Meier-Sonnenberg
Phot
John Ostermann Sr
Titonea
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