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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
3
The Titonka Topic published weekly lists contact details and rates. Subscriptions cost 2.00 yearly in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.50 outside, 3.00 to Canada and foreign, and 2.00 to armed forces members.
Multiple community notes report births at Kossuth hospital Algona including a son for Mr. and Mrs Don Kraus and a son for Mr. and Mrs Bud Hauptman, hospital visits, Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives in Mason City Mankato Fort Dodge Detroit and Dubuque, church officers named Ole K Flom Carl Starquist and others, Amvets Auxiliary Christmas party plans, and local residents visiting family across Iowa.
Edward Boyken secretary certifies pages 1 and 2 of the district's financial proceedings for the quarter ending September 30 1946. The listing covers labor and materials including Henry Huisinga Harold Miller Edn A Sathoff bus driving Robert Isebrand Lang Gruis janitor Frank Clark Reed Hardware and Phyllis Bean teaching staff rent and supplies with totals and notary seal.
Silkworms excrete a sticky substance from head glands that dries into silk thread. A cocoon the size of a pigeon's egg holds 500 to 1200 yards of continuous thread. The thread is extremely fine with 12 miles weighing less than an ounce. Workers judge cocoon maturity by silence inside, then heat-kill the chrysalis to preserve the cocoon. After soaking, threads are twisted into a strong strand, yielding greater luster and absorbency. Some fabrics are weighted with tin, iron, or zinc salts.
Psychological warfare planners used scarce book matches as propaganda to lift captive nations. Millions of books in multiple languages were smuggled or dropped by planes, with famed issues bearing General Douglas MacArthur's image and the slogan I Shall Return.
Woden news notes Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30 Divine Worship at 10 20 Christmas program practice Saturday 2 Ladies Aid meets Dec 11 at 1 80. Thanksgiving visits span local families with Witzel Turner Larson Smith Wood Tindall and others. Catholic guild hosts event. Mercy Hospital affiliates in Mason City visited local families.
More than 21,000,000 persons are covered by voluntary hospital protection plans with costs to be extended to medical expenses. Many people also hold group hospital and surgical insurance, group accident and sickness benefit plans, and mutual benefit associations. Andrew T. Court of GM testified before a congressional committee opposing government compulsory health insurance, noting rapid growth and business leadership in expanding voluntary health programs. The Chamber of Commerce urges voluntary group effort to provide adequate medical services for all.
A surge of enterprise follows postwar return, with thousands of veteran started units weekly. Most are small shops or service stations, many fail, but some grow into enduring firms creating thousands of jobs and signaling strong private sector vigor.
Last Sunday evening at the community hall was well attended with high score prizes in 600 won by Miss Clark of Buffalo Center and Gordon Swan. Bridge winners included Mrs Sylvester Hoff and Dr W L Tindall, with further honors to Mr and Mrs Sylvester Hoff and children. Guests and visitors from Des Moines Mason City and Magle Grove joined family gatherings and Thanksgiving visits across several homes.
The article shares Dad Hoskins eighty years old with a simple plan to stop worry. For any problem he asks if action is possible. If yes, he acts now. if not, he puts the worry aside as unchangeable.
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