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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
5
On Thursday at 2 o clock Titonka grade school presents a three act operetta A Wooden Shoe Christmas free to the public. Cast includes Hans Oezo Kenneth Brandt Katrina Marietta Bruns Mather Dale Bruns and many others. High school Christmas vacation follows with party and gifts exchange.
Annette Bestlehner, bank president’s daughter, foiled a Whittemore State Bank robbery by drawing a revolver and ordering the intruder away. Lloyd Musselman, 29, already twice sentenced to life terms, was arrested and confessed. Previously he robbed Goodell Bank eight years ago and had his first life sentence commuted to ten years before parole.
Marriage licenses issued include Ferman Heinen 19 of Luverne and Imelda Foertsch 21 of Wesley. Charles Heinen 21 Luverne and Marie Foertsch 19 Wesley. Cliffoffrd W Haase 28 Fenton and Elvira Laabs 19. Charles Gosevisch 42 New Prague and Angeline Lowe 23 Jordan. Thomas Lowe 29 Jordan and Lola Mensing 29 Belle Plaine Minnesota.
Readings songs and recitations mark a long Christmas program at Immanuel Lutheran Church with performances by the choir and Sunday School, including responses, “Unto you,” “The Christmas Story,” and “Silent Night” among many tunes and arrangements by numerous Schutter, Boyken, Harringa, Geerdes, and other local participants. The Ramsey Church event on December 24, 1988 features an organ prelude, pantomime, pageant, and multiple choirs culminating in a benediction and gift distribution.
Good Hope Lutheran Church invites worshippers to a 10 30 a m Christmas service in English on Sunday December 25 with Sunday School at 9 4 and a Christmas Eve program for children at 7 00 p m Choir practice Friday at 7 00 p m and a Friday dress rehearsal for Sunday School children after school There will be no confirmation instruction Saturday A German Holy Communion is planned for New Year’s Day if God willing
Grocery stores hardware stores and banks will close from noon on Monday December 26 for the rest of the day.
On Sylvester Decem ber 31 in English at seven oclock p.m. communion at 10:80, followed by a Luther Leagues party. Tivitt Woden Immanuel's leagues invited. Britt league provides entertainment. Good Hope league supplies refreshments. Last Sunday evening the Luther League elected Floyd Ahrends president Alias Brandt secretary Herbert Ralow treasurer Lela Petersen educational secretary Arthur Rike hospice secretary. Rakow Petersen re-elected. retiring officers praised. Breda Stecker served as secretary for four years.
A Christmas program at the Methodist Church features opening song and scripture, Rev Patterson leading prayers, and student recitations and songs. Performances include pieces by Jean Hagen, Dawn Bonacker, Ruth Phelps, Myrna Rae Cooper, Leroy Phelps, Danny Bonacker, David Hoon, Keith Young, Lavonne Graham, Ernestine Adamson, Mary Hoon, and Robert Downs. Distribution of gifts and treats concludes the event.
Eighteen Woman's Club members gathered at the C. A. Hoon residence on December 17 for a Christmas gift exchange and lesson from Atlantic on Good Will to Men led by Alvin Johnson. Gifts passed in circle to music as the musician paused, each member keeping the held gift amid festive refreshments. The next meeting on December 29 with Isrhel Reed was planned for the evening.
Wesley high school will present music letters to participants meeting requirements through a gapping system. Credits include regular attendance at rehearsals public performances and general attitude.
Children are invited to meet Santa at 1 p.m. Saturday in Titanica, with treats provided. After the visit, all boys and girls may attend the Tyke Theatre show run by Bartlett Brothers, under the sponsorship of the American Legion Auxiliary PTA and Good Will Club.
The American Legion Auxiliary announces two national essay contests and a poster contest for 1939. Local winners advance to state and national levels with scholarships and cash prizes. Topics include Fidac and national defense themes with various word limits and prize amounts. Poppy poster prizes are awarded by grade, with Poppy Day on May 27. Enrollment already exceeds 200000, and membership targets rise toward 500000.
Des Moines Register recounts a 1856 57 buffalo hunt led by Capt. Wm. H. Ingham that shaped local place names. The Buffalo river inspired the name, the township became Buffalo, and Titonka emerged for the town. Titonka is said to mean buffalo in Algonquian, while county historian Ben Reed claimed Titonka signified big black.
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