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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
5
The Titonka school closes Thursday December 23 and reopens Monday January 3. An operetta titled Suzannah's Christmas Auction will be held December 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium with no admission charge. Grade reports note class activities, birthday treats, war stamp purchases, operetta practice, and lessons across grades including English, history, arithmetic, and literature.
WODEN The local school was closed Friday due to the flu epidemic but was reopened Monday morning. It closed again Monday evening until next week or until further announcement. Bikers Aplenty Thirty six bidders wanted to purchase a day loader at the Theo Klein farm sale near Grundy Center. All bidders offered the ceiling price of 80 percent of the price paid. Auctioneer Ross A Long settled the problem by having the 36 bidders draw numbers from a hat. The winner became the new owner of the hay loader.
Miss Lavon Oesterreicher and Pvt. Wallace Lichtenberger wed at Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church in Minneapolis with family, friends, and uniformed attendants present. The bride, from Titania, wore blue with gardenia corsage. groom in uniform. They plan a Minneapolis apartment home. The couple comes from prominent families and will begin life together amid well wishes.
A collection of Christmas readings and recitations by Vernon Krull Shirley Callies Ronald Young Allan Carr Ruth Phelps Taor raine Helmers Leroy Phelps Karl Young Wilbur Willis Kinsey Korte David Adamson Max Carr Nancy Adamson Elvin Boeckholt Philip Orthel Heather Cheever with Candia Light Hymn Service featuring Dean Kuchenreuther Billy Amesbury Kenneth Krantz Harvey Tiebrand Ellsworth Heifner Wilbur Willis Gwen Craven Joan Hagen Glenda McColley Hesther Abbas and others.
A Methodist Openny service features Joy to the World sung by the congregation. Pastor leads prayer and a Christmas Greeting. Vernon Krull oversees candle lighting and Primary Department introduces The Christmas Story with Jane Amesbury Patty Korte Colleen Rippentrop. Candlers include Darlene Callies Carol Dunmire Mary Ann Rippen trop Arden Nelson Linda Nelson. Betty Ann Miller Marilyn Callies Doris Kuchenreuther present a poem Because Jesus Came. Carolers hail Kathleen Young Jack Carr Eldon MacCalley Bruce Ort hell David Buffington Verdeile Burger Floyd Elcott Jean Elliott Mickey Taft Joyce Isebrand Merle Phelps Roberta Ort hell Joy Ort hell John Clemans David Rippentrop Joan Keil Sidney Buffington Larry Carr. Grace Heifner offers a closing prayer.
The Opening Service features hymns such as Come Hither Ye Waithful Hark the Herald Angels Sing and O Little Town of Bethlehem. Bible Gems for Christmas and The Meaning of Christmas are presented with dialogue and readings by readers Anna Brandt Troyce Bruns and a roster of named participants including Berniece Harrenga Marlyn Franzen Dusine Boyken Hirvin Fahrenholtz Eugene Harrenga Ervin Post and others.
A Sunday School program page lists hymns and recitations by names including Jo Ann Harman Carol Sue Boy ken Janice Boyken Darlene Fran tzen and others. It attributes pieces such as Away In A Manger Long Ago On Christmas Silent Night and Joy in the World to the Sunday School and congregation with readers and a closing benediction.
Christmas program from Good Hope featuring multiple hymns and recitations. Elements include processional Come Hither Ye Faithful, song Welcome Christmas, readings from Rev Mardar and classes led by numerous Stecker and Boekelman families, and a pageant Christmas in all Ages with cast, voices, and a children's offering for orphans' homes.
On Friday evening December 24 at 7:00 p.m. Ramsey presented a Christmas program featuring Greta Sloper leading a medley of carols, a processional hymn and a series of reader and choir items. The program included prayers, invocations, and the pageant The Lost Christmas with a cast listing Mary Bunkofske Rose Cardes Donna Ites Gertrude Veer Doris Risius Anna Grace Folkerts Bertha Sichlman Clara Everding and others.
Christmas Day will have one morning mall with no rural delivery. The post office closes at 10 a.m. and remains shut for the day. The grocery store will be closed all day. A retirement sale by Vacation J. Farley near Grinnell marks the farm’s end after 70 years of farming. Mr and Mrs Farley celebrate their golden anniversary on Christmas Day and will stay on the farm. Gordon Farley will serve as auctioneer.
Holloway Minnesota St John s congregation celebrated the 25th wedding anniversary of Rev and Mrs Adolph Kilian with a Sunday service at Moyer Township church. A reception at Holloway public school featured a three tiered cake, gifts from the Ladies Aid and Luther Leagues, and visits from visiting pastors and out of town guests.
Mrs. T A Dunmire died Sunday in a Mason City hospital after two major operations and a subsequent decline. Born Evelyn Lang in Brooklyn Iowa May 28 1908 she married T A Dunmire in 1928. The couple lived in Graettinger Titonka and had three daughters Kathryn Gay Dorothy Jean and Carol Ann. She is survived by four sisters and three brothers. The funeral was at the Titonka Methodist church with interment at Newton Town.
Santa Claus visited Titanica on Saturday and offered a free show and candy and apples for all children. About 260 youngsters attended the event, with Santa awaiting them in the lobby after the performance. The annual gathering brings joy and anticipation as kids await his arrival each year.
The Weasley American Legion Auxiliary held its annual Christmas party at the hall with nineteen members present. They voted to give $2.50 as a Christmas gift to Shick hospital in Clinton, which houses 1,500 sick and wounded World War II veterans. Other Christmas contributions were made, carols were sung, and gifts were distributed from under the tree. Entertainment committee members were Mesdames Alfred Erdman, A. J. Hildman and R. C. Bauer. A covered dish luncheon followed.
A mule raised on Carl Slater’s Denison area farm is described as the smallest on record. The animal stands about 40 inches tall and weighs roughly 210 pounds, drawing attention for its unusual size among the farm’s livestock.
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