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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
8
Alice B Palmer hosts a lavish New Year ball filled to capacity as Thornton and nearby suburbs join the festive scene despite heavy snow. Families and sisters in elegant dress mingle while orchestral standards fill the hall. Pilot David Ralston lands nearby, racing to escort Nancy Graham to the ball amid the snowstorm.
A whimsical New Year tale unfolds with a pudding of kindness and holiday cheer. David, Janet, Jewel, and Grandma prepare for a ball where an airplane arrival and a Cinderella moment light up the scene as festivities rise to midnight.
Rita Norris and Jeff Sewards discuss the idea of weekly good deeds as a New Year pledge. Rita visits a corner shop and later helps Janet Merchant, a motherless girl, with acts of kindness inspired by their resolutions. The tale from Western Newspaper Plan captures simple community warmth.
In a year end bonus contest, Jerry Gayle seizes the prize by a last minute upgrade from Nancy, who pays eight hundred fifty to secure his win. Mark Bertman’s ethical questions linger as the group erupts in celebration. The new couple, Nancy and Jerry, are set to marry tomorrow.
An elderly man defies the cold to visit his friends on New Year’s Eve, saving an elderly couple from a kitchen fire during a break in the party as a child’s cries echo. Nancy Gibson’s party erupts with joy when David Wilson arrives late with news of an engagement and a broadcast career.
Compact excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem The New Year featuring repeated refrains of ring out and ring in. Imagery calls for shedding old grief, pride, disease, and strife while welcoming truth, peace, generosity, and Christ. Describes bells, night, snow, and the transition to a nobler era.
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