Local Happenings and Community Notes from Garner
Mr and Mrs T J Reith and daughters Priscilla and Carol travel to Grant City Missouri to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with Mr Reiths parents. Des Moines visitors include Miss Maxine Stott and Miss Amanda Heesch plus the Dirksen family and Serena. John Stott hospitalized at Buffalo Center after a period of illness. Marie Calhoun family share Christmas card from Colorado while longing for snow. Jean French wedding announced with a shower. Mrs John Pink suffers a severe stroke at Alona hospital. Wayne Miller relocates his family and 550 acres to Versailles Missouri. Bernard Pannhuk and Lorraine Peterson Dean welcome a baby boy.
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T. J. Reith
Priscilla
Carol
Grant City
Mr. Reith
Maxine Stott
Des Moines
Mrs. W. H. Stott
R. Dirksen
Serena
Amanda Heesch
Nick Heesch
Titanka
Fred Wentz
Bouilding
Will Ricklefs
Dr. Woods
John Stott
Buffalo Center Hospital
Good Hope Lutheran
Lester- Callies
Edw. A. Sathoff
Dick Baade
C. R. Krantz
John Pink
Algona
Wayne Miller
Versailles
Wayne
Bris- How
Bernard Pannhuk
Martin’ J. Dean
West
Chester
George Peterson
Dean
Lorraine Peterson
Son-in-law of Rev Riggs graduates at Ames
Rev and Mrs J A Riggs attend Town State College of Ames graduation on December 20 as their son-in-law George Burnett earns a doctor’s degree in chemical engineering. Burnett served three years in Japan as a lieutenant and plans to begin work at Commercial Solvent in Terre Haute Indiana in the design department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Riggs
Town State College
Ames
George Burnett
Burnett
Stranger’s Memory Sparks Recollection in Conrad Store
Will Simms in Conrad recalls a familiar voice when a stranger enters his store. The man turns out to be Col. L. W. Jefferson of Pasadena. Both men had taught together 40 years earlier at Plainview Minnesota.
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Conrad
Will Simms
Col. L. W. Jefferson
Pasadena
Plainview
Minn
Old Book At Maquoketa Sheds Light On 255 Year Family Find
In Maquoketa Mrs. H. D. Barton owns a cookbook printed in Leeds, England in 1758. The volume has belonged to the Barton family since 1760, marking a rare 255 year passage through the household.
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Maquoketa
H. D. Barton
Leeds
England
Barton
George Onken 80 Dies in Algona Rest Home
George Onken age 80 died Friday in an Algona rest home after years of declining health. Funeral services were held Monday at Good Hope Lutheran Church with Rev. H A Diers officiating, burial in Good Hope Cemetery. He was born October 20 1871 in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1889, later marrying Katie Bergmann in Titonka in 1908. He leaves his wife and a sister, Mrs Margaret Heenken, of Fort Dodge.
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Good Hope Lutheran Church
George Onken
H. A. Diers
Good Hope Cemetery
Mr. Onken
Algona Rest Home
Pand
Gerd Onken
Burmenken
Ostirlesland
Germany
Thinnis
Onken
Katie Bergmann
Titonka
Good Hope
Marriage Licenses Granted to Eight Couples in Kossuth County
Eight couples received marriage licenses in Kossuth County last week. Wayne Bell of West Bend wed Arlene Witte of Whittemore. Louis F. Byson of Marshalltown with Barbara Davis of LaVerne. Frank Grandgenett with Agnes Eischeid of Algona. Derald Lage of Blue Earth with Connay Jean Heidenwith of Swea City. Joan Mann of Burt tied to Jack Williams of Des Moines. Allan Montgomery of Armstrong to Barbara Burnett of Swea City. Edward Stecker with Anelle Senne of Titonia. James Delbert Steven and Ethelreda Janette Lampe, both of Burt.
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Kossuth County
Wayne Bell
West Bend
Arlene Witte
Whittemore
Louis F. Byson
Marshalltown
Barbara Davis
LaVerne
Frank Grandgenett
Agnes Eischeid
Algona
Derald Lage
Blue Earth
Connay Jean Heidenwith
Swea City
Joan Mann
Burt
Jack Williams
Des Moines
Allan Montgomery
Armstrong
Barbara Burnett
Edward Stecker
Christmas Week Socials and Visits Brighten Woden Area
Local residents Zac through Christmas week shared visits with relatives in Clear Lake, Traer, Cedar Falls, Minneapolis, and Des Moines. Families noted include the Tegtmeyers thirtieth wedding anniversary, Frances Tegtmeyer home from Clear Lake, and several students returning from Calvin College ISTC Cedar Falls and Indiana. A hospital admission in Mason City and a Fort Ord return were also reported along with a high school Home Economics tea and a girls basketball tournament in Klemme.
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Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Rebecca Gerdes
Julius Bilyeu
Bensonville
Ill
Calvin Kurtzleben
Fort Leonard Wood
W. L. Tindall
Minneapolis
Ivan Valley
David
Dows
Ray Valley
Henry ‘Bode
Traer
Carl Tegtmeyer
Frances Tegtmeyer
Carl Tegimeyer
Alvin Hinders
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Tom Hinders
D. W. Senne
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Presbyterian
Jeanette Tisdale
Robert Bird
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Tom Hinders Sr
Garener
Methodist
Etta Haskins
Ida Boomgarden
Charles Bird
Scott Field
Illinois
C. A. Bird
Arthur Smith
Laramie
Wyoming
Goslin
Wm. Kendall
Altoona
Herman Limberg
Clarence Riekena
Fort Ord
California
Clifford Christensen
Pratt, Minn
Charles Christensen
St. Louis
D. O. Quist
Forest City
Albert Weishaar
Gladys
Edwin Weishaar
John Rudisil
Wayne Naser
Lake Mills
Alvin Hanna
Vicki
Ray Hogan
Wm. Wood
San Anderson
Harold Anderson
Willmar
Minn
Klemme
St. Johns Luther League
Eugene
Richard
Linda
Donald Wood
Cancer questions and family life lessons merge in 1950s column
The article surveys cancer causes noting no single culprit and that cancers of the same tissue show no sex difference, while male breast cancer can occur. It also argues New Year’s resolutions are unnecessary if daily family life fosters responsibility, citing two 60th wedding anniversaries in Mt. Vernon and Rockford.
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American Cancer Society
Mason City
Men's Brotherhood Wives Enjoy Christmas Party
Lakota church group hosts a Christmas party for members and wives last Monday night. Al Boesteher chaired the program with master of ceremonies duties. Louis Price welcomed guests as Jackie Petersen acted out Bing Crosby in White Christmas. Rev. Darnauer led devotions and games followed by lunch for about fifty attendees.
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Mens Brotherhood
Alvin Boesteher
Ale
Louis Price
The
Brotherhood
Jakie Petersen
Bing Crosby
Darnauer
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Rev. Riggs
Wesley
Titonka Savings Bank
Tyke Theatre
Roy Rogers and
Trigger
Caliente
SUN
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Killer Diller
Kirk Douglas
Jan Sterling
Bob Arthur
Pierre Sartor
M. D
Iowa
E. J. Gallup
Titanka, Iowa
H. E. Torgersen
Titanka, Ta
John M. Woods
Osteopathic
James K. Hill
Tyke Electric
L. A
H. W. Miller
Dr. Sawyer
L. L. Snyder
Jas. J. Norris
Louie H. Helm
Woden
Won'’S Shoe Shof Sales and ‘Service
Andy Crawford
Towa Farm Mutual Insurance Co
Farm Bureau Auto
Woden News
Christ
Mrs
George Bonacker
Amtican Emeled Society
E. D. Plass
Iowa Acs
Aston Smith
Siv
Betty
Rockford
5. J. Roberts
Mt. Vernon
Charles Ehresman
Mr. and
Ken Brandt
Roy
Jim McColley
Frank Clark
Towa
Canada
Itonka
Towa Press
Sauwcrn Association
Blue Earth Monument
G. F. Krohn
Prop
Seoube
Mee A
Bjastroms Furniture
Bjastroms Furniture Company
Farland Barber
Modern Cleaners & Tailors
Algona, Iowa
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