Titonka Swea City face off in county basketball final
Titonka and Swea City meet Friday in Swea City for the Koasuth County boys basketball final after weather forced postponement from Algona. Titonka advanced by edging Algona 28 to 27, with a tight finish and key free throws sealing the win.
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Swea City
Titonka
Algona
Titinka
Koasuth
Nyke
Boyken
Ward
Tyke
Theall
Stephenson
Indians
Ace Boyken
D. Downs
Ziegler F
Lauritzen
Waldren
Dutton
Crapeer F
TOUTS
Cccee
Carererenesasersiees
Ledyard
Lakota
Hamiltons Open House At Hatchery Draws Crowd
Hundreds from town and nearby areas visited the Hamiltons hatchery on Saturday to inspect the new incubator and other equipment. Coffee and doughnuts were served by Methodist WSOS ladies. Feed experts explained the products while John Hamilton, who runs the local hatchery and produce business, and senior Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Bancroft attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiltons
WSOS
Lakota Legion Surpasses 1947 Membership Quota
Lakota Post No 652 of The American Legion reports 75 memberships turned in to Iowa Legion Headquarters in Des Moines. Commander Emory A Smith and Adjutant Melvin Ukena push ongoing drive as state seeks 120000 members, with 90000 already paid for 1947.
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Lakota
American Legion
Iowa Legion
Des Moines
Jesse W. Halden
Newton
Iowa
Emory A. Smith
Melvin Ukena
Halden
Iowa Legion J
Immanuel Lutheran Church Announces Weekend Services and Activities
Rev Wim Plant will lead 10 30 a m divine service at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Sunday School and Bible Class. Choir practice is Wednesday evening at 7 45 and confirmation classes run Wednesday and Saturday to 4. Ladies Aid meets Thursday Feb 6 at Lint. Brotherhood hosts Britt and Woden brothers at 7 39 0 Thursday evening.
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Immanuel Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Wim, Plant
Ladies ‘Aid and Mission Society
Brotherhood
Britt and Woden
Sectional Tourney To Be at Swea City
Swea City hosts the sectional boys basketball tournament the last week in February. Supt. A H Schuler says team pairings will be announced later.
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Swea City
Supt
A. H. Schuler
Bartletts Enjoy Long West Coast Trip Across Five States
Mr and Mrs Raymond Bartlett returned from a two week journey covering Washington Oregon California and New Mexico driving about 8000 miles at a cost of 30500 They visited relatives called on old friends and saw major sights including Grand Coulee Dam Everett and Seattle Then they headed to Oregon Long Beach and California oil fields noting construction and labor demand They also saw Howard Hughes plane and a West Coast turkey business note and plan to visit Iowa in the year ahead
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Raymond Bartlett
Washington
Oregon
California
New Mexico
Raymond
Wenatchee
Dr. Hamstreet
Invin Kuchenreuther
Grand Coulee ‘Dam
Mississippi River
McGregor
Everett, Wash
Stephens Pass
Linden
Clare Kuchenreuther
J. W. DeNeuf
Vancouver
Seattle
Verdene Boyken-Ryder
Woodburn
Amos Bonackers
Oscar ‘Blanchards
Carrie Bonacker
Townham
George Bonacker
Oscar
Amos
Bonackers
Blanchard
Johnnie Wilgong
Albany
Wilsons
Johnnie
Iowa
Bartletta
Long Beach
al Meyer
Guy Bruns
Beverly ‘Adamson
Zwirlem
Margaret Behrens
Bartlett
Howard Hughes
Bantletts
Kenneth Wishers
San Juancito
Stanley
Kenneth
Deming
Santa Maria
Immensa
Girls Sectional Opens at Burt Wednesday Night
The Burt high school gym hosts a girls sectional basketball tournament Wednesday night at 7 with subsequent games at 8 16 and 9 30. Ten teams enter led by Burt and Lakota. Schedule lists Titonka Burt Whittemore Woden Crystal Lake Lone Rock Rodman Thompson Wesley and others across first rounds and quarterfinals with officials and managers named.
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Burt High School
Burt
Lakota
Titonka
Whittemore
Woden
Crystal Lake
Burt Titonka
Lone Rock
Rodman
Thompson
Wesley
Whittemore-Woden
W. B. Officer
Burt School
James Buster
C. M. Robinson
Roger Heathman
Kenneth Hammerstrom
Herbert Weiske
Boy Scout Dinner and Demonstrations Indefinitely Postponed
Weather and road conditions forced postponement of a dinner honoring local and Algona Scouts. The Titonka Llona Club sponsors delayed the event as plans were hindered. In other notes, Jack Oelke, a wheelchair user, was gifted a season ticket to all games after student council members heard he could not attend a basketball match.
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Algona
Lutheran Church
Titonkca Llona Club
Jack Oelke
Independence
Jack
Fishermen’s talk of Chehalis trip and river salmon wish
Mrs. Bartlett loves to fish and hoped for salmon on the Columbia River but the season wasn’t right. Raymond notes California prices were similar here except eggs at 80 cents a dozen and milk at 22 cents a quart.
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Chehalis
Wash
Bartlett
Columbia River
Raymond
California
Ramsey Reformed Church Services and Meetings
The Ramsey Reformed Church lists Sunday School at 9 30, morning worship at 10 30, and evening worship at 7 30 led by Pastor F Snattier. Young People's Siery meets Wednesday evening, senior catechism also Wednesday at 7 16. Catechism classes Saturday morning at 10, Ladies Aid gathers Wednesday February 12 at 1 30.
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Ramsey Reformed Church
F. Snattier
Young People's Siery
Ladies Aid
Goop Hope Lutheran Service and League Events
Divine worship at 10 30 led by Pastor Alfred Mardoff. Postponed special offering for Town Lutheran Welfare Society to be received this Sunday. Luther League Valentine Party Sunday at 7 30. Ladies Aid postponed one day to Thursday Feb 6 at 2 o clock. Brotherhood meeting postponed two weeks to Thursday Feb 20.
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Goop Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred
Mardoff
Town Lutheran Welfare Society
Luther League
Ladies Aid
Brotherhood
No School News This Week in Tonka Area
Last Wednesday a sense of expectation filled the school house as rumors spread of an early dismissal. Snow began to fall and continued through Thursday Friday and into Monday causing bus travel to fail and no classes to be held. KGLO confirmed there was no school at Tonka, hence no school news this week.
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KGLO
Titonka
Old Friend Sends Bank Green Grass From Heart of Texas
A Dallas mailed letter to Titanica Savings Bank explains green grass and sunshine as sights of Texas. It claims abundant natural resources and low unemployment, praising the state’s climate and lifestyle as reasons for optimism. It notes many industries, training fields, and plentiful women, with a closing signature Old Friend.
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Texas
Dallas
Titanica Savings Bank
Army
Management closes school to avert danger
The local school management is praised for not sending buses on perilous days. Despite trips over 30 miles, officials kept children at home as weather threatened travel, with the largest bus carrying 45 pupils on routes near Dean church and Wesley, Lakota, and Algona areas.
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Eddie Sathoff
Dean Church
Algona
Richard Isebrand
Wesley
Bob Lang
Lakota
Overwatering Dangers in Winter House Plant Care
Extension horticulturist L C Grove warns overwatering is the top mistake for winter house plants especially when drainage is blocked. He advises broken crockery over drainage holes, notes bloomers need more water, and outlines species specific needs for cyclamen azalea begonia and African violet with humidity light and water temperature guidance.
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L. C. Grove
Extension Horticulturist
Iowa State College
Grove
Greve
Descriptive account of a severe local snowstorm
A northern town recounts a major blizzard that paralyzed roads for two days. Seventeen to eighteen inches fell, mail service halted, and rural delivery ceased while schools shut down. By Friday roads cleared, but transport disruptions and a postponed basketball tournament marred the week. Residents describe bread shortages, early harvests of snow, and a portrait of life during the storm.
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Bancroft
Bill Peterson
California
Washington News
Garner
Crystal Lake
Algona
Éames Wayne Miller
Can Still Breed Sows For Pigs In Late May
Iowa State College farm specialist Kenneth Oakleaf expects profitable pork production in 1947. Late May pigs offer lower costs, aided by ample corn feed and strong demand into next winter. For on farm hogs, healthy vaccinated sows and pigs should reach 275 to 300 pounds. emphasis on balanced rations, minerals, water, dry warm beds, and early protection.
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Kenneth Oakleaf
Iowa State College
Oakleaf
Cakeleaf
Wesley
Woden
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Charles Reed
Harry Heed
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Wm. Welhausen
J. Boekelman
George Schutter
Chas. Cocyer
Mtonea
Doan
Franklin B. Dodd
Marathon
N. Y
New York
Pennsylvania
Iitonka
WSCS
Titanics
Titanica
Spears Bruns
Bob Downs
Hammond
D. Norland
A. Norland
Beenken
U ‘Winter
Danitze
Lloyd 'G
Wentworth L. Wentworth Engleby
Tatala
Tita
Titanka
Ft. Ward
Downs
Lakota Legion
Bartletts
West Coast
WNU
BOY Scout
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