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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1942
Page
5
First grade plans a puppet show of Chicken Little with treats from Carol Callies and a birthday for Almina Harms. Sterling Huisman’s sisters visited. Second grade finished February calendars and filled library boat charts with sails. They are making valentines and decorating a valentine box for Valentine’s Day.
A fourth grade class works on a chord and makes valentines and Valentine men as Valentine Day nears. After a chicken pox case, Glenda returns to school and the class hopes no further cases occur.
The fourth graders display a sign reading Valentine City above their door. They will mail valentines from a soon to be opened post office on Main Street in one city block after an examiner appoints the postmaster. By Monday the office will sell stamps and begin full operation.
Last week fifth graders wrote history stories and held a vote to choose the best. Keith’s entry won the contest, earning top praise for clarity and imagination.
Sixth graders sing cheer songs in music class to support basketball teams. They face four English tests, start new geography books, and finish old ones. In art they craft airplanes to aid defense. They do reading work units and study arithmetic, now dividing decimals by decimals.
The seventh grade cites luck as sixth and eighth grades face capitalization tests. They use the sixty day method in arithmetic and study chapters 10 through 12 in history. Geography covers China. Art decorates for Valentine Day and Washington and Lincoln birthdays. Some students build log cabins from corn stalks and wood and a junior high basketball game with Lakota is set for Saturday morning.
The junior high boys and girls played Lakota Saturday morning. A pep meeting occurred Friday afternoon. School leaders chosen are Billy Ward and Mildred Schutter, and Marietta Bruns and Irvin Rippentrop. A capitalization test was held Thursday and Friday. In mathematics students are constructing lines and angles using a protractor, compass, and ruler.
A new tournament started in the general science category and will run for the remainder of the year. The event begins this season with teams entering across multiple science disciplines, aiming for top honors by year end.
The Farmers Co operative Creamery Company held its 19th annual stockholders and patrons meeting in Kleinpeter Hall with about 460 attendees. W Baler of Storm Lake spoke on Co operation. Officials from the Iowa Dairy Association and Iowa Dairy Industry Commission attended. Theron Hansen was elected director to succeed the deceased John Loebig. Several directors were reelected for two year terms. A free lunch was served and Wesley High School provided music. Buttermilk was sold to Ben Eden at 1.01 per hundred gallons. The creamery is one of three co operatives in Wesley alongside K J H Oil Company and the Farmers Elevator and Lumber Yard.
A. L. Brown county agent says an electric brooder can lift the number of pigs farrowed in March by up to 14 percent through better warmth and management. The device is easy to build, inexpensive to operate, and aligns with revised hog production goals emphasizing improved feeding and care to raise pork. Nearly 40 percent of Iowa farmers now have highline service, per H. H. Beaty. Plans are available from Farm Bureau, REA offices, or the State Extension Service.
Students faced a fractions square root problem in class while a quiz on Silas Marner was held Thursday. Maxine Leech returns to school after recovering from measles.
The sophomore class had a world history test on Wednesday with several perfect papers and a high class average. In agriculture, boys studied potatoes and cotton and debated which tractor would last longest, discussing Farmall Allis Chalmers and John Deere.
Freshman girls work on a luncheon cloth featuring varied designs and colors while senior girls stay busy sewing silk and rayon dresses, reflecting a bustling school textile project.
In literature they study The Psalm of Life and other poems, while in social studies they review mono and polygamy, and in civics class they examine courtship values and modern current events shared each Friday.
The occupations class has focused on vocational efficiency across most subjects. John Rike James Spear and Richard Beenken repaired two galvanometers in physics and will soon test currents. Speech class spent the week on debates including Installment Buying and If Disarmament Is Essential for World Peace. Literature class studies the Romantic Period and imagines how people from that era would react if alive today.
Sugar industry plans wartime expansion as beet sugar plants around Waverly anticipate reopening this season to bolster sugar supplies.
Titonka Indians reached the county tournament final after beating Grant 67 to 2 percent and Lakota 38 to 14 with Korte and Bruns top scorers. They then lost 28 to 24 to Burt in the final, despite Daryle Batt’s spectacular play and Bruns, Korte, Bart scoring for Titonka. Burt’s Hutzeal led with 14 points, while Titonka earned runner-up honors.
A Buena Vista County man, Robert Bell, bets $100 that ears of corn in his home state grow 12 inches long. In Clovis New Mexico he cannot prove the claim, despite home folks sending ears as proof. Without a 12 inch ear he forfeits the wager.
Titonka Iowa February 5 1942 Dear Editor Fearful lest you discontinue the Topic because my subscription has expired I send two dollars to renew It for another year The Topic is a regular visitor in our home for 80 years bringing news from old friends in town We are well and enjoying an unusually warm winter greetings to you and all our friends Rev Adolph Kilian
Kossuth County 4-H clubs aim to boost dairy pork and poultry production while expanding gardens. Boys and girls ages 10 to 20 can join town garden clubs or various projects including dairy calf sow and litter sheep colt poultry garden and corn. Participation teaches doing, cooperation, and business record keeping, with activities like picnics tours softball and county fair exhibits. Contact local leader or Pay J. Meade county club agent Algona for more information.
The Kossuth County Local Selective Service Board sent numerous men for induction into the U S Army in the first week of February. Names include John O Davies Vernon A Winter Rudolph A Elbert Carl V Voigt Alex J Thilges Harold W Bryan Kenneth R Beck Clarence Raymond McGuire Hlmer W Alt Adolph M Friest George J Rippentrop Rollie Steele Jr Anthony W Elbert Lorenz M Pijahn Raymond M Besch LeRoy J Stoffel Harold J H Ristau Maurice F Miller Palmer J Jensen Albert F Grandgenett Claude J Haag Robert J Sanders Kyle Fitch Vernon V Gray Virgil J Wilson Paul A Petratz Roscoe Fucss Leslie M Kubly Edward W Pilcher Orval E Kienitz Bernard A lautmann
The state’s most interesting Red Cross basket belongs to Amelia Fidler, Dallas county recorder. A copper pail used for household purposes by the Fidler family for over a century, it stands as a notable local relic.
Ned Turner of Malvern brings 200 coppers to the Leader office to pay for his newspaper subscriptions claiming the coins make reading matter accessible and painless.
In Algona a $10 530 damage suit by Lester L Lease against Richard Youngwirth over his son Sterling s death in last May s highway 18 crash closed with a confidential settlement after a Tuesday opening. A jury panel was selected to hear another case. Jack Frisbie faced grand larceny charges and received a five year reform school sentence. Orris Frisbie bound over on similar charges. two other cases and new probate, social welfare, and marriage license notes fill the week docket.
Schipull of Luverne County Fair President Albert Schipull of Luverne elected president of the Kossuth County Agricultural Association at the Algona annual meeting held last Tuesday. Alex Bornstetter of West Bend named vice president B L Vincent secretary and H H J Bode treasurer. Executive committee includes the president and three other directors Alex Bornstetter W iC Dau and Claude Seeley.
Pastor Rev Calvin Schnucker announces Sunday School at 10 30 a m German Worship at 5 30 p m and English Worship at 11 30 a m all in the Sunday School Auditorium with D Ralph Cordes conducting. Congregation votes to shift all meetings one hour later wartime until further notice.
Methodist Church outlines Sunday schedule with Rev W. L. Patterson as pastor. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Doan group to hold Morning Worship at 10:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. with services proceeding in the same morning.
Mr and Mrs Chris Brandt spent the weekend with their son Sid ward at Camp Funston in Junction City Kansas Meg drove to Ames Friday morning Clarence accompanied them from there They traveled by car rather than train enjoying the trip They went from Ames to Council Bluffs and Omaha west into Nebraska then Bowth into Kansas On the return they went east through Missouri then north They noted varied country in Iowa and praised parts of Nebraska while describing Kansas as good bad and varied They observed Missouri life and concluded Chris is pleased with his surroundings
Mrs H Dreesman hosted the women’s home project meeting on Friday February 6. The topic was Seasonable Plans for Maintaining Year Around Food Supply with discussion on canned foods whole cereals and home production. A safety quiz and plans for victory gardens were included. County meeting volunteers will distribute materials to four square mile areas sponsored by the Iowa State College Extension Service. The final meeting of the year will be at Mrs Raymond Bartlett’s on February 27.
A Friday evening gathering at the Mark Bacon home marked their 35th wedding anniversary with 500 games and a lifting of spirits. Awards went to Mrs Henry Orthel and Mr Bacon for high scores. a wedding cake and envelope with money and good wishes capped the celebration. Guests included John Pink Conrad Schmidt George Higgins Herman Blakley Sophus Nelson Earl Blakley Lenus Isebrand Henry Orthel Ty A Dunmire Bob Lang Clair Heifner Vern Bacon Merlin Isebrand and others.
The February Parent-Teachers Association meeting is moved to February 16 due to the county basketball tournament. After the business session at 7 45 Kathleen Lorenz of Algona public school will discuss Reading Activities at Home and School. A Founders Day candle lighting ceremony and a fourth grade skit directed by Miss Wellemeyer will follow with special music by Miss Hough and pupils.
Good Hope Lutheran Church invites worshipers to Divine services Sunday February 15 at 10 30 Wartime time with Sunday School at 9 30 Also Luther League social this evening and adult instruction sessions Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 P M Pastor M A Schulz extends welcome to all.
Rev. H. M. Veenschotten, ex-Boyden resident and Church of Christ missionary to China, is reported prisoner of the Japanese after a raid on the International Settlement of Amoy. He was awaiting a passport to Fukien province when seized.
The third selective draft registration occurs Monday February 16 with optional earlier filing Friday February 14 at Algona. Registrations span each county town, led by mayors, with Titonka at American Legion rooms 7 am to 9 pm. Eligible are males born on or before December 31 1921 and under February 16 1942, including residents and transients. Special registrars assist the homebound, and registrants must provide detailed personal, employment, and physical data.
Harvey Graham died at his Burt home last Thursday. Funeral was at the Burt Methodist church on Saturday. Born July 24 1867 in Maydoc Ontario he moved to Bancroft in 1886 then to Burt in 1891 where he ran the implement business the longest in Burt and perhaps the county. He married Lottie Wickwire on February 13 1891 in Bancroft.
The Osceola township minute book in Clarke county, used for seventy years, was retired this month in favor of a new book ordered from the county auditor. The first entry in the old record was made by Henry Stivers, township clerk, January 20, 1872. O. B. P. Anderson, a township trustee then, was the father-in-law of Tom Land, the present township clerk.
A communion table stolen from the Congregational church at Waverly was recovered in the night, returned to the same area as it disappeared. The incident remains without a clear explanation, with no arrests reported.
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