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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1943
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Harold Krantz of Swea City visit Donald Buffington home Sunday. Numerous local residents host and attend dinners, parties, bridge games, and club meetings across Swea City Bancroft and surrounding areas. Updates cover moves, illnesses, travel, and family milestones with activities at homes, farms, and local businesses.
Local residents report visits and news across area towns including Humboldt and Buffalo Center. Notables include Mr and Mrs Raymond Bartett trip, Mrs B Eigesdal’s visit, and Henry Sloper home guests. A Medford trip ties to Pvt Johann Tapper. service changes at a Bancroft church and a new owner at a Lakota service station are noted. Community events feature a 500 card game, a shelling accident injuring James McColley, and elections for Farmers Co-Operative Oil Company leadership.
Mt Vernon newspaper notes Reggie Winter, son of Mr and Mrs Herb Winter, has been promoted to captain in the U S Air Force. He commands a dive bomber squadron at Key Field Meridian Miss after initial training at C A A Mt Vernon. Herb Winter is son of James Winter and brother of Mrs Denton.
In Woden Winnebago county the Grant township home nursing class finished its course at the John W Boyken home on Tuesday February 9. The Indies held an all day meeting with a 4 pot luck lunch and gifts were presented including a silk house coat to county nurse Mrs Schrank and a large table cloth to Mrs Boyken. The class included Mrs Henry Hofbauer Mrs Ralph Stenerson Jennie Gruss Bessie Finer Mrs Lloyd Frerich Mrs Fred Stratman Mrs John Mathison Mrs Lawrence Gjersted Mrs Ted Aykes Mrs Murray Kraft Mrs John Boyken Mrs George Schmidt Mrs John Ostermann and Mrs Henry Finer.
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a February 26 meeting at Anna Hoff's home with a 2 to 3 pm business session on the Americanism theme, followed by sewing and lunch. Treasurer Mary Young notes a $5 Lions Club honor roll contribution and members are urged to donate 50 cents each. Victory Book Day is set for March 5 to collect books for the U.S.C. program. Also mentioned: radio listeners heard Lieut. Thomas Stricker from Great Britain. Ida Bone of Montezuma recently broke a hip after icy fall and is recovering.
Kossuth county women with home economics training can qualify to teach Red Cross nutrition classes by attending a district nutrition refresher course March 6 and 7 at the Kermore Hotel in Emmetsburg. Reservations and $1 advance registrations are due March 1. Speakers include Evelyn Hollen Velma Clarke P Mabel Welgon Mary Lyle Margaret Reid and Ruth Seaton Hicks from Iowa State College and state offices.
Miss Alma G Schulty explains War Ration Book Two will cover processed foods including canned fruits and vegetables. The plan uses point values and stamp letters for periods with nationwide uniform values, while home preserved items avoid rationing. A wind accident on a farm near Clearance injured Frederick Decker but he survived with minor burns and bruising.
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