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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
5
Titonka traveled to Meservey last Tuesday night and extended their winning streak to nine with a 59 to 19 score. Merle Korte led with 26 points while Paul Bruns and Dick Batt added 13 each. Dick Kuchenreuther scored 14 to pace Titonka. The reserves also won 26 to 6.
First grade students created snow pictures and enjoyed a narrated session. They were visited by a grand snow storm and sent best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year to all readers.
After a long vacation the class is glad to be back in school. They decorate their blackboard with a snow man border and plan to color a January calendar to track school days.
Third grade students complete Work of the Sun unit and discuss food sources. In reading, groups dramatized a story and wrote picture-based tales for second graders. Art class finishes cotton snow scenes. Company-Wednesday- Who Miss Elsie Hoskins.
Shirley Amy Catherine Doris Anna and Alfred scored 100 in spelling. They have been taking tests in multiplication and division facts. The class is writing friendly letters in English. In geography they study a unit on Norway.
In arithmetic they are multiplying decimals. They have 126 news books for the library. They are studying about the Ice Age in science. A very pretty winter scene is being made in art. They are writing their own questions in Iowa history for each chapter.
Seventh graders enjoyed an extra vacation day last week and now start a new unit on the Soviet Union. They are corresponding with students in other states, hope for return letters, and have many new books in the room. In science they begin a chapter on differences between pure and impure air. In arithmetic they work with percents and decimals. This week the seventh grade prepares oral book reports.
A Des Moines couple returning from a vacation at Sibley were injured Saturday morning when their car, driven by the husband, lost control near the Milwaukee crossing on Highway 18 east of Sexton and struck two electric railroad guard posts. The woman suffered a fractured right leg and facial cuts after the impact. The car stopped on the tracks and the front end was damaged.
Clarence A. Phillips W E McDonald and George Hawcett form the Kossuth county fire board rationing committee named by Fred Kent. A second board may be placed for the north end of the county. W A Lorenz named inspector. January tire and tube allotments set 55 truck tires 46 truck tubes 22 passenger tires 18 passenger tubes. Banks to distribute to dealers garages.
Eighth grade observed two day vacation last week with Thursday and Friday off due to New Year and weather. Students studied stocks and bonds in mathematics class.
Freshman students study magnetism electricity and mechanical energy with focus on Asian Minor and practical experiments. English work includes book reports and modifiers with double negatives, as Christmas break renews minds for the second half of the year. They will take semester tests this week after last week’s agriculture and geometry exams, seven perfect geometry papers reported.
Juniors busy with pronoun usage and semester tests. Miss Rodgers, their English teacher, may soon give up in despair. In history they work on the Good Neighbor Policy through themes on South America. Economics asks about satisfactory wages. Typing students faced semester tests after hard labor.
The long awaited day arrived for the seniors as their pictures finally arrived. Most found themselves looking better than they expected, adding a boost of confidence and pride to the milestone moment.
Two new cases filed in district court include Edna E Richter of Titonka suing Gustav R Richter for divorce on desertion and non support. North Iowa Finance Co. sues co and Matie Fox to foreclose a charter mortgage. Three estates opened for Lola E Dreesman Lewis C Detweiler and Jessie Riebhoff. Parole agents released J A Brink and J E Ross for the defendant William Hof. Hof ordered to the Iowa State Board of Parole and placed with state parole agent IR K Beck.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the barn cattle shed hog shed separator house and about ten tons of hay along with seed oats shelled corn and other articles at the S P Powers home west of Lakota on a Wednesday afternoon. The family was dining and did not know until neighbors alerted them. All stock was saved with cattle sent to the Gus Koppen farm and hogs to the Earl Mullarkey farm pending arrangements.
Miss Ardell Hauptmann was honored at a pre nuptial shower at the lodge hall Sunday afternoon. The afternoon featured card games and many pretty useful home gifts for the bride to be. A nice lunch was served by the hosting committee. She will marry Richard Youngwirth next week.
Swam Nelson 78 of Wesley died at Kossuth hospital Algona Wednesday morning after illness Funeral services were held Saturday at Congregational church with Rev Q M Johnson in charge He was janitor of the Congregational church for forty years a pioneer member Born in Sweden Surviving daughters Johannah Hanson Caroline Seefeld and Hannah all Wesley thirteen grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren wife predeceased 1934 a daughter Mary also preceded him in death Burial in Evergreen cemetery
The Titania Lions Club will hold its annual fish dinner Thursday evening with serving at 6 45 in the Legion rooms. Howard French and Dayle Craven are in charge and all members should be on hand. Judge Fred Hudson spoke last year and is invited to attend again if weather permits.
Three weeks after an earlier war clearance, the Koppen and Heetland families learned their relatives Arnold Becker and Merle Heetland were alive. A second message last week confirmed both boys were alive, and Ferdinand Koppen, also at Pearl Harbor, reported he’s well.
John Fraser was elected chairman of the Kossuth board of supervisors at the Friday reorganization in Algona. J. H. Quinn of Lone Rock took the new board seat, and W. E. McDonald of Algona began another term after reelection. Quinn succeeds Charles Morris, who has served 18 years as fourth district supervisor.
The JC. R. Krantz J. Jr. Schutter and Wm. Boyken homes won the top prizes in Titonka lighted home contest sponsored by the Lions Club with Interstate Power Co providing prizes. Judges faced a close call for first and second as many homes were richly decorated noting a yearly tradition.
Rev Calvin Schnucker pastor of the Ramsey Reformed church will lecture the week of January 5 at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick New Jersey He will lead discussion forums with students and develop cooperative rural courses with the University of New Jersey Rutgers These courses will count as credit for students preparing for rural ministry While in the east the Schnuckers will visit relatives in New York.
Funeral services were held in Algona for Lola E. Dreesman a 53 year old longtime Algona schools teacher who died Sunday at a Rochester hospital after an operation She was born in Plum Creek township and taught 16 years in the old central building At the time of death she taught in Des Moines.
Miss Dorothy Sleper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sleper, married Clarence B. Penning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Penning, in a candlelight ceremony at Ramsey Reformed Church on New Year's Eve. The double ring rite featured a blue and white decor, a flower girl and ring bearer, and a reception for about eighty five guests. The bride, in a satin gown with train and veil, received a three strand pearl necklace from the groom. Both families noted the couple’s local standing as they begin their life together.
Fenton farmer Fanton Bernhard J. Quinn, about 35, was seriously hurt Thursday night at his farm when a bull hunted him. He was knocked down and pushed through a woven wire fence, then rushed to Kossuth hospital Algona with fractures to both shoulder blades upper chest ribs and numerous cuts and bruises. He is married with four children and brother to J. H. Quinn newly elected supervisor.
In 1941 Kossuth county recorded eight highway deaths, up from six in 1940, with ages 7 to 85 and eight victims being men or boys. Notable incidents include Alice Anlicker, 17, near Allgona in January. Virgil Guest, 36, near Bancroft in February. Arthur Moore, 75, struck by a hit and run driver in March. Gary Fisher, 7, near Algona in April. Sterling Lease, 15, near Wesley in May. Donnie Bartels, 7, on the rainbow bridge near Algona in July. Paul Mersch, 28, of Eagle Grove in October. and Bernard Brink Sr., 86, near Bancroft in October.
Alpona hosts selection of twelve grand jurors for Kossuth district court for 1942 and a February petit jury. Names include A H Borchardt Frank Capesius August Slagel Harold Smith and Mrs Casey Loss from Algona along with Cyril Haag Ledyard C C Inman Bancroft JJ H Jensen Ed Schmidt from Fenton W A Marty Laverne Fred Pannhuk Lakota and William Tobin Swea City. January term opens January 26 with Judge Fred M Hudson. Petit jurors report February 3. listed Algona residents include Elmer Cook H J Fitzpatrick Kitty Godfredson C Johnson Clara Ogg Carrie Potter Bernice Reynolds Otto Schmidt Joe Smith Maxine Walker Cora Will and others from several towns.
Sales books offered at the Topic Office described as handy records for operators of feed mills, corn sellers, truckers, and others. appears to be a brief catalog note about available books.
Two weeks of heavy snow and freezing temperatures cripple daily life. Christmas snowstorms thickened, New Year’s Day locked roads, ambulances and wreckers struggled to reach hospitals, and mail hauls from Britt to Des Moines delayed as crews fought the storm.
Kossuth county dairy experts announce a dairy feeding school at the Legion Hall Algona on Thursday January 15 from 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m open to all interested in milk production The program includes a talk on county production goals from the U S D A Defense Board and ISU extension dairyman Arthur Porter on dairy needs prices production and feed choices plus future prep Robert Loss chairman urges farmers to attend as part of the Food for Freedom drive.
Algona reports about eighty measles cases among school age children. Doctors say none in serious condition. Public health officials urge caution and follow isolation guidelines as the outbreak affects area schools.
Des Moines Plain Talk columnist mocks the Cumberland boys aiding Britain in Africa, calling them the most effective family tie up since the Smith brothers ended coughing.
A reader notes Tele Stecker owns a fine pair of chestnut horses hitched to a bob sled seen after a muddy period or heavy snow. The writer recalls childhood sled rides as a popular local sport and laments modern limits on such activities in Northearn Town.
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