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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1941
Page
5
The district reports a new semester with revised class periods and subjects. Sophomores shift to economic geography, seniors choose speech shop work or sociology, and shop work is for senior boys. A supervised study hour, revised schedule, and new subjects are noted along with staff initials.
County Recorder J J Dooley announced that 16 402 instruments were filed in Kossuth county during 1940, up 1 337 from the previous year. He notes a steady rise over the past few years, with 11 000 filings in 1938.
Wesley The I O C F and Rebekah lodges held a joint installation last Monday night. The Odd Fellows installed P G Delbert Benton N G Carl Lindstrom V G Vee Mullin Secretary Clifford Munson Treasurer John Amesbury W Wilbur Fisher Cond Delbert Benton I G Alfred Nelson C G Elof Pearson MR IS M G Preston Chapin Tl S N 3G Wallace Benton R V G Curtis Benskin L B V G Carl i F Franzen Chaplain Paul Friberg. The Rebekah officers installed P N 1G Mildred Fox N G Helen Nelson V G Pauline Pearson Secretary Gesina Munson Treasurer Ethel Hutchinson IV Myrtle Mullin Cond Eunice Nelson 1G Dorothy Bender 0 16 Eva McCall R S N G Olive Erdman L S N G Amelia Johnson R S V G Lida Fisher L B S V G Florence Young Chaplain Lillie Benskin. After installation lunch was served by the Odd Fellows.
The American Legion announces a White Elephant Sale on Saturday January 18 at 2 pm on Titanica Street. Donors are asked to bring items to the Legion hall or arrange pickup via committee members L G Gartner Lloyd Bartlett or Howard Andrews. Proceeds benefit the local American Legion Post and Red Cross Chapter.
Ed Ricks aged 68 died January 9 1941 at his German Township Kossuth County farm after a long illness and strokes. Born November 3 1872 near Waterloo Iowa he moved with his family to Kamrar as a child and later settled in Kossuth County. He married Gertie Bergman March 8 1897 and they lived on the same farm for forty years. Seven children survive along with a widow fourteen grandchildren and several relatives. Funeral services were held at Ramsey Reformed Church with Pastor C Schnucker officiating and burial followed in the Ramsey church cemetery on January 12.
The Cotton Mattress Program, sponsored by the State Extension Service and Home Project women groups in Iowa, is not charity. It uses surplus government cotton, to be made into mattresses for eligible families. Net income calculations exclude living costs and medical expenses. A family of four has a net income limit of 500 dollars, with 50 dollars extra per additional family member. Up to three mattresses per family are allowed, with eligibility not tied to wealthier buyers. Applications are due soon via Farm Bureau offices, Home Project leaders, and local teachers. only 225 county families have applied so far.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wingert and others traveled to Dubuque to attend the funeral of Sister Mary Marciana Wingert formerly of Wesley who died at the Franciscan motherhouse. She taught in Catholic schools in Ashton Council Bluffs Ottumwa Des Moines Clinton and Dubuque over 30 years. Funeral services were held in Dubuque on Saturday.
Secretary Arl Vincent announces the annual meeting of the Kossuth County Agricultural Association will be held at Algona January 12. The meeting will include yearly reports and the election of two directors: George Hage of Ledyard and M. Gross of Lone Rock. The annual directors meeting will be February 4 to elect officers for the year.
Iowa City dispatch reports Mr. Gus Fredrickson underwent a major operation Monday at University Hospital. Howard Fredrickson and Carl Skilbred traveled Monday to be with him.
The annual meeting will be held at the Tyke Theatre in Titonka on Monday February 3 at 2 o'clock. All patrons and stockholders are invited to be present. Ernest Peterson, President.
A light rain froze on contact creating a thin ice layer over roads and sidewalks. Temperatures hovered near freezing Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, leaving four cars in ditches between the Ray Oesterreicher corner and town.
Mr and Mrs Walter Dirksen and family were dinner guests of Representative W S Pritchard at the Commodore hotel in Des Moines Sunday Marjorie Dirksen will serve as personal clerk to Mr Pritchard during the legislative session in Des Moines
Alice Anticker, 17, of Hardy, died when a blowout sent the car off the road near Algona. Mrs Anlicker, 42, broke a back. Noah Anlicker and children injured. Funeral held in West Bend. Burial in West Bend cemetery.
The January Parent-Teachers Association gathering on Monday evening January 13 featured a varied program by local talent. Mrs. R. C. Ball reported $80 raised for the Christmas Seal campaign with 56 families yet to return stamps or money. A girls trio Julia Hanson Doris Krantz Gladys Ann Smith performed three numbers. Mrs. George Bonacker gave an informal talk on Your Childs Health stressing mental hygiene and physical health as intertwined and a stable home life. Mrs. Carl F. Callies presented a health survey of the community and urged avoiding gossip about neighbors illnesses. A half hour of fun with Dr I Q and a Man in the Audience concluded the program with questions and a short biography.
At the January meeting of the Kossuth County Ministerial Association in Algona, ministers advocated revising Iowa marriage law and appointed Rev. Calvin Schnucker and Rev. Roland W. Johnson to study the issue. They also supported local option on liquor. The gathering took place in the library conference room.
Henry Uthof, Whittemore farmer, sues Mayor R F Brady Marshal Frank Burke and Fidelity Casualty Co for 3385.56 plus costs claiming wrongful imprisonment in Whittemore city jail caused rheumatic illness and loss of work and use of his arm. He seeks 2000 damages for permanent injury and 1000 for suffering. Also notes medical care and later treatment at Prairie du Chien sanitarium.
Maria Louise Gonzales born Oct 29 1904 in Moroleon Mexico, baptized as Marie Louise Nov 15 1904, died Jan 10 in Algona Kossuth hospital. She lived in Mexico before moving to Fort Worth then Lakota and Titonka, married Joe Gonzales in Feb 1930, survived by husband three children Connie Rufi Elvera, parents Emerejuildo and [unreadable] Sabala, two sisters and many relatives. Funeral was held Saturday, Jan 11, at Swan Funeral Home.
Attorney H B White is named the delinquent tax collector for Kossuth County succeeding H Ostwinkle. The appointment formalizes the county action to pursue overdue taxes and collect municipal revenues in a process standard to tax collection offices.
Bud Wright of Grinnell sold an unusually large 890 pound hog for approximately 240 dollars, drawing attention to the bidding and market value of heavy hogs in the local agricultural venue.
Mrs. Ruth Seaton Hicks led a Friday home project training at the Dreesman residence focusing on family planning as a tool to reach family goals. She defined a more abundant life as avoiding excess in production and emphasized using county mattress products to reduce cotton surplus. A pot luck dinner followed for ten participants with next session planned for February 7 at Mauree Billborough’s home unless weather prevents, then Mrs. Otto Park hosts.
Kossuth county Selective Service receives its third army call scheduled to ship from Sioux Falls on January 27. Burt resident Burt Young Man Next to Service awaits potential replacement status as others volunteer for a year of immediate service including Halsrud Peters Henning and Eischen. Navy and National Guard enlistments noted for Sponberg and Weiske Hanna while Harold Molland receives a naval dental corps commission.
Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks announces January meetings across townships including Prairie Irvington January 17 with Mrs William Mayer south of Sexton and January 18 music meeting at Masons City led by Mrs Calvin Schnucker. January 28 Wesley Plums Creek groups with Mrs Agnes Seeley January 30 Fenton with Mrs J G Smith and January 31 Laverne Sherman townships with Mrs Vernon Evans. County 4 H training for members and leaders set for January 29.
AHGONA Al Christensen is hospitalized in Kossuth with a broken collar bone, a sprained wrist, and several broken ribs after a Saturday night crash just east of Britt. Chet Dellenger drove Christensen toward Mason City for a blood transfusion for his wife. Passengers Mrs Dellenger, Jeanne Dellenger, and Mr and Mrs Arrowood escaped with bruises as the car was badly damaged.
Ed Oppedahl of Humboldt County Farm Bureau and Rev Calvin Schnucker of Ramsey Reformed Church will speak at the Kossuth county Farm Bureau annual meeting on Thursday January 16 at Burt high school. The all day session starts 10 am with agency and club reports, noon lunch by Burt Band Mothers Club, afternoon chorus, officers and directors election. about 290 attended kickoff in Bancroft and 300 expected for the meeting.
Clerk records show 313 marriage licenses issued in 1940 in Kossuth County, up 16 from 1939, continuing a six year rise. Divorces rose to 17 in 1940 from 14 in 1939, but have fallen over the prior three years. The first 1941 license went to Nestor M Hiemenz and Marcella Weiser of St. Cloud, married by Justice Della Welter, with JG Schwarzenbach as a witness. other licenses listed include residents of Spencer, Humboldt, Burt, Mankato, Mapleton, and Bode.
Nile Kinnick the star All American football player of 1939 will be the feature attraction at Garner Athletic banquet Saturday evening January 18. He will be one of several speakers with other entertainment and music. Garner Lions Club sponsors the event open to all with reservations advised and tickets available at the Topic office.
ALGONA A Riverdale farmer Frank Heiderscheidt, 45, lost control of his car 11 miles southwest of Algona. The vehicle overturned into a ditch at about 6 30 a m. He was pinned and rescued by Leslie Wildin. Heiderscheidt was taken home then to Kossuth hospital where doctors said he suffered a broken neck and was improving slightly after a restless night.
The Kossuth county board of supervisors fixed February 14 at 9 00 a m for the annual hearing on the secondary road program to be carried out this summer.
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