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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
7
Local notes recount visits and gatherings across Clear Lake, Mason City, and surrounding towns. Families such as the Kruegers, Boekelmans, Fuls, Tjarks, and Sutliffs are mentioned with dinners, birthdays, and bridge club events. Military enlistment and tentative travel plans feature among social updates and congratulations.
Telko Stecker and several locals are ill or traveling. numerous social calls, visits, and hosting episodes noted. Gordon Swan heads to Des Moines for military induction. Memorials, church events, and a birthday at the Keil home are listed among community happenings and a postponed WSC meeting due to weather.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt wrote to Betty Paton of Winterset, expressing happiness over a recent visit. She said Dick Paton is in good spirits and all right after a stay at an English hospital, noting Mrs Roosevelt had visited him.
Women convert old men’s suits into new garments to conserve wool for military use. Miss Alma Schultz notes patterns suit the fabric, recommends hard finish business suiting for jackets, rough tweed sport wear, and step by step remodeling methods.
Wartime guidance urges energy rich breakfasts for all workers on farms and in factories with emphasis on children and older adults. Suggestions include citrus or tomato juice, hot whole grain cereals, muffins or pancakes, and meals featuring eggs meat fish or poultry. Warm drinks recommended. adults may have coffee or tea.
William C. Stuart of Chariton enters the bar after recent graduation from the State University of Iowa. He has been admitted to the bar and will begin practice after completing his enlistment in the naval air corps.
The LeMars Globe-Post notes two carrier boys used their skates to deliver papers after a storm covered the ground with ice. A Globe-Post photographer observed them skating along sidewalks and turning at each house to complete deliveries the next morning.
Iowa dairy herd Improvement Association bulls average butterfat 28 pounds, up from November. Hemp plant fear as weed pest if managed per guidance. Light receipts and strong demand lift hog prices in mid-December to near 1919 highs. Lambs fat in Belt states likely higher than last year. State vet urges cleaning TB in poultry to cut hog condemnations. Iowa 4-H beef club wins eight firsts at Chicago Fat Stock Show. 37 percent of prizes to Iowa 4-H. Drenching sheep for nodular worms calls for more bedding.
State Conservation Commission identifies a beaver like creature as Myocaster corpus native to South America, with migration speculated. Dr. Jane Carvalho notes 18 found in wild and domestic settings, fed in ponds. fur called nutria, edible flesh known. Emi Runft ships dozens of English Shepherd pups across many states. a dog tale connects with a post office mail run. Two social notices celebrate anniversaries and church honors, including Herrick marriage milestone and Severtson worship service recognition.
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