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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1953
Page
1
The Titonka Topic Lark is a weekly paper issued from Titonka Iowa with post office registration as second class matter. Subscription rates are 2900 dollars yearly in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka trade area, 2500 outside within trade area, and 3000 to Canada and other countries.
Mrs Hattie Gutman and daughter travel to Minneapolis for their daughter's wedding. A needlework club met with Lucille Hirner and Anna Mae Hirner. The 500 club held a meeting hosted by Mrs Dewey Wilson. Last Sunday guests at Will Martinek's included Hartley relatives and Art Stanke family. Oyster supper event hosted by volunteer firemen at the Legion hall. Bruce Joseph Pfeffer born Jan 7 at St Anns. family hosted by Bauer family. Arns family visited Bassett. Ed Hrubes of Duncan visited Will Hrubes family.
Mr and Mrs R C Bauer visit daughter Mrs George Wellik in Whittemore and bring home Mary Wellik after a stay with grandparents. Families from Fort Dodge and Des Moines send visits, a pneumonia death in Mason City, and Eyes for the Needy glasses drive collect by Feb 1. Fire damages a chicken house killing 250 birds. several social visits and illnesses noted including CDA card party and army service for Arthur Beenken.
The 1952 financial report for Titonka Iowa itemizes receipts and expenditures across utilities water street and road use tax public safety sanitation general government and municipal enterprises. Key figures include water sales 3087.50 other receipts 17.95 total receipts 3108.45 cash on hand Jan 1 6257.80 and year end balances and totals for bonds and grand totals.
The Band Mothers sponsor a benefit dance at the Legion hall on February 11. Gouge underwent back surgery Friday at St Marys hospital in Rochester. he is accompanied by Mrs Gouge. Write to him at Room 170 2nd floor care St Marys hospital.
Jesup Iowa report notes well organized lobby efforts to legalize imitation butter sale. W J Campbell condemns the campaign as pressuring legislators to legitimize yellow oleo harming the public and Iowa agriculture.
The vice president of the Towa State Dairy Association argues against margarine in the 1953 General Assembly debates. He warns that colored oleo misleads the public, harms butter markets, and could shift losses to milk prices and soybean farmers, calling dairy the more vital Iowa industry. Bayonets are noted for Bayonne, France, while Coral is described as animal life.
A large fire in an Albia lumber yard cut a long distance call line to Chariton, the fire department never received the message as the line burned through. The Washington Monument stands 565 feet 5 1/8 inches tall.
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