Titonka Hosts State Declamatory Contest
Titonka will host a preliminary Declamatory Contest on Monday February 11 with twelve area schools competing in seven speaking classes and one act plays. About 175 students are expected to participate across local churches and the school. Competing schools include Algona Armstrong Britt Buffalo Center Corwith Cylinder Garner Klemme Ringsted Thompson Woden and Titonka. Titonka has won first and second place in the final state contest in the last two years.
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Titonka
Bym
Algona
St. Cecelia
Armstrong
Britt
Buffalo Center
Corwith
Cylinder
Garner
Klemme
Ringsted
Thompson
Woden
Senior Personalities Slogan for success in life
A fragmentary school page item lists students with traits and preferences. Neal Loeschen is noted for finishing what he starts with a new shirt, Lonnie Hill for 13 years at school, favorite activities include cheerleading and basketball, and hobbies range from jitter-bug to three step down with varied authors and expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. D. Graham
E. Presley
Ernest Hemmingway
Neal Loeschen
Lonnie Hill
Hitchcock
Titonka High School News Highlights This Week
Editorial notes busy week with semester tests and county tournament. New feature Tepee Tidbits presents Musical Characters by Sylvia Eden. Weather by Betty Hatten forecasts. Titonka Indians beat Ledyard to secure second place. Beverly Richter coordinates point system. staff praised for cooperation and punctuality. Elvis Presley Rock and Roll News by Dicky Hatten. Patience and diligence, like faith, removes mountains.
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Titonka High School
Sylvia Eden
Betty Hatten
Weather Bureau
Sonny James
Young Love
Titonka
Ledyard
Indians
Beverly Richter
Beverly
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Dicky Hatten
Junior High Teams Split at Ledward
Titonka's junior high girls and boys split games at Ledward. Girls lost 24 18 to the experienced Leiwara team in a hard fought contest. Boys won 38 18 after a 10 10 first quarter, improving to 2 0 on the season with a prior win at Crystal Lake.
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Titonka
Leivara
Leiwara
Leadward
Crystal Lake
George Cunningham
Dverg Krantz
Twenty Best Records Chosen by Local High School
The high school and junior high voted on twenty records for a school dance band. Fairmont Music Co will supply the first ten dollars as an advertisement for the annual. The selected songs include Love Me Tender, Blue Moon, Moonlight Gambler, Hound Dog, In the Mood, Beer Barrel Polka, Little Brown Jug, and Jalous Lover among others.
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Fairmont Music Co
Houndog
Identify Your Teachers
A compact set of classroom adages, each quip delivers a caution or directive. The list stresses discipline and attention, with lines about gum, public behavior, quiet, and limits to influence, culminating in a proverb on inch and mile.
Puzzle Couple in Quip Casual Conversation
The dialogue features Mr Faaborg teasing Cora S about music with a bass drum and her witty reply about drowning out bad music. Trudy B asks to be picked up at 7:00 while Wendal S notes the actual readiness time.
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Mr. Faaborg
Cora S
Trudy B
Wendal S
Elvis Presley on Ed Sullivan Show Recalls and Remarks
Rock ’n roll columnist notes Elvis Presley’s Sullivan appearance performing a 1956 medley including Hound Dog and Love Me Tender. The piece highlights camera control of his gyrations, a Hung arian Relief pledge performance, and a Peace In The Valley finale. It also critiques critics’ double standards and calls for parental understanding of youth culture.
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Sulivan
Elvis
Sullivan
San Francisco
Harry Mehlan
Elvis Presley
Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield
Rudolph Valentino
Weekly School Lunch Menu and Car Talk Snippet
A weekly hot lunch menu lists Monday through Friday meals with sides and desserts, noting a new yellow mica top on the serving counter for easier cleaning and a brighter room. The snippet includes a car talk moment where Dennis worries about a knocking jalopy, and Nancy suggests opportunity, followed by a brief exchange about secondhand cars.
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LaVonne Beenken
Titonka Hosts Class A Sectional Tournament Games
Titonka will host the Class A Boys Sectional Tournament on February 25 27 and March 1 only teams from schools with more than 100 high school students play there. Pairings list Buffalo Center versus Titonka February 25 at 7 30 p m Swea City versus Bancroft Algona versus Monday's winner and the finals set for March 1 at 7 30 p m.
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Titonka
Buffalo Center
Swea City
Bancroft Algona
Class of 57 seniors share profiles and plans
Nancy Tjaden and Roger Studer appear in a yearbook style list detailing physical traits favorites activities and future ambitions. Tjaden lists brown hair blue eyes Elvis as favorite singer and plans to pursue music while joining school bands mixed chorus and glee club. Studer favors spinach racing and government with Elvis as favorite singer and Young Love as favorite song and plans to join the air force with basketball and baseball as activities.
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Nancy Tjaden
John Wayne
June Allyson
Elvis Presley
Jamacian
Lawrence Welk
Roger Studer
Davy Crockett
Jane Mansfield
Young Love
Whoopee
John Future Plans
Air Force
Mystery Student Spotlight Shines in Senior Class
A mystery student described as wearing gray slacks a white blouse and a plaid Pendleton jacket stands out for scholarship participation in band declam and the paper staff. She is well liked by all who know her and remains unidentified.
Date Book Schedule Highlights Local Events
Friday January 25 basketball at Thompson. Tuesday January 29 basketball Renwick teams at Titonka. Saturday February 2 Woden at Titonka basketball. Thursday February 7 Girls Sectional Tournament Hayfield finals. Saturday Monday February 11 Preliminary State Declamatory Contest Titonka. Friday February 15 Bancroft boys at Ti. Monday February 18 Parent Teachers Film on Safety. Friday February 22 Band Concert in gym. Week Feb 25 March 1 Class A Sectional Basketball Tourney Titonka.
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Thompson
Renwick
Titonka
Woden
Hayfield
Bancroft
Puzzle of Nonsensical Phrases and Odd Definitions
A compact set of quirky nonlinear definitions and witticisms. The speaker jokes about signs, minor operations, and weather contrasts with playful wordplay. A fleeting exchange ends with Marilyn W urging kindness to an object left in a strange place.
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Billy A
Marilyn W
First Grade Class News From Mrs Nelson and Miss Olson
Reading groups enjoy Fun With Dick and Jane while others begin the primer. Mavis, Leon, Gary, and Lynn miss time due to illness and dental cards are returning. January birthdays noted. class decorates with snowmen and cow jumping over the moon. Nancy Larson away in Arizona. Paul Gray moved. Arvin Burkhart and Lawrence Beenken have January birthdays.
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Nelson
Jane
Ronald B
Cynthia
Karen
Gary H
Miss Olson
Nancy Larson
Arizona
Paul Gray
Arvin Burkhart
Lawrence Beenken
Classified Column WANTED A Date From Cor With
Classified column items list odd requests and offers. WANTED: A date from Cor with. Call 2223 Wesley or 187R2. WANTED: A good grade in chemistry. Call 21 Titonka. FOR SALE: Several used comics in excellent shape. See Dennis Krominga. FOUND: One basketball suit. Cathy Opheim. WANTED: Two sectional championship trophies Titania basketball squads. REWARD: For arrest leading to my missing hair. Mr. Opheim now in possession: A driver's license with few violations. Nancy Tjaden. WANTED: Some crisp Ritz Crackers and unfrozen 7-Up. Call 18F37. NOTICE: Now available for dates. Call 78. WANTED TO RENT: A guitar to go with my Elvis Presley hairy cat. See Lover. NOTICE: Two dateable sweet girls. Call 38 on 94 Burt or see Judy Stecker. WANTED: A date for the night you name. Call 1F18. WELCOME: All persons who are qualified the dangers may ride in my cab. Linda Nelson. WANTED: An unremovable class ring. Craig Sathoff.
Teacher Of The Week Honors Mrs. Oesterreicher
The feature highlights Mrs. Oesterreicher chosen as Teacher Of The Week. She studied at Cedar Falls Mason City Junior College and Drake University and chose teaching for her work with young children. Her husband Mr. Oesterreicher notes thirty years in education and praises her impact. She credits television radio and travel with student improvements.
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Oesterreicher
Musical Characters Singing On The Page
A clipped entertainment section lists song titles and performer names such as John Cosgrove Trudy Bess Sandra Smith Wendal S Going To Get Along Without You Now Side by Side Philip Asa Ellen Nelson Love Me Tender Swan Since I Met You Baby Kent Rippentrop Singin The Blues Eldon Krause Paralyzed Dickie Hatten Sharon Rippen trop Ain't That a Shame Judy Steck er Virginia WEATHER FORECAST names a string of weather terms linked to various people. The list includes Judy Stecker Lloyd Bartlett Janice Harris Myrna Norland Clinton Asche Linda J Nelson Audrey Larsen Russell Sonnenberg Phyllis Wieland Virginia Fritz Wayne Bartelt Lora Willemssen Kent Rippentrop under headings Calm Stormy Changeable Breezy and other conditions.
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John
Cosgrove
Trudy Bess
Tiger Lily
Sandra Smith
Wendal S
Philip Asa
Ellen Nelson
Linda Nelson
Tender Swan
Kent Rippentrop
Eldon Krause
Dickie Hatten
Sharon Rippentrop
Judy Stecker
Lloyd Bartlett
Janice Harris
Myrna Norland
Clinton Asche
Linda J. Nelson
Audrey Larsen
Dy Posennis
Russell Sonnenberg
Phyllis Wieland
Virginia Fritz
Wayne Bartelt
Stormy
Lora Willemssen
Rib Ticklers: Quick Quips From a Lighthearted Courtroom
A collection of short, humorous exchanges in a mock traffic and court setting. Jokes involve a barber, Louise, a judge, and other named speakers with punchlines about cows, wind, toys, and marriage. The tone mimics a playful newspaper humor item.
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Editorial
Craig Sathoff
Ledward
Dennis Krominga
Duane Beenken
Rand
Ouse
Ain
Rock ‘*N Roll News
Richard Hatten
Dennis K
Nancy
Roger S
Mr. S
Titonka Court
Lakota Peewee
Thompson Ledyard
Burt Hotes
Plete Cites
Nitin
Plete Denn
Burt Titonka
Thompson Beame
Lakota
Peewee
Daffynitions
Robert Thacker
Bobby van Hove
Linda
Peter
Myrna Rike
Janet Cunningham
Lonnie Gray
Lone Rock
Beth Neeland
Sue Callies
Mr. Lehman
Europe
Home
Marion Meyer
Wesley
Cathy Opheim
Titania
Mr. Opheim
Burt
Mrs. Oesterreicher
Virginia
Barber
Louise
Judge
Warren
Julius
Daffynishion
Craig
Dad
Faye Ann S
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