Home Economics Class Serves Board Dinner Banquet
Senior home economics class hosted the school board and members Miss Peterson Holdcroft Brooks and Mr Mrs Homer Downs with co hosts Rosemary Bacon Dorothy Stecker Lucille Bartlett Patricia Ball Margaret Ties Mildred Green Ola Mae Miller Verne Oesterreicher assisting The menu featured fruit cocktail wafers potatoes au gratin asparagus tips pocketbook pork chops cinnamon apple salad butterhorn rolls pickles jam lemon chiffon pie and coffee Doubtful mentions of THS basketball and local school news follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Peterson
Miss Holdcroft
Miss Brooks
Homer Downs
Rosemary Bacon
Dorothy Stecker
Lucille Bartlett
Patricia Ball
Margaret Ties
Mildred Greenfled
Ola Mae Miller
Verne Oesterreicher
Masonic Grand Master to Speak in Algona Wednesday
Realff Ottesen Davenport Masonic Grand Master speaks before Algona Burt Bancroft Buffalo Center Swea City Armstrong Estherville Emmeteburg West Bend Livermore Corwith Kanawha Garnet Britt lodges at a dinner and program in Algona Wednesday evening A 6 30 dinner to precede his address Frank Thorpe serves as Algona lodge worshipful master
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Realff Ottesen
Davenport
Algona
Burt
Bancroft
Buffalo Center
Swea City
Armstrong
Estherville
Emmeteburg
iWest Bend
Livermore
Corwith
Kanawha
Garnet
Improvement at Titonka Theatre
Tyke Theatre of Titonka announces extensive upgrades including Phil Harmonic Sound and new upholstered seating. Manager Mr Bartlett notes better entertainment with improved sound light and picture quality, inviting the community to enjoy a modern house where courtesy and comfort prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Tyke Theatre
Titonka
Tyke
Boy Scout Members Need Encouragement of Parents
The Boy Scouts met at the Wm. Boyken home Monday evening and will meet at the L.G. Gartner home next Monday. Several boys near tenderfoot tests progress, and parents should encourage them as Scout gains aid their future. Attending meetings and learning from leaders will help boys become better men through Scout activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Boyken
L.G. Gartner
Third Grade Journal Notes on Letters and Math
Friday class wrote friendly English letters and addressed envelopes. Mary Hoon celebrated a birthday with candy bars. We practice three figure multiplication and zeros, focusing on zeros in multipliers. Third grade reads Centerville about life in a small town. Dawn Bonacker, Doyle Reaser, and Leonard Stenzel were ill or absent last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hoon
Tims
Centerville
Lfe
Oure
Dawn Bonacker
Doyle Reaser
Leonard Stenzel
Grand Jury Not to Report This Term of Court
Grand jurors for the January term need not report as County Attorney L A Winkel will handle all criminal cases before the Judge on county attorney informations. In court, several defendants faced fines for liquor and traffic offenses, and youths received jail terms for grand larceny after auto thefts in Humboldt. New district court case and multiple probate filings noted, including estates of Fossel, Chafee, Nordman, Larsen, and Schmitt with appointees and wills filed or administered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A.winkel
Cc. W. Lundquist
Swea City
Fred Hudson
Pocahontas
Algona
Walter Kresensky
Jerome Hardgrove
Challis Davenport
Hudson
Humboldt County
Casey Loss
Kossuth County
Edward Sexe
Humboldt
Lawrence A. ‘Wilson
iLivermore
Justice of Peace
Della Welter
M. J. Davis
Livermore
Carl H. Webner
Lone Rock
David Breen Peterson
G. W. Wallace
Belle Fossel
Thomas A. Fossel
Mary
J. O. Wolden
Edwin Chafee
Wilfred Chafee
Hetate
Herman Nordman Jr
Kobie Hemmen
Lewis Larsen
Louise Schmitt
Thomas A.possel
Bella Fossel
Landscape School Set at Bancroft February 27
An all day landscape planning school will be held at Bancroft on February 27 with Russell Johnson, ex extension specialist in landscaping, in charge. The program aims to foster a state wide series of discussion groups and will involve 4 H leaders from Kossuth and Palo Alto counties, plus Drummond Jones from the United States extension service and Edith Barker of the state home project training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Russell Johnson
Algona
Drummond Jones
United States Extension Service
Kossuth
Palo Alto
Eisel Hubbard
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Edith Barker
State Home Project
A. L. Rochleau
Whittemore
A. L. Brown
Will Heller Purchases Burt Monitor
Will Heller of Whittemore has bought the Burt Monitor and already taken possession. He is a skilled printer who has worked in nearby towns for years. He is a son-in-law of F. J. Balge man, a former supervisor from the county’s southwest part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Heller
Whittemore
Burt Monitor
Will
Eektose
Burt
F. J. Balgeman
Smallpox Cases Reported in Titanica Neighborhood
Several cases of smallpox are reported in Titanica with patients recovering well. Many residents, including schoolchildren, have been vaccinated and officials hope vaccination will avert a broader outbreak. Similar notices come from neighboring communities as authorities emphasize vaccination to prevent spread.
Hybrid seed corn meeting at Lakota school
A Lakota school meeting on Monday January 30 at 2 pm will explain how to choose adapted high yielding hybrid seed corn resistant to lodging. County agent A L Brown invites hybrid seed producers salesmen and farmers. BE S Dyas from Iowa State College will discuss genuine hybrids production and demonstrate single and double crosses from inbred lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Brown
BE. S. Dyas
Iowa State College
Wesley Bride Ruth Ward Weds Arthur Nuehring at Britt Church
Miss Ruth Ward eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs George Ward of Wesley married Arthur Nuehring in a Britt Lutheran church ceremony conducted by Rev J H Kolberg. Attendants included Dorothy Ward maid of honor and Eugene Nuehring best man. The couple will reside on the Chandler Ward farm near Wesley and begin housekeeping February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Ruth ‘Ward
George Ward
Arthur Nuehring
Britt Lutheran
J. H. Kolberg
Dorothy Ward
Eugene Nuehring
Leonel Schimmel
Ruby Thompson
Mildred Nuehring
Lohengrin
Fred Missal
Garner
Jesus
G. A. R. Hall
Britt
Eileen
Mary Ormsby
Britt High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Klemme
Chandler Ward
Nuehring
Titanka Co-Operative Creamery Annual Meeting Called
On January 28 at 2 PM the stockholders and patrons are summoned to the Tyke Theatre for the annual meeting. Officers will be elected and other lawful business brought before the gathering. E P Hannen secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyke Theatre
Titanka Co-Operative Creamery Company
E. P. Haneen
Mrs Mary E Reiterman 85 passes away in California
Mrs. Mary E. Reiterman died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Iowa after living with them 16 years. Funeral at the Budlong residence with Rev. W. L. Patterson officiating. Burial in Buffalo Township Cemetery. Survived by two brothers and three sisters in California, four siblings in law, and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Reiterman
Jay Budlong
W. L. Patterson
C. A. Hoon
Reiterman
W. A. Schram
Buffalo Township
R. Cc. Ball
Fred Hagen
George Bonacker
Homer Downs
Albert Nelson
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Mary Holman School For
Independence
Iowa
California
Luella Kletka
Los Angeles
Clara Barker
Glendale
Calif
Roma Budlong
Titania
Roy Fritsinger
Heavenly Father
Patterson
James Whitcomb Riley
County Agent Offers Trees For Woodlots And Erosion Control
County Agent A. L. Brown has received application blanks for farmers to obtain trees for woodlots reforestation or erosion control. Species include green ash white elm red elm black locust red oak shagbark hickory hackberry osage orange cottonwood and various pines. Prices range 2.00 to 6.00 per thousand with at least 1 000 trees per order. Trees come from the state forest nursery at Ames under the Clarke-McNally Act. Farmers must protect trees from livestock not resell them and not use them for windbreak shade ornamental or street plantings. Information on site suitable species is available from the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Brown
Ames
Clarke-McNally
Amateur Nite at Tyke Theatre Plans Second Contest
The Tyke Theatre prepares for a second Amateur Contest Tuesday January 31 featuring entrants from surrounding communities. Registered acts include Gabe Sisters Ledyard Viola Thaves Sextette Koppen Brothers Lakota Ostedahl Sisters Buffalo Center and Danny Bonacker Titanka with more talents expected and promoter Mr Bartlett predicting one of the best showcases yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyke Theatre
Gabe] Sisters
Ledyard
Viola Thaves
Lakota
Koppen Brothers
Ostedahl Sisters
Buffalo Center
Danny Bonacker
Titanka
Mr. Bartlett
Corn Sealed and Crib Statistics Report in Konsuth County
The corn sealing statistician C R R Janvrin reports Konsuth County has 1 450 cribs sealed totaling about 1 600 000 bushels valued at 885 000. Approximately 1 000 applications remain pending with 38 cribs rejected for faulty construction or moisture. The corn quality is drier this year than last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R R. Janvrin
Konsuth
New Locker Boxes In Operation At Local Plant
Jim Hansen announces a formal opening for Saturday January 28 for a plant housing slaughtering cooling chilling and locker rooms. About 160 lockers are installed with more on order as Hansen has contracted for additional boxes. Equipment supplied and installed by York Ice Machinery Corporation of York Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hansen
Hansen
York Ice Machinery Corporation
York
Pennsylvania
County Tuberculosis Assn Plans County Survey Meeting
At the annual Kossuth county tuberculosis association meeting in Algona officers for 1939 were elected: H B White president, Mrs Dorothy Minkel vice president and county chairman, Mrs H M Woodward secretary, Mrs J W Little treasurer. Miss Marguerite Pfeffer attended and a survey plan was approved to have the state association send a nurse to check cases and new exposures. Seal sales across townships totaled various amounts led by Wesley and Fenton with multiple communities reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County Tuberculosis Association
Algona
H. B. White
Dorothy Minkel
Swea City
H. 4. Woodward
Whittemore
J.W. Little
Myre. Woodward
Des Moines
Marguerite Pfeffer
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Kossuth County
Harrison
Seneca
Grant
Hagle
R. M. Minkel
Lincoln
Wm. Gutknecht
Greenwood Ramsey
Bancroft
G. W. Carmean
Titonka
J. A. Bleich
E. Pearson
Mrs. F. VanHoorn of Woden Dies at 86
Mrs. F. Van Hoorn born in 1852 in Darrell Ostfriesland Germany came to America at 30 and lived in Butler Hancock counties before moving to Wesley then Woden. She died Friday January 20 after a brief illness at her home aged 86 years 3 months and 15 days. She leaves two daughters Minnie Homel and Rena Bleeken and son Richard of Wesley nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 pm at the home with Rev Kuijezema and Rev Henry Kruse. interment followed at Christian Reformed church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooden
F. van ‘Hoorn
Darrell
Ostfriesland
Germany
Branke i Rewerts
America
Butler County
Folkert van Hoorn
Hancock County
Wesley
Woden
Minnie Homel
Rena ‘Bleeken
Richard
Kuijezema
Henry Kruse
Christian ‘Reformed Church
Family Altar Broadcast on WMT and KMA at 6 30 A M
Rev Gilmore Cedarholm invites listeners to the Family Altar broadcast airing daily at 6 30 A M on WMT and KMA stations. The program promises guidance and spiritual reflection for households and individuals seeking morning inspiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WMT
KMA
Gilmore
Many Minor Bills Begin Pacing Iowa Assembly Week
Governor Wilson’s office hosts Douglas Miller veteran aide from Clarke to Kendall era. Local option liquor bill by Morrow Foster Fishbaugh Stewart Guernsey Yager aims to curb beer sales. Mowry proposes liquor-by-the-drink. Lawmakers push public safety department plan merging patrols, investigations, and inspections. Attorney General Everett directs enforcement while town agendas cover World’s Fair participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Grantham
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Douglas Miller
George W. Clarke
William L. Harding
Morrow
Delaware
Foster
Henry
Fishbaugh
Page
Stewart
Washington
Guernsey
VanBuren
Yage
Dickinson
State Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Commission
Fred JD
Everett
State Printing Board
Dave Brown
Harlan
Tom ‘White
Jefferson
State Department
San Francisco
New York
Allison
Fred D. Everett
de Muth
W. G. Q. Bagley
Willis Gaylord Clarke
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Plover
Harl Doege
Rippenstrop
Budlong
Trensvold
Miss Dugan
THS
Junior News
Hmerson
Mise Holdcroft
Mir
Rosheim
Don Schutter
Louise Baade
Longfellow
Algona Wednes
Boy Scout
T & Mit
French Lumber Co
Pete’s Oilers
Lakota Ester Ell
Hamm’s Beeree
Young’s Produce Ey Standard Oil
Ernest P. Hansen
John Gartner
Ramsey Ladies Aid
Titanica
Ruth Ward
Arthur Neuhring
J. Budlong
F. VanHoorn
Ross ‘R. ‘Mowry
Jasper
Joint Committee
Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
Secretary of State’s
Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General’s Office
Secretary of Agriculture
Treasurer of State
State Fire Marshall
Commerce Commission
Department of Labor
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