Local News Roundup From Titonka and Vicinity
Local items report visits by Britt and Elmore residents to family homes, Druggist ads, a closing out sale at a Titonka farm, Army furloughs and transfers, church society meetings, and a Coca Cola truck driver collecting cans for the war effort. Julia Tesch and Paul Reich and others are noted with social calls, travels, and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britt
Lula
Lester
Allen Hiden
Hugo Sieper
Elmore
Dick Sieper
Beebe
Erwin Hiden
Sylvia
Ronald Ortman
Burt
Elizabethennedy
Minnie
Carl F. Callies
Wm. Ward
Albert Bleich
Wesley
Bleich
Martin
John Bleich
Titonia
Clifford McGregor
Lois
Swea City
George G. Eden
Etta Eden
Allen
Lula Eden
Grady Smith
Charles City
Harris Smith
Harris
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Louise Alexander
Titanica Federated Club
Kathryn ‘Swan
Russia
Wendell Willkie
Leone Intermill
Allan Carr
Donnie Ray
U. S. Navy
Phyllis
Minneapolis
Pvt
Marcus Carr
Camp Clark
Missouri
Searman Donnie Carr
Mason City
Woden News social notes and family visits
Woden residents host visitors from Brewster and Britt amid church events and school sports. Henry Helmers returns from Nashville on leave, while basketball teams split results with Wesley and Leland. Births, illnesses, funerals, and local gatherings fill the week as families visit relatives across nearby towns.
Religious services and meetings at area churches
Titonica Churches Good Hope Lutheran and Alfred O7 Mardorf pastor announce Divine Worship at 11:00 a m with Sunday School at 10:00 a m and special offerings including January Birthday Offering. Lutherans note Sunday evening Luther League, Ladies Aid next Wednesday, and choir fund donations. Rameey Reformed Morning worship at 11 and German service, catechism Saturdays. Methodist Church hosts Sunday School at 10 and worship at 11 with Young People at 7. Doan Woman’s Society to meet Feb 3. details given for associate hostess.
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Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred O7
Mardorf
Tuuther League
Tuple
Clarence
Florence van Hove
Ladies Aid
Bertha Callies
Frank Rakow
Jerry Boekelman
Menno Fuls
Choir Robe
Rameey Reformed
Snnttjer
Young People's Club
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
W. L. Patterson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ted Hoover
Dale Struthers
Red Cross seeks furnishings for Algona prison camp
County Red Cross asks Titonka residents to donate furniture pianos books chairs and related items for seven recreation rooms at the Algona prison camp. Otto Falk the school janitor has the key to the barn and will supervise drop offs at the Titonka school barn. A truckload is hoped by Saturday, so donations should be made promptly.
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County Red Cross
Algona
Titonka
Otto Falk
School News Highlights Weekly Band and Club Activities
A new semester schedule adds band meets twice weekly along with boys and girls glee clubs, octette, and girls trio. One morning weekly is devoted to community singing with new song books proving enjoyable. Junior high boys and girls meet twice weekly and girls excel in two part work. Woden beat Tyke in both boys and girls games with Delores Ischland top scorer for the girls and Leola Krominga strong on defense. Boys see strong all around effort. Boyken led scoring and Wally Johnston impressed on floor. Neighboring towns may face brighter futures soon.
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Julius Tesch
Robert Nyman
Woden
C. C. Bowers
Buffalo Center
Floyd Reichs
Denton
Drugeist
Herman Dreesman
Ellen Tjaden
Illinois
Fred Heenken
Ruth
George Onken
Fort Dodge
Onken
Margaret Heenken
Carl BD. Snyder
Air Service
H. C. Snyder
Algona
Baer
Ray Krantz
Bridge Club
Howard French
Wm. Boyken
Miller Nelson
Rickless Low
Wolfe
KXEL
KFJB
Wm. Dockstader
Monticello
Minn
Joe Steinberg
Garner
Steinberg
Ledyard
Muale News
Tyke Tyke
Delores Ischland
Janice Bonacker
Joite Boracker
Leota Nelson
Leola Krominga
Boyken
Wally Johnston
Budlong
Korte
Former Woden Resident Passes Away at Waterloo
Funeral services for Otta Mae Bird Kopf were held at the Methodist Church in Waterloo after a weeklong illness. She was the daughter of A W Hutchinson and originally from the Woden area before moving to Waterloo about 170 years ago to work and marry. Surviving are her husband, mother, stepfather, two brothers Clarence Bird of Woden and John Bird of Columbus Ohio, and three sisters Mrs Hans Smith of Woden Mrs Clifford Butts of Cedar Falls and Mrs Don Wilson of Woden. Her father and a brother preceded her in death. Burial was in Bingham Township cemetery.
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Rev
Mra
Charles Kruse
Brewster, Minn
John Pollard
Margaret
Frances
Des Moines
Nashville
Wesley
Woden
Leland
George Pommer
John Hendrickson
Ames
John James
Wayne Naser
Britt
Alvin Hanna
William Wood
Dennis Smith
R. M. Smith
Herman
Buns
Marjorie
Helm
Clem Flath
Thompson
Martin Smith
Pfc
Clifford Bird
California
Russell Knopf
Waterloo
John Rudigsill
Merle Cushman
Bancroft
John Smith
Leon Gilner
Forest City
Henry’ Scott
Seneca
Swea City
Aggo Janssen
Buffalo Center
Abel Limberg
Menno Limberg
Leon Gilmer
Wiliam Wood
Jake Theiben
Forest Lackore
Rochester
Minn
Minneapolis
Waseca
Tom Hinders
Richard van Hoorn
Kanawhala
Swanstere
Grundy Center
Christian Reformed Church
Waterloo Woden
Russell Kopf
Methodist Church
Hans Smith
Gerhard Hjelmans
Crystal Lake
Maberry
Knopf
Otta Mae Bird
A. W. Hutchinson
Kopf
Clarence Bird
John Bird
Columbus
Ohio
Clifford Butts
Cedar Falls
Don Wilson
Bingham Township
For Sale Brown Swiss Heifers and Bull 5 months old
Abbe Meyers offers two Brown Swiss heifers and a Brown Swiss bull aged five months for sale. Includes contact details and conditions for purchase.
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Abbe Meyers
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