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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
2
Titonka junior high girls toppled Wesley 33 to 21 as all players scored. Linda Ricks and Lorrsins Stecker led with 8 points each while Delons Isnet Harriet Ullman Juanity Cordes and Kathy Wi added support across the lineup.
The list shows students with an average B for the first semester ending January 16 1857 and those without absences or tardies. Names span grades from 1 to 12 with multiple individuals noted under each grade level.
A cheeky gossip roundup asks who sat with whom at a Saturday basketball game, speculating about couples from Burt Forest City and Britt. It ponders Juniors and Seniors relationships, missing items, phone calls, and social mishaps while noting the U S leads in oil consumption.
Editorial notes a busy semester ahead for Titonka High School seniors and staff. Plans include trips, banquets, baccalaureate and commencement, group pictures by Waltz Studio, a senior interview program, and student activities coverage. The article salutes the 1957 county basketball champions and notes room reshuffles for senior graduation logistics.
The notes list the Class of 57 members Phyllis Weiland and Warren Truesdell Brown with details on hair eye color height and preferences. It records favorites for actors singers songs and bands and outlines future plans and school activities including plays staff, chorus, bands, and leadership roles.
The teacher, a Titonka 7th grade instructor, is a Klemme high school graduate who studied at Iowa State Teachers College and taught in Blairsburg before joining Titonka seven years ago. She chose teaching as a child and finds daily events keep the job interesting and not routine.
Mrs Nelsons first grade made batik paintings on paper toweling using textile paints. Second graders studied community helpers baker and made a booklet and classroom wall mural. Fourth graders built a cinder plant model and did electricity experiments. Fifth graders started a reading project and added Britannica set to the class library.
Russell Sonnenberg and Joyce Isebrand share slogans for life keeping goals simple. Sonnenberg lists family influence and riding horses while Isebrand notes persistence and music as key traits. Both mention German heritage and school attendance with light quirks.
The kindergarten class reports a busy period with We Read Pictures books, talks on Dick Jane and Sally, and recent classroom birthdays for Keith Rode and Donovan Glesking. They studied community helpers like bakers, made booklets and songs, learned place values, and noted mixed attendance due to colds while exploring health, sun moon and clouds.
Confidential requests and notices from Burt area readers seek a date ride and companionship. Entries list names such as Warren Truesdell Harold Wibben Leona Beenken Kerit Rippentrop Neal Loeschen and Dennis Krominga. A lost class ring and personal ads urge replies and contact.
Monday features baked beans corn bread celery sticks pear sauce and milk. Tuesday offers creamed turkey mashed potatoes buttered green beans peanut butter sandwich fruit jello. Wednesday serves roast pork mashed potatoes and gravy buttered corn bread and butter apple and milk. Thursday includes vegetable beef soup crackers dark bread and butter cheese slice peach sauce and milk. Friday presents macaroni and cheese bread and butter carrot sticks buttered peas cherry cobbler and milk.
A senior student was in the first study hall after dinner from 12 45 to 1 45 wearing a grey skirt and a pink jersey blouse with glasses.
The report explains Groundhog Day origins from German settlers in America. It describes how a sunny emergence signals six more weeks of winter while a cloudy day predicts spring, and notes Albemarle Sound in North Carolina as the largest freshwater sound in the United States.
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