Vacations and Local Sports Highlight Rambling Column
Rambling with Phil recounts returning home from a Washington DC trip with Shirley and their children. Highlights include Eisenhower at Gettysburg and camping facilities, with thanks to A W Houghton of Alexandria for hospitality. Local sports note mentions J L Intermill bowling fourth in Peterson Classic and Darrell Beavers third in Clar mond golf. Community fire-free days m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Shirley
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
A. W. Houghton
Alexandria
Washington
J. L. Intermill
Chicago
Daryl Bess
Darrell Beavers
Clarmond
Belmond
Clarion
Titania
Hill Brothers Take Over DX Service Station Titonka
Larry and Karry Hill acquired the DX Service Station in Titonka from Dean Kutchenreuther and began operating it on Tuesday June 27. Dean ran the station for about 13 months and has no definite plans for the future. Karry will attend the DX Training School in Waterloo starting July 10 for three weeks, and Larry plans to attend later this year. About that time the Jones family refinanced.
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Larry
Karry Hill
J. K. Hill
Titonka
Dean Kutchenreuther
Dean
Waterloo
Swan and Seaberg Exchange Vows at Clear Lake
Virginia Swan and Dwight Seaberg wed in a double ring ceremony at the Clear Lake Methodist Church on June 9. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Swan, wore embroidered silk organza with a chapel veil and carried pink and white carnations. the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs George Seaberg of Wesley. The couple plans to farm southwest of Titonka after a Colorado wedding trip. both are listed with local roots and recent work histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kaye Swan
Kenneth Swan
Clear Lake
Dwight Seaberg
George Seaberg
Wesley
Methodist
John DeLong
Max Goldman
Titonia
Doug Swan
Tom Swan
Lou Krull
Algona
Karen Swenson
Lake Mills
Margilea Swan
Britt
Judy Seaberg
David Seaberg
Clinton Eden
Daniel Skow
Philip Seaberg
Bob Schram
Leonard Anliker
Sally Schram
Tim Schubert
Daryl Holcomb
Swea City
Bill Schutter
Spencer
Donald Darrow
Cedar Falls
Beverly Richter
Virgina Gunderson
Carol Ann Swan
Louise Skow
Toni Statton
Local ISU Dean's List Honors 517 Students
Iowa State University announced the winter quarter Dean's List featuring 517 top students from five colleges. Recipients earned at least a 3.5 GPA and at least 15 credit hours completed in May. Titonka student Wayne H. Bartelt and Allan J. Boyken, both in chemical engineering, are named.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Titonka
Wayne, H. Bartelt
Chemical
Allan J. Boyken
Chemical Engineering
Rev Janssen Installed At Ramsey Reformed Church
The Rev John Janssen was installed as pastor of Ramsey Reformed Church Tronka on Friday June 30 at 7 30 p m. He came from Second Reformed Church Lennox SD where he served from October 1952 to June 1901. He previously led Zion Reformed Church Erie Ill from June 1949 to October 1952. He is a George Iowa native with education at Central College Pella Western Theological Seminary Holland Mich and service in the U S Army 274th Infantry 8th Division. He and his family include six children Allan Lois Carol Stephen Deborah and Paul.
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John £. Janssen
Ramsey Reformed Church
Tronka
Janssen
Second Reformed Church of
Lennox
Zion Reformed ‘Church
Erie
Ill
George
Iowa
Sheldon Junior College
Sheldon
Central College
Pella
U. S. Army
274Th
Western Theological Seminary
Holland
Mich
Temple Time
Germania
Northwestern College
Orange City
Manse
Henry T. Rozendaal
Allan
Lois
Carol
Stephen
Deborah
Paul
Three Attend Orientation Meetings At Iowa State
Freshmen enrolling at Iowa State University attend summer orientation sessions to take placement tests, meet faculty advisors, and plan the first year's courses. Parents often accompany students for the two day campus visit with tours of campus and dorms. Gary Reed and Jeffrey Boyken attended in engineering while Dverg Krantz attended in agriculture.
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Ames
Iowa State University
College of Engineering
Gary Reed
Jeffrey Boyken
College of Agriculture
Dverg Krantz
Feed Grain Program Slashes Iowa Acreage in 1961
Iowa farmers enrolled in the emergency feed grain program signing up 108,112 farms or about 60 percent. They agreed to cut 1959 60 average corn and grain sorghum acreage by 2,929,352 acres in 1961, with Kossuth County diverting 68,227 acres about 28 percent of its 1959 60 average. Participants receive diverted acre payments and retain price support eligibility for 1961 crops.
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Iowa
Richard I. Anderson
Kossuth County
ASC
Anderson
Kossuth
Recreation Schedule Week of July 10 14
Recreation schedule lists daily activities from July 10 to 14 including high school softball and swimming times, firearm safety sessions for Groups A and B, pee wee and midget baseball, junior and senior baseball tournaments, drafts, and little league sessions with locations and times noted. Several entries reference transportation and back times for activities and practice sessions.
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Thompson
H. S
James
Armstrong
Public Hearing Adjourned To July 6 For Sewage Project
About 100 Titonka residents attended the Public Hearing on the Resolution of Necessity for a new sewage system at the Titonka Town Hall. Objections were read and discussed with the Town Council, attorneys, and health and engineering officials present. The meeting adjourned to 7:30 p.m. on July 6 to continue hearing objections.
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Titonka
State Board of Health
L. W. Nitehall
Algona
Des Moines
4-H Livestock Judging Workouts Set This Summer
County 4-H livestock judging workouts are scheduled Fridays and Wednesdays in July. Sessions run 6 30 to 8 30 p m with meetings at the Seely farm near Algona on July 7 and Thoreson Bros farm near Swea City on July 12. Beef sheep dairy pics and judging practice planned for members and parents.
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Claude and Kent Seely
Blacktop
Algona
Thoreson Bros
Swea City
Titonka Locals Have Week of Family and Social Visits
Titonka residents hosted a string of visits from relatives and friends across Iowa and Minnesota. Jimmy Goeke returned Sunday from a week with grandparents, and several households reported guests from Central City Rockford Bade Des Moines Spirit Lake and Cass Lake among others during the holiday and weekend gatherings.
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Jimmy Goeke
John D Johnson
Bernard McGuire
Carlyle Becker
Lorna
Nancy
Central City
Richard Elsbeckeer
Roger Krominga
Rockford, Il
Amos Krominga
Russell Krominga
Arthur Peterson
Loyal Gingrich
Loren Hans
Fairmont
Minn
Kenneth Innee
Clarke Miller
Nelson Brothers
William’ Speicher
Harrywey Graham
Cheryl and
Gloria
L. G Huber
Mary Budlong
Ray Hansen
Vern Nordeen
Kay
Des Moines
Clifford Krantz
John D. Johnson
Annie Amerson
Hardy
Fred Redenius
Dorothy
Alfred Redenius
Glen Miller
Helen K
George Osteraamp
Wesley
Little Chats On Public Notice
The piece discusses The People’s Right to Know by Harold L. Cross and its relevance to access to public records. It emphasizes public notice as a statutory safeguard for citizens’ rights and the role of newspapers in publishing legal advertisements to uphold transparency.
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Harold L. Cross
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbus University
American Society of Newspaper Editors
United States
Armed Services
Dr .Cross
4 H Girls Longtime Record Books Due
Kossuth County 4 H girls must submit their record books to compete for State. Entries for the 4 H awards must be at the Extension Office by Saturday July 8. Awards recognize outstanding 4 H members in projects and growth across areas like safety health home economics recreation entomology automotive care and leadership. Judging by the county 4 H girls committee will decide which books advance to state.
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Kossuth
Avis Lettow
County Extension Home Economist
American Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers for 1961 62
The first meeting of the 1961 32 year of the American Legion Auxiliary was held Monday evening at the A R Peterson rural home with Past Presidents as hostesses. In the absence of the president, vice president Ben Garrett called the meeting to order and roll call of committee chairmen followed. A float is planned for the Indian Day parade and members are asked to meet Friday July 27 at Pete Haines home to complete it. A county meeting will be held in Titonka August 8 in Fellowship Hall of the Methodist Church. Officers installed by Past President Lois Peter Ollie Bruns Bea Garrett Mary Oesterreicher Patricia Haines Sec Treas Louise Mechler Chaplain Esther Peterson 1st Sgt at Arms Cleo Nelson 2nd Sgt at Arms Exec Board Members Ben Garrett Marie Orthel Rae Harris The board will meet Friday July 7 at Dwight Garrett home to set the calendar of activities and list chairmen for the coming year.
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American Legion Auxiliary
A. R. Peterson
Ben Garrett
Chamber of Commerce
Pete Haines
Farm Question Box tips and tax refund guidance
County Extension Director Dean L. Barnes answers gardening and farming queries. He highlights ready made garden dust sprays, explains blossom end rot caused by moisture changes and recommends mulch for tomatoes, and outlines a 1961 1967 fuel tax rebate window with four cent per gallon refunds and where to file at the Extension Office in Algona.
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Dean L. Barnes
Ortohey
South Moore
Algona
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