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Local post office subscription rates listed at 1.50 yearly in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka territory, 2.00 outside, 2.50 abroad. Numerous social and family visits are noted, with church outings, picnics, cottage trips, and gatherings at Clear Lake, Crystal Lake, and nearby towns. Various residents and visitors from Forest City, Mason City, Indianapolis, and Detroit are mentioned throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeeks
Cownty
Titonka
Kossuth
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Doan News of Family Visits and Fourth of July Gatherings
Second Lt Helen Hawkins Nelson came from Camp Barkeley Texas for a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Jerome Hawkins and daughter Shirley. Various local families hosted guests, visited, or spent the Fourth of July together at homes near Algona Crystal Lake and surrounding farms, including contributions from the Martineks Goetzes Sparks Buffingtons and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruse
Brewster
Rowley
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Hagle Lake State Park
Fred Theilengerdes
Martha
Jack Monnon
Martha Ehlers
R. Brass Home
George Dickinson
Shirley
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marjorie Hanna
Chicago
Cyril Halvorson
Keith
Carl Halvorson
Forest City
John Buns
Ted Gerdes
Fred Gerdes
Dale Rittenhouse
Mason City
Martin Thompson
J. C. Helm
Clem Flath
Clear Lake
Martin Smith
J. M. Strong
Lytton
Homer Escherich
Kentucky
Pete Grune- Wald
Stilson
Mary Rudisill
John Rudisill
Ted Hinders
Fred Reitter
Crystal Lake
William Wood
Leon Gilner
Spirit Lake
R. M. Smith
Ed Wood
John Wood
Wood
Louis Paul
Charles Marr
Corwith
Peter Grunewald
Forrest Lackore
Arey Hofitzer
Robert Greenfield
Agnes Lammers
Castlewood
Charles Christensen
George Pommer
Dick Franzen
Harold Pommer
Henry Pommer
Wesley
Lavonne
Wayne Naser
Blanche Naser
Inez Eckels
Des Moines
Herman Buns
Marjorie
Betty Gerdes
Harold Ludeking
Detroit
Michigan
Viola Eaton
Corpus Christi
Texas
Navy
Lyle Smith
D. W. Senne
Wellsburg
Osjaloosa
Joe Anderson
Waseca
Minn
Ole A. Hanna
Sylvan Hanna
Worthington
W. L. Tindall
R. K. Richardson
G. L. Peterson
North Dakota
Helen (Hawkins) Nelson
Camp Barkeley
Wek
Jerome Hawkins
A. J. Martinek
Joe Goetz
Armstrong
Goetz
Ann
E. M. Sparks
Sparks
van Hansen
J. D. Andrews
Vaughn
Milford
Clarence Christensen
Wilbur
Wendell
Marie Christensen
Ralph Smith
Ray Smith
Verne Teeter
Algona
Ross Buffington
Leo Orthel
Bradford Buffington
Alice Buffington
Donald Buffington
Orville Buffingtons
Merlin Anderson
Henry Anderson
Rockford
Harley Larson
L. B. Larsons
Edwin Johnson
St. James
Amos Angie
Dick Kain
Adolph Girres
August Grendler
Henry Brandt
Britt
Fred Girres
Rose’ Buffingtons
Roger Buttington
Teeterg
Phyllis Falk
Titanka
Ted Hoover
Don Gsra
Harold Miller
Henry van Hove
Anna Intermill
Maurice Swan
Kenneth Swan
Bastian
Lloyd Saldow
Humboldt
Arthur Bady
M. O. Amundson
St. Paul
Edw
A. Sathoff
Craig
Lela Zwiefel
Ellen Tjaden
Hamilton Business College
Mark Bacon
Dalmage Hospital
Buffalo Center
James Christensen
Betty Bee
David
Officer
Burt
Clifford Krantz
Fred Theis
Ronie Janssen
Morris
Jennie Johnson
Lakota
Swea City
John G. Cordes
Lone Rock
Andrew, Janssen
Gertie Janssen
John Cordes
W. J. Denton
Titonka
Mr. Denton
Titonka Woman's Club
Titonka Lions Club
George Bonacker
J. L
Ubbe
Woodrow Peterson
West
Denver
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Dakota
Woodrow
Herman Spear
Toledo
Iowa
Herchel Brink
Grinnell
Wm. Spear
Weert Asche
Thomas Loats
Fred Henken
J. J. Harms
John
Henry Ites
Raymond Spear
John Rippentrop Jr
Local social notes from Titonka and nearby towns
Des Moines guest greetings and family visits fill a Titonka area week. Neighboring couples travel, host dinners, and attend picnics as extended kinship and service notices unfold, with Woodrow Peterson heading to the draft and a farm placement rep named.
Auxiliary Officers Installed at Legion Hall Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary held a July meeting at the Legion Hall with new officers installed by Mrs. W. J. Denton. Monthly meetings move to the 4th Friday at 2 00 pm. A Home Service drive will aid service members with care packages and collection jars. A tea for mothers and wives is planned for July 24. The group coordinates soldier photography with C. A. Phillips and local Red Cross aid, while Brown Studio offers free portraits of Kossuth service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ehlers
Hettinger
North Dakota
Jack Mongan
Cecil Naser
Nancy Peters
Ackley
George Sparenberg
Grundy Center
Legion Hall
W. J. Denton
Kossuth County Home Service
Titanka
County Home Service
C. A. Phillips
Algona Chamber of Commerce
Kossuth
Red Cross
Phillips
Titanica
Vic
Denton Drug Store
Mr. Phillips
Brown
Algona
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Don Newbrough
Iowa City
Howard Fredrickson
Woden News
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Rhone Lo Titouka
Pierre Sartor
Stonka
FWA
H. Torgerson
Wttoct Buildingaise
Roy C. Ball
E. J
Gallup
Heil
L. L. Tindall
D. O. Ostropathic
Rosouth County
van Ness and Brunson Attorneys-at-Lew Hee Bids
Quarton and
Miller County Gayings Bank Bldg
Henry H. Hussings & Sons Contractors Celpers
Doan News
Oil Co. No
Algona No. 7
Algona Rendering Co
Polka Dot Beauty Shop
Forest City, Ia
American Legion Auxiliary News
ICE
Social Immanuel Lutheran
Luther League
A. M. Petersen
Heal Estate Broker
Modern Cleaners
Algona, Iowa
Hamilton Hatchery
Tyke Theatre
Madeline Carroll
Sterling Hayden
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Elmore Nursery
Titonka Savings Bank
United States
U. S
Total
Koaguth County
Boyken
E. J. van Ness
Andrea Boyken
Edward Boyken
Wm. Boyken
J. van Ness
Thia
R. L. Krantz
Carl Giesking
Henry
Bruns
Kossuth County
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