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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
2
Community notice lists no swimming classes and activities during July 18 to 22. Pool at Wesley is being drained and refilled. scores from July 4 11 show Titonka girls 19 Algona 5 and Wesley Midgets 6 Titonka 2 Wesley Peewees 7 Titonka 4.
Work nearly completed on a 30 by 48 foot cement block public building in Woden housing fire station pump house council room and toilets. Fritz T. Gerdes is general contractor Larson Electric handles wiring plumbing and upheating. Total cost just over 7860 dollars financed 40 60 by Bingham Township and Town of Woden with a sidewalk addition.
Titonka Doan parish announcements list worship times Sunday School and youth activities at Titonka and Doan. The Rev Louis H Preul arrives as Algona District superintendent and guest preacher while Camp Methoji report is to be given. Choir rehearsal and softball games are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Miss Shirley Arlene Gustafson of Forest City married Vernon Schutter of Buffalo Center in a candle light ceremony at Winnebago Lutheran church. The Rev. Robert Beckstrand officiated. Attendants wore blue delphinium gowns and carried white carnations. Reception for 250 followed at the church dining room. The newlyweds reside on the G. W. Goodnight farm northeast of Buffalo Center.
Twenty one members attended the July meeting with Past Presidents hosting. Lois Petersen was installed as President, Thelma Higgins as First VP, Rosina Truesdell as Second VP, Francis Gingrich Secretary, Rae Harris Treasurer, Dorothy Nothwehr Chaplain, Galena Zwiefel Historian, Esther Petersen First Sergeant, Cleoiee Elective Board Stella Petersen Bernadine Korte Minnie Oesterreicher. The unit donated to the PTA Community Recreational Fund and named Zwiefel chair of the Indian Day Float with Oesterreicher as coworker. No July or August work meeting unless emergency. Regular August meeting set for August 1.
Farm outlook notes Iowa leads corn output but less than 8 percent of cash farm income comes from corn. A 1954 Illinois study shows returns per $100 feed across livestock sectors, with dairy and poultry highest. The report forecasts lower feed costs and higher livestock production in coming years, per farm economist Francis Kutish.
Eileen Nielsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Nielsen and Ordean Grant son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Grant of Austin Minnesota united in marriage Friday evening June 24 at St Pauls Lutheran Church Ringsted. The ceremony featured organ preludes and wedding prayers with attendants and ushers listed. The couple, married after she taught in Titonka elementary and he graduated Waldorf College, plan a honeymoon in the Black Hills and Yellowstone Park before settling on his farm near Austin Minnesota.
H A Diers pastor leads morning worship at 10 am and Sunday School at 9 am. Thursday July 14 8 pm church council monthly meeting. Luther League picnic at Cal Park Algona Sunday July 17 four thirty departure from church. Short business meeting at the park and potluck supper.
Confirmation services were held at St. John's Lutheran church last Sunday July 10. Included in the class were Gloria Sonius Kathleen Tweet Donald Haugen Tony Buns Janice Monson and Duane Gerdes. The Rev H L Lechner of Mason City conducted the services in Rev Sommerfeld's absence. Buy it in Titonka.
Ramsey outlasted Good Hope 21 to 20 after extra innings with Loats and Folkerts homering for Ramsey. Gray and Rippentrop combined on the mound, while Krominga and Schwerin pitched for Good Hope. Christian Reformed remains undefeated by defeating Britt in the first game Friday night with Smidt Limberg on the mound.
Thirty five new vehicles were licensed in Kossuth County last week. The list of new owners includes Ford Hobarton Coop Elevator Co Algona B L ODonnell Lone Rock Perry Lowman Al gona Howard Sparks Burt Joe Greenberg Algona Ralph Hurlburt Swea City Edward A Lloyd Bancroft Ralph M Walker Whittemore Wallace H Logeman Swea City Oliver A Campney Burt P J Helmke Swea City Wm Amesbury Titonka Swen Larson Buffalo Center Louis W Sapp Buffalo Center Elmer R Swanson Swea City Donald Behnkendorf Bancroft Dick Newbrough Wesley Wilbur Roeber Whittemore Delbert Vogel Bancroft Chas D Price Wes ley Martin G Harms Titonka Folkert C Stecker Titonka Al Rosenmeyer Corwith Herbert L Nelson Titonka R W McCullough Algona Virginia Zalaznik Algona Irene L Anderson Lakota W P French Algona Olga Adams Algona Dodge Wilbur E Krosch Elmore Harold Sunder Algona Arthur Kramersmeier Lakota Dr T J Egan Bancroft Harley Work Swea City Tom Gimlin Algona.
Pastor B H Schwerin leads 9 a m Sunday School and 10 a m church service with a special local offering. July events include Junior Mission Band rehearsal at 1 30 pm, Junior Choir at 7 30 pm, softball games July 15, and Women’s Missionary Society July 19 at 8 pm with Mrs B H Schwerin and devotions by Mrs Bonno Schutter. Hostesses are Mrs Telko Stecker and Mrs Alvin Honken.
A Meyer family reunion honoring Mr and Mrs Ber Meyer of Darrington Washington was held at the Isebrand home in Titonka Iowa. Attendees included many Meyers and Isebrands from Iowa Minnesota and Colorado with a picnic supper and a night of visiting noted as enjoyable and memorable.
Interstate Power Company mails survey questionnaires to all area customers to gauge satisfaction with electric service and staff. District manager G. G. Young says responses help identify troubles and improve service. forms are returned in prepaid envelopes and tallied at the district office.
Dolmage Memorial Hospital notes list births and admissions from July 7 to July 12. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Siemans, Donald Lee, Gary Lee, plus residents from Lakota Buffalo Center Titonka Woden Bancroft and Rake, with several dismissals recorded.
Miss Ruth Phelps daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Phelps and Paul Krominga son of Mr and Mrs Amos Krominga both of Titonka wed Sunday at the Titonka Methodist Church. Rev Max Goldman officiated. The couple honeymoon a week in the Black Hills and will reside in Titonka.
John Derek and Joan Evans star in The Outcast with Jim Davis and Catherine McLeod. The Technicolor picture promises action and suspense for families. Adults 20 cents, children 10 cents. cool off at the theatre, the town’s coolest spot.
The Titanka Lions Club will hold a regular dinner meeting Thursday at 6 30 PM at the school house. All members are urged to attend as the gathering is described as important.
Ramsey Reform Church announces services on Sunday July 17 with 9 30 am Sunday School and Bible Classes 30 am Morning Worship Holy Communion and Mission Offering Rev Eldert Smith presiding
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