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Titonka Topic

Location

Titonka, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1949

Page

3

Local Classifieds Offer Feeds Cars and Cabinet Work

An array of ads invites customers to order various feeds and farm goods from Welp’s Chicky at thebrand Produce Titania at Marlow Milkers and Grange Ventilation Systems. Also advertised are used cars including a 1935 and 1937 Chevrolets and a 1948 Dodge pickup with more listings. Buffalo Consolidated School District bills due within sixty days after contracting.

Thebrand Produce Titania Buffalo, Consolidated Titonia Iowa Buffalo Township Consolidated School Harold E. Gartner Secy

Sidney Youth Bends Government Thermometer Causing Weather Gap

A teenage Sidney resident opened and bent a government thermometer box. The act disrupted official weather reporting for several days, leaving the city without an official forecast.

Sidney

American Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers at July Meeting

At the July regular meeting Lois Peterson installed new officers for the American Legion Auxiliary. Elected: Cleo Nelson president Esther Peterson 1st vice Louise Meechler 2nd vice Mary Caster Tolcher secretary Sadie Denton treasurer Minnie Oesterreicher chaplain Elsie Hansen historian Irene Peterson sergeant at arms. Committee chairs named by the unit president include Publicity Ethel Ferguson Rehabilitation Geraldine Korte Recca Hipp Child Welfare Caroline Hatten Americanism Sadie Denton United Nations Leana Schutter Pan Americanism Lois Peterson Constitution Irene Peterson Legislative Elizabeth Kennedy Community Service Esther Peterson Music Harriet Schutter Health Stella Peterson Membership Louise Mechler Vera Schwietert. There will be no July or August work meetings unless emergency. regular meetings first Monday each month, work meetings fourth Friday. August hostesses Mary Young and Wanda Young.

American Legion Auxiliary Lois Peterson Cleo Nelson Esther Peterson Louise Meechler Mary Caster- Tolcher Trasurer Sadie Denton Minnie Oesterreicher Elsie Hansen Irene Peterson Thelma Higgins Elizabet Kennedy Ethel Ferguson Mina Miller Geraldine Korte Recca Hipp Caroline Hatten United Nations Leana Schutter Elizabeth Kennedy Harriet Schutter Stella Peterson Louise Mechler Vera Schwietert Businss Mary Wanda Young

Supervised Playground Reports Steady Craft Activity

Groups II and III continue wood burning crafts at the supervised playground. They display their figures and some make lapel pins from pipe cleaners. The final week will host a tournament among the games with regular attendance encouraged. Local coverage praised by KGLO and Mason City Globe-Gazette.

KGLO Masort

Woden Wins Hancock Softball Clash to Lead Standings

Woden defeated Britt Jest 1-0 at Crystal Lake Commons to clinch first place in the Hancock County League first half. Virgil Isebrand hit a seventh inning homer and Herman Limberg threw out two runners at the plate as neutral umpires oversaw a tight, well played contest.

WODEN Britt Jest Hancock County League Herman Limberg Virgil Isebrand Crystal Lake Om Neutal

New Carbide Sharpener Lets Field Sharpen Mower Blades

A field usable carbide tipped sharpener from New England Carbide Tool Co enables sharpening mower blades without removing them from the cutter bar. The tool features a chrome plated steel shank and ultra hard cemented carbide tip. held palm down, angled at thirty degrees, it sharpens edges in three to four strokes and removes burrs with a final stroke across the bottom of the blade.

New England Carbide Tool Company, Inc

Horses Dangerous: Speak Before Approaching on Farms

An NSC safety note warns horses are the most dangerous farm animals. It urges cautious behavior, gear checks, and step by step rules for approaching, harness care, stall cleaning, and line handling to prevent serious accidents.

National Safety Council NSC

Teenage boys drink more milk than girls in study

A study of high school students 15 years and older in urban and rural schools found 39 percent of boys drank a quart of milk daily versus 22 percent of girls. Researchers note implications for dairy farmers.

Local social notes and church plans from Woden area

Mrs Joe McGurk Mrs Don May and Mrs Fritz T Gerdes hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Lillian VanLaven at the Gerdes home last Thursday. Services at the Presbyterian church July 24 include Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching at 10 20 led by Harold Fisher of Ackley.

Joe McGurk Don May Fritz T. Gerdes Lillian VanLaven Gerdes Presbyterian Church Harold Fisher Ackley Henry Gerdes Mercy Hospital Mason City Ray Valley JoAnn Ivan Valley Dows Cornwith Fritz Gerdes Homer Hschertch and Sohn Charles Murr Mary Rudisill Lydia Grunewald Albert Weishaar Edwin Weishaar Algona Ramona Patty Weishaar Des Moines John Rudisill Wm. T. Kendall Altoona Iowa May Gostin Henry Bode Jim Black Hills H. Beyer Joyce Western Town Donald Wood Major City

Circle Meeting Notices From Local Groups

Circle meetings list hostesses and devotions for circles I II and III on Wednesday July 27 1930 with names including Mrs Will Schram Mrs George Bonacker Mrs Hay Hansen Jr Mrs George Borracker Mrs A M Petersen Mrs Creytort Whalen Mrs Erwin Eden Mrs Allen and others.

W.S.C Will, Schram George Bonacker Hay Hansen Jr George Borracker A. M. Petersen Creytort Whalen Lesson Erwin’ Eden Allen. Eden Heikoi Boekeliman Charles Reed Lesson Lester Eden Louise Eder

Wesley Wizards 4H Girls Meet Jigy with Betty T

Local 4H group Wesley Wizards girls met organizer Betty Tjaden and guest Jigy during a community event. The gathering featured planning for a future project and cross group交流.

Wesley Wizards Jugy Betty Tjaden Wesley Wesley Wizarde Jigy Betty

Grain storage building plans available in Kossuth County

A. L. Brown, Kossuth County extension director, announced that farmers may view the Mildwest Plan Service grain storage plans at the county extension office. The catalog features drawings of 30 buildings including cribs granaries and combo structures usable temporarily for storage or convertible for other uses.

Kossuth Mildwest Plan Service A. L. Brown

Midwest Plant Service Offers Farm Building Plans

The tension officé notes a working plan for each of the D buildings illustrated. Copies of the plans can be ordered through the county extension office or the Agricultural Extension Service at Iowa State College Ames. Plans come in one of two sheets at a cost of 15 cents per sheet. The catalog may be purchased for 26 cents. The Midwest Plant Service is an activity of Land Grant Colleges in 14 Midwestern states and the U S Department of Agriculture. Its principal function is to help improve farm building construction. It is a non profit activity but is self sustaining through the sale of illustrated catalogs and plans.

County Extension Office Agricultural Extension Service Iowa State College Ames

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