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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1952
Page
1
The notice lists subscription rates 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka territory 2.50 outside that area and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries It states all county and Titonka territory subscriptions are continuous unless canceled by the subscriber or at the publisher's discretion.
The annual Methodist Sunday School picnic is set for Sunday July 27 at 12 30 PM in the Bufalo Center park. Community members and families visit relatives travel to nearby towns and attend social gatherings across Algona and surrounding areas.
A compilation of local social visits and family gatherings. Mr and Mrs Laverne Smith stayed with Melvin Tollickson in Rake. Austin and Adams families from Dayton Ohio visited Carl Tegtmeyer. Mrs Edna Wagner spent a week with sister Claus Smith. WSCS group met at Methodist church with J R Tisdale and Clifford Eisenmann hosting. Families from Buffalo Center joined Eldora relatives for a reunion. Clinton Larsen and Larson families vacationed in northern Minnesota and Canada. Second Lt Charles Bird left for Camp Kilmer NJ and posting in Lansberg Germany. Supt J R Tisdale and Mrs Tisdale visited parents in Moulton. Dale Rittenhouse and Arlys were callers at Mason City. Joan Rittenhouse visited. Wm Wood family hosted by Alvin Hanna. Mrs Freddie Gerdes hosted St Johns Lutheran aid. Wayne Naser and Lake Mills family visited Wm Wood.
Iowa State extension hortICulturist Ben Vance advises preparing soil in late July for fall crops. Mix 15 to 20 pounds of complete fertilizer per 1000 square feet and sow Chinese cabbage endive kohlrabi beans and turnips with specific varieties. Feed last crops in late August and use deeper seeding for late fall. Mulch with grass clippings to conserve moisture and prevent crusting.
Renovate your chicken house in late summer to ensure a diseasefree laying house for the coming year. Iowa State College extension poultryman L Z Eggleton advises cleaning floors walls and ceilings, using hot water and lye, repairing holes and screens, and starting with clean deep litter to prevent lice and mites.
Economists estimate the country will produce about nine percent fewer pigs this year than last, signaling a contraction in pork production and potential supply effects for markets.
Nahma Michigan beds new life as Bay de Noc Company revives former lumbering town. workers repair 102 dwellings and facilities, build trails and a field archery range on 300 acre forest, convert sawmill ponds to lagoons, and plan a modern motel and golf course to attract vacationers and fishermen. The red barn will become a museum as Nahma seeks a lasting tourist role.
Knoxville reporters note Elizabethton already secured a $7.8 million textile plant employing about 1,000. The law allows towns to issue revenue bonds to finance factory buildings leased to manufacturers with income covering principal interest and maintenance. Bond repayment is not via tax levies and requires a 75 percent referendum approval.
In Mulberry Arkansas a 22 foot carnival python loose for two days caused town jitters. Buddy Kuykendall found the snake in a corner of his shed. Carnival workers boxed the reptile and returned it to its cage, ending the scare.
Local column details visits, family gatherings, and travels among Wesley residents and friends. Doings include Charles and Price couples with Studers at Macon Missouri, Henry Peterson visiting Seefelds, and numerous trips across Iowa and Minnesota. The piece chronicles hostings, reunions, baptisms, and service members returning home from the Army Air Force and Navy assignments.
The column lists visits and gatherings around Algona including Mrs Harold Hemingsen and family at a prior visit, the Waldschmidt family from Spencer visiting relatives, Miss Rose and Rose Marie living with families, Martie Matz at Kenneth Hartzell’s in Sibley, Viola Studer Everett Ackerson and Sandra hosting at Cagle Studer home with the Kelch family from Worthington, Ruth Mary Goetz from Mason City visiting Leo Goetz, and a city park picnic by local boys.
Reese Martin and Dr Pfeffer attended as guests. Community members gathered for the funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Willger, 84, mother of Mrs George Hirner, at St Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. She had been staying at the Hirner home then moved to a Fort Dodge hospital where she died Monday.
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