George Graham 87. long-time Portland Twp resident dies
George Graham aged 87 died at his home three miles west of Titanica on July 25 1942 after a lengthy illness. He was born April 27 1855 in Northumberland County Ontario and moved to Michigan before farming in Portland Township Iowa for forty years. Survived by Carrie Fitch his wife and fourteen children, including Harvey Titonka George Jr Titonka Dwight Ruth and Maurice. Funeral held July 27 at Titonka Methodist Church. interment Burt Cemetery. service by Rev W L Patterson with local pallbearers and church quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Graham
Portland Township
John
Hannah Graham
Northumberland County
Ontario
Canada
Titanica
Michigan
Carrie Fitch
Lapeer County
Kossuth County
Bancroft
Graham
Blanche
Mr. Graham
Earth
Maurice
United States Army
Tucson
Arizona
Harvey
Titonka
Nellie ‘Clark
Mildred Jennings
Burt
George Jr
Eda Miller
Lake Mills
Dwight
Ruth and
Clarence
Blanche Small
Washington
Fred
Castleton
Effie
Pontiac
Titanka Methodist
W. L. Patterson
Burt Cemetery
M. E. Larson
Will Ringsdorf
Henry Nelson
R. C. Ball
W. J. Denton
Frank Reynolds
C. ¥. Callies
Florence Reynolds
Jacqueline Callies
Wm. Schram
Auto Crash Near Bancroft Injures None
Young people Tone Stockwell Algona and Kenneth Soule Great Lakes Ill escaped injury last Friday night when their car owned by W B Davis Livermore and driven by Soule struck a parked Nichols Steel and Wire truck from Mason City driven by Peter Gribben of Mason City near the Welp hatchery in Bancroft. Davis was treated at Algona for injuries.
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Bancroft
Tone Stockwell
Algona
Kenneth Soule
Great Lakes
Ill
Nichols Steel and Wire Company
Mason City
W. B. Davis
Livermore
Peter E. Gribben
Gribben
Welp Hatchery
Soule
Donald Davis
Miss Stockwell
Davis
Up and Coming 4 H Club Meets at Schmidt Home
The Up and Coming 4 H club met at Lena Mae Schmidt's home on July 23. Nine girls answered roll call and shared plans for Achievement Day and fundraising. Talks included Thank You Notes by Wilhelmina Kruse and Why Can Foods by Christine Janssen. Lenora Schmidt attended as a visitor. The next meeting is scheduled for August 6 at Lois Janssen's home. Erna Schmidt, reporter.
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Schmidt
Lena Mae Schmidt
Wilhelmina Kruse
Christine Janssen
Lenora Schmidt
Lois Janssen
Erna Schmidt
Goslins Honored on 26th Wedding Anniversary
A surprise gathering was held Tuesday evening for Mr. and Mrs. Cr. W. Goslin's 26th anniversary. Five bridge tables were used with Mr. and Mrs. John Hutchison of Wesley winning high couple, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quinn taking second high. A silver gift was presented to the couple.
Titonka Wins Ball Game From Algona In League Clash
Titonka earned a 3 to 2 victory over league leaders Algona, behind Dick Batt's five hit allowed while Titonka struck seven from Johnson. St Joe beat Lotts Creek 5 to 1, Lone Rock defeated Armstrong 7 to 2, Bancroft’s Junior Legion faltered at Hartley as district champs. Next Sunday St Joe visits Titonka. Bancroft at Armstrong. Algona at Wesley. Lone Rock at Lotts Creek.
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Titonka
Bancroft
Algona
Dick Batt
Johnson
St. Joe
Lotts Creek
Lone Rock
Armstrong
Wesley
Fifty Women Attend Work Planning Meet
Fifty Kossuth township chair men and county officers attended an all day planning meeting at the Burt hotel where the coming home project program for rural women was written. The study will stress the war time theme with lessons on remaking clothing first aid care and selection of fabrics and planning meals from home produced foods under the war emergency program. County committee members and substitutes attended from multiple towns.
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Kossuth
Burt Hotel
Marian Edwards
Iowa State College
E. C. Weisbrod
Fenton
Albert Johnson
Corwith
Jerry Heetland
C. C. Inman
L. H. Schenck
Burt
Paul Wille
Cresco
Immanuel Lutheran Services and Meetings Schedule
Sunday August 5 marks the ninth Sunday after Trinity with English services at 10:30 and Bible Class at 9:30. Sunday School, Luther League evening devotional and business meeting. Thursday August 6 ladies aid meets in the church parlors hosted by Mrs. John H. Boyken.
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Luther League
Ladies Aid
John H. Boyken
Lutheran service and Sunday schedule at Good Hope Church
Rev. Wm. Langholz of Lakota will conduct services at Good Hope Lutheran Church Sunday evening August 2 at 8 pm. Sunday School is scheduled for 10 am.
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Good Hope
Mothers Wives Sisters Service Men Honored
The American Legion Auxiliary hosted a Friday tea at Ray Oesterreicher home near Titanka to honor mothers wives and sisters of service members. A program featured Mrs. Guy Bruns presiding with songs readings and reports on U S O efforts. Provoking note included are many women reporting relatives serving in the armed forces with detailed names and relations, including a Pearl Harbor loss.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ray Oesterreicher
Titanka
Guy Bruns
Ry Miller
Ben A. Meyer
Pierre Sartor
Wm. Ward
Edward Fay Ward
Will Cosgrove
Andrew
Donald
John H
Lynn Kutchenreuther
Russell
Chris Brandt
Corporal Edward Brandt
H. A. French
W. L. Patterson
Douglas Patterson
Clair Winkie
Wallace
Edward Zwiefel
Orlo E. Zwiefel
John K. Harms
Albert Harms
Edward Stecker
Anna Alice
Henry
B. Penning
Clarence B. Penning
Ray Miller
Glenn Miller
John H. Tapper
Henry Tapper
Mary Michaelson
Donald Michaelson
George Graham
Maurice Graham
Glenn W. Zeigler
Ralph Zeigler
Kenneth Zeigler
Louis G. Huber
Son Corp
Gerald Huber
Faye A. Huber
William Boyken
Arthur Boyken
Elizabeth Kenneth
Minnie Kennedy
Garner
Iowa
Willie Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
38 39 Corn Loans Payment Is Called
By Oscar L Thoreson Acting Chairman Kossuth County Agricultural Conservation Committee The 1938 39 reseal corn loans which mature on August 1 1942 will not be extended Farmers are urged to redeem loans by maturity or shortly after while the Commodity Credit Corporation will accept payment within the sixty days following the maturity date of the note The article notes liquidation of these loans is desirable given current corn prices and farmers may feed or sell the corn after repayment.
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Oscar L. Thoreson
Kossuth County Agricultural Cons. Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Woden Girls Off to Work After Visits at Home
Lillian VonLaven left Sunday for Chicago to pursue nurse training after a three week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs John VonLaven and family. Marcella Saathoff accompanied her to Chicago and then to Washington DC where she will be employed. Her sister Helen also secured a job in Washington.
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Woden
Lillian VonLaven
Chicago
John VonLaven
Marcella Saathoff
Washington, D. C
Helen
Washington
Campaign for Junk Drives Community Collection Drive
The big campaign for Junk metals of all kinds rubber and rags invites residents to search barns yards attics and cellars for items past usefulness. Cash paid for materials though donations are welcome. Large quantities must be collected and Dr R C Ball is local chairman. Further notice will follow next week.
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R. C. Ball
Ledyard Boy Injured As Tractor Tips Over
Harry Ternes, 11, of near Ledyard, suffered a broken right ankle when a tractor he was driving for F. G. Junkermeier lost control across a railroad track, rolled eight feet down an embankment, and could not be set immediately. He was treated at Algona, then returned home.
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Ledyard
Harry Ternes
F. G. Junkermeier
Algona
Wesley Woman Dies After Auto Wreck Near Denhart
Mrs Joseph Hauptman 74 of Wesley died from injuries suffered in a collision near Denhart Sunday evening. She was thrown from the car, pinned beneath wreckage, as it hit another vehicle driven by Glen Kylie. Her son Ed Hauptman of Corwith drove the other car. Survivors include husband four children and several relatives. Funeral at St Josephs Wesley with requiem mass. burial in St Josephs cemetery.
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Wesley
Joseph Hauptman
Algona
Denhart
Hauptman
Corwith
Glen Kylie
Stilson
Garner
Edward
Joseph Jr
Sophia Fritsch
Austin, Minn
Elizabeth
Childrren
Anna
Rose
John
Bertha Carothers
Emma Hauptman
Louis
Herman
Henry Schleusner
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Father Klein
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Wesley Girl Burned When Clothes Caught Fire
Kathryn Goetz four was seriously burned when her clothing ignited while playing with matches and corn cobs near the Goetz farm southeast of Wesley. Her brother John seven extinguished the flames with water. She was treated at a Wesley doctor then returned home and taken to Algona hospital the next day in favorable condition.
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Wesley
Kathryn Goetz
Henry Goetz
John
Goetz
Algona Hospital
Marriage Licenses for Stueve and Reed Married at Good Hope
Glen L. Stueve 20 of Algona and Alma Faye Reed 18 of Missouri Valley were joined in marriage last Friday at Good Hope church officiated by Rev. M. M. Schaper. Stueve is the son of Arthur and Mrs. Stueve of Union township with Gerald Stueve witnessing. They plan to reside on a farm near Algona.
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Glen L. Stueve
Algona
Alma Faye Reed
Missouri Valley
Good Hope Church
M. M. Schaper
Glen
Arthur Stueve
Union Township
Gerald Stueve
Kossuth Court News: Reefer Pleads Guilty on DUI Charge
In Algona Chris Reefer Wesley bound over to district court for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty before Judge G W Stillman, fined 4600 and costs, bond set at 10000, and faces hard labor if the fine is not paid. Reefer collided July 4 near Bancroft cemetery and has been confined at Kossuth hospital. Also in court Herman Schmidt and Melvin Attig faced DUI or related charges, with bonds or fines set, while several others were fined for assault, disorderly conduct, or revoked licenses. New cases include partition actions and probate filings for multiple estates.
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Algona
Chris Reefer
Wesley
Kossuth
G. W. Stillman
Reefer
Noble T. Park
Des Moines
Bancroft
Kossuth Hospital
Herman William Schmidt
Justice of Peace
C. H. Ostwinkle
District Grand Jury
Schmidt
Melvin Attig
Justice Ostwinkle
Portland Township
Everett
Merrill Weaver
Irvington
Lawrence Weaver
Lakota
Oscar Foster
John A. Gute
Joe Fisher
Grinnell College
Arthur J. McIltrath
Williamh. Fuerstenau
Theresa Fuerstenau
Martin Bonnstetter
Geo. Becker
M. A. Dexter
Austine Valentine
Truman, Minn
Algona couple survive tire blowout crash near Fort Dodge
Mr and Mrs Chris Reese of Algona escaped injuries when a tire blew on highway 169 two miles north of Fort Dodge causing their car to overturn. Mrs Reese was hospitalized at Fort Dodge then released the next day. He works for Upper Des Moines and she publishes the Whittemore Champion.
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Chris Reese
Algona
Fort Dodge
Reese
Des Moines
Whittemore Champion
News of daughter and son in Alaska reach Titonia
Mrs Louis Tegtmeyer and two daughters visited Titonia last Thursday seeking the source of a rumor that a Tegtmeyer son and son-in-law were taken as German spies in Alaska. They found little to confirm the tale while learning their Alaska bound daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Richard Granum and her brother PFC Lewis Tegtmeyer of Fort Richardson were well. The Tegtmeyers reside on the road south of Woden.
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Louis Tegtmeyer
John Wibben
Titonia
Donovan Andrews Pledged to Tau Beta Pi at ISU
Donovan Andrews son of Mr and Mrs H V Andrews of Titanka has been pledged to the Ames chapter of Tau Beta Pi the national scholastic engineering fraternity The pledging includes twenty high ranking Iowa State engineers and marks the first summer pledging in history Donovan is a senior in civil engineering.
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Donovan Andrews
Ames
H. V. Andrews
Titanka
Tau Beta Pi
Iowa State
Donovan
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club Chooses Demonstration Team
The Buffalo Boosters 4-H club met at Miss Florence Reynolds home at 2:00 p m with ten girls answering roll by sharing items canned for Local Achievement Day. Marietta Norland was named successor to Marjorie Mechler on the demonstration team. The group reviewed the demonstration, noted improvements, then enjoyed a lunch hosted by the hostess. The next meeting is set for August 7 at Drusilla Hansen's home with Marietta Norland reporting.
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Buffalo Boosters
Florence Reynolds
Marjorie Mechler
Marietta Norland
Drusilla Hansen
Wesley Farmer Injured in Tractor Accident Near Town
John Paulson, a farmer living east of town, is recovering at home after last week s harvest field accident. His trousers were entangled in the tractor s power take-off, stripping clothing to his waist and tearing skin on his shin, leaving bruises and scars.
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Wesley Farmer
Whsley
John Paulson
Martin Bleichs Buy Miller Store
Mr and Mrs Martin Bleich have bought the Miller store and taken possession The couple have been living at Wesley as Martin recovered health after leaving his Bancroft creamery job He visited Iowa City for treatment and has shown improvement The former owner runs defense work at Omaha his wife has operated the store in a brick building with a living apartment The Miller store rebuilt after a previous fire Miller is seven miles north of Garner and Martin has a sister in Garner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bleich
Miller
Martin
Bancroft
Wesley
Iowa City
Omaha
Garner
4-H Demonstration Teams Named by Kossuth County Clubs
4 H Demonstration teams are formed with subjects including milk desserts fruit and vegetable preparation for freezing canning corn fruit juices tomatoes chicken green beans salads and menus from leftovers. Girls from Lotts Creek Lassies Buffalo Boosters Fenton Forwards Union Alethians Greenwood Girls Ledyard Loyal Lassies Cresco Chums Plum Creek Elite Seneca Stars Irvington I s German township Up and Coming Club Burt Blue birds are listed with their members plus teams yet to name demonstrations.
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Kossuth County
Alma G. Schultz
Virginia Zeigler
Seneca Stars
Frances Halverson
Jeanne Wilberg
Irvington I’s
Leota Norris
Helen Christensen
German Township
Magdalene Harringa
Shirley Bunkofske
Burt Bluebirds
Helena Weisbrod
Shirley Hanson
Swallows Chain of Distance Flight Traced to Two States
A pair of chimney swallows visited Ed Bray’s Bedford home and were captured after flying down the chimney. They were banded and sent to the Iowa State Conservation Commission, revealing one bird came from Memphis Tennessee and the other from Gainesville Florida.
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Ed Bray
Bedford
Bray
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Memphis
Tennessee
Gainesville
Florida
Motorized Caddy Helps Blaine Asher Glide on Courses
Blaine Asher of Spencer buys an electric golf scooter that carries him with his clubs around the course. The compact machine runs on electricity and must be recharged after every 36 holes.
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Blaine Asher
Spencer
Nina May Wagner 22 of Wesley Dies in Washington D C
Funeral services held in Corwith and Wesley for Nina May Wagner 22 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A F Wagner of Wesley who died in Washington D C after a week long pelvic bone infection. She was born May 15 1920 in Corwith and lived in several towns before civil service work in Washington D C. Survived by parents two brothers grandparents five aunts one uncle and two sisters preceded in death. Burial Evergreen cemetery Corwith.
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Wesley
Nina May Wagner
A. F. Wagner
Washington, D. C
Ben FE. Felt
Methodist
Corwith
A. J. Barkley
J. A. Riggs
Nina May
Bode
Nina F. Ranch
Rockledge
Florida
Cocoa
Hamilton’s
Mason City
Iowa State College
Ames
Adjutant General
Corwith Methodist Church
Philip Perry
Ben F
Dwight
Ben F. Felts
Nina Ranch
P. J. Haverly
Coronado
California
Frank Raw
W. Hill
Emma, Shafer
Denver
Colorado
W. H. Wagener
Norwich
N. D
Lois June
Rose Mary
Evergreen Cemetery
Rufus Welter
Russell Riggles
LW. Lease
Bernard Erdman
Wilfred Loebig
Chas. Sorenson
Carrie Felt
Ada Felt
Roy Felt
C. R. Moore
Kathleen Kerlin
H. C. Hutchison
Clifton Gourley
Miss Gourley
Lovell Bennet
Leslie
Barrington
Sanford L. Bennet
Elaine Smith
St. Paul
Fred Missal
Dorothy
Garner
Adolph Missal
Titonka
Buddy Missal
Alma Steenhard
Britt
Leonard Smith
Paul Moore
Burt
Plans Complete for Kossuth County Fair 1942
The Kossuth County Fair years 1942 plans are nearly finished with premium books shipping this week and a full entertainment program to be announced next week. The patriotic theme will run through all events and a large livestock show is anticipated from advance stall reservations. Golden Wedding Day is set for Tuesday August 25 for local couples married 50 years, with entries for Milk Maid Contest limited to 12 contestants under 31, drawing gentle cows and prizes in Savings Stamps.
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Kossuth County
Kossuth
Laurence Lansing Finds Petrified Hickory Nuts
Laurence Lansing of Dyeraville reports discovering hickory nuts that have hardened into stone, a curious geological find noted by local observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Lansing
Dyeraville
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