Arlene Hansen Weds Garfield Seehawer in Mason City
Arlene Hansen wed Garfield Seehawer at the First Methodist Church Mason City at noon May 25 in a double ring ceremony. Attendants included Mervyn Hansen and wife. The couple planned a two‑course dinner at Badmar Hotel and a brief honeymoon before settling in Mason City. Mrs Seehawer is a Buffalo Consolidated high school and Hamilton School of Commerce graduate, employed at First National Bank. Mr Seehawer is a former service member and works at Stoddard Mfg Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hangen
Arlene
Garfield Seehawer
Arnold Seehawer
First Methodist Church
Mason City
Gustafson
Mervyn Hangen
Pine City
Minn
Badmar
Seehawer
Buffalo Consolidated High School
Hamilton School of Commerce
First National Bank of
India
Stoddard Mfg. Co
Immanuel Lutheran Church Announces Upcoming Events
Divine services next Sunday at 10 a.m. Sunday School at 9 a.m. No Bible Class. Mission Festival at Lakota with morning, afternoon and evening programs. Luther League Rally all day at Thornton. Vacation Bible School Monday to Thursday from 9:80 to 8:30. Ladies Aid and Vision Society meet Friday June 13 at 1 30. Brotherhood meets Friday June 13 at 8. No Mission Band meeting this month.
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Divine Services
Lakota
Luther League
Thornton
Ladies Aid and Vision Society
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Good Hope
Rodman to Meet Titonka in Border League Showdown
Rodman, a top Border League newcomer with three wins and one loss, travels to face Titonka next Sunday. Titonka, expected in good form, aims to challenge the visitors while other league games were completed last Sunday. Titonka’s Swea City match was postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodman
Fay
Titonka
Swea City
Methodist Church youth and adults schedule and film series
The Methodist Church outlines Sunday worship at 11, Sunday School at 10, and youth meetings for Intermediate and Senior groups on various evenings. A film on Paul continues the series, with Special meetings including Official Board on June 16, and a Vacation Bible School each morning.
Miss Ruth Eisenbacher to Be Married June First
Miss Ruth Eisenbacher daughter of Mr and Mrs I A Eisenbacher and Gerald Strouth of Reading Minnesota were given banns at St Josephs church and will wed June nineteenth at St Josephs church in town. Eisenbacher has taught in Titonka schools this past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Eisenbacher
Wesley Church
Wesley
St. Joseph’s Church
Ruth, Hisenbacher
I. A. Hisenbacher
Gerald Strouth
Reading
Minn
Misa Eisenbacher
Titonka
Good Hope Lutheran Church Notice and Events
Good Hope Lutheran Church presents Divine Worship at 10 and Sunday School at 1 2. Luther League to Federation rally at Thornton this Sunday with pot luck dinner. transportation provided. Brotherhood meets Thursday June 5 at 8. St Johns of Woden guests. World Series sound movies. Vacation Bible school Enrollment rising. program uses Visual Aids. School runs June 2 to 19, 9 to 3 15 for three weeks. Annual Iowa District Brotherhood convention June 7 8 at Zion Des Moines. Three men to attend locally. Brotherhood guests of Immanuel June 13. Lutheran League convention at Monona June 14 16. Mission Festival June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Federation
Thornton
Buren
Brotherhood
St. John's
Woden
Iowa District Brotherhood
Zion Church
Des Moines
Immanuel’s
Iowa
Monona
Memorial Day Service in Woden Honored Fallen Soldiers
The American Legion Post 628 held its first Memorial Day service at Bingham cemetery on Friday May 30 at 10 am. Scouts and auxiliaries joined. Barbara Gerdes placed a wreath, a firing squad fired taps sounded, and Luther Larson delivered the welcome. Names of deceased soldiers from Civil War through World War II were read.
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Woden
American Legion
Bingham Cemetery
Ene
Peter Jacobs
Shenandoah
Barbara Ann Gerdes
Howard Fredricksen
Luther Larson
W. L. Tindall
Anson Doolittle
Thomas Hobbs
Ralph H. Smith
George Dirksen
Albert Christensen
August Rotschafer
Hans Gerdes
Arnyold Buns
Leon Christensen
Henry Helmers
Alfred Limberg
Jacobs
Vacation Bible School and Church Activities Schedule
A church issue invites all children ages 4 to 14 to a Vacation Bible School program running Monday to Friday with a June 18 closing. Activities include study, projects, color slides on Jesus life, and other visual aids. Morning worship at 10, Sunday School 9:80, evening service 8. Weekday school 1:30 to 4:30, June 13 to 18. WSOS meets June 5 at Mrs. George Johnson home. Youth Fellowship June 10 at 8 p.m. campfire if weather permits. otherwise an indoor program of song and slides. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Donald MH. James
Orla Zyilefel
Paul
WBSCS
Roy Budlong
Mesdames
Laren
Bernard Phelps
Harvey Graham
Glenn Larsen
Levant Moore
Juan
Jesus
WSOS
George Johnson
Local Woman Mrs Joe Doughar Dies at Home
Mrs Joe Doughar died Tuesday evening at her home east of Thonka. Funeral arrangements remained incomplete.
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Joe Doughar
Thonka
Ramsey Reformed Church Mission Festival June 12
Ramsey Reformed Church four miles north of Titonka will host its annual mission festival on Thursday June 12 with an all day program. German worship at 10 00 English services at 2 00 and 8 00 with dinner and supper served. Guest speakers include Rev Albert Kinsler Rev Albert Linnemann and Rev Evert Van Engelenhoven. The event aims to strengthen attendees through prayers and Word and will feature church choir music and Sunday School activities. 1 782 cars ran off roads Town last year and 88 deaths occurred.
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FF. Snuttjer
Ramsey Reformed Church
Titonka
Albert Kinsler
Woden
Evert van Engelenhoven
Sheldon
Iowa
van Engelenhoven
Bible School
Car Truck List Skids to Ten in Past Week
The new car and truck list skidded down to ten during the past week at the county treasurer’s office. New vehicles include Chevrolet Betty Becker Bancroft Dr Karl Hoffman Algona Studebaker Maurice Thompson Laverne Reed Hardware Titonia Farmers Co Op Ledyard Chrysler John Hobscheidt Corwith Plymouth Joseph Krieps Sexton Ford Dwaine Lighters Algona National By Products Co Algona International truck George Manus Burt. Four couples received marriage licenses from the district clerk in Algona last week: Kenneth W Hutzell Burt and Patricia Schara West Union Sheldon Merrill Jr Armstrong and LaVerne Bailey Fenton Clarence A Smith Laverne and Marrella Thilges Bode Howard Redemske Leatha M Adams Algona.
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Chevrolet
Betty Becker
Bancroft
Karl Hoffman
Algona
Studebaker
Maurice Thompson
Laverne
Itrucks
Reed Hardware
Titonia
Farmers Co-Op. Co
Ledyard
Chrysler
John Hobscheidt
Corwith
Plymouth
Joseph Krieps
Sexton
Ford
Dwaine Lighters
Boeckholt burial held at Ramsey cemetery
Funeral services for Anton Boeckholt were held May 19 at Schutter funeral home Buffalo Center and at the First Reformed Church with Rev. J D Engels in charge Interment was in Ramsey Reformed Church Cemetery Born February 26 1873 in Ostfriesland Germany he came to America in 1892 He married Jennie Busenga January 23 1895 and farmed in Titonka area They had 12 children He died May 14 at age 74 after a heart attack Surviving are wife five sons and four daughters, three brothers, 28 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Numerous relatives attended the service.
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Buffalo Center Tribune
Anton Boeckholt
Schutter
Buffalo Center
First Reformed Church
J. D. Engels
Ramsey Reformed Church
Harm and
Allie Boeckholt
Bunderhaming
Ostfriesland
Germany
Kossuth County
Jennie Busenga
Forest City
Iowa
Titonka
Boeck
Halt
Boeckholt
Ed Wirtjes
Aliek
William
Herman
Minn
Henry
Harth
Mra
Harry Olson
Mary Bassett
Tommy Bergstrom
Arnold Bassett
Minneapolis
A. J. Allen
Jamestown
N. Dak
Ben
Ellen
Grace Boeckholt
Herman, Mins
Walter Boeckholt
Algona
May rainfall totals recorded by John Plasier
The month of May yielded 2.01 inches of rain including snowfall from May 28. John Plasier tracked daily readings in hundredths of inches, noting a snowstorm reading on the 28th and a total for May of 2.91 inches.
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John Plasier
Haynes Family Reunion Held At Wesley Last Week
Memorial weekend guests at the P. C. Haynes home included eight children and spouses from Dan Claire Wisconsin Gallente Nevada Knox ville San Pedro Al gona and Town City. Mrs Farnum and daughter will stay for the summer while Mr Farnum attends a summer school. he will coach at Corwith next year.
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Calif
Will Hood Arlene
Billy and
Pearly Haynes Jr
Algona
Farnum
Town City
Corwith
Buffalo Center Man Dies in Ditch Cave-In
Russell Kingsbury 34, of Buffalo Center, died in an 18 foot ditch cave-in one mile south of Bancroft on Tuesday afternoon around 5. He had just begun a tile machine ditch across from Leonard Johnson’s when the trench collapsed burying him up to his neck. Fellow workers and the ditch gave way. Kingsbury, a drag line operator for Lenny Harmon, died despite pulmotor aid from Buffalo Center fire chief George Beazing. A South Pacific veteran, he was not married.
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Russell Kingsbury
Buffalo Center
Bancroft
Leonard Johnson
Lenny Harmon
Buffalo, Center
George Beazing
Kingsbury
Ramsey Reform Church Schedule and Farm Injury
The Ramsey Reformed Church led by Pastor F Snuttjer lists morning worship at 10 30 Sunday school at 8 90 with a lesson on Religious Reforms in Jus dah Evening worship and Bible School programs are noted The Young People Society meets Wednesday Choir rehearsal also Wednesday The Ladies Aid meets Tuesday June 17 at 1 80 The annual Mission Festival June 12 and Sunday School picnic June 1 are announced Psalm 119 34 is cited James Simms of Paullina was injured when a tractor wheel passed over his chest He sustained an ankle fracture and minor bruises and was out of the hospital in a couple days
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Jusdah
The
Bible School
Young People's Society
Ladies Aid Society
Pic‘ne
James Simms
Paullina
Boeckholt Family Names Across Multiple Towns
A list of Boeckholt households from Titonka and surrounding towns including Kanawha Gilmore City Buffalo Center and families of Alice Man Hiert Loyien Cora Helmers B H Wirtjen Alree Boeckholt Henry Boeckholt William Boeckholt is presented in a local notice. The names indicate a family cluster concentrated in Titonka with connections to nearby communities.
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Man and Alice Boeckholt
Kanawha
Arthur Boeckholt
Gilmore City
Hiert Loyien
Cora Helmers
B. H. Wirtjen
Alree Boeckholt
Henry Boeckholt
Titonka
William: Boeckholt
Buffalo Center
Display of Our Flag on Flag Day Urged in Titania
Mrs. Thelma Higgins Americanism chair of the local American Legion Auxiliary urged city residents to display the American flag on Flag Day, June 14, to honor the nation. She highlighted the flag as a symbol of freedom and government for the people, not the people for the government.
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Covery
Titania
Thélma Higgins
Americanism
The
American Legion Auxilary
America
Auxiliary convention to be held in New York City
More than 900000 women of the American Legion Auxiliary from every state will send delegates to the national convention in New York City from August 28 to August 31. National officers will be elected and plans announced for the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
New York City
Denton
Legion Auxiliary Sets New Membership Record
The American Legion Auxiliary reports about 875,000 members active, a gain of 75,000 over 1946. Mrs. Minnie Oesterreicher, unit membership chair, notes the June figure and predicts 1947 totals surpassing 400,000. Regular monthly meeting is Monday, June 9, at 8 p.m. at the Legion hall. all members urged to attend.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Minnie Oesterreicher
Oester- Yelcher
the Legion Hall
First Solemn Mass for Reverend Gerald Wingert
Reverend Gerald Wingert son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wingert was ordained May 31 and celebrated his first Solemn High Mass at St Josephs Wesley on Monday morning June 2 at 10 oclock. Reverend Wessling of Pocahontas preached a probing sermon. Born January 3 1922 in Cresco Iowa he studied at Wesley Loras College Trinity College and St Paul Seminary. A parish dinner and reception followed for clergy sisters relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Gerald Wingert
Lawrence Wingert
George Wessling
Pocahontas
St. Joseph's
Wealey
Cresca
Iowa
Loras College
Dubuque
Trinity College
Sioux City
St. Paul Seminary
St. Paul
Cathedral of the Epiphany
Two Titonka Girls Among Waldorf College Graduates
Misses Evelyn Beenken and Blair Stroebel graduate from Waldorf College Forest City on Sunday June 1 receiving diplomas. Both active in athletics earned numerals letters and pins. Evelyn to Buffalo Center and Blair to Ledyard will teach third grade in consolidated schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Beenken
Blair Stroebel
Department of Education
Waldorf College
Forest City
Consolidated Schools
Evelyn
Buffalo Center
Eisie
Ledyard
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Arlene Hansen
Immanuel Lutheran American Lutheran
Wm._Plant
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred O. Mardorf
Bingham
Missal
Ramsey Church
iCircle I
WSCS
George J. Schutter
Burton Hansen
Don Schuuter
Woilen
Burdine Hansen
Lonnie Hill
Murial Schutter
Elizabeth Kennedy
Howard Sparks
World Service
Walt Ag
Robert Lang
Thelma Higgins
Maurice Keil
Chas, Cooper
Ray Krantz
Circle TV
Wm. Peterson
John Tjarks
D. H. James
Frayer
James
New Delhi Church Fund of India
Abd
Truth
Allen Eden
Julia Reynolds
Florence Reynolds
Calhoun
A. Boeckholt
Ramsey
Haynes
Buffalo
Ditch
F. Snuttjer
Legion Auxiliary
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