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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
4
The Lakota area notes cover the annual father and song ban quet sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary with officer elections. Also listed are Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society, family visits, weddings, birthday gatherings, 4 H club activities, a Korea-related farm group meeting, and various local social engagements through June.
Local Wesley items report Juline Jr. visiting from St Thomas College for vacation, Lavon Gerdes earns top Algebra honors in Iowa, plus 6th grade success in state contests. American Legion Auxiliary elects officers, Father Wagener attends Sioux City priest retreat, various families visit Edgewood Cedar Rapids and Lake Mills. St Benedict team loses to Wesley 7 0. next Sunday Wesley vs Whittemore. Several births, church events, and local engagements noted. An explosion injures Mrs Oscar Nelson of Castle Rock while sterilizing fruit jars.
Algona will pay a fifth dividend of ten percent totaling just over $48,000, bringing cumulative payments to fifty percent for depositors, as the Kossuth County State Bank notes progress toward final settlement. Druggists in fifteen northwestern Iowa counties meet at Cull Point State Park on West Okoboji Lake Thursday June 11 to discuss issues. Otto A Bjornstad leads an open forum with BH Thorson and other speakers including Phil Jacobson Roy Cavanaugh and R J Allen. The event aims to gather Algona druggists for participation. A tale from industry notes a printer’s reluctance to bid on small runs leads to a surgeon requesting cheaper letterhead rates and leaving type standing for future orders. The printer’s reply has become a widely published anecdote in the trade.
A long list of Sunday visits and weekend stays features Miss Marjorie Shoe of Winnepaago Toowa and numerous neighbors in the Portland area. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Weber, and many Bartlett Govern and Hood families. The Portland Progress Club meets June 18. Clarence Moore funeral attendees include Art Moots and families from Sioux Falls and Grand Rapids.
State representatives of the PWA administration visited Titania on Tuesday to discuss progress and details of the waterworks project. Officials from the agency reviewed plans, funding, and timelines with local authorities and engineers.
The report notes Brookhart carried Winnebago County for United States senator and mentions that such support was echoed in other counties. It also records a move of Jerry Breen residence from Woden to a nearby block in preparation for foundation placement.
Mr and Mrs William Schmidt of Portland Oregon arrived overland for a brief visit with his mother Mrs Ernest Schmidt and son Fred at the old home and with siblings in the neighborhood He is a Meyer Frank salesman with an annual advertising bill over a million dollars The party plans a few days here then north to Minneapolis to visit sister Mrs Boya Deickman at Fergus Falls and continue west to Oregon Also noted is engineer C G D Hart Bancroft named water works inspector and Mr and Mrs Robert Clemans staying with the Be N Clamang family at Emmetsburg
Charlie Dancy of Woden was in town Tuesday afternoon for business. He stopped by the market and spoke with local residents about ongoing affairs and prospects for the coming season.
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