4-H Girls Rally at Burt Elects Betty Foth President
Betty Foth of Bancroft Busy Pals was installed as president of the county 4-H girls club during the rally at Burt on June 6. Officers installed included Hilla Hart, Viola Trenary, Mary Frances Inman, and county chairman Mrs Ray Miller. Two hundred fifty attended as clubs Portland and Union showed full participation and honors were given to many leaders and the Dr M G Bourne of Algona as honorary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Foth
Bancroft Busy Pals
Burt
Betty
George Foth
Bancroft
Hilla Hart
The
Creses Club
Viola Trenary
Portland Peppy Pals
Mary Frances Inman
Bancroft Bugsy Pals
Portland
Union
Whittemore
Ledyard
Lotts Creek
Fenton
Cresco
Patricia Matern
Margaret Ringsdorf
Portland Club
Betty Shillington
Bancroft Club
W. L. Patterson
Titonka
Lome Rock
Ledyard Club
Paul Inman
Wayne Keith
Farm Bureau
A. Il. Brown
Ithe Farm Bureau
Dorothy Ostrander
Buffalo Center State 4-H
Edith Chapin-Dawson Funeral at Wesley Church
Funeral services for Edith Chapin-Dawson who died Tuesday were held at the Seven Day Adventist church in Algona after a Wesley prayer service at the Preston Chapin home. Survivors include her son and his wife, a brother LeRoy in Canada, and her brother Preston Chapin. burial followed at Riverview cemetery in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Edith Chapin-Dawson
Ther
Seven Day
Algona
Preston Chapin
LeRoy Chapin
Canada
Scherrer
Adventist Church
Vaughn i Rising
Flowers
Halver Flom Jr
F. A. Dickann
Guy M. ‘Butts
Clarence Ward
John Hutchinson
John Amesbury
Correction adds Rita Loebig to Kossuth list of honor eighth graders
The record notes Rita Loebig of Wesley was omitted earlier and had an average of 6.8 percent in studies, which would place her as the county’s second high student. A cousin Irene Loebig of Wesley is listed with an average of 9.1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Loebig
Wesley
Kossuth Lst
Irene Loebig
Grady Smith's Father Passes After 90th Birthday
Grady Smith learned last week that his father A O D Smith died at his Houston Missouri home. He would have turned 91 in July and Grady recently visited him in May when his mind and senses were clear though confined to bed the past two years. Grady's mother and three brothers died in the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Smith
A. O D. Smith
Houston
Missouri
Grady
Kansas
Mr. Smith
Wesley and Lone Rock Share Honors at County Trap Shoot
Lone Rock wins traveling predator hunt trophy for the second year running with 15,285 points while Wesley secures the county five man team title to advance to the fall field day near Plum Creek. Wesley also posts a 106 team score in county trap, with Kuverme 101, Titonka 97, Swea City 82, and Burt and Algona at 79. About 700 fans attended as 14 units submitted totals including 3,405 starlings and 1,137 crows in predator counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Rock
Wesley
Kossuth
Plum Creek
Henry Arndorfer
Thomas Forburger
Lyle Root
L. Fox
Eac . Eggs
Burt
Algona
Whittemore
Whittemore Ifourth and Fenton Fifth. Pocket Igophers
Tyke Theatre Installs New Air Conditioning
The Tyke Theatre installed an Arctic Nuair machine this past week. It delivers 10,000 cubic feet of washed air per minute to keep the venue cool on warm evenings. The system provides constant, pure air, boosting patron comfort and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyke Theatre
Alke Couple Celebrates 65th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs ohn Alke marked their sixty-fifth anniversary at their Hancock county farm home south of Britt with their children and grandchildren. Married in Germany and arriving in 1891, they first lived in Shannon then moved to a Titonka area farm before settling near Kanawha and later Titonka. He is 89 and she 92, both in good health, with son Will daughter Jennie and George nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Alke
Alke
Germany
United States
Shannon
Dil
Hancock County
Britt
Kanawha
Titonka
Will
Jenniie
George
Migs
Honey prize awards at Towa State Fair
The Towa State Fair will award $545 in cash prizes for honey entries. Handlers from beekeeping groups submit their best honey to compete for cash awards, with judging based on appearance aroma and texture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Titonka Dominated by Bancroft in Sunday Softball Clash
Bancroft rolled to a 12 to 0 victory over Titonka as Bancroft’s players carried the day with a dozen runs while Titonka struggled at the plate. Bancroft remains undefeated atop the league with four wins. Burt beat Whittemore 2 to 1. Wesley shut out Lotts Creek 2 to 0 and Fenton beat Swea City 8 to 7. Next Sunday Titonka travels to Burt, Fenton visits Lotts Creek, Swea City goes to Whittemore, and Wesley hosts Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tionka
Bancroft
Focal
Titonka
R Bolster
Rfi
Vcueeveeese
A. Menke
W. Menke
Becker
UD Veeseeeeenes
R. Menke
WEID
Coccce Cenee Aes
Murray
Icseeueee
Ackerson
Patterson
Sersversreee
R Boyken
Esceateree
Rippentrop
Callies
Batt
Weeseeeeen
Boekelman
Rf & P
Hansen
Michaelson
Huber
Titanka
Burt
Whittemore
Wesley
Martin ‘Bleich
Lotts ‘Creek
Fenton
Swea City
Lotts’ Creek
Pet
Bancroft Eens
Sews
Weed
Lotts Creek Ee
Annual Hansen Reunion at Tom Youngs Sunday
The Hansen family reunion was held Sunday at the Tom Young home with many members attending from Goldfield Sweat City Renwick Dumont Lakota Algona Bricelyn Milford Gordon Hansen and other towns. A noon picnic preceded a program of readings songs dances and musical numbers performed by various Hansen relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen
Tom Young
Nels Nelson
Goldfield
Earl Hansen
Sweat City
Plunket
Nelsina Hansen
Song
Mae
Marcella Hansen
Sheila Ann Hansen
Gordon Hansen
Marvin Hansen
Jennie Hansen
Mae Hansen
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kossuth County Last Week
Licenses granted to Carl K Johnson and Anna Ruth Heyes of Lakota. Bernard Neuman 24 and Palma Lande 22 of Bancroft and Dusworth. James Stewart Reynolds 24 and Dorothy Irene Colwell 18 of Swea City. Burt Hixson and Alice Koestler of Kirkhoven Minnesota. Homey R Clark 26 and Ann Veronica Steblitz 19 of Algona. Robert Hiner Nelson 23 and Shirley Blaine Kinsman 21 of Springfield Minnesota. Adolph Girres 31 of Wesley and Pauline Black 0 of Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Carl K. Johnson
Legal
Anna Ruth Heyes
Lakota
Bernard Neuman
Bancroft
Palma Lande
Dusworth
James Stewart Reynolds
Dorothy Irene Colwell
Swea City
Burt Hixson
Alice Koestler
Kirkhoven Minn
Homey R. Clark
Bancroft Pitcher Goes Pro With Cincinnati Reds
Lefty Hatten of Bancroft, pitching for Crookston in Minnesota’s Northern League this season, has been purchased by the Cincinnati Reds and will report to Nashville’s spring training. He recently broke the Northern League strikeout record after previous season with Bancroft in the North Kossuth League. In his first meeting last year Titonka edged Bancroft in two games with eight and five hits respectively, led by Boyken Askin Rippentrop Boekelman Gartner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lefty
Hatten
Bancroft
Crookston
Minn
Cincinnatii Reds
Nashville
Titonka
Boyken
Askin
Rippentrop
Boekelman
Gartner
George Boekeelman
Young
Henry Nelsons Shower Heals Neighbors Bring Aid After Fire
Neighbors near Titonia gathered at the Henry Nelson home last Wednesday to offer a reception of gifts after a week old fire destroyed the house and most contents when gasoline was mistaken for kerosene and ignited the kitchen stove. Over one hundred people donated canned goods kitchenware and other essentials to help rebuild and replenish the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Nelson
Titonia
Nelson
Jon
Revolving Off Center Gallopades at Algona Fourth
At Algona fair grounds on July 4 a new pyrotechnic display titled Revolving Off Center Gallopades features double action whirlers set fifty feet apart. As devices revolve, giant colored wheels form optical illusions with criss-crossing spokes producing evolving shapes and gold border effects in a dazzling night show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Lions Families Picnic Planned by Titania Lions Club
The Titania Lions Club and members plus families prepare a picnic for Thursday evening June 22. If weather allows it will be in the country, otherwise at the ball. Committee in charge: Art Hench Kiddie Sathoff Clifford Krantz. T. E. Roche of Albert Lea highlighted the meeting with an illustrated talk on lighting improvements in stores churches and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titania Lions
Art Hench
Kiddie Sathoff
Clifford Krantz
T. E.roche
Albert Lea
Interstate Power Co
Confessions of a Nazi Spy to open at Tyke Theatre
The Warner Bros. film about Nazi espionage in America is set to open Sunday at the Tyke Theatre in Ithig city. Directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Edward G Robinson with Paul Lukas and Lya Lys, the drama highlights a FBI advisor backed depiction of spy rings and trials in major cities and the Panama Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Tyke Theatre
Warne Bros
America
Bartlett
Ithig City
Anatole ‘Littvak
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Lukas
Francis Lederer
Lya Lys
Beauty
New York
Los Angeles
Panama Canal Zone
Leon G. Turreu
Germany
Howard G. Robinson
Lederer
Lyn Lys
John J Knapper Wesley Passes Away in 80th Year
John J Knapper 79 died Saturday night at his Wesley home after a month of illness. A prayer service will be held at one and a church service at the Christian Reformed church eight miles northeast of town. He was born in Scheemda Netherlands on December 14 1859 and lived in Iowa and Wesley before moving to Britt area. Surviving wife ten children forty one grandchildren and four great grand children. Burial planned beside the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
John T. Knapper
California
Christian Reformed Church
Kuizema
Mr. Knapper
Scheemda
Netherlands
America
Charles ‘Knapper
Los Angeles
Meindert
Rose) ‘Meyers
Tom Knapper
Roseland, Minn
Tuttles of Albert Lea celebrate 50th anniversary
On Sunday June 11 1939 Mr and Mrs JH L Tuttles south of Albert Lea Minnesota marked their golden wedding. Married June 11 1889 they lived at Titonka until 1920 then farmed near Albert Lea. Attendants included Lawrence Doege Karl Vera Wilbur Harvey Tuttle Lee Tuttle Vera Warren Carroll Olson and Huwgene Jandl. Wishing many more years of health and happiness from Titonka friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. Tuttle
Albert Lea
Minn
Titonka
Lawrence ‘Doege
Karl Vera
Wilbur
Harvey Tuttle
Lee Tuttle
Vera
Warren
Carroll Olson
Huwgene
Tuttle
Band Concerts to Return on Wednesday Evenings
Titonka will host band concerts each Wednesday evening through the summer weather permitting. Miss Ferne Krantz, who led the band last year, will direct again and has started work. Krantz teaches music at Redfield and will stay until the school year begins around September 1. The band stand remains at the east end of the Standard Oil station lot, planned to stay there all summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka
Ferne ‘Krantz
Miss Krantz
Redfield
Iowa
Standard Oil Co
Rinehart Olson wedding held at Little Brown Church
Mr and Mrs Glen Rinehart Britt announce the marriage of their daughter Carol Jean to Stanley B Olson son of Mr and Mrs John Olson Woden. The ceremony was June 4 at the Little Brown Church near Nashua with Rev S Gjerde officiating. Audrey Rinehart maid of honor Clarence Watson best man Marilyn Kay flower girl. Post ceremony dinner at the bride’s parents home. They will live on the Olson family farm northeast of Woden after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Glen L. Rinehart
Britt
Carol Jean
Stanley BH. Olson
John Olson
Little Brown
Nashua
S. Gjerde
Bimore
Minn
Audrey Rinehart
Clarence Watson
Marilyn Kay
Maid of Honor
Vern Coon
Laurens
Walter Wenell
Corwith Man Escapes from Fort Madison Penitentiary
Corwith resident Frank Wieder escaped from the Fort Madison penitentiary farm Saturday. Wieder, sent for twenty years after confessing to arson, had been jailed for the earlier murder charge on a Corwith restaurant keeper. He pleaded guilty to setting fire to a Corwith residence, claiming hiring by the homeowner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwith
Frank Wieder
Fort Madison
Wieder
Lead Pencil Pierces Ear Drum At Bible School
Miss Vera Glesking, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Glesking, suffered a painful incident Monday while assisting at Immanuel Lutheran church. A broken lead pencil shard entered her ear during an attempt to retrieve it, piercing the eardrum and requiring anaesthetic after initial removal efforts caused severe pain at Titanka hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Glesking
Carl Glesking
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Titanka
Judge H H Kildee to preside at World's Fair cattle judging
H H Kildee dean of agriculture at Town State College will judge dairy and beef cattle at the World's Fair in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Kildee
Town State College
San Francisco
Sudan Grass Seeding Rates for Pasture
The guidance indicates sowing Sudan grass at a rate of 16 to 26 pounds per acre for pasture. Planting at these densities aims to establish good stands and productive forage growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
VOTE MONDAY ON $90,000 COUNTY HOME IN KOSSUTH
Kossuth voters will go to the polls next week Monday to decide on a proposal to build a new county home costing up to 650000 and levy a tax not to exceed one and one fourth mills on the dollar for the year 1939 payable in 1940. The ballot, printed on yellow paper, asks if the county should replace the destroyed home and provide quarters for inmates and needy. If approved, plans include housing for mild mental cases and others needing county care, with bonds to be issued and no interest payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Aiot
Iowa
Bomle
Cherokee
Mission Festival Ramsey Church Ends 8th Annual Drive
The Mission Festival at Ramsey Reformed Church drew large crowds for talks in German and English. Rev. Paul Achtermann and Rev. Henry Beltman led sessions with nine preachers and six students attending. Ladies provided meals at noon and supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Parkersburg
Towa
Beltman
Engish
Noom
Herman Helms Woden Family Reunion Held at Home
A Woden family reunion was hosted at the Herman Helm home on Sunday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dingman and Myrtle from Fort Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mitchell and Marla Jane. Mrs. Charles Launsberry and daughter Geraldine of Union Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Opera Carver and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Butler and children of Albert Lea. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Riekena and children of Forest City. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schauf and Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. William Helm and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Helm and family of Woden. Mr. and Mrs. George Helm and family. and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hodson and family of Crystal Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Helm
Mir
Lloyd Dingman
Myrtle
Fort Dodge
Ray Mitchell
Charles Launsberry
Marla
Jane
Brooklyn
Opera Carver
Geraldine
Union Mills
Harold Butler
Albert
Lea
Minn
Henry Riekena
Ceildren
Forest City
Ben Schauf
Harvey
Thompson
William Helm
Jacob Helm
Familly
Woden
George Helm
Donald Hodson
Crystal Lake
Popular Women Pastor and Wife Observe 31st Anniversary
WODEN The thirtieth first wedding anniversary of Rev and Mrs Henry Kruse was observed Sunday by members of the Presbyterian congregation. A surprise dinner was served in their home after the morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Henry iKruse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Nelsons
LIONS
ICE Cream Social
Immanuel ‘Luther League
John J. Knapper
E. L. Tuttles
Carol Jean Rinehart
Stanley Olson
Hurts Ear
Ramsey Church
Herman Helms
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