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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1953
Page
1
Rates listed for Kossuth County Titonka trade area $2.00 per year in advance. Outside area 2.60 per year. Canada and foreign countries 3.00 per year.
Local residents report visits and family news including trips to Okoboji, a pre nup shower for Ruth Froelich and upcoming June 23 wedding, new grandchild Janelle Faith for the Dawson family, and furlough home of Paul Bode from Astoria Oregon. Community groups held meetings at center school and a parish sign announced summer mass times.
The April district convention of the American Legion and auxiliary in our town faced a four mile parade under heavy rain. Despite downpours, floats, drill squads, bands and veterans carried on with public support and orderly planning.
By Susan Frawley Eisele Blue Earth Mina the ceremony felt monumental not a mere dress parade. She rejected tin cans and shoes on the car. Her husband, a Korean veteran, spoke of hunger and missing rice, leaving onlookers thoughtful and proud of the couple.
A GI mother recalls a crowded home where eight boys shared meals amid worn furniture and a battered garage. She describes how lifelong memories were formed as the children grew, served in the armed forces, and returned to a calmer home with empty chairs and lasting gratitude.
Ellsworth Iowa visitors Mr and Mrs Bernard Neuman and family traveled to Minnesota after visiting the Neumans. Ole Rugg of Rake visited Wm and Elsie Baum, followed by Blue Earth residents Clare Marian Verdeen Baum visiting Wm Baum family. Schroeders traveled to Ames for ISU graduation where Al Scott earned EE degree and will join Collins Co Cedar Rapids. Parish Hall Lutheran lunch and bake sale Saturday afternoon. Fishing trip to Woman's Lake included A E Anderson Dr Feldick Lawrence Wertjes Roy Johnson. John Holman hosted Larry Stafford in dinner. Patsy Miller visited home, employed in Twin Cities. Ed Swartz Swea City took Velma and Mrs Walter Leslie to Bancroft for Steve Underkofler's services. Walter Leslie's sister. Ray Meyer Elmore and Augusta Meyer hosted Wm Meyer family.
A flurry of weekend visits ties together residents of Buffalo Center Ledyard Algona and Estherville. Multiple gatherings include birthday celebrations at the Stroebel and Gordon homes and a family reunion culminating in meals at the Lutheran parish hall.
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