Complete town spraying underway and praised locally
Richard Isebrand of Mullins company says a full spraying was done last Thursday and Friday covering residences, streets, alleys, schools, stockyards, and dumps with two more sprays planned in residence areas and four in business districts. Weather hindered full effectiveness but residents hope for polio prevention and mosquito control through ongoing spraying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Isebrand
Mullins Company of
Britt
Richard
Car Truck List Jumps Up to 24 in Kossuth County
Twenty one new car owners and three trucks were licensed in Kossuth county last week. The list includes Chrysler Allen Motor Co of Algona Hudson Clifton Benschoter Elmer C. Smith Plymouth Vernon Burt Rev Louis Wittenberg Buick W. E. Carlson R. M. Loss Lloyd Pratt Len Goetz Chevrolet Lawrence and Isabelle Deitering Lawrence Hantelman E. H. Hutchins Gerald J. Hutchinson Wm Matches Ben G. Studer Frazer Aileen Elmore Geo Kain DeSoto John Hellman Ford E. C. Marty & Sons Algona Produce Oldsmobile Herbert Nelson International truck C. R. Peterson Kaiser H. W. Reis Nash LeRoy Scheppman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Chrysler
Allen Motor Co
Algona
Hudson
Clifton Benschoter
Elmer C. Smith
Swea City
Plymouth
Vernon Burt
Louis Wittenberg
Luverne
Buick
W. E. Carlson
R. M. Loss
Lloyd Pratt
Len Goetz
Wesley
Chevrolet
Lawrence
Isabelle Deitering
Bancroft
Lawrence Hantelman
E. H. Hutchins
Gerald J. Hutchinson
Ben G. Studer
Frazer
Aileen Elmore
Geo. Kain
DeSoto
John Hellman
Lakota
Ford
E. C. Marty & Sons
Laverne
Algona Produce
Oldsmobile
Herbert Nelson
Titonka
C. R. Peterson
Kaiser
H. W. Reis
Bode
Nash
LeRoy Scheppman
Mission Festival at Immanuel Lutheran Church
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN American Lutheran Church Wm Plant, Pastor Mission Festival. Three services marked by guest missionaries and local speakers. Morning at 10 features Mrs John Warne Sudan Mission, afternoon at 2 30 with Rev H Senft Belmond, evening at 8 with Rev EB Riebar. Sunday School at 9 next Sunday. Bible Class canceled Thursday July 1. Ladies Aid and Mission Society meet 1 30. Brotherhood hosts guests at 8. June 28 two youths depart for Cedar Falls Youth Training School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid and Mission Society
Brotherhood
Kathryn Schutter
Phytlla Uimanno
Cedar Falls
Former Wesley Priest Dies Aged 74 In Dubuque Iowa
Word came Thursday of the death of Rev. A. J. Wagner 74 who died at St Anthony s home in Dubuque on June 16. He served as pastor of St Joseph s Catholic church here from 1983 to 1941 before retiring due to ill health. Funeral services were held Friday morning June 18 at Sacred Heart church in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Dubuque
Iowa
A. J. Wagner
St. Anthony's
Rev. Wagner
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Church
Lincoln Ledyard 4 H Clubs Present Program at Lakota
A large crowd filled City Hall last Wednesday for a Lakota Lakota Farm Bureau meeting program by Lincoln and Ledyard township 4 H clubs. Girls leader Mrs C A Gutknecht and accompanist Mrs Jerry Heiland introduced acts including The Friendship Song Field Song and Dreaming. Patricia Murray spoke on rally day at Call's Park June 4 and the secretary led roll calls with project notes. Boys discussed club tours with Hebron Club Allen Edwards and project highlights. Folk dancing by seven couples accompanied by Yankee Doodle and a film on America shown by youth assistant Forrest Ives. Cake and coffee raised 12 85 for both clubs. Mestamos Raymond Winter Edwin McKean and Arend Haas helped with lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakota
Lincoln, Ledyard Township
C. A. Gutknecht
Jerry Heelland
Patricia Murray
Call’s Park
Algona
Clear Lake
Virginia McKean
Donald Winter
Joseph Anderson
Marjorie
Hebron
Allen Edwards
Forrest Ives
America
Raymond Winter
Edwin McKean
Arend Haas
Farmers Field Day at Kanawha July 6 highlights 2 4 D spray tests
Kossuth County farmers are invited to the Northern Iowa Experimental Association Farm at Kanawha July 6 to see in crop spraying results with 2 4 D. A L Brown, county extension director, says large fields and small test plots will show varietal reactions to 2 4 D Dow Selective Linux and newer sprays. Small grain trials, straw stiffness, height, uniform ripening, disease resistance and yields will be examined with Iowa bond crosses Clinton Bonda Mindo and Minnesota bond varieties. Shelby oats and soybean varieties will be discussed along with breeding work in barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Kossuth County
Northern Iowa Experimental Association
A. L. Brown
Dow
Santebrite
I. P. Co
Brown
Iowa
Clinton
Bonda
Mindo
Minnesota
Kossuth
Legion Auxiliary Announces July Meetings and Installations
The American Legion Auxiliary reports no June work meeting. July 5 is the observed Fourth of July celebration. The regular monthly July business meeting is Tuesday July 6 at the Legion hall. Newly elected officers will be installed and the incoming president will appoint committees. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion _ Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Wesley Whittemore Girls At Girls State Grinnell This Week
Marian Kleinpeter left Saturday for Grinnell to attend Hawkeye girls state for a week sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary. She was accompanied by Helen Redding of Whittemore who is also attending girls state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Marian Kleinpeter
Grinnell
Hawkeye Girls’ State
American Legion Auxiliary
Helen Redding
Whittemore
Girly State
Titonka Lions Club Picnic Set For Thursday Evening
The Titonka Lions Club will hold its annual picnic at the school grounds Thursday evening with supper around 6:30. A sports program precedes the meal. Committee in charge includes Arthur J. Budlong Hdn A Sat pnoat Louis Bartlett and Herman Dreesman. Notices on what to bring have been mailed to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Lions Club
Arthur J. Budlong
Hdn
A. Satpnoat
Louis Bartlett
Herman Dreesman
Farm First Aid Kit Essentials for Iowa Farmers
Kossuth County farmers are advised to keep inexpensive first aid kits in frequently used farm buildings. Norval Wardle of Iowa State College says prompt treatment of minor injuries can save lives. Minimum kit items include adhesive tape sterile cotton sterile bandage swabs sticks iodine boric acid and burn ointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Lichteig Family Visits Sisters in Clyde Missouri
Mr and Mrs John Lichteig and Agnes Lichteig returned home with Shirley after visiting Sister Florentine and Sister Anastacia in Clyde Missouri for several days. Agnes then stopped in Des Moines to continue hospital work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lichteig
Agnes Lichteig
Shirley
Louis Lichteig
Clyde
Missouri
Florentine
Anastacia
John
Des Moines
Wesley People Attend New Hartford Wedding
Mrs. Clarence Ward Henry Shore and Mrs J M Kunz with two children traveled to New Hartford to attend Kenneth Smith and Margaret Titus wedding at the Methodist church on Sunday. The group returned home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
New Hartford
Clarence Ward
Henry Shore
J. M. Kunz
Kenneth Smith
Margaret Titus
Publicity for Wayne Zahrt Creates Stage Mishap
Spencer high school pianist Wayne Zahrt, noted for nationwide publicity beyond piano, injured backstage at the state music contest in Emmetsburg when his hand was caught in a wine glass holder. He was moved across the street to have the holder filed off before performing. The incident gained prominent play in major papers including the New York World Telegram and the San Francisco Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zahrt
Spencer
Emmetsburg
Wayne
New York World- Telegram
San Francisco Times
Surprise Fathers Day Honors Ben Beenken Sr
On Father s Day Mr Ben Beenken was surprised by a gathering of his children and grandchildren. A noon picnic dinner followed at the Beenken residence with Mr and Mrs H G Beenken Mr and Mrs Elmer Gray and Buffalo Center family Mr and Mrs Dick Beenken Joyte Ha Beenken Mr and Mrs John Pannhuk Arlys Miyj and Mrs Ben Beenken Jr and family in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Beenken
H. G. Beenken
Elmer Gray
Buffalo Center
Dick Beenken
Joyte
Ha Beenken
John Pannhuk
Arlys
Miyj
Ben Beenken Jr
Andamily
Regent Urges Caution In Buying Farm Land Now
William G. Murray of Iowa State College warns buyers to weigh factors before purchasing Iowa farms as land prices near their 1920s peak. He cites three concerns: declining farm product prices, quality disparities in land values, and current speculative caution. Experts advise heavy cash down payments and debt reduction as farm incomes hold. A separate incident reports 7-year-old Janice Gray killed when a swing set collapsed at a Osceola area schoolyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William G. Murray
Iowa State College
Murray
Ray
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Immanuel Church Mission Festival Sunday
Immanuel Lutheran Church near Titankia hosts its annual Mission Festival Sunday with three services. The morning service starts at 10 and features missionary Mrs. Watthe recounting Sudan Mission experiences. Pastor Senft of Belmond speaks at 2:30, and Rev. Risher of Mansfeld, Minn., leads all evening services at 8 with special choir anthems. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Titankia
John Watthe
Sudan Mission
French Cameroun
West Africa
Herman Senft
Belmond
E. Risher
Mansfeld
Minn
4-H Boys Plan to Go to Ames Short Course
Fourteen to twenty 4-H boys from Kossuth County will attend the Iowa State College Short Course in Ames June 28 to 30. Attendees include Wayne Heetland Lakota Kent Seely Algona Gerald Thompson La Verne Gus Berninghaus Jr West Bend LeRoy Phelps Titonka Leonard Studer Corwith Philip Inman Bancroft Fritz Newbrough Lone Rock Bill Goetz Wesley Glen Kollasch Whittemore James Preston Swea City Arthur Larson Armstrong Gene Tokheim Swea City Bill Madsen Burt Howard Schoby Jr Bode Harlan Haas Algona Anton Boeckholt Titonka Jack Lcott Fenton leaders Lloyd Thorson Armstrong Kenneth Strayer Burt Forrest Ives county youth assistant. Notre Dame athletics director Frank Leahy will address the group, likely the highlight of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Heetland
Lakota
Kent Seely
Algona
Gerald Thompson
LaVerne
Gus Berninghaus
Bode
Harlan Haas
Anton Boeckholt
Titonka
Jack Lcott
Fenton
Lloyd Thorson
Armstrong
Kenneth Strayer
Burt
Forrest Ives
Frank Leahy
University of Notre Dame
Funeral of Relative Who Was a Nun in Dubuque
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wingert and their son and wife, Tom Wingert of McAllen Texas, and Father Gerald Wingert of Remsen attended the funeral Sunday in Dubuque. The service honored Sister Mary Remeega 61 who had been a nun for 63 years at Mount St Francis Mother House Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Lawrence Wingert
Tom Wingert
McAllen
Texas
Gerald Wingert
Remsen
Dubuque
Mary Remeega
Mount St. Francis Mother House
Marriage Licenses Granted to Twelve Couples
The June rush for marriage licenses saw twelve couples receive licenses from the district court clerk last week. Named pairs include Paul E. Arend and Agnes Junkermeier, Robert Berkeland and Jeanne Whilberg, Loren Courtney and Annabelle Lemon, and others from Burt, Algona, Fenton, Whittemore, Spirit Lake, Ringsted, Wesley, Omaha, Chicago, Lone Rock, and Lakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Paul E. Arend
Burt
Agnés Junkermeier
Ledyard
Robert Berkeland
Ringsted
Jeanne A. Whilberg
Fenton
Loren Courtney
Annabelle Lemon
Algona
Orval F. Elnspahr
Dorothy Dreyer
Francis Fandel
Whittemore
Phyllis Crawford
Spirit Lake
Louis Ferstl
Evelyn Cink
J. W. Fredricksen
Lugenia Riedel
Clair Hildman
Wesley
Loretta Priester
Everett D. Lee
Eunice Duewen
Chicago
I. Wm. C. Peterson, Jr
Lakota
Grayce Risley
Omaha
Nebi
Willard J. Thompson
Lone Rock
Marilyn Foley
Herbert L. Weise
Janet M. McFall
Homer Downs and Senus Isebrander Fishing in Canada
Homer Downs and Senus Isebrand join about fifty Foxbilt Feeds representatives on a week long fishing trip to Manotok Lodge Quibell Ontario Perrault Lake from the Red Lake highway outfitted as a prize for a five month sales contest involving over 800 dealers and salesmen. The group plans to film the festivities in the wilderness and hold a fishing jamboree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Downs
Senus
Drunken Driver Causes Accident in Algona Court
George Schriber of Livermore was fined 300 dollars plus costs by Mayor Frank Kohlhaas for driving while intoxicated and 5 dollars for no driver's license after a head on crash near Bancroft on U S highway 169. Curtis Fox of Livermore rode with Schriber and also pleaded guilty to being drunk on a highway, paying 25 dollars. Mrs. Reinhard Nerem and Fox sustained head and leg injuries. Sheriff A J Cogley detained the Livermore men overnight in Algona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
George Schriber
Livermore
Frank Kohlhaas
Reinhard Nerem
Renwick
Bancroft
U. S&s
Schriber
Curtis Fox
Nerem
Fox
A. J. Cogley
Good Hope Lutheran Revives Immanuel Mission Festival
Good Hope Lutheran Church Alfred Mardoff, pastor, announces no divine services or Sunday School this Sunday. Services are replaced by Immanuel Mission Festival. Brotherhood meets Thursday evening next week July 1 at 8 o'clock. Report on the District Brotherhood convention at Wartburg College to be given. Hosts Bonno Schutter Telikko Sidtsema and Rev A Mardoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wartburg College
Bonno Schutter
Telikko Sidtsema
Rev
A. Mardorf
Ramsey Reform Church Service and Sermon Series
The Ramsey Reformed Church led by Pastor A. Roskamp offers Sunday School at 9:30 with Bible Class, worship at 10:30 in the Sanctuary titled The Table Spread for Me, and an 8:00 p.m. service continuing the Great Wrecks of the Bible series with Pharaoh: The Wreckage of the Blardened Heart. Also notes a gift suggestion ad for Sunbeam MixMaster and a General Mills iron with steam attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Roskamp
Pharaoh
Sunbeam
General Mills
Honken Electric
Prominent Wesley Citizen Edward Hauptman Passes
Funeral services for Edward Hauptman who died at Mercy hospital in Mason City after surgery on June 7 were held at St. Joseph's Catholic church with Rev. L N Klein. Born July 20, 1863 in Austria, he came to America in 1880, lived in Baltimore and Chicago before settling near Wesley. He helped farm, ran an implement shop, and served 40 years as Prairie Township school board president. He is survived by his wife Annie Blaschke and nine children among 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial was at St Joseph's cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Edward Hauptman
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Rev
L. N. Klein
Austria
America
Baltimore
Chicago
Garner
Annie Blaschke
Tiwo
Raymond
Anthony
Prairie Township School Board
Mary Hermangeld
Milwaukee
John
Agnes) Arend
Bassett
Jack
Clara) Thissen
Fort Dodge
Rudy Hauptman
Oakland
Calif
Harry
Enma) Banton
Algona
Harold
Dorothy)Martinek
Lenis
Madeline) Hutchens
Fort Worth
Texas
Bernard Hauptman
Bert
Delores) King
Lawrence Wingert
August Garman
Louis Godtz
Wm. Mantinek
J. L. Haverly
Frank Primm
Methodist Church Events and Camp Notices
Donald H. James leads morning worship at 11 with Sunday School at 10 and an evening service at 8. Color slides feature local scenes and community theme. Doan church offers 6:45 morning worship with children’s sermon. Sunday School at 9:15 and Youth Fellowship picnic at Call State Park. Titonka and Doan Methodist Camp targets 10th to 12th graders July 11–17. Laboratory School for church teachers and workers at Clear Lake July 18–24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
The
Call State Park
Titonka
Clear Laka
Petersons wed at St. Josephs Wesley in 7 am ceremony
Elmer Peterson and Esther Breen were united in marriage at St. Joseph's Catholic church Wesley on Monday morning at 7 o'clock with Pather Klein officiating. They left for Wisconsin with Elmer's daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Hal Brannigan of Los Angeles, following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Peterson
Esther Breen
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Wesley
Pather Klein
Woden Sunday Schools Hold Picnics Amid Rain
The Presbyterian Sunday School picnic occurred in the church basement due to rain. St John’s Lutheran Sunday School held a picnic on Sunday June 20 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Presbyterian
St. John’s Lutheran
Wedding Shower Attendees Include Several Midwest Families
Des Moines hosted a wedding shower for Miss Dorothy Lait with attendees from Woden Herman Bung Fred Kellen and family Milwaukee Ohms Garner Schleuger Britt and Britt families among others. The gathering highlighted regional ties with multiple Schleuger households and local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Herman Bung
Mra
Fred Kellen
Wm. Ohms
Milwaukee
Henry Schleuger
C. D. Schleuger
Garner
Louis Schleuger
Jake
Donald Schleuger
Britt
Dorothy Lait
Des Moines
Houston visitors arrive to visit Woden relatives
Mrs. Albert Grubb and children from Houston Texas came this week to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Jon Kramer and other relatives in Woden Crystal Lake and Armstrong, sharing time with family across these communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Woden
Albert Grubb
Jon Kramer
Crystal Lake
Armstrong
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Lincoln
Wesley, Whittemore
Janice Gray
Osceola
Janice
Immanuel Church
Ames
Senus Isebrand
Canada
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred
Mardoff
Ramsey Reformed Church
Hauptman
Methodist Church
Donald H. James
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