Young Men 18-20 Must Register June 30
Registration of all young men between 18 and 20 years of age on June 30 will take place at the American Legion room in Titonka under Mayor H. A. French. He seeks volunteers and urges pre-registration contact. State Director Grahl notes exemptions exist but urges registering with local boards for convenience and accuracy. Any registrant over 45 still faces induction rules tied to their registration date. Read the Want Ads.
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American Legion Room
Titonka
H. A. French
French
Selective Service
Charles H. Grahl
Grahl
Rinard Fritz Weds Amanda Lassahn at Britt First Lutheran
Rinard Fritz married Amanda Lassahn daughter of Art and Mrs Lassahn of Britt at the First Lutheran church in Britt with Rev John Mohr officiating The bride wore a white silk marquisette gown and fingertip veil Her bouquet was white carnations Am elia Lassahn attended in blue silk marquisette The couple plans home on his farm southeast of Titonka after a trip to South Dakota The wedding drew many local relatives and friends including Fritzs and Lassahns with plans for congratulatory greetings from the community.
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Rinard Fritz
Amanda Lassahn
Art Lassahn
Britt
Mary Fritz
John Mohr
Amelia Lassahn
Herman Fritz
Phyllis Lee
Garner
Lohengrin
Felix Mendelssohn
Fred Missal
Fritz
South Dakota
Titanka
Esther
Jerry Boekelman
William Fritz
Adolph Missal
Wm. Boyken
Lester Callies
Bertha Callies
Allen Eden
Raymond Schutter
Leota Schutter
Billy
Patty
John Alice
Mansil Lindhorst
John Wibben
Ramsey Reformed Church Sets Day of Missionary Guests
Pastor Calvin Schnucker invites Ramsey Reformed Church members to Sunday services at 9 30 a m and 10 40 a m with 8 00 p m evening service. Two missionaries from China and India will attend all day. Bring old rubber to the church by Saturday to fund New Testaments for the boys in the service.
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Ramsey Reformed
Calvin Schnucker
China
India
Methodist Church Service Schedule with Rev Patterson
Reverend W. L. Patterson leads morning worship at the Methodist Church with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Also Doan holds morning worship at 9:39 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.
Portland area social notes and local visits cross county lines
Numerous Portland families attended an Hoosier picnic at Call State Park near Algona. Many visitors from Burt, Burt area and surrounding towns shared meals, Sunday visits, and church events. A local wedding in Lawton Oklahoma and a heart attack death in Burt are also noted along with a new baby girl Jeanetta Lee born to Mr and Mrs Harvey Woltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jackman
C. L. Phelps
Portland
Laverna
Ronald
Janesville
Minn
Lloyd Bartlett
Andrew Hanson
Bartlett
Richard Nelson
Marcella
Mary Ann Bartlett
Ronald Hemmover
West Bend
Eddie Stewart
D. M., Stewart
Kathryn Elvidge
R. F. Elvidge
Burt
Lawton
Oklahoma
Eddie
Texas
Ruth Henken
Wilson’s Cafe
Portland Progress Club
Vic Fitch
W. D. Shipler
Dale
Ledyard
Will Ringsdorf
Gene Ringsdorf
Shiplers
Herman Day
Hedwig Larson
M. EB. Larson
E. L. Jennings
Speicher
Fairmont
Mamie Speicher
Vernon Larson
John Rike
Donald Graham
Levant Moore
John’s
J. P. Stow
F. O. Stow
Phelps
Maude Hanna
Wilfred Woltz
Jeanetta Lee
Woltz
Iva Marie Brayton
Scobba Pleads Guilty in Algona Grand Larceny Case
Verne Scobba of Algona pleaded guilty before Judge Fred M. Hudson to grand larceny and received a sentence not to exceed five years at Anamosa's men's reformatory. Costs totaled 9.30 dollars. appeal bond set at 2,500 dollars. Scobba was arrested after Noble Crouch accused him of taking a large sum.
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Algona
Verne
Scobba
Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Anamosa
A. J. Cogley
Noble Crouch
W. D. Oswalt
Whittemore
Kossuth District Court
Oswalt
Justice of Peace
C. H. Ostwinkle
Edward G. Scott
Lakota
G. W. Stillman
LeRoy Crouch
Florence Crouch
Forest City
John F. Overmyer
Bancroft 4-H Boy Named Iowa Farm Youth School Delegate
Ross Inman, 17, Bancroft, chosen as Kossuth County delegate to the Iowa Farm Youth School at Iowa State College Ames from July 15 to August 22. He serves as secretary of the county 4-H clubs and president of the Greenwood Ramsey 4-H club. He has six years in 4-H, dairy projects, and last year exhibited a prize Holstein at Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress.
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Bancroft
Iowa Farm Youth School
Ross Inman
Kossuth County
Iowa Farm
Iowa State College
Ames
Ross
C. C. Inman
Greenwood- Ramsey
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Palace Farmer
Royal 400 Gets County Gas Contract
The Royal 400 Oil Company of Fort Dodge won the bid to supply about 80,000 gallons of gasoline to Kossuth County for a year for road maintenance. The award followed last Thursday’s bid opening at Algona courthouse. Norton & Son lumber yard of Algona won the county coal supply contract for the coming year, with five carloads designated for the courthouse and county sheds.
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Royal 400 Oil Company
Fort Dodge
Kossuth
Court House
Algona
F. S. Norton & Son Lumber Yard
Immanuel Lutheran Invites for June 28 Services
Rev. Wm. Planz leads German service at 10 30 a m for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday School and Bible Class start at 9 30 a m. A mission festival at Lakota invites the congregation. Luther League holds its social meeting in the evening.
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Lakota
Luther League
Good Hope Lutheran Church Communion Service Announcement
Divine service Sunday June 28 at 10 30 celebrates Holy Lord's Supper with confessional service at 10 00 and Sunday School at 9 00. Communicants urged to partake as many have not communed this year. Special meeting after the service. Announcements through east parsonage door.
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M. A. Schulz
Jesus
Good Hope
Auxiliary plans contact network for sons in service
Thousands of American Legion Auxiliary members will relay son names and locations to national headquarters for contact by units near training camps. Irene Petersen says units will reach service members to improve training days with entertainments and Sunday dinners. Aruba unit No. 1 sent 201.23 for rehabilitat ion and child welfare, all poppy funds from Poppy Day. No June meeting. first July meeting at Legion Hall.
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Sons
American Legion Auxiliary
Irene Petersen
Aruba
Carribean
Rose Bonacker
Poppy
National
B. F. Margolin
The
Legion Hall
Wesleyan John Eden 76 dies at West Liberty
John Eden Wesley 76 died Sunday at the home of his son Nick Eden in West Liberty. The body arrived in Wesley Tuesday and services were held at 1 30 that afternoon and 2 o clock at the Methodist church with Rev J A Riggs. He was born May 3 1866 in Forreston Illinois and lived in Grundy Center Woden and Wesley. He leaves two sons and two daughters several grandchildren and a great many relatives. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery beside his wife.
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Wesley
John Eden
Nick Eden
West Liberty
Elmer Hauptly
Methodist Church
J. A. Riggs
Mr. Eden
Forreston
Illinoos
Iowa
Grundy Center
Woden and Wesley
Eden
W. J. Eden
Cora
Will Hauptly
Woden
Mary
Kitchen Shower at Good Hope Lutheran Church
Members of the ladies aid and friends of Good Hope Lutheran Church held a kitchen shower Wednesday evening for the new church kitchen. Rev. Schulz led a devotional, followed by readings, musical numbers by Mrs. Edward Boyken and others, a play, and a musical reading. About eighty women attended and were served lunch.
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Ladies Aid and Friends
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Schulz
Edward Boyken
Heaven
M. A. Schulz
Martin Brandt
Henry Plaisier
Luke Miller to Be Bart Manager in July
Luke Miller leaves Titonka after eight years to take over management of the Farmers Elevator at Burt. He begins duties around July 1 with his wife and Lawrence moving to Burt when a residence is found. Miller, long active in town affairs, has led local groups including the American Legion, Titania Good Will Club, and Lions Club. the family is greatly missed by friends.
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Luke” Miller
Titonka
Luke
Burt
Lawrence
Farmers Society
Miller
Clarke
American Legion
Titania Good Will Club
Lions Club
Des Moines Man to Speak at Farm Bureau Picnic
W B Hamilton of Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau Federation secretary chosen as speaker for the annual Farm Bureau county picnic and 4 H sports festival June 30 at Kossuth County fairgrounds Algona. Forenoon softball 4 H, midday picnic, afternoon sports and track for older members. Committee includes Fred Plumb Wayne Keith A Burt Louis Rielly Fay Meade A L Brown Alma Schultz Algona. Mrs Albert Johnson Corwith county vice chairman and Mrs Cc Inman Bancroft will attend three day convention in Des Moines June 28 30 for rural home project women plus other county leaders.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Kossuth County Fairgrounds
Algona
Fred Plumb
Wayne Keith
Burt
Louis Rielly
Fay Meade
A. L. Brown
Alma Schultz
Albert Johnson
Corwith
Cc. C. Inman
Bancroft
Kossuth
Rural Home Project
Youngest entrant scores perfect in Guernsey meet
Wayne Barr of Algona, youngest of 22, earned a perfect score in cattle judging at the fifth district North Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association judging school and field day held at Brown Woodside dairy farm south of Algona. Courtney Sawyer of Manly placed second. P. J. Berkeland and Jens Kirkegaard of Ruthven tied for third. Wayne, a member of the Algona 4-H club, has represented Kossuth County in other judging contests. Five classes were judged with cattle from the Brown herd. C. B. Findley of Des Moines, field representative of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, spoke, and Prof. Elmer Hansen of Iowa State College judged.
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North Iowa
Algona
Wayne Barr
North Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association
Brown Woodside
Loren J. Brown
Courtney Sawyer
Manly
P. J. Berkeland
Jens Kirkegaard
Ruthven
Wayne
Algona Boys
Kossuth County
C. B. Findley
Des Moines
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Elmer Hansen
Iowa State College
Tires Burned From Tractor At Sexton Farm
Sparks from a tractor during corn shelling at Joseph Krieps farm near Sexton set a cob pile on fire. The Algona fire department was called and prevented the blaze from spreading. two front tires and a belt were burned, a loss Krieps says is significant.
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Sexton
Joseph Krieps
Near
Algona
Marriage Licenses Issued in Algona Report
A marriage license was issued to Robert Dickey age 23 of Bradgate and Ruth Domek age 21 of Cylinder in Algona.
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Robert Dickey
Bradgate
Ruth Domek
Cylinder
Algona
Jennesee Sathoff Weds William Steburg in Bethany Mo
The marriage of Jennesee Sathoff daughter of Mrs. Marie Sathoff to William Steburg Jr. was held Friday night June 19 at eight o'clock at the Methodist parsonage in Bethany Missouri. Rev. J. W. Ward officiated. The bride wore a blue street length dress with a white hat and corsage. Bridesmaid Mrs. Ray Stanek wore blue with white accessories and a corsage. The groom and attendant wore dark suits with white carnation boutonnieres. The couple will reside at 619 South 8th Street Fort Dodge.
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Jennesee Sathoff
Wm. Steberg
Dodge
Marie Sathoff
William Steburg Jr
Wm. Steburg Sr
Fort Dodge
Bethany
J. W. Ward
Ray Stanek
Steburg
Fort Dodge Beauty Academy
Vincent Clay Products Company
South 8Th Street
Many Good Features at Fair Grounds July 4-5
The fair board announces a two day celebration with world renowned acts including an outdoor ice skating ballet. A troupe member holds 14 world records and Bruce Jorden, America’s No 1, Sound Effect Mar and Mimic, will perform. Marvelous Betty on the Spiral Tower also headlines. Additional acts will be announced later. Sunday features baseball Bancroft versus Lotts Creek.
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Fair Grounds
Fair Board
Bruce Jorden
America
Betty
Olympia Circus
Chicago
Bancroft Vs. Lotts Creek
Ten Algona Men Set for Alaska Road Job
Ten men left Algona Sunday for Mason City to board a special train to Fairbanks area for a vast road project from Alaska to Seattle. The group includes Leo Streit Perry Owens Charles McVay Floyd E Pierce C C Boone Jack Johnston Bernard Green Eldon Lindstrom Howard B Seely and Arden Orton. They will work on about 1500 miles of hard surface road construction linking Alaska with Seattle Washington.
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Alaska
Algona
Mason City
Fairbanks
Leo Streit
Perry Owens
Charles McVay
Floyd E. Pierce
C. C. Boone
Jack Johnston
Bernard Green
Eldon Lindstrom
Howard B. Seely
Arden Orton
Seattle
Washington
Florence Watson Woden Wed at Brownwood Texas
Florence Watson daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Watson of Woden wed Johnnie Seuferer of Camp Bowie Texas at St Marys Catholic Church in Brownwood Texas on June 6 The bride a Woden High School graduate class of 1939 Seuferer enlisted in the Army in March 1941 and the couple will reside in Brownwood Texas
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Florence Watson
Woden
Brownwood
Texas
Carl Watson
Johnnie Seuferer
Camp Bowie
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Seaferer
War Stamps Drive in 1942 Boost Endorsements
Business leaders and Titanica Business and Professional People back a national war bonds push. Merchants aim to sponsor one billion dollars in War Stamps with Iowa set at twenty one million. On July 1 retailers will close 15 minutes from noon to sell only stamps as sirens bells and noise makers announce the event. County chair J D Lowe of Algona and local chair Dr H I Torgersen organize the drive.
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Titanica
United States
Iowa
J. D. Lowe
Algona
H. I Torgersen
Titonka Indian Day celebration canceled by local group
A Titonka business group decided to cancel Indian Day for the year after a news broadcast urged trimming such celebrations and due to street work possibly not finishing before August 15, which falls on a Saturday.
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Titonka
Legion Hall
Titania
Armstrong Versus Titonka Next Sunday Under Ranked duel
Armstrongs ball team travels to Titonka for a Sunday afternoon game. Both clubs are 1 and 1 this season and Titonka must win to avoid dropping to the cellar. Earlier results show Titonka lost to Lone Rock 4 to 1 Bancroft beat Lotts Creek 2 0 St Joe defeated Wesley 2 1 and Algona beat Armstrong 9 4.
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Armstrong
Titonka
Wesley
Lotts Creek
Algona
Lone Rock
Bancroft
St. Joe
Sunday School Teachers Institute Held at Britt
A Sunday School teachers institute was held at the First Lutheran church in Britt on Sunday afternoon. Esther Fritz presented Equipment for an Ideal Sunday School and Mrs Elmer Osterman spoke on How to Teach a Beginners Class. Rev John Mohr was elected chairman for the coming year with Anna Alke as secretary and treasurer. Attendees from the area included Herbert Rakow Anna Alke Audrey Brandt Alice Pannhuk Esther Fritz Wayne Mechler Leona Brandt Arthur Aike Rev M A Schulz Lorraine Mildred Louis Franzen Alma Post Forrest Rode Elmer Osterman Rev and Mrs Wm Planz and Dora.
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Leona Brandt
Arthur Aike
M. A. Schulz
Lorraine
Mildred
Louis Franzen
Alma Post
Forrest Rode
Elmer Osterman
Planz
Dora
Hickenlooper and Breen to Speak at Algona Celebration
Republican governor candidate B. B. Hickenlooper will speak at the Fair Grounds on Saturday July 4 at 2 PM with Ed Breen Democratic candidate for Congress speaking Sunday July 5 at 2 PM. The program includes ball games Lotts Creek Algona Saturday and Bancroft Lone Rock Sunday, plus Sac and Fox dances, circus vaudeville acts, races rides shows and a fireworks display with dancing in floral hall both evenings.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Fair Grounds
Ed Breen
Lotts Creek
Algona
Bancroft
Lone Rock
Floral Hall
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Spa
Portland News
Kossuth District and Justice Court News OF the Week
Royal 400
Norton Coal
Immanuel Lutheran
Wm. Planz
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
American Legion Auxiliary News
W. Liberty
Luke Miller
Bart
William Steberg JR
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