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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1953
Page
1
The Titonka weekly, entered at the Titonka post office as second class matter, covers a broad territory. Subscription rates: 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka trade area, 2.50 outside the county, and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries.
Wesley: Mr and Mrs Mack Studer have a baby boy born Friday night at St Ann hospital they also have two daughters. They came home Monday. The Priscilla Phoebe Society met at the church with Mrs Lester Larson and Mrs Lester Lease as hostesses. Joe B Weig and son Mike visited sister Mrs Maurice Roach in Mason City Friday. Mrs John Muehe and infant Mary Elizabeth were brought home from Britt nursing home Friday. Keith Pegram and wife welcome a son their first child born Saturday at St Ann. Pegram is a local public school coach. Mrs Andrew Baker of Mason City and her son Merlin Baker, recently back from Korea, visited the John Huff home last week. Mrs Paul Erdman has had flu and complications. Mrs J P Hampton entertained ladies at a Stanley party at her home. Mrs Oliver Young hosted a Stanley party Thursday. The Good Will Industries truck will collect used clothing this week. Emil Pearson and wife of Lone Rock were dinner guests at Ray Smith's.
Des Moines visits and hospital news dominate this week’s Algona social notes. Mrs. Mary Mullin and others attended a basketball tournament in Des Moines, while Herman Studer joined a PMA meeting there. Affected families include the Bruns and Goetz households with hospital stays and new arrivals.
Iowa State College extension engineer Ken McFate urges using electric heating cables to prevent above ground water pipes from freezing. Cables wrap around exposed pipes and may include a thermostat. typical wattage is about six per foot.
A narrator recalls a brutal tapioca snow storm, family history notes urge record keeping, a tuna noodle casserole with cheddar crumb topping, pheasants near the farm, and quiet rural scenes. The piece ends with reflections on parking meters and town policemen collecting coins.
Lakota notes Mr. and Mrs. George Steinberg of Buffalo Center marked their 25th wedding anniversary with a party in the Buffalo Center Methodist Church basement. Loren Thompson led the guest book with many relatives from nearby towns attending. A lunch was served and guests presented gifts to the couple.
In Winneshiek County Decorah farmers contributed more than 300 dollars in corn to a polio fundraising project. The initiative, titled corn for polio, aimed to aid efforts against the disease.
Neighboring Adair resident Richard sustained a broken neck vertebra from a recent cow kick incident. Medical officials report the injury as serious but non fatal.
Under normal price relationships flax yields about five times oats. If a farmer grows 15 bushels of flax per acre he must harvest about 75 bushels of oats to match it. If flax reaches 200 bushels per acre, 100 bushels of oats are needed to equal it.
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