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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
5
Local families host and visit across Algona and surrounding towns. Notables include Meurer and Mourer families, Imogene Neuroth visiting Britt, Studer and Goetz households, and the Bentons Humboldt trip. Activities cover bridge clubs, study and amateur programs, Boy Scouts, one act plays, and a basketball win by local scouts.
Ported in the Portland area, a string of social visits and gatherings includes Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kreger hosting friends, quilts stitched by Mrs. Martin Larsen’s visit to Burt, and numerous Sunday dinners. The fast training school was held for eighteen ladies at Mrs. Tom Trenary’s home. Local families visit and move as neighbors note farewells, hospital stops, birthday celebrations, and farm-related changes. Central States Power plans lighting pole installations in the west township. A note on naturalization papers and lamb feeding in January closes the item.
Mr and Mrs Joln VonHoldt return to their Jake Park farm after a day away. They find comic strips on the kitchen table and mud on the floor. Next morning Parm er VonHaoldt discovers two 250 pound hogs butchered.
Woden area residents host and visit across towns while many join social events. A March 12 school election will choose two directors and a treasurer, with terms for Rudisill, Orthel, and Dirksen. Community movements include moves to Wesley and housekeeping changes at Ludeking, Orthe, and Dirksen homes.
Miss Lena Gutknecht stayed in Lakota from Friday to Sunday visiting her parents Mr and Mrs August Gutknecht. Mrs Powers visited the Tom Kain family in Algona. Pred Laaba visited Blue Earth. Ed Thaves and Wade Ball families were in Lakota and Blue Earth. Mrs Frank Hagen of Titonka visited her daughter Mrs Barl Mullarkey. The Lakota American Legion Aux will meet Monday evening March 11 at Mrs Doris Ukena. Mrs Della Smith learned of her brother’s death in Dawson Minnesota. she and W Gutknecht and Mrs Emma Gutknecht attended the funeral. Presbyterian missionary society met at the Waortman home with devotions led by J E Ukena and a talk on missions by B H G Sauer.
Doan News reports numerous local visits and dinners among residents of Algona Burt Woden and Luverne. Families including Haine Hoover Smith Duncan Buffington and Brink are listed with various Sunday dinners quilting sessions and visits to relatives. A national policy note mentions Iowa State College economists predicting half of the corn based alcohol for the national blend.
Kossuth county home project committee members praised lard in pastry during a Valentine tea tasting white cake with lard as shortening. Mrs. Ruth Seaton Hicks outlined lard’s price, shortness, plasticity, and digestibility, noting leaf fat lard yields the finest texture and that lard must be kept in a cool odorless space to avoid odor absorption.
Guidance emphasizes removing meat straps from fats to prevent deterioration, storing rendered lard in clean tall jars or cans in a cool dry ventilated place at 60 F. It notes lard should not replace butter or cream but supports using good quality home produced lard as shortening where shortening is needed and urges efficiency.
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