Activities of Titonka School for the Week
The weekly report lists class updates across grades from first to eighth at Titonka School. New students include Dale Johnston and Donna Johnston, with events such as birthdays, treats, and classroom projects. Activities cover decorating, science book projects, a grocery store build, field trips, and lessons in geography, arithmetic, and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Johnston
Henry DeWall
Winter
George Washington
New York
Heidi
Anna
Doris
Amy
Alfred
Daryl Johnston
Daryl
Silver Lake Consolidated School
Ayrshire
Clarence Peters
Blue Earth
Minn
Clarence
Donna Johnston
Donna
Freshman Science Radio Play Delights Assembly
Freshman science class presented a radio style stage play heard by the audience on Tuesday at 3 40 with fashion news by Bonnie Snyder and school news by Marcella Bartlett and Doris Hagen. The freshmen receive compliments for the program. The rest of the high school acted as audience as the project featured voices sound effects and a comic strip act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Snyder
Marcella Bartlett
Doris Hagen
Irvin Rippentrop
Arellabell Sears
Helen Beenken
Eugene Beenken
Marietta Norland
Jackie Sunderman
Jolce Bonacker
Florence Schutter
Lenice Brandt
Joe Korte
Arthur Buffington
Wally Johnston
Howard Stott
Robert Jandl
Arellabell Scarf
Dennis Dreesman
Francis Prussman
Marysville Woman Donates Hair For War Effort
Mrs. Paul Potterit of Marysville sacrificed her hair for the war drive and received a Bendix Aviation Corp certificate praising the contribution. The hair averaged 21 inches, meeting the program’s 14 inch minimum and needing to be blonde straight and untreated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Potterit
Marysville
Bendix Aviation Corp
County Superintendent Says He Is Getting Modest
Letter to the editor by A E Lauritzen clarifies a prior bus transportation article prepared by Rural Supervisor Paul Norris of the State Department of Public Instruction. He notes he did not write it and seeks no credit, calling the stance modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul. Norris
State Department of Public Instruction
A. E. Lauritzen
Iowa School Code Bill Promises Wartime Education Reform
County Superintendent argues House File 300 will standardize and simplify Iowa school laws, improve transportation and funding, and stabilize teacher careers. The piece warns of a looming teacher shortage and budget crunch, urging passage to ensure equal opportunities and local control during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lauritzen
49Th General Assembly
School Code Commission
Ijn
House of Representatives
Iowa
Towa
Tawa
Ration Calendar Alert for War Book One and Coupons
Iowa reports War Ration Book One remains available for those unregistered before January 15 1943 via local War Price and Ration Board. Notices cover Class A tires deadlines March 31 and multiple Second Inspections for Classes B and C. Gasoline Book No 4 expires March 21. period four coupons expire April 17 and period five coupons run March 18 to September 30. sugar coupons expire March 15. stamps A B C valid March 1 through 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lions Entertain Ladies Thursday Night at Wilson Cafe
Titania Lions Club members will treat their wives to a dinner at Wilson Cafe Thursday evening. Afterward the group will attend two programs at the school house featuring Bill Laidell of Mason Guy showing South America photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titania Lions Club
Wilson Cafe
Bill Laidell
Mason Guy
South America
Donations to Red Cross Fund Drives Progress in Titenka
Donations to the Red Cross are flowing in across Titenka as the house-to-house canvas wraps up. Volunteers report strong district coverage and ask residents to leave contributions with Dr HW. Torgersen or at the local drug store. A minor fire in the Norman Steen son home caused limited damage when sun rays ignited a bowl, extinguished quickly by Guthrie Center firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Titenka
Torgersen
Chidoman
Tietonka
Guthrie Center
Norman Steenson
Iowa School Code Revision Program Urges Action
The 49th General Assembly created machinery for code revision and funded it. The Iowa School Code Commission was tasked to propose changes to equalize educational opportunity, reorganize districts, adjust taxation and financing, and improve efficiency. Delays threaten financial and educational losses to the state and its schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
49Th General Assembly
General Assembly
Towa
Iowa School Code Commission
50Th General Assembly
Iswa
Open Season on Pheasants in North Iowa Counties
The State Conservation Commission announces an eight day pheasant season from March 18 to 22 in 11 north central Iowa counties including Worth Cerro Gordo Franklin Wright Hancock Winnebago Kossuth Humboldt Palo Alto Emmet and Pocahontas north of highways 221 and 10. Daily bag limit two hens may be taken with possession limit four after day one. Shooting hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pheasant hunting is for population control, not sport or meat production. Landowner permission is required before entry. Pheasants may be possessed until ten days after close or until April 1. permits may extend possession to June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Franklin
Wright
Hancock
Winnebago
Kossuth
Humboldt
Palo Alto
Emmet
Pocahontas
Victory Garden Drive Launched In Kossuth County
Two meetings for victory gardeners in Kossuth County on Thursday March 11 at Algona high school 2:00 pm and Swen City high school 8:00 pm outline 1943 garden plans production and nutrition tips. Extension staff with L C Grove from Ames will assist. Emphasis on town and city gardens. plan stresses year round program including site tools rotation soil prep and pest control. Local leaders from many towns coordinate under Extension Service Farm Bureau and Civilian Defense in a joint effort to boost garden production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardeners
Kossuth County
Algona High School
Swen City High School
L. Brown
L. C. Grove
State College
Ames
Extension Service
County Farm Bureau
Office of Civilian Defense
Lncal
Yietary
Francis Carmean
Bancroft
al Steahle
Burt
Geo. Jorgensen
Fenton
I. B
Wortman
Lakota
L. A. Nitz
Ledyard
Willis Cotton
Lone Rock
Lillie Hesse
la Verne
Marge Lorsland
Swea City
Ed Erickson
St. Benedict
Wilbur Schram
Titonka
Fred Diekmann
Wesley
Mary Woodward
Whittemore
H. L. Gilmore
Algona
Milk Shortage Hits Titonka Hard Last Week
Titonka faced a serious milk shortage as Dunmire stopped deliveries and Ed Callies struggled to meet demand. Some residents traveled to the country for milk, with families and small children hardest hit. By Friday or Saturday Virgil Miller began supplying stores from the new location near the creamery, restoring normal supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmire
Ed Callies
Virgil Miller
Ed Downs
Miller
Winnebago Rural Electric Annual Meeting Mar. 17
Wartime food production will be the theme of the Winnebago Rural Electric Cooperative annual meeting set for March 17 in Thompson high school gym. The program includes election of a new board, a free lunch, band, talks by county agents, an address by Ray Murray, a magician, and a focus on using electricity for wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago Rural Electric Cooperative
Clenn Bergland
Thompson
Bergland
Clark Mechem
Winnebago
Dudley Weible
R. T. Nelson
Worth County
Ray Murray
Secretary of Agriculture
Wesley Auxiliary Holds Cold Weather Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary met in Wesley with nine members due to cold. They learned Lee 8, son of a deceased WWII veteran, is adopted. $15 was sent for clothes. A $3 Red Cross contribution was approved. New member Mrs. Mike P. Goetz is Wesley’s only World War II Gold Star Mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
American Legion Auxiliary
Lee 8
Red Cross
Mike P. Goetz
Auxillanry
Leo Bicich
Olle Olson
George Vitatham
Former Lakota Man Found Dead Near Harlan Railroad
Mr and Mrs Carl Trump attended funeral services for CGotlich Deeg in Mason City after his body was found beside the railroad track near Harlan. He had bought a ticket for Portland to seek work. Survived by his wife and three sons in service. he previously lived here and worked in an elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Carl Trump
Mason City
American Legion Auxiliary News at Hoff home meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was well attended at the Hoff home. The Americanism committee outlined Red Cross activities with Home Nursing First Aid Nutrition Junior Red Cross and other departments described by named chairmen. Members assisted in recruiting young women into women’s auxiliaries for the army navy and marines. A lunch was served by Anna Hott and Eva Petersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Red Cross
Ann Hamstreet
Barter
Ineg Woltes
Nellie Nelson
Mary
Oysterreicher
Dr Guido Sartor Receives Honor from M C Physicians
Dr G J Sartor, chair of Cerro Gordo County Medical Society nursing committee, attends Sister Kenny Institute in Minneapolis this week. He is a pediatric specialist and represents the society at the institute, studying infantile paralysis treatment through the University of Minnesota Center for Continuation study.
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Mason City Globe Gazette
G. J. Sartor
Cerro Gordo County Medical Society
Sister Kenny Institute
Minneapolis
Center For
College of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Sartor
Cerro Gordo Medical Society
Park Hospital
Dr Sartor joins Mason City pediatric team in 1941
Since January 22, 1941, he succeeded Dr Glen E Harrison after leaving for army service. Before Mason City he taught children’s diseases at the University of Chicago and was chief resident physician at Bob Roberts Memorial Hospital for Children in Chicago. In Mason City he served with Dr C M Franchere on the Cerro Gordo County Medical Society child welfare committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen E. Harrison
Mason City
Sartor
University of Chicago
Bobs Roberts Memorial Hospital For Children
Chicago
C. M. Franchere
Cerro Gordo County Medical Society
Al Meyer Writes From Home in California
Albert Meyer sends a handwritten note from Los Angeles dated March 3 praising mild weather and green truck farms. He mentions high food prices, especially meat and butter, notes blooming fruit trees, and reports oats and barley eight inches high with a mild frost. He invites old friends to an Iowa picnic in March.
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Los Angeles
Tedstar
Iowa
Albert Meyer
Reinder Krominga Feeds Money to Hanson’s Hogs
Reinder Krominga lost about $4 in cash and his registration card after a hog yard incident. Hanson’s hogs yielded $42 recovered from the ground, with some money and papers still missing but eventually found or recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinder Krominga
Hanson
Ripley
Tan Hanson
Reinder
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Seneca Consolidated School
Donald Gardner
Seneca
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Mediterranean’ Sea
St. Patrick’s
Nancy Adamson
Donna Ites
P.T. A
Earth
Our Times
Titanica Indians
Joice
Eina
Victory Garden Drive
Winnebago Rural Electric Annual Meeting
American Legion Auxiliary News
Guido Sartor
M. C
al Meyer
California
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