Weather twists and civic notes in Titania newsletter
Ramblin with Phil reflects on a severe last Saturday storm and a milder today while urging readers to participate in elections and church events. The piece previews George Larsen's As I See It letter, praises the Eat More Pork campaign, and notes a hunt safety correction after a cow shooting report. Sgt. Cooper will train at the school.
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George Larsen
Titania
George
Bert Gruss
Sgt. Cooper
Ground Observer Corps
Mason City
Titanica
Kitzinger Reelected to Titonka School Board
At Titonka Consolidated School election H W Kitzinger won a three year term on the school board with 126 votes out of 159 ballots cast. Two ballots were spoiled. Ethel Downs was reelected treasurer with 65 votes.
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Kitzinger
Titonka
H. W. Kitzinger
Ethel Downs
Titonka Telephone Co elects new president and officers
Ed Zwiefel was reelected president at the Titonka Telephone Co regular meeting. Telko Stecker became vice president and Lela Bentley remains secretary treasurer. Directors named were John Welhousen Carl Callies Senus Isebrand and L. WwW. Nath is manager. Ronald Nelson reports address change after Army duty in Southern Germany with tours to Rome Paris and the French Riviera.
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Titonka Telefhone CO
ED Swiefel
Ed Zwiefel
Titonka Telephone Co
Telko Stecker
Lela Bentley
John Welhousen
Carl Callies
Senus Isebrand
Nath
Ronald Nelson
M H. Nelson
Germany
Goppingen
Rome
Italy
Paris
French Riviera
Barcelona
Madrid
Spain
Casablanca
Africa
Ronald
PFC
Ronald L. Nelson
Inf. Div. Arty
APO
New York
N.Y
Record Number Participate in National 4-H Observance
Four hundred ninety four 4-H leaders and members from 27 girls and 22 boys clubs took part in National 4-H Week and Algona 4-H Day on Saturday March 10 under Bill Steele. The event concluded the week with club displays for merchants and the public and a program with city and county officials, a store tour, supper, and a movie at the Algona Theater.
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Algona
Algona Chamber of Commerce
Bill Steele
Algona Theater
Sheep numbers fall from 1940s peak in Corn Belt trend
Farm Outlook notes Iowa State economist Steve Hiemstra reports sheep and lamb numbers declined 47 percent from 1942 to 1950 due to herd shortages and rising costs. After 1950 slight growth, corn belt up 23 percent while western states dip. native flocks expected to rise modestly in 3 to 5 years, not enough to make sheep a major enterprise. Also Titanica High School selects Three Fingers in the Door as their class play with March 23 performance under Jack Easton.
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Kossuth Co
Steve Hiemstra
Iowa State College Farm
Hiemstra
Corn Belt
Iowa
Felicia Metcalfe
Titanica High School
Lee Stockwell
David Rippentrop
Geraldine Ullmann
Doris Hipp
Norma Gerdi
Educators Attend Cancer Education Workshop in Mason City
A day long American Cancer Society workshop at the Hotel Hanford Mason City drew five attendees from Kossuth County including Mary Pettersen Burt Public School Bruce Cranston Wesley Erling Rasmussen Swea City High School Della F Moxley Algona High School Joyce Hayden Public Health Nurse Algona The event endorsed by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction provided materials background on cancer education and featured Iowa Speakers Bureau doctors and ACS staff. Also noted is an open house for Herman Gruis and wife in Buffalo Center for their 45th wedding anniversary on March 22 from 2 to 4 p m invites friends and relatives.
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Iowa
American Cancer Society
Hanford
Mason City
Jsatsty
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Mary Pettersen
Burt Community School
Burt
Bruce Cranston
Wesley Independent
Wesley
Erling A. Rasmussen
Swea City
Della F. Moxley
Algona
Joyce Hayden
Herman Gruies
Buffalo Center
Herman Gruis
Indian Day Set for Monday August 13 Celebration
Indian Day will be held on Monday August 13 this year due to difficulty obtaining rides and concessions. Merriam Midway shows will furnish the rides for the annual event. Remember the day.
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Merriam Midway
William DeWall Breaks Leg In Silo Accident
William DeWall brother of O J DeWall of Titonka farms ten miles northwest of St James Minnesota. He suffered a broken leg above the knee while digging silage Tuesday afternoon. He was pinned in the silo for about ninety minutes before his son found him and a doctor were called. He was taken by ambulance to Madeira hospital.
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William Dewall
ST. James, Minn
O. J. DeWall
Titonka
St. James
DeWall
Madeira Hospital
Titonka School Receives Funds for New Stage Lighting
The Class of 1955 left 211.91 and earlier classes left 50 in bonds toward improved lighting. the Class of 1956 added surplus funds. A total of 1,052.60 will install lighting for Titonka gym. The school touts its large floor and stage as among the region’s finest.
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Titonka
Methodist W S C S Tea Marks 15th Anniversary Event
The Methodist W S C S will host a tea on March 21 to observe the group's 15th anniversary. The Burt W S C S will attend and bring a birthday cake. All church ladies are urged to attend as a fine program replaces the regular circle meetings.
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Methodist W.S.C
Methodist
W.5s.c.s
W.S.C.S
Burt Ws.c
Children Skating Party At Harold's Roller Rink
A special children's roller skating party will be held at Harold's Roller Rink in Titanka on Friday evening, March 16. Skating will be from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. The event is limited to children in the 8th grade and under and aims to provide good clean recreation for Titonka’s younger children.
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Harold’s Roller Rink
Titanka
Titonka
Big response to school immunization clinic
The immunization clinic at the school on March 7 administered 154 smallpox shots to students and 21 to preschoolers. Diphtheria Whooping Cough Tetanus first doses reached 56 students and 14 preschoolers, with 131 school and 20 preschoolers receiving Tetanus boosters. A second D-W-C-T shot is set for April 3 at 9:00 a.m. at the schoolhouse.
Lutheran Welfare Society Iowa Holds March Meeting
The State Annual Meeting of the Lutheran Welfare Society of Iowa convenes at St. Olaf Lutheran Church Fort Dodge on Tuesday March 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A noon luncheon features Alfred Angster Jr. and panel reports cover 264 service children and 115 unmarried parents with 49 adoptions.
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Lutheran Welfare Society of Iowa
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Fort Dodge
Ladies of
Robert Sorensen
Sioux City
Norman Maigaard
Mason City
Alfred Angster Jr
Chicago
Lutheran Social Service
Augustana
James Brown
National Lutheran Council Churches
Iowa
Legion Auxiliary plans meetings and bake sale notices
The regular monthly Legion Auxiliary work meeting is set for Friday afternoon March 23 at the Northwehr basement with Camilla Cooper and Mary Young hosting. A joint county meeting of Legion Posts and Auxiliary Units is scheduled for Wednesday evening March 21 at 8 p.m. in Fenton, with Commander C. Kleuger urging all members and spouses to attend. A local unit bake sale is planned for Saturday April 7, with members asked to bring $1 worth of baked goods.
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Nothwehr
Camilla Cooper
Mary Young
American Legion
Fenton
Kleuger
Swea
Ground Observers Corp
Phil Jaren
Cammilla Cooper
Buffalo Township Home Makers Meet at Art Rode Home
The Buffalo Township Home Makers gather Friday March 16 at 2:00 PM at the Art Rode Home. Mrs Lester Eden will assist as hostess and Mrs Clarence Brandt will present the lesson on World Trade. Members are asked to bring an object made in a foreign country.
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Buffalo Twip
Buffalo Township
Lester Eden
Clarence Brandt
Rev Goldman To Lead PTA Panel On TV In Home And School
The next PTA meeting will feature a panel discussion on TV in the home and school with Rev Max Goldman as moderator. Special music is planned for the program, scheduled Monday March 19 at 8 00 p.m.
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Rev. Goldman
Max Goldman
Tyre Girls Enter Junior High Finals
The Titanka Junior High girls face Lakota in the State Line Conference tournament at Lakota Gym at 7 00 pm on Thursday March 15. Burt meets Lakota for the boys championship. Red Cross marks its 75th anniversary with a long record of service to humanity.
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Red Cross
Iva
County Beef Producers Plan March 22 Banquet and Meeting
The third annual meeting and banquet of the County Beef Producers Association is set for Burt High School on Thursday March 22 at 7 00 p m Wm Phelps Swea City president says topics include cattle market outlook and beef promotion plans in May Rex Beresford Iowa State College cattle specialist will speak on short and long term beef outlook Kenneth Fulk Des Moines will bring greetings and discuss promotion tickets cost 1 50 from local directors with election of two directors and possible beef promotion check off debated.
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Burt High School
Wm. Phelps
Swea City
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Ames
Beresford
Iowa
Kenneth Fulk
Iowa Beef Producer’s Association
Des Moines
Fulk
W. L. Reynolds
Ernest Heidecker
Lakota
Ted Jensen
Fenton
Ronald Christenson
R. L. Krantz
Titonka
Garman Adams
Whittemore
Don Warmbier
la Verne
Phelps
Francis Kutish
Kutish
Family Living Committee Forms for 1956-57 Extension Plan
Kossuth County Extension Council appoints a Family Living Committee led by Mrs. H Montgomery with Mrs. Q A Bjustrom as secretary to plan the 1956 57 Home Economist Extension Program. Members from Algona Burt Titonka Lone Rock and Swea City gather March 7 background on Extension work and organize district meetings to involve homemaker groups. Ground Observer Corps training slated for Titonka March 15 with Sgt. Cooper. residents may join without obligation and new ID cards will be issued.
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Kossuth
Titonka
Hubert O’brien
Bode
Ervin Gerber
Algona
Fred Asa
John Ludwig
Iowa
Laverene
Prairie
Wesley
Plum Creek
Irvington
Sherman Townships
H. S. Montgomery
Ledyard
Lincoln
Q. A. Bjustrom
Eagle
Grant
Swea
Harrison
Seneca
Greenwood
Burt
Lotts Creek
Whittemore
Garfield
Riverdale
Fortland
Bufffalo
Ground Observer Corps
Titanka
Cooper
Mason City
Nath Baade To Attend Iowa Traffic Safety Conference
Mayor Nath and Fred Baade have been invited by Governor Leo Hoegh to attend the Mayor s Traffic Safety Conference at the State House in Des Moines on Tuesday April 9. The conference aims to address local traffic safety problems and organize for action in communities across Iowa. Both invitees plan to attend.
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Nath
Leo Hoegh
Fred Baade
State House
Des Moines
Hoegh
Iowa
Baade
Charlton E Beh Buys School Bonds
The board of education sold 175000 in school bonds to Charlton E Beh investment house in Des Moines on Wednesday. The bonds pay 2.8 percent interest with a 402.33 premium, yielding 2.78 percent net over 20 years. Maturities range 6000 to 12000 dollars, with total interest of 56300. Tax collection of 12100 would retire the bonds in 19 years 7 months at about 2.17 mills.
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Beoard of Saucation
Carleston E. Beh Investment House
Des Moines
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Kossuth County Beef Producers
Wesley Wizards
Center School House
Lois Bentele
Marlys Goetz
Elaine Neuroth
Mary Lou Dimond
Marlys
Goetz
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Mary Girves
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