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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1942
Page
5
The weekly school notes describe birthday treats for ACT WEEK and Easter duck pictures by first graders. Pupils include Carrol Callies with pussy willows and Leota Nelson signatures.
Fourth graders celebrate eleven perfect spelling papers the best record of the year. They created Easter rabbit pictures hung above the blackboard and jump rope at recess after Swiss geography study by Velma Larson.
Fifth grade students practice arithmetic with decimals and study Far Eastern affairs, focusing on Burma this week. Readers who achieved perfect spelling marks last week include Fred Esther Robert John Donna Carl Geraldine Janette Delores Ralph Gerald Patsy Robert Downs and Edith.
Delores Iseprand notes sixth graders handle percents in arithmetic well. Leonard Stenzel and Irvin Schmidt build planes for art. Others craft bowls of fruit and plan to enamel them. They study adverbs and adjectives in English.
In geography the class began Japan unit while arithmetic covers Money and Banking. Science concludes Heat and Energy, reading includes Whitman poem O Captain My Captain. History sees student plays shared with fifth graders. Art creates color pin wheels. Fannie Abbas celebrates eighth birthday with a treat. Some seventh graders debate with eighth.
In the eighth grade room students display Holland frieze art and work on color wheels showing ambition in art. Friday morning debates by seventh and eighth graders mirror high school speech class, weighing resolutions on a two ocean navy going to war time and balancing the national budget.
Freshmen work on fractional equations and word usage in English while exploring the topic How the Earth Was Formed. The note highlights language focus and basic algebra tasks.
In general science Dorothy Wiegand and classmates are studying, while English workbooks near the end of the book. World history begins a unit on A New Industrial and Social Order focusing on inventions and their creators as noted by Orville Beenken.
Florence Willis notes junior French students faced a Friday test on the fifth chapter of il Premille while American history lessons cover Civil War facts the class previously did not know.
Music notes announce Titania will compete in the pre state music contest at Swea City on April 10 and 11. Eight events are listed including girls glee club sextet mixed quartet mixed chorus and solo performances by Laurence Miller Beryl Bonacker Gladys Ann Smith and Marlyn Bonacker.
Students debate using class funds for a Junior Senior Banquet or United States Defense Bonds. Some urge buying a fifty dollar bond to aid the country, while others insist the seniors deserve their last banquet. The issue considers sacrifice for war effort versus tradition and memories.
Washington reports from Saturday confirm Hans Gerdes and Arnold Barney Buns, both Seamen First Class, were missing after their battle fleet vessel was lost in the Java Sea. Gerdes, son of Fritz T. and wife, enlisted 1940 and served on the destroyer Pope. Buns, son of John K. Buns, enlisted 1939, served on USS Houston, with service at Bremerton, Hawaii, and the Philippines. Both graduates of Woden high school class of 1988. Telegrams arrived within hours of each other.
Titonka beat Dolliver 27 to 24 in Estherville to advance to sub state. Merle Korte and Paul Bruns led Titonka with 10 and 9 points. Dick Batt added 4. Titonka then edged Arnold's Park 22 to 21, with Bruns and Korte each scoring 4, and final 36 to 23 win over Harris to reach sub state at Humboldt March 19 against Alden.
The school board met Monday and reappointed M. F. Cheever as superintendent for another year. Oscar Norland and George Bonacker joined the board, Ernest Hansen was reelected president, and Edward Boyken will serve as secretary until July 1. All current teachers received contract offers. retention for the coming year remains undecided. The board seeks a band leader but has yet to secure a suitable teacher.
Algona’s new mayor J. F. Overmeyer presided over one case in Kossuth District Court as the week paused. Lyle Johnson of Algona was fined for intoxication. No new criminal filings. probate docket listed estates of Saxley Murray Johnson Ninerd Johnson and Johnson families with appointments of guardians and administrators and a will filed for probate.
A new Lions Club was organized here with officers President L H Kleinpeter First vice president J P Studer second vice president Dr J H Raney secretary treasurer Thomas McMahon Tail Twister Dr R K Richardson Directors Ed Hildman Albert Reno L T Root Alf Studer and 18 charter members. The next meeting is March 26 with a noon luncheon.
Mrs Mona Bonacker was elected president of the Titonka Woman's Club which met with Mrs Mayme Clark Thursday evening Mrs Carrie Torgersen was elected vice president Mrs Beth Miller secretary and Mrs William Schrain treasurer Mrs Raemonad Krantz was named executive board member of the county federation Twenty members were present at the meeting After a 7 o'clock buffet luncheon the lesson was in charge of Mrs Nihel Reed The subject was International Peace Carden Borders withour Bay onets.
Kossuth county custodians gathered Saturday in Burt led by J. G. Lewick. The group plans an April meeting at Grover in Emmet county with L. C. Reasler, attended by high custodians and their wives.
Wesley Camps of Royal Neighbors of America join a drive to fund the All American fund for the Red Cross blood plasma program in the national emergency. The 47th anniversary is March 4 1942. campaign runs Feb 19 to May 1. The society has invested $50,000 in defense bonds in 1941 and another $50,000 in 1942.
The Titonka Lions Club hosted the investiture ceremony for Boy Scouts of America Troupe 68. Scout master Edward Boyken and assistant Harold Gartner led the event with guests County Superintendent A. E. Lauritzen and Chester George the scout executive. George presented the charter to Lions Club president J. L. Miller and Breen Post commander Guy Bruns, and distributed membership certificates to the Scout Council. Guests included George Lauritzen Bruns Gartner and Titonka’s new buttermaker Fred Theis.
Committees named to plan the Kossuth county joint meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary at the Legion Hall in Wesley Thursday night. A. J. Bringle of Estherville, eighth district commander, will be the main speaker. Wrank Ulish, highway safety chairman, is expected to attend to give a talk and show moving pictures. Refreshments will follow, then a dance.
The K and H Oil Co in cooperation with Town State College Extension Service held a free tractor school at the Wesley Theatre at 8 p m Wednesday Don J Struthers of the engineering department spoke on sustaining tractor operation for duration fuel changes rubber tires lubrication repairs and replacements A film titled Preventive Maintenance for Farm Tractors was shown
Mrs Mel Peterson wife of Lt Commander Mel Peterson spoke on her Pearl Harbor era observations in Hawaii during a Dorcas Circle program at the Methodist church. Attending were Mrs Murtagh and other Algona residents at the Hopkins home last Thursday.
Mrs. Starl Sunderman chairs the Red Cross in German Township reporting items turned in to headquarters. Among them are 26 books for soldiers 11 stuffed animal toys 23 kimonos and nightgowns 6 baby jackets and 11 hot water bottle covers. Women in German Township may join sewing efforts through Mrs Sunderman.
Sales books for sale at the Topic Office describe handy records for operators of feed including qaills corn shellers truckers and others.
Names of Titonka area men registered in the third U.S. draft with their serial numbers are listed. The article explains the Washington drawing will assign order numbers, with numbers above 1609 crossed off and the rest allocated in draw order.
ALGONA two Kossuth county men received orders to report for active duty with the United States Army. P. A. Dawson is ordered to report at Fort Benning Georgia on April 2 after prior service in the regular army and a prior posting at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. William B Higgins editor of the Whittemore Champion since five years is a second lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve and will also report to Fort Benning on April 2. Both will be assigned to permanent duty after preliminary training.
The past week saw licenses issued to Bruno George Steckey Jr. 24 of Titonka and Annie Alyce Baumann 21 of Lakota. Also listed were Brick Will rett and Genevieve Olson, both residents of Algona, as legal entries.
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