Ground Observer Corps seeks volunteers and town news
Community notes from Ramblin with Phil highlight a Ground Observer Corps meeting turnout and a call for names to fill an eight hour watch schedule. Readers are invited to the Topic office for ID cards and tower plans dependent on weather. The column also covers newsletter subscriptions, a Scotchlite mailbox name strip ad, a roller skating party, and a proposed “News From Subscribers” column to share hometown news with former residents. The Titanka Saddle Club annual meeting and officer slate are reported, with plans to rent rodeo grounds for summer events and invites to join the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground Observer Corps
Thornton
Joe Doughan
Harold Miller
Colum
Titanka Saddle Club
Schutter Implement Co
Daryl
K. W. Swan
Sophus Nelson
Roy Walrod
Jess Harms
Drake honors list for Sharon Callies nursing major
Drake University registrar Dr Eli Zubay announced Sharon Callies Titania has earned honors with a 3.5 GPA or better for the fall term. Callies, a junior in the College of Liberal Arts, is majoring in nursing. The note also recalls Germantown's 1690 paper mill and newspaper attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Callies
Des Moines
County 4-H Basketball Finals Scheduled For March 23 and 24
The county boy’s 4-H basketball finals will be held at Bancroft on March 23 and 24 with a record 27 teams in district play. Friday’s finals feature Grant Juniors against Whittemore Juniors at 7 15 pm, Grant Seniors versus St Joe at 8 pm, and Whittemore Seniors against Ramsey Seniors. District scores list multiple results from north and south divisions, highlighting grants and Whittemore as standout clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Grant
Whittemore
Grant Sr
St. Joe
Whittemore Sr
Ramsey
North District
Greenwood
Burt
Swea Harrison
Swea
Harrison
Seneca
Lincoln
Eagle
South
Wesley
Algona
Garfield
LaVerne
Union
LuVerne
Lotts Creek
Prairie
Leander Vaske
Cecil Thoreson
Lloyd Thorson
Bernard Thilges
Farm Outlook on hog market trends and grain prices
Iowa State College economist Francis A Kutish says the week will clarify hog marketings with a mid March bulge near the end of heavy fall pig runs. Slaughter will ease after this week but stay above last year, aiding hog prices. June gains expected as supplies shift. Soybean meal prices may rise by fall with strong demand for poultry and hog feed. meal trades show Iowa prices well below August futures. A Waukon youth, Cletus Frink, 15, was hit in the arm by a stray .22 slug while doing chores, suffering a fracture.
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Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Farm
Kutish
Decatur
Iowa
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Towa
Waukon
Cletus Frink
Tyke Girls Finish Second In Junior High Tourney
Titonka junior high girls reach the finals of the Stateline Conference tournament at Lakota, defeating Burt 47-23 and Thompson 41-33 before dropping the title to Lakota 56-41. Burt defeats Lakota 26-22 in the boys final. Titonka junior high finishes with 5 wins and 2 losses. roster includes Jones Mehlan Ullmann Gartner Husinga Eden Pearson Schmidt McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TYKE
Stateline
Lakota
Armstrong
Burt
Ledyard
Thompson
Titonka
Tijtonka
Our Girls
Titanka
DeLouis Jones
Judy Mehlan
Mil‘dred Ullmann
Sandra Gartner
Edith Husinga
Sylvia Eden
Leslie Pearson
Sharon Schmidt
Margaret McDonald
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Meetings and Bake Sale
Members of the local Unit will meet at the Nothwehr basement for the regular monthly work meeting Friday afternoon March 23rd. Bring sewing equipment and carpet rags. Regular monthly business meeting Monday evening April 2nd. Bake sale Saturday April 7th. Cards will be sent to each member. Members urged to sign up for Skywatch as the tower goes up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nothwehr
Mary ‘Young
Camilla Cooper
American Legion
Paris Caucus
American Legon
American Legion Auxiliary
Hake Sale
Church of Your Choice
All Nations
Roller Skating Party Set for Titonka Sunday
Harold Miller announces another roller skating event this week with a Sunday schedule: younger children in the afternoon and an adults party in the evening. The event aims to provide wholesome recreation and support town improvement in Titonka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Miller
Titonka
Henry VanHove Calls Parents From Tokyo Japan
Pvt Henry Carroll VanHove surprised his parents Mr and Mrs Henry VanHove Sr with a phone call from Tokyo on Saturday night He is on two weeks rest and recreation leave in Japan after months north of the 38th parallel in Korea He had been driving a 52 ft trailer truck overseas
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Henry Vanhove
Japan
PFC
Henry Carroll VanHove
Tokyo
Pvt
VanHove
48Th Paralell
Korea
All American Chorus to tour Europe on state department goodwill mission
Irvin L. Rippentrop of Decorah High School will direct 68 choirs on a forty five day trip starting June 20 from New York to Salzburg. The group will visit Germany France Switzerland Holland Belgium and England then sail to Montreal and Quebec for two more concerts returning August 3. The tour includes 18 performances and mirrors Holy Week with a Faure Requiem on KGLO-TV March 26 at 5 25 p.m.
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Irvin L. Rippentrop
George Rippentrop
Titanica
Europe
State Department
New York City
Salzburg
Austria
Germany
France
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
England
All American Chorus
Southampton
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
New York
Rippentrop
Decorah
Kglo-Tv
Faure
Purchase Agreement Grain Inspections Ahead of Delivery
Farmers will have advance inspections of purchase agreement grain to avoid price support issues. The program covers small grains sorghum flaxseed soybeans and corn with maturity dates ranging from March 31 for wheat and sorghum to July 31 for corn. Producers must notify their county ASC office during the 30 days before maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil L. Rohlf
Kussuth County
ASC
Courdy
Colleen Rippentrop Awarded 1 Year Service Pin
Colleen Rippentrop daughter of E C Rippentrop was awarded a 1 Year Service Pin by Northwest Airlines on March 14 1956 as a Revenue Clerk in the Cargo Sales Audit Section. She has earned two promotions and transfers within the company and is now in the Statistics Division after a two year local stay in St. Paul. Colleen plans a vacation to Los Angeles while visiting friends and church groups and has played for the Northwest Airlines girls basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Rippentrop
E. C. Rippentrop
Nortwest Airlines
Colleen
Gale Institute
Titonka
Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis
Northwest Orient Airlines
St. Paul
Los Angeles
Calif
Braniff Airlines
Kansas City
Transworld Airlines
David Roberts
Jay Budlong
Coleen
Trinity Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Trinity
NWA
Madison
Wisc
John Ball
Senior class play at Titania High Friday night
The Titania High School senior class presents a three act Mystery Comedy "Three Fingers in the Door" Friday evening March 23 at 8:00 p.m. Admission for adults is 50 cents. New stage lighting enhances suspense and humor. directed by Jack Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titania High School
Jack Easton
Carol Dunmire Takes Position In Cities
Carol Dunmire has started a job with Prudential Life Insurance in Minneapolis after six months training in business machines at Mankato Commercial College. A Titania High School graduate class of 1955, she was driven to Minneapolis by Mr and Mrs Ted Dunmire and Thea Donna last weekend and began work Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Dunmire
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis
Mankato Commercial College
Carol
Titania High School
Ted Dunmire
Thea Donna
Titonka Schools Benefit From Two Years Of Tournaments
Titonka's bid for county finals and sectional play produced 4064 admissions and 2358.15 dollars in two years with the school receiving 20 percent or 470.58 dollars. The district bought bleachers for 688.25 dollars and planned to split tournament proceeds between the bleacher fund and athletic fund, with 418.47 dollars directed to the bleacher fund and 279.78 dollars still to be realized toward costs.
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Titonka
Board of Education
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Ross Struthers
St. Ann's Hospital
Max Goldman
Dean Methodist Church
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Frank Hauptly
Hancock Memorial Hospital
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Milwaukee
Kathy Chadima
Wayne Chadima
Rundell
Iowa City
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Albert Hoppe
17Th Street
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State Capital Building
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Soil Conservation Service
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