Woman of the Year Honor for Clarine Boyken at Federated Club event
Clarine Boyken was named Club Woman of the Year by the Titonka Federated Club at the Kossuth County Meeting held Saturday March 19. The event featured registrations by Nancy Opheim and Fay Callies, a welcome by Betty Brandt, and an afternoon program including a skit Four Generations and talks by district and state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Goldman
É Club
Titania “ Woman's Club
Sentral
School
Fenton
Goldman
M. &. Goldman
Titonka
Doan
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Woman’s Club
Algona
Algona District
Dor
Methodist
Lake ‘Okoboji
Kobe
Japan
Pittsfield
Mass
Wellesley ‘College
Towa
Minnesota
National Council of Churches
Friendship:Press
New, York
Betty Brandt
Club Collect
Trudy Budiong
Fay Callies
Mary Schroeder
Nancy Opheim
Esther Lehman
Éth
Ray Licklider
Farm Shorts Note 9 Percent Drop in Sow Farrowing
County Extension Farm Shorts reports the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service survey shows a nine percent reduction in sow farrowings from last year across March through May. Data from 4,882 farmer reports covers 75 percent of mailouts, with December through May farrowings down 12 percent overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kindergarten Visit Schedule For Prospective Starters
Letters invite five or six pre kindergartners per half day session to visit during March 28 to 31 with bus rides offered for country residents. A kindergarten conference for mothers is set for 3 30 on Monday April 4. Eligible children turning five by October 15 1960 may start August 81 1960. Parents may call the school office for missing letters and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlagg
Concert Association Chooses Next Season’s Venues and Guests
The Kossuth Community Concert Association met to finalize remaining concerts for next season and elect new board members. The New York Concert Trio featuring Paul Boyer Ardyth Alton and Cynthia Otis will visit Algona this fall with Camilla Williams and Todd Duncan joining for a mixed program. The Tuscan Arizona Boys Chorus and Georg Feyer the popular pianist are set. Reciprocit y agreements include Fort Dodge Estherville and Emmetburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth Community Concert Association
New York
Paul Boyer
Ardyth Alton
Cynthia Otis
Algona
Camilla Williams
Todd Duncan
Arizona Boys Chorus
Georg Feyer
Ft. Dodge
Estheryillé
Emmétahurg
CCC loan deadlines and delivery rules for flaxseed and sorghum
Farmers with flaxseed and grain sorghum CCC loans must notify the county ASC office by March 31 about delivery plans. Maturity transfers title of stored loan commodities to CCC, with nonrecourse loans deemed satisfied if the delivered quantity and grade match. Purchase agreements offered price protection at the price support level and allowed sale to CCC, outlining the loan and delivery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
ASC
CCC
Wood Duck Band Recoveries Highlight Migration Patterns
Union Slough Digest records show 1959 banding of 107 wood ducks with 109 trapped. four recoveries from Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma were noted and an adult drake banded in Fergus Falls Minnesota was recovered 710 miles northwest at Rose Lake. The report discusses limited local recoveries and suggests many banded ducks migrate south before the October 20 hunting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fdee
Rte Wildlife ' “Refuge
Wwe
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Fergus Falls
Minnesota
Rose Lake
Castle Singers Set To Perform In Lakota
Wartburg College Castle Singers travel from eight states to Lakota for the St Matthew Passion pageant at St Pauls Lutheran Church on Sunday April 3 at 8 00 p m Admission 5 cents for adults and 10 cents for students The St Pauls Ladies Aid sponsors the appearance with fifty four voices performing
Sophus Nelson Reelected Board President at Meeting
The town hall election Saturday March 19 re elected Sophus Nelson and Gerald Bahling to the Board of Directors with Henry Mayland Jr taking Herman Tjarks’s seat. The board was reorganized by Sophus Nelson and Henry Steoker Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophus' Nelson
Hall
Gerald Bahling
Sophus Nelson
Henry Mayland, Jr
Herman Tjarks
Directe
Sophug Nelson
Jenry Steoker. Jr
Scouts Sell New 50 star Flags for Memorial Day
Boy Scouts in Titanica announce sale and distribution of the new official 60 star flags as part of a 1960 community service project. They will canvass homes door to door offering flags with delivery guaranteed before Memorial Day. Receipts issued, proceeds support the Prairie Gold Area Council good turn program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Titanica
United States of America
Harold Burgess
Scotts
Burgess
Prairie Gold Area Council
Richard Isebrand
American Legion Post
Titania
Former Resident Dies In Portland Oregon
Word has been received of the death of Donald Banta, a former resident of Titonka. Death caused by cancer. The Bantas have lived in Portland, Oregon, the past few years. Don will be remembered by many in the community. He graduated from Titonka High School in 1938 and was valedictorian.
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Donald Banta
Titankea
Bantas
Portland
Oregon
Don
Titonka High
Twilight Alley Operetta Presented by Titanica School
Twilight Alley an operetta in two acts by Mrs Henry Backus and Paul Bliss will be presented by the Titanica School on Tuesday April 5. The plot centers on the Old Shoe tenement and the Needy family with neighborhood children on a spring Saturday. The musical numbers range from Opening Chorus to Baseball Song and Flight of the Flying Butterflies, featuring Carolyn Engelbarts Lenice Bilborough Lanita Gingrich Dorothy Brandt and others. Watch for the cast of characters next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Backus
Paul Bliss
Titanica School
Carolyn Engelbarts
Lennice Bilborough
Titonka Food Handlers To Receive X-Rays
The Kossuth County Food Handlers X Ray Unit will be in Titonka from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 31. Mrs Wm Boyken, TB Seal chairman, said, We are hoping for 100 percent participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County
Titonka
Wm, Boyken
T.B. Seal
Bryan Attracts Large Crowd To PTA Meeting
Nearly 200 parents, teachers, and high school students heard Ray Bryan at Titania High School on March 21. He spoke on education needs, noting teacher shortages, student progress, and curriculum, stressing that each child should learn at his own pace and find a suitable role in society. The audience enjoyed his practical, down to earth approach and humor. The April meeting, April 18, will feature Supt. Truesdell presenting trip reports from the national convention of the American Association of School Administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bryan
Titania High School
Dr. Bryan
Bryan
Truesdell
The
American Association of School Administrators
Funeral services for former resident Bamman
Word has been received that Richard Dick Bamman of Krem died of a heart attack Tuesday morning, March 22, while doing chores. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Dick) Bamman
Kremme
Clemmie
Titonka Woman's Club to Meet at Brandt Home
Titonka Woman's Club will meet Thursday evening March 24 at the Clarence Brandt home for the last meeting of the month. The theme is Conservation of Iowa Resources led by Ruth Burgess. Roll call asks participants to name some wildlife in Iowa. Special feature Parks in Iowa will be presented by Maree Krantz. Hostess is Lois Brandt. The quote Nothing is great but the inexhaustible wealth of nature by Emerson is quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titonka Woman's Club
Brandt
Clarence Brandt
Iowa
Ruth Burgess
Roll Call
Maree Krantz
Lois Brandt
Emerson
Minimum National Corn Support Rate and Census Forms
The 1960 corn support rate is set at a minimum 1.06 per bushel with loans and purchase agreements continuing for 1959 and 1960 crops. Advance Report Forms for the 1960 Census will be mailed to households this week to speed field canvassing, with confidential handling and a separate 25 percent sample questionnaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Census Bureau
4-H Basketball Finals Set For March 23 And 26
The County 4-H finals are scheduled for March 23 and March 26 at Burt. Aggressive Lads Jr. versus Whittemore, Grant Jr. versus LaVerne, Ramsey Sr. versus St. Joe Trojans, and Swea Harrison Sr. versus Union are the matchups. Winners Wednesday advance to Saturday showings to decide the county champion. District semi final scores are listed among competing teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Aggressive Lads Jr
Whittemore Boys
Grant
LaVerne Jr
Plum Creek
Kossuth 4-H Leaders Plan April May Programs
Kossuth 4-H leaders met at the Extension office to outline April and May meetings with a focus on Livestock Terms and Parts of Animals and a Manners and Table Courtesy quiz. Project enrollment forms will be completed at the April session and plans set for district 4-H camp. discussion included eliminating the junior purebred boar class and purebred sow class at the 1960 Kossuth County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Dick Kueckr
Arnold Metzger
Art Bannart
Paul Trenary
Kenneth Strayer
Cecil Thoreson
Charles Nygaard
Luke McGuire
Harold Gampe
Lloyd Thorson
Gerald Pedersen
Billy del Everett
Johanson
Alsapieens Fee al
Beverly Richter Named to Honor Roll at State Teachers College
Beverly Richter of Cedar Falls joins 179 peers with 3.25 or better grades earning honor roll status for the 1958 fall semester. Dean William Lang notes she ranks in the top fifth of the student body and will serve as a summer and fall counselor for freshmen and transfer students, guiding tours and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Beverly Richter
Iowa State Teachers College
Beverly
William ©. Lang
Teachers College
Farm Bureau Women Set Day March 28 Program
At the Farm Bureau Women’s Committee meeting held March 14 plans were made for the annual Farm Bureau Women’s Day on March 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the KC Hall east of Algona. A cordial invitation is extended to all county women to attend. John Burton, former Kossuth County Extension Director, will be the speaker followed by a coffee hour. The note also mentions a spring bus trip to Minneapolis with a matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Farm Bureau
Hall
Algona
John Burton
Kossuth County
Mark
Minneapolis
Plang
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American Legion Auxiliary
Ernest Hansen
Evélyn Hansen
Camina Cooper
Ure
Concert Association
Union Slough Digest
Harold H. Burgess
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Sport
Castle
Th Kossuth Co
Francis Kutish
Marvin Skadberg
Iowa State University
Gay
Kutish
Skadberg
Virgil L. Rohlf
Joans
Rohlf
Kossuth Co
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