Activities Of Titonka School For The Week
Home economics seniors complete house plans while freshmen make color wheels. Grades report perfect spelling scores, store set ups in third grade market, and victory garden plans. Arithmetic decim als study continues as grades review geography New England states and maritime maps. Freshman news notes adjectives and adverbs work as algebra and equations are studied.
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Shirley Callies
Billy Orthe
Janice Harms
Alfred
Amy
Anna
Loren
Hilsworth
Chis
Roger
Angeline
Jenny
New England
Elwin
Doris
Catherine
Veing
Rip van Winkle
Iowa
Willam Cullen Bryant
Color and Class News From Sophomores and Seniors
In general science, weather and climate topics fill the room as sophomores study color, shout, and outline speeches amid nerves. The sophomore girls beat the juniors 22 to 7 and the seniors face finals while seniors’ basketball uniforms hint at luck. Senior play cast list includes Joe Hatter and Elizabeth Harrison. Victorian tests in English literature proceed as salesmanship studies grow. Sports featured include class basketball tournaments with junior faculty volleyball game and results 45 to 15 for the teachers, plus senior and sophomore finals looming.
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Miss Rodgers
Joe Hatter
Dick Kuchenreuther
Margaret Hatter
Lydia Dreesman
Gigi Hatter
Twyliah Hamstreet
Bunny Hatter
Louis Oesterreicher
Grandma
Doloris Peterson
Angelica
Lavina Jand
Diana Hatter
Irene Rippentrop
Henry Harrison
Marvin Johnston
Elizabeth Harrison
Gladys Ann - Smith
Donna Ward
Nancy
Hayward Maggie Muller
Clara Sheldon
Woden and Britt Couple Married in Kansas City
Announcement lists Thressa Pommer of Woden and Duane Benner of near Britt wed January 31 at the Presbyterian church in Kansas City Missouri with Rev J W Tenner officiating. The couple plans to reside in Britt with the groom’s parents noted as Mr and Mrs Henry Benner.
Boy Buys War Bond With Pennies and Nickels
Three and a half year old Billy Joe Ganstra of Sheldon used his life savings to purchase a War Bond. The transaction was made in pennies and nickels, highlighting a remarkable early show of thrift and patriotism.
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Billy Joe Ganstra
Sheldon
Towan Front Iowa Salvalge and Ration Notes 1943
War Production Board estimates Iowa scrap collection will yield vast war materiel in early 1943 including anti aircraft guns tanks battleships and bombs. Iowa women urged to clean house for salvage with rags hemp rope and textiles. 20 000 pounds of silk and nylon hose collected enabling 1 600 parachutes. Army budget details unfold with daily $2 800 000 meat and basic rations for 5 million troops. Butter price ceilings clarified by OPA with guidance for below ceiling sales. Blue stamps 48 points valid March 25 to April 30 with A B C stamps expiring March 31. Farmers warned about extra rations and continuing wartime controls.
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War Production Board
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
Iowa War Ration Book One Availability and Timelines
Ration book one remains available for those who did not register before January 16 1943 at local War Price and Ration Boards. Includes deadlines for Class A tires March 41 and Class B and C inspections March through May. Gasoline A coupons valid March 22 to May 21 and sugar, shoes, fuel oil, and coke period coupons have specified March dates and expirations.
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Iowa
War rationing aids home canning and tire inspection deadline
The War Production Board expands metal closures for home canning as 5.2 billion jars expected in 1943 season, with a new three piece closure and rubber rings. Seasonal workers may obtain rationed foods via local boards. Extended deadline for Class A gasoline ration holders to inspect tires is March 31 to continue driving.
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War Production Board
Victory Gardens
Titonka Residents Earn First Aid Certificates
Twenty three Titonka people completed the Standard First Aid Course taught by Dr. Pierre Sartor earlier this winter. Certificates were presented by Elizabeth M. Nugent, Co-Chairman of the Kossuth County American Red Cross First Aid chapter. recipients include Edna Abbas Lois Ames Esther Askin Dorothy Bringleson Fay Callies M. F. Cheever Camilla Cooper Jean I. French Rossslyne Hough Rose Johnson Zelda F. Keidel Mildred L. Krantz Cosgrove Miller Nelson Minnie Ossterreicher W J Patterson Woodrow Peterson Myrtle Plaisier J Douglas Smith H Julius Tesch Carrie Torgersen Donna Ward Daisy Grace Weigand Inez Wolfe.
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Titonka
Pierre Sartor
Elizabeth M. Nugent
First Aid
Kossuth
American Red Cross
Edna Abbas
Lois Ames
Hsther Askin
Dorothy Bringleson
Fay Callies
M. F. Cheever
Camilla Cooper
Jean I. French
Rossslyne Hough
Rose Johnson
Zelda F. Keidel
Mildred L. Krantz-Cosgrove
Miller Nelson
Minnie Ossterreicher
W. J. Patterson
Woodrow Peterson
Myrtle Plaisier
J. Douglas Smith
H. Julius Tesch
Carrie Torgersen
Donna Ward
Daisy Grace Weigand
Inez Wolfe
Moravia Students Raise Keys Drive for Victory
Moravia school students conducted a neighborhood key drive and collected 27851 keys in total. Freshmen led with 807 keys turned in as the largest single group effort.
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Moravia
Forty Kossuth Men Report 0 Armed Service
Forty men from Algona and surrounding towns were listed for induction into the U. S. armed service last week Tuesday. The roll includes volunteers and draftees with transfers to Elmwood Park Emmetsburg Los Angeles San Francisco and Chicago among others. Notable names and towns span Algona Bancroft Fenton Ledyard Titonka Swea City Whittemore and Robinsdale Minnesota with several transfers and a pair of twins among the Oberndorf entries.
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Algona
U. S. Armed Service
Wayne Orville Bijnstrom
Robert Dale Inskeep
Howard Winton Hedrick
Sylvester Ambrose Doerr
Elmwood Park
Everett Eldred Smith
Emmetsburg
Towa
Charles Irving Tibbits Jr
Kenneth Jay Minard
Gerald Edward Pederson
Vernon Gayle White
Kenneth Herman Geilenfeld
Vincent Francis Seiler
Robert Reynold Amunson
Los Angeles
Armstrong
Elvin Maynard Godfredgen
Bancroft
John Frederick Andrews
Anthony Clarence Schnalder
Eugene James Welp
John Valentine Droessier
Albert Henry Karels
San Francisco
Buffalo
Wilbur J. Becker
Burt
Kenneth Wayne Hutzel
John Joseph Heiderscheidt
Fenton
Richard Ottomar Kabelitz
Robert Volkmer Kabelitz
Melvin Edward Klein
Ledyard
William Richard Cattery
Kenneth William Poppe
Harold Duane Warner
Howard Everett
Burrows
Lone Rock
Daniel Godfrey
Schultz
Laverne
Cecil Hutt Jr
Victor Fred Baumgartner
Swea
Leroy Hugene Peterson
Sigrid Morris Johnson
Robert Marion Allbee
Titonka
Clarence Wayne Gingrich
Wesley—Julius William Monson
Whittemore
Virgil Peter Hibert
Moline
Thomas Edward Farrell
Chicago
Robert Henry Rochat
Robbinsdale
Minn
Bert Frank Seely
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Planned With Victory Garden Program
Mary Sartor urges members to Fridays March 26 meeting at Minnie Oesterreicher home with co host Mrs Oscar Noriard. A Victory Garden program features information from Farm Bureau meetings and Wanda Young presents My Victory Garden. Attendees asked to bring Victory Recipes. after the program eloge, carpet rags will be torn and Red Cross sewing available.
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Mary Sartor
Minnie Oesterreicher
Community Service
Oscar Noriard
Raymond Bartlett
Farm Bureau
Wanda Young
Red Cross
Helps Farmers Prepare to Care for Chicks and Pigs
Al winter in the vicinity of the French Lumber Yard resembles a colony of lake cottages. Several carpenters work daily building hog houses and broader dwellings. Trucks haul in lumber, and such houses will be needed as Iowa expects more hogs and poultry this year.
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Iowa
Kennedy Family Corn Yield Surpasses 132 Bushels Per Acre
At a Garner area farm the Kennedy family reported a ten acre field of corn produced more than 132 bushels per acre. Frank Reynolds and Grover Keagle observed the crop as the seed supplier sent a man to measure and supervise husking. The record yield drew interest from friends and relatives.
Crippled Children’s Home at Good Hope Church Event
On Tuesday evening March 30 at 8 o clock Rev W B Schoonbohm superintendent of the Lutheran Crippled Children’s Home at Jamestown North Dakota will present colored motion pictures of the school at Good Hope Lutheran church The public is invited The school for children who are normal mentally but physically crippled aims to restore health and train for vocations The Sister Kenny Treatment is used at the institution The Good Samaritan Association owns and operates the school and other charitable facilities
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Lutheran Crippled Children's Home
Jamestown
North Dakota
W. B. Schoonbohm
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Tautheran Crippled Children's School
Sister Kenny
The
Good Samarian Association
Froelich of Wesley Cited for Bravery in Aleutians
Howard W. Froelich, chief aviation metal smith from Seattle formerly of Wesley, was cited for bravery and devotion to duty in aerial combat at Whitby Island air station in the Aleutians. He enlisted in the Navy about eleven years ago. His wife Frances Clegg Froelich of Pensacola and their two children live in Seattle. His brother John Froelich is a captain in the Army stationed in Hawaii. The Froelich family includes three other children, Helen Huber of Algona, Marie Ricke of Williams, and Carl of Wesley. A ward spoke at Tyke Theatre in Titonka during a bond drive last fall.
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Seattle
John Froelich
Hawaii
Froelichs
Steve
Helen) Huber
Algona
Navy
Lawrence
Marie) Ricke
Williams
Carl
Wesley
Tyke Theatre
Titonka
Red Cross Nutrition Class Interest and Knit Drive
About 37 women showed interest in a county nutrition course with meetings at 7 30 p m on Mondays and Fridays after an initial session at Inez Wolfe home on Monday evening The radio program on WMT 1 15 to 1 30 Monday through Friday features the Magic Chef adjusting recipes to changing rations Tracy Ward the knitting chairman lists county goals including 72 olive drab sleeveless sweaters 24 gloves 24 helmets 12 mufflers 12 wristlets 32 navy turtleneck sweaters and 40 pairs of gloves Six sweaters and one pair of socks were shipped this week The county production chairman asks workers to report hours for January February and March to knitting and sewing chairmen and send them April 1.
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Inez Wolfe
WMT
Tracy Ward
Our
Portland Friends Honor Melvin Bass at Card Party
About thirty five friends gathered at the Albert Bass home Thursday evening to honor Melvin Bass a navy geoman on furlough for three weeks. Six tables of 500 were played with prizes to Mrs Ed Wolf and Mrs Clyde Bristow for women and to Charles Scott and Clyde Bristow for men. A money gift was presented to Melvin before he returned to John Hopking hospital in California Monday for treatment on his arm.
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Albert Bass
Melvin
Ed Wolf
Clyde Bristow
Law
Charles Scott
Clyde Bristow Low
Jonn Hopking Hospital
California
Forest Service to Plant 15000 Seedling Trees in Cedar Rapids Parks
The U S Forest Service will supply fifteen thousand seedling trees for Cedar Rapids city parks. Most are five year old white pines with three thousand small hardwoods included for diversity.
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U. S Forest Service
Cedar Rapids
Katherine Kruse and Dick Meinders Wed in Ramsey Reformed Church
Katherine Kruse daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Kruse and Dick Meinders son of Mr and Mrs Henry Meinders were married Thursday at five in the Ramsey Reformed church. Rev F Snuttjer officiated with Lohengrin’s Wedding March and a duet by Lorraine and Lillian Harms. A reception followed at the Kruse home and a three course supper for 125 guests. The couple will keep house on a farm near the church.
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Katherine Kruse
Robert Kruse
Dick Meinders
Henry Meinders
Ramsey Reformed Church
F. Snuttjer
Ben A. Meyer
Lohengrin
Lorraine
Lillian Harms
Wellsburg
Wilhelmine Kruse
Alvin Meinberg
Erlene Mayland
Britt
Arnold Kruse
Bigelow
Minn
Willie Kruse
Richard Gray
Art Reukens
Belmond
Porter Faul~hauber
Luke Weasels
Marvin Wessels
Herman Realens
I. J. Harms
Dick Kruse
Fred Mayland
Stoffer Gremmer
John Meinders
Alfred Jurgemeyer
August Josten
Garner
Earl Neuhring
Ervin Neuhring
Klemme
Navy Welcomes Men 38 to 50 for Enlistment
Chief Machinist's Mate C. L. Branuni, Spencer navy recruiter, says men aged 38 to 50 remain eligible to enlist. Some believe the latest draft order confines them to defense jobs, but the navy seeks skilled workers in fifty trades for fleet operations.
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Navy
C. LD. Branuni
Spencer
Brannin
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Crippled Children's Home
Good Hope Church
RED Cross News
Portland
Melvin Bass
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