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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
3
The Titonka junior high boys basketball team, nicknamed the Little Chiefs, defeated Armstrong and Lakota and dominated the final game 35 to 4 to claim the 1057 State Line Conference championship on March 21.
A stream of questions and rumors fills the Junior and Senior classes about friendships, crushes, prom plans, and social circles. Readers speculate on who is dating whom, who will be invited to the banquet, and which couple is seen at events around town.
A senior girl with brown hair and blue eyes is the focus of this week’s mystery. She is in study hall the second period, active in glee club mixed chorus and the newspaper staff, and is well liked by classmates.
The Girls Basketball Banquet on Friday March 15 in the hot lunch room featured a meal planned and served by team mothers, with Miss Sleichter directing. Harry Mehlan served as master of ceremonies and coach Opheim shared season and prior years’ statistics. Captains Darlene Callies and Trudy Bess gave short talks, Truesdell spoke on “A Time Out,” Wayne Cooley of the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union addressed the audience, Judy Mehlan and Sandra Gartner performed a skit, and the Titonka Dance Band provided the entertainment in the gym afterward.
Mixed comments from students list features they like about the Totem Poll Afternoon Kindergarten building. Respondents praise items such as cabinets, drinking fountains, blackboards, bulletin boards, doors, and the big rooms.
A collage of casual notes mentions students and staff with quirky details and social notes. It includes names like Ernie Carlson as Elvis and Julia Wabben with a boy cut, plus remarks on school activities and a tongue in cheek line about traffic signs and a farm hay scene.
A columnist discusses rising automobile accidents and urges safer driving. It cites longer lower cars, road design limits, and intoxicated driving, and stresses driver responsibility, eye coordination testing, keeping cars in good condition, and warning against alcohol before driving.
The council met on March 18 to plan the Spring Dance for May 1 with class participation and Junior High inclusion. They also approved a retroactive scholarship plaque honoring top athletes, performers, and citizens from the last three years and confirmed continued membership in national and state student council associations.
The school honors Mr. H. Thiesse as Teacher Of The Week. He holds a master's from the University of Minnesota earned in 1953 and attended Man-kato State Teachers College. Thiesse has taught seven years here, covering Chemistry Algebra Physics and more, and values working with young people.
On Tuesday March 19 the move to the new building was completed with kindergarten through grade 5 housed there. Grades 6-9 occupy the second floor of the old building and grades 10-12 the top floor. Remaining grades will be reassigned as space opens, with Band and Vocational Agriculture planned for the annex and vocal music near the office.
The juniors are busy with banquet planning and special committees are assigned to projects. Materials for decorations have arrived and work is underway. Cooperation is hoped to ensure a memorable event reflecting the good times shared during this effort.
Menu lists hot lunch options for March 19 to 22 including Chile Soup and crackers on March 19. Creamed roast beef on mashed potatoes on March 20. Baked pork loaf on March 21. and Creamed tuna on mashed potatoes on March 22 with sides such as bread and butter milk green beans and fruit sauces. Also features a playful dialogue about traveling mush with a dog team.
The student council sponsors a year’s outstanding student board in Athletics Citizenship Dec lamination and Vocal music with retroactive names from three prior years. Junior High basketball advances to final rounds while teams battle weather delays. Sharon Carroll tops state declamation entry as Band Mothers promote a basket social.
The class celebrates a move to a new room on Tuesday March 19 with a lively spring mood. Students note better drinking fountains and sinks and describe the magic of the loudspeaking system. They finish paper mache Easter eggs and hope to start the Easter bunny soon.
The notice lists a senior class play on April 2 at 8:00 p.m. a school matinee at 2:00 p.m. on April 2, a small group music concert on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. a small group music contest around April 5-6 in Graettinger, and Good Friday vacation with dates in April.
A fragmented verse speaks of love from sight to union and a pricey joy in ownership. The text shifts to a dental joke about a cavity feeling large to the tongue with a dentist remark on its natural tendency to exaggerate. The date and name hints appear as 1957 Earl Louise Doctor.
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