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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
5
Report notes headed east near center Mr and Mrs Ted DeBoer were passengers in the Anderson car. Mrs DeBoer received treatment by a local doctor and was released. Both cars sustained considerable damage but no serious injuries, only Mrs DeBoer’s bruise.
The Auxiliary will hold a regular monthly business meeting Monday evening April 1 at Nellie Nelson's home with Nellie and Cleo Nelson as hostesses. A program features Pan American Mary Oesterreicher and Child Welfare Martha, Ken and Caroling Hatten. Juniors meet 3 to 5 pm at Bridged Garrett's home with Sandy Hoover as hostess. Poppy drive proceeds include 800 small pies for sale on Poppy Day and wreaths for veterans.
The sixth congressional district primary features Senator Grimstead, 51, seeking re election as state senator from the forty first district covering Worth, Mitchell, and Winnebago counties. Background notes show Merwin Coad Boohe as a Democrat rival and Grimstead’s prior business and farming ties in Joice, Lake Mills, and Worth county.
Good Hope Women's Missionary Society held a Tuesday afternoon meeting in the church parlors. They visited the Bruns home and honored a long time member, noting recent years of service. An aside mentions the mailbox invention by Thomas Brown in 1830 while Florida's governor.
Mrs. George Paulsen will speak at Farm Bureau Women’s Day on April 5 at 1 30 p.m. in K C Hall Algona. The program includes exhibits on Yeast Breads Frozen Foods Adequate Wiring and window treatments. Township booths from Portland Luverne Swea Fenton Burt Plum Creek and Prairie plan displays with a skit Your bonnet on hazards and a coffee break for social time notes.
Farm Outlook reports Ko Kutish notes price increases hinge on hog market spreads and total numbers. The March 1 pig crop will indicate changes in farrowing plans since December 1, 1956. Cattle markets show 16 percent fewer steers sold, with Sioux City receiving more steers than last year and fed steer prices possibly reaching a low in February before a rebound.
Woden High School will present two one act plays Monday night at the Woden Community Hall. Wilbur's Wild Night features Sophomores led by Duane Gerdes as Wilbur and Lavonne Meyer with Connie Sonius as sisters Betty and Connie. The City Slicker and Our Nell stars a Senior cast with Betty Maugen as Nellie and Bernard Conradi as the slicker, with Connie Johnson as Claribel Worth. A half hour curtain of music accompanies the senior and sophomore groups as the program opens at eight o'clock.
Charles Lamoreux son of Mr and Mrs George Lamoreux former Titonka residents was killed Thursday evening March 21 in an auto accident near Vinton. Born in Titonka in 1915 he moved to Marshalltown as a child and lived there thereafter working as a general contractor. Funeral services were held Monday March 25 at 2:30 PM from the First Methodist Church in Marshalltown with interment in a Marshalltown cemetery. Survived by wife two sons and his parents all of Marshalltown and two brothers. Attending from here were Mr and Mrs Zwiefel and Orlo and Mrs Amos Krominga. Mr and Mrs Vincent Heifner of Buffalo Center also attended.
Hundreds of Cub and Boy Scouts in 19 counties of the Prairie Gold Council will observe Good Turn Day on April 13 by conducting a clothing drive for Handicapped at Goodwill Industries. They will distribute Goodwill clothing bags, collect them the next week, and deliver to collection points, aiding handicapped workers. For details contact Scout Master Max Goldman or Cub Master H G Mehlan.
Six county 4-H Junior Leaders attended the State Rural Young assembly at Ames. Delegation members included Kathryn Hilbert Alma Ilig Eu nice Gade Roger Dreyer Aaron Anliker Arlen Benschoter Mary Staudt and Robert John. The program featured sessions on personality self development and leadership skills plus a banquet with social dancing and a Sunday morning service.
County AS C committee chair Richard I Anderson invites Kossuth County farmers to join the conservation reserve program. Contracts of 3 5 or 10 years offer annual payments of 28 dollars per acre, with potential cost sharing up to 80 percent for vegetative cover ponds forest trees and wildlife development. Readiness and eligibility details available at the county AS C office in Algona.
The last Extension lesson titled Understanding Teenagers will be April 10 at 1 30 to 3 30 pm in the Algona High School Auditorium. Mrs Buena Mockmore, family life specialist at Iowa State College, will lead a chalk talk and discussion on teen understanding and relationships. She is an Iowa State Extension assistant professor with a long record in youth education and community speaking. Homemakers groups 4 H leaders and any interested person may attend this special meeting. In the evening she will meet with 4 H Junior Leaders for a session titled Understanding Ourselves.
Farmers in Kossuth county who signed 1957 corn acreage reserve agreements by March 8 and sought extra land will have 10 days from mailed notices to amend their contracts. The additional 1846.7 acres would lift county total to 5856.7 acres and raise potential payments from 166,945.80 to 273,112.20 if all added land is enrolled.
Forest City's third annual Builders and Home Show runs April 5 to 7 at the Forest City Civic Auditorium. Hours are 7 to 10 p.m. April 5, 1 to 9 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. April 6, and 2 to 5 p.m. April 7. The event, sponsored by the Forest City Jaycees, features home and building product exhibits from firms in north Iowa and southern Minnesota with more than 100 in merchandise prizes and Sunday music entertainment.
Funeral services were held Saturday March 23 at 2 00 p m at the First Baptist Church in Independence for Guy Edward Alten father of Mrs Irvin Beenken who died Wednesday The Rev Ray Larson officiated at the burial Interment was in the Hazelton cemetery Alten was born in Nebraska January 28 1889 the son of Japhet and Mary Ann King Alten On October 2 1912 he married Mertle Short at her home in Hazelton He is survived by his wife two sons one daughter Mrs Orpha Beenken seven grandchildren
The National Farm Organization will host a banquet for Kossuth County members at Burt High School Auditorium. The event begins 6:30 p.m. on Saturday March 30 with Art Thompson editor of Wallace's Farmer as the evening speaker. The meeting follows at about 8:00 p.m. All are invited.
Julia Stott Postmaster announced 4 windows will close during noon from 12:00 to 3:09 p.m. due to a Post Office Department regulation. The change takes effect April 1, 1987.
The Rural Life Conference labeled Looking ahead will be held at Iowa State College on April 2-3 with top speakers from across the United States. The Home Economics department sponsors the event open to all Iowa residents. Topics include Aging Nobody's Business and It's Never too Late to Learn while a home management program and a women's chorus participate. If unavailable for both days, attendees may join on a single day, and Kossuth County Family Living Committee members plan to attend the last day activities. Contact for more information is provided.
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