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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1939
Page
4
Local families visit, school closure for Mason City teachers convention, and a string of social events including weddings and family gatherings. The Wesley public school board reelects Eldon Ravlin as superintendent and L. I. Lease as chair, with teacher hiring for next year to be discussed.
Sunday guests at the Wallace Donovan home included Leila Wester in Ames and families from Corwith Stilson and Clear Lake. Mrs. Farnum of Le Mars visited her parents in town. Nina Mae Wagner returned to Mason City after a car accident injuries and enforced vacation. A bake sale raised 10.40 for the Willing Workers at Kraus store. Dennis Lickteig now runs the Conoco station formerly operated by P C Hayanas.
A serious blaze was stopped Wednesday at 1 30 PM in Algona when CCC trainees from Bancroft camp arrived and doused a Barnsdall Oil truck from Mallard that had stalled on Highway 169 near the Matt Lamyth home. The quick action prevented a larger disaster.
Woden residents report business and travel notes with Dan Dye in Woden and Walter Dickeen in Fort Dodge. Kellogg family moves to Davenport. farm managed by son Robert. Mrs Milbrandt hosts Methodist Ladies Aid. Lorraine Guernsey visits ISU, enjoying vacation. Clara Orthel visits from Buffalo Center. school closed for Mason City teachers convention. John Buns opens Buns Quality Grocery in old hotel building. Ted Bode hosts Hi Lo Bridge Club. Leon Gilner and Henry Orthel win high prizes. Local visits include Forest City, Mason City, Britt, Lake Park, and Du Buque connections. illness and hospital care noted for Kenneth Buns. Emeralda Kruse vacationing. prior city visits by Studers and Rudisills. various social and family events recorded.
Dr and Mrs BH L Wurttzer of Clear Lake visited last Friday. A son born to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tripp last Saturday at the Ahrend Hans home where Mr Tripp works. Julius Stroebel operated on for gall stones in Buffalo Center. wife and baby with relatives there. 4-H club met at Mrs C A Gutknecht. memory books made. Lena Gutknecht home for spring vacation. Farm Bureau meeting attended in Swea City. Ukena visits to Marshalltown. Mrs R L Williams travels to Texas. father to drive car home. American Legion Auxiliary shipped magazines and carpet rags to Knoxville hospital. Coat sent to Des Moines shelf. April 12 meeting date rescheduled to April 11. Thanks expressed to magazine donors.
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Vendor touts Watkins Mineralized Hog Tonic to speed hog growth and reduce feed needs, claiming faster market readiness and higher returns. Advertising copy promises future calls to showcase savings on Watkins extracts and home products, signed by A. C. Bierstedt, phone 97.
Mr and Mrs Conrad Herman of Algona celebrate fifty years of marriage. They observed their golden wedding anniversary with family and friends, reflecting on six decades of shared life and devotion.
A couple celebrated at 6:30 dinner with twenty friends and relatives, followed by an informal reception at their Algona home. The Hermate lived their entire married life there. Honeybees’ value for pollination surpasses honey gathering for fruit and seed production.
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