THS Weekly Activities Highlight Senior Play and Classes
THS notes senior class play May 10 in Tyke Theatre with varied ticket prices. Staff and students list include Sayre Winkie editor and teachers. Reports cover speech project, home economics dream homes, postponed physics test, class picnics, and upcoming exhibits. Junior high offered Safety play Professor Bobs Magic and basketball tourney. Measles absence noted. May baskets and posters in progress.
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Tyke Theatre
Bob
THS
Supervisors Award Road Contract to Spencer Firm at Good Price
County officials announced A. G. Anderson Capstruc ion company of Spencer was the successful bidder for a roughly 87 mile road project. The contract value and exact details were not fully clear in the readable text, but the supervisors stated the bid was favorable and the work will proceed in Kopguth county.
Titonka Baby's Picture Appears in Newspaper
Allan James Boyken born just before National Baby Week appeared in the Mason City Globe Gazette. A special Baby Week section showcased hospital baby photos, including the Konka region’s latest arrival, prompting note on early newspaper features of infants.
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Titonka
Allan James Boyken
Mason City Globe Gazette
Allan James
Globe Gazette
Mason City
Konka
Lightweight week in Kossuth district court
In Algona Justice Court Claire Wermersen was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving. John G. Schimmel faced $25 and costs for fraudulent misrepresentations to obtain unemployment benefits, suspended upon costs. Otto Taylor was dismissed on assault and battery. Vane Dodds paid $1 and costs for lacking an operator’s license. New probate filings include estates of Carlson Nellie McVeigh as administratrix, Bruns, Maland, with copies from Winnebago and Faribault counties. no other cases filed.
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Algona
Justice Courts
Claire ‘Wermersen
Della Welter
P. A.dawson
John G. Schimmel
Otto Taylor
Dawson
Vane Dodds
District Court
C. IA
Carlson
Nellie McVeigh
Edward ‘G. Bruns
Winnebag
Britt Couple, Baade, Kahlstorf, Wed at First Lutheran
Laura Kahlstorf of Britt married William H. Baade of Titonka at the First Lutheran church in Britt on May 5 at 12 30 pm. The ceremony featured a single ring rite. reception followed at the bride's home with relatives present. The couple plans a Wisconsin wedding trip and will reside in the Badje apartments after May 20.
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Laura Kahlstorf
Britt
Bill Baade
Laura
Dorothy Kahlstorf
Red T. Kahlstorf
Wm. H. Baade
Reka
Baade
Titonka
Rev
Kolberg
Gertrude
Roland Clement
Garner
Strawperry Point
Harold Clarks Bancroft Welcome New Baby Girl Juanita Ann
Harold and Mrs. Harold Clark of Bancroft welcomed a baby girl named Juanita Ann born last Friday May 8 This is the third child for the Bancroft Clarks with two older brothers The Clark family from Minneapolis is also mentioned as having a granddaughter This item conveys family pride and humorous commentary on grandchildren and lineage
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Harold
Many Candidates in Both Parties Seek County Jobs
Friday marked the filing deadline for June primaries in Kossuth County. A total of 36 candidates filed for county offices, with five posts attracting five contenders each for sheriff, county attorney, clerk of courts and treasurer. Democratic and Republican slates include incumbents and challengers across Algona, Bancroft, Burt, Irvington, Swea City, and neighboring towns.
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Kossuth
B. S. Kinsey
A. J. Cogley
Carl Dahlhauser
Algona
Katherine McEvoy
Nellie van Allen
Marc Moore
Fred&. Geigel
Irvington
C. W. Pearson
E. S. Kinsey
H.C. Hovey
J. J. Dooley
Clara Walker
Carlyle Becker
R.A. Evans
W. EH. McDonald
Jack F. Quinn
Lone Rock
M. J. Wolfe
Bancroft
Charles ‘Morris
P. J. Heiken
Swea City
C. 0. Peterson
Lakota
M. L.johnson
Armstrong
E. J W. Baum
Eisenbacher Family Reunion Held at Wesley
A Wesley gathering brought together the Eisenbacher clan at the home of I. A. Eisenbacher on Sunday. Attendees included Mrs. Richard Hammond of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin and families of Whittemore Corwith Mason City Wesley Fort Dodge Algona and Rev Linus Hisenbacher. In the afternoon the group drove to Algona for a family portrait.
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Norbert Hilbert
John
Edward
Vincent
Joseph ‘Misenbacher
Lucille
Ruth Mary
Jane Hisenbacher
Wesley
Linus Hisenbacher
Fort Dodge
Algona
Library signs aid newcomers to find us in town
Library notes announce a sign reading Public Library on the door to guide new patrons. New children's books include Once To Every Pilot Hawks Pilot of the High Sierra Lutten Bobsey Twins at the Circus Hope Bobsey Twins Wonderful Secret Hope Invisible Chimes Sutton Haunted Attic Sutton Wicka Ricka Dicka Lindman Macaroni An American Tune Lockwood The Norwegian Twins Perkins Winnie the Pooh Milne Hans and Hilda of Holland Smith Shaun O Day of Ireland Brandies Mitz and Fritz of Germany Brandies The Heart of a Dog Terhune Wolfe Terhune One Man Came Back Erskine Rolling Wheels Grey Little Men Alcott Peggy Covers the News Bugbee Just Patty Webster Curlytops and Their Pets Garis Curlytops and Their Playmates Garis.
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Hawks
Lutten
Bobbsey Twins
Hope
Sutton
Grey
Alcott
Peggy
Bugbee
Patty
Webster
Curlytops
Garis
Poppy Day Proclamation Urges Poppy Wear May 26 Titonia
Mayor W F Hamstreet proclaims May 26 as Poppy Day in Titonia. He notes sacrifices of Titanian volunteers in the war, urges citizens to wear the memorial flower and donate to aid disabled veterans and dependents. The notice emphasizes patriotism and remembrance of fallen and living servicemen.
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Titania
America
Titonka
W. F. Hamstreet
Fred Missal to Speak at Garner Lions Club
Garner resident Fred Missal will address the Lions Club luncheon and bring the Katter Brothers quartet to entertain. Missal, deputy district governor and active member for eight years, will give a talk followed by the rest of the program after a 6:46 luncheon.
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Fred Missal
Garner
Lions Club
American Legion and Auxiliary News Update
The May 125 deadline for World War veterans to obtain final naturalization papers is highlighted with guidance for aliens who served. The Denton home unit meets to plan cooperation with the Legion and Womans Federated Club on parks, rehab funding, and spring district conference delegates. Poppy sales and a program lineup are announced. the post notes strong activity in the poppy poster contest and sends Mother’s Day regards to Gold Star Mothers and all mothers.
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American Legion Post
Denton
the Legion
Womans Federated Club
Motherville
Arbor Day
Mary Young
Ethel Johnston
Silent Messenger
Mary Sartor
Sadie Denton
Poppy
Mothers of Veterans
Avoca man escorts party to Harlan for Gone with the Wind
An Avoca man drove his wife and two neighboring women to Harlan to view Gone with the Wind. They were let out near the theater and returned home after a long evening of window shopping popcorn and soda. The plan to see the movie did not materialize as expected.
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Ihan
Harlan
Local farmer tames prize bull with hay fork
Ferdinand Claus Bhrp, a Plymouth County farmer, gained local fame last week as a matador when a prize bull charged a team of horses. He stepped in with a hay fork, stopping the bull both times and driving it back to its pen, displaying bold action and quick reflexes.
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No Ferdinand
Claus Bhrp
Plymouth County
Prairie Superior shines in Kossuth County Home Economics Day
Kossuth County Home Economics Achievement Day at Burt judged townships on exhibits and activities. Fenton Ledyard Plum Creek Seneca Cresco rated excellent. Buffalo German Greenwood Laverne Sherman Grant Irvington Lotts Creek good. Whittemore Burt Portland Union fair. Some exhibits featured windom treatment, furniture trends, home furnishings, locking system, and landscape planning. 265 homemaker meetings held. 994 women studied. 56 local leaders honored. 12 district cooperators 100 percent. 168 women listed composers in a music contest. district chorus advancing to state fair. 288 attended. Mrs Larson noted music score high in the county.
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Prairie
Kossuth
I. May Larson
Iowa State Extension Service
Burt
Farm Women’s
Fenton
Ledyard
Plum ‘Creek
Seneca
Cresco
Buffalo
German
Greenwood
Laverne
Sherman
Grant
Irvington
Lotts Creek
Whittemore
Portland
Union
Buffalo Township
Prairie and Laverne
Plum Creek
Sherman Township
Lester ‘Weisbrod
Fenton Township
Sim Leigh
H. C. ‘Weisbrod
Ruth Seaton ‘Hicks
Victrola
Shirley Jadk
Fenton 4-H
Phyllis
Anitra
Grieg
Kosasuth
V. K. Rising
Calvin Schnucker
Good Hope Luther League Rally at Sheffield
Twenty four members of the Titanka Good Hope Luther League attended a district Luther League rally at Sheffield on Sunday May 5. Morning services were led by Dr. Hildner of Wartburg College. Rev. Beckner of Wartburg delivered the address "Happy Family Life" in the afternoon. A pot luck dinner, a 6:30 banquet, and numbers by the Sheffield band and Wartburg students followed, with a play by Wartburg youth. Attending leagues came from Mason City Rockwell Thornton Sheffield Hampton Britt Woden Immanuel and Good Hope from Titonka.
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Good Hope Luther League
Sheffield
Titanka
Luther League
Hildner
Wartburg College
Lakota
Beckner
Wartburg
Thire Wartburg
Mason City
Rockwell
Thornton
Hampton
Democrats Endorse President At Algona Convention
Algona Iowa attendees at the Kossuth county Democratic convention approved endorsing the president. Delegates to the state convention in Des Moines on May 11 were named, resolutions adopted, and a credentials committee reported. Major Frank J. Lund spoke, with Winkel, Lynch, and Murtagh named to key committees. The party praised the current administration's social economic and agricultural progress.
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Algona
Kossuth County
Des Moines
C. B. Murtagh
Democratic Party
Ruth Meyer Woden Weds Adrian DeWaard at Church Event
Ruth Meyer daughter of the Rev. D. J. Meyer of Woden married Adrian DeWaard son of Mr and Mrs John DeWaard at the Christian Reformed church south of Woden in a double ring ceremony. Rev H J Kuizema officiated. Attendants were Elsie DeWaard and Elmer Meyer. The bride wore a floor length white net dress with lace and veil, bouquet of pink carnations and white snapdragons. The groom wore a green suit with white boutonniere. The couple will reside on a farm southeast of Woden after a short wedding trip.
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Ruth Meyer
Woden
Adrian DeWaard
J. Meyer
John DeWaard
Christian Reformed
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kos suth County This Week
Marriage licenses issued in Kos suth county this past week include Reuben H. Johnson 28 of Fonda and Maxine Clark 19 of Pocahontas Lloyd M. Creery 29 of Emmetsburg and Threasa Gunn 19 of Cylinder Lester Barker 24 and Maxine Thompson 18 both of Mankato Minnesota Ervin Frink 28 and Queile Bleckwenn 18 both of Cylinder William Byrne and Marie Scott both of Riceville Edward J. Stone 31 and Myrtle Eleanor Bagley 219 both of Mankato Minnesota Charles Hagen 28 of Mankato Minnesota and Helen Rasmussen 22 Fargo North Dakota.
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Kossuth County
Reuben H. Johnson
Fonda
Maxine Clark
Pocahontas
Lloyd M. Creery
Emmetsburg
Threasa Gunn
Cylinder
Lester Barker
Maxine Thompson
Marie Scott
Legal
Iriceville
Edward J. Stone
Myrtle Eleanor Bagley
Mankato
Minn
Charles Hagen
Helen Rasmussen
Fargo
N, D
Raccoon Found in Hen Nests After Last Week Inspecting
Mia Russell Roberts discovered two dead hens in nests and a live raccoon curled in a third. The raccoon was identified as one released by the game reserve board.
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Mia
Russell Roberts
Game Reserve Board
Farmwise talk urges collective action against cancer
Mrs Esworth Richardson of the State Soil Conservation office spoke on the afternoon program urging farm people to work together to salve their ageious trial prod Sia.
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Esworth Richardson
State Soil Conservation Office
Gone with the Wind comes to Tyke Theatre next week
Filming of Gone with the Wind brought a Hollywood extras boom. Tyke Theatre hosts showings on May 16 and 17 as 12 000 days of employment were logged for bit players. About 1 230 extras appeared in a single Atlanta and army destruction scene. Eric Stacey coordinated extra positions to return them to spots. Veterans filled many roles including horsemen and cowboys like Yakima Canutt. Produced by David O Selznick with stars Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Olivia de Havilland.
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Tyke Theatre
Hollywood Extra
Atlanta
Arsenal
Eric Stacey
Victor Fleming
Hollywood Ihistory
Raymond A. Kline
Selznick Internattal
Charles Richards
Stacey
Yakima
Canutt
David O. Selznick
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia DeHaviliana
Young Democrats Name Sixteen Delegates to Convention
At a meeting of the Kossuth Young Democrats in Algona about 40 attended. Sixteen delegates were named to attend the convention at Waterloo on the 19th and 20th. Charles Quinn of Bancroft spoke on a proposed membership drive and R. B. Waller spoke on Government and Democracy.
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Young Democrats
Convent
Kossuth
Algona
Waterloo
Charles Quinn
Bancroft
R.B. Waller
Emmetsburg Man’s Car Burns South of Algona
Joseph K. Fiebertz of Emmetsburg a Firestone salesman saw his car ignite Tuesday night along highway 169 several miles south of Algona. He escaped with injuries and burns after sparks from the muffler set the vehicle alight while en route to Fort Dodge.
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Emmetsburg
Algona
Joseph K. Fiebertz
Firestone Company
Electric Demonstration at Ramsey Church Grounds
A cooperative electric demonstration by Winnebago R WHA and local dealers will showcase standard electrical merchandise including stoves appliances electric breeders refrigerators pumps and more on Thursday evening May 9 at 8 o clock. Between 8 30 and 9 00 the project will display a 5 horse and an 8 horse Hammermill to familiarize the public with standard electric equipment and deter fly by night dealers from selling bad gear. No charges will be made except for the laugh served by the Young People’s Club.
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Winnebago R. Wha
Ramsey Church
Youngs People’s’ Club
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Sayre Winkie
iAsslatant
Cer Ceesss
Jean Tryon Senior
Geraldine Bruns Winter
Julia Hanson
Lavon Oesterreicher
Gladys Ann Smith
Sylvester
Mary Ann i Baade
Alrene Pruisman
Jean Hagen
Leonard Stenzel
Loren
Edith McColley
Kossuth District and Justice Court
Library Notes
American Legion and Auxiliary News
Prairie Superior
DEMOS
TYKE
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