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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
5
Weekly school activities note upcoming senior class play The Tangled Yarn to be staged at Tyke Theatre on Tuesday May 14 with 1:30 matinee and 8:00 evening show admission 10c 20c 26c for students and 25c for adults. Sports music and class reports cover Jr high wins and band drills while biology projects and grade activities are described across grades Freshman to Sixth.
The board outlined a road building program for three miles from Swea City. three miles from Lakota. 1.5 miles from Bancroft. 5.5 miles from Burt to Lone Rock. seven miles from Algona east, 1 mile south of Highway 18. One proposed route was not approved. Funds come from the state arm to Market road program.
Titonka High School baseball opens district tournament at Thor with Bristow vs Goldfield Latimer vs Moorland Rockwell City vs Swaledale Titonka has a bye in first round in lower bracket Bode vs Fertile Kanawha vs Lone Rock Rake vs Rolfe Thor vs Webster City Titonka aims to meet the Swaledale Rockwell City winner Friday at 10 o'clock.
Woden High School holds commencement exercises May 11 at 8 p m in the auditorium. J J Share of Webster City to deliver the address. Graduates include Harold Anderson Dean Crone Irma Beth Fredrickson Andella Gibson Paul Goslin Elvin Helm Katherine Curtileoon Norman Steneron Deane Swingen Florence Watson. Faculty re hired for next year. School board members listed. School closes May 12 with a community picnic. Eighth annual Baccalaureate held May 7 at the Methodist church with processional invocation songs scripture reading sermon on Truth the Basis of Freedom doxology reces sional Abbas.
The Town is leading the country in a spelling contest as students report many pretty bouquets brought to school. Richard brought a birthday treat for us to enjoy last Friday.
Students divided paper into squares to create repeating all over designs. Some used two, three, or four designs. patterns seen in fly leaf books, rugs, wallpaper, and dress fabrics. They discussed color, made a color wheel, and learned primary colors. Irvin Schmidt turned nine last Saturday. his mother brought a cake with nine pink candles Friday. Pearl Beenken is absent with measles. First Grade Dorothy Jeanne Dunmire visited Wednesday. For latts they made bird posters. Amy Migher received OK on vocab. they passed a hooks test. seven earned perfect papers.
Mrs N May Larson Assistant State Home Demonstration Agent leads Kossuth County Home Project Committee in drafting the 1939 40 program not a home furnishings course. Open meetings begin fall for Home Project women with sub projects such as running water electrical equipment and flower talks. Township meetings precede to nominate officers. county committee listed with township chairs and publicity staff. A May 12 basement M E church meeting at 2 30 pm will elect officers for the year. German township meeting May 17 at 2 pm at Mrs Calvin Schnucker's home welcomes all German township women.
Craven fell from a seven foot ladder while repairing a rear room at the telephone office striking the small of his back on a cement floor. He has been mostly incapacitated since last Friday and uses a cane, with Mack Craven noted for a year of hard luck including earlier ankle and arm injuries and an auto wreck.
Climaxing a county wide predator hunt, plans move forward for the second annual county picnic and trap shoot on June 6 at the Algona baseball park. Burt and Wesley units oversee traps while Algona takes care of the cats. The event, sponsored by the Kossuth County Conservation League, also features a midget trap shoot alongside regular wap shoots drawing local interest.
Kossuth County reduces starling bounty from ten cents to five cents effective May 15. Officials say the previous rate imposed a financial burden on the county and the adjustment aims to curb expenses while maintaining eradication incentives.
A fragmented OCR note mentions Beautiful Bhoc the Drug Store and a planting item labeled ming plants at 19u. No clear event, date, or full context is readable.
Lakota will host a baccalaureate Sunday evening May 14 in the school auditorium with Rev. Calvin Schnucker of Ramsey Reformed Church delivering the sermon. Commencement exercises follow Tuesday evening May 16 at which Dr. Earl Roadman of Sioux City will give the address. Eighteen seniors are listed: George Ailts, Kenneth Barger, Annie Bauman, Helen Behrends, Katherine Berechmian, Clarence Boettcher, Hether Buckels, Lois Gingrite, Norma Heetland, Velma Heetland, Adele Johnson, Ivah Kaphengst, Dela Grace Kline, Edna Leslie, William Smith, Viola Thaves, Paul Ukena, Patricia Woodworth.
Miss Marguerite Budlong aged 26, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jay Budlong, died Saturday at Glendale California. Her remains will be brought to Titania with exact arrival time unknown. Parents traveled to California and are en route home. Funeral services expected here. She had lived with her aunt and uncle for several years.
Twelve million poppies will be worn in the United States this year to honor World War I dead. Olive Bruns, local Auxiliary leader, says preparations for Poppy Day on May 27 are already under way with millions ready for distribution. About 100,000 women and hundreds of disabled veterans work in workshops and on the streets to hand out flowers, with more than one million dollars expected in contributions to fund rehabilitation and child welfare locally.
Lutheran anniversary events mark the Missouri Synod gathering at Algona on May 14 to commemorate Saxon Immigration’s 100th anniversary. Rev W T Wolfram speaks at 10:00 AM and Prof R Neitzeel leads the afternoon session at 2 PM. In bad weather services move to Algona High School auditorium.
Funeral services were held for N. B. Bartlett 638 once Titonka businessman who died at Kossuth hospital after three months illness. Born March 7, 1876 in Nashua he moved to Kossuth County at age five and later ran a Titonka store and hotel before entering the Livery and auto trades. He lived in Algona thirty years and worked in funeral service the past year. Survived by wife Margaret Reid Harley at home one granddaughter Adrig Jane Reid a sister Mrs W A Ludendorff and brother Florin F Bartlett. The Rev D R Mantin presided with Masonic rites at Riverview cemetery.
Licenses issued include Kenyon Clauson 21 and Helen Anderson both of Forest City Wayne V Reid 25 and Inene Rasmuseen 23 both of St Peter Minn Hid gard Paul Hippous 22 and Cleo Donaldson 18 both of Mankato Minn Leo Sabin 20 Algona and Dorothy V Jennings 16 Whittemore
The committee in charge invites groups to help at M. M. church and basement on May 11 and 12 with four work sessions. Lead aid and lather volunteers are welcome. Bring a paint brush if you wish to paint.
Beginning Thursday May 11 Titonka will have train service three days a week on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. The southbound train arrives Titonka at 12 10 and departs 12 40 on Tue Thu and at 4 00 on Sat. It leaves Garner at 10 30 daily and returns to Garner at 2 15 Tue Thu and at 6 35 Sat. The duration of the schedule is unclear maybe summer only or permanent.
A. A. Halleck division freight agent and Buford J Johnson assistant superintendent of the Rock Island railroad both of Estherville will attend a Lions Club luncheon in Titonka at the Odd Fellows hall Thursday evening. Dinner at 6:30 followed by a business meeting and program. They are expected to discuss future freight accommodations on the Rock Island.
Funeral services were held Sunday for William Miller, an allroad station agent at Sexton, who was found dead Friday noon by his wife while bringing his noonday meal. He was found slumped at his desk over the telegraph key.
Henry Funnemark and Olaf Funnemark attend funeral of Martin Funnemark 64 in Cornell Wisconsin at a Lutheran church. Deceased born April 18 1876 in Wesley township son of John and unknown wife pioneer settlers. Died May 2 after operation at St Joseph hospital Chippewa Falls. Survived by two sons John and Lee at home and daughter Mrs Manly Craker Holcombe.
Donald Johnson an 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Johnson of St Benedict was killed Sunday afternoon when the car he rode in with Dan Froelich Jr and Henry Arndorfer Jr collided with a car driven by Ferdinand Brethorst 5 miles west of Wesley The Froelich car came from the north and the Brethorst car from the west The Johnson car rolled over several times Froelich and Arndorfer were injured and hospitalized later the Wesley high school freshman class attended the funeral in Algona the Methodist church on Wednesday.
The regular meeting of the Womans Study Club was held Thursday evening in May with Mrs. Mayme I L Petéreen presiding. Fourteen members attended and discussed the children's scrapbook, the poetry and pictures, and the school party profits of 109 tickets. The history scrapbook, 1939 40 study plans, and the Endowment Fund were noted, with social time ending the gathering. The next meeting is May 18 at the Sartori home hosted by Mrs. Magdalene Bleich with Mrs. Marion Hoon as leader.
J B Wingert assistant extension horticulturist from Iowa State College chosen as judge for the third annual Kossuth County Flower Club spring show. The event at Legion Hall Algona May 20 features tulips with a plant case and additional flowers on display. last year peonies led the exhibits and will return next year.
An OCR fragment mentions a drug store in Gonaultus with a date reference of 1988. The readable text is sparse but indicates a local business listing or notice from a past issue. No further names or concrete details are discernible beyond the place and year.
Norman Femilter of Livermore was sentenced to not exceed one year at Anamosa men's reformatory after a binding over to the grand jury for breaking custody. Otto and Amos Schreck were released to Wright County on similar charges. Otto faces a $5,000 bond. Des Moines man Mearold Houser got 30 days for drunkenness, suspended if he leaves the county within 24 hours. Other minor penalties were fined for embargo violations and intoxication. Probate actions include estates for Anderson, Risius, look, and Daub, with guardianship and administrator appointments noted.
County 4-H committee members led by Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks meet to plan Rally Day in Algona. Titonka chair Mrs Ray Miller and members Mrs Jewell Patterson, Mrs R R Schenck, Grant township's Arden Reynolds, Emma Gutknecht Lakota, Osbourne Seneca township, Pefferman Harrison, Masterson Prairie township discuss nominating state 4-H officer and forming Rally Day committees. Leaders join afternoon session for activities guidance.
May 6 FENTON The North Town Press Association of editors from Kossuth Emmet and Palo Alto counties met at the Fenton Reporter office to discuss shifting courthouse printing from out of county plants. They compared prices showing $10,000 paid outside in 1938 and 1939 for three months of 1939 with under $500 received by local Kossuth printers, and reviewed Fayette county’s locally purchased printing.
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