Bancroft Carries Day With 11-3 Win Over Wesley Friday
Local score reports Bancroft 11 Wesley Friday 3 in a high school baseball clash. Key hitters include Bancroft players McGuire J and McGuire B while WesleyFriday’s lineup features Laats Gerdis and Boyken among others. Game details list ABR and positions for both teams in a compact box-score style summary.
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Why I Teach Essay Contest Opens for Teachers
The American Legion Auxiliary invites fully certified K-12 teachers with five years’ experience to submit a 100 to 300 word essay on Why I Teach. Entries due June 30, with a $500 national prize plus all expenses to the 1953 national convention and five $100 defense bond regional awards.
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American Legion
Aux
Ted States
Elizebeth Kennedy
Americanism
Commencement Week Activities at Woden School
Baccalaureate services at Methodist Church on Sunday May 17 with Rev Peterson delivering the sermon. Commencement on Thursday May 21 at 8 oclock in the Legion Hall with speaker S A Rand president of Waldont college. Graduates listed include Joan Devine Barbara Gerdes Arlene Hayunes Deloris Hugo and others. eighteen eighth grade diplomas also awarded.
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Woden Woden
Methodist Church
Peterson
Ij the Legion Rall
S. A. Rand
Waldonta
Joan Devine
Barbara Gerdes
Arlene Hayunés
Deloris Hugo
Shirley Meyer
Arlys Rittenhouse
Maryann Rudisill
Edward Brady
Paul Christensen
LeRoys Eisenmann
Lyle Weir
Woden Band Receives New Marine Blue Uniforms
Woden school band unveils complete uniforms with marine blue trousers jackets and caps plus gold scarlet stripes and a white belt. Band Mothers led by president Bernard Devine have funded the purchase through community scrap drives and other fundraisers since last fall. They will debut the uniforms on Music Night at the school house Monday evening May 48. The band earned a division H rating at the state contest in Ventura.
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Woden
Bernard Devine
Ventura
Large County Auxiliary Meeting Draws Eighty Six Guests
At Kossuth County Legion Auxiliary in Bancroft Tuesday afternoon, eighty six guests registered. County president Mrs. Fred Genrich led the session with welcome by Banncroft unit president Mrs. Stanley Hatlestad and remarks from state department president Mrs. Bernice Williams. County officers were reelected and each unit voted to send five dollars to the Knoxville Carnival for June fourth and fifth.
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Kossuth County Legion Auxiliary
Bancroft
Fred Genrich
Stanley Hatlestad
Banncroft
Bernice ‘Williams
Marion
State Depart‘ment
Irma Tindall
Woden
Eighth District
Gladys Bouma
Pocahontas
Bomb
Pansy Miller
Louise Smith
Hancott
Lara Holmgren
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Knoxville
Mary Genrich
Lone Rock
Wandalee Hawcett
Burt
Bernice Jensen
Margaret Reese
Algona
Oldest border dispute settled after 122 years
Washington reports Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to Venezuelan sovereignty over Jos. Monges, eight uninhabited rocks at the Gulf of Venezuela. The Monks, about 20 miles off the Guaira peninsula, rise to 230 feet and guard approaches to Lake Maracaibo, a major oil region.
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Washington
New World
Colombia
Venezuela
Jos
Monges
Gulf of Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Los Monges
Guaira
Caribbean
Lake Maracaibo
Maracaibo
British Nobles Trade Castles for Art to Pay Taxes
London reports the government may accept paintings in lieu of cash as aristocrats with costly estates seek to settle taxes. Some castles have sold cheaply or been crated, while debates continue on whether government bought art goes to galleries or stays in private houses open to tourists.
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London
Northamptonshire
Avon
Ireland
U.S. Birth Rate in 1952 Sets Record
New York report: 1952 saw the highest number of births in U.S. history, about 3 875 000, with a birth rate near 25 per 1 000. The year marked the sixth consecutive year above 3 500 000 as infant mortality fell to roughly 28 per 1 000 births confirming a historically low rate.
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New York
United States
Double barreled chemical to combat crop disease and pests
A leading U S chemical company announces a seed treatment that blends a fungicide with an insecticide to protect corn and beans from soil borne diseases and pests. The product aims to improve stands in areas facing disease and insect pressure and is being tested for other crops. Mount Cook is New Zealand’s highest peak at 12 345 feet with 223 peaks above 7 800 feet.
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United States
New Zealand
Mount Cook
Living Life Anew After Family Turmoil
A narrative fragment shows a woman seeking purpose and faith after family strain. She believes a living religious faith is essential for meaningful life and anticipates future reconnection with a confidante named Ellen as she heads forward with a plan her mother often urged.
A Christian Foundation for Every Home
Ellen explains that in family life the guiding question is What is the Christian Thing To Do, shaping decisions and ensuring a Christian home. She and Tom balance church, family, and community by choosing one or two worthwhile organizations and prioritizing faith and home over unrelated commitments. Mrs Smith admires Ellen's serene, faith-driven approach.
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Ellen
River Road
PTA
Businessmen's Lab
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Uke
Class Night and Eighth Grade Graduates Friday Eve
Friday night May 15 the school auditorium hosts Class Night with awards in dramatics music athletics and ethics. High school commencement follows with a list of graduates including Wayne Bartelt Duane Beenken Louise Boyken Darlene Callies Harriett DeCamp Melba De Camp Harold DeWall and others.
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Wayne Bartelt
Duane Beenken
Louise Boyken
Darlene Callies
Harriett DeCamp
Melba
DeCamp
Harold
DeWall
Robert Fritz
Jaqueline Gerdis
Betty Hatten
Joyce Isebrand
Larry Johnson
Dennis Krominga
Neal Troeschen
Marion Meyer
James Miller
Linda “Nelson
Myrna Norland
Betty Peterson
Rose Peterson
Kent Rippentrop
Craig Sabont
Nancy Tjaden
Phyllis Weiland
Marie Welp
Gerald ‘Wubben
Harold Wubben
Dennis Wubben
Wesley Parochial School Eighth Grade Graduation
The eighth grade graduation of Wesley Parochial School will be held next Sunday morning.
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Wesley Parochial School
Wesley
Diploms to be Presented at St Josephs Church
On May 17 after the 7 30 mass Rev J N Klein will present the diploma to 2r boys and girls. Recipients include Edwin Anna Warren Bebo Bernhard Becker Robert Becker Sharlene Downs Patricia Becker Willig Erdman Gerald Grant Mary Lou Hanig Joan Kreps Grace Kathryn Mattys Earl Goetz Sharlene Martin Edward Otis Thomas Root Roger Studer Bernice Smith Monte Wingert with attendants Sally Dornier Julian Wingert Ronald Root and Robert Grant. BUY IT IN TIPONKA.
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St Josephs Church
J. N. Klein
Edwin Anna
Warren Bebo
Bet Mnard Becker
Robert Becker
Sharlene Downs
Patricia Becker
Willig Erdman
Gerald Grant
Mary Lou “Hanig
Joan Kreps
Grace
Kathryn
Mattys
Earl Goetz
Sharlene Martin
Edward Otis
Thomas Root
Roger Studer
Bernice Smith
Monte
Seed corn and fertilizer offer in mill ad
Local ad notes remaining KINGSCROST seed numbers and IOWA HYBRED 4316 at $7.00 a bushel for farmers during planting. Promotes ISTOX or HI-GAM seed treatment for wireworms, mentions high analysis fertilizer options with free delivery and spreader use, and ends with a war-time foxhole quip.
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Iowa
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