Hatchery ads and notices scattered through local pages
A jumble of farm ad lines announces two week old White Leghorn pullets from Hamilton Hatcheries in Bancroft Titonka and Wesley with special prices. Other items include D Con LX321 for rodent control, Thomp son Hatchery Ames Elmore Minn poultry notes, and two card of thanks notices for hospital patients. Plus a brief business line for RCA Zenith TV sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Hatcheries
Bancroft, Titonka and
Wesley
Why T Teach Essay Contest For Teachers Announced
The American Legion Auxiliary announces an essay contest titled Why T Teach aimed at United States teachers. Open to full certified grade and high school teachers with five years of service, entries from 100 to 300 words must be emailed or mailed by June 30. First prize is 500 dollars plus an all expense trip to the 1953 national convention, with five regional awards of 100 dollar defense bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
United States
Alizabeth Kenney
Lacal Auxiliary
Maternl
Fulix
Kennedy
Auxiliary
National Headquarters
Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Indiana
Commencement Week Activities At Woden S School
Woden hosts commencement week with baccalaureate at the Methodist church on Sunday May 17 led by Rev. Peterson. Commencement exercises proceed Thursday May 21 at 8 pm in the Legion hall with speaker SS. A Rand, Waldorf College president, and graduates listed. Eighteen eighth grade graduates will also receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brady
Paul Christensen
LeRoy Eisenmann
Lyle Weir
Woden Band Receives New Marine Blue Uniforms
The Woden school band has new uniforms featuring marine blue trousers jackets and caps with gold scarlet stripes and a white belt. Band Mothers led by president Bernard Devine have funded the purchase through scrap drives and other fundraisers since last fall. They will wear the complete uniforms on Music Night at the school house on Monday evening May 18. The local band earned a division II rating at the state contest in Ventura.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Bernard Devine
Ventura
Large Group At County Auxiliary Meeting Tuesday
Eighty six guests registered at the Kossuth County Legion Auxiliary meeting in Bancroft Tuesday afternoon. County president Mrs. Fred Genrich led the session with welcomes from Banncroft unit president Mrs. Stanley Hatlestad and introductions to state and district officers. They planned $5 contributions for the Knoxville Carnival June 4 and 5. County officers were reelected: Mrs. Mary Genrich, president. Mrs. Wandalee Hawcett, vice president. Mrs. Bernice Jensen, secretary. Mrs. Margaret Reese, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth County Legion Auxiliary
Bancroft
Fred Genrich
Stanley Hatlestad
Banncroft
Bernice Williams
Marion
State Department
Irma Tindall
Woden
Eighth District
Gladys Bouma
Pocahontas
Bomb
Pansy Miter
Louise Smith
Hancock County
Clara Holmgren
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Knoxville
Mary Genrich
Lone Rock
Wandalee Hawcett
Burt
Bernice Jensen
Margaret Reese
Algona
Oldest border dispute settles after 122 years
Washington reports Colombia and Venezuela reached agreement over Los Monges The Monks eight uninhabited rocks near the Gulf of Venezuela granting Venezuelan sovereignty after more than a century of negotiation The rocks overlook Lake Maracaibo oil region and have long watched the oil industry’s expansion at the marshes and offshore derricks.
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Washington
New World
Colombia
Venezuela
Los Monges
Gulf of Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Guajira
Caribbean
Lake Maracaibo
Maracaibo
British Nobles Trade Castles For Paintings In Tax Plan
London reports the government may accept artworks in lieu of cash to pay aristocrats taxes. Dozens of estates with high maintenance costs are being donated or sold for art. Some castles already host tourist tours to fund upkeep as the fate of purchased paintings remains undecided.
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London
Northamptonshire
Avon
Ireland
U S Birth Rate In 1952 Sets Record
New York reports 1952 births reached a record 3,875,000 with a birth rate near 25 per 1,000. The surge follows six straight years above 3.5 million, driven by second to fourth children in postwar marriages and lower age at marriage, while infant mortality neared a record low at about 28 per 1,000 births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Aittle
New seed treatment dual chemical promises crop protection
A major U.S. chemical company unveils a double-barreled seed treatment combining a fungicide and insecticide to defend corn and beans against soil-borne disease and soil-dwelling pests. The product aims to improve seedling stand and is being tested on other crops as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Zealand’s Mount Cook Tops Peak Heights
Mount Cook rises 12 345 feet above sea level to stand as New Zealand’s highest peak. The country has 223 summits exceeding 7 500 feet, reflecting its rugged mountainous terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Mount Cook
A Christian Foundation For Every Home
Ellen explains to Mrs Smith how her family keeps a Christian home by choosing what is the Christian thing to do. They balance church duties with community groups and say no to some activities to preserve faith and family first. Mrs Smith leaves inspired to pursue a faith that gives life meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Ellen
River Road
Mrs. Smith
Ladies Aid
Pt.a
Businessmen’s Club
Community Council
Class Night and Eighth Grade Graduates Friday Eve
Friday May 15 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Class Night awards in dramatics music and athletics. Eighth grade commencement follows with graduates headed to high school including Wayne Bartelt Duane Been ken Louise Boyken Darlene Callies Harriett DeCamp Melba De Camp Harold DeWall Robert Fritz Jacqueline Gerdis Betty Hatten Joyce Isebrand Larry Johnson Dennis Krominga Neal Loeschen Marion Meyer James Miller Linda Nelson Myrna Norland Betty Peterson Rose Peterson Kent Rippentrop Craig Sathofff Nancy Tjaden Phyllis Weiland Marie Welp Gerald Wubben Harold Wubben Dennis Wubben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Bartelt
Duane Beenken
Louise Boyken
Darlene Callies
Harriett DeCamp
Melba de Camp
Wesley Parochial School Eighth Grade Graduation
Wesley Eighth Grade Graduation will be held next Sunday morning at the parochial school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Parochial School
Wesley
Diplomas to 21 at St Josephs Church May 17
After the 7 30 mass at St Josephs Church Rev Is N Klein will present diplomas to 21 boys and girls including Edwin Anna Warren Bebo Bernard Becker Robert Becker Sharlene Downs Patricia Becker Willis Erdman Gerald Grant Mary Lou Hanig Joan Krieps Grace Kathryn Marlys Earl Goetz Sharlene Martin Edward Otis Thomas Root Roger Studer Bernice Smith Monte Wingert Attendants will be Sally Dornbier Julia Wingert Ronald Root and Robert Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Josephs Church
Is N. Kiein
Edwin Anna
Warren Bebo
Bernard Becker
Robert Becker
Sharlene Downs
Patricia Becker
Willis Erdman
Gerald Grant
Mary Lou Hanig
Joan Krieps
Grace
Kathryn
Marlys
Earl Goetz
Sharlene Martin
Edward Otis
Thomas Root
Roger Studer
Bernice Smith
Monte Wingert
Sally Dornbier
Julia Wingert
Ronald Root
Robert Grant
Seed corn and fertilizer sale ad with wartime joke
Farmers urged to plant corn while weather holds and seek KINGSCROST and IOWA HYBRED 4316 seed stocked at 7.00 a bushel. ISTOX or HI G AM offered for wireworm control, fertilizer numbers available with free delivery and spreader use. A foxhole joke closes with a quip about rain after a mortar blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners
Don H. Hutchins
Weebrand Produce
Titania
Hinders
Murphy’s
Funk
Firestone
Hyline
Marlow Milkers
Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Stan Harris
Titonka
Eugene Hutchins
National Farm Loan Assn
8Btu
Isebrand Produce
D-Con
Ames
Tilmer Thompson Hatchery
Elmore
Minn
McCormick
J. E. Ukena & Co
Lakota
Hampshire
Harry Bartett
Green Colonial
Willemssen Hardware
Reed Hardware
Black Hawk
Alvin Stecker
Wm. Durant
Isebrand
George Peterson
Chevrolet
Frank D. Fisher
Frigidaire
Jess Winters
Milledgeville, Jr
Mercy
St. Ann Hospitals
Adolph Missal
Cgeorge Peterson
J. E. Ukena Hardware and Implements
R.C.A
Zenith T.V. Sales and Service
J. BE. Ukena & Co
Condon
Towa
Gerdis
Agen
Krominga
Roskamp
Jim
Vaskerf
Hutchinson
Nese
Pierre Sartor
M. D
Titonka Igwa
E. J. Gallup
Titonksa
H. J. Torgersen
Titonke, Ta
John M. Woods
Osteopathic
W. L. Tindall
K. G. Pride
James K. Hill
Tyke Electric
L. A. Winkel
Hutchison
H. W. Miller
Dr. Sawyer
L. L. Snyder
Tigges
Jas. J. Norris
Forest City
Logie H. Helm
Woden Band
Essex
America
U.S
New Chemical
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Legion Auxiliary
Christian Foundation
Hllen
WW ‘Memoria
Aperucan Legion Auxiliary
Biustrom Furn. CO
K.5
M.N
Art and Dale Butts
Tear Lake
German Valley
Frank Droessler
Lakota, Iowa
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