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Titonka Topic

Location

Titonka, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1929

Page

2

Night and Tomorrow Class Play at Will School

The local high school presents its annual four act comedy Night and Tomorrow in the school Auditorium Thursday and Friday nights this week. Judy the orphan sees a hopeful uplift as she moves from an asylum to college with a sweet romance and humor. The acts span an orphanage study a college tea a Connecticut farm house and a New York library with the loving guardian Daddy Long-Legs.

Ers Will ‘ i Thursthesie Samuel French Oew Judy Asylum Naddy Long-Legs Relty Orphan Asylum Jervis Connecticut New York

Iowa 4 H Calf Feed Totals Highlight 3000 Baby Beeves

Iowa 4 H youths report about 400 baby beeves on feed with 2414 calves weighed in 18 counties and more in others without weighing tests. Marshall County leads with 136 calves, Woodbury 9 and Louisa 92. 100 pure bred heifers noted for fall show. German 4 H Club notes include a April 27 meeting at Pearl Saathoff home with events, baking demo, plays, and a May 11 gathering inviting more girls to join.

Des Moines Iowa Iowa Department of Agriculture Carl Oldson Iowa Bear Products’ Association Ark Marshall County Chicago Tois Woodbury County Louisa County Golden Glee Club Pearl Saathoff Aoril Ron Gall Sylvia Abbas Violet Mier Ostexs Alma Sloper Anna Abbas

Apple blossom day at Methodist Church on Sunday

The Methodist church announces apple blossom day with a large offering of blossoms. Sunday School attendance is strong and work is progressing. Next Sunday features a Baccalaureate service at 8:00 PM. Ladies Aid plans a luncheon and church activities continue with midweek events.

Ladies Aid Doan

Last PTA Meeting and Local Mutterings in Des Moines Echoes

The final PTA meeting of the year was held at the school house with rain outside and officers re elected. A Parkersburg report questions Hammill as a U S Senate candidate and notes a mock omnipoint view. A Titanka women district meeting featured tulips and blue belles from Mrs. Weisbrod of Fenton. The piece mocks Iowa wildflower bills and hints at state expense audits, prefacing local satire on newspapers.

M. 8. Craven Will Schram Mabel Tutton Treag Fenton Will Weisbrod Weisbrod Iowa Algona Iowa Senate Senate Des Moines Focal Boys State House Arnold Daum J.G. Daum State University of Iowa At Iowa City University Childrens’ Hospital Des Moines Register Arnold B. C. Tribune

Baby Dies in Explosion of Cleaning Gas

An 18 month old baby of Mr and Mrs Cy Ashpole of Tompson died after clothing caught fire from gasoline fumes exploding in a kitchen while a girl dry cleaned nearby. The blaze damaged the first floor but was extinguished with Mrs Ashpole elsewhere in the home.

Cy Ashpole Tompson Ashpole B. C. Tribune

Daddy Long Legs Presented by the Senior Class

Titonka High School stages Daddy Long Legs in four acts from the John Grier home dining room to Lock Willow Farm library with roles for Ruth Gartner Orphans and Barbara Ball Dorothy Clemans Loraine Peterson Arlo Larson Lois Heifner. Directed by Miss M. La Venne Rice and produced under Samuel French arrangement.

Daddy Long Titonka High School Ruth Gartner Barbara Ball Dorothy Clemans Loraine Peterson Arlo Larson Lois Heifner John Grier Judy Lock Willow Farm

Baccalaureate Exercises at Titonea Church May 19 1929

A brief program listing for the M E Church Titonea baccalaureate service on May 19 1929. It includes processional hymn invocation time, Berceuse by Godard, Miss Arlene Hartman, an address For Value Recieved I Promise To Pay by Rev L G Gartner, and benediction.

M. E. Church Titonea Berceuse Jocelyn) Godard Miss Arlene Hartman Rey L. G. Gartner

Irene Brandt Dies After Monday Morning Passing

Irene Brandt died Monday morning at her parents home east of town. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church. Obituary to follow next week.

Irene Brandt Lutheran Church Kilian Wed

Junior Senior Banquet Honoring Seniors at May Day Event

The Junior class hosted an evening banquet for the Seniors in the school B symbosium. Colors silver gold blue and silver decorated tables with maypole centerpieces while a three course dinner and toast program entertained guests. Notable attendees included Myrtle Anna Florence Bacon Beryl Boggess Arthur Budlong Carl Callies Robert Clemans and several faculty members. Junior class members listed include Dayle Craven Blanche Buffington Marg werite Budlong Erwin Eden Viola Heifner and others.

Rogos Myrtle Anna Florence Bacon Beryl, Boggess Arthur Budlong Carl Callies Robert Clemans Carrie Hden Ruth Gartner Kermit Larson Florence Reynolds Grace Seitsema Gartner Schoenlein Tidman Grissey Miss Rice Miss Johnson Miss Hartman Dayle Craven Blanche Buffington Margwerite Budlong Erwin Eden Viola Heifner Wilda Heifner Mabel Kuchanreuther Edwin Meyer Albert Missal Leo Orthel Phydelis Peterson Hilda Pouelsen Arthur Rike Annanelle Sachau Alice Sartor John Stott

Editorial Echoes Administration Complex Across States

A survey notes editors show a regularity complex, siding with higher authorities in state and national matters. Allen faces sharp editorial attacks from “me too” papers amid tax debates and gubernatorial politics. Central Iowa items discuss service fees in cream buying and farm tax relief amid political maneuvers.

Allen Mfe U. S Algona

Titonka Pioneer Lady Dies After Mayo Clinic Stay

Mrs. Albert Meyers, a longtime Titonka pioneer, died Friday night in Rochester Minnesota after an operation at the Mayo hospital. Her husband and daughter Pearl were at her bedside at the time. Funeral services are set for today with services at the home then at the church.

Albert Meyers Rochester Minn Meyers West Coast Titenka Mayo Hospital Pearl Guy Bruns

Ellsworth Fined for Selling Cigarettes from Truck

Ellsworth arrested in Algona on a technical charge for selling cigarettes from a truck. Judge Coyle fined him $50 on a technicality about whether orders or direct sales occurred. The case arose after agents checked tobacco sales in the Whittemore area.

Hilsworth Coyle Whittemore Wilsworth G. BE Mayfield Algona Mr. Ellsworth

Seed Potato Treatment Demonstrated at Bancroft Creamery

Formaldehyde treatment for seed potatoes was shown at the Bancroft Creamery last Wednesday using steam heated solution at 120 to 125 degrees. The new method reduces soaking time from two hours to three minutes, enabling many batches to be treated quickly. About 100 bushels of potatoes were treated, with plots prepared by local farms and open to Farm Bureau members and creamery patrons.

Bancroft Bancroft Creamery Creamery

Town Council Proceedings May 1929 in Titonka

Regular meeting at 8 PM with Mayor Wolfe and four councilmen. Bills approved for various local services and taxes overpaid refunded. Saathoff out-building to be made sanitary. Adjourned to May 8 with committee to study Interstate Power Co. contract.

Wolfe French Rachut Nauman Nau Titonka Cece W. H. Ricklefs Falk Motor Co Hilbert Severiens Sever Pannkuk Geo , Onken We Cree Seca Cooper & Lawler Gus Richter Rex Austin Ward Austin Isi Lewis Bruns Artsccey Ayes Wm. Boyken Sartor Freich Stott Interstate Power Co

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