Township election plan appoints boards and mail ballots
The article describes a township election plan with a chairman and officials elected by mail, appointing community election boards in each township. Dean L Barnes will chair the county Extension Service, with Lyle Riedenger and Robert Peterson among members. Forms allow agents from national farm organizations to have representatives on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S.G
Apeam
Betginning
Org
Mittens County Election Board
A.S.C
Lyle‘Riedenger
The
Soil, Conservation, Service
Robert Peterson
Farmers Home Administration
National Farm Organzations
Governor Loveless to Speak at Farm Bureau Meeting
Governor Hershel Loveless will be guest speaker at the Kossuth county Farm Bureau annual meeting set for Monday evening October 28. The Farm Bureau board welcomes the event, aiming to let residents hear the governor and adopt Farm Bureau policies for 1958.
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Governor Loveless
Farm Bureau
Herschel Loveless
Kossuth County
Farm ‘Bureau Board
Four local choirs present music for congregation
The service featured four local choirs and a speaker answering questions on Christian faith and life. Public grave side services were held for infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rakow at Good Hope Cemetery Titonka. infant born at Park Hospital Mason City. Buffalo 4-H notes: eleven members attended May meeting at Thomas Higgins home. plans discussed to attend a Bancr o s movie on May 10. lunch served.
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Rakow
B. H. Schwerin
Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery
Titonka
Herbert Rakow
Park Hospital
Mason City
Buffalo
Buffalo Boys
Thomas Higgins
Roll Call
Bancros
Dale Higgins
John Cordes
Olson Lehman couple to wed in Northwood Sunday
Esther Lenore Olson daughter of Mrs Oscar Olson and Mrs Olson of Northwood will marry Harley R Lehman Jr son of Mr and Mrs H R Lehman of Northwood. Olson attended Waldorf College and Hamilton Business College while Lehman is a graduate of Iowa State College and has taught vocational agriculture at Titonka for three years.
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Esther
Lenore Olson
Speech Therapist Hires for Three County Area
The Division of Special Education announced the hiring of James Steffan as speech therapist for Kossuth Hangock and Winnebago counties for the coming school year. He will graduate from Iowa State Teachers College in June and move to Garner in August, joining Mary Hunter in Forest City and others serving Winnebago and Kossuth.
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Kogsuth
Hangock
Winnebago
James Steffan
Steffan
Towa
Teachers ‘College
Xavier ‘High School
Dyersville
Mary’ Hunter
Forest "City
Winnebago County
Kossuth
Eric Allen
Garner
Hancock
Algona
All-gusy
Sows Show Fall Farrowing Plans For 4-H Members
4-H members are advised to select and breed sows for fall farrowed litters to qualify for the 1958 Minnesota State Spring Barrow Show in Albert Lea. Breeding from now to early June ensures entry in the Junior Division, with meat-type hogs aimed at high lean pork yield.
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Robert E Dghnson
County Extension
Minnesota
Albert
Lea
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Poppy Day and Memorial Sprays
Kossuth County unit schedules May events with a May 14 meeting in Ledyard at 2 30 pm and May 25 Poppy Day street sales. May 29 wreath sprays made at the Legion Hall. Members urged to contribute flowers and green branches for veteran wreaths and to pray for world peace. Francis Gingrich Galena Zwiefel Bea Garre Sadie Denton attended Gatner Spring Conference.
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Kossuth County
American Ledon
Pitt
Des Moines
Clinton Commenliary
Iowa
Marshalltown
Legion Hall
Gatner
Francis Gingrich Galena Zwiefel
Bea Garre
Sadie Denton
Church of
Kossuth
Ledyard
Titonka Memorial Day Parade Plans Announced
Titonka prepares a Memorial Day program with meetings at the Legion Hall and school, a town parade led by Boy Scouts and Brownie troops, and a band accompanied sequence of colors, invocations, marches, wreath layings, firing squad salutes, taps, and benediction by Rev Schwerin.
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Legion Hall
Schwerin
Washington Post
Diers
Audrey Boelkes
Farm Shorts on Rain Variations and Soil Testing Trends
Spotty rainfall across areas, with two inches in some places and light sprinkles in others. Kossuth County logged 77 soil samples in April at Town State College lab, with testing rising about threefold over five years, signaling growing value of unbiased soil tests. Farmers report oats silage yields 3 to 4 times higher per acre than oats or straw, and Oat silage fed to cattle is well liked. Ernie Heidecker near Lakota showed good Israel sweetclover growth needing rain, plus fertilizer attachments on his corn planter praised for efficiency. Harold Hunt of Algona noted gopher control with strychnine. field cleanup nearing 100% achievement.
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Kossuth County
Town State College
Ernie Heidecker
Lakota
Ernie
Bride-To-Be Shirley Jean Smith Engaged To Richard Peterson
Mr and Mrs George D Smith of Harcourt announce the engagement of their daughter Shirley Jean to Richard Peterson son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Peterson of Titonka The bride elect will graduate from Harcourt High School May 14 The wedding is planned for June 2 at 7 30 p m in the Harcourt Methodist Church with Rev Glen M Squires officiating
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George D. Smith
Harcourt
Shirley Jean
Richard Peterson
Ernest Peterson
Titonka
Harcourt High School
Peterson
Britt
Methodist
Glen M. Squires
Titanica
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Titonka Mayor
Mayor L. W. Nath proclaims Saturday May 25 as Poppy Day in Titonka urging all citizens to wear memorial poppies to honor those who died in World Wars and the Korean conflict. The proclamation honors local young men who served in defense efforts.
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I. L. W. Nath
Titonka
L. W. Nath
Iowa
Iowa Gardeners Vie For State Fair Championships
Iowa gardeners and fruit raisers both amateur and professional will compete for state championships with nearly 4100 dollars in prizes at the Iowa State Fair August 23 to September 1. The 383 competitive events cover gardening vegetable growing and fruit raising with top fruit prizes totaling 1916.60 for apples and 556 for vegetables.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Church Softball League Opens Play In May
The Church Softball League met at Good Hope Lutheran for its initial meeting on May 8. Officers named were Chairman Stanley Limberg Vice Chairman Carl Giesking Jr and Treasurer Kenneth Limberg. Games begin May 21 with seven innings or one hour, weather permitting, and rules require players to attend church, be at least eight grade educated, and prohibit on field smoking.
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Church Softball League
Good Hope Lutheran
Stanley Limberg
Carl Giesking Jr
Kenneth Limberg
Titanka
Woden
Church League Association
Christian Reformed
Britt Lutheran
Good Hope
Ramsey
Immanuel, Methodist
Corwith Lutheran
Dean Methodist
Association Treasury
Kent
Lions Club elects officers for year
The Lions Club held its annual election on May 8 at the school lunch room electing Don Budlong as president Morris Givens as 1st vice president Dennis Dreesman as 2nd vice president Rev Max Goldman as 3rd vice president Harold Gartner as secretary treasurer Robert Lang as tail twister and Edward Brandt as lion tamer.
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Lions, Club
Lions Club
Don Budlong
Morris Givens
Dennis Dreesman
Max Goldman
Harold Gartner
Robert Lang
Edward Brandt
Baptist Missionary to Lead Grace Gospel Church Meetings
Pastor Lauren Gerber, a Baptist home missionary, will hold special services at Grace Gospel Church starting Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. Gerber recently endured the loss of his wife and two children in a Sheldon Iowa auto crash yet continues to preach.
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Lauren Gerber
Baptist Home
Grace Gospel Church
Gerber
Sheldon
Iowa
Titonka Names New Fire Chief As Staff Grows
At a May 11 meeting, Andy Krominga was elected Fire Chief to fill the vacancy left by Bill Hagen. Ever Ett Rippentrop became assistant chief. A Firemen's Ball was set for May 31 at the Duncan Ballroom. Harvey Heyer joined the department, bringing total staff to 16.
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Andy Krominga
Bill Hagen
Everett Rippentrop
Duncan Ballroom
Harvey Heyer
Homemakers Meet With Mrs Brandt In Buffalo Township
Buffalo Township Homemakers convene Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Mrs. Clarence Brandt’s home with co hosts Mrs. Lester Eden and Mrs. Alfred Heyer. Seed or bulb exchange, book review, Rural Delivery discussion, and music planned. all invited. A bridge collapse near Worthington caused the Rope ginton escape with serious injury.
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Buffalo Township
Clarence Brandt
Lester Eden
Alfred Heyer
Max Goldman
Ar. Rade
Henry Orthel
B. H. Schwerin
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Isaak Walton
Richard Varland
Ze M. Egata
American Legion
Dean L. Barnes
Harold Hunt
Gopher
Immanuel
Corwith
Dean
Christian
Brit
Doan
Immanuel Britt
Immanuel Corwith
Goog
Hope
Corwith Doan
Doan Britt
Corwith Britt
Immanuel Ramsey
Good “Hope
Britt Immanuel
Immanuel Vs
Britt Va. Doan
Doan Corwith
Britt Christian
Methodist Doan
Christian Ref
Ramsey Corwith
State College’ Extension
Janely
John B. Herrick
Brandt
Klaren Farm
Worthington
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