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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1950
Page
2
At noon on November 11 conservation officials forecast more than 100000 pheasant hunters. Census data show a stronger pheasant population than 1945 with heavy densities in northern counties and pockets elsewhere. Officials urge hunters to kill no hens, obtain landowner permission, and follow basic firearm safety.
Forty three new vehicles were sold in Kossuth County last week across brands including Chrysler Mercury Oldsmobile Ford Buick Pontiac GMC and Nash. Names listed as buyers span Algona Swea City Bancroft Wesley Lakota and other towns with many address details omitted.
Kossuth county announces daily shooting hours for waterfowl. From November 9 to November 15 the dawn and dusk times vary slightly each day with morning starts around 4:00 and evening ends around 3:56 to 3:59.
Immanuel Lutheran hosts worship at 10 20 with annual ladies collection and Sunday School at 9 30. Bible class resumes. confirmation instruction Saturday 9 am. choir Monday 4. Dart ball schedule lists November games across Britt Woden Lakota Renwick Titonka Corwith. Ramsey Reformed led by A Roskamp with 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 Worship and 7 30 Evening Worship. Rev John Eunema guest preacher. pastor away on Canada mission returning Tuesday. Ladies aid bazaar noted for November date.
A medical consultant cites bed rest as a time tested, sane and effective measure for relief of colds. He warns against reliance on salves, nose drops, gargles, or vaccines and notes the cold costs the U.S. over a billion dollars annually while stressing symptom relief and humidification during early stages. He cautions against overuse of laxatives and alcohol in home remedies.
Statisticians forecast a continuing drop in the 1948 divorce rate after wartime highs. The 1948 total stood at about 420,000, down one-seventh from 1947 and below the alltime peak of 626,000 in 1948. The rate was 3.0 per 1,000, with Nevada, Florida, Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Arkansas at the top and eastern states at the bottom. They caution the decline may be temporary, resembling postwar patterns rather than reversing a long-term trend.
Forest pathologists from the U S Department of Agriculture warn sapwood rots more easily than heartwood, a problem worsened by modern second growth stands that contain more sapwood than older forests. Heartwood from young or center trees may still be vulnerable to decay-causing fungi.
Canida's Oil Supply notes a shift from importing 82 percent to local Edmonton area production of 60,000 barrels daily. By 1958 Canadians may rely on oil from domestic fields for the prairie provinces and possibly the entire Dominion as demand rises.
When sound waves hit hard surfaces over 90 percent reflect, bouncing wall to wall and ceiling to floor. Acoustical materials absorb the impact, trapping sound on first contact. They are highly porous and increasingly installed in offices, homes, and public spaces for better quiet.
Advice outlines three tips for chimneys including five-clay flue lining for mason chimneys, cement tar joints for flue and masonry, and extending the foundation to ground level with clearances from woodwork. It notes guidance for existing chimneys as well.
The Titonka VFW post raised 90 dollars for the Boy Scouts of America after a district meeting in Titonka on October 26. A nominating committee named leaders for the Kossuth District to serve until May 1952 and discussed consolidating 19 counties into 10 districts with Kossuth remaining unchanged.
The Titonka Savings Bank in Titonka Iowa amends its articles dated October 12 1950 at a regular stockholders meeting. Section 1 of Article III is replaced to set capital stock at forty five thousand dollars divided into one hundred dollar shares fully paid. Officers Wm Boyken president and Edward Boyken cashier signed the amendment.
Funeral services for Ben Vander Schurr father of Mrs. Herman Boeckholt of Bancroft were held at the First Baptist church with Rev. John de Boer in charge. Burial followed in German Township cemetery near Titonka. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Herman Boeckholt and son John Schurr with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Divine services at 10 30 Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30 Special offering for the Lord s Kingdom work Women s Missionary Society leads Thursday evening at 3 Children s confirmation classes Saturday morning at 8 45 Lutheran Inter synodical pastor al conference at St Paul s Garner next Monday Adult class next Monday evening at B Choir rehearsal next week Thursday 8 Brotherhood travels to Lakota Friday evening next week November 17
Pauline Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Roellf Miller and Carl Veer Jr of Titonka married in a 2 30 PM double ring ceremony at the Little Brown Church Nashua. Rev Roy Ellen officiated. Bride wore a beige suit with navy accessories and a white gardenia corsage. Loretta Miller matron of honor and Gertrude Veer bridesmaid. Carl Veer brother of the groom best man with Melvin Rick-Jeff as groomsman. Mothers wore blue dresses with pink carnation corsages. Marilyn Meyer played the wedding marches and Mrs Andrew Janssen sang O Promise Me.
A reception for about forty guests followed Ellen’s performance of the Wel prayer at the Carl Veer residence. After a trip in Minnesota the couple will be at home near Avis tin Minnesota.
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