17 Nov 1955
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1955
Page
1
The Titonka Topic lists annual subscription rates of 2.00 in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka territory, 2.50 outside, and 3.00 for Canada and foreign countries. It notes continued subscriptions unless canceled by the subscriber or at the publisher's discretion.
A special school election is set for December 1, 1955 in the Consolidated School District of Titonka Iowa to decide on issuing bonds not exceeding 175000 for a new grade school building. Polls open noon to seven pm at the present schoolhouse on Dieckman Avenue Titonka.
Bruno Bruns Sr aged 87 died in Buffalo Center Iowa after health declined in recent years. Born February 24 1868 in East Friesland Germany he immigrated in 1903 with wife Englena Stoff and raised ten children near Buffalo Center Titonka and Woden. He outlived his wife and leaves nine children 30 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
Homemakers and students learn that fall blouses use nylon and Darcon fibers for soft opaque jersey. The fabric offers easy washability wrinkle resistance and quick drip drying. Styles include tailored and dressy options with varied sleeves and necklines in multiple colors.
The Leviathan rose as a troopship and luxury liner, seized from Germany at America's entry to World War I and famed in the twenties for speed. It later faced decline, sailed toward a Scotch scrapyard in 1934 after steering breakdowns and mysterious fog horn blasts, underscoring the value of U.S. merchant ships in peacetime and emergencies.
Chief Herrick of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol urged December 1 as Second Annual Safe Driving Day. He urged drivers and pedestrians to follow traffic laws, be courteous, and drive and walk as they would want others to do, aiming for a 24 hour period free of traffic accidents.
Extension plant pathologist Mal Shurtleff of Iowa State College warns hot dry conditions this year increase winter drought risk for trees and evergreens. Water deeply up to the first frost, check root zones with a trowel, and soak if the soil around roots is dry. Accidents on farms remain a hazard.
A light town anecdote about Purina sales, a cafe chat with Reverend Schwerin, and a playful plan to raise funds for a new church building. The narrator jokes about cheap Sunday donations and egg money, urging readers to support the Purina push and the building fund at Bartlett Brothers Hatchery Tilonka.
A driver recounts killing a pedestrian and the ensuing turmoil. He cannot sleep or eat, visits the victim’s home with a friend, removes the dent from his car, attends the funeral, and reflects on guilt, estrangement, and memory a month later. He concludes he feels less guilt and questions why strangers exist in life.
In Titonka coverage a local observer cites Fred G Randahl Assistant Secretary of Interior for Water and Power. He argues federal monopoly risks depress local power development in the Tennessee Valley Authority area and the Pacific Northwest. Randahl endorses McKay notional policy of local responsibility and government leadership in supplying power needs. Buy it in Titonka.
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