Activities Of Titonka School For The Week
Titonka students across grades report Thanksgiving crafts and lessons. First graders cut out turkeys and Indian figures. second graders earned perfect spelling scores and added war bonds. third graders bought $9.10 in defense stamps and made Thanksgiving art. Fourth through eighth grades study Eskimos, explorers, magnets, geography, and World War I. A school party, visiting day, and PTA events occurred as Titonka bought $1,900 in war bonds and stamps, funding one jeep and partly paying another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Larry
Heather
Gwen
Dorothy
Joann
Leona
Harvey
Kenny
Dean
LeRoy
Glenda
Douglas
Nanryl
Richard
Former Wesley Lady Dies in Los Angeles California
Albert Kleinpeter reports the death of his sister in law Mrs. Jon Kleinpeter in Los Angeles California. She was the eldest daughter of Mia Agatha Haverly and sister to Mrs. Alf Studer Henry J L and James Haverly and the late Mrs Albert Wieinpeter. She leaves her husband and four sons. Before moving to California she and Albert Kleinpeter ran a harness shop in the Kleinpeter building.
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Wesley Lady
Los Angeles
California
Wesley
Albert Kleinpeter
Jon Kleinpeter
Calif
Mia
Agatha Haverly
Alf Studer
Henry
J. L
James Haverly
Albert
Caroline) Wieinpeter
Joe
Albert Kleitpeter
Kleinpeter
Stecker Known For Snow Travel In Blizzard Duty
Ferdinand Stecker, Iowa native from northern Iowa, was chosen to drive about 100 miles each way from the camp near Topeka to Kansas City during a recent blizzard. The 12 hour round trip earned him a QM sketch of personalities in a Topeka paper, noting his size, good nature, and reliable work in the base motor pool.
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Ferdinand Stecker
Fred Stecker
Iowa
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Ferdinand
Cpl. Stecker
Stecker
Red Cross Chairs at Woden Thank Helpers foryear
Red Cross chairman Mrs Henry Bode and surgical dressing chair Mrs C W Goslin thank workers for faithful service over the past year and list donors including Dr Tindall Central States electricity town council coal Farmers Elevator Catholic Guild Joe Anderson Mrs Herman Buns and others. No work at the Red Cross room until the new year.
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Red Cross
Esther Askin Wed in Las Cruces New Mexico
Mrs Esther Askin married Saturday November 6 at Las Cruces New Mexico to Mr O P Mathews of Deming New Mexico. Attendants were her son Arthur and his wife. They will reside in Deming. The bride previously ran and sold a store at Bayard New Mexico and Mr Mathews owns a Deming store.
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Esther Askin
Las Cruces
New Mexico
O. P. Mathews
Deming
Arthur
Mathews
Bayard
el Paso
Texas
Red Cross Names 1944 Officers for German Buffalo Titonka
The American Red Cross Chapter for German and Buffalo Townships and Titonka held its annual meeting at the American Legion Hall on November 12. Officers elected include Chairman Sadie Denton and Vice-Chairman Karl Sunderman, with a full slate across committees in German, Buffalo, and Titonka townships. The chairman urged members to save the roster for reference and noted future reports will follow.
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American Red Cross Chapter
Buffalo
Titonka
American Legion Hall
Sadie Denton
Karl Sunderman
Mary Oesterreicher
Betty Schutter
Ella Fisher
German Township
G. D. Welhausen
H. Dreesman
Melvin Buss
Jerry Boekelman
Buffalo Township
Chris Brandt
Leota Schutter
Galena Zwiefel
Mary Young
Mayme Petersen
Esther Breen
Camilla Cooper
Carrie Torgersen
Roll Call
H. A. French
Homer Downs
Pierre Sartor
Faye Callies
Ann Ham Street
Gertrude Bartlett
Tracey Ward
Red Cross
Marshall Cheever
Titanica
Frank Clark
German
Ben Franzen
Ed Zwiefel
Lakota Armistice Day Service At School House
A sizable crowd attended the Armistice Day program at the Lakota school house Thursday evening. Rev. Kennedy of Estherville spoke. The band played, junior high pupils sang, several solos were performed, and a high school trio sang. Auxiliary members served coffee and cookies after the program.
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Rev. Kennedy
Estherville
Committeemen Elections Set for Late November in Kossuth
Robert M. Loss, chairman, Kossuth County Agricultural Conservation Committee, announces the annual election of county township committeemen on Friday November 28 and AAA committee members on Saturday November 27. Time and place details will be mailed to producers.
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AAA
Robert M. Loss
Kossuth County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Kossuth County
Local Boy Writes Home on Japanese Stationery
Harold Miller relays a World War II letter from his brother Junior Frient written on low quality Japanese stationery. The note, dated October 20, mentions the North Pacific Area, snowfall, camera wishes, and blue foxes kept as a pet, with reflections on paper and printing quality from Japan.
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Mra
Harold Miller
Junior Frient
Japan
North Pacific
Junior Friendship Club to Collect Waste Fats Friday and Saturday
Anchors of the Junior Friendship Club a missionary group will salvage waste fats and urge residents to cooperate. Girls will call at doors after school Friday or Saturday morning to collect any amount, no matter how small, led by Mona Bonacker.
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Anchirs
Junior Friendship Club
Mona Bonacker
Visiting Day at School Draws Large Attendees
Visiting Day sponsored by the P T A drew parents and friends to the local school last Monday from 1 to 4 pm. The P T A meeting followed, approving an Eye Testing Program, War Stamp Corsages sales, and a Hot Lunch Program with Miss Thompson in charge. Supt. Cheever cited state teachers convention notes and warned wage concerns could worsen the teacher shortage. tea was served at 4 30 pm. About 40 percent of registrants were Federated Clubs members, and reminders were issued for nonattendees to visit soon.
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P.T. A
Miller Nelson
War Service
Miss Thompson
Supt. Cheever
Jessie M. Parker
Federated
Boy Scout Circus Draws 600 in Algona Gym
The first Scout Cub Circus for Kossuth County of the Prairie Gold Area Council drew more than 600 attendees at an hour and a half show. 300 Scouts Cubs and Troops demonstrated skills in Algona High School gym, closing with a Court of Honor presenting over 75 awards. The tableaux of the Statue of Liberty featured a Cub and Scouts as the audience joined in God Bless America.
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Kossuth County
Prairie Gold Area Council
Kossuth
Algona High School
Edward Boyken
Colon theater manager uses service members in weekly sound films
The Colon ial theater in Hamburg shows pictures of service men and women in its store windows and has begun including them in weekly sound films. The new feature is very popular with local residents.
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Mr. Colon
Colonial Theater
Hamburg
War Casualty Cigar Shortage Shifts Makers to Pipes
Cigar makers at Lake Mills switch to pipes amid a cigar shortage. For the first time in over sixty years the Stena rud drug atora in Lake Mills was recently out of cigar stocks.
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Lake Mills
Iowa TB cases likely exceed four thousand says official
Dr L H Flancher, tuberculosis control director, estimates more than 4,000 cases in Iowa based on a national ratio linking deaths to cases. He notes many cases remain undetected and urges cracking ignorance and indifference to curb spread. Through six months this year 198 Iowans died, equal to last year.
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L. H. Flancher
Iowa Health Department
Iowa
Wesley Lions Club Hosts Pheasant Hunt and Dinner
Wesley Lions Club met at Loe big Cafe for a noonday session. A pheasant dinner followed a week of hunting. Guests included M Sgt Gordon Loebig Sgt Tom Sherman and District Scoutmaster John Randall who urged forming a Wesley Scout Troop. Members received tickets for the Community Chest Dance on November 24 to fund local interests. The next meeting is November 24.
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Wesley
Lions Club
Loebig
Gordon Loebig
Tom Sherman
John Randall
Randall
Wesley Scout
John Hutchison
Fun Night at Woden School Monday Night
WODEN A high school event titled Fun Night will be held at the Woden school building on Monday November 22. Primary pupils perform Tom Thumb Wedding and other acts while older grades present Rheumatiz an action Hong Corn Drill and We Who Serve. After the program bingo will be played and lunch served.
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Woden
Woden High School
Lakota Lady Visits Relatives in the East
Mrs. S. P. Powers left for Washington to visit her daughter Catherine and from there to Buffalo to see her son Ralph and family. On return she will visit relatives and friends in Chicago DeKalb Rockford Beloit and Beloit Wis.
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S. P. Powers
Catherine
Washington,d. C
Buffalo
Ralph
Chicago
DeKalb and
Rockford
Beloit
Wis
Miss Geraldine Bruna Honored by Embroidery Club
Miss Geraldine Bruns was honored at a farewell party hosted by Miss Thelma Oppedal of the Embroidery Club. Guests included Violet Boone Barbara Schraubh and Maxine Seiler. She received a purse of money and will report to Hunter College New York on November 18.
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Geraldine Bruna
Wesley Wesley
Geraldine Bruns
Old Clothing Drive For Refugees U S War Effort Described
Uncle Sam launches a two week clothing collection from November 22 to December 4 to aid liberated countries. The Salvage Division of the War Production Board oversees the effort with Towse's 2500 volunteers urging households to donate usable garments and rags.
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Uncle Sam
United States of America
United States
War Production Board
Towse
Noa Atic
Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary November Work Meeting
The November work meeting will be held at the Sartor home Friday afternoon November 19 with Mary Sartor and Theresa Dreesmann co hosts. Nellie Nelson will provide material to make slippers for men returning from action and pillow tops for World War I veterans in Iowa hospitals. The group emphasizes doing their war effort at home and invites all members to participate.
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Sartor
Mary Sartor
Theresa Dreesmann
Nellie Nelson
Red Cross
Auxiliary
U. S
Iowa
Titonea Lady Recalls Egg and Fruit Prices in California
Mrs Ray Westerreicher writes from Monterey and Los Angeles about travel ease and reunions with Titanica friends. She quotes soaring California prices for eggs at 75 cents and fruit, notes daylight coast travel along the Pacific, and shares plans to visit Oakland Tacoma and see relatives while Manford serves in the military.
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Ray Westerreicher
Mary Decesterreicher
Monterey
Calif
Loona Rice
Ontario
Ray
Fred Bacon
Los Angeles
Pacific
Leota
Presidio of
Manford
Oakland
Louis
Maxine Peterson
Martha
Tacoma
Wesley Odd Fellows Mark 60th Anniversary Celebration
The I. O. O. F. lodge of Wesley held its 60th anniversary with a special meeting attended by lodges from Forest City Britt Kanawha West Bend Armstrong and Titonka. Six new members joined including William Eden Gilbert Hall Edward C. Johnson and Leonard Mullins with two others from Britt. After the meeting lunch was served.
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Wesley
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Forest City
Britt
Kanawha
West Bend
Armstrong
Titanka
William Eden
Gilbert Hall
Edward C. Johnson
Leonard Mullins
Christmas Seal Sale Opens November 22
The 27th Annual Christmas Seal Sale begins November 22 as organizers press the tuberculosis fight. The piece notes historic progress from about 200 per 100,000 deaths to under 43, praising tuberculin tests x rays and sanatoriums as weapons in the ongoing battle against the disease.
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United States
Buy Christmas Seals Move Public Health War Effort
A wartime appeal stresses buying and using Christmas Seals to fund hospitalization for many patients. The plea highlights frontline action and the 3 percent cost, urging public participation in a large relief effort.
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B&d
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Carter
India
Tia Mahal
Greece
Pt.a
Women's Federated Clubs
Las Cruces, N. Mex
Boy Scout Circus
T.B
Wesley Lions Club
Woden School
Ramsey Ladies Aid
American Legion Auxiliary News
Wesley Odd Fellows
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