Tonka School Weekly Activities Highlight Thanksgiving
Kindergarten notes celebrate Thanksgiving with pilgrim pictures and turkeys of all sizes. New books arrive from Des Moines. students learn book handling and care. Several students earned spelling praise. Mrs. Oesterreicher’s birthday party featured cake and a class program. Fourth grade writes reflections on a dog and a pony titled My Dog and My Daddy's Pony.
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Kodergarten
Nindengarten
New Land
Ounker
Des Moines
Jimmy Rippeentrop
Ben
Judy c
Elaine Folkert
Roger Gerbs
Rodney Hench
Janice Ringsdorf
Forrest Rode
Reginald Hutter
Wayne Senne
Robert’ Ith
Janet Welhousen
Tird
Barlow
Ardith Brandt
Ily Davis
Sylvia Eden
Korene Bch
Sandra Gartner
Verna Kay
Gertmide Gerdes
Beverly Rack
Kenneth Hansen
Clark Harms
Lenora Huisman
Ent Kell
Bruce Keil
Sharon)ocke
Terry Lee
Judy Mehlan
Jy Michaelsen
Terry Rings
Lester Schmidt Reports Camp Rucker Life In Letter
In a November 1950 letter from Camp Rucker Alabama Lester B Schmidt writes home about basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and arrival in Alabama. He praises camp life warm weather and good food and asks friends to write back noting his address U S 3046923 Co A 1st Prn 199 Embry Btn Camp Rucker Alabama.
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Weill
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Lester B. Schmidt
U.S
Co. A
Twenty-five new cars and trucks licensed in Kossuth County
Twenty-five new vehicles were licensed in Kossuth County last week. Owners from Algona, Irvington, Whittemore, Wesley, Burt, West Bend, Sexton, Swea City and Corwith are listed across Ford, Chevrolet, Mercury, Buick, Pontiac, Plymouth and Chrysler models. WSOS will again save out Butternut Coffee labels.
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Kossuth
Ford
Merlyn Altman
Irvington
L. S. Young
Algona
Robert G. Beemer
Lakets
W. P. Tripp
H. J. Vipond
Chevrolet
John Bauman
Whittemore
Elmer Faber
Bede
Milford Hilbert
Wesley
Ruth Hodgeson
Burt
Verla Maberry
Robert McMahon
Robert Mitchell
Corwith
Ernest Schaller
West Bend
W. E. Schrader
Thomas Vipond
Clarence ‘van Hove
Woden Truck
M.T. McGuire
Mercury
Carroll Cram
Buick
Wayne Goodman
Sexton
George Kreips
Pontiac
WA. Hall
Lulu Raney
Plymouth
Oscar Linde
Swea City
Chrysler
L. A. Vipond
Stores Close All of Thanksgiving Day
Mitonka stores will not be open on Thanksgiving Day and the post office will close for the rest of the day. The mall will be closed that day with no rural delivery and only morning mail service available.
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Mitonka
Thanksgiving Services at Immanuel Lutheran This Thursday
Immanuel Lutheran announces a 10 30 am Thanksgiving service with sermon by Wartburg Seminary student Clarence Braner of Dubuque Iowa A special collection supports the church treasury Sunday Worship at 10 30 am Sunday School at 9 30 am and Teachers meeting Friday at 1 30 pm Choir practice Monday at 8 pm
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Clarence Braner
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Iowa
Valley Farmettes Meeting at Ostermann Home
The Valley Farmettes held their regular meeting November 15 at Shirley Ostermann's home with eight members and two leaders present. Eleven members and two leaders plan to attend the 44H banquet Monday night. Christmas dinner plans for December 27 were discussed. Committees for decorating, silverware, napkins and favors, and gifts were named. a talk on table manners was given. a briefing on Making Breakfast Count was presented. A lunch followed and the group sang 44H songs. next meeting set for December 2 at Mrs Plaster’s.
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Valley Farmettes
Shirley Ostermann
Marlene Stecker
Darlene Franzen
Donna
Dawn Beenken
Young Married Group To Meet November 29
The Kossuth County Young Married Couples group will view colored slides from Europe by Dr. P. O. Dorweiler. He toured Europe for a month this year, sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The November 29 meeting at the Farm Bureau office in Algona starts at 8:00 P M with entertainment by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Eden and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Beenken of Titonka. Dr Dorweiler, long a local figure, is expected to draw a large crowd with his travel photos. A separate note reports a Halloween prank tragedy in Mount Vernon, where teenage Ann Goodear died when a car overturned as youths fled a school outhouse incident. Mary Olney of Marathon observed her 82nd birthday.
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Kossuth County
P. 0. Dorweiler
Dorweiler
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Algona
Lester Eden
Erwin Beenken
Titonka
Dorweller
Kossuth
West Bend
Fort Dodge
Corweiler
Europe
Hallowe’en
Mount Vernon
Ann Goodear
Rosedale
Ramsey Reform Church Services and Meetings
Ramsey Reform Church led by Pastor Roskamp lists Sunday School at 8:30 and Morning Worship at 10:30 with Evening Worship at 7:30 pm and Wednesday prayer suited. all weekly meetings follow the regular schedule. Thanksgiving service is at 9:30 am with message and music. Church board meetings planned at Titonka and Dale Struthers home, plus statewide December meetings noted.
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Ramsey Reformed A
Roskamp
Methodist Church
J. E. Albertson
Titonka
Dean
Dale Struthers Home
Junior Red Cross Receives Heartfelt Letter From Finland
A two year old Junior Red Cross box sent by Sev enth grade under Mary C Oesterreicher was acknowledged by Doris Kuchenreuther. Vilppula Lastenkoti Finland writes of 20 children, farm work, summer school, and a Midsummer festival as they thank the senders for toys and friendship. Frina Sehtmiski signs the letter from the children's home near a Finnish lake.
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Red Cross
Mary C. Oesterreicher
Doris Kuchenreuther
Vilppula
Lastenkoti
Europe
Finland
Y.W.C.A
Frina Sehtmiski
Town Council Proceedings November 6 1950
The Town Council met in regular session Monday evening November 6 at the W H Rickless offices with Mayor Clark Clerk Reaser Treasurer Cooper and councilmen Davis Schutter and Ricklefs present. Minutes and monthly treasurer report were approved. Bills totaling 694.014 were approved after roll call with no nays. Florence K Reaser Town Clerk.
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W. H. Rickless
Clark
Reaser
Treas
Cooper
Counteilmen Davis
Schutter
Ricklegs
Ricklefs
Davis
H. Stott
Florence K. Reaser
Rubert D. Boyken
Schram Bros
Mater
Aea
T. A. Dunmire
Lions club to fund traffic lights at schoolhouse
Titania Lions club sponsors Love Happy at Tyke Theatre December 3 4 and 5 to raise funds for stop lights at the schoolhouse corner south of the schoolhouse and north of it. Lights operate by a clock during school commute hours and violators may be arrested. Tickets sold by Lions club members.
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Titania Lions Club
Tyke Theatre
Lions Club
Advar
Wesley Beauty Shop Operator Marry Buffalo Center Farmer
Ramona Aukes and Harvey Heyer wed in a Monday evening ceremony at the Congregational church in Buffalo Center. Rev John Engtes officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride operates Ramona's beauty shop in Wesley and the couple will reside near Buffalo Center. The groom continues farming and commutes from the couple’s new home.
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Wesley
Ramona Aukes
Harvey Heyer
Congregational Church
Bufffalo Center
John Engtes
Alfred Heyer
Virginia DeSloover
Riceville
Marijane Talbot
Ramona
Buffalo Center
Irvin Rippentrop in Drake 75-voice Choir
Des Moines Irvin Rippentrop son of George Rippentrop of Titania joins Drake University 75 voice choir which opens the 1950-51 season with Handel's Messiah December 9 at Drake Theater Des Moines The choir will tour including operatic and choral works in 1951 engagements Irvin is a senior in the college of fine arts.
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Des Moines
Irvin Rippentrop
George Rippentrop
Titania
Drake University
Drake
Kant Theater
Irvin
College of Fine Arts
Jerry Bruns Gets Four Legged Deer
Miss Geraldine Bruns and Miss Lorraine Roberts traveled from Salt Lake City to Litchfield Utah for a deer hunt. Bruns was the first in a party of 12 to shoot a deer while guests at the home of Lorraine Roberts parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Roberts.
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Litchfield
Utah
Geraldine Bruns
Lorraine Roberts
Salt Lake City
Miss Bruns
Lorraine
Floyd Roberts
Patrons Buy Wesley Doctor a New Car
Residents long without a doctor welcomed Dr. Lee Snook from Vinton. After his car was demolished in an accident, town and country residents quickly raised a collection large enough to purchase him a new car.
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Wesley
Lee Snook
Vinton
Giving of Thanks Service at Good Hope Lutheran
Good Hope Lutheran announces a Thanksgiving Day service this Thursday at 10 o clock. Divine services follow Sunday School at 8 30. Special offering planned and choir rehearsals scheduled for Friday at 7 90.
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Luther League
Alvina Baade
Marilyn Jesse
Brotherhood
Renwick
Swan Store Opens Saturday in New Location
The Swan Furniture Store and Funeral Home announces a Saturday opening at its new building. Advertisements invite all adults to call that day or evening for favors, noting interior changes by Mr. Sivan and a new stack ready for inspection.
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SWAN
Swan Furniture Store
Sivan
A. M. Petersen
Training for DHIA Supervisors at Iowa State College
An uptick in dairy herd improvement activity raises demand for DHIA supervisors. Iowa State College Extension Service offers a tuition free December training course. Applicants should be dairy inclined with high school education and dairy farm or 4-H/FFA experience. former supervisors have moved to county extension director roles and related technical positions.
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Joe Hineman
Iowa State College
Iowa State College Extension Service
Hineman
Dairy Husbandry Department
The
Extension Service
Morrill Hall
Ames
Towa
Soil Conservation Service
In Loving Memory of Mina Baade
In loving memory of our mother and grandmother Mina Baade who passed away November 23 one year ago. Deep in our hearts there is a picture more valuable than silver or gold, a photo of our mother that never fades. From her children grandchildren and great grandchildren Kemar.
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Mina Baade
Enno Dreesman Dies at 89 in Algona Iowa
Enno Dreesman 89 died at his Algona home November 15 1950 funeral held at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Loesch presiding obituary notes he was last surviving member of his generation born near Freeport Illinois November 7 1861 to Abbe and Annie Dreesman married Ella Bruhns July 10 1893 six children two predeceased him retired to Algona 1921 lived 24 years there cared for by Mary Fraser and children preserved faith in Lutheran church survived by Herman Dreesman Titonia Ann Clapton Algona Grace Gollner John Dreesman six grandchildren two great grandchildren and many relatives memorial gifts given to church and charity
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Trinity Lutheran
Hardin County
Tows
Kossuth County
German Township
Titonka
Herman Tjarks
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mr. Dreesman
Mary Fraser
Dreesman
Ufe
Jesus
Herman Dreesman
Titonia
Ann
Delmar Clapton
Algona
Grace
Andrew Gollner
John Dreesman
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