Tonka School Weekly Activities Summary
The Week at Tonka School covers Nursery Rhymes art, aquarium joys, and future home projects. First grade completed Thanksgiv ing booklets with crafts. gym ball skills practiced. helpers named. Fourth grade studied Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving place cards, health books, and new films. Eighth graders finished geography and science units, reviewed decimals, and read Death of a Hero. Poems include The Plastic Balloon and Twisters. Freshen News covers body use of food, isometer drawings, and subjects and verbs review.
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Tephart Wes
Celine Miller
Sherry Boyken
Cynthia Rakow
John Brandt
Oas
Myrna Rike
Vernon Burkhart
Peggy Michaelsen
Doris Miller
Abraham
Lincoln
Paméla
United States
Jacqueline G
Betty H
Craig
Nancy
Marie
Gerald
Mary Traden
Missouri
Myrna Norland
Eisenhower
White House
Mamie
Syill
Agin
Harry
Adlai Stevenson
Craig Sathoff
Freahigen News
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club November Meeting
The Buffalo Boosters 4-H club met at Marilyn Pet erson's home with ten members attending. Marilyn Steaker spoke on home furnishing titled Are Nice Things Necessary, while Marilyn Callies demonstrated practical pillow covers. A Picasso study LeGounment was shown, punch embroidery was the month’s hobby by Jane Amesbury, and pillow cover making was featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club
Marilyn Peterson
Marilyn Steaker
Marilyn Callies
Picasso
Ijane Amesbury
Duneh
Marilyn Paterson
Boy Scout Meeting Recap and December Advancement
The Boy Scouts met Monday November 24 at the Methodist church with attendees including Bobby Scham Richard Hench Rodney Hansen Allen Boyken Lee Stockwell David Rippentrop Billy Abbas and Craig Sathoff. Those attending all November meetings were Abbas Hench Sathoff Schram Stockwell and Rippen trap. Two members missed only one meeting. An advancement for Boy Scouts is planned for Monday December 1 with Cub Scouts also participating. Land will be served Scribe Craig Sathoff
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BOY Scout News
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
Bobby Scham
Richard Hench
Rodney Hansen
Allen Boyken
Lee
Stockwell
David Rippentrop
Billy Abbas
Craig Sathoff
Bobby Schram
Lee Stockwell
David Rippentrap
iScribe
Rev Jim Davis Speaks At P T A Meeting In Fort Dodge
The November P T A meeting drew a record crowd. Rev Jim Davis of Fort Dodge spoke on Yugoslavia Hungary and Berlin and outlined a basic foreign policy plan. A vocal duet by Helen Stenzel and Ronald Nelson preceded business.
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P.T.A
Jim Davis
Fort Dodge
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Berlin
Dari
Helen Stenzel
Ronald Nelson
JoAnn Hansen
Jean Ann Faust
Shirley Whitney
Keith Young
Jomime
James Harvey
Kathleen Young
H. W. Kitzinger
Harry Mehlan
Thanksgiving Prep Amid School Life and Staff Changes
Students in Home Ec study sewing while the class reflects on Thanksgiving decorations. Mrs Budlomg was absent midweek. Mrs Brandt filled in. Algebra work mentions solving for m. PTA shows strong parental turnout. Sponsor Mrs Schutter returns from New York. School lunch menu runs November 17 21 with daily meals and served counts. notes Mrs Stockwell involved.
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Parker House
Immanuel Lutheran Church History and Future Vision
A lengthy 1899 founding story of Immanuel Lutheran Church in German Valley outlined by Shirley Ostermann’s award essay. It recounts land gift by Ernest Humbke, early pastors Dickhoff Bahr Wellner Kilian and growth through Bible school missions, various church groups, choir histories, anniversaries, and the April 1952 ground breaking for a new church, with 344 baptized and 241 communicant members noted.
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Shirley Jean Ostermann
Immanuel
Ernest Humbke
German Valley Church
Dickhoff
God
Germany
Bahr
Wellner
Kilian
Immanuel Congregation
Luther League
Mr. Kilian
Ladies Aid and Mission Society
Our Church
Junor
First real snow storm grips town Tuesday night
The season’s first snowfall arrived Tuesday afternoon and turned into a blizzard by night. Traffic halted with cars idle, while temperatures stayed milder than expected. Christmas street decorations went up Tuesday morning and remained intact Wednesday.
Kossuth Schools Receive State Aid Milestone Total
State aid for Kossuth County schools amounts to 115359.24 with checks mailed November 19 under superintendent A M Quintard. Algona leads disbursements at 23194.14, followed by several townships and independent districts across the county with varied sums, reflecting 86 percent of total claims for 1951 62.
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A. M. Quintard
Kossuth County
Kossuth
Algona Independent
Buffalo Consolidated
Burt Independent
Fenton Independent
Grant Consolidated
Lakota Independent
Ledyard Consolidated
Lane Rock Independent
Titonka Stores and Bank Closed Thanksgiving Day
The Titonka stores and bank will be closed all day Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, with no mail in or out of Titonka on holidays under the new regulations.
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Titonka
Portland 4-H Clubs Meet at David Miller Home
The Portland Boys and Girls 4-H clubs met Thursday at David Miller's home. Nineteen members and three visitors attended. Richard Trunk was awarded a prize by the Portland Homemakers for the best day's record book. Noreta Trunk spoke on "Our Health." New record books were distributed. Plans for a Christmas party were made. John Teeter was named to handle party purchases. Lunch was served by Mrs. Miller.
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Portland
David Millar
Richard Trunk- Amm
Noreta Trunk
Titanica Chamber of Commerce Invites New Members
The Titanica Chamber of Commerce announces its big annual party for members and their wives on Monday evening in December at the Winch room of the school house. Prospective members may join and receive an invitation by leaving their name with the president, secretary, or any member by next Monday. There is no party charge, but attendees are asked to help furnish food. Officers include T. J. Reith president, Loreng Willems sen. vice president, Fred Thacker secretary, and Clarence Schutter treasurer.
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Titanica Chamber of Commerce
T. J. ‘Reith
Loreng Willemssen
Fred Thacker
Clarence Schutter
Ernset Mansen
Walker McDonald
Lester Cadlles
Good Neighbors Plow Forty Acres at Helmer Farm
Eighteen neighbors went to Arnold Helmers farm on Thursday November 13 and plowed a 40 acre field in about two hours. Arnold had just come home from Mason City hospital after an operation following a skull fracture when an elevator fell on him. Names include Abbe Meyer Darryl Bess Jake Gigler Jr Herb Rakow Clarence Schutter Raymond Schutter Phillip Carlson Roy Wairod Wm Fritz George Alice Alvin Eden Kenneth Hill Bur ton Hanson Frank Hauptly Wim Peterson Alvin Stecker Andrew Risius Hank Radmaker Carl Mayland Frank Risius. Lunch was served.
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Arnold Helmers
Arnold
Heme
Mason City
Abbe Meyer
Darryl Bess
Jake Gigler Jr
Herb Rakow
Clarence Schutter
Raymond Schutter
Phillip Carlson
Roy Wairod
Wm, Fritz
George Alice
Alvin Eden
Kenneth Hill
Burton Hanson
Frank Hauptly
Wim
Peterson
Alvin Stecker
Andrew Risius
Hank Radmaker
Carl Mayland
Frank Risius
Lakota Youth Hovering After Hunting Accident
Dennis Wertjes, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wertjes of Lakota, was wounded in a headshot during a hunting accident near his home Tuesday noon. Kollasch, Jr., of Swea City, stumbled, discharging a gun. the ambulance en route to Buffalo Center hospital left the road. Wertjes, Lakota High School graduate, had passed his army physical and has two brothers, Eugene and John, with John returning from Camp Eustin, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Wertjes reside southeast of Lakota.
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Dennis Wertjes
Albert Wertjes
Lakota
Buffalo Center
Tony Kollasch, Jr
Swea City
Kollasch
Werties
Army
Eugene
Smelterville
Ida
John
Camp Eustin
Wertjes
Rike Caboth wed in Armstrong ceremony
Bonnie Lou Caboth and John Theodore Rike were married at the First Presbyterian church in Armstrong on Sunday November 16. The double ring ceremony featured palms and yellow rust chrysanthemums with a white bell adornment at each pew. The bride wore white satin with lace trim and carried a white Bible. Attendants in colored taffeta wore matching styles with lace peplums and capses. a reception followed in the church par k, with a three tier cake and lavender yellow and green decorations. After a three week Florida trip, the couple will live on a Titonka farm. Out-of-town guests came from several Iowa towns and Nebraska.
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Armstrong Journal
Bonnie Lou Caboth
John Caboth
John Theodore Rike
Theodore Rike
Titonka
Pam
First Presbyterian Church
Alex Orr
Khurch
Ralph Peterson
Janet Manorydzal
Calvin Porter
Barti } Randall
Osceola
Russell Tordoff
Lake Mills
Mrs. Porter
Mrs. Randall
Cheryl
John Walhousen
Dean Eisenman
Woden
Mildred Sloper
Mary Ellen Peterson
Florida
Rike
Armstrong High School
Danbury
Storm Lake
Swae City
Schaller
Lakota
Britt
Arnolds Park
Estherville
Ayrshire
Alvona
Nebraska
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