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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
5
Titonka swept Swea City in a Tuesday double header with the girls losing 23 22 in a close game and the boys winning 29 20. The THS update covers football and school news from activities, exams and class projects, including Thanksgiving lessons, operetta The Magazine Princess and student reports across grades.
Darleen Stott escaped serious injuries Saturday afternoon when the car she was driving overturned in a ditch after swerving to miss chickens on a gravel road northeast of town. She crawled free through the windshield, suffered a severe gash on the left leg requiring stitches, and a finger bone was exposed from glass. Taken to her home, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wyatt Stott and works as an office girl for Dr A M Wallace in Algona. The car, owned by Leo Immersall, was badly damaged.
The farm women’s chorus and town women met in Algona on November 22 to set December and January rehearsal plans. A 10 cent per member practice fee was approved to cover chorus expenses and a spring trip. Mrs V K Rising directs, with Mrs Paul Kriethe as accompanist. leadership includes Mrs Calvin Schnucker as chair and Mrs James Nyman as secretary treasurer. Second sopranos needed. all who love singing urged to join.
Mr and Mrs Wm Tjaden marked their 45th anniversary on Tuesday November 21 with a family gathering. The couple read together before being joined by children and grandchildren for a nostalgic evening of visiting and a luncheon. Attendees included the Bruns, Tjaden, Vian Howe, Smid and Schutter families.
One hundred seventy six women attended the initial 14 meetings training local leaders in the home project Extension study course Keeping the Home Well furnished and Attractive. Leaders from Buffalo German townships and Cresco Riverdale were listed. The program aims to spread lessons through study groups across Kossuth county with emphasis on practical home furnishing ideas and low cost improvements.
Clifford Madson, 36, of Algona pleaded guilty to placing dynamite in the exhaust of Mrs. W. V. Butler’s car. He was sentenced to up to 25 years in Fort Madison penitentiary with a $10,000 appeal bond. He confessed he acted Wednesday night and later misled police. Madson has prior prison records for desertion.
The post office department will not accept parcel post addressed to Germany Slovakia or Danzig due to ongoing war conditions, delaying or cancelling Christmas gifts bound for those destinations.
Mrs Walter Dirksen received a surprise birthday party on Monday evening with friends from Wesley Britt and Titonka attending. Tom Forburger and Frank Baxter won high prizes in the evening’s games while Mrs Jack Studer took the low. The gathering also marked the 20th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Wieland. A mock wedding featured Jack Studer as bride and Mrs Martin Bleich as bridegroom with Tom Forburger as ring bearer and Walter Dirksen presiding.
In Kossuth district court J H Cosgrove of Algona pleaded guilty to forgery and faced up to ten years Fort Madison. bond set at 2500. Otto V Schreck and Amos M Schreck entered not guilty pleas on charges of threats to extort and conspiracy. The petit jury was rescheduled. Homer Anderson of Algona faces embezzlement charges from oats. Tom St John defendant in embezzlement case. Five Algona youths bound over to juvenile court for malicious mischief.
Judge Fred M. Hudson of Potahontas spoke to the Titanica Lions Club on the U S Supreme Court history and its functions. He outlined early legalization views, court powers, and relations with legislatures and the people, praising Lions Club aims and noting ties to the American Legion. The next club meeting is December 14 with luncheon. aviation and rail safety stats were also mentioned.
Henry Peterson died at home south of Titonka after a brief illness. A lifelong farmer, he never married but lived with his mother after his father's 1927 death, sharing work with his brother Ernest. He leaves his mother, five brothers and two sisters. Funeral held at Methodist church with Rev. W. L. Patterson officiating. pallbearers were local friends. He was known as a skilled mechanic and helpful neighbor.
W H E OConner of Dunlap sues for 215 dollars claiming his team of horses were frightened by an airplane flown by Dr W Byrnes of Dunlap. The wagon tied to a post in a field was jolted when the plane passed at less than 1500 feet causing the frightened horses to break free and crash into a barbed wire fence.
The Titonka Lions Club and Interstate Power Co sponsor a Christmas Home Decoration contest with three prizes for the best decorated homes in Titonka. Awards include a bridge lamp, a table lamp, and a pin-up lamp. Judges named by both sponsors will decide, final and without entry fee. Decorations may be exterior or interior visible from the street, and judges may view at any time before Christmas.
Thousands of Christmas Seals will be mailed to Titania residents as Iowa aids Kis suth county in the 1939 annual drive to combat tuberculosis. The Christmas Seal Committee plans for varied demand, urging early purchase and use, with returns invited for surplus seals and extra sheets available on request.
A week of social events honors Miss Marjorie Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Johnson who will wed Dayle Craven of Titonka on December 7. A Legion Hall shower in Algona featured a program by four teen women and many gifts. Additional showers are planned Friday at Mrs Arlo Larson home a Doan church event Saturday at Dean Church by Doan women and a linen shower Saturday evening by Mrs Hugh Raney and daughters from Algona for local brides.
In Henry Vogt farm near Marengo Iowa a deep well reached 611 feet with 250 feet of rock as costs rose to 1500 to 2000 dollars. Nearby G H Furler drilled a 621 foot well last summer, suggesting deep wells are common in the area.
Louise Fredericka Wieland Krantz died at a Mason City hospital after a short illness of six days from bacterial endocarditis. The funeral was held at the Titonka Methodist church with Rev. Patterson and others officiating. She leaves her husband Raymond L. Krantz and seven surviving children, plus her mother and siblings. An obituary recounts her birth in 1893, education, marriage in 1914, and extensive community and church service in Decorah Titonka and beyond. She was active in 4 H, Rebekah Lodge, Parent-Teacher activities, Women’s Club, and church boards, and is remembered for devotion to family and public service.
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