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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
2
Subscription rates are $2.00 yearly in advance in Woesuth County and Titonka territory, $2.50 outside. Canada and foreign rates are $3.00. Thanksgiving guests include Mr. and Mrs. Ted Genes and family of Clear Lake, Mrs. Linda Giesking and Mrs. Dorothy Giesking of Mason City, and others visiting area homes.
Mr and Mrs J Hoff and children visited Des Moines relatives over Thanksgiving. May Goslin joined them in Ames. Charles and Robert Bird visited from Ames and Cedar Falls for Thanksgiving at Clarence Bird’s home. Julius and Mrs Bilyeu returned home after days with locals. Cyril Halvorsen hosted friends and relatives. Wood Jr stayed with siblings in Mason City. Joyce Beyer, nurse trainee in Sioux City, spent Thanksgiving with her parents Rev and Mrs H Beyer.
Weishaar and his son joined Mrs. John Rudisil and family for a Thanksgiving dinner at the Rudisil residence, with other relatives present.
The junior class play Look Me In the Eye will be staged in the high school auditorium on Wednesday evening December 13. Kenneth Fonburger, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Forburger, has joined the navy and departed for San Diego California.
A Lakota and Ledyard Methodist youth delegation will attend the district Youth Rally in Algona on Saturday evening December 9. The event is one of 14 rallies across Iowa as part of the Des Moines Area Evangelistic Advance under Bishop Charles W Brashares. Rev Lauren D Thomas Burlington District Supt coordinates the rallies with Harley Carbaugh district chairman. Omar Peterson District President of MYF will preside.
Twenty eight township captains named to head the annual Farm Bureau membership drive in Kossuth County will attend a statewide captain's rally in Des Moines on December 4. Captains from each township will learn methods to boost local memberships as speakers like Alan B. Kline Jeff Williams and Harry Bryson are slated for the Des Moines program. The county drive opens January 8 at Burt High School with a quota of 2121 members, up from 2012 in 1950, and a December direct mail campaign will invite farmers to join.
Last week thirty seven new vehicles were licensed in Kossuth county. Owners include individuals and towns across Algona Bancroft Burt Corwith Fenton Lu Verne Wesley Swea City and other communities with brands from Plymouth Chevrolet Lincoln Buick Ford Mercury Chrysler and Packard.
Mrs. Frank Green of Forest City spoke at the joint region and auxiliary meeting in Ledyard Tuesday night. The local auxiliary served the meal and about seventy people attended the program organized by the Lakota and Ledyard groups.
The Lakota chapter invites members to the annual Christmas party at Mrs. Jerry Heetland's home on Friday December 8. The event features a gift exchange of handmade items and a program. The notice notes labor costs at $175 per month with a $1400 return for those keeping BUY IT IN TITONHA.
A large crowd gathered at the Methodist church parlor to honor Ruth Thompson Harringa on her recent marriage. Hostesses included Mrs. Harry Mossman and others. gifts, poems, music, and readings filled the shower with pink and yellow decor and a miniature bride and groom on display.
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