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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1953
Page
1
Titonka Topic a weekly newspaper based in Titonka Iowa offers local coverage and community notices. The paper’s masthead lists NE Clark as publisher and notes its second class mailing status with a local telephone contact.
Rates set at 2.00 per year in advance for Kossuth County and Titonka territory, 2.50 per year outside, and 3.00 per year for Canada and foreign countries. County subscriptions are continuing yearly unless canceled by subscriber or publisher action.
Mr and Mrs Dale Dornbier welcomed a baby boy born Tuesday night at Britt hospital. The Dornbiers now have two sons and a daughter. Alvin Swanson and wife welcomed a son Paul Alvin born Sept 6 at Forest City hospital. Mrs Don Kraus hosted contract bridge Monday. guests included Mrs Larry Youngwirth and Mrs Beebe. Youngwirth won high, Powers low. Next club host is Mrs Newbrough on Oct 5. Ed Downs family spent weekend with Alf Studer’s in Macon Missouri. Alfred Erdman hosted bridge Thursday. J T Meurer and Cheryll visited in Fort Dodge. Cheryll R N, Mercy hospital nursing graduate, visited friends.
Elaine Mullin of Omaha spent the weekend at the Wee Mullin home. Various families from Amboy Mapleton Sherburn and Algona attended visits and meals. Lorraine Bleich will enter Marian Anderson scholarship contest in Philadelphia with sisters helping. A September 20 family picnic at Raymond Carlson home included many local families. Several relatives traveled to Fort Riley and San Diego for visits and duties. The Methodist church plans an October 3 parsonage furniture auction. Four Prairie Township homemaker groups held a tea with talks on table settings and flower arrangements. Multiple births, hospital stays, and military related travel involve Rasmussen Dambler Huff and Doughan families. The Lions Club and American Legion Auxiliary met. Lyle Huff left for Westover Mass after 30 days leave.
The annual meeting of the Synodical Society at the local Presbyterian church drew attendees including Mrs. W L Tindall Mrs S F Wenger Mrs J C Helm and Mrs Henry Heyer Grace VanHoorn from Park hospital Mason City visited her parents Mr and Mrs Richard VanHoorn Arlys Rittenhouse from Rochester Minnesota and Joan from Mason City spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Dale Rittenhouse John Christensen of New Boston Illinois after recent surgery is recovering at his brother Chas Christensen’s home Lloyd Gjerde returned home last week after an absence
A series of brief notices list visits and travels of residents and relatives: Mr. and Mrs. George Phiers from Hettinger North Dakota spending two weeks with their daughter Mrs Jack Munson and family. Linda Lola and LaVonne Wood visiting at Britt with Eugene Wood family. Mrs Herman Buns traveled to Ames then Pueblo Colorado to accompany niece Mrs Lynn May to Charles City to aid mother Mrs Anna Turner ill. Mr and Mrs Ralph Murr of Trenton Iowa visiting relatives nearby. Mrs W L Tindall and Mrs Frank Green of Forest City spent time with Mrs Jim Carlson in Thornton. LeRoy Eisenmann and Kenneth Boeks enrolled at Iowa State College. Nancy Peters returned from Kanawha after a week with sister Mrs Bendina DeBoer and stayed with Forrest Eckel. Dr and Mrs W L Tindall attended osteopathic study group in Algona. Women of the group met at Dr Richardson home.
Herman Blakley recovered after surgery at Mercy hospital in Mason City. Mr and Mrs Harry Quinn attended the wedding and reception for Mary Eleanor Sheridan and Robert Cunningham at St Patrick church in Waukon. Relatives learned of Mrs Anna Turner’s heart attack and hospital stay in Charles City, as Tony Buns visited. Bert Robinson funeral held after sudden heart attack at his farm. Mrs Herman Buns stayed with Anna Turner in Charles City. Joan Rittenhouse home visit from Mason, and Bob Jensen of Daugherty visited relatives Sunday.
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