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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
3
A weekly publication is listed with postal insertion at the Bost Office in Hitovika Iowa. The item notes Second Cloud matter as a heading or theme for the issue. The text reflects archaic spelling and possible OCR distortions from a historical paper.
Lakota John Jordan subbed for Rev. Buschman at the Presbyterian church while the minister and his wife were on vacation. Elaine Koppen of Des Moines returned for her aunt Mrs Otto Koppen’s funeral. Families Telkamp Rippentrosp spent the weekend in Grinwell with Tom Mcllraith and relatives. A daughter Carolyn Lutille born Sept 22 to W D Ley. Marilyn Ann born Sept 28 to Ed Kramer at Buffalo Center hospital. Local visits by Ukena family and Marcus Rippentrop of Des Moines. St Pauls Lutheran plans chicken dinner Oct 9 with 5 30 serving. Presbyterian Missionary Society meets Thursday at 2 30 with hosts. Paul Ukena accepted to Juilliard School of Music. Mrs Ukena left Sherman Texas for New York.
Kossuth County farmers are urged to ensure cleanliness of milk and cream to avoid being forced to return dairy products as unmarketable. A. L. Brown cites interstate shipment placing local plants under Federal FDA scrutiny, with inspectors able to check mills and cream. Dirty milk could halt shipments outside Iowa and threaten local creamery operations.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Lakota Methodist church for Mrs. Otto Koppen. Reverend Harvey Nelson officiated. A male quartet sang Rock of Ages and Jesus Saviour Pilot Me. Burial was in Maple Hill cemetery. She was the daughter of A. Q. Smith and Alice Smith, married December 21, 1910, to Otto Koppen, with five children and three granddaughters. Surviving sisters, half siblings, and a stepson are listed. She was an active Methodist worker.
LaVonne McColley reports a freshman initiation held Thursday night with a dance and lunch. Dick Hansen chaired ceremonies with Deona Johnston and Patty Stockwell assisting, while Delores Franzen and Keith Bruns led the program and dress up committees. The event featured a spoof hospital scene, tombstone counting, singing, dancing demonstrations, and playful challenges among the freshmen and new faculty.
Local residents host and visit across Algona Burt and Galena including Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hacker Virgina and Linda of Fort Dodge at Bernard Phelps’s. Mrs. Cora Stow Burt spends weekend at Phelps home. Multiple family gatherings, dinners, and birthday celebrations noted with the Graham Ringsdorf Carroll Bartlett Allen families and other kin. Rural schools take three day vacation for teachers workshop in Algona.
Good Hope Lutheran Church hosts semi annual Hawk Eye Luther League Federation with sessions all day led by Pastor Alfred O. Mardorf and C. H. Becker Wartburg College president as special speaker. Orphan truck collects Cheer donations Friday Oct 11. clothing drive for Europe planned in October.
A Whittemore resident, Andrew Elbert, saw his car burn near Burt Saturday after the wheel failed and a gas-tank explosion followed a dance ride from Bancroft. No injuries occurred as onlookers helped, while the event was followed by Halloween pranks and campus-style pageantry among freshmen.
Local notes reflect a mix of birthdays, enlistments, and arrivals with names such as Billy Goetz, Billy Koppen, Tom McMahon, Otto Henderson, and Paula Frieberg. Activities include farm sales, college plans under the GI Bill, church events, visits to Garner and Chicago, and AmVets Auxiliary and W.S.C.S. meetings.
Evening saw Forest City Britt game astonish attendees while residents visited Walden Dorf College and Loren Lease. Ed Hildman and sons Matt and Barry, Bob Kain, and Erwin Hildman returned from northern Minnesota fishing. Urban Neuroths relocated to Kinnard house, Kinnards moved to a Marshalltown farm, and Bill Ryans of Titonka bought the W Neuroth residence and will move soon.
Lamon Iowa honors Arthur Church now heading a major Kansas City station. Church began in radio as a boy with a 100 foot pole from his father's barn, the very first aerial in his hometown.
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