Thirty Years Ago in the Community News
Dy Packard reports a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Albert Becker yesterday. Miss Tena Ukena and Mr Hol Wiese wed last week, Miss Ukena from German township. W N Townsend withdraws matrimonial ads due to too many applications. Henry Meyer left Monday for Herman Minn on real estate business then to Dickey county N D. Mr and Mrs Louie Bolenus attended the wedding of Mr John Seeman and Miss Anna Kutschara at Sexton last Wednesday. Rev Allen H Good was away at Sioux City for the M E Conference so no church services were held last Sunday. W Isebrandt north of Woden broke his right arm in six places with a threshing machine. The Indians defeated Wesley 7 to 2. Wesley hosts the county champions, with all local politicians in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
Albert Becker
Tena Ukena
Hol. Wiese
Miss Ukena
W. N. Townsend
Henry Meyer
Herman, Minn
Dickey County
N. D
Louie Bolenus
John Seeman
Anna Kutschara
Sexton
Allen H. Good
Sioux City
M. E
W. Isebrandt
Woden
Birthday Party Honor Guest Albert Meyer Hosts Surprise
Albert Meyer of California was honored at a surprise birthday party hosted by his sister Mrs. Mary Saathoff. About sixty-six relatives and friends attended a soup dinner and afternoon visiting at the sister’s home after his noon arrival following a morning at work. Guests included the Rippentrops, Isebrands, Meyers, and others from Woden, Buffalo Center, Rock Rapids, Algona, and Titonka, with lunch and reminiscences marking the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Meyer
California
Mary Saathoff
John K. Rippentrop
Ben Isebrand
Woden
John Isebrand
Lenus Isebrand
Edlites
Tom Loats
Ben H. Meyer
Dick. Meyer
Buffalo Center
Dick Spear
Dick Sloper
Ben A. Meyer
Dick Green
Algona
Guy Bruns
H. W. Schoenlein
Titonica
Titonka Women’s Club
Lee O. Wolfe
Spirit of Motherhood Pageant Reported by Local Clubs
Burt hostess clubs hosted a bus meeting at eleven with reports and routine business. A noon potluck dinner followed at the Methodist basement, then a program in the church auditorium led by Mrs. Weisbrod. Pageant titled The Spirit of Motherhood featured Miss Wallace of Algona speaking on The Outdoors, drawn from a year in Mobile, Alabama. Next meeting planned in Algona with rural clubs hosting. Ten Titonia women attended. Mesdames Thompson and Oesterreicher hosted the Ladies Aid. Queen Esther Circle formed at the Methodist parsonage with Faith Faul as leader and new members Reasor Falk Oesterreicher Bacon and Faul. Mrs. Anton Pannhuk hosted 28 friends for his birthday supper. Women’s Club picnicked at Koestler woods with a bonfire. Home Guards dues party at M. E. church included Doris Krantz, Forrest Hansen, Lavonne Oesterreicher, Duane and Hope Faul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
Walter Weisbrod
Wallace
Algona
Southland
Mobile
Alabama
Titonia
Queen Esther
Methodist Parsonage
Faith Faul
Carol Reasor
Clarice Falk
Fern Oesterreicher
Rosemary Bacon
Faith Louise Faul
M. HE
Doris Krantz
Forrest Hansen
Lavonne Oesterreicher
Duane
Hope Faul
School Spirit Newspaper Staff and Activities
A school staff list shows editors and activities led by Helen Reed and Ardith Nauman with reporters Wilbur Schram Pauline Blakley Ferne Krantz and others. A youth guidance note stresses discipline self reliance and fair play. Burt area hosts an invitational high school baseball tourney October 7 featuring St Johns Bancroft Titonka Wesley Burt with a trophy prize and games schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Reed
Ass’t
Ardith Nauman
Wilbur Schram
Pauline ‘Blakley
Ferne Krantz
Donald Cosgrove
Herman Riggert
Lois Heifner
Alice Pannhuk
Hazel Miller
George Boekelman
Burt Business Men
St. Johns Parochial
Bancroft
Titonia Wesley
Burt
Burt ‘Business Men
Rourha
St. Johns
Wesley
Titonkapoe
Bancroft Uba
Ate Ra
Sherpa
School Admission and Grade Prices Noted in Brief
In a short notice a school lists age groups and prices. Admission for adults is stated as 150 with separate 16 cent and 100 grade figures appearing in the fragmented text. The exact context and full details are unclear from the readable fragments.
Macbeth Study Demands Intense Character Analysis
In English Literature class students labor to study Shakespearean Macbeth. They note Elizabethan writing differs from modern norms making comprehension hard. Pupils must extract and analyze each character detail, showing extensive effort to meet the teacher's material demands.
Manual Training Progress Notes
Manual Training reports: students completed a first project a clothes stick and learned care and use of carpenter tools with wood work points. The second project a kitchen stool is now well under way.
Freshman Initiation at Local High School
On Friday October 29 twenty four freshmen entered the assembly barefoot but gained permission to add shoes to costumes of knee pants and shirts worn backwards for boys and backward dresses for girls. Boys wore necklaces and carried vanity cases while girls followed Deitrich in contrasting colored ties. Each boy ferried a girl’s books and aided her through difficulties. The event amused the grade as freshmen paraded through rooms. A darkened hall, cold tub, and stony path led to the gym for stunts, followed by refreshments for about seventy freshmen students and faculty. Sophomores received praise for a successful initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deitrich
Donts For Students
A fragmented humorous list mocks student behavior with directives about attendance tardiness pencil sharpening cheating and other classroom missteps. The piece parodies rules by exaggerating consequences and the idea of museum worthy initials on desks.
High School News and Jokes From Titonka 1933
In Manual Training class a vise fell on Coach Dunmire's foot tearing a nail. Titonka high school notes include Lavonne Larson visiting as guest of 1933 graduates. Mayberry spent weekend in Buffalo Center. Lewick absent due to illness. substitutes. Student jokes feature quips about art, labels, kissing, and a Grand Canyon gag. First Grade News reports finishing Three Bear books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunmire
Ethel Wellemeyer
Della Meyer
Dorothy Leper
Miss Lewick
Mrs. Callies
Front Board Party With Vegetable Toys
A first grade room hosted a Sunday afternoon party for mothers. Mrs Craven, president of the PTA, spoke briefly and then helped serve lunch as mothers attended in good numbers.
Spelling Test Scholars and Classroom News
Beverly Ann Adamson Jean Faul and Phyllis Falk earned 100 percent on Friday September 22. Other perfect spellers listed include Marence Wills Bonnie Beth Scharm Deloris Iseprand Marlis Wesels Marian Krantz Jerald Heffner and again Jean Faul Beverly Ann Adamson. Two visitors Mrs Geo Higgins and Pat Higgins visited last week. Deloris Isebrand shared candy for her seventh birthday September 22. Jerald Heffner broke his arm Monday at noon while playing. Students earned pennies at home to buy two goldfish for the room. Marilyn Boyken was absent Monday and Dorothy Weigand was 11 and absent last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marence Wills
Bonnie Beth Scharm
Deloris Iseprand
Marlis Wesels
Marian Krantz
Jean Faul
Jerald Heffner
Beverly Ann Adamson
Geo. Higgins
Little Pat Higgins
Deloris Isebrand
Marilyn Boyken
Dorothy Weigand
Clowns and Spelling News From Our Room
Students describe making clowns and covers for Spelling booklets as they push for more A grades. They note sparse red apples on trees this month and report eight children ready with stories for Book Club Friday. Robins finished their readers while Rabbits have one story left. The first Arithmetic drill happened Monday and scores could improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eght
Robins
Fourth Grade Birthdays And Classroom News
Richard Batt celebrated his birthday on September 26, turning nine, with a classroom treat. October pictures adorn the room as Geography covers clothing. Junior Blakley donated plants. Maraline Boyken was absent Monday. Spelling booklets will record Friday lessons. Ten students achieved 100 percent on a forty-word Spelling test: Jean Higgins Phylis Lamoreux Wilma Heesch Marjorie Mechler Phyllis Andrews Mathilda Peters Rosella Schroeder Richard Batt Richard Groen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Batt
Richard
Junior Blakley
Maraline Boyken
Jean Higgins
Phylis Lamoreux
Wilma Heesch
Marjorie Mechler
Phyllis Andrews
Mathilda Peters
Rosella Schroeder
Richard Groen
Local residents socialize at many Sunday visits
Fred Newville stays at Harvey Graham home. Numerous neighbors and relatives visit scattered houses in town and surrounding farms Sunday. Attendees include Leasner, Grover, Johnson, Kreger, Sachau, Jennings, Ringsdorf, Owen, Jain, Brayton, Moore, Stenzel, Peterson, Pairbanks, Stockwell, Shipler, Phelps, Jennings, Lowman, and Graham families, with trips to Algona, Burt, Marble Rock, and Spirit Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Newville
Harvey Graham
Leasner
Hannah Benkhe
John Trunkhill
Iva
Wm. Grover’s
George Johnson
Chas. Larson
Paul Kreger
John Sachau
Jennings
Grandma Newville
Martin Larson
Viola Riddle
Burt
Viva Brayton
Ellis Jain
Clarence Moore
Myrtie Ringsdorf
Song
Wm. Ringsdorf
L. M. Owen
Algona
Grover
Luther Fairbanks
Twelve Mile
Jacob Stewart
Fred Jain
Wd Bartlett
Tom Garry
Bancroft
Ted Ringsdort
Marrietta Huber
Russel Shipler
Wait Waltman
Chas.Phelps
Fred Jennings
Humboldt
Lewis Lowman
W. R. Smith
Dorothea’ Gerhard
Georgia
Jack
Chas
Larson
Leo Brayton
Brayton
Marble Rock
Y Ward Tatt
Spirit Lake
Roy Clark
George Graham
Local notices and visits fill week in Burt Iowa area
Many residents travel to visit relatives in Humboldt Marshall and Des Moines while others attend family events. Ed Harsh attends Mrs Sholts funeral in Burt. Ringsdorf family hosts Albert Mathern and Mr Stein from Waterloo. Miss Jennie Nelson visits Ringsdorf home. George Graham and others visit Humboldt. Portland Progress Club elects officers including Hood as chair and Sigsbee as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smee
Wila
Brink Shipler
Minneapolis
Max
Ed Harsh
Hén Sholts
Burt Thuraday
Sholts
Harsh
Ted Ringadorf
Ringsdorf
Albert Mathern
Davidson
George Graham
Jacob Godden
Humboldt
Gotlerb Gutknecht
Nels Nelson
Martin Larson
Jennie Nelson
Clarence Graham
Washington, In
Hohe Toih
Clarenes
Carlson
Mimore
Vera
Vetta Attefics School
Elmore
Wim
Ringedort
Donald
Marshall
Kansas
Pete White
Lester Small
Washington
Towa
Geo
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Matsa
Panchieenk Titénkck
WoWa
Lee D. Wolfe
Pala
Canada Post
SOC
West Bend
George Oaken
I. J. Bergman
Jake Gigler
H. Boekelman
John Trarks
Fred Henken
C. V. Pendergast
George .Bonatker
Patricia Gall
Prida
the County Federation of Women
Fenton
Mesdames Bernard Thompson
Ray Oesterreicher
Ladies Aid of the
Methodist Church
Anton Pannhuk
Koestler Woods
R. C. Ball
Harry Reed
Roy Budlong
Craven
Steven DeVries
Homer Downs
Fremont Faul
H. A. French
C. A. Hoon
Mary Oesterreicher
A. M. Peterson
H. BH. Rachut
Pierre Sartor
Mr. Dunmire
Arthur P
Grand Canyon
Donald C
Donald W
Wilbur
Elen B
Phyllis Falk
Portland News
Foster Furniture Co
Iowa
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