Footloose cast announced at Titonka Junior class play
Friday morning brought rejoicing and disappointment as Titonka Junior class announced the cast for Footloose by Charles Quimby Burdette. With 83 members to choose from, selections highlighted talented students. play date set for November 6. others to help as promoters, ushers, and ticket sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Barry
Billy Boyken
Emily
Mary Alice
Hope
Kathryn Dunmire
Richard Downs
Mary
H. 5
Lois Peterson
John Harringa Writes From Zama Japan During Army Service
John Harringa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harm Harringa, reports from Zama Japan where he serves in the army. He describes life in a dug-in Jap camp, travels toward a new location about 240 miles away, and notes cold nights, plane ride, scarce letters, and plans to bring home Jap money with hopes of returning home next year. He mentions weather, souvenirs, and a planned beer with fellow soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harringa
Harm Harringa
Japan
Martha
Erwin
Buildinga
Yokohama
Hama
Tokyo
John
Immanuel Lutheran Church Announces Sunday Services
Rev Wm Plant will lead English services next Sunday evening at 8 with Rev F Darwater of Lakota presiding Sunday school starts at 9 30 am There is no confirmation instruction this week A Children’s Home truck from Waverly will visit the church Monday morning Donations are welcome early
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wm. Plant
F. Darwater
Lakota
Waverly
Good Hope Lutheran Service and Outreach Events
Divine Worship at 10 30 with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30. Monthly offering received at the service. Women’s Missionary Society meets next Wednesday Oct 17 at 8 o'clock topic Victory Over Self. Orphan truck for the Children’s Home ingathering arrives Monday Oct 15 at 7, please bring donations before Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred O. Mardoff
Women’s Missionary Society
The Ramsey Reformed F. Snuttier Church Schedule
Sunday School reads at 9 30 with topic The Home Fostering Christian Ideals Morning Worship Service at 10 30 in German language Young People's Society at 7130 Evening Worship Service at 8 Choir meets Thursday evening at 8 Catechism classes Saturday forenoon at 10 All welcome to worship with us Be ye kind one to another tenderhearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake so forgiven you Eph 4 32
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey Reformed Church
F. Snuttier
Young People's Society
Ephiasians
Wesley Auxiliary Reports Donations and Members
Wesley The American Legion Auxiliary met to report donations sent to headquarters for funds including Welfare Fund Hospital Compensation and Cheer Dimes for Disabled Holiday Cheer Educational Fund Loan Fund American and National Defense Publicity District Dues and County Dues. Members listed as War Chest drive workers include Minnie Studer Imogene Studer Clara Aldrich Marie Bleich Clara Bauer Clara Trdman Hazel Gerdes Myrtle Laase Oma Hildman Josephine Meurer Viola Studer Irene Loebig Edna Flom and Helen Johnson. The local unit now has 47 paid up members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
American Legion Auxiliary
Town Legionature Welfare Fund
Harriet Hoffman
Educational
American and National Defense
Minnie Studer
Imogene Studer
Clara Aldrich
Marie Bleich
Clara Bauer
Clara Trdman
Hazel Gerdes
Myrtle Laase
Oma Hildman
Josephine Meurer
Viola Studer
Irene Loebig
Edna Flom
Helen Johnson
Woden Man Weds Des Moines Lady In California
Ens. Paul B. Goslin of Woden married Mildred M. Hall of Des Moines in a September 15 ceremony at St. Ann's Rectory in San Diego California. The double ring rite was by Father Patrick Mennough with attendants Ens and Mrs BE Kelley of Potsdam New York. The groom and his best man wore Navy uniforms. the bride wore ice blue wool with blue accessories and gladiola and red rose corsages. The couple resides at 4584 Park Blvd San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
Ens
Paul B. Goslin
C.W. Goslin
Mildred M. Hall
Robert B. Hall
Des Moines
St. Ann’s
San Diego
Cali
Patrick Mennough
Mra
BE. J. Kelley
Potsdam
Mra. Kelley
United Service Women Plan Friday Meeting
The United Service Women will meet Friday with Mrs Lenus Ise Brand and Mrs Alan Carr hosting. Members should bring finished work and the group thanks the S P Workers Club for a forget me not sale that raised 79.25. Since May 1 1945 the group completed Afghans lap robes pillow cases slippers and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Women
Lenus Isebrand
Alan Carr
S. P. Workers Club
Vernon Gray to be discharged from service
Technician Fourth Grade Sgt. Vernon V. Gray of Titanka, Iowa, radar operator with the 568th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, VII Fighter Command, is set to return to civilian life after 41 months of duty in the Pacific theater. He will be assigned to an Army separation center for final discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force Headquarters
Guam
Vernon V. Gray
Titanka
Iowa
568Th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion
VII Fighter Command
Jeff Iwo Jima
United States
Puento
Susie Gray
iTitanka
Gray
S P W club meeting at legion hall reports fundraiser
Ten members of the S. P. W. club met at the legion hall on a Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 pm with Joan Johnson opening in regualr form as color bearer and Catherine Orthel as chaplain. Roll call responses featured a favorite general, with Gen. MacArthur taking first place. Members sold 750 Forget-me-nots netting Auburn United Service Women of America $79,250 and donated materials for carpet rags for hospitals. Deloris Isebrand and Nanryl Nelson served lunch. Next meeting set for Nov 19 with Delores Isebrand color bearer Deona Johnston chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Workers Club
S. P. W. Club
Legion Hall
Joan Johnson
Catherine Orthel
Gen. MacArthur
United Service Women of America
American Legion Auxiliary
Deloris Isebrand
Nanryl Nelson
Delores Isebrand
Deona Johnston
Joan d Johnston
Amy Fisher
Last Rites Held Friday for Mrs Robert Callies
The funeral for Mrs. Robert Callies of Rock Valley was held at Good Hope Lutheran Church with Rev. A. Mardorg presiding. Born Mary Magdalene Gayer in 1870, she lived in Sioux County before moving between Burt Titonka and Rock Valley. Surviving are three sons and five daughters, 25 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and many relatives. Memorials supported Lutherans homes and missions. A Siberian crab apple tree frost story follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Calles
Rock Valley
Pred Klein
Good Hope Lutheran Church
A. Mardorg
Mary Magdalene Callies
Gayer
Jacob Frederick and
Johanna Gayer
Ilingen
Wurtemburg
Germany
America
Sioux County
Iowa
Robert Theodore Callies
Wesley
Burt
Titonka
Mr. Callies
Fred Klein
Thug
Fred
Seattle
Wash
Carl
Frank
Forest City
Emma
Emma Wiese
Adams
Arthur
Wiliam Gayer
Charles Gayer Jr
Gottlieb Gayer
Loyd Gayer
Martin Donnelly
Fred Gayer
Robert Gayer
Edwin Heuer
Fritz Gayer
Bred Klein
Wesley Miller
Herman Dierks
Inwood
Chas
Moeller
Sioux Center
Roy Bauder
John Heuer
Hawarden
Louis Miller
Hudson
Dak
Adams Minn
Mabel Wiese
Glen Johnson
Charles
Judy
Ade
Fred Carter
Lynna Jean
William Flood
Ottumwa
Floyd Lichtenberger
Lutheran Children’s Home
Waverly
Muscatine
Chairman Thanks Workers in War Chest Drive
Chairman Tracy Ward thanks workers and donors for the War Chest Fund. The note lists volunteers including Mrs. Hoff, Mrs. Stott, Mrs. Wn. Schram, Mrs. Wm Ricklefss, Rank Fisher, Mrs. Howard French, and Mrs. George Bonacker, acknowledging those contacted and their time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoff
John Stott
Wn.Schram
Ricklefss Mes
Rank Fisher
Howard French
George Bonacker
Tracy Ward
Wesley wedding unites Theola Eisenbacher and Jacob Strouth
Theola Eisenbacher of Wesley married Staff Sgt. Jacob J. Strouth of Ashton at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wesley. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. Linus Hisenbacher, included a double ring service with army attire and a three course parish hall reception for relatives and friends. The bride, a nurse, and the groom, an Army sergeant with Gulf Iran service, plan to move to California after furlough. out of town guests included multiple clergy and local families from Ashton, Racine, and Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Theola G. Eigenbacher
Ignatius Hisenbacher
Jacob J. Strouth
John Strouth
Ashton
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Iainus Hisenbacher
Marie Strouth
Jane
Ruth Hisenbacher
Edward Eisenbacher
Sapte Bae
Rosa
St. Joseph's
Wesley High School
St. Joseph's School of Nursing
Mason City
Queen of Angels Hospital
Los Angeles
Iowa
Trinity College
Sioux City
Persian Gulf Command
Iran
Strouth
California
Camp Cook
Linus Hisenbacher
Alvord
Magr
H. J. Neppel
John Neppel
St. Benedict
Mike Struth
Helen Johannes
Richard Hammond
Racine
Wis
Jane Hisenbacher
Roman Eisenbacher
Armstrong
Leo Kellam
St. Peter,Minn
B. B. Kelly
Timoathy
Atlantic
Henry Arndorfer
Roswell
Mexico
Harold Thompson
Marvin Fingard
Rockwell
Emma Hilbert
Mary
Algona
Which Emma? Umlands’ Three Wives Named Emma
The brothers Albert John and William Umland formerly near Manning each married a woman named Emma making three Emma Umlands in the family. Relatives must use descriptors to distinguish the wives in conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Albert
John
William Umland
Manning
Emma Umlands
Umland
Luther League Rally At Lakota Sunday
The Hawkeye Federation of Luther Leagues held its Fall Rally in Lakota with St Pauls Lakota hosting. More than 150 youths from Renwick Hampton and other towns attended. Reports covered Choral Union Leadership Training and Reading Course while officers were elected for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Federation of
Luther Leagues
American Lutheran Church
Lakota
St. Paul
Norman Holtorf
Immanuel’s
Titonka
Marabell Fredericks
St. Paul’s Hampton
Clarence Brandt
Good Hope
Titonica
Victor Nicolet
St. Paul’s
Thornton
Irene Holek
First Lutheran
Britt
Dorothy Neuhring
Werner Fritschel
Fred F. Darnauer
Federation
Alfred Mardort
John Mohr
Vivian Strand
Howard Jensen
Lakota Town Hall
Emil Rieber
Alden
Minn
Fred PF. Darnauer
Leona Christ
Merle Sachs
Alfred Stenzel
Junior Poppe
Marian Stenzel
Geneva Haas
Junior Christ
Patricia Greenfield
Serva
Renwick
Hampton
Sheffield
Rockwell
Mason City
Woden
Ladies of St. Paul’s
Former Resident Writes From Home At Lynden Washington
Elizabeth DeNeuf signs a long letter from Lynden Washington dated October 3 1946 to Mr Clark. She mentions subscriptions to Topics for over four decades, returning summers, aging friends in Itonka and nearby families Meyers Dreesmans Isebrands and Rippentrop, dry warm months followed by rains, cattle in green pastures and corn hauled to canneries, with best wishes from she and her brother-in-law Charlie Meyer who is blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynden
Wash
Clark
Itonka
Charlie Meyer
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Titonka School
Ted Dunmire
Chicago
Swanson
Crawford
Cpl. J. W. Crawford
Girls’ Glee Club
Frances Harrison
LaVonne McColley
Betty Ann Jaden
Dawn Bonacker
Mary Bunkofske
Doris Miller
Millie Steper
Marcella ‘Bartlett
Hellen Beenken
Lenica Brandt
Marian Thacker
Doris Hagen
Esther Abbas
Wdith Krull
Patsy Stockwell
Joan Hagen
Arlene Prussman
Piorence Schutterale
Pearl Beenken
Shirley Miler
Fanny Abbas
Mary Ale
Sharon Adamson
Geraldine Gerdos
Marietta Norland
Bill Boyken
Richard ‘Downs
Clarence Goetz
Billy Fritz
Robert Jandl
Allen Norland
Ir‘vin Rippentrop
Keith ‘Stott
Ross Struthers
Bill Ward
Keith Young
Art Buffington
Robert Downa
Amy
Minnesota
Rip van Winkle
Anna
Bonnie
Dickie
Doris
Joal
Catherine
Hallowe'en
Phillips
Paul
Lare
Franklin
Leroy
Neal
Merle
Carol
Harry
Phillip
Wanda
Norma
Betty ‘Ann
Marline
Marilyn
Jack
Kent
Bruce
Glen
Kathleen
Kell
Mr. Keil
Miss Bean
Birdelle
Diane
Garlens
Gladys
Ronald
Karen
Kenneth
Bobbie
Rosemary
Alice
Garlene
Zama, Japan
Zama
Wesley Auxiliary
Woden Man
Vernon Gray
Robert Callies
R. D. Richardson
War Chest Fund
Theola Eisenbacher
Jacob Strouth
Luther League
Lynden, Wash
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