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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
4
A cluttered local update covers theft of over 20 gallons of gasoline, social calls, family visits, and community events in Woden and surrounding towns. Readers note host families, school parties, church and club gatherings, and travel to colleges and cities as residents visit kin and attend events.
At St Francis church in Belmond on October 9 Miss Clara Orthel of Woden and Mr George Quinn of Britt were married. Reverend Barnard White of Buffalo Center performed the ceremony. Acolytes were John Quinn and Eugene Fitzpatrick, nephews of the couple. Mrs John Barrett directed the music and sang several hymns.
The ceremony featured a bride in teal blue crepe nomaine with a Lea rose bouquet and a sister in capri blue pebble crepe. The groom Oscar Orthal wore a dark suit, and a three course wedding breakfast followed as the couple left for a short honeymoon to Thais.
A roundup of social visits and travels in the AlgonaWesley and surrounding area includes the Presbyterian missionary society meeting at Mrs Charles Gutknecht s home to make dressings for the White Cross Visitors share time with relatives in Mason City Buffalo Center and Wesley while many attend college or travel for medical and family reasons Notable notices include births and returns home after hospital stays and family visits among Heetland Rippentrop and Schutter families.
Shel don resident born in Bavaria learned basket weaving as a child in Burgersdorf where it was a principal art. He crafts each basket from one to fourteen hours depending on size and complexity, now making them for fun not commerce.
A special election in Titonka Iowa scheduled for November 1939 will decide whether to grant a 15 year electric franchise to Interstate Power Company a Delaware corporation for producing and delivering electric energy within the town. The measure would authorize construction of an electric plant and distribution system and grant right of way across streets alleys and public grounds with standard municipal safeguards and service extension provisions.
A dated approval letter reads Oct 5, 1989 from W. F. Harmstreet, Mayor, authorizing official publication. Florence K. Ranger, Clerk, signs as attesting witness. The document appears to confirm official action under local law for publication.
Portland news item recounts visits and gatherings across Forest City Burt Emmetsburg Bancroft and Titonka. Families like Larsen Graham Koestler Ringsdorf and Henken share Sundays and weekends with relatives and friends. Birthdays celebrated in Titonka with Larsen and Jennings families.
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