Public School Week Activities Recap Across Grades
Weekly notes from Algona public schools catalog events and studies. Senior events include a Brownes trip and matinee, while sophomores study banking and biology. Freshman algebra and physical training run with basketball, and juniors report artistic and literary work. Fifth through eighth grades cover science, literature, geography, and autobiographies with varied projects. First and second grades showcase Halloween art and reading primers amid shipboard travel stories and spelling achievements.
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nHs
Sleepy Hollow
Evangeline
Italy
Hutchison Elected Kossuth Legion Commander in Wesley
John Hutchison was elected Kossuth county commander of the American Legion at a Wesley meeting. Attendance reached 125 as J. D. Lowe of Algona was chosen vice commander. adjutant to be named later. Dr. F. M. Minnick of Laurens spoke on subversive elements and propaganda. District commander Hugo Saggan of Dennison spoke briefly. A local talent program followed, with selections by a Legion male quartet from Forest City.
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John Hutchison
Wesley Co. Legion
Whsury
Kossuth
American Legion
Legion
Frat
Bancroft Girl Shot by Accidental Gun Discharge Near Farm
Retha Kramer, 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Kramer farmers three and a half miles southwest of Bancroft, was taken to Kossuth hospital in Algona after suffering gunshot wounds in her abdomen when a gun accidentally discharged at home. Wounds treated but bullet not removed immediately.
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Bancroft
Retha Kramer
Peter Kramer
Bancoft
Kossuth
Algona
Campbells Are Coming junior class play at Tyke Theatre
The Campbells Are Coming a humorous junior class farce unfolds as the Brannigans disguise themselves as hillbillies to fool Kingston Campbell and his mother. Comedy escalates with feuds, a mistaken identity, and a climactic rout. Eight o clock show on Tuesday October 29 features standout roles like Grandma Brannigan Betty and Cyrus Scudder with 10 and 25 cent admission.
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Campbells
Kaye i Brannigan
Jeff Scudder
Andle
Kingston Campbell
Kingston
Brannigans
Kaye
Campbell
Jeff
Grandma Brannigan
Methodist Episcopal Church Service Notes
Sunday School at 10 am and Morning Worship at 11 am with Rev J C Ruthman of Algona preaching. Epworth League at 7 30 pm led by Rev L G Gartner. Social hour led by Merle Miller with refreshment committee Arlene Hansen and Betty Krominga. District superintendent to preach at Doan and Titonka. Good congregations desired.
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Methodist Episcopal
W. J. Patterson
J.cc. Buthman
Algona
Epworth League
L.G. Gartner
Merle Miller
Arlene Hansen
Betty Krominga
J.C. Ruthman
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Tom Hillerson
Doan
Titonka
Boy Hurt Falling From Trib At Home
Donald Woernrg Isebrand a 22 month old son of Mr and Mrs Henry B Isebrand of Woden suffered a slight brain concussion and shock with no bruises when he fell from his tr ib at his home and landed on his head. He is somewhat better but in pain.
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Donald Woernrg
Isebrand
Henry
Woden
Kossuth Teachers Organize County Council at Algona
About 75 to 80 rural school teachers gathered Thursday at Algona high school for the first regular meeting of the Kossuth Teachers Council. Miss Mary Hunter presided as president, with Lawrence Carrington drafting the constitution adopted at the session. Seventy district representatives and 15 from towns and consolidated districts were elected, including Myrtle Jordan, Augusta Buttermore, Vera Carlson, Myrtle Hanna, Natalie Tryon, Nadine Mann, and 15 listed town delegates.
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Kossuth Teachers’ ‘Council
Algona High School
Algona Hotel
Mary ‘Hunter
Ledyard
R. Tallman
Jiewell
Town State Teachers Association
Lawrence Carrington
Algona
Myrtle Jordan
Luverne
Phyllis Dougan
Titonka
Alton Anderson
Lakota
O. Finderent
Lone ‘Rock
Cairey
Whittemore
Dorothy ‘Bender
Wesley
Helen IL. ‘Bahl
Fenton
Samuel B. Peaney
Grant
Paulne Miller
Seneca Township
Tom ‘Hanifan
Bancroft
G. C. Anderson
Burt
Immanuel Lutheran Sermon About The Way To Heaven
A pastor recounts a dream of climbing a ladder to heaven then rejects it as flawed by deed alone. He cites John 14 6 and John 10 9a affirming Christ as the sole path to salvation. Announcements note German services next Sunday at 10 30 a m and a congregational vote on hooking up with the high line after the service.
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Immanuel Lutheran
Adolph Kilian
Titonia
Earth
Heaven
Christ
Immanuel Congregation
Change in service times at Good Hope Lutheran Church
English services will begin at 10 30 a m on Sunday October 27 with Sunday school at 9 30. Luther League meets Sunday evening for devotional and business. Choir practice Thursday evening. Confirmation instruction Saturday 9 am to 3 pm. Pastor M A Schulz invites all members to attend.
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Good Hope Lutheran
M. A. Schulz
Luther League
Vernon Gray Attends Dinner at Clara Aukes Home
Vernon Gray was a dinner guest at the home of his friend Miss Clara Aukes on Sunday, reflecting a social visit and friendly gathering in the community.
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Vernon Gray
Clara Aukes
Sixteen Year Old Maxine Hauptmann Dies of Typhoid
Funeral services were held for Maxine Ann Hauptmann 16 at St Joseph s Catholic church Wesley with Rev A J Wagener in charge. She died Friday morning at 8 after ten days in Algona General Hospital where Typhoid fever was diagnosed. Born December 16 1923 in Wesley she was the eldest of four children and a junior at Wesley High School. The Junior class and sponsor Miss Edson attended the funeral. Burial was in St Joseph s cemetery. Pallbearers were Herman DeBoer Kenneth Donovan Dale McIntosh Bernard Hauptmann Edward Richter and Edward Garman.
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Maxine
Ann Hauptmann
J. P. Hauptmann
Wesley
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
A. J. Wagener
General ‘Hospital
Algona
Mary Jane
Ruth Delores
Donald
Wesley High School
Maxiné
Miss Edson
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Herman DeBoer
Kenneth Donavan
Dale MclIntosh
Bernard Hauptmann
Edward Richter
Edward Garman
Longtime Wesley resident Albert Giddings dies at 72
Funeral services for Albert Eugene Giddings 72 a lifelong Wesley resident who died after a four day illness of double pneumonia were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church with Rev. Wi A Riggs officiating Born May 2 1868 in Joe Davis county Illinois he moved with his family to Kossuth county in 1869 and to Wesley in 1891 He served as deputy postmaster from 1893 to 1897 and later worked as a painter and decorator He married Rose Colby on June 16 1895 who died last April 24 They had five children Gordon Wesley Glenn Green Castle Indiana Mrs Wayne Swinton Galesburg Ill Mrs Despence Bentley Atlanta Ga and Milton plus ten grandchildren He served as Justice of the Peace and town clerk and later as president of the Wesley Evergreen Cemetery Association Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery
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Wesley
Albert Eugene Giddings
Hely
Methodist
Wi Ia
Riggs
Giddings
Weasley
Joe Daviess
Iinois
Kossuth County
Virgin
W. P. Giddings
Rose ‘Colby
Gordon
Atlanta, Ga
Milton
Wesley ‘Evergreen Cemetery Association
Evergreen Cemetery
NYA Opens Nine Youth Projects in Iowa Statewide
Theodore P. Wilick announces authorization for nine NYA projects in Iowa providing work experience for 289 youths. In Algona at Ambrose A. Call State Park, work includes trail marking, house maintenance, fence construction, and tree felling to create guard rail. Myrl B. Griggs leads Algona efforts. 30 youths employed for eight months. George Carmody, area project supervisor, oversees Mason City, Whittemore, and Algona connections.
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Theodore P. Wilick
NYA
National Youth Administration
Ambrose A. Call
Algona
Myrl &. Griggs
Iowa
Kassuth
Griggs
George Carmody
Mason Clity
Whittemore
Plan to Attend Election Day Doughnut and Coffee Sale
A local notice invites residents to attend a doughnut and coffee sale on election day. The event aims to raise funds for community programs and prompts attendees to participate in the civic process.
Peace draft: 3292 men registered in Kossuth County
A total of 3292 men aged 21 to 36 registered in Kossuth county for the national peace time draft across 36 precincts last Wednesday. Registrants included traveling men and few hunters, with four registered at the county jail and two at Algona hospitals. Dewel appointed to draft board. other members listed. secretary named. Names shuffled and assigned serial numbers as processing continues.
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Kossuth
Algona
EB. Dewel
Kossuth County
Ww. A. Murray
Bancroft
M. P. Weaver
L.l.lease
Wesley
J.G. ‘Clapsaddle
Burt
ID. Shumway
Eleanor Fraser
Court House
George Carmody
County Wide Music Meeting Planned in Fenton
Miss Winifred Martin state extension sociol ogy specialist will visit Kossuth county Friday November 1 for an all day meeting for 44H leaders and home project music chairmen on Musical Moments from Latin America. The session at the Methodist church basement includes Migs Martin instructing on this year’s songs with attendance from at least one girl per 4 H club and leaders from the east half of Palo Alto county.
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Winifred Martin
Kossuth
Home Project
Latin America
Methodist
Fenton
Migs Martin
Jasper Women's County Chorus
Palo Alto
Mary Frances Inman Wins Chicago Trip
Mary Frances Inman of the Bancroft Busy Pals 4-H club has been chosen to attend the national 44H club congress from November 30 to December 6. Her trip is based on a long time record book entered in the state contest where her book placed runner-up in leadership and community service. Thirteen girls were selected in that contest. twenty five Iowa girls in total will attend, with Mrs Hicks serving as assistant chaperone for the Iowa delegation.
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Mary Frances Inman
Chicago
Ruth
Seaton Hicks
Bancroft Busy Pals
Mary Frances
Iowa
Hicks
James Watts Jr Injures Back in Fall at Algona
James Watts Jr., 20, son of Mr and Mrs James Watts of Algona, sprains back after tumbling about 20 feet from a corn crib on the Lynn Keith farm nine miles northeast of Algona. Employed by Botsford Lumber Co building the crib. Accident occurred about noon. Likely ligament damage, no bone fracture. He is at Kossuth hospital.
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James Watts Jr
Algona
James Watts
Botsford Lumber Company
Lynn Keith
Kossuth
Marriage Licenses Issued In Kossuth County This Week
Kossuth County issued marriage licenses to several couples including John H Tapper 33 Buffalo Center and Phyllis A Van Zunk 19 Oskaloosa Ernest Meyer 34 Laverne and Wdna Schultz 30 Whittemore Paul Harold Wohl 26 Anamosa N D and Hazel Alberta Scott 27 Milford Ward B Wheelock 22 and Oral Helen Langager 19 Willmar Minn The list shows a mix of ages and towns across Iowa Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Kossuth County
John H. Tapper
Buffalo Center
Phyllis A. van Zunk
Oskaloosa
Ernest ‘Meyer
Laverne
Wdna Schultz
Whittemore
Paul Harold Wohl
Anamosa
N. D
Hazel Alberta Scott
Milford
Ward B. Wheelock
Oral Helen Langager
Willmar, Minn
Dahl Family Welcomes Baby Son in Britt Visit
Mrs. Rosalee Dahl of Portland Oregon visits the Ralph Dahl family at Britt. Ralph Jr. is two weeks old, making three girls and a boy in the family. Bar Pehl works for the Public Utilities Company at Lake Crystal.
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Rosalee Dahl
Portland
Oregon
Ralph Dahl
Britt
Titanka
Ralph Jr
Dahls
Bar! Pehl
Public Utilities
At Lake
Crystaly.alk
Algona Attorney Enters Service as Reserve Officer
Captain P. A. Dawson, called to Omaha for examinations and training, was selected among ten high prospects for a three week intensive course. Afterward each will receive a state headquarters post, and Dawson will relocate his family once assigned. His Algona law office has closed.
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Algona
P. A. Dawson
Omaha
Nebr
Dawson
J H Hospers acquires Wesley News World
J H Hospers of Olin Iowa has purchased the Wesley News World and took possession last week Thursday. He will be assisted by his daughter Muriel. Hospers previously published the Olin Record and started a paper at Lawler last spring which continues under new management. They moved into the house vacated by the Earl Punke family.
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J. H. Hospers
Olin
Wesley Newspaper
Weslay
J. J H. Hospers
Iowa
Wesley News-World
Muriel
Algona Court News Quiet Week in Local Dockets
Kossuth District and Justice Court reports a light week. Painter Harry Baker pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was fined 3800 dollars plus costs. In Della Welter’s court J B Crawford paid 3 dollars for operating an unregistered trailer. New district court cases include multiple quiet title and guardian appointment actions, with a foreclosure suit and probate matters such as the estate of James Reed and guardianship of Charles Luth. Fred Winkleman named guardian.
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Algona
Harry ‘Baker
G. W. Stillman
Della Welter
J. B. Crawford
City
Irma Westendorf
Arthur JB. Kraft
J. M. Herbst
Amy Geering
Katy Durner
Harold W. Franbach
William ‘R. Tyler
Samantha Shaddick
M. J. Mischeld
Brands
Anna Hilbert
Kossuth
Town
James L. Reed
Mahaska County
Charles Luth
Fred Winkleman
Bode Farm Wife Paralyzed After Auto Crash Near Algona
Mrs Nicholas Weydert Jr., 29, of Bode, hurt in a Thursday night car wreck four miles south of Hobarton. The farm wife, formerly Agnes Leveck, was paralyzed from the waist down and hospitalized at Kossuth. She was returning home from a visit when the vehicle overturned in a ditch. a neighbor and a Waterloo man helped extract her. Her 18 month old son was left at home.
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Algona
Nicholas "Weydert Jr
Bode
Kossuth Hospital
Hobarton
Mrs.Weydert
Waterloo
Kos Suth Hospital
American Legion Auxiliary News Update
Mary Young membership chair and Esther Breen will host members at the Breen home Friday October 25 at 2 30. Ethel Johnson music chair will present a surprise number. A quiz by Mary Young and report of Port Dodge fall conference. Halloween party success with caps noise makers masks and decorations sent to Knoxville veterans hospital. Armistice Day program cooperation with the Post noted. 36 members reported to date.
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Mary Young
Esther Breen
Breen
Ethel Johnson
Knoxville
Wesley
Luther Miller
Gamill, Cooper
Mary Sartor
Sadie Denton
Heidecker wins county husking title. heads to state contest
Ernest Heidecker of Lakota won the Kossuth county husking contest at Hampton, netting 2728.4 lbs and earning a state bid at Mitchellville. Runner up was A L Mullin Cerro Gordo with 2578.8 lbs. Fred Gray Titonka placed third with 2104.44 lbs. Floyd Bode Algona was noted for few gleanings. about 1300 people attended.
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Ernest Heidecker
Hampton
Mitchellville
A. L. Mullin
Cerro Gordo County
Edward Mawdsley
Irvington
Heidecker
Fred Gray
Titonka
Henry Heidecker
Lakota
Floyd ‘Bode
iAlgona
4 H club agent outlines new 1941 program plan
Kossuth County 4 H club agent Leo J H Sturgeon announced the 1941 boys 4 H program is completed and underway. Enrollment month October will focus on building up existing clubs and organizing new ones with county annuaquet in November or December. The plan emphasizes more activities such as judging demonstrations conservation and health programs, allowing boys to pursue any project of interest and giving more personal time to each member.
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Kossuth County
Leo J H. Sturgeon
44H
iThe County
Sturgeon
Evary
Birthday Club Social Hosted by Mrs Bacon
Mrs Vern Bacon acted as hostess for the Birthday Club on Thursday October 17. The afternoon was social and luncheon was served to Sophus Nelson Earl Blakley John Pink Ilo Buffington Mark Bacon Clair Heifner Merlin Isebrand Robert Lang Ted Dunmire and Herman Blakley.
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Vern Bacon
Birthday Club
Sophus Nelson
Earl Blakley
John Pink
Ilo Buffington
Mark Bacon
Clair Heifner
Merlin Isebrand
Robert Lang
Ted Dunmire
Herman Blakley
Bill Most Everything But Not A Mid-Wife
The town marshal Bill Stott faced a late night call when a young man sought help for a birth requiring a doctor. Bill hurried to assist but could only locate a doctor, showing calm nerve though unable to act as mid wife.
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Bill
Bill Stott
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