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Newspaper

Titonka Topic

Location

Titonka, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1938

Page

5

Junior Class Play and School News at Tyke Theatre

The junior class presents The Family Upstairs at Tyke Theatre on Nov 1 with matinee options and ticket details. Cast includes Joe Heller Carl Snyder Emma Heller and others. Also reports on class activities, rings purchase, home economics notebooks, sports schedules, and an athletic show with wrestling events at the school.

Tyke Theatre Willie Annabelle Charles Grant Joe Heller Carl Snyder Emma Heller Alice Buchenreuther Louisa Heller

Evening of matches features boxing and wrestling bouts

A local program included six boxing matches and three wrestling bouts with lengthy notes on pairings. Several youths competed including Hoff, Doege, Refferve, Buffington, and Bruns. The main feature had Coach Dunmire wrestling Donald Buffington, whom he predicted to throw three times in five minutes, achieving the feat.

Sylvester Hoff Earl Doege Richard Isebrand Herbert Schram Vern Doege Don Hoff Verley Nelson Clarence Loats Arthur Loats George Moore Albert Stecker Robert Budlong Donavon Andrews Dick Batt Paul Bruns Alex Refferve Donald Buffington Donald Hoff Philip Reffer Darrel Batt Dunmire

Jailed on charge drunken driving in Algona

Algona report shows Frank Schupfer Mallard bound over to district grand jury under $500 bonds on drunken driving charges. He also serves a two day jail term for driving without a license. Bond not furnished. Herman Spear of Titanica fined $50 and ordered 15 days in jail for failure to pay. Other cases list foreclosure and probate matters.

Algona Frank Schupfer Mallard C. F. Specht Herman Spear Titanica Dawson M. ©. Rixman Cleveland Ohio Justice Welter Geo. Sengbusch Botsford Lumber, Company Hazel'‘D Kermit I. Forbes Joseaphine Lonergan Stientje Nordman Hancock County

Heidecker Wins Kossuth Husking Championship at Algona Farm

Ernest Heidecker of Lakota won the Kossuth county corn husking contest at the Harry Bode farm near Algona. He netted 2 277 pounds after deductions from gleanings and husks, with total weight 2 386 pounds. J William Frahm of Wesley placed second, Fred Gray of Lakota third, and others from Whittemore Irvington Titonka Burt and Laverne also placed. The event drew about 350 spectators, sponsored by the Kossuth County Farm Bureau with local chamber and Pioneer Seed Corn Co cooperation. the top two received leather coats, third a mackinaw, and tenth a gasoline award. The winner advanced to the district contest in Iowa Falls.

Ernest Heidecker Lakota Kossuth Harry Bode Algona Heidecker J. William Frahm Wesley Fred Gray Joe Mettille Irvington Henry Heidecker C. A. Derner Whittemore Leonard Gray Titonka Elmer Merkle Fred Merkle Laverne Harry Holm Burt A. Doerner Iowa Falls Kossuth County Farm Bureau Algona Chamber of Commerce Pioneer Seeq Corn Company Chamber of Commerce K. & H. Oil Company

Titonka Buttermaker Receives More Honors

Martin Bleich of the Titonka creamery won top honors in the National Cold Storage contest in Cleveland Ohio with a score of 95 the highest in the event among eleven states. The butter was made June 1 and scored October 15 Other scores from the Titonia creamery include Kossuth County Fair Portland Portland Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo Iowa State Fair Mason City and more with varied scores across exhibitions and contests.

Martin Bleich Titonka Creamery Bleich Cleveland Ohio Titania Creamery Kossuth County Portland Oregon St. Paul

Good Will Club to Meet Friday at Legion Hall

The Good Will Club will meet Friday evening at the Legion Hall. A good attendance is requested so plans may be made for activities of the holiday season.

Good Will Legion Hall

Breen Post 465 Legion Meeting and Entertainment Planned

Breen Post 465 American Legion and Auxiliary schedule county meeting at Titonka on Oct 27 at 8 pm in the Methodist church basement with oe Graham as speaker and officers to be elected. Special Tyke Theatre show and planned carpet rag sewing with lunch. Regular business meeting at Legion Hall on Nov 1. Members urged to attend and vote.

Titonka Methodist Church Oe Graham Tyke Theatre American and National Defense Legionaire G. G. Gartner Rose Bonacker Legion Hall

Tyke Theatre Hosts Bancroft Camp Boys Guests

About 125 boys from the C. C. Camp at Bancroft visited Tyke Theatre as guests of Bartlett Brothers. Superintendent A. K. Crekow spoke to the boys and attendees. only a portion could attend due to duty constraints. Five large army trucks ferried the group to Titonka, with guards on site for safety.

C. C Bancroft Tyke Theatre Bartlett Brothers A. K E. Crekow Ife Titonka

Halloween program at Buffalo District No 7

A Hallowe en program is set for Buffalo District No 7 located 2 12 miles east and 4 miles south of Titonka on Thursday evening October 27 at 8 o clock. Lunch will be ready. Vera Greaking, Teacher, 43p.

Buffalo District No. 7 Titonka Vera Greaking

Mr and Mrs John Krull Hold 50th Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs John Krull will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday November 2. An open house will be held from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 in the evening, inviting friends to call.

John Krull

Kossuth Highway Fatalities In Week

Kossuth county reported three highway deaths this week. James J Hogan 35 Whittemore was killed when his car left a gravel road and hit a tree near West Bend. He left a wife two children five brothers and five sisters. Coroner Evans said Willard Seaver a transient died of heart disease after collapsing in a cornfield near Algona. A hired man Leo Sabin found Seaver dead after starting to work. Seaver’s body lay beside a large corn wagon and officials sought his relatives in Montana and elsewhere.

Kossuth County James J .Hogan Whittemore West Bend Kossuth Willard Seaver Cornsfield Otto V. Harlan Farm Algona Buddy Seavers Evans Seaver Harlan Farm Harlan Leo Sabin Sabin Harlans Pete Christensen Lone Rock Fort Dodge Billings Montana McCullough

Kossuth Tuberculosis Association Names Officers

At a Tuesday noon reorganization meeting held in the Algona hotel the Kossuth county tuberculosis association elected H. B. White of Algona as county president Dorothy Minkel of Swea City as vice president H B Woodward of Whittemore as secretary and Mrs J W Little of Algona as treasurer Mrs Robert Larson was named county seal sales chairman and Dr John Kenelfick along with Antionette Bonnstetter were added to the advisory board Marguerite Pfeffer of Des Moines state sealer worker attended to assist in organizing the group.

Algona Kossuth County Tuberculosis Association Algona Hotel H. B. White Dorothy Minkel Swea City H. B. Woodward Whittemore W. Little Robert Larson John Kenelfick Antionette Bonnstetter Marguerite Pfeffer Des Moines

New Demonstration Agent Named for Kosuth County

Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks accepted the offer as home demonstration agent for Kosuth county and began duties last week. She succeeds Lucille Peppon who resigned to teach in the government high school of the Panama Canal Zone. Hicks is a former Spencer girl and Iowa State College graduate.

Algona Ruth Seaton Hicks Buena Viata Pocahontas Kossuth County Lucille Peppon Government High Panama Canal Zone Hicky Spencer Iowa State College Ames

Rural Teachers Institute to be Held in Algona

About 140 Kosuth county rural school teachers will attend the Kossuth Rural Teachers Institute in Algona Friday. Ruby Van Meter Des Moines will lead a reading demonstration and discussions on intermediate grade reading. Lillian Hethershaw from Drake University will present science in elementary schools. Jessie Parker of Lake Mills will lecture on rural school affairs. A noon luncheon will be served to graduates now teaching. Uniform teacher examinations will be written at the courthouse Wednesday Thursday and Friday.

Algona Kosuuth Kossuth Rural Teachers Institute William Shirley Ruby van Meter Des Moines Lillian Hethershaw Drake University Jessie ‘Parker Lake Mills Wm. Shirley Court House

Wesley Child Burns From Lye Incident

Donna Mae Cink ten months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cink, severely burned after pulling a can of lye from a cupboard and placing some in her mouth. She had been walking and opened the cupboard, then was rushed to a doctor and later Algona hospital for treatment of mouth and throat burns.

Wesley Donna Mae Cink Edward Cink Algona Hospital

Speaking events announced for Algona area

The auditorium at Algona High School hosts a talk Thursday evening October 27 at 8 30 with the Algona High School band providing music. Governor Kraschel will attend the State Corn Husking Contest at Ringsted Thursday and speak there in the afternoon. Attorney General John H. Mitchell will speak in Algona Saturday October 29 at 1, and in Whittemore at 3 in the afternoon.

Algona High School Kraschel Ringsted John H. Mitchell Algona Whittemore

Good Hope Lutheran Church Service Schedule and Ladies Aid Supper

Good Hope Lutheran Church announces English services Sunday October 30 at 10 30 with Sunday School at 9 30 and Luther League devotional at 8 o clock Sunday evening Choir practice Wednesday at 8 o clock. Ladies Aid annual supper week begins Saturday November 6. Remember the date.

Luther League Good Hope Lutheran Ladies Aid

Sartors Celebrate Fortieth Wedding Anniversary

Dr and Mrs Pierre Sartor observed their 40th anniversary at home in Titanica with noon dinner for family and guests. Attendees included Dr Guido Sartor of Chicago and relatives from Bancroft Bancroft and Buffalo Center, with flowers noted for Mrs Sartor.

Pierre Sartor Titanica Guido Sartor Chicago Donna Jean J. A. Bleich Johnette Mary C. Oesterreicher Louis M. F&f. Schilts Bancroft

Reformed Church Notes Promote Regular Attendance

The pastor wraps a two month sermon series on Christian fundamentals and urges Ramsey Church members and neighbors without a home church to attend. Octobers church school near 200. weather affected attendance slightly. A district judge on radio links irregular parental church attendance to youth crime, stressing character and personality, with services daily on Sundays.

Our Christ Ramsey Rameey

Nathaniel Walsh Died in Des Moines

Obituary notes Micky Walsh died at a veterans hospital in Des Moines after a serious illness. He was born November 2, 1895 in Glenavy Ireland, lived in Swea City and Titanika, served in the 168rd Depot Brigade and 145th Machine Gun Battalion, 40th Division. His body likely to be buried at Rock Island National Cemetery option pending War Department permission. brother John of St Paul traveled to Des Moines after broadcast.

Micky Walsh Veterans Hospital Des Moines Kenneth Swan Sartor Micky National Cemetery Rock Island Illinois War Department Glenavy County Antoin Ireland Canada United States Swea City Carl Lenander Buffalo Farm John St. Paul Will Ricklets Geo, Higgins H. C. Rachut Burt

Immanuel Lutheran Church Pastor Kilian speaks on faithfulness

The church announces a sermon stressing loyalty and sincerity in Christianity and cites 2 Corinthians. It calls Christians to live for Christ daily, with a prayer for guidance. German Reformation services are set for next Sunday at 10 30 am with a church building fund offering. Sunday School meets at 9 30. Confirmation class Saturday 9 30 to 3 30. The Orphan Home truck will visit Friday October 28.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Adolph Kilian Titonica Jesus Christ Christ Jesus

Tea for Homemakers at Ramsey Reformed Church

A notice invites every housewife in Buffalo and German townships to a tea hosted by Mrs Calvin Schnucker and Mrs Ray Miller at the Ramsey Reformed church parlors Thursday afternoon November 3 at 2 00. Mrs Hicks the new Home Demonstration Agent will hold a canning clinic and discuss frozen foods. Musical numbers and social time are planned.

Buffalo Calvin Schnucker Ray Miller Ramsey Reformed Church Hicks German

Methodist Church Notes and Doan Schedule

W L Patterson is pastor. Sunday School at 10 00 am Morning Worship at 11 00 am Epworth League at 7 30 pm Doan church holds Sunday School at 10 30 am with Morning Worship at 9 30 am.

Methodist Church W. L. Patterson Epworth League Doan

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rogemary Bacon Reporters Jferne Oesterreicher Verdene’ Boyken Herman Welhousen Patricia Ball Girla Alice Kuchenreuther Clarence Brandt Maxine Stott Herr Jones Company Nelson’s Grove Britt Woden Fenton Armstrong Sweg City iWoden iRingsted iWeasley Jessie M. Parker Dean Ernest Heidecker Husking Titonka Buttermaker Kossuth [Tuberculosis Association Officers Rural Teachers Institute Wesley Child GOV Neibon G. Kraschel Good Hope Lutheran Church M. A. Schulz Nathaniel Walsh
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