Woden Couple Exchanges Vows In Candlelight Ceremony
LaVonne Wood and Donald Isebrand of Woden married Saturday July 11 at 7:30 pm in Woden Methodist Church. The ceremony included blue and white carnation decor and a large church reception for 175 guests with family members and out of town visitors from Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan and Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woden
LaVonne Wood
Wm. J. Wood
Donald. Isebrand
Henry B. Isebrand
Woden Methodist Church
W. Shreve
Della Eden
Minneapolis
Sharon Isebrand
Lolo
Web
David Isebrand
Linda
LaDonna Wood
Johnny Monson
Gary Wittmeier
Richard Bentley
Wilbur Godfredson
Mason City
Rodney
Eugene Wood
Harvey Isebrand
Alvin Hanna
Bonnie Anderson
Janice Johnson
Vicki Hanna
Lenice Dirksen
Kareles
Lloyd Bentley
Deadline Nears For First 1960 Soil Bank Signup
Farmers must file basic rate requests for the 1960 Conservation Reserve between August 24 and September 10. Richard I. Anderson reports Kos County ASC details. After setting a basic rate, applicants may seek a contract below that rate and will be notified of signing deadlines.
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Soil Bank
Richard I. Anderson
Kossuth County
ASC
Stores Close Labor Day
Thironka stores will be closed all day Labor Day Monday September 7. This creates a long weekend so plan accordingly for your weekend shopping.
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Thironka
Boy Scouts Plan Overnight Camp-Out for Award
Troop 63 Titanka seeks the National Camping Award by having at least half its scouts camp 10 nights or more. Current log shows Keith Hamilton and Dor an Dockstader with 12 nights each, others with 11, 4, or fewer nights. Planned bike-hike to Slough recreation area to study map reading orientation and observe, plus supervised swimming and a Friday night campout. Meetings Mondays at the Methodist Church. open to boys 11 and older. Led by Hardld Burgess and Russell Dockstader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titanka
Troop 63
Keith Hamilton
Doran Dockstader
Bary Wenger
Roger Ackerman
Bruce Kitzinger
Dudley Dockstader
Rodney Hench
Harlan Krominga
Noel Krantz
John Brandt
Slough
Methodist
Hardld Burgess
Russell Dockstader
Sylvia Eden Wins Blue Ribbons At State Fair
Sylvia Eden and fellow 4-H girls earned eight blue ribbons and four red ribbons at the Kossuth County Achievement Show and State Fair. Exhibits include Titania window curtains, framed pieces, furniture groupings, and painted units displayed under the grandstand through Sunday. The Home Furnishing team and special activity team, led by Ruth Ann Klein, Mary Alma O'Brien, Janet Walker, and Maxine Clark, traveled with county extension staff for the demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Sylvia Eden
Titania
Mary McDonnell
Whittemore
Mary O’brien
Bote
Melissa Nygaard
Wesley
Ruth Ann Klein
Invington
Staite Fair
Mary Alma O’brien
Janet Walker
Maxine Clark
Ralph Walker, Jr
Alvin Klein
Mary Staudt
Ann Walters
Van Hove Purchases Erickson Funeral Home in Dows
Sylvester Van Hove of Waverly, son of Mr and Mrs Ted Van Hove of Titonka, has purchased the Erickson Funeral Home in Dows. He assumed control September 1 and brings Mortuary Science training from St Louis College and Wartburg.
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Sylvester van Hove
Waverly
Ted van Hove
Titonka
Erickson Funeral Home
Dows
van Hove
Floyd Huisman Buys Ricks Cities Service
After nine years of service to the community Simon Ricks sold his Cities Service station to Floyd Huisman. Huisman, formerly of the Sundries Store in Titanka, brings ten years of station experience from Woden and took over on Tuesday September 1. The 1955 built station offers car washing greasing tire repair and a full line of Cities Service products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Ricks
Cities
Floyd Huisman
Floyd
Sundries
Titanka
Woden
Huisman
Good Hope Lutheran Hosts Teachers Reception and Slides
On September 3 at 6:00 p.m. the Good Hope Lutheran congregation hosts a public reception for local teachers. Waldorf College professor Odvin Hagen will present a works tour slides program, with vocal music by Hagen and other musical selections including organ pieces by Welhousen and Rakow. Sherry Wenger sings The Lord Is My Shepherd, with Lora Lee Willemsen on organ. The program ends by 9:00 p.m. The Titonka Brownie Troop will hold its first meeting of the year on a Wednesday evening in the school lunch room for girls ages 7 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Hope Lutheran
Odvin Hagen
Waldorf College
Forest City
Prof. Hagen
Waldorf
Hermut Welhousen
Viky Rakow
Sherry Wenger
Indians Football Schedule Is Announced for 1959
The 1959 Stateline Conference schedule for the Titonka Indians opens with Boone Valley Renwick on September 11 and includes games against Thompson Kahawha Burt Rake Ventura Swea City Armstrong. The squad is light with only three returning two year lettermen and a backfield with four linemen missing from last year.
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Lyle Opheim
Art Crissinger
Dick Gipple
Tyke
Boone Valley
Renwick
Thompson
Kahawha
Burt
Rake
Ventura
Swea City
Armstrong
Titonka
Dig
Indians
Stateline
County Chairman Outlines Conservation Reserve Signup
Eleven 4-H members from Kossuth County will take part in Iowa State Fair events in Des Moines from August 26 to September 5. Livestock and tractor contestants from Algona Bancroft Swea City and Fenton compete in state contests while county leaders guide teams. Deadline for requesting a basic Conservation Reserve rate is September 10, with eligibility rules and required farm details at the Algona ASC office.
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Kossuth County
Des Moines
Jim Enpelding
Algona
Dean Dodds
Hampshire
Philip Heldorfer
Bancroft
Jerry England
Fenton
Philip
Jerry
James Erpelding
Duane Hilbert
St. Joe Trojans
Curtis Hanson
Swea-Harrison
Bernard Thilges
Bode
Cecil Thoreson
Sweaty
Ronnie Linde
Swea City
Joe Kollasch
Edward Droessler
Jerome Menke
Dean Barnes
E Extension
Wil
Jim Erpelding
Robert Johnson
Mrs Herbert Nelson Injured In Stop Sign Collision
Mrs Herbert Nelson of near Titonka was injured when a gravel truck driven by Clarence Fish of Wesley ran a stop sign and struck her car from the east at the intersection south of Titonka. Nelson suffered scalp and facial lacerations and chest and shoulder injuries. she was treated at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Britt and held until Tuesday. The truck rolled into a ditch after the impact. Mr Fish was uninjured. The truck owner is George McVay of Algona. the incident follows warnings by Sheriff Ralph Lindhorst about trucks failing to stop at the intersection with poor visibility from the north.
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Nelson Auto
Herbert Nelson
Titonka
Clarence Fish
Wesley
Fish
Nelson
Ralph Lindhorst
Mr. Lindhorst
Sean
Hancock Memorial Hopital
Britt
Tracy Stone
George McVay
Algona
Ottosen
George Cunningham In Auto Accident
George Cunningham suffered only slight injuries when he lost control of his car while avoiding a dog on the road after football practice. The crash occurred six miles south and 14 miles west of Titonka. He had minor cuts and a head bump. The car was damaged beyond repair.
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George Cunningham
Titonka
George
Teachers Reception At The Methodist Church Titans
The annual Teachers Reception at the Methodist Church will be held this Sunday September 6 at 7 30 p m beginning with a program featuring Beverly Wittstuck of Spirit Lake an exchange student in Germany last year She will share her impressions of German schools churches and people with slides The evening includes introductions of teachers group singing and ends with refreshments and a social hour in Fellowship Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titanica Methodist Church
Beverly Wittstuck
Spirit Lake
Germany
H. C. Hamilton of Bancroft Dies After Illness
Harold C. Hamilton a 64 year old Bancroft farmer and hatchery owner died Thursday August 27 in Mankato Minnesota from pancreatic cancer. He had surgery August 3. Funeral services were held Monday at St John’s Catholic Church Bancroft with Msgr J H Schultes officiating and burial followed at St John’s cemetery.
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Bancroft
Harold C. Hamilton
Mankato
Minnesota
St. John’s Catholic Church
Msgr
J. H. Schultes
St. John's Cemetery
Seminar Meeting for W S C S Officers
A W S C S seminar for Algona District officers will be held at Titonka Methodist Church on Wednesday September 9. The session aims to train church group officers and improve leadership.
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W.8.c
W.S.C.S
Algona District
Titonkea Methodist Church
Catholic Women Open Deanery Meeting in Emmetsburg
The National Council of Catholic Women Sioux City Diocese will hold an open deanery meeting at the Assumption Parish Hall in Emmetsburg on Tuesday at 1 50 pm Rev Father Frank Brady diocesan director will speak Plans cover the October 7 Sioux City convention and the Globe Drive guest speaker Father Leo Kelm of Milford There will be a social hour lunch and benediction Thatora president is Mrs Clara Hauptman Wesley
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National Council of Catholic Women
Sioux City
Emmetsburg
Assumption Parish
Father Frank Brady
Leo Kelm
Milford
Thatora
Clara Hauptman
Wesley
Obituary for Florin Floyd Bartlett of Titania
Florin Bartlett 85 died August 28 1939 at University Hospital Iowa City Funeral services held September 1 Blake Funeral Home Titania with Rev Max E Goldman officiating and Allen Blake solo The interment was at Buffalo Township Cemetery Florin believed to have been born September 1 1873 near Titanics and lived much of his life in Kossuth County He married Nellie C Hudson December 24 1895 and had two children Surviving are Erma Gara Sacramento CA Rial Bartlett Dike sister Mrs W A Ladendorf Algona former wife Mrs Nellie Lupin Bancroft and Bartlett cousins of Titonka
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Blake
Titania
Florin Bartlett
University Hospital
Iowa City
Allen Blake
Max. E. Goldman
Boyd Miller
Lom Stockwall
Glenn Parcel
Dick Baade
George Schutter
Jay Budlong
Buffalo Township
Florin
Floyd Bartlett
Henry
Elizabeth Bartlett
Titanics
Bartlett
Kossuth
Town City
Edward
Erma Gara
Sacramento
California
Rial Bartlett
Dike
W. A. Ladendorf
Algona
Nallie Lupin
Bancroft
Bartlett Brothers
Titonka
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Herman Tjarks
Don Wood
Walt Pihi
Hans'Smith
Ted Hinders
Richard Brown
Arlis Brown
Janice Dirksen
Janice Monson
Beverly Bentley
Karen Brown
Woden High School
Mason City Credit Bureau
Wisconsin
Missouri
Michigan
Wesley, Britt
Iowa
Falls
Buffalo Center
Kanawha
Gamer
Belmond
Congress
Boy Scouts of America
Titonka Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
Ricks Cities Service
Good Hope Lutherans
Kossuth 4-H
Iowa State Fair
Emer Ul
Richard J. Anderson
Anderson
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Parkerhouse
Angel
Methodist Church
H. C. Hamilton
Florin Floyd Bartlett
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