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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1958
Page
3
The article urges a fall home refresh as summer ends and school starts. It highlights semi annual furniture sales, buying from reputable dealers, and watching for inflated prices. It covers color planning, choosing wallpapers and fabrics, and the shift to alkyd and latex paints for easy maintenance.
Reverend LeRoy S. Loats has been appointed Presbyterian University Pastor at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He will minister to students and teach in the Philosophy and Religion department. The Loats family moved to Stillwater on August 15. His prior pastorate was Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church in Denver, where a major remodeling was completed. Their Stillwater address is The Westminster Foundation, 6th and Duncan.
Iowa State College economist Tom Rackham reports the 1958 calf crop to be about 41 million head, only 4 percent below the 1954 record and up from the 10 year average. He notes regional shifts, high cow to calf ratios, and suggests the cattle cycle may be reversing as beef breeding rises and dairy calf losses fall.
The Social Security Amendments of 1958 will boost monthly payments for about 15,000 people in 11 northwest Iowa counties served by Fort Dodge district, with checks starting February 3. No new application needed for those already receiving benefits. The law expands eligibility to disabled workers 50 plus and others, and tax rates rise to 2 percent for employees and employers, 3 percent for self employed, through 1969, with the first $4800 of annual earnings taxed from 1959. The Chamber of Commerce plans a September 8 meeting at 6:30 p.m. at V and H Cafe. tickets from new board members or at dinner.
Fort Dodge district office manager says a 1957 law change lets 62 year old wives or widows qualify for monthly Social Security on their husband’s record if the marriage remains legally in existence, even with long separation. Field rep Mary Alive Cody will visit Algona Court House on August 7 from 9 to 3 to assist eligible wives or widows with applications or questions.
The Federated Club will hold its Flower Show on Saturday at the school. Open to the public 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Judge and speaker is Mrs. Arlen Dahl of Ellsworth, Iowa. Tea served after the afternoon program. Everyone is invited to bring flower specimens and arrangements to enjoy the program.
In a 20 month study at Union Slough Refuge, wildlife officials report a rapidly expanding white tailed deer herd. Deer numbers rose from 30 to 128 from 1951 to 1958, overgrazing food plots at Buffalo Creek Bottoms and nearby acres. Neighbors worry losses to livestock feed may follow.
Dear Parents I have read open letters appealing for child safety on the way to school I share your fears yet accept most responsibility lies with me the driver I urge parents to walk routes with children identify dangers teach safe crossing and monitor after school travel also note a sunflowers size find in Marion garden measured 16 inches by 44 inches around
The Clay County Fair begins Monday in Spencer with exhibit buildings, midway rides, crafts, and thousands of visitors expected. Cars stream in from across the region as 4-H and FFA barns fill with prize livestock and the Smokey Mountain model railroad thrills youngsters.
The general meeting of the Ti tankg W.S.C.8. will be held at 2 00 p m Wednesday September 10 at the church fate Tait peertr Watray Rife TREE win Eden Hostesses will be Mrs Clarence Akkermann Mrs Har eld Burgess Mrs Teg DeBoer and Mrs Forrest Wills
Nine Iowa farm girls from county district and regional contests compete to be crowned Queen of the Furrow at the Soil Conservation District Commissioners conference in Cedar Rapids. The winner will host duties, attend the Plowmen’s banquet in Washington and preside over Field Days and Plowing Matches in Washington County.
Ernest Conrad Senne born September 7 1678 in Winheim Ostfriesland Germany came to Wellsburg Iowa with his family in 1882. He married Helena Boyken in 1903 and later Wilhelmina Baade in 1940. He died August 25 after a heart attack at age 79 with survivors including two sons three daughters and 18 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Extension Director Gur Barnes notes the 4 H crops judging team from Bancroft placed ninth among 39 teams at the State Fair, with Albert Kollasch ranking sixth individually. Also covered are shifts in U S meat consumption since 1940, Iowa hog market share, July soil samples at Ames labs, and fertilizer advice, plus September hog marketing intentions.
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