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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
1
Good Hope Lutheran Church schedules three Sunday services for its Mission Rally with sermons by Rev. C J Mardort and Rev H J Knoploh, plus a brief memorial for seven American Lutheran missionaries. A community pot luck lunch follows noon service. movies from New Guinea Mission Field will be shown.
Mrs. Alma H. Jones of Town State College warns that last year one seventh of U.S. high school students left school largely for work. About five million youths aged 14 to 17 worked summer jobs, signaling a shift during wartime reconversion.
WODEN The surgical dressing quota is complete for this period. No more work until the next shipment arrives. Local Red Cross workers logged 624 hours over the past two months with ten members contributing the most hours. Supervisors named are Mrs Johnny Gerdes and Mrs Herb Carstens.
September is National Nutrition Month with county and town committees coordinating themes across social, civic, school and church groups. The slogan urges better breakfasts and lunches, with Iowa adopting Make Iowa Strong and home economists aiding rural schools. Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks promotes homemaker cooperation, and surplus foods will be preserved at community canning centers for lunches.
A meeting for all elementary teachers in the north half of Kossuth county will be at Bancroft Public School Thursday at 9 o clock. A south half meeting will follow in Algona the next day.
A Northwood gardener found a carrot growing through a ruby ring once lost by the owner's daughter, now Mrs. G. T. Norgwing, era unknown. The ring was identified by Mr. Ole O. Lund, linking the odd discovery to a family keepsake.
Iowa must recruit 153 graduate nurses for the armed services by January 1, announced by Bess Cunningham, chair of the state procurement committee. Total national need is 9,000 nurses, about one third of expected 1944 graduates. Iowa’s share already exceeded its midyear target of 92. Nurses available for service include current classifications and new graduates, many from the Cadet Nurse Corps, with priority given to those can be spared without harming communities.
At the Department convention on August 18 Mrs. Leo W. Laird of Rockwell City was elected Department president and Hugo P. Saggan of Dennison named Department commander while Mrs. Velda Ellsworth of Humboldt became district chairman. The piece stresses the American Bill of Rights and its four freedoms, urging Legionnaires to uphold liberty with faith and dignity, and notes Sept. 22 events in Galena Zwiefel's hosting role.
The Isebrand Army and Navy family gathering honored the seven Isebrand brothers in town for leave or pre training. Attendees included Morris from Camp Haan Richard from Childress Merlin after Great Lakes training Herbert from Denver and many relatives such as Pannkuks Hippentrops and Isebrands. Grandma Rippentrop, aged over 80, shared in the cheerful reunion with the clan.
The Titanka Federated Club will hold its first meeting of the year on Tuesday evening September 12 at 7 o clock at the home of Mrs Edw A Sathoff with co hosts Mrs Charles Peter sen Mrs Arthur J Budlong Mrs Charles Heed Mrs John Stott and Mrs Neal Michaelson. Guest speaker will be Lester Prewett of Forest City on leave from the National Red Cross. The meeting will include a buffet supper and guest faculty members. The second half mentions corn silage and 1944 wheat outlook.
A list of boys departed Wednesday morning August 80 for preinduction physical examinations at Fort Snelling Minnesota. The group will not be inducted now and will return after at least 21 days. Several volunteers, including Edward Ricke and James Kunkel, are listed with their hometowns Algona Bancroft Burt Swea City Irvington Leed Leek Lakota and others. Francis Loos could not go due to bad roads but will join next group.
Coincidence marks 33 years since his father Thor Fisko Sr landed in the United States as Pvt. Thor Fisko Jr arrives in England at age 18. The note also mentions potato harvest timing and a WAVES recruitment line urging service.
Titonka churches announce no services next Sunday and invite all to attend the Mission Festival at Good Hope. On Thursday September 7 the Ladies Aid hosts a semi annual birthday party with a memorial service for seven New Guinea missionaries killed as prisoners on a Japanese ship attacked by Allied bombers. Luther League scavenger hunt set for Tuesday evening at 8:00. Next Sunday September 17 features divine service at 9:80 and Sunday school at 10:30. choir rehearsal tonight Thursday.
Pastor F. Snuttjer leads morning worship at 10 30 in German with Sunday school at 9 30 on David Anointed King. Evening worship at 8. Choir and Young People's Club meet Tuesday evenings. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday September 18 at 1 30 with a heart focused Bible verse I Samuel 16 7.
Good Hope Lutheran Church Alfred O. Mardorf pastor invites all to a weekend Mission Festival. Morning service at 10 30 with Rev C J Mardorf of Sumner as speaker, Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 90. Bring mission envelopes for the offering. Noon pot luck lunch in the parlors. Afternoon service at 2 30 with Rev H J Knopton of Woden. Evening service at 8 with former New Guinea missionary Rev H Bnaep giving informal remarks and showing New Guinea movies.
The Doan and central Methodist churches announce Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10 a.m. The Fourth Quarterly Conference convenes Friday at eight. District Superintendent Rev. F. E. Burgess presides. Woman's Society meets September 13 with Mrs. Miller Nelson leading devotions. Members urged to contribute to Local Budget and Benevolences before year end. District Conference at Call Park Algona on Thursday 9:30 to 4 p.m. brings invitation to all members with picnic.
Chuck Petersen broke the larger bone below the knee Tuesday evening while playing kittenball. He was taken to Kossutly hospital and the leg was put in a cast. It will be weeks before he can drive the Mid-Continent truck. Leo Orthel and Mr. Carter of Algona will cover trade around Titonia.
Dairy expert Arthur R. Porter of Iowa State College urges Iowa dairy farmers to begin silage feeding early this fall to maximize feed value, extend grain supplies, and prevent silo spoilage. He notes silage can be fed as soon as silo filling starts and can continue during fermentation, but due to low protein, add soybean meal or other protein sources. Canada’s 1944 wheat crop shows a sharp rise over 1943.
Funeral services for Mrs. A M Petersen were held Thursday at the Titonka Methodist Church. Born Mayme Lillian Reibsamen in 1889, she lived in Titonka most of her life and served as Titonka postmaster for eighteen and a half years. Survived by husband Andrew M Petersen, four sisters in Minneapolis, and two brothers, she was active in church, library work, Red Cross, and community leadership.
The War Department announces Dorothy Helen Weaver of Moville Iowa formerly a teacher in Titanics and Manchester Iowa promoted to first lieutenant She serves as a company officer with the Officer Candidate School at the Third WAC Training Center in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia and Aug 81 is cited as the date of the release
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