Local News Highlights from Algona Area
Community notes recount visits from residents to West Bend Des Moines and Ames. Residents travel for family gatherings, church events, and a bankers convention. Many local names, farm shifts, health updates, and schooling changes mark a bustling week in Burt and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boykens
Chris Meyers
West Bend
Lee O. Wolfe
Dorothy Peterson
Patricia Ball
Harriet Schram
Telephone Company
Roy Tryon
Lonnie
Waltham, Minn
Cha
Tom Forburgers
Wesley
John Bleich
Britt
Wm. Boyken
Verdene
Patricia ‘Ball
Des Moines
Bankers
Jean Buckley
Kenneth Swan
Chas, Swan
Mt. Pleasant
Corrine’ Swan
Bobby and
Terry
Morning Sun
Walter Swan
Wmm iRickless
Lakota
Wim Bruer
Charlson
Mary Oesterreicher
Wm. Ricklass
Clair Winkie
Oscar Blanchard
Miller Nelson
George Bonacker
Senus Usebrang
Glen ‘Rike
Amelia Rike
Algona
Sever
Paulsons of Wesley Silver Anniversary
After church services on Sunday September 8, the Congregational church hosted a dinner for eighty honoring Mr. and Mrs. Marion Paulson on their 26th wedding anniversary. The event featured blue and silver decorations, a three tier cake by Mrs. Olaf Finnemark, and gifts including a silver tea spoon set and a silver plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whesley
Congregational Church
Marion Paulson
Ladies Aid
Black bass restocked in Des Moines River near Algona
About 6 000 small mouth bass were placed in the Des Moines River between Algona and Plum Creek dam north of town. The fish came from Lansing in a state conservation commission truck and were released under the supervision of state conservation officer E V Pierce. The commission, aided by the Kossuth county conservation league, has annually restocked the river with game fish since ten stream improvement dams were built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Algona
Plum Creek
Lansing
State Conservation Commssion
E. V. Pierce
State Conservation Commission
Kossuth County Conservation League
Eastern Women in Car Wreck East of Algona
Three young women from the east were injured Tuesday morning east of Algona when the car they rode in tipped over. Mrs. A Morrison of Madison New Jersey drove when the wheels struck a soft shoulder. It was the first accident in 10 000 miles of driving. The trio was returning home after a vacation through Canada and the western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
A. Morrison
Madison
N. J
Canada
Boy Dies After Car Crash Near Scranton Carroll
Funeral services were held for Francis Kajewski, 9, at St. Cecelia's church after he died from injuries in a car overturn near Scranton, about 20 miles east of Carroll. He passed away in St. Anthony's hospital a week after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Ailgona
St. Cecelia’s Church
Francis Kajewski
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Carroll
Scranton
Pastures Need Vacation to Prepare for Spring
Iowa State College extension agronomist Paul Burson advises removing pastures with new clover and grasses from grazing before Sept 10 and keeping them off until spring. The practice helps clover build reserves to resist winter kill and yields earlier pasture next spring. bluegrass also gains from maintained root reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Burson
Iowa State College Extension Agronomist
Burson
Legumes and Grass Harvest Timing for Silos
The article advises that legumes and grass intended for silo storage should be cut a tile earlier than the timing used for hay. This adjustment aims to optimize fermentation and preserve nutritional quality for silage storage.
Ben Hopkins Milestone at Milwaukee Railroad Endures 52 Years
Ben Hopkins of Wesley marks fifty two years with the Milwaukee Railroad including service as depot agent at Cylinder and later back in Wesley Born in Charles City he moved with his parents in the 1880s He witnessed Wesley grow from a depot and store to a 1000 population and then decline to about 500 as neighboring towns expanded His father John Hopkins worked in farming insurance and monument works in Logsdorth County during horse and buggy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vanitrove
Albert Doden
Henry Korte
Des Moines
L. C. Helfer
Rochester
Burt
B. H. Meyers
Ben A. Meyers
Forrest Manwiller
Tom Shaner
Iowa Falls
John K. Rippentrop
Peter Abben
James Winter
Nels Benjamin
Bradgate
Bill Baade
Fred Kahlstorf
Britt
Frank Kline
Dorothy Troutner
Eagle Grove
John Pink
Watson Hamstreet
Jim Williams
David
Fort Dodge
Oscar Miller
Bogg Pannkuk
Fannie
Alice
B. Pannkuk
Laurens
Denton Drug Store
Florence Meager
Wayne Miller
Minnie Kennedy
John Pannhuk
Hopkinton
Boyd Pannhuk
Amelia
Portland Township
Join Swanson
Frank Hagen
Clay County
Swanson
B. Bgesdal
W. J. Denton
Martin Bleich
Ernest Hansen
M. Friest
Henry Stecker Jr
Art Henen
Ben Pannkuk
Alek ‘Bzarski
Jake Schutter
Woden
Chicago
CC. B. Egesdal
Larg Egesdal
Buffalo Center
Ruth Egesdal
George ‘Arends
Ackley
John Rode Sr
California
Heifner
C. B. Hgesdal
Guy Barton
Melvin Hansen
Belmond
Bill Larson
New Baby
Lola Trampel
Kamrar
Ruby Johnson
A. M. Petersen
Milwaukee Railroad
R. B. Hopkins
Cylinder
Wesley
Hheme
Mr. Hopkins
Charles City
John Hopkins
Iogsyth
Wesley American Legion Post Elects Officers
The local American Legion Post No. 428 held officer elections last Tuesday night. Elected were commander John Hutchison, vice commander Halver Flom Jr., adjutant and finance officer Lester L. Lease, service officer J. L. Studer, sergeant-at-arms Julus P. Studer, and chaplain Maurice Bartholomew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
John Hutchison
Halver Flom Jr
Lester L. Lease
J. L. Studer
Julus P. Studer
Maurice Bartholomew
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Titonka Savings Bank
John Wilson
Albert Missal
Blue Earth
Fearne Krantz
Klaus Wibben
John Wibben
Bancroft
Marjorie Huisman
Iola Meinders
Grace Smith
Burtwoods
Lorraine Keuchenreuther
Harry Ricklefs
Will Spear
Luther League
Kenneth Fisher
John Boyken
Rav
A. Killan
Mansfield
Minn
M. O. Amundson
Arthur Bady
Indianola
Edward Sathoff
Bert C. Meyer
Mabel Hartman
Storm Lake
O. J. Lockrem
Thompson
Norris Keil
Ardis Lockrem
Senus Isebrand
George Rippentrop
Henry Huisingas
John M. Welhousen
Welhousen
Minnesota
Boyd Tieden
Near
Rake
Titonia
Henry Schoon
German Valley
Illinois
Herman Dreesman
Dreesman
Helen Aninch
Russell
Towa
L. C
Missouri Synod
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Richmann
Leonard Gray
Leonard
Fred Gray
Garlene
Lake Lillian
Willmar
Hillsdale
Wisconsin
Calvin Schnucker
Hibert Smith
Harris Smith
Raymond Pannhuk
Ralph Cordes
John Ailts
Hermon
Hess
Henry Michaelson
Alvin Hankens
Gladys Kennedy
Waterloo
Harry Reed
George Anderson
John Rossema
Carl F. Callies
Ray
Gordon Hansen
Torres
Upper Iowa University
Katie Wibben
H. Norman
Earl Blakley
Junior
Willie Harris
Gordon Nelson
Clear Lake
DeGrott
Nora Springs
Carrie Bonacker
Wm. Jacobs
Elizabeth
St. Paul
Sever Pannhuk
Laurice Lund
Morton Bonnrud
Lake Mills
Ray Troutner
Ray Hansen
M. C. Schieichhardt
Sever Pannkuk
Ang Mres
Ernest Petersen
Delores
Gene
Lucille
Dorothy Gingrich
Spencer
Phyllis Dougan
Dorothy Btrindleson
Lila Kaphengst
Town Falls
Junior Batt
Ronald Fraser
Wm. Batts
Cat Belknap
Gamble
Rudd
Wm. Batt
Dave Weber
Boone and Fraser
Vern Bacon
Larry
Clair Heifner
Clarence Smith
W. A. Stoutenberg
Harold Jones
Swea City
Roy Budlong
Stoutenbergs
Marjorie Peterson
Alice Budlong
Irene Schmidt
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Budlong
Robert Callies
Lem Stockwell
Frank Callies
Lois Liavrenz
Marie Carter
Migs Carter
William Slood
Minneapolis
Little Brown
Nashua
Lena Godfredsen
Jim Hansen
A. J. Hansen
Rudy Wirett
Wm. H. Batt
Robert Clemans and
William Clemans
Arnolds Park
Asbert Smith
Pella
Central College
Alaska
Callies Bros Store
I.g.a.store
Just
Rollins Hosiery
A. M. Patersen
Titonka
Ben Hopkins
Wesley American Legion
Bonacker
FBI
SAT
MON
Miller’s Corn
Mother Hubbard
Swift
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