Titonka School Week Shows Busy Fall Athletic Schedule
The Titonka school week highlights a large baseball turnout of 45 players for early practice and a packed fall schedule with seven games plus sectional rounds. Activity covers music classes, home economics, biology, English, grade-by-grade classroom work, and a Friday ball game against Hayfield.
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Titanka
Hayfield
Indiana
Woden
Wesley
Sptember
Bancroft
Burt
Seneca
Poland
Germany
Courstries
Canada
Hay~field
Titonka
Oscar Gingrich Enrolls At English Army College
Corporal Oscar W. Gingrich of Titonka Iowa enrolls in the U S Army University Center at Shrivenham England where the first semester begins with 3611 students. He studies farm management marketing farm food and soil conservation while taking part in a 300 course catalog.
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Kingdom Bash
U.S. Army
Oscar Gingrich
Army University
England
Shrivenham
U. S. Army University Center
United States
Cpl
Oscar W. Gingrich
R. W. Gingrich
Titonka
Iowa
Navy Opens Enlistment to 17 to 30 Year Olds
The U S Navy Recruiting Station in Mason City Iowa reports President Truman issued order lifting the ban on direct enlistments for men 17 to 30. The drive targets wartime veterans and civilians alike to speed demobilization, reduce calls through Selective Service, and ease transitions to peacetime service with four year terms and new bonuses.
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U. S. Navy
Mason City
Iowa
Truman
Navy
Burris
J Pnior
Titonka
Algona
Naval Reserve
Armed Services
Army
Regular Navy
Goldie TerBeek and Richard Isebrand Wed in Texas Air Field Chapel
Goldie TerBeek daughter of Sam and Mrs TerBee of Woden married Richard Isebrand son of Mr and Mrs Senny Isebrand of Thonka on Sunday August 19 1945 at the North Chapel of the CAA P Childress Texas. Army Chaplain Ralph R Pace performed a single ring ceremony. Attendants Corporal and Mrs Anthony LaGrassa were friends of the groom. Organist Mrs Mary Coffee and vocalist Sgt Harper provided music. Bride wore a light tan dress with brown accessories and gardenia corsage. Groom wore his army uniform. After a short stay at Childress the bride returned home to Woden and will resume studies in Hancock County next year.
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Goldie” TerBeek
Richard Isebrand
Texas
Gladiola
Sam TerBee
Woden
Pfe
Army Air Corps
Ralph R. Pace
Anthony LaGrassa
Mary Coffee
Sgt. Harper
Childress
Hancock County
Merle Korte Coxswain Aboard Navy Cargo Carrier
Merle Korte, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Korte of Titania, serves as coxswain on the USS Rutilicus, a Navy cargo carrier. Since the Gilbert Islands offensive began, the ship has supported island hopping by delivering battle gear, groceries, and construction materials to bases in the Marianas, Philippines, and elsewhere, including B-29 base construction at Tinian and fleet issue support in the Philippines.
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Merle Korte
INE
Arn Pacific
Merle. Korte
Henry Korte
Titania
Rutilicus
Gilberts
Marabells
Marianas
Philiippines
Tinian
Philippines
Memorial for Julius Kunz Jr Held on Monday
Memorial services for Julius Kunz Jr were held at St Josephs Catholic Church at 8 15 AM with Rev L N Klein presiding. Military honors were rendered by the American Legion. Lt Kunz, missing since April 9 1945 after a B 24 crash near Bologna Italy, was 28. He had flown 12 missions as navigator after law school. Surviving are his mother and two sisters June Adel and Mary Adina. his father and a sister Maxine had predeceased him. A Florida call noted a relative closer to home awaiting return.
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Wii — Nomarsia
Pervices
Julius Kung Jr
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
L. N. Klein
American Legion
Kunz
Bologna
Italy
Wesley
St. Thomas Military Acadmy
St. Paul
State University of Iowa
Garner
Fella
Iowa
U.S. Army Air Corps
15Th Air Force
June Adel
Mary
Adina
Maxine
Titonka Seeks Expanded School Facilities to Meet Growth
With record enrollment at Titonka schools the community urges a new wing or separate building. The plan aims to overcome crowded classrooms, retain teachers, and fund expansion through tuition and bus service, arguing higher taxes would be worthwhile for a stronger future for local children.
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Titonke
Titonka
Mr and Mrs Ricklefs 25th Anniversary Celebration
Mr and Mrs Will Ricklefs celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering at their Titonka home. They were married in Algona and have lived 25 years in Titonka. Relatives and many out of town guests attended from Elmore Rake Lakota Forest City Buffalo Center Waterloo and other towns.
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Ricklefs
Will Ricklefs
Algona
Titonka
Bill
H. Rippentrop
Harold Madetcke
Dean
Bessie Larson
Elmore
Melvin Rippentrop
Rake
Pete Bruer
Lakota
John DeFries
Forest City
Pete DeFries
Land
Bob DeFries
George Lavirca
Grace Bruer
Buffalo Center
Raymond Ricklefs
Waterloo
Harry Ricklefs
Good Hope Lutheran Church Activities and Visits
GOOD HOPE LUTHERAN American Lutheran Church Alfred Mardoff, Pastor, announces services at 10 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Class at 8:30 a.m. The choir meets Friday at 8:20 p.m. Confirmation classes begin Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Teachers’ meeting Monday evening Sept 17. Women’s Missionary Society meets Wednesday Sept 18 with a Southeast Asia quilt topic. Miss Maxine Peterson, R.N., from Los Angeles, visits with her parents. accompanied by Miss Mary Jones, R.N., from Alexander, Iowa. Also advertised is a Farmers Friend Marnure Loader for a John Deere Model A at $170 from Titanka Implement Co.
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Good Hope Lutheran American Lutheran Church
Alfred
Mardoff
Women's Missionary Society
South-East Asia
Maxine Peterson
R.N
Los Angeles
Elmer Peterson
Mary Jones
R. N
Alexander
Iowa
Mar Nure
John Deere
Titanka Implement Co. Sia
Jessie Spear and Louis Hubbert Wed At Ramsey Church
Jessie Spear and Louis Hubbert wed at Ramsey Reformed Church on September 6 at 7 p.m. The bride wore a white net gown with a three-quarter veil and pink and white asters. A reception followed. the couple will reside in Long Beach, California.
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Jessie Spear
Louis Hubbert
Ramsey Church
Ramsey Reformed Church
Misa Jessie Spear
Henry Spear
Florence Hurbert
Sanhuis Bay
California
Immanuel Lutheran to Host Services and Bazaar Events
Rev. Wm. Planz presides German services next Sunday at 10 30. Ladies Mission Society meets Thursday at 8 00. Confirmation on Saturday 9 30 to 3 20. Luther League social Sunday evening. Harvest Festival and Bazaar Friday Sept 14 at Ramsey Reformed Church with hot dogs coffee pie and ice cream. Auction of bazaar goods after sale in church basement.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wm. Planz
Ladies Mission Society
Luther League
Ramsey Reformed Church
Infantile paralysis reported in 26 Iowa counties
The Iowa state health department reports infantile paralysis cases in at least 26 counties with 77 cases by September 1, up from 84 last year’s period. High counts in Cerro Gordo Mitchell Floyd Hancock Polk. warnings urge calm, early signs, and prompt care.
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Iowa
State Health Department
Cerro Gordo County
Polk
Black Hawk
Clay County
O’brien
Kossuth
Wright
Webster
Story
Linn
Lyon, Worth
Winneshiek
Pocahontas
Woodbury
Grundy
Tama
Dallas
Warren
Mahaska
Union
Clarke
Appanoose
Woden Couple Marries in Quiet September Ceremony
Harriet Law of Dubuque and Harlan N. Kruse of Woden wed at the bride’s home on September 8 in a small ceremony attended by close relatives. Rev. Kruse officiated with Juanita Low as maid of honor and Rev. Charles Kruse as best man. The couple will reside in Chicago where Mrs. Kruse works at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Mr. Kruse pursues theology studies while assisting at a Presbyterian church. Both graduates of 1942, they met at Creston and the University of Dubuque.
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Woden
Harriet Law
Harry Law
Dubuque
Harlan N. Kruse
Henry Kruse
Kruse
Juanita Low
Charles Kruse
Brewster, Minn
Chicago
Ramsey Reformed Church Service and Harvest Festival
The Ramsey Reformed Church in Snuttier lists morning worship at 10 30 with Sunday School at 8 30 and evening service at 8. A Young People's Society meets at 7 80. Harvest Festival and Ha 2oar planned for Friday evening September 14. Rev Daniel O Reeverts of the Bible Institute of German Valley Illinois will preach the morning sermon How shall I go up to my father and the lad he not with me Genesis 44 34.
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Ramsey Reformed Church of
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Harry
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Wanda
Norma
Betty Ann
Alice
Rosemary
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Birdelle
Diane
Ronald
Gariene
Karen
Kenneth
Wrank
Jackie Davis
Miss Bagg
Betty
Joan Kell
Dennis Wabbon
Mr. Swanson
Birthday Club
Wm. Ricklefs
Julius Kunz JR
Maurice Graham
Florida
North Africa
Maly
Misa Greta Sleper
Albert Cordes
Mildred Heyer
Clarence Penning
Rev
Snuttjer
Mendelssohn
Ellen Tjaden
Peter Beenken
Harm Kettwich
Ellen Djaden
Johannah Kettwich
Janice Spear
Pearl Geenken
Geraldine Asche
Ruth
Katie Heenken
Ollen Tjaden
Long Beach
Calif
Harlan Kruse
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