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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1954
Page
1
The Titonka Topic is a weekly publication edited and published by Frank Clark. It lists the Titonka post office as the mailing address and notes second class matter status. The paper serves a unique regional territory and provides contact via the 82 telephone listing.
Rates listed: 2.00 per year in advance within Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.50 per year outside those areas, and 3.00 per year for Canada and foreign countries. All subscriptions sent to points within the county and Titonka territory are continuing yearly subscriptions, to be discontinued only upon subscriber notice or at the publisher’s discretion.
Local notes list residents visiting relatives, travel itineraries, health updates, and upcoming life events. Natives include Philip Goets family visiting Sargeant Minnesota. Nate Studer undergoing surgery in Fort Dodge. Roger Doughan at Bowen Grocery Forest City. Darrell Robinson on furlough from San Ysidro. Rev F A Webb returning from vacations. multiple students heading to colleges. engagements and weddings planned for Gloria Jeanett Simpson and Robert Harm Lewerke. missionary plans for Donna Kahlstorf. and others attending schools and events across Iowa and Minnesota. Additional social visits feature the Swanson, Sorenson, and Madsen households with Britt ties.
Algona residents hosted relatives from Grinnell and Mason City while other locals attended meetings and events. Joan Nelson led an EZ Zip demonstration at an achievement day. the Kossuth County Dryers Association held its annual meeting in Whittemore. A new baby, John Paul Martins, arrived Sept. 2, and many families planned a parish dinner for Sept. 26.
SCHOOL NEWS reports that a classroom was converted into a radio station with an in-room announcer. The program features a growing lineup and ongoing broadcasts, highlighting student initiative and practical media experience.
The sixth grade, with 39 pupils, is led by Mrs. Nelson for arithmetic and reading and Mrs. Wabben for other subjects. They review summer work, study maps by latitude and longitude, learn about The Old Stone Age, revise punctuation and usage, and display insect studies and freehand art. A dental card has one return so far, with a year-end goal. Senior News notes two weeks of study and ongoing work.
The senior class is in gear with subjects including Chemistry Business Law Bookkeeping Shorthand Contemporary Problems and Agriculture. An election for 54 55 officers named President Robert Kinseth Vice President Betty Carlson Secretary Treasurer Ardith Schutter News Reporter Graice Heifner Student Council Frank Fokert and Darene Franzen Fire Monitor Carol Dunmire. Menus show weekly meals for Sept 6 10 with chili soup beef and noodle loaf scalloped potatoes wieners and other daily options plus milk and desserts. Mrs Stockwell.
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