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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1955
Page
7
Mrs. Jerry Schutter announced more than 96 dollars was collected by the Red Cross in local churches and collection boxes around Titonka for flood disaster victims. She thanks the people for generosity. Also notes that handling small birds must avoid fright or extreme excitement to prevent death.
The Titonka Women’s Club will meet at 6:30 Thursday for a buffet supper at the home of Hazel and Edith Budlong. Assisting hostesses will be Mary Budlong Trudy Budlong and Fern Dockstader. Roll call will be answered with a souvenir of Mexico and Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gariier will show pictures and recount their Mexico trip.
A sprawling social notice lists birthday dinners gatherings and visits across Wesley Spencer Bancroft Algona and nearby towns. Residents including the Loats Christensen and MeKinrae families attend fairs host guests travel to Spencer and Des Moines. Attendees comprise extended kin neighbors and local officials with multiple trips noted through September.
The readable OCR lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with items such as chicken noodle soup, Bologna wedge, kidney bean pea salad, meat loaf, and salmon patty. It includes sides like crackers, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread, fruit cup, and milk. The text appears to be a dated school lunch plan with several garbled terms.
The Kossuth County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting on October 2 with the venue to be announced. Herbert Pike of Whiting Town will be the speaker, fresh from a Russia tour. Final reading of resolutions and election of officers are on the agenda for this county event.
The record notes a Wednesday church gathering with devotionals led by Mrs Heike Borkelsion and contributions from Electa Curebou and others. Attendees include Mrs Howard Boork, Mrs John Isebrond, and Mrs Arend Neetu. speakers and participants are named with a focus on services and church activities.
Regular meeting of the American Legion will be held in Titonia Wednesday at 7:00 pm in the Legion Hall. New officers will take office at this time. They are Glen Miller, George Anderson, Ad Boyken.
WOLTV Ames will air Iowa State College football films with commentary. Each film runs 45 minutes. The Cyclones face Denver Saturday Sept 17. broadcast to air Sunday night on WOI-TV with commentary and standings context.
The Tonka fire department responded around 2:00 PM Monday to a blaze at the Abbe Witter farm where a car burned near a turbine. Fire was out when they arrived, with one tree set ablaze and no injuries reported.
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