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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
4
Mrs. Lee McCann returned from Duluth after weeks seeking hay fever relief. Many local families hosted guests from Burt, Britt, Des Moines and Omaha. A joint church association meeting, Legion events, showers, theatre outings, and family visits filled a busy week plus a preview of a fall wedding. Also noted were military service updates and local club gatherings across Wesley and nearby towns.
Pvt. Paul Ukena stationed at a Florida camp is expected home this week on a fur lough. He will stop in Dubuque for a brief visit with sister Dorothy, a University of Dubuque student, before returning home. Miss Lena Gutknecht, a Mason City McKinley School teacher, was a weekend visitor at August Gutknecht's home. Pvt. Donald J. Looft at Laramie, Wyoming, is expected home late this week to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward W Looft. Beulah Looft, a Independence teacher, and Cleo, a Des Moines college student, plan to come home while their brother is here. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Black and daughter Lois arrived home after a week nearby for business and relatives near Afton.
Miss Elsie Baum returned home from her sister near Burt after months away. Mrs. Wottle Isenberger came to help. Mrs. Guy Hart and Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of Bancroft visited the Wade Balls. I B Wortman and Wm Schroeder visited the Wade Ball and F W Baum homes. Pvt. Leon Steenhard on furlough from Washington stayed with his parents. Pvt. Robert Powers left Ames for college duties after a Chicago visit. Mrs. August Baumann broke her wrist falling from a ladder. Pvt. Erwin Weaver on furlough from a western camp visited his parents.’
Lorraine Guernsey and Lawrence Guernsey visit Lubbock Texas with Corporal Robert Guernsey enrolled at Texas Tech as part of the Army Special Training Unit. P F C Stanley Valley returns home on a fifteen day furlough to Jo mita California to visit his parents. Mrs Gus Lackore of Forest City visits with relatives. Forest City residents Carl Sunde and daughter visit Henry Rode family. Bernard Ludeking of Jodell spends time with sister Dale Rittenhouse. Verner Paulsur family visit Forest Lackore. Mrs Deville Erdahl of Rake and Mabel Krieger of Masin City visit Dale Rittenhouse home. Relatives honor D W Senne at Clarence Attig home. Alva Carman and Shirley dine with daughter Mrs Herman Knapper. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Edward Scott, formerly Flossy Pommer, held at her parents home.
A list of social visits and events in the area includes Mrs. and Mrs. Fritz Gerdes hosting relatives, Joe McGurk and Saundra visiting Britt, Dr Tindall hosting, Clifford Christenson visiting from Minnesota, and many dinner and lunch gatherings. Presbyterian Ladies Aid served a meal, and multiple households celebrated birthdays and hosted guests, with bridge games and church group activities noted.
Florence and Vera Neely, former Madison County school teachers, build a large egg operation producing hundreds of eggs daily with a steady weekly market in Des Moines.
On the fifth week of the plan meatless days arrive across the country with many restaurants and cafes adopting one meatless day per week featuring fish as the featured option.
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