Britt News-Tribune, The (Newspaper) - February 3, 1954, Britt, Iowa VOLUME 60 BRITT IOWA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY S 1954 NUMBER 27 At 80 Lyman Naser Retires From Night Police Job Prepare Petitions on Consolidation Corn A Out in March Retiring night marshal Lyman Naser left turns his cap and badge over to Gilbert Dueland as he assumes his new job A man Jias served as peace officer in Britt for almost 22 years retired this week and turned his badge over to a younger officer who is as a former farmer near Crystal Lake Lyman Naser who has been the night man in Britt for the past 18 retired Feb 1 It wasn't hard to find a younger ment for Naser will be 81 in Maroh H's s being taken over by a retired farmer has been town marshall at for the past years Dueland farmed for 9 years near Crystal Lake A hefty Norwegian Dueland tips the scale at 250 Ibs He plans to put a stop to some of tihe he has seen in Britt in the first few he has worked First Job in 1925 Naser took his first job with the town of Britt back n 1925 It was a one man job and he was on call day and night He served in that capacity untill 1945 a period of 20 years In that time tihe city not furnish a car he always used own but he cays now you can't do anything with a car in the way of checking for fires breakins and violators Noser returned to the job of night man in June of 1952 working his son who formerly owned the hotel also working with the power company As night watchman the made the rounds every checking closely for fires breakins and unlocked doors The town has furnished a car ing tihe last two years Checking doors is said Naser We kept track the first six months and I reported to the council that I found 139 doors unlocked in that period of time Sometimes you even find keys in the lock At 81 Naser is to arid he will spend his time fishing taking care of a few chickens keeps and visiting his sons and daughters He has daughters who live near Britt Goodell and Klemme a son near Lake Mills and sons at Fort Dodge and Tacoma Wash Farmers of Hancock county will receive notices of their corn age allotments for 1954 around the middle of Maroh it was reported thie week by A E Rasmussen Chairman of the county ASC com- The notices will be sent by mail Corn allotments were proclaimed Jan 20 by Secretary of ture Benson in compliance with a law requiring such action because of the great quantity of corn and other grain now on hand in the nation as a whole The ments will be in effect in 834 com- corn growing counties of 22 states All Iowa counties will have corn allotments Chairman A E Rasmussen ex- that commercial corn counties where allotments will be effective are in which corn Wm Mullin 43 World War II Veteran Dies Was Associated With Father and Brother in Business at Hutchins during the past 10 averaged 450 or more years has bushels per farm and four or more bushels of corn per acre of farm land Included also for allotments are neighboring counties which in recent years produced this amount of corn and under normal con- ditions would produce such amounts in 1954 90 Per Cent Parity Farmers who comply with their allotments in 1954 will be eligible for 90 percent of parity price port loans and purchase ments on corn raised year Those who plant more than their acreage will not be eligible for price support loans or purchase agreements In counties of the nation allotments will not be in effect price support for the 1954 crop will be limited to 75 per cent of the rate in the counties having allotments The national allotment for of Drivers Leave Keys In Parked Autos Student Survey Taken Thursday Fifty percent of the car drivers in Britt leave the keys in the Crystal Lake Is District Site a girls sectional ment is still in progress at tal Lake announcement was made February and county ASC of- this week that that school has been f will be in position to com- ties in 1954 has been fixed at acres or nearly 10 lion acres less than planted to corrn i T i in the 834 counties in 1953 This national allotment will be among the counties on the basis of acreage planted in the past William B Mullin 43 died early Tuesday at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital ing a short illness Monday noon being transferred to the erans Hospital at Des Moines he became ill suffering from ions and a severe heart attack and was taken immediately to the local hospital where emergency ment was Funeral services will be held this Thursday morning at at the St Patrick's church here with the Rev Father John P Smith offering requiem masf The Rosary wag said Tuesday At B p in at the Funeral Home Post 315 of tihe American Legion and the V F W Post here will offer honons to its com- rade at the grave Burial will take at the St Patrick's cemetery at Britt William Bernard Mullin was born at Hutchins Iowa Oct 12 1910 a son to Frank and Thresa Mullin He grew to manhood in this vicinity the ins school and later was graduated from Britt school and also Britt Junior College For tihe past number of years he had been Hobo Day To Be Held on Aug Achievement Show Set Aug The biggest street carnival in its history has been booked for the annual Hobo Day celebration in Britt this year The Hobo Day committee met last week and signed a contract with Royal United Shows of neapolis Minn to provide rides concessions and free acts for tihe annual event that will be in Britt on Monday and Tuesday August 23 and 24 Ridee were also signed for the Hancock County Achievement Show by the fair board They have set 9 10 anki The Hobo Day committee and the fair board met in joint session to work out plans together in the two big events of the summer A Com- Club committee of Dick Grifhorst Floyd Jr John Anderson Al Phillips and II R Morgan was named to work with fair and M E Kerns are co-chairmen of Hobo Day bers of the committee are V A Ellis Swan Oran Tande Phillips New Pastor Moves to Britt Rov E V Streed will deliver hit first sermon at the Britt ical Free this Sunday 10 years with adjustments for ab- normal weather conditions trends in acreage during the iod and better land use program's Counties of Iowa are expected to be notified of their allotments in with has father in the Frank and Sons Grain and Company business at Hutchins On Sept 16 1942 William Mullin entered the United States selected as the for a girls dis- tournament to be held from Feb The gymn was com- last fall Some close contests marked up in sectional play there this week Hayfield 49 Woden 45 Crystal Lake 56 Wesley 52 Titonka 52 Scarville 27 Thompson 47 Kanawha 43 At Bode Corwith won its opener ignition of their cars a survey by high school class one day past week Instructor Omar Ray's ment class made the check last Thursday in the interest of safety 52 to 50 over Vernon township and in one block found has high 81 percent of the ignitions occupied I by a key Contest Drivers leave the key in o their cars are inviting someone to In their Ray pointed out pute the actual allotment for each farm Committee Work Meantime the ASC community committees must review the ping histories assembled recently for all farms in their own ships and established a corn age base for each farm after i ing necessary adjustments to assure fair and impartial treatment for This work is approved by the county ASC committee the base for each farm will be used in apportioning allotment tihe county acreage Army at Camp Dodge and basic training in the States he left homeland on August 2 1943 for Pacific theatre of operations arriving at destine tion August 9 1943 to in tihe campaign He received two overseas Good Conduct bars as well as the Medal along with the tory Ribbon He attained the rating of a rifle marksman and also dad radio work as weld On Dec 31 1944 he received an discharge from service at Jefferson Barracks Mo On August 25 1945 Mr Mullin better known as was united in marriage daughter of to Phyllis Cruise Mr Mrs Jack Wednesday Feb 17 the Two Checks were made during inary speech contest of the Iowa the day by the classes One was School association will be in the morning and one in the j held at the Britt high afternoon Students checked cars Forest City Garner Corwith as discreetly as possible so that den and Britt are all entering no one would know the survey was being made Korte Wins Award For Corn Yield Each block was designated as an area and the was made on main street and the side street to the Areas 1 3 and 5 were on the side of Main of his Mr airi Frank Mullin of Hutchins two Mre Marv ar Fred Korte who lives in north Bernard Helen t in of Hancock county was awarded a GaroT brr Fran is eral placque for producing 1196 bu of at Some of the different groups corn per acre in DeKalb who is ar d which can be entered contest He was the high producer MuKin and Sons Grain and county mrnt business at Ilir and Cruise wedding taking place at St Patrick's Cathedral Ft Wayne Ind The couple has been living in Hutchins Surviving the untimely death of Mr Mullin are h's wife Phyllis I patients dramatic 2 4 and 6 attend The afternoon program James Kiel who lives 6 miles an the 1 at 1 p m In the evening north of Korte in Winnebago I United States He wa- in the humorous readings and one-act arc- to put on The ing program begins at Ithe Areas were east of Main In a total of 319 cars checked had keys in the ignition for a of 50 78 In the ing 143 cars were 70 for 49 percent Afternoon Members 92 keys for Here is result by areas with the forenoon chock 31 cheeked 17 Area 24 17 19 checked 15 and interpretive s debates speeches and one- act plays quet held in Ames last Thursday i the in on The public is invited to night j work for the The awards were g ven at a Ed at Gainer bat at iy was the winner in that area death by one with 132 bu per acre i Gertrude May on March 25 1938 the dates of the show for August 13 Below County Days in At January 1954 was both colder and drier than the same month a year ago according to weather Meeting kept on government ed instruments by Earl Directors and at the Hancock county court in Dinner The average temperature for at Parish Hall month was a cool 12.45 average with a minimum directors and managers of 1.35 degrees and a 11 cooperatives in Hancock average of 23.55 The 1953 attended a dinner and age for January was of the Hancock County The highest of Cooperatives held at ed during the month was 42 Patrick's parish lhall Tuesday rrees on Jan 1 2 and 8 and A total of 105 attended owest temperature of the Loebig of Wesley chairman was a minus 20 recorded on the executive committee took morning of Jan 21 The of the evening's program dipped to zero or on 13 introduced the special guests the 31 of the month and were Curtis Riehm Paul above the freezing mark on nine Hugh Bush of Garner the 31 Guenther of Britt Edgar Precipitation for tine month and Clarence Hobbs taled 55 of an inch as J P Studer Wesley Ed with 63 of an inch a year ago of Britt and also tilic otal of seven inches of enow program speakers taring the month with the Sullivan tax attorney from amount recorded in the Moines discussed the handling erod ending at 7 a m on Jan patronage refunds dividend 48 of an inch of from the income tax fell as 6 of He reviewed recent Eleven were listed as in the tax laws concerning as partly cloudy amd teen as lair in the for Phillips of Iowa State Col- reviewed the economic basis tihe establishment of pointing out a fawn for purchase or loin Blood is the same as a group of retailers banding together as a thirty women from cooperative the walking blood bank panel made up of Hobbs stu- he Hancock County Andregg and Phillips discussed last that had arisen about the The group an tax situation on dividends vith laboratory technician session was highly interesting and came as a Woden everyone and some excellent to have blood samples were raised and reviewed nd their names added to the King of Iowa ile of blood donors Over Cooperatives closed the now have names program by out some on cooperatives that will Arant points out that the to be studied and answered if has been invaluable in arc to continue to at the hospital in for farmers He said that and cooperatives arc much larger Rev E V Streed The new pastor and his family arrived in Britt this week and the have enrolled in the Britt school They are Margaret 13 Paul 10 Douglas 8 and Patricia 5 Rev Streed served in mission and social work in Minneapolis during the period of World War II He also served a church an apolis Before coming to Britt he ckJ the Evangelical Free church at Coralville near Iowa City for six years During this time he directed the building program and dedicated e new building last May He will be officially Feb 14 in tihe local church Rural Areas Will Have Opportunity To Make Decision Petitions to Be Circulated During Month of February Store Sponsors Naming Contest The Judd is Commercial ing this week that it plans to change the name of the business and is giving everyone a to submit a name The firm is ing a savings bond to the person who submits the name List Students On Honor Roll First Semester The Britt school has ed the list of high school students who were on the roll for bhe first semester The A honor roll includes stu- dents whose average has been from 3.5 to 4.0 The B honor roll in- cludes those with of 3.0 to 3.49 A Honor Roll Karen Hunsley Grace Madison Judith Patricia Montag Athena John Shaw Curtis Wilson Phil Ronald Rasmuson Darlene Siliman Mike Twedt Pat Twedt Eenhuis Rosella Hejlik SanOra lin Beth It Honor Roll Elizabeth Eileen Cooper Earlcs Donald Rinehart Sharon Schaper Gloria Simpson Marcel la Wellik Dorothy Zrostlik Marilyn Richard Carson Larry Fox George Krull Robert Clark Wayne Eckels Patrick's parish hull Johns than they were 20 and 25 years when many were formed and the laws need changing to meet this added growth rp The Britt Commercial Club will hold its February meeting at St The found in the in this issue contest rules can be firm's ad elsewhere night starting at p m The program will a cussion of questions on tV Britt Community School district Johnson Kahl Lanny Ruin Marilyn Watson by F B Hancock County Farm reau had 5 of Burglars Get in Breakin at Courthouse Further progress was reported in the formation of Britt Com- munity district this week as petitions were being prepared for circulation in tihe proposed The legal material and tions necessary in the petitions makes a lengthy document and erall days will be required to shape them into final form Then they will be circulated ip tihe proposed district during the month of ary A crowd of about 75 persons at- tended tihe mooting on consolidation at the Britt Thursday night Costs of tihe proposed dis- were discussed and other questions on consolidation were reviewed In discussions after the several persons from the rural area urged tihe local board to proceed with the consolidation plan Two or farmers have been ed in other areas and they are to petition out of those dis- into the Britt district By delaying consolidation the Community School is losing to other districts and causing a slight rise in the osts to be borne by the remaining area Figures compiled this week show that the present school taxes in the proposed district would more than support the Community School district though there would be an of tax levies in the areas However farm owners receive land tax credit on levies over 15 mills and they have been paid at the rate of about 80 percent Following are some figures on the present school tax levies and costs under the proposed district The does not include tihe few sections in Liberty and field that are now served by Britt Present Cost of Education In Proposed Area The following lists the townships and the amount of money raised by taxation for the support of their schools through the General Fund Britt Twp Boone Erin Twp Crystal Twp for area 4336 Britt Ind This exceeds the amount sarv to run the community school under present economic condition by Possible Needs To establish the needs on a large area as is indicated is estimates will be high and may reflect a cost for the operation of a plant that house approximately 875 An effort has been made estimate the cost per teacher HPT than it up into tional maintenance cost cap- it nl outlay and so An sis of past coets show ui that grade room cost is The chool is To this into actual the of teachers will be estimated also 20 000 17 grade at W 318 If S costs plus 100013 to 5 State 27.487 n s 400 1400 2000 200 Hiscocks Victories f r Churches Purchase Home For Pastor Sauer Buys Store At Hawarden 1 i 1 I n H McMillin a ill 11 h iaik 01 te Pr of h ft saf and f i t Hr a few in to Tf i V A J V f f took what mowy was of them n Two Inductees To Leave Monday County a- a call for two to fuTi aivi fin TWf V ard I of Britt
