Britt News-Tribune, The (Newspaper) - September 28, 1955, Britt, Iowa VOLUME 62 BRITT IOWA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1955 NUMBER 9 Walbert Bruns Owns Mystery Farm Last week's Mystery Farm sponsored by the First State Bank was identified as the Walbert Bruns farm 5 miles west and 4 miles north of Britt school house No 2 is located on the farm The Bruns family has owned the acre farm about 17 years ing on to it two years after buying the place Since moving they have built a new corn crib and chicken house and remodeled the house The Bruns center their farming operation in hogs and dairy They have about 170 head of hogs now and are milking 20 cows They also 500 laying hens The family of six is a member of St Johns Lutheran Church at Woden of which Bruns is an elder A daughter and a son mond the youngest are at home Lillian and Adelaine in the office of Rath racking Co at Waterloo First persons to name the farm were Tom Swan from town and Ronnie Brand from the country They receive passes to the Chief Theatre compliments of Manager If S Twedt Others naming the farm cor- were Mrs 1 lorman Buns Douglas Uiis and Hayungs 7 Share Grid Prize Seven grid fans shared the best prize this week in the weekly football contest by missing only one winner They close to the grand prize of and the judges thought at one time they had a single ner A recheck of the ballots ed that person had missed a game also Sharing he this week are John Miller Alan Paul c John Prit chard Sara Wilson Hick and Dean Hiscocks Three of ilv missed on the Lake game two on the Buffalo game and one each on sippi and tilt Pushing these winners four persons who two They were K Khoun Duane I lansen Dean Tegtmeyer ami Jim Stevenson Then I hero were 17 who missed on three games and the rest missed four or more Winning teams in lasl week's contest were Forest City wood Buffalo Center Nashua Iowa California Michigan State Michigan Not re Da me Denver Southern California and Kentucky You can win money too in Britt's bite weekly football contest lust get an official entry blank from one of the merchants listed in the football ad Find the contest games In tho ads of Tick tho i winning teams and the is yours If you more right than else but ow or two you get If there in more than one j noi they share the Services Held On Wednesday For Mrs Mrs Thekla hacker diod of cancer Sunday j evening Sept in Mercy Hospital j at Fort She had been a j patient there several weeks Mrs was born 1871 in Wayne Wis Silo married Ignatius in SI Wis Fob 12 and the couple moved to Wesley tho ing year They woro tho parents of sons and j John and Mr I tho mother and wife in on May 17 I Mr and Mrs their Golden Wedding with all of their family present foi iho occasion Survivors are sons and Roman and Father of and at homo Vincent Klson backer Mrs Mrs Joe Studer Mrs Nelson Mrs Charles Nelson all f Wesley Mrs Cirard Strouth Ruth and Mrs lake both of Reading Annual Staff Named For Year Senior Betty Clark has been mimed the editor of tho yearbook published by the Community School school Tho staff as named last week Hetty Clark Assistant Sales Harold man Assistant Advertising Dick Assistants Karmon and Coleon Duane Hanson Marilyn and Delores Marvel Jon Hiscocks and Ron Kelly Kill Nancy Davison Johnson Ila Carolyn Perkins cy Crockett and Set Date for Bids on School Building in ASC Aid to Co Farms Soil and water conservation practices costing at least million were completed on Iowa farms in 195.1 through the program ed by the state and county ASC offices of the United States De- of Agriculture Over six million dollars of the total actual cost was met with federal funds and the remainder vas paid by the individual owners Junior Claws Names Play Casl The Curious a in three acts hy John Patrick been as tho junior play Webster an It in many respects an un usual play having as its setting ii a rest homo for mentally ies and concerning the ef forts of a family to find its widen ly vanished fortune a sum amount operators who participated in program which is commonly known as ACP Practices were completed on farms in Hancock county in 1954 and the participating ers and operators earned a total of in nents Although the state's ACP ment for was nearly two million dollars loss than for 1953 he of last year favorably with those of years when available sharing funds were H was this week by Dwight W Meyer chairman of the Iowa The scope and type of ACP in Meyer said can be credited to a great to program procedure which encouraged a new concept of ion This concept he explained for primary attention to iarh community's major problems with more basis than ever before on ices on individual arms In the state as a earned in per participating farm and per payee as compared with per farm and per payee in 1953 In Hancock earned sharing in average per participating farm and per payee as com pa red with per farm and per payee in 1953 State ASC Chairman Meyer predicted that 1955 will prove an outstanding year in soil and water conservation work in Iowa I make this he said because farmers have come more aware of conservation benefits because the state's funds for this year are lion dollars than for and because the program is virtually the same as that which so successful even with a amount of funds in 1951 It is also significant that farm ITS may still file requests will their county ASC office for cost sharing practices to bo carried oui Mrs Botsford Injured in Crash before the close of this year Highlights of 1954 Program Following are highlights of the 1951 program in 1 The total of payments for enduring and per practices in wa equal to such payments for ical or similar practices in 1 Earned ments averaged percent great or farm and 80 K renter per payee than in Tho higher averages reflected the Iowa ASC committee's that county committees budget their ACP funds in such manner that maximum sharing was possible for all 01 most requests for the two or three practices in counties H Many counties began dis- carding the system of spreading their ACP funds thin enough to reach all requests on acre basis Instead th started screening requests mo with and en- luring in mind so that could be sufficiently arge to influence farmers to out their authorized sharing work 1 In for the first time 1 individual farmer was advised advance of exactly how much ho could earn by his requested practice 1 lo was also advised of the date by which his authorized ice had to be completed 5 mi visits to urge farmers to sign up for sharing by a deadline date wore discontinued The plan was changed to lot farmers take the initiative requests for and to permit them to file at any time during th program year Name Winners On Record Books The girls longtime record books wore judged and ments last week of top re- cord hooks in tho county by Mae Van Wei county home economist Minn Mrs Hen j to ten million dolla Los Angeles Calif and Mrs of the characters ard Hammond Racine distinct and often humor Wic There are fifty one grand- children and ten groat dren Funeral services were held Sept at a m in St Joseph's Catholic Chinch Father Linus was celebrant requiem high mass and a grandson Father Joseph Studer of Fort Dodge was deacon Burial was made in the Catholic Cemetery at Girls winning top county ate Lackore North KM best longtime record Francos Anderson ton best food preparation record book Hone Garfield general foods cereal award Elaine North Kll The deadline for filing in the food jam and jolly award city election is not far away Carol Jass Liberty best canning A change in municipal election Sandra Howman j laws was made recently so that the ton best frozen food record regular town election will bo in Wesley Filing Deadline In Britt Oct 11 nice Thompson award ship award Those girls will be j recognized at tho annual award i night to be held in leadership instead of March This Josten j year's election will be on Nov 8 The deadline for filing in the Britt town election for mayor or u Tuesday Oct 11 us troato and yut each sympathetically The cast is as Florence Mario Hannibal Jim Hart Fairy May lanine Kapp Jeffrey Don Mrs Paddy Donovan Titus Ronald Nielsen Samuel Robert Olson Lily Belle Marge Mrs Savage Marj Jane Harvey Miss Willie Dr Km met Dennis Clark Tickets will go on sale within th next two weeks The date is set for Wednesday Nov 2 New Mercury Now on Display Tho models of tho now cars will go on Thursday Sept 20 and the local dealer Motor Com- pany will have the now cars in the showroom of its building one half block north of Highway 18 on Main sr Rural township chairmen of the munity Chest KO over areas with General man lo Mr and Mrs Clarence Gorman Audrey Mr and Mr and Mrs Jay Bargain in Surplus Goods To Brill School A brilliant beam of light the sky over the Unit Athletic Field last Friday night for a I unit an hour before game time Fans were to see a giant searchlight pa iked al the field It was used that night to remind people in the area that there was a football game here The beam was seen as aw.iy as Alguna Hupt Karl d the light is surplus army p j j by the school for It's to the government but the lights ale obsolete now with the use of radar for detecting high flying aircraft Miller considered i he pin chase a good one since the gas engine and gem in be used for other purposes It could be con- verted to a welder in shop or for teaching In shop The may also bo rented out at a small fee until cost of unit is Miller said The lights are used frequently Jn cities to events and draw attention to them Telephone Co Open House Thursday The Northwestern Telephone Co will hold an Open House in from li to H p m and 7 to p m During the forenoon and early afternoon the school classes will tour the dial exchange building and see a special exhibits trailer tfo which will be parked at the com- pany building Other exhibits will Mrs Charles Botsford of was seriously injured Sunday evening when he car in which she wah tiding crashed into a utility pole at lie transfer curve oast of The car was being driven by her brother Dr Goo of Dubuque who is visiting in They were to Brill from the east when they missed the curve and hit the big pole Mrs Botsford is in the Hancock Memorial Hospital with a re- ported fracture of the left hip right knee and lef ankle She was suffering from shock and also received a lacerated and face when her head struck the windshield The picture above shows the cur which apparently rammed the polo headon according to the extensive damage Dr Schroeder was not injured Soil Experiment Farm Field Day Set For Oct 5 the Burking room bo b served Tho exhibit and open bouse is the third one to ho held in the nation The other two have boon at Manly and Renwick Organize 4 Rural Areas for Chest Andregg Heads Rural Division Name Assistants Thirteen representatives from four rural townships met with cers of the Britt Community Chest Monday night to organize tho united fund drive in the rural dis- Township chairmen and a ots from Erin and townships put their approval on the list of agencies participating n the Chest drive and sot up a tentative budget which will bf by the board of directors The rural group with man Kd decided to in- clude all the agencies which ire on the Community Chest drive for the town of Britt They designated tho largest i mounts to the Ucd Cross and the Cancer Fund which have made drives in the townships Smaller amounts wore designated or the other eight agencies Army Iowa Children's Home Society United Fund of Iowa Assn for Mental Health Iowa Assn for Children Hoy Scouts flirl Scouts and Summer Program The latter three pertain to town groups hut some ru- children participate in both f the Scout groups and rural Iren are also free to take igo of the playground in tritt In setting up the organization of the rural districts a general man was named and also township chairmen and assistants They will select solicitors in each area of the townships The rural have been anxious lo the Chest drive MO that Hie job of making solicitations will be more concentrated Some rural dents were making two and three drives each same ple doing the work Those who give to the dmes would also rather make one contribution for all the benefiting agencies than be bothered by several solicitors The secret of a successful united fund drive is to enough for all the fund groups This is the first time a rural united drive has been formed in this part of the county and it is important that we moot the goal this opening year Chairman An- dregg emphasized Rural representatives at tho mooting Monday night Krin Mr and Mrs Jay Howlott and assistants Mr and Mrs Floyd Wilson Boom Mr and Mrs Karl Schultz and assistants Mr and Mrs Fern and assistants Mr and Mrs Hen don Britt Mr and Mrs Cloo and Mr and Mrs Clarence From the Hritt Community Chest were Chairman Chris h Campaign chairman Frank Budget chairman Dick and board member John Anderson Five phases of this year's on the newest of Iowa State College outlying experimental farms will be shown and discussed at the field day Oct 5 on tin Clarion peri mental Farm south of Kanawha Many 1 lancock county farmers will find and if leas from the reports says cock County Extension Director Paul Henderson received word on the field day this week from the gram Agronomist K Duncan fiom Iho college and Wright County director Aaron Those are t he listed for the noon at which all interested oiks aie Phosphorus Report The relative of erent sources of phosphorus in ert will be reported will the oat yield results Yont plots which received from different fertilizer They will bo able to judge or themselves now well phosphate with different amounts a let tl e e pet fo I mod ill tarter for corn Recent work that this factor u hi I it y can be ml in starter Soils on the farm have given i espouses in legume yields MI phosphate been added Field flay guests will K-O and dis- the best rates of phosphate and potash on legumes Tests Three rates of actual nitrogen in fertilizers were to year corn this year These rates 10 SO and 120 pounds of nitrogen Folks will see the plots and discuss the influence of nit rogen on corn in this dry hot season Legume green manure crops have been a standard pi act ice for many farmers in this area An ment at the m is comparing four legumes alone and in nat inns as green manures The legumes are alfalfa thern alfalfa and LaiHno clover Soybean sheaves and beans will be brought to tho farm from tho nearby Northern Iowa al Farm Those will be part of the soybean performance discussion on the field day program Weather Station Another stop at the farm interest many will be a to the weather station where tin rainfall and temperatures are re- corded This will help nearby farmers know exactly what the rt cords show for this past season This station also includes recording devices for other important er factors There will also be a visit to the sifo where a drainage experiment is underway One of the main sons for work at this farm son says is to solve of Ihc problems of draining excess water from the flat black Webster soils of this area This year there was little drainage but this experiment should give important facts for handling soils in more normal sons reports that the field program will begin at 1 p in The farm is on county road K about miles Honth of Kanawha Plan 20 Miles Of Blacktop in County Work H Miles Near Crystal Lake 12 Miles at in Plans Twenty miles of blacktop are set ror two roads in Hancock county in Ibe next year on nty Engineer Charles announced t bat an il relch of road from Crystal Lake o W three miles south tf Forest City will be completed lext HU minor Crews are already the proper base for the Cost of the project will be about or per mile Bids will bo taken and the letting hold next spring also in the road program the black topping of miles of road east to I lit That road is 7 miles south of Hi itt and I north of Kanawha The Crystal Lake road will enter No Ill a mile south of town Work being done this fall includes application of stabilized gravel When it is completed it will have an 11-inch with the top three inchi s heing black top and seal coaling The new blacktop mads benefit traffic in both south nul north Hancock county The south route uill now a hard surf ace road from fiO to No at Comlell The north route will a hard surface road from Woden and the county line Board Approves Plans Location Of New School Confident That Bond Issue Will Handle Construction Cost The building program for the Community School district was further advanced last day when the board of ors met with representatives of the architectural firm At the meeting the the plans and for the new high school building 2 Approved the location of the building 3 Set the date for hearing on the and for the opening of construction bids Vertices of the firm of Smith Jensen Silleto arid Associates of Dos rmd two other men from the firm showed the blueprints of the new to the board and discussed each of the 24 pages of prints making up the plans 50 sets of plans arc made up to send to con- tractors all over the United States Contractors as well as their pliers receive copy of the plans so that they can be more accurate in submitting bids I'ho board nut its okay on the plans and also on the location of tbo building which was selected after soil samples wore taken and expansion plans reviewed The architects chose the east quarter of the athletic field for the location of the building The of the building would even with the Seventh street entrance of the field and extend north ft the length of the new building It would be buck from the road about 140 ft with u curving drive leading tip to the front of the building the north end of the building and north line of the field will be adequate space for physical education area The ordy change in the present field will lie the relocation of the baseball field to the southeast cor- r of the athletic layout This may hi started Ibis fail so that it could bo used next spring The dale for opening bids has been net for Oct 211 at 2 p in at the present school building Separate bids will he received on the construction he plumbing and ing and on the work The notice to bidders will be in the and other publications on Oct and 12 A hearing at which interested may appear and file lo the plans will be held to the bidders session at p in of Oct There has been some delay in the call for bids be construction market has not been considered favorable during late summer and early fall Now the architects and board are confident that the con- struction ran be completed the money supplied by tile bond issue Supl Karl Miller said delay of about two months has given boaid ami architects a chance to thoroughly review the plans and make some minor changes I hat will make some vice areas more efficient No basic changes have been made however Miller pointed out Report Heifer Lost by Rabies Rabies caused the loss of a two- year old heifer at the Cecil farm south of Britt Dr C it Wilson Britt ian was called to the farm Friday when the heifer was noticed to be acting strangely The animal had all the symptoms of rabies Over the week end the heifer was shot and disposed of through the dering company Dr Wilson urged farmers to be on the lookout for rabid skunks and animals that may spread to their farm animals Mr and Mrs K Johnson wont to Minn whore he attended the I Northwestern Drug Hoard meeting Bon out a lint of of township with other rural Mr and Mrs Karl Mr and Fern Hilling and Mr The Community Chest sign on Ihc table Give for All
