Willkie farms blend self support with profit aims
Five Indiana farms near Rushville purchased by Wendell Willkie operate on a 50 50 profit split with tenant managers Joseph Kramer Jesse Bel Louis Berkemeier Charles Brown and Harold Moore. Farms stay AAA signed and upgraded with homes gardens orchards and electricity. Willkie emphasizes low overhead sustainable farming livestock plus home grown feed and supports 4-H clubs while inviting his son Philip to learn farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Joseph Kramer
Jesse Bel
Louis Berkemeier
Charles Brown
Harold Moore
AAA
Mary Sleeth
REA
Mud Creek
Kramer Place
Berkemeier’s
Joe Kramer
Christine Kramer
Miss Sleeth
Philip
Princeton
Community Notes Highlight Visits and Furlough News
Stromsburg and Polk area social life is chronicled with visits to Luther College and Lincoln, gatherings honoring Mrs. Hahn and Miss Mildred Keuper, and a China missionary furlough. Regional families from Stromsburg, Benedict, Hordville, Davenport and York are listed with dinners, travels, and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburg
H. B. Branting
Homer Branting
Marie
Hordville
Wahoo
Kermit Branting
Luther College
Marie Branting
Victor Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Denah Samuelson
Marjorie Warner
Lincoln
Ray Warner
Anna Twarling
University of Nebraska
Bob Christensen
Roy Ericson Jr
Annette Eckblade
Mary Ericson
Betty Anderson
Ruth Alice Moline
Elsa Mae Norman
Wayne Stever
Roy Minnick
Norma Johnson
Leonard Thompson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Lynn Davis
Alice
W. A. Atkinson
Edla Sundberg
Ernest Carlson
Arthur Nelson
Vivian
Mildred
Harold
Osceola
Nes Kant
Benedict
Frank Myrberg
T. A. James
John
Polk
Herman R. Benjamin
First Baptist Church
James
Mr. Benjamin
Polk High School
Benjamin
China
E. W. Hahn
Hahn
Henry Smith
Art Dose
Lester Rhode
Wm. Ziegelbein
Maurice Lindburg
Dale
Walther League
Harold Bedient
Arborville
W. EB. Green
Axel Flodman
Wilmer Johnson
Clarence Fusby
Verna Lindgren
Fort Dodge
Iowa
George Simmons
Kilgore
Jerold Ruzicka
Ray Werner
Martha Holtzen
Velma Holtzen
Davenport
R. W
Dora Murray
Broken Bow
Piper
Giltner
David Meline
Chicago
Hang
S. S. Pieper
A. A. Hartman
R. W. Keuper
S. Holtzen
Walter Holtzen
Albert Sundberg
Gee Calhoon
San Diego
Calif
Gilbert Benson
Ronald
Wallace Johnson
A. K. Crow
L. H. Brobst
Herman Benjamin
O. F. Alfred
For Sale Two Properties in South Osceola
Real estate brief noting two properties in South Osceola offered by Mrs. Chas. Roslund with phone contact 303.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sals
South Osceola
Chas. Roslund
Hesler
Osceola
Estate of Henry J Tex Deceased Final Account Hearing Set
The State of Nebraska alerts all interested parties that the Administrator c. t. a. filed a final account and report and a petition for final settlement and heirship determination. A hearing is scheduled before the court on September 20, 1940 at 10:00 A.M. for contest or discharge action. Public notice dated August 21, with August 29, September 6, and 12 listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
George Baruch
L. M. Merrick County
Henry J. Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
Farmer’s Wife
Goodrich Hi-Clear
Silvertown
Goodrich
Silvertowns
W. Ray Hill
M. D
Court House Square
Osceola, Neb
R. B. Lytle
First National Bank
Omaha
Air
Gillette
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