Bradgate News Social happenings and community events
Helen Hacker had strep throat last week. Residents visit relatives in Missouri. Many neighbors attend bridal shower for Doris Nelson. Lutheran Ladies Aid meets. Bradgate Progress Club elects new officers. Five hundred game at the Lucky 13 Club. Community dinners and visits fill a busy week in Bradgate and nearby towns.
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Helen Hacker
Bob‘ Wolcott
Albert -Ellingson
Missouri
Virgil Hacker
Don Hacker
Jimmie
Ottosen
A. Nicholson
Havelock
Russell Shiflett
Foster Selbaugh
Humboldt
John Pierce
Henry Gill
Frank Lang
Suzanne David
Roberta Foley
Esther Gehrt
Janice Beam
Clarice
Gladys Odlandana
Leona Anliker
Mesdames
Robert Marchant
Henry Junkman
Merle Taylor
Stanley’ Madsen
H. C. Olson
John Madsen
Rudy Olson
Magnus Largen
John Jacobsen
W. M. Gehrt
Fred Benjamin
George Wolcott
George Curry
Robert Bellas
Harland ‘Wright
Edna “Marchant
Gerald Reese
Morris Fuller
Willie Naeve
Dewey Lanning
Hans
Magnus Larsen
Eugene
Janiece
Swenning
Andersen
Magnus
Livermore
Harry Pedersen
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Esther Christensen
N. C. Madsen
Magnus.Larsen
Bradgate Progress Club
Etta
Benge Tast
Library Committee
The
Safety Council
Caroline Madsen
Walter Turley
Merle Carlson
Marguerite Bradbury
Esther Bower
Benge
Lucky
Fred
Benjamin
V. A. Burris
Jean Wallace
James Burris
Dean Wallace
Harry Knutson
Geo. ‘Walcott
Wilbur Law
Jean—Wallace
Local Social Roundup of Mason City and Nearby Visits
A sequence of social calls and visits across Mason City area. Families including Billings, Madsen, Wiuff, Hansen, Jacobs, Olson, Tellier, Smith, Petersen, Jensens, Ellingsons and Lanus exchange greetings, celebrate birthdays, attend games, and attend eighth grade one act plays directed by Don Han nah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Billings
Jimmie
Marjorie Wiuff
Mason City
Margaret Wiuff
Wilfred
Bode
John Madsen
Joan
Gerald ‘Hansen
Humboldt
Bernard Jacobs
Floyd Holt
Algona
H. C. Olson
James Skow
Johnnie Skow
Mabel Vote
Clasrence Lanus
Rolfe
Lanus
Frank Tellier
Burt
George Wolcott
Charles Smith
Edna
Melbourne
Magnus Larsen
Dale Kunert
Douglas
Dakota’ City
Laura Pedersen
Arthur Petersen
Des Moines
Rudy - Olson
Norman Petersen
Ames
Harry.Jensen
Ronnie
Albert Ellingson
Gary
Janelle
Missouri
Jensens
Les Andersen
el Dorado
Ellingsons
Kansas City
Drop Dead
Wildcat
Willie
Don Hannah
Young Married Folks to Meet for March Basket Social
The Young Married Folks of Pocahontas County plan a basket social on March 31 to fund leaders’ expenses. Women will bring private baskets wrapped in plain paper, auctioned by Charlie Lindeman with proceeds aiding the group’s fall training and next season’s needs. Kenneth Thatcher of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak.
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Pocahontas
Ray Garrels
Charlie” Lindeman
Pocahontas County
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
R.E.A
Thatcher
Forest City High Coaches Hire Fathers as Cheerleaders
At Forest City high school the 1971 class gains cheerleaders as Coaches Ed Lyons and Norm Jesperson hire fathers of their daughters during the same weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City High School
Ed Lyons
Norm Jesperson
Techniques Bring Changes in Farm Seeds
New seed processing methods use magnetic separation coated weed seeds and velvet roller sorting to remove impurities. Enhanced germination tests and bin designs ensure uniform seed quality, with refrigeration for precise testing. Seed quality boosts potential yields and farmer profits.
Modern seed processing raises seed quality for farms
The Bureau notes alfalfa seeds contain over 200 000 per pound and small rises in germination and purity yield large seedling gains. Red clover timothy and other grasses show bigger differences, driving farmers to rely on large modern plants to process, resow, and ensure seed quality to meet today’s agricultural standards.
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Bureau
Rolfe Iowa Town Council Proceedings March 9 1953
The Rolfe town council met March 9 1953 with Mayor Fred Witt and four councilmen present. Minutes approved and bills listed include fuel, books, janitor service, utilities, gas, and freight charges. The notice also includes a Pocahontas county Rural Young People meeting report and a trivia line about bones in babies versus adults and the Dracula story setting.
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George Schonberger
Taylor's Royal
Brinkman Standard
Rolfe D-X
Dick’s
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Rolfe Auto Co
Speco, Inc
Utilities Town Electric Lights and Power Co
Globe Machinery and Supply Co
Hooker Supply Company
Dice Chemical
Cities Service Oil Co
Dice Chemical Co
Pocahontas County
REA Service Building
Pocahontas
Harold Johnson
Havelock
Richard. Gray
Rolfe
Robert Nystrom
Gerald Barth
Elmira Schott
Local Council Proceedings Note on Bills and Treasurer Report
The record shows payments to M. and St. L. Ry. Co. for freight and J. T. Grant and Son for coal along with a treasurer report. Motions by George Schonberger and Ralph Rickard approved bills and report. council adjournment proposed by Rickard and Cox at the mayor’s call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred ‘Witt
Appointment of Administratrix in N J Bixler Estate
Blanche L Bixler has been appointed administratrix of the estate of N J Bixler deceased in Pocahontas County. Creditors must present claims as required by law for allowance and payment. Dated March 14 1953.
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Pocahontas County
N. J. Bixler
Taen
Corncobs Prove Viable Winter Feed For Cattle
Pocahontas county farmers can use corncobs as a primary winter feed with proper supplements. Iowa State College extension pamphlet says cob meal has long been economical. research shows cob wintering rations can match gains from corn silage, making cobs a profitable substitute when corn prices are high or scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
E. I. Rosenberger
Pocahontas County
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowan
State College
Iowa
Iowa State College
Two Iowa Couples Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversaries
At least two different Iowa couples have recently observed six tieth wedding anniversaries. They are Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bates, who live in Moville, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foster, living southwest of Moravia.
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Iowa
C.T. Bates
Moville
Henry Foster
Moravia
Figures From 1857 Iowa Prices Show Low Land Cost
The speaker cites 1857 Iowa records noting hay at 14 dollars a ton, corn 75 cents a bushel, wheat one dollar a bushel, with land at five dollars per acre. No fertilization or high taxes mentioned, suggesting land values were surprisingly affordable.
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Rolfe Arrow
Robert Swan
Marion Brucé
Iowa Press Association
TOR - 9
Lassbchgrign Re
Bradgate News
Gilda Gay
Bernard Baily
National Farm and Garden ‘Bureau
Call Dick’s “‘66
Pocahontas, Iowa
Dracula
Rumania
Gilmore Cabinet Shop
K. F. Neel
Gilmore City
Midwest Limestone. CO
Marvin Christensen
Joe Marsh
1857
U. S. Brewers Foundation
Richard Hardware
Amacarea
SL Toles
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