Farewell for Tweedt Family and Wedding Shower
Mesdames George Lester and Tom Benson hosted a farewell party Friday for the M. L. Tweedt family who will move to a new home near Thompson. A miscellaneous shower followed Saturday at the Jacob Kurtzleben home for Miss Francis Kurtzleben, fiancé of Bruno Bruns Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Baack and family drove to Alden Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lester
Tom Benson
M. L. Tweedt
Thompson
Jacob Kurtzleben
Francis Kurtzleben
Bruno Bruns Jr
Charlies Baack
Alden
Weekend Visits in Britt and Nearby Towns
Mrs J L Bushman hosted visitors for a weekend while Mr and Mrs Wee Kramer and Fred Shipley traveled to Des Moines to visit A B Grubb and handle business. Dozens attended funerals and social gatherings in Britt and nearby areas including a 44th anniversary, farewells, and multiple family visits. Continuous home hosting and local travel mark a busy period across Britt Wesley Montezuma and surrounding communities.
Community Notes From Wesley Social Happenings
Mrs J T Meurer hosted a Thursday bridge gathering with guests Mesdames Emil Wester Bill Ward and Anthony Johnson. Mrs R K Richardson won a travel prize. Agatha Haverly celebrated her 76th birthday with a surprise group visit last Monday afternoon and is in good health. J T Meurer and family traveled to Algona on business. Good Will Aid Circle hosted by Mrs R B Hopkins. Wesley High School students attended a theatre party in Algona. J T Meurer and family visited N J Meurer and family in Plover on Sunday. George Aldrich and Lester Lease attended a joint county Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Swea City. Leo Wellik and wife are in Des Moines for state tax work. Leo Goetz family visited Anthony Goetz home Sunday. Fleihers, former Wesley residents, were associates at the Wesley Creamery. Good Will Circle held a bake sale at Kraus store, netting nine dollars. Mrs J C Robinson returned to Bemidji Minnesota after visiting her sister Mrs L G Pfeffer. Frank Miles of Des Moines named commencement speaker at the high school. Robert Muehe and daughter of Albert Lea Minnesota visited J B Muehe. Alf Studers hosted a five table 500 game for friends Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Meurer
Bridge Club
Emil Wester
Bill Ward
Anthony Johnson
R. K. Richardson
Agatha Haverly
Haverly
Algona
Leo Wellik
Des Moines
Wellik
State Tax Department
Leo Goetz
Anthony Goetz
Ralph Fiehler
Dorothy Jane
Ringsted
Wesley Friends
Flehlers
Wesley Farmers Creamery
Good Will Circle
Methodist Church
J. B. Muehe
Alf Studers
Presbyterian Ftudies Missionary Society
W. EH
Gutknecht
W. EH. Ley
Louis Sachs
Lutheran Mission Society
Harry Bloom
Geo. Edwards
Rochester
Mayo Clinic
Harry Mossman
Riceville
Harry
George Kempf
Louise Thaves
Robert Hamilton
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
F. Kiester
Elmore
Harry Mussman
Harold Kiester
Brainard
Minn
Lester
Mr. Wirtjes
Ed Looft
Sweat City
Margaret ‘Looft
Jerry Ukena
Harl Ogren
Emma
Louise
Thaves
J. Gus Thaves
Qo Hospital
Fred Schroeder
C. R. Lewis
Merril Sparks
Armstrong
Hubert Hang
Rockford
Ill
Peter Hans
Carl Zoller
Bricei
Hans
Zoller
Dwight Smith
Hgesdal
C.C. Peterson
Swanson
Swea City
Stanton
Iowa
A. c. Schissel
Minneapolis
Schissel
Fred Park
Francis Niles
Guy Hart
Bancroft
Frank Miller
Wade Ball
Henry Gurderian
F. W. Thaves
Clarence Persig
Blue Harth
Fred Schwartz
Irvin Schwartz
Woden
Roelfsema to Spend Year with Boise Grandparents
Lakota news notes Bobby Roelfsema of Renwick has been ill for weeks and will leave Friday or Saturday for Boise Idaho to spend the remainder of the school year with his grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Barger. Neighbors and families gathered at the Hoffmans home for a farewell as they move to a farm near Woden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Roelfsema
Renwick
Boise
Idaho
J. A. Barger
Earnest Hoffman
Hoffmans
Woden
Fred Schroeder
George Heetland
Mike Christ
Swea City
American Legion and Auxiliary
Charles Gutknecht
Mason City
Lena
August Gutknecht
Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society
Gertrude ‘Wortman
Jimmy Mullarkey
Trench Mouth
Emma
Louise Thaves
Emma Gutknecht
Minnie Heetland
Hannah Heetland
R. L. Williams
Jerry Heetland
Local church societies hold meetings and visits noted
The Presbyterian Missionary Society held Thursday devotions led by Mrs. Ley in absent president’s stead with officers re-elected. The Lutheran Mission Society met at Mrs. Louis Sachs’ home. Numerous local residents and family members are listed visiting, traveling, or hosting events including Mayo Clinic visit, birthdays, birthdays, and a large shower for Dwight Smith.
Iowa Corn Farmers to Benefit From 1988 Farm Program
Iowa Extension Director R K Bliss says the 1988 AAA farm act expands the conservation program, stabilizes corn acreage and prices, and introduces marketing quotas. Quotas activate when supplies exceed normal needs by ten percent, with two thirds farmer support, and include loan and payment provisions for better farming practices and bound corn acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State ‘College Extension Service
Bliss
Washington, I D. C
Farmers Elevator News Looks Ahead to Spring and Supplies
The column notes warmer weather hints and Washington’s Birthday musings. It promotes International and steer feeds, cod liver oil for hatcheries, and refunds if Seal of Minnesota flour disappoints. It encourages grass and other seeds, telephones, a bulk salt car, and cites a weekly story about Titania man’s view on women drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titania
Corn program to pay farmers under AAA adjustment
The measure sets domestic consumption and export targets plus ten percent, totaling about 2.6 billion bushels. Farmers in the commercial corn area who stay within their corn acreage allotments will qualify for corn payments under the AAA adjustment and conservation provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Fragmented a curious wartime soundbite and dairy note
A disjointed wartime asides piece reflects on US role in war and a banner line, Greek feet scandals, and biblical snippets. It ends with a dairy anecdote noting skim milk surplus and hogs feeding practices, detailing a dairyman feeding 10 pounds per cow daily split between night and morning.
In Years of Breath Hybrid Corn Advantage Examined
Surveys show hybrid corn yields outpace open-pollinated varieties across multiple tests. Breeders advise adopting hybrids to boost yields. The message cautions against clinging to outdated practices and emphasizes evaluating evidence.
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Woden News
Henry H. Huisinga
Titonka, Iowa
Hoff
WE Seli
Jim Dandy Harness
Keil Building
A. W. Amunson
Borchardt
J. E. Keil Funeral Home
Titonka
W. L. Tindall
D. O. Oesteopathic
Horace S. Beemer
J. C. Penny
L. A. Matern
Wesley
C. O. Riddle
Bart, IA
W. A. Schram
Lee O. Wolfe
W.F . Hamstreet, M. D
Pierre Sartor, M. D
H. I. Torgersen
Hamstreet Bldg
Roy C. Ball
Titonka, Ta
Gus Frederickson
Bank of Woden Wodprn
Mrs
Wee Kramer
Fred Shipley
Deg Moines
A. B. Grubb
John Rudisill
Albert Welshaar
Britt
Dorothy Weishaar
Helen Cordes
Lillian van Laven
Ruby Baack
Dubby Christensen
Richard Truelson
J. Cg, Helm
Ed, Woods
Ben Reikena
Bill Woods
Herman Helms
Wm. Tindall
Montezuma
Dr. Tindall
John Freecks
Freechs
Oregon
Henry Bode
Mariettg Helgason
Gertrude Bode
Kay ‘Chandler
Bob and
Harold Jacobson
Hans Nelson
Sam Smith
Lake Park
Leota
Lisle
Ted Bode
Fritz Gerdes
John Bode
George Pommer
H. O. Peters
Marjorie
Farmers Elevator
Fred Hagen
Mgr
Boughton’s Funeral Home
Portable Milling Service
Ben
Kossuth County
J. L. Bonar
Iowa State Bank
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
van Ness & Stillman
Attorneys-at
Hesse
Algona, Towa
Maurice C. McMahon
County Savings Building
E. C. McMahon
Fee
Algona, Ta
P. A. Dawson
Towa State Bank
LAW
Quarton & Miller
County Savings Bank Bldg
Wesley News
Lakota News
Clerika
Mabel Schott
Clerik W. J. Denton
H. J. Schupter & Son
Buffalo Center
Guy Beemer
Lakota
Vol. I
Farmers Elevator News
Titanica
Washington
Seal of Minnesota
Farmers Elevator Co
F. E. Hagen, Mgr
United States
David
Uriah Heep
Sheba
Lermond
Eleanor
Mr. Farmer
Titonka Rendering Service
Tyke
Theatre
Chas. Starret
Don Grayson
of the
Three Stooges
Quintupland
Scott Colton
Patricia Farr
Kash Knite
Sergeant Murphy
Dutch
Reagan and
Mary
Maguire
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