Dairy herd testing schedule reported with milk yields
Records show cows in 49 herds undergoing official testing with totals of 600 pounds butterfat for 3 cows and 550 pounds for 2 cows, plus other individual yardage figures recorded by county dairymen. Owner names and amounts listed include Darrell Meyer, Huebner, Schumacher Estate, Virgil Hartman, Venice Rathe, and Walter Ruth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coop
Elmer Schnadt
Wittenburg & Zars
Dale Swinton
G.H
Venice
Bremer County Farm Women Host July 8 Dinner
Bremer County Farm Bureau women sponsor a July 8 relations dinner at Carver's in Waverly with Clarence Letson of Cedar Rapids presenting slides from visits to Australia. Invitations go to county ladies and special guests. reservations by July 7 to Mrs Inton. 4-H Day picnic at Waverly Fairgrounds capped a year of county events.
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Bremer County Farm
Carver’s
Waverly
Clarence Letson
Cedar
Australia
Am Bureau
Urban
Inton
Plainfield
Farm Bureau
Bremer County
Waverly Fairgrounds
Ouncil
Emily Day
Bonnie Hesse
Connie Readlyn
Les Huck
Ron Sumner
Larry White
Joyce Wylam
Nancy Brian Foster
Randy , Waverly
Start Search For Bremer County History
Waverly librarian Steve Rogge announces a bicentennial project to catalog Bremer County history. Eight weeks in mid June will employ five to ten students through Manpower to record oral histories and index newspapers, building on past county histories from 1914. Lynn Steege assists in planning.
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Bremer County
Steve Rogge
Waverly
Rogge
Lynn Steege
Cardiac Clinic for Area Children Set at Mason City
The Iowa SSCC opens referrals for a July Cardiac Clinic at Trinity Lutheran Church Mason City for youths under 21 with heart issues or rheumatic fever. No clinic fee. services include diagnostics lab work X rays and cardiology exams in a multi county program.
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Mason City
Iowa State Services For Crippled Children
SSCC
Trinity Lutheran Church
North
Pennsylvania
Pantherettes Fall 11-4 at Wapsie Valley in softball
The Pantherettes dropped an 11-4 game to Wapsie Valley on June 5 after seven hits and costly errors. Veronia Bierman went 2 for 3 and Sue Seelhammer and Mac McLavey hit triples to highlight Tri Poli. The team also lost 6-0 to New Hampton and has several upcoming games including June 12 against South Winn.
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Pantherettes
Wapsie Valley Girls
Veronia Bierman
Sue Seelhammer
Mac” McLavey
Tripoli
New Hampton
Dick Pollitt
Clarksville
J.V
Pollitt
Sharon Hoffman
South Winn
Sumner
Varsity
Dunkerton
Jesup
Denver
Turkey Valley
Oelwein
Wapsie Valley
F’burg
Les Lohmann Scores Hole in One at Maple Hills
Les Lohmann became the eighth golfer at Maple Hills Country Club to ace a hole since opening in 1970 and the first this year. He achieved the feat on the 180 yard third hole during twilight golf Sunday evening with a No. 4 wood amid five witnesses Delores Heinemann Lawrence Heinemann Leola Steere Wm A Kuker and Karen Bolte. The onlookers photographed the moment as the ball landed in the cup on the third bounce, joining a list of previous hole in one players on holes three or six across the club’s history.
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Les Lohmann
Maple Hills Country Club
Les
Delores Heinemann
Lawrence Heinemann
Leola Steere
Wm. A. Ku
Duane Holm
Loren Moeller
Erwin Towne
Jaycees Launch Membership Drive In Tripoli
Tripoli Jaycees announce annual membership drive for men aged 18 to 36. A social hour starts 6 15 p.m. Wednesday at the VFW post with pigeon stew, then a dinner followed by the meeting. Call 882 3298 or 882 3401 to join.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Panthers roll past Oelwein 22 7 in five innings
Tripoli improves to 4 0 with a 22 7 win over Oelwein as Jim Schwabe belts a 3 run homer and Jim Fink goes 4 for 5 with a double and three singles. Dave Alcock earns the win with Fink relieving in the fifth.
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Tripoli Panthers Command
Oelwein
Tripoli Panthers
Oelwein Boys
Panthers
Jim Schwabe
Tripoli
Jim Fink
Dave Alcock
Wapsie Valley
Dean Mirs
Panther
Alcock
Fink
Sechwake
Nuss
Re Schedule of Summer Band Lessons at Tripoli School
Tripoli Community School postpones summer band lessons for one week due to the absence of the band director. Lessons now begin June 23, and instrument rental periods are deferred one week to align with the new start date as stated by Superintendent Howard Marquardt.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Community School
Howard Marquardt
Marquardt
Dairying Then and Now Signals Change At Iowa Farm
An Iowa State University extension dairyman explains how dairy farming shifted from self sufficient family operations to large scale mechanized production. The piece traces from early 1900s barns to modern 60 cow operations with high milk yields, testing, genetics, and complex management, noting youth memory of the era as the good old days and the milk industry’s evolving economics. The article mentions the Twins Club convention dates and related events at Amana Colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Voelker
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Grandpa
Dad
Grandad
Voelker
Pork Cooking School Sponsored by Bremer County Porkettes
The Bremer County Porkettes sponsor a Pork Cooking School at the Waverly youth center on Wednesday June 18 starting at 1 30 p.m. Mrs Marty Post a home economics teacher and past State Pork Queen will demonstrate pork preparation including microwave and crock pot methods. Coffee and cookies will be served and recipes available.
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Bremer County Porkettes
Waverly Fairgrounds
Marty Post
Waverly Shell Rock School
Need Host Families for Exchange Students Arriving in August
Tripoli High School counselor Duane Ahrens says foreign exchange students will arrive in August to live and study in the American way of life. Host families are sought with room and board, love, and care. Contact Mrs Rose Forester at 1230 McCoy Evansdale IA 50707 or call 319 232 9127 for details.
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Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Steve Schumacher
Lavern Schumacher
Jay Flaig
Tripoli
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Sidney Tegtmeier
Lavern Tegtmeiers
Gene Reuter
Sumner
Exch
Duane Ahrens
Tripoli High School
Rose’ Fornster
McCoy
Evansdale
Iowa
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Dorothy) Miller
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