Larson Leads Home Furnishings Project Team in Bremer County
Mrs. N May Larson completes third year Home Furnishing project setup across nine townships in Bremer County During a series of meetings last week she and local leaders elected township chairmen publicity chiefs school district cooperators and local leaders for the upcoming training schools Plans schedule county committee meetings through March May and August to organize Achievement Day at the Fair Training schools run March 30 to April 3 with women from multiple townships expected to attend Local editors librarians and Extension Service will assist in program planning as the effort moves toward final preparations
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N. May Larson
Bremer Coun
Fred Katte
East Lafayette Township
C. G. Geisler
Wwrship
Ed Lindvor
C. E. Bevens
Fred Waggett
Ernest Baker
Avery Chambers
George Nicolaus
Louis Bauer
Fred Platte
Waggett
Baker
Nicolaus
Platte
Laura Bauer
Florence Winzenburg
Larson
Warren Township
Sumner Township
Anna Hatch
Sumner
Estella Lanton
Harry Creager
Carl Faist
Louis Ehlert
Clarence Gerconde
Theo
Homer Poe
Frank Chester
Rolf Hall
Nellie Nichols
Ruby Carpenter
Ray Ede
L. Catherine Carpenter
Douglas Center
Douglas Township Farm Bureau
Herman Boekhaus
Art Rieckenberg
Ed_ Schnurstein
John Cole
Ted Hartman
Fred Joens
Lee Holmes
H. F. Buhrow
Henry Korte
Ed Lehnerstein
Will Waltemate
Henry Brandt
Dora Bergman
Jefferson Township
Mary Mether
Albert Buss
C. J. Heyer
Paul Meeker
Charles Briden
Charles Besh
F. J. Epeneter
Louis Brand
DeWitt Briden
Mata Buss
G. Kreis
Miss Hatch
First District Arm Bureau Committee
Extension Service
D. D. Offringa
6Th Street
Washington, Warren
East Lafayette
Jackson
Franklin
Maxfield
Jefferson
Louise Busse
No. 10
Denver
LeRoy
Dayton
Henry Creager
Fremont
Frederika
Legion Rooms
Tripoli
Douglas, Polk
West Lafayette
Methodist
Plainfield
Home Furnishing Course by Women to Start Next Week
The third year Home Furnishing course for Bremer county farm women will begin next week with Eva Stacy of the Extension department delivering the first lesson on basket weaving. Organizer N May Larson completed most of the preparation, noting strong countywide interest and an organization plan to reach hundreds of farm women this year.
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Bremer County
Eva Stacy
N. May Larson
Extension Service
County Agent Reports Wide Field Work With Lime and Fertilizers
Elmer Sauerbrie spreads about 20 tons of limestone on a field near Primary road No 10 sourced from the Cedar River bed and crushed by R H Mattke. Rudolph Brandenburg unloads a carload of limestone for immediate application beside the W C F N railroad. Carl Kirchhoff obtains the first carload bound for Tripoli to improve alfalfa yields, with plans to apply lime to expand cultivated land. John Pipho receives four bushels of North Dakota certified cobblers and two bushels of certified Ohios for an experimental plot on potatoes, plus six fertilizer samples to test fertilizer value. IF W Poock and Raymond Pipho plan similar demonstrations. Burman Brothers expand land clearing using explosives as government supply waned, with continued private explosive blends tailored for land clearing. Vern Schild reports excellent results with Trebi Barley, noted for rough awn and high yield, sold for seeding this year.
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Elmer Sauerbrie
Washington Township
Cedar River
R. H. Mattke
Rudolph Brandenburg
Carl Kirchhoff
Fremont Township
Tripoli
Kirchhoff
John Pipho
Maxfield Township
North Dakota
IF. W. Poock
Maxfield
Raymond Pipho
Jefferson
Burman Brothers
Jackson Township
Bremer County
Vern Schild
West Lafayette
Wallace
Schild
Bremer County Club Judges Horses and Cows Meeting
Bremer County Junior club members met at Elmer Sauerbrie’s farm east of Waverly on Saturday March 21. Dairy calves were usual focus but this session included horse and colt judging. A colt that won second in a 17-entry class at the International Belgium Horse Show in Waterloo last fall was shown for demonstration. Plans for next year discussed adding a colt class at the Bremer County Fair with C E Wylam and the County Agent present. Sauerbrie reported six school club members enrolled to date.
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Bremer County
Elmer Sauerbrie
Waverly
Waterloo
C. E. Wylam
Big Crowd Attends Douglas Meeting
Fred G. Wolf spoke at the Douglas township Farm Bureau meeting held March 18 at the Douglas Center school house. He forecast a more profitable poultry year as many in the industry leave when unprofitable. Mrs. N May Larson described a Home Furnishing program for women and the County Agent reviewed 1980 activities with 1931 plans.
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Fred G. Wolf
Douglas Township
Girls Club Leaders Attend Second Lesson in Waverly
Specialist Emma McIlrath met with the Bremer county Girls Club leaders and committee at D. D. Of Fringa’s home in Waverly on Monday March 16 to present a second lesson in the clothing course taken by county clubs.
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Emma Mcllrath
D. D. Offringa
Waverly
Bremer County
Accessories lesson for county club members
Club leaders prepared supplies for the session on accessories including embroidery thread 8 yards wrapping paper wool fabric scraps matching thread sewing equipment cardboard 2x6 inches print scraps bias tape and fashion magazines showing hats coats dresses slips and pajamas paste muslin longcloth or nain sock and leaders notebook This lesson will be given to every club member in the county.
Rural School Notes Highlights Attendance and Movements
Rural School Notes reports Vera Aegerter and Marvelle Diedrich with perfect yearly attendance. Margaret Rieck and Vera Aegerter had top monthly grades. Margaret and Alfred Rieck top spellers. Dorothy Webster advances to Fifth grade. Alfred and Margaret Rieck move near Sumner, missed by peers. Decor updates include tulips Easter decorations and kites. No school Monday afternoon due to election. Leone and Harold Aegerter visited.
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Vera Aegerter
Marvelle Diedrich
Margaret Rieck
Margaret
Alfred Rieck
Lloyd Dilley
Edmund Webster
Glenn Mirs
Henry
Laura
Dorothy Webster
Alfred
Sumner
Leone
Harold Aegerter
Dayton District 1 Hears Easter School News
Erna Ashbrenner listed as teacher with district pupils including Lenora Bock and Yvonne Holm on the 100 percent spelling list. Spring vacation set to begin, resume March 30. Several absences and illnesses noted along with class decorations, tulip posters, and new songs Abide With Me and Auld Lang Syne.
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Lenora Bock
Yvonne Holm
Berdina Bock
Holland
Edwin Gaede
Erwin Gaede
Leona Bock
Vada Kuker
Elmer Gaede
Arnold Seehase
Lorraine Stahlhut
Marion Schultz
Fremont District 7 Posts Classroom Activities
Fremont District No 7 reports on weekly activities from Martha Wedemeier teacher the lower grades read library books during seat work the upper grades study geography of Iowa Australia and Pacific Islands sixth grade explores Civil War through dramatizations and riddles volunteers give book reports first grade enjoys reading period and health class notes on scientists aiding health development.
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Iowa
Australia
Islands
Pacific
Grandmother Farm Singalong and Class Activities
Students recall Grandmother's farm and the Hen and the Rooster Song. Perfect spellers Mildred and Darlene. Nature study on the solar system with Miss Wedemeier answering many questions. Upper grades had true and false tests in geography reading and hygiene. They outlined geography and reading lessons. Saturday makeup day for Miss Wedemeier's cousin's funeral. They raked the lawn and held a wiener and marshmallow roast with Lucille supplying popcorn.
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Mildred
Darlene
Miss Wedemeier
Lucille
School progress report highlights and read aloud stories
Last week featured test results across grades with Margar etha Hay scoring 100 percent in spelling and William Zan der 99 percent in arithmetic. Upper grade leaders were Er na Bunger at 93 plus and Rosetta Michael at 91 plus average. Perfect daily spelling stars included Ralph Michael and others. Leo Schuldt left school, Lavern Droste returned after illness, and Friday's session covered The Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin and How the Toad Gets a Drink of Water.
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Margaretha Hay
William Zander
Erna Bunger
Rosetta Michael
Ralph Michael
Edgar Droste
Werner Harmening
Lester Detterding
Bernice Brunscheen
Lorraine Schuldt
Leo Schuldt
Lavern Droste
Benjamin Franklin
Frederika District Top Student Miss Helen O Day Return
Miss Helen O Day, a Frederika District No 3 teacher, returned to her school duties Monday after her operation. Her brother Clarence taught in her absence. The note mentions outdoor games with baseball growing in popularity and a recent enrollment increase with four new pupils joining the class.
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Frederika
Helen O'Day
O’day
Clarence
Fourth and fifth graders present Owl and the Pussy Cat program
Elmer Lorraine Renetta Thurm Catherine Sewell led a school program memorizing works including Owl and the Pussy Cat. Officers Laurence Iola and Stanley Bohlman with Lorraine Thurm elected, Harold Lenius named president. A Jokes and poems were performed by Iola Bohlman, Elnora Niemeyer, and others.
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Elmer
Lorraine
Renetta Thurm
Catherine Sewell
Laurence
Iola
Stanley Bohlman
Lorraine Thurm
Harold Lenius
Little Brown Church
Lydia
Leona
Elnora Niemeyer
Iola Bohlman
Lloyd Waterman
Ruth
Ruby Warnke
Ruth Bohlman
Lucille Lenius
Laurence Bohlman
Miss Muffet
Elnora Bohlman
Ruth Fickhoff
Jack and Jill
Henry Warnke
Bo Peep
Elda Bahlman
Everett Waterman
Dan
John
Easter Decorations At School With Floral Boxes And Border
Students plan flower boxes and rabbit figures for Easter display and add a new border to the blackboard. Claire Bravener and Lucille Bravener missed Tuesday due to weather. The primary division drafts a nursery rhyme booklet. Nature study notes migrating birds from the south. Lucille Meier, Ruby and Claire are mentioned.
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Claire
Lucille Bravener
Lucille Meier
Ruby
Student Achieves Top Spelling Score Repeats Across Months
A student scored 100 in spelling last week and Lucille maintains a perfect score across three months. The report highlights consistent high performance in spelling assessments and continual excellence by Lucille.
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Lucille
Leader Want Ads Offer Quick Results At Low Cost
A local newspaper notes that leader want ads can bring good results with an affordable rate of 25 cents per ad. The notice urges readers to place advertisements to reach a broad audience efficiently.
Ford Triplex windshield feature saves lives in crashes
Every new Ford comes with a Triplex shatter proof windshield designed to prevent glass from flying or splintering under strong impact. The feature has reportedly saved lives and reduced injuries in numerous automobile collisions.
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Ford
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