West Lafayette Township Hosts Farm Bureau Meeting at Kahle Home
The Warren township farm bureau presented Sauce for the Goslings at the Kahle home in West Lafayette township on May 3. Howard Roach of Plainfield spoke on Why progress comes from asking questions, as attendees heard readings and music from local performers. The 4-H program was highlighted with plans for an August fair and a June meeting at the Span residence.
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Warren Township
Farm Bureau
Ewald Kahle
West Lafayette Township
Elmer
Howard Roach
Plainfield
Clark Obedier
WMT
Waterloo
Helen Mason
Evelyn Pierce
Helen Stickman
Lorraine Kahle
W. E. Span
Township Farm Bureau
Jackson
Washington
Warren
Lafayette
Franklin
Maxfield
Jefferson
LeRoy
Sumner
Dayton
Douglas
Polk
W. Lafayette
Fremont
Frederica
Farm Bureau Organization
4-H Club Projects Discussed at Plainfield High School
Plainfield High School hosted a 4-H club discussion led by John Quist of the Extension Service and the County Agent. Films on 4-H work and a George Washington farming life presentation highlighted Washingtons agricultural interest and record keeping. The talk, requested by Miss Marjorie Nesbit and Supt. A N Rogers, encouraged Bremer county students to join 4-H.
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Plainfield High School
John Quist
Extension Service
Quist
Iowa
George Washington
Marjorie Nesbit
A. N. Rogers
Bremer County
New Home Project To Begin In September
Bremer county farm women plan a September start for a new home project. Training schools will cover poultry cookery yet to be taught by Helen Swinney and Frances Pew with lessons in desserts trimmings and dress design. Centers and goals emphasize leadership, publicity, and cooperative club growth across townships.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Helen Swinney
Frances Pew
Farm Bureau
4 H Club Members Have A Big Party
The Bremer County 4 H clubs held the largest party in their history at the Community Building in Waverly on Saturday evening May 6. Vernal performances included Ruth and Esther Kuethe, Evelyn Albright, the Jackson Juniors, Lee Anderson, Marion Hester, Vivienne Wilson, and Richard Leistikow. About 150 members and friends attended with refreshments served after games and program.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Ruth
Esther Kuethe
Old Virginy
Evelyn Albright
Sleepy Hollow
Jackson
Lee Anderson
Marion Hester
The
Polk Go-Getters
Agnes
Vivienne Wilson
Richard Leistikow
Raymond Kuethe
Margaret Myers
Mildred Mueller
Jackson Juniors
Bremer County 4-H Club Expands Projects and Groups
Bremer County 4-H plans eight to ten girls clubs focusing on bread making with music health and recreation. Boys will pursue dairying swine beef heifer colt and poultry projects for ages ten to twenty. Groups will form across many townships with countywide orchestra and recreation plans and enrollment via the farm bureau in Waverly.
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Bremer County
John Quist
The
Extension Service
State of
Iowa
W. Lafayette
Polk
Washington
Jackson
Warren
E. Lafayette
Fremont
Frederika
Sumner
Jefferson
Maxfield
Farm Bureau
Waverly
Local Wool Prices Make Rapid Advance in Bremer County
Bremer county wool growers see prices through the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association more than doubling from last year. Secretary-Treasurer Charles Sexton reports advances of 14 cents on bright wool and 13 cents on other grades, with seven townships contributing last year and plans for May and June shipments.
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Bremer County
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Charles Sexton
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Seston
Bremer county 4-H club fair dates announced
The Bremer county 4-H club fair will run August 22, 23 and 24 at the Waverly fair grounds. Dates were adjusted to respect the Four County fair in Nashua and align with regional scheduling after the North Iowa fair moved dates.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Nashua
North Iowa
Calyx spray called vital for fruit trees pre bloom
Bremer County fruit growers should apply the calyx spray soon after petals drop to guard against apple scab and seab infection. H E Nichols notes it targets apples pears plums cherries and berries and recommends lime sulfur with arsenate of lead in 50 gallon mixes.
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Bremer County
H. E. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Nichoals
Reed Canary Grass Seed Experiment In Bremer County
Bremer County residents may obtain five pounds of Reed Canary grass seed free of charge for trial on poorly drained soils. Seed costs 40 to 50 cents per pound. average yield 100 to 200 pounds per acre. Seedings planned for early August. plowing to begin July. cooperation needed with seed center distribution. Information available at the farm bureau office in Waverly.
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Ames
Bremer County
Farm Bureau
Waverly
Tripoli 4-H Club Organized with E Bennett President
Edward Bennett was elected president Arnold Zander vice president Stanley Koch secretary treasurer and Herbert Blume newspaper reporter of a 4-H boys club organized at Tripoli on Tuesday May 20 Vern Dunahoo Tripoli high school instructor will act as local leader for the group Approximately fifteen boys expect to join this year Each member will choose their own project with John Quist and D D Offringa assisting
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Edward Bennett
Arnold Zander
Stanley Koch
Herbert Blume
Tripoli
Vern Dunahoo
Tripoli High School
John Quist
Extension Service
D .D. Offringa
Jackson Girls Club Chooses Name Happy Hustlers
The Janesville 4-H girls club selected the name Happy Hustlers at a May 6 meeting at Mrs. Rose Briner’s home. Mrs. Florence George led the baking lesson on whole wheat bread after brief club business. Helen Hoffman reported.
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Happy Hustlers
Janesville
Rose Briner
Florence George
Helen Hoffman
Hoglot Inflation Brings 25 Pigs To One Farm
A humorous note reports George Hilliard of Giltner Nebraska facing inflated hog values as his sow Mrs Low reportedly produced 14 piglets, then 11 more, totaling 25 offspring in three days. The tale underscores rising prices and the quirky scale of agricultural abundance.
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George Hilliard
Giltner
Neb
Hilliard
Public School Notes With Reading and Sand Table Details
Enecia Lamb notes Harry Waterman returned from grandmother and the class makes the Three Little Pigs in the sand table. Lillian rides in a red car while the class reads a new book Book One Elson Basic Reader.
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Miss Oleson
Harry Waterman
Lillian
Elson
Enecia Lamb
Third Grade Mothers Day Program Cast and Acts
Friday at 2 30 pm the third grade presents a Mothers Day program with songs and readings by students including W E L C O M E and M O T H E R songs. Performances include Kit and Kat Dutch Life scenes Act 1 to 6 with named student roles and stage crew credits.
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Howard Holmes
James Carpenter
Gloria Rosenthal
Kenneth Bunger
Wendell Reick
Holland
Kenneth Shipp
Jeannine Krueger
Kit
Kat
Pop Krueger
Edward Selck
Virgil Borchert
Marilyn Duecker
Frau van der Kloot
da Hesse
Harvey Kowalsky
Florence Boeckman
Dors
Alvin Crinklaw
Kat—Ruth Berlin
Herman Schultz
Owen Hankner
Robert Kuhrt
Floyd Gebert
Warren Nolting
Sixth Grade Enriches Posters and Letters
Miss Conklin's class reviews arithmetic English for a test and assembles seven poppy posters as regular art. They record self-help writings and troublesome words, note three visitors Iva Hill Doris Hill and Gertrude Buchholz, and receive a letter from Helen Hill about flowers seen on the road to school.
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Iva
Doris Hill
Gertrude Buchholz
Helen Hill
Muuch
Gertrude Hanff
Fifth Grade English and History Notes
In English class Monday we wrote job inquiry letters and in Iowa history we tested on unit seven. Last Friday we read The Baby Who Was Found In the River and this week study continues with Moses and the Exodus stories from News by Arlene Schwem and Lois Buls.
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Iowa
Arlene Schwem
Lois Buls
Poppy Posters and School Activities This Week
Students report geography climate and rainfall study in the United States. They prepared posters twenty six by eighteen inches and began work yesterday. Attendees will have a picnic a week from Thursday. News by Edith Buls Gretchen Hanff.
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United States
Edith Buls
Gretchen Hanff
Eighth Grade Plans Tests and Poster Designs
Eighth grade students report county tests this week covering physiology English arithmetic and spelling. They study the metric system in arithmetic and are busy making designs for their poppy posters to finish this week.
Artist and Critic Debate On Painting Speed
The dialogue features an artist boasting two hour work times and a critic who concedes equal disregard for pace. Both exchange remarks on their approach to creating art.
I Ha Ha camp fire ceremony and new member notes
Wednesday night at 7 30 the girls of the I Ha Ha camp fire will hold a public ceremonial and tea in the American Legion hall. This will be our last ceremonial during the school year. New members received Beverly Ambrose Vivian Everding Evonne Kuhrt Naomi Schmidt. Ranks awarded Wood Gatherer Florence Bunger Ellen Webrand Fire Maker Lee Lou Morf Gretchen Hanff Dorothy Hankner Edith Bull Beverly Nienhaus. Monday night our girls were guests of Miss Chesebro on a picnic.
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I-Ha-Ha
American Legion Hall
Guardian
Wahelo
Edith Bull
Mammy Moon
Lee Lou Morf
Miss Delson
Beverly Ambrose
Vivian Everding
Evonne Kuhrt
Naomi Schmidt
Florence Bunger
Ellen Webrand
Gretchen Hanff
Dorothy Hankner
Beverly Nienhaus
Miss Boyle
Sheriff Sale Notice in Bremer County Iowa
By special execution from the Bremer County District Court dated March 23 1933 Equitable Life Assurance Society sues Della M Prentice Lawrence Parson Florence L Prentice Homer Gartz and the estate of Edgar L Prentice for 4443 plus costs. Real estate described as parts of sections 8 and 9 township 93 range 12 West containing 100 acres more or less to be sold at public auction June 8 1933 at 10 00 AM in front of the courthouse Waverly Iowa to satisfy the judgment and costs. The undersigned sheriff Frank Sager will conduct the sale with attorney Don Barnes.
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District Court
Bremer County
Iowa
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Della M. Prentice
Lawrence Parson
Florence L. Prentice
Homer Gartz
Edgar L. Prentice
Mildred Parson
Waverly
Appointment of Administrator for Mary Goodenbour Estate
The District Court of Bremer County Iowa appoints Pete Goodenbour as administrator of the Mary Goodenbour estate on May 4 1933. Creditors to file claims and debtors to pay the administrator. All claims must be presented to the court for allowance.
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District Court
Bremer County
Iowa
Mary Goodenbour
Pete Goodenbour
Diamond Ring Lost and Found in Trouser Pocket
A domestic exchange reveals a diamond ring was misplaced on the wearer’s finger and then found by a partner in a trouser pocket. The lighthearted dialogue shows a relieved resolution.
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George
Honolulu Directory Shows Lees Dominate Amid Names Rank
The new Honolulu city directory lists 72 682 names with 860 Lees many under variant Li spelling. It shows 350 Smiths and 100 Joneses in the population, underscoring Lees as the prominent clan in the era.
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Lees
Honolulu
Smiths
Janeses
New City
Joneses
Power
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Farm Bureau News
D. D. Offringa
West Lafayette
Caldwell
da. W. B. Caldwett
Doctors
Jackson Girls’ Club
Public
Miss Conklin
L. W. Vanderlinden
Miss Ensminger
Sheriff’s Sale
Frank Sager
Don Barnes
Donald Barnes
E. H. Wadsworth
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Sheets
Michigan
Miss Sheets
Miles Jervine
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