4-H Girls Plan County Rally Day at Waverly High
At the May meeting the 4-H Girls County Committee set Rally Day for June 4 at the Waverly high school auditorium. An afternoon program features registration at 12 30 and a 1 00 pm business meeting with officer elections. The program includes I F Y E slides, honorary member initiation, officers installation, and various club activities. Mothers of 4-H girls are invited to attend to encourage participation.
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Waverly High School
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Biz-E-Bees
Tripoli
Franklin Goal Getters
Creed
April Bremer D.H.L.C. test shows 948 lb per cow average
Twenty seven standard herds in Bremer D H L C completed a 30 day April test with 948 pounds milk and 34.7 pounds fat per cow from 562 cows, supervised by Mer C Lillibridge. Eight top producers exceed 40 pounds butterfat, led by John Albrecht Son with 1336 pounds milk and 48.9 pounds fat and Richard Leavens with 1297 pounds milk and 45.9 pounds fat. Total cows tested reached 1568 across 88 owner sampler herds.
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Bremer D. H
Jim Rodman
Sumner
Nathan Chester
Plainfield
John Hagenow
Fairbank
Lloyd Fellows
Janesville
Walter Reinking
Alve Kirby
Waterloo
Co-Op
Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H Club Meeting Highlights May Activities
The Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H club met May 3 at Arvella Kammeyer’s home. Plans included a good grooming show May 17 at Mrs Schwerin’s home, a club trip to Vinton May 22, and a Sharon Mueller trip to Ames June 16-19. Members gave demonstrations on cotton materials, care of shoes, hair, undergarments, buttonholes, mending socks, grooming nails, sewing hooks and eyes, deodorants and antiperspirants. The Mother and Daughter Tea followed, with music and lunch served by the hostess. next meeting to be held at Sharon Mueller’s home.
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Wapsie Whirlwinds
Arvella Kammeyer
Marie Bentley
Katherine Zander
Judy Schwerin
Donna Nuss
Joyce Schnurstein
Sharon Mueller
Beverly O'Connell
Summer Program Outlined for Bremer County RYP Members
Bremer County RYP members present a summer plan featuring an educational tour to Independence State Hospital and Cedar Rapids or the Amana Colonies in June, a June 20 picnic, a tractor rodeo at the county fair, and a dairy bar selling dairy foods. They also sell adjustable tractor safety flags to promote safety, available through any RYP member or the County Extension office.
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Bremer County
RYP
Independence State Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Amana
Committee Names 3 Candidates For Boys 4-H Honors
The Boys 4-H club committee nominates three boys for state camps and officer candidate. Harold Laubie and Leroy Gophers are to attend the August state health camp at the State 4-H camping center in Boone, Iowa, with over 100 northern IA youths. Leroy Scharnhorst and Douglas Rockets are Bremer county’s camp nominees for leadership camp at the same center. Bob Vosseller of Co La Pi Ca is Bremer county’s state boys 4-H officer nominee. State officers will select eight from all nominees, who will then be voted on by 4-H members at the boys short course in June. four will be elected to state offices.
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Harold Laubie
Leroy Gophers
Boone
Iowa
Leroy Scharnhorst
Douglas Rockets
Bremer County
Bob Vosseller
Co-La-Pi-Ca
Brucellosis Ring Test Expands Across Iowa Counties
The Brucellosis ring test will be run in the county the week of May 31, marking the third such test locally. Nationwide in about 80 Iowa counties, the test identifies herds free from Bang's contagious abortion. In Bremer County past tests found 35 percent of farms may harbor infection sources.
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Bang
Iowa
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Usda Bureau of Animal Industry
Bremer County
Chicago
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Tripoli
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star in a new comedy shown at Tripoli Theatre May 16 and 17. The pair play American police on leave to study London policing with Boris Karloff as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. They, along with Craig Stevens and Helen Westcott, chase the monster through the British capital ending with Hyde’s fatal fall.
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Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Abbott and Costello
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tripoli Theatre
London
Boris Karloff
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Bud
Lou
Craig Stevens
Helen Westcott
Dr. Jekyll
Comedy duo save romance after monster's demise in London
Stevens and Miss Westcott benefit romantically from the monster's demise thanks to Bud and Lou. A comedy highlight features Lou swallowing Dr. Jekyll's formula and transforming into a huge rodent that wreaks havoc in a friendly London pub. Most people are like steel. When they lose their temper they're worthless.
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Stevens
Miss Westcott
Bud
Lou
Dr. Jekyll
London
Alta installs house numbering for easy addressing
A town project completed its house numbering initiative. Residents are attaching new numbers to homes and streets, improving identification and mail delivery in Alta.
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Alta
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Bremer D.H.L.C
William A. Buckley
Conrad F. Heideman
Democratic
United States
Meier Shoe Shop
State Farm
Howard Renwick
Lennox
Siakride
Michael's Food Market
Tripoli, Iowa
Bergmann Hatchery
Warner’s
Ava
Eas
Motorola
TV Sales and Service
Patek
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