4-H Clubs Start Enrolling Members For Another Year
October marks the start of the new 4-H year with rural youths ages 10 to 21 invited to join. The program aims to develop each member into the best person they can be through projects demonstrations tours club meetings square dances skating parties award trips to the State Fair and a trip to Iowa State College. Local leaders county extension offices and club members in Waverly invite interested boys and girls to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Waverly
Elephant Walk at Tripoli Theatre Promises Turbulent Romance
Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, and Peter Finch star in Elephant Walk set in Ceylon plantations. A young English wife discovers her husband’s wealth as the mansion and elephant move through a perilous love triangle.
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Tripoli
Elizabeth Taylor
Dana Andrews
Peter Finch
Ceylon
Craft Training For Township Leaders Set For Sept 28
Township leaders across the county are scheduled for craft training on September 28 at Tripoli town hall following October and November sessions. The sessions include rug making Swedish weaving basketry and wood fiber flowers with lessons starting at 1 pm.
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Harvey Carolus
County Farm Bureau
Margaret Krug
County Extension Home
Waverly
Tripoli Town
Tripoli
Field Office Set For 1954 Census Of Agriculture In Iowa
A field office for the 1954 Census of Agriculture is established in Fort Dodge. Preparations include staff interviews, clerical training, and field crew organization. The 29 county territory covers Bremer Butler and Chickasaw and will employ about 20 crew leaders and 263 enumerators.
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Iowa
Fort Dodge
Bremer
Butler
Chickasaw
Recognition Banquet set for Bremer county 4-H members
Bremer county 4-H recognition banquet will be Saturday evening Oct 16 at Readlyn community hall. About 500 4-H members leaders and parents are expected to attend as the Bankers Association of Bremer county hosts the event. Outstanding county 4-H boys and girls will be honored. A limited number of tickets are on sale at the county extension office for parents. Vegetables have been raised without soil in chemically treated water.
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Bremer County
Readlyn
Bankers Association of
Bremer Women Display At Dairy Congress
Bremer county women will run a clothing repair booth titled Why Buy New When Old Will Do at the Dairy Cattle Congress October 2 to 9. Maxfield township women under Mrs Harold Meier organize. Mrs Paul Huebner of Readlyn leads the booth committee which won first at the Waverly 4 H fair. Each township will rotate staff the booth during the congress with Dayton October 2 and others scheduled by date and township.
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Bremer County
Maxfield Township
Harold Meier
Paul Huebner
Readlyn
Waverly
Dayton
Douglas
Franklin
Frederika
Fremont
Jackson
Leroy
Polk
Sumner
Warren
Washington
Can one cancer patient develop another cancer
Dr. E D Plass notes cancer does not confer immunity and that 3 to 5 percent may develop a second cancer. Hereditary factors may predispose, with chronic irritation or age. second tumors can appear at other sites as new primaries or recurrences. Follow up should last at least five years to assess treatment efficacy and detect new growths.
Do cancer cells differ from normal ones
Cancer cells resemble normal cells from their origin area, yet differ in behavior and appearance under the microscope. There are over three hundred known human cancer types, each with unique form and activity. for information, contact the American Cancer Society in Mason City, Iowa. Emil Boge of Delaware damaged his left arm when a truck collision on Highway 20 caused a fracture just below the elbow.
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Emil Boge
Delaware
Highway 20
Fall Fertilizer Use Studied At County College
Fall fertilizer application can match spring yields when plowed in, with minimal losses on heavy soils but significant losses on light sandy soils unless nitrogen is applied in spring. Wait for soil temperatures below 55 degrees before spreading to prevent loss. Safety reminders warn of dangers around corn pickers during harvest.
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Bremer County
Farm Bureau Women’s Contact Day Oct 4 at Tripoli Hall
Mrs. Roland Smith of Winthrop will address the annual Farm Bureau Women’s Contact Day Oct 4 at Tripoli town hall at 1 30 p m Old and new officers from 13 township groups are invited to attend The meeting aims to discuss the Farm Bureau organization and explain next year’s program per county chairman Mrs Harvey Carolus
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Roland Smith
Winthrop
Farm Bureau
Women's
Tripoli Town Hall
Harvey Carolus
Women’s County
Glenwood boy finds seven-pound granite Indian axe
Larry Simmons, a Glenwood youngster, found an Indian axe carved from black granite. The relic weighs seven pounds and is ten inches long. The note also states that Buffalo Bill and William F. Cody were the same person.
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Larry Simmons
Glenwood
Buffalo Bill
William F. Cody
Notice to Policyholders Bremer County Mutual Pire and Lightning Insurance Association
Bremer County Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association will hold its annual meeting in Tripoli Iowa on Saturday October 2 1954 at 1 30 p m. Policyholders will elect three directors and consider renewing the charter on a perpetual basis with amended Articles of Incorporation. All policyholders urged to attend. Otto Walther Secretary 422 W H Wobbeking President
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Bremer County Mutual Pine and Loveltrrivre =Insurance Association
Tripoli
Iowa
Bremer County Mutual Fire and Lightening Insurance Association
Otto Walther
W. H. Wobbeking
Legal Transfers in Waverly and Frederika Notes
Edward C Barnes and wife transfer to Louis Seamon and wife part of lots 17 and 18 in Harmon and LeValley addition to Waverly for $1 with revenue of $10.45. Howard Ohl transfers to Robert Markle, Robert Bradley, Donald Ohl, and Earl R Bellis for $175 the west 25 acres of section 28 91 11. Leah Pinkerton et al transfer to John C Ruehs and wife $400 lots 1 and 2 block 2 Frederika. Lutheran Children's Home So-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Barnes
Louis Seamon
Harmon & LeValley
Waverly
Howard Ohl
Robert Markle
Robert Bradley
Donald Ohl
Earl R. Bellis
Leah Pinkerton
John C. Ruehs
Frederika
Waverly Property Deeds Record Transfers Reported
Property transfers recorded include Louis Borechoff and wife to a party for lot 6 block 7 in Home addition Waverly with revenue 1.10 dollars. Jerry Schunk and wife to Ernest H Aschbrenner for lots 31 and 32 block 1 Sunnyside addition Waverly with revenue 0.55 dollars. Mabel Boderman to Herbert Boderman for lots 1 and 2 plus south 55 feet of block 6 Wescott Heirs Addition to Sumner by quit claim deed.
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Ciety
Louis Borechoff
Home
Waverly
Jerry Schunk
Ernest H. Aschbrenner
Sunnyside
Mabel Boderman
Herbert Boderman
Wescott
Sumner
Marriage Licenses Listed for Plainfield and Nearby
David M. Hiller, 22, Plainfield and Dianne J. Small, 21, Plainfield obtain licenses. Norman Lutz, 34, Byron, NL and Virginia Ford, 34, Waverly also apply. Herbert K. Mever, 21, Waver-
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David M. Hiller
Plainfield
Dianne J. Small
Norman Lutz
Byron, NL
Virginia Ford
Waverly
Herbert K. Mever
Waver
Fragmentary Names Surface in Undated Iowa Notices
A jumble of personal names and ages appears in an undated local listing, including Claudette Smith and Colleen Kingsb o Tripoli alongside residents from Minn, Cedar Falls, Sumner, Shell Rock, Waverly, and other nearby towns. Partial entries show ages from 19 to 95 with scattered initials and occupations not specified.
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Tsly
Claudette ¢ Smith
Field
Phan
Norman Bae Vocy
Shirley R E Grate Ae Lien
M. Estre
Son
Minn
Colleen Te Kingsb
Bo Tripoli
James G. Anderson
Kantas
Marjorie J. ‘Woon
Sumner Senter
J. Wendt
Frederiksburg
Elizabeth Kuriger
Cedar Falls
Vern Schuldt
Sumner
Elsie Kelling
Sam Donald Wilken
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Dairy Congress
E. D. Plass, M. D
Iowa Acs
American Cancer Society
Mason City
E. D
Bock
AXE
Lennox
Block & Klemp
Lue Oran
Des Moines
Bergmann Hatchery
Bremer County Mutual Pire and Lightning Insurance Association
Meier Sh
LeRoy Bergmann
Mildred Busse
Meyer
Tripoli, Iowa
Pues
Nasbrouck Lumber Co
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