Monroe County News, The (Newspaper) - March 26, 1962, Albia, Iowa Did You Know? of in Albia have in off and over 25 and four of high school and moro It's News to The Weekly Almanac WEATHER By George Seibert Official Observer March March March March March Low 30 None 27 None None None 32 33 29 None ALBIA Prices quoted are as of 10 on the day of publication Prices change daily Where prices paid vary among local produce houses highest prices are quoted Cream Sweet butterfat Ib No 1 Ib No 2 Ib Eggs Jumbos doz Grade A doz Grade A doz Grade B doz Dirties and doz doz Cracked Dirty Pullets doz ALBIA Subject to Change Delivered in Albia Corn No 2 Shelled bu March son Paul Dennis weighing 10 Ibs 10 oz at Lucas County Memorial Hospital iton to Mr and Mrs Louis of Knoxville Mr and Mrs Robert Crall are grandparents Mrs John Papson Sr is a great-grandmother March daughter Tracy Anh weighing 7 Ibs 15 oz to Myr Jerry Marshalltown Ginthner is a er driver training instructor at Albia Community School and assistant boys athletic di- rector Mrs was once girls physical education tor March daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald McGinn of Des Moines at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines Mr and Mrs Lawrence McGinn of Weller are ents March son weighing 9 Ibs 3 oz at Monroe County pital to Mr and Mrs John Crall Jr Rte 4 Albia Mahlon U Knapp 89 formerly of Moravia and Blakesburg March 24 at Ottumwa Mrs Etta H Carter Allison 68 Lovilia March 24 at ville Mrs Susan Summers 80 Albia March 23 at Monroe County Hospital Roy Alfred Lee 70 near rid formerly of Albia March 23 at Hospital in Des Moines FIRE March call at Dies in Des Moines Roy Alfred Lee 70 died day at Hospital in Des Moines The body was brought to Humeston Funeral Home here Sunday Funeral services were at 2 p.m today with Dr Anna Spann of University Park Oskaloosa in charge Burial was in Service Chapel cemetery Lee was born in Albia and lived here until about 40 years ago when he moved to a rural home near Madrid He was preceded in death by his father Joseph Warren Lee who died in 1943 one son and one brother Surviving are two sons Milton Leo of Rockford 111 and Junior Lee of Atlantic one daughter Mrs Mary Smith of Denver Colo his Mrs Ida May Lee of Albia one brother Clifford R Lee of Albia six sisters the Rev Myrtle Lee of the Friends Church at Searsboro Mrs ine Van Noy of Centerville Mrs Bertha Saville of Eddyville Mrs Elsie Heston of Fairfield Mrs Gable and Mrs Hulda both of Oskaloosa and several grandchildren and grandchildren Herbert Bettis Family Is Honored By Church erbert i ia and f Th Al ii B on J of II of Albia starting Thursday The Herbert Bettis family of Rte 5 Albia has been chosen to represent the Ottumwa Dis- of the South Iowa ence in a search to find the 1962 Methodist Family of the Year Members of Methodist Church the Bettis family will be considered with 573 other district nominees for national honor The 1962 Methodist the Year will be featured in the November 1962 issue of magazine for Methodist families and will be brought to the fourth national Methodist Conference on Family Life in Chicago Oct as guests of Together magazine Each Methodist church was in- to submit its most family to its district superintendent by March 10 To qualify for nomination by the of- board of the local church a family had to meet these 1 Exemplify tian living in the home 2 be warm good neighbors 3 take a creative role in church and munity life 4 apply Chrsitian ethics to business and al life 5 show concern for the welfare oj the world outside the community and appreciation of the church's role in world fairs and 6 be church members or in church school Mr and Mrs Bettis have five children They are Larry 18 da 17 Lysle 15 Lloyd 13 and Leslie 5 The seven members of the Bettis family are active in church school and community life At present Bettis is chairman of the Albia Methodist Church official board and recently ed as division chairman in a cial fund drive for a new church educational building Mrs Bettis is active in the Church Woman's Society teaches a Sunday school class and with her husband serves as counselor of a Methodist Youth Fellowship group The older Bettis children have taken leading parts in youth work within the church and have in sports and music in the public schools Other organizations in which some members of the family the Monroe County Saddle Club 4-H Farm Bureau Association and the Monroe County Council of Churches Larry recently won a citizenship award as the ing 4-H live on a farm near Albia The Bettis family has further merited this honor because of its interest and participation in such programs as giving to odist World Service Christian Rural Overseas Program CARE collection of clothes for Missions UNICEF and study croups on missions The Rev Glenn R Parrott ON tumwa district superintendent states that he is happy to have this family represent the wa District of the Methodist Church and feels that it is cal of many other Christian lies This will be the fourth time that a Methodist Year has been honored The will be ed today on Channel 3 at p.m p.m to home of Mr and Mrs William Leggett 322 N D St Michael Eastlick son of Mr and Mrs Richard lick had congestion in his throat Taken to Raymond Blank Hospital in Des Moines JUSTICE Mayor Frank J Karpan March 24 Charles Ronald Bettis Albia failure to stop for a stop sign information filed by Iowa way Patrol Sgt James Douglas fined and costs Charles Leon Smith Albia careless driving information fil- ed by Albia Police Officer ald Mock fined and costs March 25 Dale Dage Avery intoxication information filed by Assistant Police Chief John Douglas to two days at hard labor March 26 Anthony Humeston Albia il- legal parking information filed by Assistant Police Chief John Douglas fined REAL Elmer Godfrey and wife to Millard Godfrey et al part of Lot 5 Addition to Lovilia Charles N Smiley and wife to John C McDonald and wife Sec 26 Troy ship Part of the Sec 23 Troy township MARRIAGE Russell Weldon 20 Lovilia and Judith Ann Jones 17 Lovilia Continued on Page 8 Monday March VOL NO 13 Agricultural Groups Plan Meetings with Farmers Three government agricultural agencies will hold meetings with farmers Wednesday to discuss with the farmers the potentials of their farms and explain ices offered by the government The agencies cooperating in the two meetings are the Stabilization and vation Service Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service The first meeting will be held at the Georgetown Parish Hall at 1 p.m for farmers in Guilford township The second meeting will be held at p.m at the Hilton Methodist Church for roe township farmers Extension Director Dale Uehling said ers from other townships can also attend the meetings The hours Topics which will be discussed 1 Soil capabilities 2 Services offered by the Soil Con- servation Service 3 The 1962 Agricultural Conservation gram Farmers interested in signing Frink Trial Cost County Mrs Gertrude Larson clerk of court said today costs of the trial of Harry Burke Frink which were paid through her office were These included for petit jury fees for court costs bailiff fees and meals for grand jury fees for grand jury witness fees for district court witness fees for ACP practices revising their old farm plans or in receiving information on fertilizer can do so at the ings Soil maps farm plans and recommendations for SCS cooperators in the two townships will be available at the meetings Mrs Allison 68 Dies Saturday Mrs Etta H Allison 68 died at 9 p.m Saturday of cancer at the DeJong Nursing Home in Knoxville She was born Dec 21 1893 in Ripley county Ind the ter of Calvin and Eveline Carter She came to Monroe county in She was married April 25 1917 to Charles H Allison They lived on a farm in Bluff Creek and Union townships She was preceded in death by one daughter Grace who died in infancy one son Edgar 6 who died in 1928 her mother in 1946 and her father in 1950 Surviving are four daughters Mrs Leonard Winger of East line 111 Mrs Stanley Maddy of Jackson Minn Mrs Fred D Whitmarsh of Silvis 111 and Mrs Roy D Chidester Jr Albia three sons Roy of Lincoln Neb ford and Ned both of Albia and one sister Mrs Leonard Robinson of Laporte Minn Funeral services will be at p.m Tuesday at the Zimmerman Funeral Home in Lovilia with Donald Plum officiating assisted by the Rev Ganum Findley ial will be in Osburn cemetery northeast of Lovilia Miss Mary McEniry Wins Trip to Chicago This Week Miss Mary McEniry will be heading for Chicago this Wednesday where she will spend four days in the Windy City with the other winners in the Wins Chicago Trip W A McEniry of is four in MM National Youth Power ence This contest is sponsored by the National Food Conference and the National Farm Bureau Federation Miss McEniry became ed in entering the contest when she received the information along with other 4-H members in the county according to Miss Margaret Herring county sion home economist Mary who placed as an nate last year worked on ning the meals for a family of four which includes the ping list She also took a survey of the eating habits of the ple in her cial emphasis on breakfast The four-day stay in Chicago where she will meet delegates from 23 states is filled with en- tours of the city and of the food industry workshop sessions on careers and the im- good nutrition Many outstanding speakers are uled including Woody Hayes Ohio State University football and Robert Cap Chapel Hill N C nationally known youth leader and inspirational speaker Miss McEniry is one of 10 boys and girls who will represent Iowa She has been an active member of the Jackson Stars for six years participating in all the activities especially the special activities such as first aid where she received a blue ribbon on her demonstration at the Iowa State Fair She vis a sophomore nl Albia School Engstrom Retires Alvin Engstrom who has been the Albia fire truck driver for 28 years will retire after this week strom will still be busy for a while remodeling a house on North Clinton Street where he will live Alvin Engstrom Retiring As Fire Truck Driver Alvin Engstrom who has en Albia's fire trucks a total of 28 years will retire Saturday Arthur McSperrin has been named by the Albia City Council to replace Engstrom Engstrom joined the fire dc in 1928 He was pointed driver the following year His first fire as driver was Sept 13 1929 at Ray battery shop It was a small fire with pounds of chemicals used to extinguish it Wednesday he took a fire call from the same building which now houses Albia Cleaners and Sparky's Barber Shop Unless there is another fire this first and last fire calls will been tj the same building Engstrom has worked as driver since 1.929 ex- cept for five years when he was employed by Clark Bros Heating Contractors He has also driven the city's emergency vehicles first using his own car as a rescue truck The first equipment he remembers came to the city as -i gift from the Smoky Hollow Coal Co at Hiteman At that time the city made its own oxygen to use in emergency cases The first bought a rescue truck m 1943 Before lie began the city Engstrom employed at Gutch Hospital doing a ty of work including driving the ambulance and helping with am Although he is retiring Ens Strom will still be busy for a lie owns a house on North Clinton Street which he is re- modeling from a two-story ture into a one story bungalow McSperrin was horn on a farm in the Alb in area and has lived in Albia for more than a year He farmed before entering tary service where he had three with n military base fire department He also is an experienced mechanic The new driver is married and has a seven-month-old daughter McSperrin will receive a ing salary of a month with an increase to after a month trial period He also has the use of an apartment above the fire station with utilities vided Three relief drivers from the fire department will be ed for eight hours of service on alternate Saturdays and Sundays Mrs Susan Summers Funeral Is Today Mrs Susan Villanda Summers 80 of Albia died Friday at roe County Hospital of a heart attack She was born Jan 3 1882 in Pike county 111 the daughter of Sarah Whitten and John Parker She was preceded in death by her husband William in 1959 an infant son three brothers and two sisters Surviving are five daughters Mrs Floyd Long Mrs Elmo mar Mrs Gus Malone and Mrs Roy Hayworth Sr of Albia and Mrs Art Martin of Moravia Rte four sons Charles and David of Albia and William and Ronnie of Ottumwa a brother Theodore Parker of 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren The funeral was at 2 p.m day at First Methodist Church of- Burial was in Oak View cemetery Lovilia Launderette Plans Open House Open house will be held March 30 and 31 at the Slofkosky in observance of the ex- of the establishment which was opened two years ago Two dryers have been added to the four already in operation and two dry cleaners have also been added There are 12 washers in operation at the Launderette Free coffee will be served to those attending the open house Buy New Desk For Hospital The Monroe County Hospital board Wednesday night purchase of a new desk for the hospital office The board also discussed re- roofing the older section of the building but action was Choice Made At Meeting Frank Karpan was appointed mayor Friday afternoon at a special meeting of the Albia City Council Karpan replaces Guy Moser who resigned last Monday night because of his health The term lasts until January 1964 The motion to appoint Karpan was made by Councilman Robert Johnson and seconded by man Ervin Woodard A vote was taken without discussion with five council members voting for Karpan and one passing Councilman John Wood who passed said he did so because he knew nothing of it He said he had been ignored all week by other council members while they discussed -appointment- of a new mayor Wood served as mayor while former mayor James rison was hospitalized last year then served as appointed mayor for a short time following the death of Morrison He had been acting mayor between Moser's resignation and ment Wood stated he would no more fight for the job as mayor than Mr but felt he should have been consulted Karpan is an Albia attorney and has been serving since uary as city attorney He has also been county attorney and was a congressional candidate in 1960 As a full-time mayor he re- a month plus some fees from mayor's court and ex- officio justice of the peace court cases SETS RECORDS The J C Penney Co reports record sales and earnings during the fiscal year which ended Jan 31 Sales exceeded billion for the first time Advise Liberal Fertilization Liberal application of fertilizer was recommended Friday ing to farmers attending a ing sponsored by the Monroe County Extension Sen ice Joe Phillips area agronomist said enough fertilizer should be applied to compensate for the minerals taken from the soil by different crops These totals he said For 50 bushels of the grain from pounds of nitro- gen 18 pounds of phosphorus 11 pounds of potash For the corn stover if it- is use for silage 30 pounds of nitrogen nine pounds of and 42 pounds of potash For 50 bushels of oat pounds of nitrogen 13 pounds of phosphorous and 10 pounds of potash For ton of oat pounds of nitrogen five pounds of phosphorous and 31 pounds of potash For two tons of pounds of nitrogen although the alfalfa puts nearly this much into the 20 pounds of and 84 pounds of potash For two tons of pounds of 22 pounds of phosphorous and 40 pounds of potash For 20 bushels of soybean pounds of nitrogen 36 pounds of phosphorus and 40 pounds of potash For two tons of 26 pounds of nitrogen five pounds of phosphorus and 25 pounds of potash Phillips pointed out however that if the crops are fed to stock on the farm and the manure is used 75 per cent of the minerals are recovered The re- maining 25 per cent of the minerals leave the farm when the livestock is sold Phillips stated a soil test is important in deciding on a fertilizer program He mentioned that the recommendations made v on the basis of a soil test take into account tests and experience in the long-term cropping history of different soil types The yield potential of different soils in Monroe county were dis- cussed by Phillips and County Extension Director Dale Uehling discussed insecticides and chemicals for weed control He recommended application of a half pound of actual or aldrin per acre in band ment over rows or two pounds per acre in broadcast treatment as an insecticide He listed advantages and dis- advantages of the use of pre- emergent sprays for weeds Ad- vantages he said 1 tion can be delayed until the corn is bigger and 2 A farmer is not bothered by weeds in a row The disadvantages arc 1 The high cost and 2 The need for within works after np plication The extension dis- cussed the distribution of com- farms by gross income in Monroe county The tion Class f or more gross income one farm Class II to gross income 26 farms Class III to gross income 160 farms Class IV to gross income 285 farms Class V to gross income 320 farms Class VI to gross income 80 farms Commerical farms arc farms with income of to where the is under 65 years old or farms with larger gross income regardless of the operators age where 1 the operator docs not work 100 or more days a year off the farm and 2 the majority of the ly's income comes from the farm The 1961 corn yield test results were distributed and discussed These are results con- ducted over the site by the cultural and Home Economics Experiment Station the tive Extension the Iowa Crop Improvement and the Crop Research Division Agricultural Research Service United States Department Agriculture The are available at extension
