Arlington News (Newspaper) - July 6, 1961, Arlington, Iowa Arlington Public Library Arlin News OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE TOWN OF Volume VII FAYETTE IOWA July 1961 Number Thirtythree July 4th Celebration Draws Large Crowd THE AMERICAN WAY Schuchmann Winner of Car Various contests furnished entertainment for the in the early The food and popcorn stands were well pat Weather was mild and partly The sack toss ball for boys and the potato race for several childrens age ladies slipper kicking and girls slipper kicking con watermelon eating con test for boys and provided At Paul held the lucky number for the Ernest Pet won the bi cycle Donald Nus the tricycle Les coaster wagon Fred the scooter and Fleet West the roller The Arlington firemen were in charge of the splendid fire works Their part of the evenings entertainment was nearly over when rain started to The rain forced a change of plans for the free dance which was to have been on the paving between Squires Produce and Newtons A large crowd attended the dance in the school Pete orchestra the This was planned by the Rec Commission and sup ported the organizations of Ar lington and its entire surround ing Guthart expressed the appreciation and thanks of the committee for the fine sup port of everyone during the program at the athletic With the ground well there was no parking problems and traffic was handled with ease when the rain Halt Stable Flies Now Stable fly populations are building up now and will take their toll in reduced production of milk and meat if not con warns County Exten sion Director M Harold gist at Iowa State University reports good stable control results from a combination of sanitation and The first step is removing all man wet spoiled silage and other fly breeding debris livestock buildings and Scatter this material thinly in the field so itwill dry out rapidly Gunderson Applying Korlan or Diazinon to outside barn feeders and fences is the next these or ganic phosphorus insecticides lose their effectiveness in 3 So if you have large pop of stable repeat the chemical application as of ten as every 3 Daily use of butox ide repellent spray protects dairy cattle from fly Gunderson adds that stable flies are grey and about the same size as house They differ from house since they have a long sucking WADENA NEWS CHURCH Sunday Church Worship Youth Nancy Alderson spent from Monday through Friday attend ing high Presbyterian camp at Cedar Richard Johnnie Erickson and Pearl Johnson attended a birthday party Tuesday afternoon for John in her Jerry has spent the past two weeks with his aunt and and Earl and fam Charles and Elmer Struss and Pearl were Vinton callers and George Alder Jeffery and Janet left Saturday morning for to spend over the Fourth with their and Ivan Flow er and and Elmer Struss and Dannie and Dickie man left Saturday to spend a week with Struss sister and and Frank Federal Dickie will visit his sis Tom Legion and Auxiliary Met Here The Fayette County American Legion and Auxiliary met Tues day evening in the Wadena Legion Post announced the following program two piano by Randy Stars and Stripes Forever and Melody of Never Turn a vocal solo by Ruth who was accompan ied piano by Robert A speech by Robert Crow and a mystery number by Arlene O Laughlin and Lorraine The Legion and Auxiliary convention is to be held in Col orado this year and a bus is taking a Anderson showed Slides df some of the in places along the The men then went to the up stairs rooms for their meeting and the women met At the close of the lunch was served by the Wa dena Delay on Salary Ceiling at State Mental Institutions 1200 People Attend Rebekah Lodge Annual Dairy Festival Met Monday for the Buying Over laOO people attended and were fed at the annual Clayton County Dairy Festival held at the Clayton county fair grounds at National June The big emphasized the use of dairy products in Highlight of the evening was the crowning of the 1061 Clay ton County dairy Local candidates for the dairy princess were Sharon Luana Eva Elgin Mar tha Diann Bil Selected as alter nate dairy princess was Clayton County Dairy Prin cess is Sandra daughter of and Eldon Fenton of Strawberry She was crowned by Sandra Iowa Dairy Chettinger Busy Bee Club Life Underwriter Gerald Chettinger has been appointed a life underwriter in the sales management training program of the Connecticut Mu tual Life Insurance He will be associated with the Keith Agency of Des Chettinger is a graduate of Arlington high school and Iowa State He is a member of the Des Moines Life Underwriters Prior to his Chettinger was a special ser vices off jeer at the Army Training Fort his wife and daughter live at 1004 19th Des Perkins Picnic Extension Service Calendar of Events July 7th County 4H Softball tourna ment 9 to completion Fayette High July 10 Joint 4H Boys and Girls Club Committee meeting 8 County Extension Putnam Foremost 4H Club meeting 8 Lamont July 12 4H Livestock Judging work out Max Winkler July 14 4H Livestock Judging Work out Dubuque Buying Station at Heads Board of Directors Grant West was reelected chairman of the board of directors of the Fanners Mu tual Reinsurance on Wed June This was the 03rd annual meeting held at Grinnell College at Most county reinsure with this Turn those unused articles Into cash a Elgin Echo Want 4H Demonstration 4H boys and leaders interest ed in the County tion Contest will meet July at 8 County Extension Of for some general Demonstrations give members the opportunity to learn to speak before develop self confidence and and develop skill in presenting an idea so people understand and many other UM the Want Adi Thirtyeight relatives of the Perkins families gathered for a Grannis Hollow Sun day honoring and Ber nard Lake and and Others present were and Milo Orville Oldfather and Libbie Old Fayette Waiter Kings Strawberry Point and Brandenberg and and Finis Branden burg and children of Fredericks burg and Leon Nus and Fairbank Leta Nus and and Lyle Oelwein and Noble Seedorff and Sara and Vane and Roy Ward and Arch Clayton County Extension Calendar June 6 Milking Shorthorn Parish Show at the Clayton County fair grounds at achievement July 7 4H delegates leave for Wash at July 11 Buena Vista achievement show at the Parish July 7 Green Leaflets achievement show at at the Lutheran July 14 District Guernsey Show at El 4H Livestock judging work out The Busy Bee Club enter their husbands at a 730 dinner in the Roundup room at Pine Lodge After the progressive 500 was played with Elmer Weger and Ray Thole winning high score and Don Burco and Howard There will be no meetings in July and there will be an af meeting at the home of Raj member Is to bring a Roll call be to in your Lloyd Seedorff and Howard Jones will be on the en Pattison Picnic Dale Pattison and who had June were honored at a picnic din ner in the Arlington city park Present were and George and Donald Rodas and Strawberry Point Effie and Bert Oelwein and Red Shannon and family of Independence and Ray Pattison and Fayette and and Dale James and Knee High Corn Some Waist High Corn growing conditions in early June were somewhat dim and many thought the crop would be retarded didnt prove out as the traditional knee high stage by the Fourth was reached easily by practically all fields in this Some were almost waist high and the en tire crop appears in good condi Ill Hospitalized Howard Glass was released from a Waterloo hospital last Logan Beltz became seriously ill while at work at the Newton Garage He was taken to the Oelwein hospital for treatment and Saturday Lyle Rodgers is a pa tient at the Oelwein Danny son of the Al fred has been a pneu monia patient at the Manchester The Arlington Rebekah Lodge met Monday July Financial reports were given by Vera Meyers and Leo Antwine and accepted by the Ross gave a trustees report on the hold ings of the Dorothy Roberts gave a report on the lodges she visited in the Illinois Fox was elected by unanimous vote as District Deputy There were fifteen members and one visitor at the meeting which was the last one before The next meeting will be held September All member are urged to be present at that Alma Dempster and Agnes Boynton served re following the meet Truesdell Reunion Numerous Protests to Such a Policy Weekly news release of Iowa Press The ma terial contained herein does not necessarily conform to the ed policy of this Fred returned to Iowa City about two weeks ago and had surgery He was suf fering much discomfort when Marvin and a friend from North Dakota visited him Farmers Can File Now for Tax Refunds Lyle Rodgers had the misfortune of slipping and fall ing in the driveway of their breaking her She was taken to the Oelwein tal for care last She re turned home Sunday where she is Attend Community Day Coming from a distance to attend Illyria Community Day were Ruth ty Snyder Larry Conoway and Cedar Rapids The and George Sny Montezuma and Alden Peters and Lena Cedar Falls Ben mon and son and Roy New Hampton Donna Grinnell Douglas Edgewood Edith Clin Claude Miles and Strawberry Point Wilson and Carl Hartz of Waterloo Marie Cali fornia and Marilyn Rettke and Pat the Elgin Echo July the members of the Frank Truesdell family met at the home of Florian Burchett for a It was the first time in twenty years the family had all been There were twentynine at Those present were and Ohio and Elton War ren and family of Port Joyce Peterson and Paula Tucci and baby of Den and Truesdell and Maynard Warren and Wilmer Christian and Linda of Sac City and Frank Gilmore City arid Newell and Don Burchett and Mo There were eleven dren and two great dren Only two grand children were The legislative interim com has decided to wait an other 60 days before placing into effect an ceiling on the salaries of professional people in the state mental Some of the persons have been receiving a Hospital superintendents were exempted from the com The lid blew off when the committees original action on June 14 was made Num erous group and individuals protested that such a salary pol icy would damage the Iowa mental health Many hundreds of it was have been restored to normal living by the health The interim committee in granting the 60day re fused to remove the ceil A move to reconsider the vote lost on a 95 Supporting the motion to re consider were four Democrats and one They were State Senators Andrew From Dubuque George OMal Des Moines Representa tives Casey Algona and Scott Iowa all Democrats and Representative Conrad Red a Re Opposing reconsideration were five Republicans Senators John Atlantic Ken dall Plainfield and West and Repre Floyd Edgington of Sheffield and Marvin Smith of In the committees ac tion grants a 60day breathing spell but to lift the ceiling would require a further re alignment among members ol the interim Early news and ad copy will be greatly appreciated again for next weeks issue as the NEWS will be short of help Your cooperations will be ap very Thank Fayette County farmers can June WaS Dry file claims between July 1 and October for refunds of federal tax paid on gasoline they used on the f axim if or farm ing purposes during the fiscal year ended June County Extension Director Wang sness A fanner can 4 cents per gallon refund on gasoline he bought during the preceding Any who do not receive the claim form in the mail may obtain form by requesting it from the internal revenue ser vice office at Des or from the county extension of Nervous through in crease of muscle will ac the expenditure of en brought only inch es of rainfall to this immediate territory which is just a little over half of the average June moisture for the past 16 Looking back over the 15 year record it is disclosed that the wettest June was in 1948 when inches were record Since then the lowest rec ord for that month was in 1956 at July started out much bet ter with a total of inches on the This ia for the two showers that Another rain Monday July brought close to an inch in this There was also a small amount of the Elgin Echo Complaints Made of Solicitation Some complaints have been made that The Salvation Army has been doing some solicita tion during the past This is contrary to the arrangements made with the United Fund in which The Salvation Army par in Fayette They do not permit anyone to solicit cash contributions in Fayette representing the Salvation The only ex ception is the sale of the Christ mas and Easter War or when the truck comes in to pick up furniture or They have instructed the President of the Fayette Uni ted Fund that if anyone is found soliciting funds for The Salvation to contact the town Marshall or the and call their headquarters in Des phone number AT reversing the This will enable them to clear this unhealthy ORDINANCES Many city councils have changed their ordinances in re cent days to permit the use of sparklers and toy on July The recent session of the leg amended the state ban on fireworks to permit the use of the types of Iowas law has been in the statutes almost a quarter of a Senator Howard Baldwin of Cascade introduced a by request and a spontaneous pub lic reaction swept it through both Court House News New Cars Registered Arlington Cree Travel Arlington Coupe Club Ford Comet 2 Arden or Marlene Vince or Donna El Coupe WERE DOING FINE lowans are doing all right if the records of the Iowa tax com mission are any During the current fiscal year receipts are or about above those of last The commission said persons filed state income tax returns this of which 987 paid taxes This com pares with filing returns last of which paid taxes The commission also said that filed returns this year but failed to submit payments of taxes The taxes they owe were reported as totaling Last year persons failed to submit with their Persons who do not submit payment at the time the taxes are due are charged a monthly penalty and interest on the amount Continued to Page 4
