Westfield community events and meetings roundup
Westfield notes list Lenten luncheon on April 8 at the John Bliss home serving 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and a Congregational Ladies Aid Society meeting April 1 at 2:00 p.m. with Eva Knapp program on Christians in the National Struggle. Also April 10 athletic banquet at Biltmore Sioux City with Dewey Halford speaker. April 5 Catholic Daughters meeting. April 14 Lenten film night. P F meetings rescheduled. spring cleaning April 16. track meet April 3 Iowa City. parent teacher conferences April 7-9. music contest April 9-10 in Hull. several local visits and motto contest winner Sharon Welch noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine’s Guild
John Bliss
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
Nella Lilly
Helen Lias
Shirley Banks
Eva Knapp
Africa
Robert Bliss
Toys
Muleshoe
Texas
Roy Bliss
James Hamilton
Merrill
Mansfield
Westfield
Sharon Welch
Biltmore
Sioux City
Dewey Halford
Morningside College
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Patrick’s Parish Hall
Congregational
Dora Bern
Grace Spaulding
David Lilly
Henry Janssen
Evelyn Banks
P. F
Iowa City
Hull
Iowa
Union County Electric Co op officials honored at Elk Point meeting
Two longtime Union County Electric Cooperative figures, J. Martin Larson and Earl Pike, received Faust River Eminent Service awards at the annual Elk Point gathering. Larson directed from 1941 to 1961, Pike has 28 years of service and helped found the co op in 1937. The utility serves 776 active customers in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Electric Cooperative
Union County Electric
Elk Point
J. Martin Larson
Earl Pike
Larson
Pike
Uunion County
el Point
Roth
Vincent M. Gill
Gill
South Dakota
Law enforcement needs modern facilities and gear now
John Edgar Hoover notes that many communities starve patrols and sheriffs offices of basic spaces and up to date equipment, hindering public safety. He cites a thriving locality using 1900 era facilities with condemned buildings and forced improvised gear, urging civic leaders to invest before crime outruns medieval tools.
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John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D
Iowa Farm Outlook: Soybeans to Stay Strong into Summer
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell predicts soybean and oil markets will stay firm through summer with export prospects and a large Soviet sale boosting prices, while meal remains weaker and 1964 patterns unlikely to repeat. Prices in early February ranged 2.85 to 2.90 per bushel, about 30 cents higher than a year ago, and dock strikes could limit exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Futrell
Iowa
Soviet Union
New FM Radio Station KTFC To Open Near Sioux City
KTFC a Christian FM station with 103.8 MHz and 94000 watt output will operate from a 200 foot tower east of Sioux City. It will run six am to midnight with news weather market reports and sacred music and plans daily religious and book reading programs. Don and Mrs Swanson will run the station after moving from Duluth serving local churches and farmers.
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KTFC
Sioux City
New
Old Highway No. 20
Narramore
Don Swanson
Duluth
Minnesota
Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Association
Everly
Iowa
Future Homemakers of America Meet and Plan Events
The Future Homemakers of America held a March meeting led by president Jeanne Plueger. Committees for the April 29 Style Show and FHA Week April 4–10 were formed, with a display committee for Dr Garvin’s office including Debbie Loetz Linda Heyl Julie Root Karen McCrill Teresa Orris and Anita Anderson. Kathy Kenny reported on the Des Moines FHA convention March 6–7 and Alan Jones showed slides from a Norway trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Jeanne Plueger
Dr. Garvin
Debbie Loetz
Linda Heyl
Julie Root
Karen McCrill
Teresa Orris
Anita Anderson
Kathy Kenny
Des Moines
FHA
Alan Jones
LeMars
FFA
Norway
Akron Community School Seeks North Central Accrediting
The North Central Association outlines ten criteria for accreditation as Akron Community School seeks membership. The piece notes NCA as a leading accrediting body in the central states and mentions Dr J E McAdam of the University of Iowa as chair for the state. It also includes a student poem and a NASA space program talk at Akron High School.
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The
North Central Association
Organization of Colleges and Secondary Schools
NCA
Association
Akron
United States
J. E. McAdam
University of Iowa
Akron High School
Raider Review
Terry Stinton
Robert Knudson
NASA
Counseling Institutes to Be Funded by HEW for 1965 66
The Office of Education will support 58 counseling and guidance institutes next summer and the 1965 66 academic year under the National Defense Education Act. In Iowa, programs run at State College of Iowa Cedar Falls and State University of Iowa Iowa City with about 30 participants each, totaling 1740 nationwide. Enrollees receive 75 dollars weekly plus 15 dollars per dependent. nine Iowa summer institutes have enrolled 273. University of Iowa has 170 and State College of Iowa 103 total enrollees across four institutes.
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Troy
U.S. Hf.w.a
United Study Hall Floor Walkers of America
U.S.H.F.W.A
Home Economics Department
Office of Education
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Towa
State College of
Iowa
University of Iowa
State College of Iowa
State aid rules urge 180 day school year in Iowa
Iowa public schools receive state aid based on days in session up to 180. Weather, bad roads, epidemics, and emergencies allow adjustments. Districts may make up time, even into June, but May 28 is the cutoff to qualify for time lost adjustment. districts must request the General Aid Request form from the county superintendent and justify each case.
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Iowa
State Board of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Iowa High School Tuition Costs in 1964-65 By District Size
Tuition costs for 450 of 459 districts with four year high schools show per pupil rates from 362.61 to 1259.91, averaging 633.02 statewide. Smaller districts under 100 pupils report the highest averages 771.88, while districts with 600 plus enrollments show the lowest averages 584.40. Elementary costs in four year districts range from 673.05 to 216.91, averaging 400.33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Code of
State Department of Public Instruction
Tuition and Operating Costs Per Pupil Overview
The document details how tuition costs and operating costs per pupil are calculated. It explains allocations by General Fund and Administration, Instruction, Attendance and Health Services, net losses, Transportation, Maintenance, Fixed Charges, and Debt Service. It notes exclusions for Schoolhouse and Special Courses Funds in various calculations and references a 1962 Supreme Court rule on bond principal payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Air Pollution The Sneaky Health Hazard
Health for all warns air pollution works quietly and invisibly, inflaming eyes throats and skin, damaging clothing and plants, and even causing hospitalizations. It notes improvements from cleaner exhausts, federal and state laws, and urges citizens to use a free leaflet “Air Pollution The Facts” from the Iowa TB and Health Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
National Tuberculosis Association
County
TB & Health Association
Iowa TB and Health Association
High St
Des Moines
Iowa
Your Tuberculosis Association
1964 crops under support reported in Plymouth County
A county official says Plymouth County farmers had 670,711 bu corn and 55,288 bu soybeans under price support loans at end January 1964, with total loans nationwide for several grains down from 1963. Wheat loans rose modestly while corn and soybeans show smaller totals overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County
Cecil J. Kennedy
Agricultural Stablization and Conservation County Committee
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O. C. Kelley
Onawa Sen
Iowa Farm Outlook
Akron Community School
Selma
Alabama
Grabe News
Douglas Harvey
America
Loren
Tommy Searls
Mrs. McVay
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Janice Jans
Tae Aaee
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Bob Hebeler
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Robert Klauer Ee Ee Noes
Douglas McCorkell
Sharon Caskey
Alvin
Merillat
University of Minnesota
Journalism Careers Committee
Iowa Press Association
Iowa Public Schools
Action Register-Tribune
Kittens
Jack Mienlaton
Purina Cat Care Center
Edwards Afb
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Vonda van Dyke
Rhona
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England
Stephanie
Sheaffer Pen
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