24 Mar 1966
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1966
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune lists subscription prices: $2.50 per year, six months $1.25 in Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties Iowa, and Union County South Dakota, $3.00 per year elsewhere.
Westfield features a Pilgrim Fellowship bake sale on March 26 at Hummels Store with baked goods coffee and donuts. The Congregational Ladies Aid sets an April 7 spring cleaning meeting. Weekend visitors include Dale Jones and Charlie Love from Marquette and Louise Banks of McGregor. Parent-Teacher conferences run March 23–25 with 2:30 dismissal. Senior Class Play is April 2. Lt Knapp and Brirea Knapp visit on March 27. 65th wedding anniversary dinner for Harry and Mrs Postiewait on March 27 at Ponca. Craig Boetger earned high ratings at the LeMars contest. Marci earned a first-plus for flute. Westfield lunch program praised by state official Vern Carpenter noting upgrades and good attendance. A note will appear in April's newsletter.
Johnson Jr Homemakers 4-H met February 21 at Carla Oetken’s home. Pledge and agenda followed with plans for March 26 fashion fair and grooming tips by Ruth Farley. Demonstrations by Diana Allen and Sylvia Bryant, and the Miller sisters presented Why Good Pasture. Lunch by Carla and Pat Taylor. reporter Virgil Fordyce notes a tiny orange plant with 12 oranges.
The senior government class studies Civil Defense and first aid. FSA candy sale on Feb 28 earned 2.50, with trip cancellation for a potluck picnic. Senior notices profile Pamela Morehead and Larry Klemme, outlining their backgrounds, activities, favorites, and future plans. A class poetry project yields Springtime. 4 B News details room projects, reading groups, letters, and a birthday report for Bobby Robertson and Brenda Meyer. Garry Klemme profile notes government, math, and English, with car interests and future plans.
The World Council of Churches and the Vatican led a Geneva call for aid to India. Bishop Edward Swanstrom and Dr. David M. Stowe urged Protestants and Catholics in the U S to join in relief efforts joined by the United Jewish Appeal. The UJA participates via the Religious Overseas Aid Program to support relief and rehabilitation.
At a state meeting of the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Auxiliary Mrs Norman Schroder president of Princeton Iowa announced the Scholarship competition for Iowa High School seniors who are orthopedically handicapped The program began in 1965 to aid students whose physical disability limits their eligibility for other scholarships
March birthdays include Brenda Erks Tom Searls and Todd Finzen. Science covers earth movements while arithmetic studies numbers to 19. Reading readiness uses We Read Pictures with Dick Jane and friends. Three baby guppies were born. March birthdays listed and a school play One Foot in Heaven rehearsals run Mondays and Tuesdays 6:30 to 8:00 for an April 15 performance.
Miss Madora Jo Beal of McCallsburg wins the 1965 IRLCA Scholarship and attends Andrews University in Michigan. Applications go to Iowa Society of Crippled Children and Adults in Des Moines. The Scholarship Committee evaluates candidates. final approval lies with the Letter Carriers' Auxiliary. Scholarship awards are announced at the Des Moines convention in June with a minimum grant of $100. Candidates must be Iowa residents, graduating seniors, orthopedically handicapped, academically qualified, and active in school activities. Mrs Ed Gerber of New Hampton grows a large petunia plant.
Farmers join National Wildlife Week activities promoting natural beauty and conservation on farms. Cecil J Kennedy notes AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION Committee support, with ACP CAP programs aiding soil, water and wildlife work. Pilot Cropland Conversion and Cropland Adjustment programs aim to divert unneeded cropland to conservation and recreation. Farmers urged to contact local ASCS offices for available assistance in designated pilot counties including Ringgold Shelby Wayne and Woodbury in Iowa.
The National Right to Work Committee reports new state groups forming in New Jersey Iowa Massachusetts North Dakota and West Virginia as part of expanding voluntary unionism. It emphasizes public education to build broad support for Right to Work laws while stressing the goal is not anti unionism but ending compulsory membership and empowering members to influence their unions.
Reed Larson of the National Right to Work Committee criticizes union officials for spending compulsory dues on political campaigns rather than improving services. He argues that voluntary unionism and labor-law reforms are only meaningful if workers act. The committee offers materials at 1900 L St NW, Washington DC. Newswire Washington Exclusive.
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