04 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1962
Page
1
The Akron Register-Tribune lists subscription rates: $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.
Sunday guests at the W B Neal home included Glen Waddle and Sheryl of Sioux Falls. Rev Guinn spoke at Wes tey Methodist about Negro justice in Kansas City. Several families from Sioux City Minneapolis Notre Dame and Chicago visited Westfield area. Mass times shift next Sunday. Westfield PTA honors UN month with films. District convention planned at Spencer. Westfield Tuesday Club discussed conservation and literary topics.
Akron Register-Tribune items recall football season opener a scoreless tie with Sioux City Central High, Plymouth county 4-H at Baby Beef and Barrow show, local cattle awards, a hay barn fire near town, Homecoming events at AAHLS, obituaries, golf finals, and anniversaries. Notable names include Adams, Bryant, Lucken, Allen, Brown, Hays, Peck, and Hayes. references span 1922 to 1932 events and local civic happenings.
Public instruction officials and consultant Joseph Wolvek highlighted the importance of early hearing testing in schools, noting risks from antibiotics and common illnesses. Iowa’s 1961-62 rehabilitation data show 1,293 disabled adults rehabilitated, earnings rising, and public assistance costs dipping. язык Language fellowships totaling 1,012 were awarded under Title VI with Programs A and B covering multiple languages and languages of Africa Asia Europe and the Americas.
The electric light plant was shut down for a couple of days to install a new dynamo to ensure regular day service. The Milling company is building a new flume in the river dam to supply more constant power for plant operation. A killing frost was reported the night of Sept 29 1922.
The awards support teaching for government service and nonprofit work. Together with post doctoral fellowships for summer 1962, more than 1 800 students have been aided under the Language Fellowship Program in four years. The program’s total cost for 1962 63 is about 3 820 000 dollars.
A Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service demonstration near Sylvester Pick Farm 1 mile east and 0.5 miles north of Gyens on Sept 27 showcased parallel terraces. Ron Rowland, Bob Minor, and Elmer Lund explained 12 cent ft cost, 70 percent government share, 30 percent owner share, and how terraces reduce slope length by at least 70 percent improving farming efficiency and runoff. Interested farmers were urged to contact the Soil Conservation Service in LeMars.
The narrator muses on aging and memories of past winters and clothing. He recalls mothers talking about heavy underwear and the discomfort of surplus long johns and ribbed stockings from earlier decades, describing the awkward fit and humorous images of children in oversized garments.
The writer recalls seeing knots and ridges on legs in youth, one leg resembling a horse with spavin and the other with a fearful lump. Such bumps caused frustration and an inferiority complex among youngsters, a trait the author notes as a nightmare of the “good old days.”
Arlie A. Pierson urges Plymouth County cattle feeders to attend the Iowa State University Hey-Day on October 9 to hear 10 research reports on high-concentrate finishing rations and vitamin A among other topics. The program includes tours, frost feeding cautions, soil sampling, and regional notices from Ames and Shell Rock.
Discussion on forming a Conservancy Sub District to manage total water resources across Union County and surrounding areas. Voters will decide if rural areas or towns join the East Dakota Conservancy Sub-District, with sample ballots now available at the county auditor. The plan marks a first for comprehensive water management in the region.
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