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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1954
Page
11
The Alexandria 4-H Fair opens August 5 with extensive home economics and animal exhibits. Project judging by 4-H leaders, livestock pen setup, and arena events run through August 14 including calf and sheep shows and a dress revue.
Purdue agronomists announce Agronomy Day at the App-acre Farm seven miles northwest of Lafayette on US 52. The theme Corn Production from A to Z guides discussions on fertilization irrigation depth and water needs with specialists available all day starting 8:30 p m DST. Farmers may attend morning or afternoon to view demonstrations and talks.
New York stocks advance with the Associated Press average at a high unseen since 1929. Industrials lead gains while rails and utilities soften. trading volume nears 3 million shares. Cattle prices show strong demand with choice to prime steers selling between $20 and $24, while heavier weights and lighter classes bring varied results.
DALEVILLE The Omega Nu Tau Sorority will convene Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Joanne Tucker. Assisting will be Mrs. Betty Pillinger and Mrs. Helen Brubaker. Also includes a rural society item about Ray Moore’s birthday dinner and various family visits around Anderson and Brookside Park, Indiana.
Kilgore herd of 10 Brown Swiss led June with 47.2 pounds butterfat per cow in Mad é County Dairy Improvement Association data. Overall 587 cows on 53 farms averaged 815 pounds milk and 30.4 pounds butterfat, down from May. Multiple herds listed with varying butterfat and milk yields. top cows named with owners.
Legume seedings in stubble fields may survive better if soil acidity is corrected, say Psirdue University agronomists. This is a good time to apply lime if tests show field pH needs it, with alfalfa thriving around pH 6.5 to 6.8 and ladino clover above 6.4. Proper lime amounts improve availability of plant nutrients and overall growth.
Hadley of Purdue University, an agricultural economist, outlines fallowing forecasts for 1954 55. He projects corn prices to stay steady until harvest begins and fall harvest prices may dip below last year. He also expects the price support program to push year prices toward the support level by next spring.
The 4 H Call and Barrow Sale will be held Friday afternoon at 1 at the 4 H Club Grounds Park Alexandria for the 4 H Fair. About 40 steers and 40 barrows from Madison County areas will be offered, with buyers invited from the county and nearby areas. A sale committee appointed by the Madison County Livestock Breeders Association will oversee the event.
A writer questions whose faces appear on U.S. currency and recalls Salmon P. Chase who led the banking system, served as secretary of the treasury in the Civil War, and became chief justice in 1865. The piece mocks pompous claims about bill portraits and invites readers to consider real figures.
Knox County reports a man arrested for drunken driving explaining he had taken half and half medicine. Judge Charles Kelly pressed for the other half as the defendant admitted consuming a pint of whisky and a quart of whisky.
Salem 4 H Club members excelled at the Delaware County Fair with awards in pig clubs hampshires Tamworth Berkshires and rabbit divisions. Winners named include William Pugsley Jr Darrell Peckinpaugh Carolyn Calvert Ronnie Wilson Jean Kiefer Judith Ross Linda Woods and many others in clothing classes and rabbit events. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs. fom Glass of Gaston with guests from the Anderson area.
Soybeans declined on the Board of Trade while wheat and oats rose. Rumors of improved rainfall benefiting the 1959 crop eased selling pressure in beans, with the Weather Bureau noting a favorable five day outlook and potential rain for Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin regions.
The Kirkpatrick family held its annual reunion at the Summitville Lions Club with a noon basket dinner and a music program. Officers elected were president Tindley Kirkpatrick of Marion, vice president Kirkpatrick, and secretary-treasurer Mrs Adi Dickey. About 40 people from Marion, Janesboro, LaFountain, Muncie, and Alexandria attended. Carol Samolns accompanied home by granddaughter after a park visit where Mrs McMahan was injured in a fall. The Good Cheer Club will meet Thursday with Mrs Rachel Bidille.
Rev E Fred Page announces resignation after 3 1/2 years at North Anderson Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. He will lead farewell sermon August 29 as he nears retirement after 35 years in ministry including Shanghai and Central China. The church seeks a successor with Rev G Etwani Davis aiding the process.
Local market data show Crivac and New York bonds activity amid mixed results. The report cites large par value transactions, family reunions in Muncie and New Castle, and social club gatherings, plus navy hospital surgery news and various poultry and livestock price movements at Anderson and Chicago markets.
The Community Club north of town held a family gathering Sunday evening at the home of Meagh Mra in FW Haram. Attendees included Paul Monroe Arthur Schlegel Ray Schiegel Wayne Harrison Carl Hancock Frank Scott Edward Orebaugh and C J Qurlis with Maggie Orebanh. Mrs Bob Reaves hosted a Saturday afternoon party for her son Ters ey’s third birthday with children Diana Reeves Vicki Baker Pamelia Corn Brad Clare Cinda Reeves Vicki Connie Harmon and Cathy Cox. aided by Bill Clare Roy Reaves Dorothy Arn Jack Reeves and Stella Hayant. Mrs Clemama Longs is spending the week with Kenneth Collings in Ander. 150H. V fir. and Mrs Tran Madore hosted a dinner Sunday for Mr and Mrs Charles Ellison and son Rayman of Indianapolis.
Tuesday's market shows cattle and calves steady with losses up to 75 cents in places. Textiles and wool cloth sales limp, with slight firming in rayon goods and steady sheep demand noted alongside historical reference to volunteers in the Mexican War.
A journal notes a strange scene with four wild turkeys spotted in a taxi during a ten day vacation. The tale centers on Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, local residents, and a conservation study led by a naturalist.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple auction items and sales locations including Middletown and West Street with dates in August. Names such as Elbert Frazee and Gertrude Bean appear as auctioneers or participants alongside machinery cattle and household items. The garbled text resembles a community sale page with scattered addresses and times.
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