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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
8
Frank Mallette, a retired civil engineer from Atlantic, studies one of his 32 volumes of U S postal stamps. He says he has collected stamps for many years though he cannot recall the exact length of time.
Local stamp researcher Mallette documents 20 ghost post offices in Cass and adjacent counties including Anita Atlantic Cass Centre Cold Spring and more. He notes backstamp changes from 10 day era to modern times and highlights rare Maltese cross and bullseye cancellations prized by collectors.
Farmers advertise Charolais bulls crossbreeds for larger calves and faster gains with listed contact Roy Fleharty in Mt Etna. Also for sale two year old sorrel filly one year old half Arab filly red roan a Chihuahua pups both genders and a female that can be registered. A seven room modern house on acreage is offered by Mr and Mrs Harry Greenfield Ro 4 Corning with contact details.
Des Moines area farmer Clyde L Boots nurtures poppies from Flanders Field that his mother received after World War I in 1919. He planted seeds kept in a Signal Corps message capsule, and the current blooms trace to that seed. A note on animal symbolism follows with a cat meaning deceit and a dog fidelity.
A devoted philatelist, Mallette holds 30 regular post age stamp volumes and three volumes compiling every U S airmail stamp issued, expanding his shelves beyond covers for a comprehensive stamp collection.
Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic owns Barrington Belle Lass which holds Iowa S4 senior four year old milk record with 12 606 pounds in 305 days and 38 pounds butterfat. Nichols farms 160 acres and milks 16 cows selling Grade B milk to Corning. He began with a 4 H heifer and Belle is her great granddaughter.
Kenneth Gridley, an Iowa auctioneer, describes why auctioneers talk fast yet buyers soon understand. He trained in Mason City, works mainly around Griswold Vil lisca and Corning, with winter farm and real estate sales. Gridley notes two to three days of prep per sale, plus advertising, while the actual auction lasts a day. His wife helps with preparations and clerking, and they farm 500 acres near their home since 1946, with a son and daughter in college.
Eighteen pigeons missing for three months from the Gus Glenn farm were recovered by officers. All had gained weight, and Glenn says he profited because he did not have to feed them during the disappearance.
A report from the American Forestry Association identifies Albion near Madison Wisconsin as home to the nation’s largest hackberry. The tree measures 8 feet 3 inches in trunk diameter and 70 feet in crown spread with a height of about 16 feet 9 inches.
Women recall the peak of family life when sons and daughters reach school age. The piece highlights how mothers feel the early years are the brightest, with nostalgia for those years as children enter schooling.
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