Capital Leadership Course Set for Washington Week
National 4 H Center in Washington DC hosts a week long leadership program for adults aged 18 to 25. Sessions feature top speakers, field trips to historic sites and a Congress visit. Tuition around 70 dollars covers registration room meals and in Washington transport separate. Reservations for groups and individuals are open.
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Ene
Harlan Gei
Ate National
4 On
Forest
Fun
Churchung Peoples
MUCA
Scouts
IFYE
Heace Corps
Congress
Interes
Washington
Santa to Teach Gun Safety This Christmas
Hunter safety officer Charles Olofson urges all families to enroll youngsters in Iowa Conservation Commission hunter safety classes. Training, sponsored by local officers or clubs, is free and aims to ensure safe firearm handling for the new year.
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Charles Olofson
Hunter Safety Officer
Iowa Conservation Commission
Santa
Sportsman Club
National Rifle Association
Rifle and Pistol
Olofson
Greene Co Market Beef Tagging and Weighing Dates Listed
Greene County extension home economist Alice Walters released the 1969 market beef tagging and weighing schedule. Weigh-ins occur 8 am to 12 noon on December 26 at Wilson Livestock Paton Oscar Mayer Scranton. December 27 at Hor met in Jefferson and Churdan. December 28 at Frantz Livestock Grand Junction Mineecke Brothers Cooper. All 4H beef projects must weigh and tag on those dates to qualify as member projects. deviations require extension approval. Changes include a market heifer minimums of 800 pounds for steers and 75 pounds for market heifers and a beef carcass class.
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Greene Coe
Alice Walters
Greene County
Wilson Livestock
Paton
Oscar Mayer
Scranton
Hormet
Jefferson and
Churdan
Frantz Livestock
Grand Junction
Meinecke
Brothers
Cooper
Iowa Farm Outlook Signals Higher Lamb Prices Ahead
Iowa extension economist Alan Rahn says first eleven months average price is about $3 per hundred above last year with prices likely staying above 1968 levels into early 1969. Nationally commercial sheep and lamb slaughter may fall seven percent to about 12 million. lambs on feed in seven major states down four percent while Iowa on feed drops seven percent to 250000 head.
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Allan Rahn
Iowa State University
Iowa
Rahn
Old English mince pie verse and 14th century crust recipe
The piece notes a Cornwall Christmas jibe about devils and pies. It cites a 14th century Christmas pie recipe including pheasant hare capon two ridges two pigeons two rabbits beef balls eggs pickled mushrooms seasonings and spices baked in pastry.
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Cornwall
England
Love at Christmas Inspires Quiet Reflections
A brief poem fragment evokes Christmas love and divine birth with imagery of star and angels as guiding signs around the holiday season. Christina Rossetti’s lines highlight sacred themes and seasonal warmth.
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Vine
Love
Star and Angels
1968 Soybean Variety Trial Summaries Ready
Iowa State University reports seven site trials showing long season soybeans outyield short season varieties on average. Corsey Hark and Amsey lead in northern central and Amsey Wayne excel for normal planting in southern Iowa. Calland debuting for 1969 grows for 1970 farm use.
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Iowa State University
Guthrie County
David R May
Iowa
Corsey
Hark
Amsey
Wayne
Calland
Ames
Army ROTC Scholarships Open for 1969 Applicants
High school students planning to enter college in fall 1969 may apply for 800 four year Army ROTC scholarships. They cover tuition textbooks and lab fees plus 50 dollars a month, with six weeks of summer camp at half pay. Scholarships available at 258 colleges. applications due January 8 with notices in spring 1969.
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Army
CEEB
US Army
Atta
Fort Sheridan
Risk factors in heart disease and prevention
The piece notes that reducing cholesterol and fats helps lower heart disease risk. It lists actions such as losing weight, quitting smoking, exercising moderately, and getting medical treatment for high blood pressure or diabetes. It adds that young men are more susceptible than women and risk grows with age.
Hunting Seasons Close for Pheasants and Partridge
The Town Conservation Commission reminds hunters that the 53 day pheasant and Hungarian partridge season ends at 4 30 pm December 31 1968. Fox hunting and gray squirrel seasons also close on year’s end while quail rabbit and raccoon seasons stay open into early 1969.
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Town Conservation Commission
Return Deer Success Report Cards From Hunters
Iowa Conservation Commission game biologists urge hunters to fill and mail the report cards attached to their licenses. Paul Kline of Indianola says the information collected, whether a hunt was successful or not, helps set the deer hunting season.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Paul Kline
Indianola
Iowa Licenses Expire December 1968
License officials remind sportsmen that all Iowa hunting fishing and trapping licenses expire December 31 1968. New licenses for 1969 are available from county recorders and other authorized depositors.
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The
Conservation Commission
Iowa
Yule-log Roar and Sap Shrill In Fireplace Vision
A fragmentary verse image describes a Yule-log roaring in a chimney. The broad flame flutters like a flag and the sap within the log cries out as if hunted, creating a vivid autumnal fireplace scene conveyed in Lowell's lyric style.
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James Russell Lowell
How to Make Cornstalk Stars for Christmas Trees
Craft recipe using dry cornstalk pieces about 2.5 inches long. Cut under light pressure to avoid splitting, color or leave natural, insert pipe cleaners into ends, twist five pieces together at the center to form a star, and hang with a pipe cleaner from the tree.
Open ahead gift idea for newlyweds ornaments
A suggested open ahead gift for newlyweds is one or two special ornaments for their first Christmas tree. The idea celebrates future memories and the happiness of many Christmases to come.
Christmas greeting cards praised for glass frosting value
The article notes that by 1875 in the United States Christmas greetings cards entered popular use and some upscale designs featured blown glass frosting selling for up to three dollars each.
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Brig
United States
Pinking Shears Aid Holiday Table Decorating
Pinking shears help with holiday decorating by cutting place mats from red oilcloth or plastic coated fabric. Mats are festive and reduce laundry during a busy season.
First manger scene created by Pope Liberius in 354 AD
The record notes that while legends credit St Francis with introducing the crib, historical accounts attribute the first manger scene to Pope Liberius in 354 AD.
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Francis of
Assisi
Liberius
Fabrics Enter New Era From Test Tube Advances
Alice Walters of Greene County extension describes test tube magic transforming fibers, fabrics and finishes. The theme Fabrics in Fashion partners retailers with ISU extension to inform consumers about faster delivery, easier care, anti soil and anti static finishes, and year round comfort fabrics.
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Alice Walters
Greene County Extension Home Economist
Iowa State University Cooperative Extension
Miss Walters
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