Iowa soil conservation districts build national prestige
The article outlines the creation of the Soil Conservation Service in 1935 and Iowa in 1939, forming districts to guide local soil conservation. It describes district leadership by three farmer commissioners, district activities like field days and school contests, and the watershed program under Public Law 566 benefiting urban and rural communities.
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Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
Iowa
United States
Blockton Social News Highlights Weekend Visits
Blockton residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends from Kansas City Des Moines Bedford Brings together families and guests for weekend gatherings. Notable events include ISU graduates from Blockton Cecil Stevens sons John and Robert Stephens and many local church activities referenced throughout the report.
Memorial Day Visits Ring Athelstans Circle
Mrs. Verna Jenkins hosts family visitors from Le Claire Iowa Iowa City Shenandoah Newton Sheridan Bedford Davenport and Sioux City over Memorial Day weekend. Extended relatives include Mr and Mrs Bee Weese Dean Weese Gary Lantz Stephenson and others sharing weekend calls and celebrations.
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Athelstan
Gene Clements
le Claire
John Jules
Iowa City
China Scott
Dora Guthrie
Shenandoah
Ada Heabelin
Newton
Maggie Wake
Lester Lantz
Sheridan
Verna Jenkins
Tom Black
Bedford
Bee Weese
Melvin Weese
Davenport
Community Guests and Visits Across Local Families
A long list of social visits and family gatherings across Grant City, Red Oak, Bedford, Shenandoah, Clarinda, and surrounding areas notes callers including the Jenk ins, Simmons, Barber, Rusco, Scott, Booher, Older, and many others. Memorial Day services in Riverton are mentioned with a dinner at Blanchard. Local travels include trips to Kansas City and Des Moines for family events and weddings.
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Wilbur Burns
Grant City
Ralph Jenkins
Red Oak
W. N. Jenkins
Bedford
Roy Morris
C. C. Jenkins
C. R. Sickels
Mcc
Kay Simmons
Katherine Barber
St. Joseph
Jennie Rusco
Lee McCann
Afton
Jim Gray
Maloy
Anna Rusco
Roy C. Scott
Cherokee
Verna Jenkins
Leona Williams
Tony Grubb
Shenandoah
Junior Booher
Glade Booher
Clarinda
Harold Williams
Janet Hayes
Des Moines
Geo. Booher
Clyde Schuster
Malay
Oscar Schaeffer
Riverton
Iowa
Henry Williamson
Blanchard
Bobby Allen
Ruth Robbe
Ed Allen
David Raper
Keithville
Jay Older
Gravois
Bob Older
Kansas City
M. F. Older
Oakland
Roy Lyman
Bernard Parkhill
M. F
E. O. Bownes
Larry. Punteney
Council Bluffs
Fred Bownes
Glenn Craighead
Harry Stout
Gravity
Virgil Martin
Sheridan
L. G. Cavin
David Grimm
Bill Horn
Gertrude Maley
Guy Dugan
Walter Fleetwood
Phyllis Smith
Tom Parker
Dugan
Municipal Hospital
Billie Wood
Sons
Omaha
Walt Fleetwood
Vivian Parker
Jim Bryant
Wilber McClaren
W. J. Older
Gravois Mills
China Scott
Floyd Woods
Near Ames
R. C. Scott
Howard Scott
Jimmy
Hershel Scott
Earl Garner
Clyde Branson
Maryville
Aubrey Waugh
King City
Larry Beaver
Ray Morris
Nellie Morris
Frances Boyd Lack
Edna Hook
Paul Morris
Eleanor Lawshe
Country Club
Friendly Neighbor Travel Agency
Memorial Weekend Visits Across Missouri and Iowa
Local residents from Chillicothe Beatrice and Denver traveled to Bedford Gravity New Market and surrounding towns for Memorial Day weekend. Relatives and friends gathered as residents like Maude Clayton Hazel Woods and J R Wilson visited kin in Missouri Iowa and Kansas. James Ulmer and Ed Hobbs family hosted and accompanied visitors while education degree recipient Charles Gorton celebrated graduation at NWMC.
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Virgil Putnam
Chillicothe
Memorial Rd
Clayton
Callender
Iowa
Mr. Clayton
Maude Clayton
Paul Morris
St. Joseph
Paul
Molla Temple
Morris
Glenn Woods
Cumberland
Town
Bedford
Gravity
Hazel Woods
Elda Metzler
Woods
John Stephens
Stephena
J. R. Wilson
Wichita
Kansas
New Market
Mra
Tom Anderson
Arthur Beal
Beatrice
Nebr
Ardyce
Lincoln
Beal
James Ulmer
Denver
Colo
Ford Cars Offer Economy Style And Value In 1961 Ad
An advertisement promotes the Falcon as top economy with 32.6 mpg and twelve Ford wagons offering solid room per dollar. It spotlights the Thunderbird for 1961, praising its design and craftsmanship, and urges readers to visit Ford dealers for swapping and savings during the Swapping Bee.
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FORD
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State Soil Conservation Committee
Blockton News
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Warren Adams
Elbert Adams
Billy Stephenson
Grundy Center
W. S. Stephenson
Clark
Alfred Stewart
Jill Matheny
Clearfield
Bob
Robert Loghry
Sioux City
Ray Loghry
Harry Loghry
Creston
Dale Loghry
Osceola
Marcelene
Anne la
Homer Pratt
Birmingham
Mich
Floyd Boyce
Ayr
Sunshine Sisters
Cullen Wilson
Maxine Terrill
Henry Hennegin
Loretta Abernathy
Leo Dillon
Miss Abernathy
Jerry Kennery
Connie
William Stephenson
Sarah Vel
Ruth Ann
Earl Henson
Harvey Brown
Espina
R. D. Loutzenhiser
Warden
Robert
Rue Minor
Ross Brant
David Stephens
Willis King
Gerald
S Church
Chloris Faubion
Bertha Loutzenhiser
Lois Stephens
Francis King
Myrie Clark
Lola Stroburg
Donna King
Seba Adams
Iris Brown
Roy Gordon
Perry
Danny
Robert Stephens
Sheryl Ann
Ames
John Stevens
Blockton
Iowa State University
Methodist Church
C. E. Sterrett
W.S.C.S
Baptist Church
Bobby Pinkerton
Jasper Lyons
Ray Kennedy
Annie King
Barnard
Bert Older
Roy Older
Linda
Yucaipa
Calif
Guy Older
Malcom
Anna King
W. H. Addington
Mark
David McCalla
Kans
Leale Streebin
W. D. McCalla
Robert A. Holmes
Glendale
California
George A. Schoenmann
DU Pont
Builders Hardware
Bedford, Iowa
Athlestan News
Arthur Dinwiddie
Taylor County
Joyce Ernest
Conway
Margaret Armstrong
Cheryl Dalton
Mary Sand
Francis Brown
Guy Weir
Santa Claus
Jack Steen
B. F. Johnston
Mattie Bordner
N.w.m.8.c
Charles Gorton
T. E. Anderson
George Schmitz
Waterloo
John Briden
Janesville
Ed Hobbs
Bill Hobbs
Victor Hobbs
Wheaton
Ilinois
Robert Stacy
Julia
Jane
Adel
L. C. Severs
J. C. Johnson
St. Joseph, Mo
Weir & Kernen Flying Service
Lowell Weir
Glenn Kernen
F.d.api
Bedford, I
Taylor County Motor CO
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