Iowa Dairymen Push Nationwide Sales Campaign
Iowa dairymen launch aggressive marketing during Dairy Month under the slogan Sales, Not Surplus. The plan, coordinated with 35 other states through the American Dairy Association, aims to boost national butter consumption. Funding comes from a 1 cent per pound deduction on butterfat in June, with June 1 15 taxes paid to the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission and the June 15 30 portion paid to the Iowa State Dairy Association for the cooperative drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Lowa
Iowa
American Dairy Association
Chester Schoby
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Amerigin Dairy Association
Jowe
Iowa State Dairy Association
Flag Day Observed by Woman's Relief Corps at RNA Hall
Local Woman's Relief Corp held Flag Day on Saturday June 14 at RNA Hall with a noon covered dish meal. Officers presided and five new members were initiated. The afternoon program featured patriotic readings songs and flag displays led by Etta Skinner. The next meeting is scheduled for July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Relief Corp
RNA Hall
Etta Skinner
Nettie Calkins
Mildred Rife
Colonies
America
Iowa
Lena Huffman
Elma C Bye
Glenna Bailey
Anna Hofmeister
Farewell party held for Mrs Grace Haynes at Grace Haynes home
Mrs Zetha Bailey and Mrs Ves ta Bailey entertained the Past Matrons Tuesday evening at Mrs Grace Haynes home for a farewell to Mrs Haynes. Refreshments were served. The Double Club met with Mrs Howard Wood last Thursday and spent the afternoon playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zetha Bailey
Vesta Bailey
Grace Haynes
Haynes
Double Club
Howard Wood
Sales Not Surplus Theme at American Dairy Meeting
At a Chicago gathering of the American Dairy association the phrase Sales Not Surplus guided discussions. Reports discussed postwar surpluses from reduced per capita butter consumption and the association urged avoiding surpluses through aggressive advertising and merchandising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Dairy Association
Chicago
Local Social Notes Include Visits Across Iowa and Family Updates
A string of visits and trips fills the week from Nevada to Des Moines and Omaha. Highlights include Mrs Dean Lyddon hosting an afternoon meeting on June 19, Mrs Don Caverner visiting from Mount Ayr, and relatives gathering for birthdays and family milestones across Iowa and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Lyddon
Don Caverner
Mount Ayr
Tim Bailey
Wilbur Bailey
Iowa City
Devlin
CL Ellis
Des Moines
M’o McKenzie
Clyde Owens
Maralyn Freimel
Hilda Skinner
Galesburg
Illinois
Ernest Skinner
Victor Brown
Nevada
Iowa
Bert Brown
Sherrill van Winkle
Omaha
Art Conaway
Lima
Ohio
IC Parrish
St Louis
Sam Parrish
Myron Owens
Paul Brown
Tate Brown
Amita
Lowell Hargin
James Maxey
Mason City
Vic Dribey
Oldest Blockton resident Susan Thompson marks 90th birthday
Mrs Susan Thompson born May 24 1857 in a log cabin near Rosehill Cemetery observed her ninetieth birthday on May 24. She is daughter of the late Samuel and Martha Eaton and married Samuel Thompson on May 20 1877, becoming the mother of six.
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Susan Thompson
Thompson
Samuel
Martha Eaton
Rosehill Cemetery
Vas
Mormontown
Miss Eaton
Sam Thompson
Funeral for Paul Ford Attended by Garwin Kin
Mrs E Brown and Mrs C E Borton traveled to Garwin Iowa on Wednesday for Paul Ford's funeral. Ford, husband to their cousin, was a World War I veteran who had been bedfast for twelve years, and is known as the son in law of Mr and Mrs Jim Brown of Garwin who once lived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E . Brown
C E Borton
Garwin
Iowa
Paul Ford
Ford
Jim Brown
Obituaries and Socials from Blockton Area Deaths and Weddings
Joseph Ledgerwood of Phoenix formerly Blockton merchant died May 23 after an emergency operation May 2. Ann Duda and Wayne Poore wed at Grace Methodist Sioux City June 15 with Dr Earl Roladman officiating. Dean Cobb best man. Poore to reside in Lawrence Kansas for post graduate work. Social events note Liberty Club quilting, dinner honoring Herbert Halbaugh’s 25th anniversary, and move of Ovid Matheny family from Des Moines to Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ledgerwood
Phoenix
Arizona
Blockton
Ann Duda
Sioux City
Wayne Poore
Grace Methodist Church
Earl A .Roladman
Dean Cobb
Morningside College
State Teachers College
Maryville
Poore
Lawrence
Kansas
University
A R Rake
Herbert Halbaugh
Kansas City
Chas. Botkin
W . Albaugh
Arlene
Omaha
Claude Stout
Craig Stout
Cameron, Mo
Don Matheny
Ovid Matheny
L J McKelvey
Des Moines
Robert Hipsher
Cecil Matheny
Topeka
Chase Blake
Salt Lake City
Utah
Blockton Locals Gather for Visits and Meetings
Blockton residents share visits across Iowa and Missouri with relatives and friends. The American Legion Auxiliary met with a vocal solo fundraiser in aid of veterans hospitals. Officers were elected for the coming term and installation is set for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
William Fisher
Iowa
Esther Dixon
Dixon
Veteran’s Hospitals
Leona Harding
Annis Reynolds
Ida Henderson
Margaret Henderson
Vivian Butler
Edna Grey
Alma Becherer
Eva Jones
Edna Andrews
Lenox to Send Pat Sheridan to Hawkeye Girls State
Pat Sheridan will represent Taylor county at Hawkeye Girls State on the Grinnell College campus July 23 to 30, sponsored by the Legion Auxiliary. Also notes Vacation Bible School at Presbyterian church June 16 to 21 each morning, and a radio appearance by Esther Dixon, Margaret Whipp, and Barbara Moneymaker on KSIB. J W Terry 177, died Monday. services held at Barber Funeral Home with burial at Fairview cemetery. survivors include four sons and two daughters. List shows boys and girls neither absent.
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Pat Sheridan
Taylor County
Hawkeye
Grinnell College
The
Legion Auxiliary
Presbyterian ‘Church
Esther Dixon
Margaret Whipp
Barbiara Moneymaker
KSIB
Mrs Whipp
Barbara Moneymaker
Mrs Dixon
JW Terry
J W Terry
Missouri
Iowa
Bill Terry
Lenox
Jim Terry
Montana
Lloyd Terry
Sam Terry
California
Sylvia Deaver
Pearl Chandler
Barber Funeral Home
Charles Hingee
Fairview Cemetery
Lenox Socials and Church Program Highlight Local Visit
Mr and Mrs EE Reynolds visited Creston on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Sam Wurster and daughter Evelyn visited Des Moines on Monday. A Children's Day program was presented at the United Presbyterian Church Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EE Reynolds
Creston
Sam Wurster
Evelyn
Des Moines
United Presbyterian Church
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Cemanata
Clearfield
Paul Thompson
Ojai
Ottace Chel
Garwin Man
Liberty Club
Ottie
Verla Loghry
Elsie Matheny
Eddie Collier
Art Matheny
Platteville
Clark LaGore
Earl Henson
T A Wisdom
Bernice Wisdom
E H Proctor
Ward Ford
St Joseph
Don Ford
Ames
R O Ford
Ames M Williams
Derby
O K Strike
Osceola
Strike
Cora M Wilson
Cullen
Eunice Hamilton
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Pauline Morris
St. Joseph
Paul Morris
H B Parrish
Karen
Marshalltown
Vera
Howard Mackey
Mackey
George Clark
Ellendale
Minnesota
Clark
Thoma Holmes
Lenox High
Floy Beck
Gladys Beck
Elene Barker
Annabelle Brown
Donna Plants
Donna Wurster
Harold Brokaw
James Wiand
Marilyn Beck
Jo Ann Buchanan
Marvin Reed
Harold Shepherd
Roland Wahay
Legion Auxiliary Meets
Yaoles
Cobb’s
Lenox Locals
Beaverdale
Jack Beaver
Cudahy Packing Company
Yoyers
AONE
Floyd van Reenen Feed CO
Sargent’s and
Blairs
Bedford, Lowa
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