Weekly Weather Review for First Week of July
The first July week brought ideal, cool July weather with light precipitation and normal comfort levels. Driest week in months across the middlewest, Maryville Missouri recorded 2.34 inches. average weekly temperature 71, six below normal. The week featured nights at 66 or lower and highs to 88, with overall trend toward slightly less rain but adequate moisture ahead. Herman F. Kille.
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Milkweed Campaign Ends As Milkweed Drive Ends
Wartime agriculture notes report no milkweed collection campaign this year after last year's successful drive. Peach crop expected to be heavy and freezing tips offered. Cattle subsidy rules set with filing deadlines and eligibility criteria. 4-H Camp plans at Pershing Park and a new Extension Rural Minister appointment announced for Missouri.
Select Your Cockerels for Higher Egg and Meat Quality
Poultry expert advises gathering eggs hourly and cooling below 60 degrees to keep whites firm in summer. Green feed may reduce watery whites. Choose at least two healthy cockerels per mature hen, selecting before 8 weeks old to boost next year’s egg yield by about 10 percent and improve meat quality in meat breeds.
Merger Emerge of Kansas Power and Western Light Co
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a plan merging The Kansas Power Company with Western Light & Telephone Company. The surviving entity will be Western Light & Telephone Company, Inc, serving about 275 communities with electric, telephone, gas and water services and about 80,000 customers across Kansas Missouri Iowa and Oklahoma. The new company will hold roughly $19 million in assets and about $4.2 million in annual gross revenues, operating seven electric plants and 103 telephone exchanges. Stockholders meetings are set for August 7 and 8, 1945 to approve the plan. bonds of $6.2 million are proposed with a maximum 3 1/8 percent interest. Exchange ratios and cash adjustments will convert Kansas Power and Western Light stock into new company preferred and common stock. The president will be A L Mullergren, with a board including J C Denicus and others from both firms.
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Kansas Power Company
Western Light & Telephone Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
State Corporation Commission of Kansas
Public Service Commission of Missouri
Western Light & Telephone Company, Inc
Kansas Corporation
A. L. Mullergren
Kansas City
Kansas
Western Light
Salvation Army Tag Drive Aids War Effort In Browning
The Salvation Army seeks funds on Saturday July 14 1945 in Browning for its regional uplift program and war effort. Local girls via the Christian Church Sunday School will canvass homes and businesses to sell tags with any donation earning a tag. Extra funds support Red Shield Clubs and Mobile Canteens aiding soldiers with meals reading writing games and relaxation. The appeal notes that U S O offers no financial help for these services.
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Social visit notes from Clem Springs and Milan area
Sun filled Clem Springs with visitors across Milan as families including the Beve Franklin Hattie Jennings and Duff Jennings hosted gatherings. The Sewards from Davenport Iowa visited Hattie Jennings’ home, with Jimmie and Betty Lou along, returning home on Sunday. Verl Franklin and daughters also called on his Milan parents.
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Beve Franklin
Hattie Jennings
J. C
Bardon Family Connections Across Kansas City Area
Mr and Mrs A L Bardon of Kansas City visited sons John and Ray and their families this week. John and James Rogers of Milan joined grandparents J W Rogers for a Monday visit. Dr and Mrs Ralph DeWitt welcomed a baby girl. Dr DeWitt is son of C J DeWitt. Ed Smiley family spent Sunday with Bro Lester near Milan.
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A. L. Bardon
Kansas City
John
Ray
James Rogers
Milan
J. W. Rogers
Ralph DeWitt
Dr. DeWitt
C. J. DeWitt
Ed Smiley
Bro. Lester
John Stephenson
Marvin Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
Nellie
Cpl
Amiel King
Floyd King
Carl Richardson
Lafe Stewart
Brookfield
J. D. Tunnell
Joe Crump
Local Families Share Weekend Visits Across Town
Mrs Emma Mason and Geo Darrell joined Mr and Mrs Tom Ford and families with Mr and Mrs John Bardon and others visiting Mr and Mrs Melvin Stephenson. Mrs Cassie Smith traveled to Cush ing Oklahoma last Tuesday. Mrs Addie Dell returned from Milan after convalescing with her daughter. Mr and Mrs Ervin Smith Lyndell and Alpha Long from Kanassa City visited relatives. Ada Smith went home for a minor operation. Dunlap stayed longer visiting friends and returned home Thursday.
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Emma Mason
Geo. Darrell
Tom Ford
John Bardon
Geo. Carter
Duain Ford
Melvin Stephenson
Cassie Smith
Cushing
Oklahoma
Addie Dell
Milan
Ervin Smith
Lyndell
Myrtle Dunlap
Alpha Long
Kanassa City
Ada Smith
Dunlap
Senate coal committee urges July August storage for homes
The Senate Committee on fuel supply for the Midwest warns that home heating coal should be stocked in July and August to prevent shortages next winter. It notes current storage is below prior years and that October demand will use mines plus summer stocks.
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