Farm Production Hints on Terracing and Erosion Control
80 percent of yearly erosion comes from one rain and terraces offer protection. Dan Cole has built about 24 miles of terraces protecting around 50 acres. Seth Sidebottom terraces about 12 acres this spring. W E Evans Meadville plans a grassed terrace outlet for a full water management system. Herb Hoyer readies grassed outlets to link terraces. Terraces are the best mechanical method to control sheet erosion and gullies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cole
Seth Sidebottom
W.E Evans
Meadville
Herb Hoyer
Poultry Culling Advice Tabs June to November
Elizabeth Stark, Burch, and Juni or Rulon, Shelby discuss profitable poultry raising stressing constant culling from June through November. They advise selling hens with shriveled combs and yellow beaks to protect profits, referencing Circular No 516 Eve Production.
Canning Strawberries to Prevent Floating
The guide suggests methods to prevent floating strawberries during canning. It mentions heating berries with sugar to point, then cooling overnight, or heating in a flat pan at 250 degrees for an hour and processing immediately. It notes Blackmore variety preserves form and color better than some other types.
Oats on George Taylor Farm Show Color Split
Observers note two color zones in oats east of the Taylor home along Highway 36 across from Van Evans farm. The field was soybeans with low yields due to soil fertility, not weather or variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Taylor
Highway 36
van Evan
4-H Club Sunday Celebrated Across Linn County
On Rural Life, Sunday May 26 4-H Clubs across Linn County and the nation mark 4-H Club Sunday. Readers are urged to show support by attending the local 4-H Sunday Program in their community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
St Joseph 4-H Lamb Grad and Sale Date Announced
An article notes the St. Joseph 4-H Lamb Grad and Sale date. It includes soybean variety recommendations for North Missouri, sowing times after corn planting, and projected yields for hay and grain. It also describes a Stitch and Chatter Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Florence Elliott with prizes and a Cancer drive donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Florence Elliott
Stitch and Chatter Club
Candidates For August Election N. G. Couch, County Clerk
April 30 is cutoff for filing under the new constitution. Linn County Clerk Nevie G. Couch lists Democratic and Republican candidates for August 1946 primaries and committeemen across numerous townships and wards with names for representative, sheriff, coroner, probate judge, recorder, clerk of county court, prosecuting attorney, and district judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Couch
Farm Water Systems Talk Endorses Septic Tanks
At Linneus meeting Extension Engineer Mr Huff called septic tanks the safest and most satisfactory disposal method for farm home sewage. He urged inquiries at the Extension Office for Circular 401 on Water and Sewage Disposal for Farm Homes. Linn County will send eight delegates to University of Missouri during Missouri Club Week June 6 to 9 based on 4 H enrollment with named delegates Kathleen Martin Rosemary Andersen Ralph Keane Gerald Guyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linneus
Huff
Linn County
University of Missouri
Missouri Club
Kathleen Martin
West Linn Club
Rosemary Andersen
Peacher
Sunny Point
Ralph Keane
Gerald Guyer
Shelby
Extension Club Donations To Red Cross Total 106 Dollars
Unlisted receipts from Linn County Extension Clubs show Be Friendly 2 dollars Fairview 1 dollar Bruener 5 dollars and Neighborly Hour 1 dollar totaling 106 dollars. The clubs contributed 122 garments to the Red Cross this period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Fairview
Bruener
Linn County
Jackson Center Social News Prominent local visits and gatherings
Mr and Mrs Morris Peterson and daughter Judy and Mrs Ber tha Jennings joined Friday and Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs Jas Morris and Jenny Sue. Glenn Morris shopped in Brookfield Wednesday. Bodie Stults visits Hut chinsons. Grover Muirrell spent Sunday with fom Myers. Selia Hicks and children dined with Carlos Hicks and Bonnie. Russell Benskin and children called. Glenn Jerome visited Donald Stone and Bonnie. Donald Stone and George Hicks went to Chillicothe Saturday. James Phillips stayed with George Phillips parents. R E Smith of ten visited Shafter Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Peterson
Judy
Bertha Jennings
Jas. Morris
Jeny Sue
Glenn Morris
Brookfield
Grover Muirrell
Fom Myers
Selia Hicks
Carlos Hicks
Bonnie
Russell Benskin
Glenn Jerome
Donald Stone
George Hicks
Chillicothe
James Phillips
George Phillips
R. E. Smith
Shafter, Thursay
Republican Primary Candidates Listed for Linn County 1946
The document lists Republican contenders for county offices including Representative Fred Clinefelter Clerk of the County Court Nevie G. Couch Recorder of Deeds K. E. Gene Holzer Sheriff Leonard C. Richardson andPresiding Judge George A. Coulson along with district judges G. F. E. Harter M. H. Taylor. It names committee men and women by precincts such as West Baker East Baker North Benton South Benton East Bucklin West Bucklin Breckfield Clay Enterprise Grantsville Jackson Jefferson Locust Creek East and includes Ward entries with several candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevie G. Couch
Linn County
C. B. Burns
W. Earl Cox
Marvin Hopper
Maxine Perkins
Charles A. Johnson
Margaret Price
Leo E. Othie
Benjamin Lee Burnett
Clyde G. Finney
Dale Bunch
R. R. Pankey
John D. Washburn
Everett W. Crookshanks
East Baker
Elgin Adamson
Clarice Barron
West Baker
John W. Vincent
Mary E. Brown
North
Benton
Jerry D. Jennings
James R. Williams
Lillian S. Bennett
Genevieve Prather
South Benton
Mary Gooch
Elizabeth Crookshank
East Bucklin
Cristabell Powell
Mont D. Carter
West Bucklin
Carl Moo‘e
Thelma Vartet
Brookfield
Mayme J. Jones
John T. McLarney
J. C. Stinson
Ella Erwin
Dan Casey
Theresa B. Oyler
W. A. Southerland
Auba Vroom
Marceline
David Harper
Inez Gucker
L. A. Embree
Mary E. Hirsch
Ada Grandstaff
L. J. Shelton
Ith Ward
Vance Magee
Sam Parker
West North Salem
Bertha Lambert
Carl Pearler
East North Salem
Y. M. Watson
Nettie Ware
Parson Creek
L. C. Botts
Agnes Hoover
Yellow Creek
Lawrence L Walsh
Alice F. Garvey
K. E
Gene) Holzer
Linn
Leonard C. Richardson
George A. Coulson
G. F E. Harter
M. H. Taylor
Gertrude Thudium
Theodore Thudium
Goldie Marcusson
Carl Benson
Margaret Smith
Lantz McCormick
South
Fther May Richardson
D. L. Cady
Frances Johnson
Elbert Nickerson
Della S. Lindley
Cass Edwards
Breckfield
BB. F. White
C. E. Lambert
Ava Stur- McKean
Ruth Couch
John T. Carson
Anne Richards
Wayne Cowan
Nellie Franklin
C. C. Moore
Clay
Leon Brinkley
Ada McLain
Enterprise
Walter Head
Bliss Stone
Grantsville
Vera Patterson
F. E. Cassity
Jackson E. J. Lalmer
Bertha Bruce
Jefferson
Vivian Rowland
Emil Brandahl
Obituary Notices for Carrie Friesner and Fannie Coulson
Obituary notices list Carrie Friesner of Parson Creek and Fannie Coulson of Yellow Creek with accompanying names H I Smiley and A C Sevier. The terse items indicate local memorials or notices without further biographical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson Creek
Carrie Friesner
H. I. Smiley
Yellow Creek
Fannie L. Coulson
A. C. Sevier
Womens Club of Purdin Hosts May Meeting
Mrs. Sadie Payne hosted the Womens Club gathering on May 1 with fourteen members and three visitors. Contest decisions, entertainment by Sylvia Street and Elma Chambers, books and readings, a thank you note from Lois Schrock, and a brief treasurer’s report were shared as the group planned a June 5 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Payne
Womens Club
Purdin
Womens Club of
W. H. Hansford
Harold Bowyer
Bessie Brown
Sylvia
Flma
Elma
Phora Carr
Avis Bowyer
Clara Thurlo
ABC
Iva Hansford
Minnie Street
Elizabeth Crookshank
North Salem Community Notes Brighten Easter Weekend
Last week in North Salem with 18 in Sunday School on April 28. Visitors and family events filled social time as Elmer and Jennnings hosted guests, Helen Lawson and Rhett shared a one o clock dinner, and Ethel Swisegood celebrated her birthday with around 40 to 50 friends. Clyde Belzer traveled from Omak. Marion Wyatt, discharged from Army Service, visited relatives. Eden Head moved to the old Cordray farm south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Jennings
James Cokerham
Ray Bauer
Helen Lawson
Rhett
Dupree
June Bartlett
Kirksville
Ruth Murray
Forrest Thomas
Marion Wyatt
Flossie Wyatt
Sallie Abbott
Clyde Belzer
Bobby
North Salem
Clyde
Omak
Washington
Ethel Swisegood
Weekly weather review and social notes from May week
The column reports heavy rain across the central states ending a dry spell with totals up to 6.64 inches in Effingham Illinois and 3.98 inches in Hannibal Missouri. Temperatures were chilly with a weekly average around 58. The piece also notes a bonnet exchange and a planned plant or seed swap as part of a roll call at a May 2 meeting led by C R with members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Missouri
Illini
Dunfield
Patoka
Richland
Lincoln
Chief
Sciato
Manchu
Virginia
Wilson
Middlewest
Central States
Springfield
Little Rock
Advance
Effingham
Ill
Hannibal
Iowa
Frenton
Adair
Audubon
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Herman F. Killer
Doris
Clara
Mildred
Florence
Effie
Orpha
Alpha L
Blanche B
Bessie
Lydia
Blanche H
Alice
Camora
Alpha C
C. R
Sugar stamp 49 approved for five pounds starting May 1 1946
The Office of Price Administration announced a new sugar stamp 49 worth five pounds for consumer use from May 1 1946 through August 31 1946. The sugar allocation is part of wartime price controls with the stamp valid for purchases beginning April 30 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Spring Weather Drives Early Planting and Record Warmth
The past week brought ideal spring weather with highs near 80 and a weekly average of 60. Rain totaling 0.45 inch kept moisture adequate while field work, especially corn planting, advanced rapidly. drought risk is rising across the region as many areas report needed rainfall. Herman F. Kille and Mrs Alfie Christy hosted Stitch and Chatter on April 11 with quilting on a basket quilt and visitors Mrs Bart oor and Mrs Robert Lam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Yates Center
Harrisonville
Paola
Indianapola
St. Louis
Unionville
St. Joseph
Middlewest
Texas
New Mexico
Nebraska
Illinois
Herman F. Kille
Alfie Christy
Stitch and Chatter Club
Bartoor
Robert Lam
True Blue Club Hosts April Meeting at Shafter School
Mrs George Phillips acted as hostess as the True Blue Club gathered at Shafter School on April 24. A poem honored their late club mother Mrs Lewis Arnold, followed by songs, a roll call, reports by poultry leaders, and a Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Blue Club
Shafter School House
Geo. Phillips
E. W. Crookshanks
Lewis Arnold
Willard Phillips
Donald Stone
Phillips
Floy Morris
James Morris
Ira Cox
Dee
Browning
Carlos Hicks
Glenn Morris
Mary Molloy
Walter Browning
Gee. Phillips
Jeny Sue Morris
Bonnie Hicks
C. R
General Purpose Club Holds April Meeting at Warren
The General Purpose Club met with Mrs. Wade Watson on April 11. Six members and eleven visitors attended. Two new members, Mrs Caly Smith and Miss Rosanna Callihan, were voted in. A covered dish Easter supper was planned for 7 PM at the Warren school house. The game prize went to Mrs Sam Artz. Next meeting set for April 26 at Mrs Harold Rinehart’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Watson
Lee Wilkinson
Cale Smith
Rex
Jr.Humphreys
Jan
Lee Tbhurlo
Rosanna Callihan
Joel
Belle
Caly Smith
Warren School
Sam Artz
Harold Rinehart
General Purpose Club Meets With New Members
Mrs. Harold Rinehart hosts the General Purpose Club on April 25 with eleven members and two visitors, Mrs. Maggart and Mrs. J. D. Seaman. The group enjoyed a chicken dinner, sang The Missouri Waltz, and donated to Cancer Fund. New member Mrs. Evert Dendy attends as contests are held with Fay winning. Next meeting is May 10 with Mia Sam Artz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. P. Club
Harold Rinehart
Maggart
J. D. Seaman
Cancer Fund
Evert Dendy
John Oliver
Fay
Mia Sam Artz
Browning 4-H Club Meets Despite Low Attendance
The Browning 4-H Club met at Patricia Lay’s home on Saturday afternoon April sixth with fourteen members present and seven absent. Marilie Schrock, the president, led the group in the 4-H pledge and discussed meeting plans. The club ended with games until 4 30 and set Cynthia and Judy Moore’s home as the next meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Stark, Burch
Junior Rulon, Shelby
Goldie
Ee Bortry
C. C. Williams
Nora Harris
W. W. Club
Willing Workers Club
Charley Williams
Cancer Control Fund
Linda Brinkley
Mrs. Williams
Martha Gotcall
Chub
Mrs. Bodie Stults
Mrs. Darrold Hutchinson
Fred Clinefelt
Weekly Weather Review
General Purpose Club
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