Vaureau Adopts Wing Resolutions At Annual Meeting
At the Winnebago County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Van Wert, Iowa, officers for 1938 were elected and resolutions were adopted urging continued support for farm programs, parity prices, housing warehousing, and cooperative efforts. The meeting praised Agriculture Secretary Wallace and reinforced opposition to livestock packer controls while emphasizing member growth and strong rural lobbying.
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van Wert
Hampton
Iowa
Winnebase
Thompson
Van
Maing
Ragay Times
Cooper
Fann Bureau
Ict
Winne- County
American Farm Nau Federation
Bry
Cit
Winnebago County
Etnog
Glee Clubs Carol Through Town Spreading Holiday Cheer
Forty music students directed by Miss Rupprich caroled to shut ins and the aged, then gathered at the Arkwright home for Dutch Treat treats and games. Organizers included Marjorie Arkwright and Ruth Johnson with food chair Charlotte Kiewier. The group praised a delightful Christmas outing.
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Boys’ Glee Club
Rupprich
Arkwright
Marjorie Arkwright
Morence Herms
Ruth Johnson
Charlotte Kiewier
Oreen Ivergon
Roy Frette
Dallas Lengerman
Decentralized 1935 Corn Hog Contract Reform Outlined
The 1935 corn hog contract, with new rulings, shifts authority to county committees and allows free use of acres retired from corn, benefiting cooperative farmers. Extension Service Director Bliss notes no livestock restrictions beyond hogs, with base adjustments possible for unusual conditions, and feeder pig purchases open to contract signers. County agents and Extension reps will lead meetings to explain background, contract details, and rulings.
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BR. K. Bliss
Towa State College
Extension Service
Kansas City
AAA
Bliss
Cooperative resolution on livestock markets and government aid
A fragmented resolution notes government funding of 60 percent for cooperative livestock plants to be repaid via processing taxes. It cites failures in cooperation, consumer impact, and a plan to equip and finance non profit cooperatives in Iowa as an experimental proposition benefiting farmers and markets.
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Jon Anert
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Reports November Operations
Ray Murray announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture conducted 12,050 inspections and collected $19,108.77 in fees during November. He cited low unamortized corn loans, warned on willful defaults, and said enforcement would target violations of the Iowa Warehouse Law, while releasing the 1933 Iowa Year Book of Agriculture with 284 pages of statistics.
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Ray Murray
Murray
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Towa
Mit
Smi
Great Benefit Jn
A. CC
America
Dairy and Food Division
Dairy and
Tto
H. A. Seidel
Weather and Crop Bureau
Weather Bureau
Hughes
Town State College
Kiddies Entertained At School House In Buffalo Center
A Monday afternoon program at the Buffalo Center school house drew over 400 children. The event, sponsored by local business men, featured a five reel comedy film shown by Charlie Becker with his Iowa Theatre talking machine. Two Santa Clauses distributed about 450 candy and nut packages to youngsters, with parents able to shop safely.
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Business Men of
Buffalo Center
Charlie Becker
Iowa Theatre
Missionary Returns From West Africa Vacation Visit
Miss Margaret Lang, missionary to Sudan and West Africa, returns home after seven years in service. She endured a 30 day voyage from West Africa to Liverpool and a dire Atlantic crossing to New York marked by the worst storm the captain has seen in 30 years at sea. She arrived in Garte r on December 14, welcomed by her father, Rev. and Drs. A Lang.
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Margaret Lang
Sudan
West Africa
Drs. A. Lang
Miss Lang
Liverpool
England
New York
Atlantic
Miss Langa
Miss Langarrived
Garter
Veterans Sign Requests for Payment of Bonus
Two petitions are sent to post commanders in the eighth district by Vic Stueland of Forest City American Legion commander. They urge Congress to immediately pay adjusted compensation certificates in full and cancel interest on loans against the certificates. The second petition asks the state assembly to keep World War veterans property tax exemptions unchanged and oppose any tax relief changes. Posts must return signatures to the district commander by January 5.
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Eighth District
Vic Stueland
Forest City
American Legion
Congress
United States
General Assembly
Biblical Play at Reform Church Sunday Evening
A Biblical play titled Herod and The Magi will be staged by the two senior classes of the Reformed Church next Sunday evening at 8 o clock in place of the usual service. The Belle of Barcelone musical will be presented by the Boys and Girls Glee Clubs on Wednesday evening January 9.
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Herod and the Magi
The
Reformed Church
Barcelone
Teenage Thompson youth jailed for farm robbery with father
Harley Wilds aged 16 or 18 from Thompson received a 25 year sentence after confessing to assisting his father Sam Wilds in robbing two farmers at Meyers and Akes farms near Thompson. Meyers and farmhand Ed Wademaker were forced into the car. $6 and later $80 were taken. Sam Wilds claimed he forced Harley to participate.
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Harley Wilds
Thompson
Anamosa Reformatory
Sam Wilds
Dick Meyers
Titonka
Meyers
Harley
Wilds
Ed Wademaker
Roy Akes
Akes
Fort Madison Penitentiary
F. O. Davidson
Brunnetsburg
P. A. Dawson
Mail Carrier Joe Collins Takes Extended Vacation
Joe Collins, mail carrier on route 4, is on a month long vacation with the postal department extending this year’s 15 day allotment to 30 days since last year’s was unused. Substituting is George Steinberg. Collins plans to retire next June after 30 years of service with the postal service.
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Joe Collins
Route 4
Joe
Postal Department
George Steinberg
Mr. Collins
Sam
City Water Satisfactory Report From Buffalo Center
A sample of Buffalo Center’s public water was tested and reported satisfactory on December 13, 1084. A stray yearling calf owner may reclaim it by paying for keeping. Signed by Jens Jensen, 323.
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Thhe
Buffalo Center
State Hygienie Athona
Town City
Jens Jensen
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Vaureau
Miller Dent
Farm Bureau
LW. N. Miller
Shortenhans
Peterson
Herschel Thompson
Hao
Secretary OF Agriculture
Reformed
Dick Moyer
Roy Akos
City Water Satisfactory
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