4H club visitors tour Wilgon and Co plant
Seventy eight 4H club leaders parents and members from Winnebago County Iowa visited the Wilgon and Co plant at Albert Lea Minnesota on June 1. Guides explained operations from unloading and weighing five animals to carcass grading and packing. Livestock buyers discussed grades and prices while managers described cooler storage and carcass grades. Adults called the trip one of the best educational experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago County
Jones
Wilgon and Co
Albert Lea
Sfinnesot
Norphe Group
Doro
Winnebago County Sion
Cattle Prices Narrow Gap In Seasonal Market Shift
Iowa State College farm economist Francis A. Kutish notes upper grade cattle prices are down from two months ago while lower grades rise, a normal midyear pattern. Slaughter rates hit a yearly high earlier, with April softening, then marketing up in May and forecasts for June and July showing steady demand in fat cattle and continued high prices into late 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Farm
Kutish
Iowa
Ilinois
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Iowa State College
State Fair to Spotlight Wide Range of Contests
Centennial state fair events announced include Old Fiddlers Contest for 60 and over with $150 prize, Horseshoe Pitching with $800, Baton Twirling $525, Checker Tournament $195, Photographic Salon $175, Town Art Salon $750, Agriculture Art Salon $7, Sheep Shearing $235, Team Pulling $900, and a $2,600 nationwide Cracket Contest. Entry rules available from the State Fair Board in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Cunningham
G. I. Farm
Iowa
Chicago
Girle
Cunningham
State Fair Board
Des Moines
Lenora Kettwick to Teach at Titonka
Miss Lenora Kettwick daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Kettwick Buttala Center graduated from Central College Pel la two year teacher training on May 31 1854. She will teach first grade at Titonka next fall. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Tony Behrends and Bernice in Ames. Alfred O Keefe of Lakota spent the weekend with his son Dan O Keefe family. Mrs C F Specht of Algong visited Henry Hofbauer and Tony Behrends homes Wednesday to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Pella
Iowa
Lenora Kettwick
Harry Kettwick
Buttala Center
Kettwick
Titonka
Alfred O'Keefe
Lakota
Dan O'Keefe
C. F. Specht of
Algong
Henry Hofbauer
Tony Behrends
Crippled Children's Clinic Serves 81 in Forest City
The Crippled Children's Clinic held June 3, 1954 at the Forest City Methodist church served 81 patients. Turnout split 43 from Winnebago county and 21 from Hancock with others from surrounding counties. The event, organized with Lion Club support, offered meals and lab services via Forest City Municipal Hospital. Local nurses, Welfare Officers, and numerous volunteers aided registration and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children's Clinic
Forest City
Kray
Forest City Municipal Hospital
Women’s Society of the Methodist Church
Lion Clubs
Garner
Winnebago
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Wright
Kossuth
Worth
Winnebago County
Bernica Wilken
B. N
Marilyn Crowl
Roy Otis
Myrs. Martin Smith
Woden
Glenn Johnson
Garwin Pattison
Leake Mills
J. T. Mangan
Curtis Jump
Crystal Lake
Myrtle Jefson
Woodrow Hanson
Bob DeVries
Buffalo Center
Robert Thurston
Harry Carpenter
Goodell
Ralph Steneman
Jack Hoyland
Tryg Haugen
Rake
Ellsworth Russ
Floyd Vox
Elmer Anderson
Winnebagoo
Edith Elling
Maxine Panash
David M. Anderson
Forest Cit
Marlys Adams
Neva L. Patterson
FOR SALE AND LOST NOTICE ITEM SNAPSHOT
FOR SALE Three Bamboo shades six feet wide suitable for porch Mrs John Lande. FOR SALE Spring fries weigh about 3 pounds one dollar each alive one dollar twenty five dressed five or more free delivery Call 4195 Thompson Paul Kuns. LOST Blue Denim jacket Monday on gravel road between my farm and Lakota Ervin Weaver phone 2-0796 WANTED Custom baling with new Holland 77 baler with or without wagon George Swalve phone 23-1492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lande
Thompson
Paul Kuns
Lakota
Ervin Weaver
SeLtp
George
Swalve
For Sale Mixed Classified Items from Local Ads
For sale items include 1941 and 1942 Chevrolet % ton pickups from Sleper Sales Co, a 1940 1 1/2 ton Chevrolet truck, two bicycles in good condition for George Risius, purebred Chester White fall boars and Polled Hereford bulls by Harm H Huisinga near Buffalo Center, and a 17 year old boy seeking any work by Daryl Meyer near B. C. Also, Elmer Leibrand offers top livestock prices and a local phone contact 2-1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleper Sales Co
George Risius
Chester
Harm H
Huisinga
Buffalo Center
Daryl Meyer
B. C
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Hers
Mrs
Larry Smith
Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
BE. Re Peterson
Boone
Peterson
John & Jerry Hardware
Fa Tien
Isahan Mentetens
Irish and Hanna
Winnebago Holstein Breeders Association
Bancroft Road
M. I. Armour
Minnesota Valley Breeders Association
New Prague
Minnesota
Bernice
R. B. Holmes
Ames
Ray Honken and Sons
Clifford Moon
Lake Mills
Helland
U. & Testing Laboratories
J. E. Ukena & Co
Elliott E. Cooper
Tribune
Robert van [Hoote
Nash
Sloper Sales Co
J. EL Ukena Ae Co
Towa
Royal Armstrong
G. T. Sere
Elmore
Minn
Fo B. Adams
Brainerd
Innesota
Ius
Knudsen
Nissan
Oliver
Akenaco
Electrolux Cleaners
W. H
Bill) Drewes
Adrian Hauskins
A. Lundberg
Lawrence Kroeze
Harringa and Dontre Feed
Walnut Grove Minerals
Alfred Julius
Harringa & Dontje Feed Store
General Insurance
Thompson Insurance Agency
Farmers Coop
Robert Johnson
Edwin Aukes
Donald Osterman
Elmer Leibrand
Thomas Thompson
Dade
Dodge
Hertel Motors
Packard
Plymouth
Blue Earth
Iee
ROVER
John and
Jerry Howie
Buitulo Center
Ahty
Geo. W. Stimpson
Philco
Costigan Motor Co
Grant Burger
Massey
John Deere
UTU
Owatonna
Blue Earth, Minnesota
Ervin
Jerome Halvorson
Owatonne
M.M. Gas
L.P
Ervin Halvorson
Hake
Buffelo Center
Steinberg
G. W. Clark Kohte
Oil Station
Buffalo Center Tribune
Geo. A. Carman
Meil Matter
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