Local Hog Raiser Wins Prizes At Indiana Show
The 17th Hoosier Spring Barrow Show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds drew 950 hogs from 46 counties with 223 exhibitors. Winners include Leonard E. Jackson Carthage in multiple crossbred classes and lightweights, plus the Waldron Fire Department 10th District Attendance Plaque. Prize money totals about $5,000 sponsored by Hygrade Foods Purdue University and Indiana Pork Producers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Hygrade Food Products Corporation
Purdue University
Indiana Pork Producers Association
Leonard E. Jackson
Carthage
Chester White
District Firemen Meet February 9 in Manilla
The 10th District Indiana Volunteer Firemen's Association held a meeting at the Manilla Fire Station on February 9 with about 100 firemen and guests attending. Reports covered 41 fire, mutual aid, and emergency runs since the January meeting. Guests included Fire Chief Jim Breeding of Edinburg, LV.F.A. VP Carlos Jeffries of Fountaintown, former President James Glaub of Manilla, Glenwood Chiefs Tom Butler and Richard Stevens, and Richard Hayes and Bill Branson Jr. of Shelbyville, among others.
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Jackson
Rush County
Bob McDonald
Midwest
Indianapolis
Waldron
Meredith Mann
Shelby County
Dennis Haehl
Carthage
Cloyd Scott
Marietta
Acton
Adams
Burney
Keethage
Clarksburg
Fairland
Flat Rock
Fountaintown
Hartsville
Hope
Manilla
Scipio
St. Paul
Westport
Allen Blades
Lv.f.a. Sec
Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Jim Breeding
Edinburg Fire Department
State
Lv.f.a
Carlos Jeffries
State Lv.f.a
James Glaub
Rush County Extension School and Meeting Schedule
A list of upcoming extension schools and meetings for Rush County includes: Grain Storage and Grain Handling Tour February 23 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Dairy Extension School February 24 8:00 p.m. to end of session. March 3 DHIA tour and Advanced Farm Management School on Grain Handling Costs 8:00 p.m. March 1 and 8 Corn Production Intensive 8:00 p.m. March 16 Narrow Row Corn and Soybean Extension School 8:00 p.m. March 23 Weed Problems and Their Control 8:00 p.m. March 24 Special District Meeting for County Officials and Leaders Indiana Drainage Laws 1:00 p.m. March 29 Weather Study Extension School 8:00 p.m. Re-scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Henry County
Indiana farm land values rise to record levels
Lafayette Indiana reports show farm real estate values climbing through November with Purdue statisticians noting an index of 129 up from March 1965 and seven points higher than November 1964. Indiana average land value reaches 311 dollars per acre and Hoosier farms average 51000 dollars, total Indiana farmland at 5.6 billion dollars. Cash rents average 22.75 dollars an acre last April 1, up 1.25 from 1964.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University
Jack Armstrong
Armstrong
Chicago
Fed
New GI Bill Passed By House With Support
In the 1960s legislative haul the House passed a new GI Bill aiding veterans for education. The measure expands benefits but lags behind the Korean-era bill, prompting hope for swift Senate action and campus return this fall.
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House
Senate
Veterans’ Affairs
NSLI
Veterans Administration Office
Veterans’ Insurance
Rush County hosts March 10 farm planning with John Mentzer
Purdue extension engineer John Mentzer will visit Rush County on March 10 to advise on farm buildings remodeling and new construction and to provide livestock feeding layouts. Farmers should notify the County Extension Office to include their farm in the day’s schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mentzer
Purdue Extension
Rush County
Mentzer
National Bank honors fourteen 4-H members with posters and awards
Rush County National Bank presents special trophies to fourteen 4-H boys and girls as part of the 4H Tenure award program backed by the Farm Bureau and a Special Study Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Good Neighbor
Glen Wilson
Indiana Farm City Committee
C.L. Spuller
Rush County Chamber of Commerce
Rush County Farm Bureau
Gail Abernathy
Indiana
Rural-Urban Committee
Women’s Department of the Farm Bureau
Rushville
Indiana Retail Council
Rushville Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
FFA
Rushville Lions Club
Remember When Ten Years Ago and More
A retrospective notes weddings births and local events from 1956 to 1916 in Carthage and surroundings. It records Irma Richmond wedding Richard Lynch, Phi Delta Theta pledges, Red Cross drives, a 1926 patrol and civic happenings, plus real estate transfers and church programs across decades with named families and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Richmond
Cecil Richmond
Richard Lynch
Shirley
Charles Lynch
Allan Skinner
W. H. Skinner
Carthage
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Purdue University
Sharon Sipes
Helen Hardin
Barbara Plank
Kappa Kappa Sigma
Johnnie Bill Ewing
Pete Ewing
Roy Robertson, Jr
Harold Souder
Florida
Leota Rachel Magee
George Magee
Owen S. Hill
Rowland H. Hill
Rose Hill
Mary A. Porter
Wm. N. Hinshaw
Henley and Clark
Earl Addison
Julia
Claude Henley
Hartford City
Elmer Hunt
East St. Christian Church
D. E. Hanna
Helen Siler
Mildred Herkless
Marguerite Crawford
Sunshine Factory
Francis Hays
Kenneth Rhodes
Raymond Kennedy
Ruth [Hall
T. Benton Henley
Rev and Mrs Palicki Dinner Guests of Myers Family
Rev and Mrs Stanley Palicki were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Paul Myers and family near Shirley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Palicki
Paul Myers
Near
Shirley
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Ralph Harvey
Washington
Eters
United States Brewers Association, Inc
Uso
Clark Memorial
George Rogers Clark
Vincennes
Department of the Interior
Congress
Clark
Fort Sackville
Virginia
Indiana Territory
Grouseland
William Henry Harrison
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
Purdue
Choice
Kansas City
Europe
India
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ill
Karen Kelly
American Dental Association
James A. Heifner
Lestie
Edwin
Jack Carr
Robert Chonan
Jimmy
Phillip Lukens
Cub Scouts
Delmer Sipes
Patricia Rose
Walter Binford
Josiah B. Binford
Enid Burkher
Lavonne Nigh
Irvin
David Binford
Margaret Jean Newkirk
Wm. Newkirk
Lewisville
Edward M. Brown
Roscoe Brown
J. T. Scull
Clarence Jackson
Earl
Mont Lacey
Arletta Small
Ada von Publow
Maria Henley
Mary Louise Hill
Martha McManus
Ramona Jane Winfield
Walter Catt
Anderson
Waldo Draper
Knightstown
Byron Henley
Michigan Limestone Chemical Co
Rogers City
Mich
Rue P. Henley
Pearle Coffin
Alta Carfield
Michael Kyser
Fred Brooks
J. A. Lineback
Ben H. Wilson
Wilsona
Germany
Belgium
England
Switzerland
Trocki
Associations, Inc
Cal
Bausback Fertilizer Co
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