Linn Rural Electric Co-Op reports growth and planned expansion
Manager R D Palmer announced at the Linn county Rural Electric cooperative annual meeting that 1105 members were served as of December 1940, up from 478 a year earlier. The report covered December usage 69.2 kWh vs 57.5 previously, December bills 4.41 dollars vs 4.07, 467 miles of line in operation, 368 miles in projected lines, with 252 miles of expansion planned that summer and 143 awaiting allotment. Directors were reelected and reorganized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
R D Palmer
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
Linn County
Johnson
Benton
Linn
Cedar
Keta Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
Ed Beach
Jones
Jackson
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Clinton
Beach
Natex claims relieve Backaches and digestive distress
Ellen Carry of Blue Mound NL credits Natex for transforming her health after chronic constipation and nerve trouble. She reports improved appetite, calmer nerves, better sleep, and fewer headaches, with Natex promoted by a local pharmacist and sold by druggists in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Ellen Carry
Blue Mound
Natex
Podzimek’s
100 Second Ave. SE
Papal Palace Puzzle Across and Down
A crossword style clue set centers on the Vatican and Papal Palace. Across entries include terms for church, palace features, and Latin notes. down clues cover go on arch terms, animals, and civic phrases tying to Vatican City and related imagery.
Annual meeting notes in Davenport reaffirm board leadership
At the Davenport annual meeting 990 new members were added, raising total users to 3,206 and signups to 4,500 likely to become electricity customers within two years. All officers led by president John Hendricks of West Liberty were reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Jordan
John Hendricks
West Liberty
140 Farmers Expected For Vinton Banquet
Gov. George A. Wilson will be the special guest at a banquet for 140 farmers hosted by the Greater Vinton club. Dallas Gibson chairs the committee and each member brings two former friends as guests. The Vinton Grain Poultry and Egg show runs this week in the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Vinton Grain, Poultry
George A. Wilson
Greater Vinton Club
Dallas Gibson
Vinton Grain
Butter Production Rises In Week Ending January 30
Des Moines report from the Agricultural Marketing Service shows butter production up 2.5 percent for the week ending January 30 compared with the prior week and 2.7 percent higher than the same week in 1940. Gains in the West North Central division, including Iowa, rose 3.8 percent from the previous week and 1.7 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
Iowa
Fayette dinner draws 70 at county discussion meeting
More than 70 persons attended the Fayette county recent Wednesdays dinner and discussion here Monday evening. James Green, assistant field director of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, led the discussion on factors affecting a farmer's income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
James Green
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa oleomargarine stamp sales rise in 1940
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mark G. Thornburg reported that oleomargarine stamp sales in 1940 brought in 110000 dollars, well above the 1939 receipts of 78959 dollars and 90 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
State of
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Editor notes gaps in oleomargarine tax coverage
Editor states oleomargarine data miss a large amount of shortening sold in Iowa as butter substitute not taxed. Coloring material for this shortening is sold separately. Wisconsin tax applies to the same product that escapes tax in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wisconsin
Towa
Keystone Farmer Sells 160 Acre Farm at 142 50 An Acre
Keystone farmer Frank Hennings sells his 160 acre farm three miles northwest of Keystone to Louis and Peter Junge for 142 50 an acre. The sale price totals 22800.00 dollars and the buyers assume no mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Frank Hennings
Louis
Peter Junge
Butterfat Averages From Hopkinton And Volga Creek Creameries
Hopkinton Co operative Creamery reports 1940 butterfat average of 33.17 cents per pound with 2.52 cents per pound expenses and 482 247 pounds butter produced from 388 826 pounds butterfat, overrun 24.02 percent. Volga Farmers Creamery notes 1940 averages: 33.37 cents for sweet cream butterfat, 32.37 cents for No 1 butterfat, and 33.75 cents for monthly checks. 530 471 pounds butter from 426 701 09 pounds butterfat and 1 477 050 pounds cream. overrun 24.3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Hopkinton Cooperative Creamery Association
H. M. Reeve
Volga City
Glen Moats
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
Fence Drift Fatality Warning for Truck Loads
A fragmentary local warning recalls trucks losing loads on Iowa roads. A milk can fell from a truck near a croven tire causing danger to motorists. The author urges truckers to secure loads to prevent deaths like a No 30 crash and hay or mattress incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Iowa City
Creamery Directors Reelect Officers at Annual Meeting
Wadena creamery reports a 1940 butterfat total of 220,068 pounds and 791,841 pounds of cream. Patrons received 32.19 cents per pound for butterfat, with buttermilk sold at 15 to 17 cents per hundred pounds. All directors were reelected and the board plans to hire haulers for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ehrhardt
Joe Winkler
F L. O’brien
Glen Moats
George Oldfather
E. S. Clark
B. W. Patsey
E. T. Smith
State Dairy Commission
F. P. Gernand
Wadena
Riverside Mutual Creamery Association
Farmers Cooperative Creamery elects officers and directors
At the annual meeting Ludwig Klahn was elected president Emil Kelting vice president Alfred Ronald secretary and Henry Guenther treasurer. Directors chosen were Orville Voelkers Elmer Freese and Lester Smith Wayne Carroll retained as buttermaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Ludwig Klahn
Emil Kelting
Alfred Ronald
Henry Guenther
Orville Voelkers
Elmer Freese
Lester Smith
Wayne Carroll
Calmar Creamery elects officers at annual meeting
Calmar Creamery officials renewed terms with H. J. Numedahl as president L. A. Candee auditor and directors including Tom Erland J J Frana Ed Sbiral R M Bjonerud and Steve Frana. The year 1940 saw butter output rise by 115000 pounds with average prices of 28.22 cents per pound for butter and 33.04 cents for fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
H. J. Numedahl
L. A. Candee
Tom Erland
J. J. Frana
Ed Sbiral
R. M. Bjonerud
Steve Frana
Henry Freistal
Lester Numedahl
Turkington Reelected President of Hereford Association
Clyde Turkington of Letts was reelected president of the Iowa Hereford Association at Des Moines. J. C. Holbert of Iowa State College was named secretary. About 227 Herefords sold for nearly $40,000 at the state fair sale. Walter Thorpe of Britton paid $1,000 for the champion bull. The bull was consigned by C. A. Meyer and Sons of Bellevue, Ta. Earl Colville, now in Chillicothe Mo, bought several Herefords for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clyde Turkington
Letts
State
J. C. Holbert
Iowa State College
Walter Thorpe
Britton
S. D
South Dakota
Bellevue, Ta
Earl Colville
Oskaloosa
Chillicothe, Mo
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Farm Family And National Defense Hub Of Women’s Program
Ames hosts Farm and Home Week February 10 15 focusing on national defense and the farm family. Speakers include Dr Carl C Taylor on Rural Health and National Defense Mrs Raymond Sayre on The Farm Family and National Defense Dr P Mabel Nelson on Iowa’s Nutritional Defense Program and Mrs Hiram C Houghton Jr on education and state boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
National Defense
Carl C. Taylor
Farm
BAE
Washington, D. C
Raymond Sayre, Ackworth
IFBF
Farm Family
P. Mabel Nelson
Foods and Nutrition
Iowa State
Iowa
Hiram C. Houghton, Jr
Red Oak
State Board of Education
Iowa Li
Farm Auctions Ahead in Cedar Rapids and Area
Listings show a slate of Thursday through Friday sales including a Cedar Rapids live stock exchange horse sale at Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Frank Allen closing out sale 144 miles SW of Oxford. Other entries include Harold Wehrman Berkshire sale at Belle Plaine and multiple closing out sales near Cedar Rapids Marion Anamosa and surrounding towns through February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Frank Allen
Oxford
Livestock Exchange Sale
Harold Wehrman
Anamosa
Fred McShane
Marion
Library Event Highlights Civil and Social Programs
Thursday program features Mrs. Quincy Wright chairing government and foreign policy at the National League of Women Voters on The Library Frontier. Also on Tuesday Dr. A L Sachar outlines Four Roads to Security. Margaret Batter of the Works Progress Administration discusses nutritional objectives in their program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brary Association
Library Frontier
Quincy Wright
Department of Government and Foreign Policy
National League of Women Voters
A. L. Sachar
Hillel Foundations
Margaret Batter
Works Progress Administration
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Linn Rural Electric Co-Op
Ray Anderson
REA
Maquo
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
S. N. Jordan
Ellen Carry
Mrs, Ellen Carry
Pope's Palace
Rome
Papal Palace
Vatican City
Paradise
Eae
Ini Aitie
Gazette
Isaac Link
Shellsburg
Memorial Coliseum
Tait Cummins
Dent
Tot
Ernest
Joe
FOG Horn
Williams
RFA
Wheatland Meeting
Belle Plaine
Fancy Creek Challenger
Broadview Flash
Berkshires
Berkshire
J. E. Halsey
Auct
Turkington
Hereford Assn
Farm Family and
Nat'l Defense Hub of Women’s
Childs
Vicks
Ninth Avenue and
Third Street
Seare
G. V. Mann Lee Beber
Citizens Savings Bank
T.B
Bangs
Iowa Livestock Exchange
B. Clements
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
George B. Basker
Morris
THE
Morris Plan Company
First Avenue
Raft Cedar
Iena
Siecks and
Benda
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