Rally Days Staged by Iowa 4-H Girls This Week
The 1941 42 harvest season opens with county Rally days across Town stressing 4-H members service to the country during war. Linn County Farm Bureau president Charles Heller praised 4-H girls and boys as Iowa’s finest farm crop at Marion rally day with a service revue and contests. Peak harvest will come as delegates attend the Ames state convention in June 2013 to elect state 4-H officers.
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Ames
Charles Heller
Central City
Linn Country Farm Bureau
Iowa
Heller
Linn County
Marion
4 H clubs contest results and civic program notes
The Linn County 4 H clubs report music and picture contest results with ties and placements. Delegates to the state convention are named along with greetings from boys clubs and leaders. A rhubarb canning demonstration and a service creed for Rally Day are included.
Closing Out Sale Near Mechanicaville Auction
A farm sale lists 19 head of cattle including Guernsey and Holstein cows and several calves, 18 hogs, and a range of farm machinery and miscellaneous items. The sale is led by F G Decious, in Mechanicaville Iowa, with auctioneers Witter Colby and John C Carville.
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Guernsey
Nereford
Miolstein Beliers
John Deere
Allis Chalmers
Barrows
Barrow Cartier
McCormick Mowers
Mc+ Cormick-Deering hill
F. G. Decious
Witter Colby
Mechanicaville
Jonz
John C. Carville
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Hay Goes Into Mow on Ed Fisher Farm Near Mechanicsville
Mechanicsville area reports Ed Fisher three miles west of Mechanicsville put alfalfa into the barn on Thursday. With good weather Friday he expected the first cutting from ten acres of alfalfa. The field was mowed on Monday and rains spared the farm. Few farmers have started, but alfalfa meadows are ready for harvest while corn cultivation remains the main task.
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Gazette
Hay
Ed Fisher
Mechanicsville
Fisher
4 H pledge values in democracy and equality
The speaker emphasizes practicing everyday democracy by befriending girls outside her club and broadening her circle. She commits to keeping informed on national affairs and acting under the 4 H emblem, likening herself to a soldier for a government of the people.
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Lincoln
Louisa county 4-H Rally elects new officers
Seventy five people attend the Louisa county 4-H girls Rally day in Grandview where Louise Hafner of Letts is named president and Jane Derby of Columbus Junction vice president Elizabeth Utter Columbus Junction secretary treasurer and Marietta Hunt Morning Star historian Also winners of a picture study contest are H W Club first and Jolly Workers second Richard Berri Letts leads the boys 4-H club A 4 H girls service revue highlights the day Iowa City hosts the other county 4-H rally with about 250 attendees Ruth Schintler of Tiffin is president Louise Kadera Iowa City vice president Charlotte Yoder Iowa City secretary treasurer Rose Mary Hotz Lone Tree historian
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Grandview
Louisa County
Louise Hafner
Letts
Jane Derby
Columbus Junction
Elizabeth Utter
Marietta Hunt
Morning Stan
H. W. Club
Jolly Workers
Richard Berri
County 4-H
Ths
Iowa City
New County
D-H
Ruth Schintler
Tiffin
Louise Kadera
Charlotte Yoder
Rose Mary Hotz
Lone Tree
Fayette 4-H rally elects county officers and best groomed girl
Violet Schmidt of Arlington was elected county 4-H girls club president at Fayette Rally Day attended by about 200 people. Other officers include Avenue Patridge Maynard secretary treasurer Lorraine Follett Elgin and Donna Rummel Fayette. Rosalind Kruempel Arlington was named best groomed girl and state better grooming contest representative to Ames. Evelyn Keil Marengo was elected president of the Iowa county 4-H girls club organization at Williamsburg Rally Day. Phyllis Olson Conroy named vice president and Eileen Cooperider Marengo secretary.
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Fayette
Violet Schmidt
Arlington
New County
Fayette County
Avenue Patridge
Maynard
Lorraine Follett
Elgin
Donna Rummel
Rosalind Kruempel
Ames
Williamsburg
Evelyn Keil
Marengo
Iowa County
4-H Girls Club
Phyllis Olson
Conroy
Eileen Cooperider
Esthe r Martin Noted for Best Groomed Girl Award at Event
Esther Martin of Conroy histori earned special recognition as best groomed girl at the ceremony alongside mentions of other officers including the treasurer.
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Esther Martin
Conroy, Histori
Washington 4-H Rally Elects County Officers
Special to the Gazett Washington 4-H Rally day featured election of new county officers Esther Stewart Washington president Marion McDowell West Chester vice president Evelyn Willams Crawfordsville secretary treasurer Irene Waterhouse Brighton historian Delegates to the state convention at Ames and two club leaders were introduced One hundred fifty attend and four clubs posted 100 percent attendance A frieze depicting county girls activities in 1942 highlighted the afternoon program
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Gazett
Washington
Esther Stewart
Marion McDowell
West Chester
Evelyn Willams
Crawfordsville
Irene Waterhouse
Brighton
Ames
William Maas
4-H
Washington County 4-H
Washington County
Delaware county 4-H girls elect officers at Rally Day
Miss Jean Cocking 17 of Manchester was elected president of the Delaware county 4-H girls clubs at Rally Day. Hene Carrothers 17 of Masonville was elected vice-president Delight Armstrong 17 of Greeley was named secretary and Lois Keck of Colesburg was chosen historian.
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Manchester
Jean Cocking
Bernard G. Cocking
Delaware County
Hene Carrothers
Henry E. Carruthers
Masonville
Delight Armstrong
John Armstrong
Greeley
Lois Keck
Fred Keck
Culesburg
Inflation Control Parley at Marion Led by Linn County Agents
County Agent Rex Conn announced a meeting at Marion on June 8 with Linn county Farm Bureau directors and officials from AAA government agencies. The session will cover inflation and government programs, with U S C A and Iowa State College materials, and plan a county wide educational drive for farm families. Training schools for men and women co operators will follow across the county.
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Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Linn County Farm Bureau
Home Project
AAA
U.S.C.A
Iowa State College
Conn
Feed Ratios Edge Higher as Prices Stabilize
Food indices show minor gains and government ceiling price anticipation during the week ending June 2. Dairy and poultry returns lift feeding ratios while by product feeds fall in price, offset by higher corn and oats costs and softer beef and hog values.
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Department of Agriculture
32.4 Pound Average Milk Yield Reported in Johnson County Herd
May production for the 424 cows on test in Johnson County DHIA No 1 averaged 877 pounds of milk and 32.4 pounds butterfat with 48 dry. Thomas Thornton tester reports. High herd for the month was Oakdale sanatorium.
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Owa
Johnson County
Dhia
Thomas Thornton
Oakdale
Beef price ceiling pressures steady this week despite weaker marketings
Cattle prices held near last week’s levels as Chicago demand softened. Top feeder and steer prices hovered around 14 to 16 dollars per cwt with limited calves and rising sow movement. The Surplus Marketing Administration again led large purchases for dairy poultry and meat products.
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Chicago
Surplus Marketing Administration
Hog Receipts Rise on Interior Markets in Iowa and Minnesota
Hog receipts increased Friday with eastern Iowa prices near 13.90, down about 15 cents from a week earlier. The five day interior total reached 192000 head versus 185900 prior week and 137800 a year ago. Central markets also showed gains as the week progressed.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Horizontal Baseball Manager Answers Puzzle Clue List
A compiled puzzle solution grid lists clues and answers for both horizontal and vertical sections. It includes items such as Run away from Metallic element and Noti sweet with entries spanning team names, bodily terms, and common abbreviations.
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Mianeper
Milton
BY A COUNTRY WOMAN
A distressed speaker apologizes for smashing berries in a strawberry patch amid sugar rationing and changing footwear, noting a season of lush vines and large fruit while lamenting the need to walk more and wear galoshes on dewy mornings.
Meat Pellets Developed for War Time Use
The American Meat Institute reports new dehydration methods for meat to aid UN shipping by reducing bulk. Beef and pork may be exported in large quantities, with water added to reconstitute for meat loaf or hamburgers. The process involves grinding cooking and drying in air or vacuum at low temperatures.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
United Nations
Institute
Government orders halt for Nordness Freeport cheese plants
Strict government requirements force temporary shutdowns of Nordness and Freeport cheese factories. The order affects other Iowa and Wisconsin plants as well, as the government does not purchase undergrade cheese.
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Decorah
Nordness
Freeport
Iowa
Wisconsin
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