Fairfield wheat variety released by Purdue praised in Rockfield report
County Agent Bob Van Slyke notes 9 acres of the new Fairfield wheat on L F Vandervolgen's farm show superior yields and strong winter hardiness with high resistance to loose smut and mosaic. Wabash variety nearby is damaged. Demonstration meeting planned for June 27 at Vandervolgen's field with a Purdue agronomy specialist on the program.
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L. F. Vandervolgen
Fairfield
Purdue
Bob van Slyke
Wabash
Vandervolgen
Hybrid corn tests planned in county plots across several states
County Agent Bob Van Slyke leads two hybrid corn demonstration plots with cooperating farmers Carl Johnson near Flora and Joseph Peterson and Sons near Delphi. Purdue specialists will study the hybrids for yield and adaptability, while local classrooms and vocational departments will use results for instruction.
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Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
Bob van Slyke
Carl Johnson
Near Flora
Joseph Peterson
Harold Thompson
Flora
Agriculture Department
Purdue
Life Abroad in the Navy Seabees A Camdan Letter
Dale Reppert a U S Navy Seabee former Camden resident writes of life abroad in the Mediterranean. He recalls convoy crossings to North Africa and the beauty of a camp in the hills with palm trees and a blue sky while noting censorship prevents details of location and work.
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Dale Reppert
Gmac
The
U.S. Navy
Camden
Indiana
Navy Seabees
Carroll County
United Nations
Sam
Atlantic
Mae West
Jerry
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Card of Thanks for Monroe Meade
The Meade family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for support after the passing of Monroe Meade. They thank ministers singers pall-bearers floral contributors undertaker Mr Leiter and all who assisted during the funeral and mourning period. Mrs Monroe Meade Capt George Harvey and families extend thanks. Weldon J Lynch and Minnie Lou Chittick announce a forthcoming visit from Flora to Flora relatives.
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Monroe Meade
Leiter
George Harvey
M. Meade and
Weldon J. Lynch
Oakdale
Minnie Lou Chittick
Flora
Loren Chittick
Mary Jackson Ockley The Baby Named Robert Gene
The notice lists Mary Jackson Ockley and family with the naming of Robert Gene for the couple details. servicemen and visitors include Cpl Robert Kinzer from Fort Sill Oklahoma visiting his wife and child. local social notes mention visits among families in Dayton Hamilton Cutler and Washington D C. a church program and community items appear with a wartime era tone.
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Lee Nape
Robert Gene
Cpl
Robert Kinzer
Fort Sill
Okla
Philip Strausser
Fred Enoch
Robert Felthoff
Lowell Hunt
Dayton, O
Wilma Shaffer
Rosalie Morgan
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Rockfield
Jason Randolph
Elwood
Thelma Fidler
Hammond
Clarence Larimore
Mullin
Fred Miller
Harold Davis
Logansport
Roy Thomas
Clarence Lowe
Max Stauffer
George Hicks
Charles Hallam
U. S. Navy
Margaret Gibbs
Detroit
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Harry Winslow
Betty
Cass County Hospital
Virginia
Margowski’s
Delphi, Indiana
J-M
Loy Roofing Co
Delphi
Johns -Manville
Johns-Manville
America
Indiana Brewers Association
Chamber of Commerce Building
Indianapolis
Naval Seabee
Dale E, Reppert
Toyou
Ockley
Mary Jackson
Hamilton
James Arnold
Washington, D. C
Donald Sheets
Wayne Shaffer
William — Shaffer
U. B. Church
Dorothy Shaffer
Julia Shaffer
Cutler
Kingan
Fen Kingan
Setar Bendy
Kingan & CO
Delphi, Ind
Welfare Finance Corp
Hitler
Tojo
Zack
Delphi Chamber OF Commerce
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