Local Socials and Elections Highlight Community News
Fragments show bridge club scores with Olive Knutson winning high and Elva Clark taking the traveling prize. Notices share visitors in Delwein Lamont, birthday celebrations, Legion Auxiliary lunch, and deaths near Arlington. Town election results list Roy Learhart mayor and several council seats. Teaser notes upcoming operetta dates and a senior class play with practice starting May 1.
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Aten
Iowa City
A. G. Herrling
J. R. Wood
Dorothy
Delwe
Ho Mae Johnson
Florence Thyer
Volga
Woodrow Reed
Ralph Reed
West Union
Enevieve Leanhart
Dennigan
Colleen Reed
Wak
Ray Herwig
Mercy
Timan
Agschliman
Elizabeth
Roy Learhart
J. C. Kennedy
W. H. Whitcher
W. Toomey
Tin
A. G Herrling
Ernestine Hercling
Glen Frey
Assercor
Elgin Glee Club Presents Garden of the Shah Operetta
The Elgin glee club delivered a rehearsal for the operetta In the Garden of the Shah a romance of Persia by May and John Dodge. Principal players include Marian Lehman Gerald Shaffer and Harold Weibel. The group prepares for the high school auditorium performance on April 14 featuring colorful costumes and Persian roles.
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Sniss Sanuel Johnson Jackson
Wopluwa
Ruddyie Noruny
wWeru
Priniet
Amber Knox
Kathryn Heinel de Lula
Glee Cubs
Persia
May
John Dodge
Marian Lehman
Gerald Shaffer
Harold Weibel
Local births and social announcements stain busy week
Mr and Mrs Louis Sutter welcomed a daughter born Sunday April 3. Gladys Stochr of Waukegsa visited her relatives in Volga City. Wedding invitations went out for Lester Wenger and Florence Follen to marry April 16 at Volga City Methodist Church. Local students advanced in music contests with several earning superior ratings and heading to state. Rev Paul F Zose Morag attended Iowa University chapel meetings. County residents assisted with travel to Des Moines and Waterloo for exams and events. Dr L S Hutchinson returned from Rochester for treatment and remains homebound. Nurse Constance Hutchinson left for Lafayette Indiana. Various families, anniversaries, and church events filled the week.
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Lester Wenger
Alfred Wenger
Clermont
Florence Follen
Volga City
Methodist
Paul F. Zose Morag
Farm Notes on Prices Crops and Poultry Practices
Federal economists forecast a late drop in hog prices with slaughter up 25 to 30 percent between April and September. Iowa seed labeling rules demand germination data and year tested, amid reports of lower quality seed this year. Extension entomologists plan rodent control demonstrations in seven counties to protect crops. Soil and lawn care guidance covers rolling sod, Kentucky bluegrass, and turf mixtures. Pasture management advises delaying bluegrass grazing until May, with grain for high-producing cows. Poultry guidance covers chick housing, free range, and sex separation to reduce mortality and improve gains.
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Iowa
Brawder House
Underdeveloped Chicks and Breed Representativeness
The text notes prioritizing healthy growth in growing or underdeveloped chicks and advises discarding birds that are not representative of their breed or variety. It emphasizes selecting sound stock for accurate breed expression and overall flock quality.
Township Committees Elected For Soil Conservation Program
Farm Bureau News Letter reports education meetings and the election of township committees in 20 townships to administer the soil conservation program. Committees named in Dover Clermont Union Pleasant Valley Fairfield and others include Gratt Lauer A C Nesvil L D Hitch Robert Wilson Glen Nus and more. Farmers to cooperate must have 15 percent of their farm’s soil depleting base in soil conserving crops, with crops listed as depleting and conserving, and guidance on maximum reward based on 1935 soil-depleting acreage.
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Farm Bureau
Dover
Gratt Lauer
Clermont
A. C. Nesvil
Kenneth Kerr
H. L. Vaustin
Union
L. D. Hitch
Harry R. Humphry
Wm E. Halsted
Pleasant Valley
Robert Wilson
W. C.follett
Arthur Chapman
Tlyria
Rothizberger
John W. Flan- Jagan
Guy Ernst
Fairfield
Glen Nus
Herbert Meizgeier
Alf. Keamussen
Sudan
Bermuda
Township Committees Meet On Soil Conservation Program
Township soil conservation committees meet at the Legion hall in Fayette today to learn the program and approval method. A state committee representative leads the session, with farmers urged to complete a farm worksheet to qualify for rail reward payments. Payments rates include alfalfa 2.00 per acre, red and mammoth clover 1.56, alsike and other clovers 1.00, for crops seeded between Oct 1 1935 and Sept 30 1936. legume mixtures soybeans and cowpeas plowed as green manure.
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Farm Bureau
Township Soil Conservation Committees
Legion Hall
Fayette
Secretary of Agriculture
Soil payments for land use and liming program details
The text outlines manure payment of $1.50 per acre for seed lomep hunt between Oct 1, 1935 and Sept 30, 1938. Limestone application of at least two tons per acre yields $2.60 per acre for crop land or pasture between Jan 1, 1996 and Sept 30, 1936. Soil building payment can be earned with the larger soil conserving payment but cannot exceed the number of soil conserving crop acres on the farm in 1996 times $1.00 per acre.
Honolulu Hosts Mercury’s Most Equable Climate Claim
Report notes that Honolulu likely enjoys America’s most stable climate with average temperatures varying no more than ten degrees between now and midnight, suggesting remarkable consistency in the city’s weather pattern.
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America
Honolulu
Salt Ceremony Aims to Preserve Bachelors on Shrove Tuesday
A fragmentary report notes a traditional practice in Connaught Irish Free State where bachelors are salt pressed on the necks during Shrove Tuesday to supposedly preserve them. The peculiar custom reflects local customs and social expectations of the period.
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Connaught
Change of Address Notice for Echo Delivery
Please notify the Echo promptly of any change of address to ensure better delivery service. Call or write in advance if possible, Ati.
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Echo
Ati
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