Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club December Meeting
The Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club met at Mrs Lawrence Gehring's home with fourteen members and two guests present. Each member donated 50 cents for a bedside table for Zooood Samaritan Home at West Union. Hostesses for the coming year were assigned and the United Fund was discussed by the president. Kenneth Blockhus reported on a Fayette Christmas party. Mrs Edward Krueger led carols and the craft lesson with a Christmas theme, presented by Mrs Orran Bane. The meeting closed with lunch.
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Pleasant’ Valley
Orran Bane
Administrator with the Will Annexed estate notice
The District Court of Fayette County Iowa appointed Walter C Falb as Administrator With the Will Annexed of the estate of Mabel Holzer Falb deceased on December 28 1959. Debts must be paid to the administrator and all claims presented for allowance to the court. Attorney W A Antes First National Bank Building West Union Iowa 18-20
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District Court of
Fayette County
Iowa
Mabel Holzer Falb
Walter C. Falb
Co. W. Antes
First National Bank
West Union
Town
Wadena Youth Accidentally Shot on Farm Hunt
Dale Looby, 13, son of Charlton Looby of Wadena, was accidentally shot and killed on H. B. Matthys farm while meeting 15 year old Gary Voshell in the hunting area. Voshell fired after dogs barked at movement. Looby died minutes later. Services pending at Gleim's Funeral Home.
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Dale Looby
Charlton Loobys
Wadena
H. B. Matthys
Gary Voshell
Voshell
Looby
Glelm
Obituary Notice for Charlton Looby Family
The obituary lists Charlton and Evelyn Looby as parents and Charlie Looby as grandfather. Postville Iowa and Elgin grandparents Walt Dennler are noted with a large extended family. Interment is in Postville cemetery. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named along with visiting relatives in the Will Kerr home details.
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Charlie Looby
Charlton
Evelyn Looby
Al_ thea Looby
Postville
Iowa
Walt Dennler
Elgin
Donald Chapman
Johnny Sniffin
Allen Lee Knox
Steven Corkery
Clare Clark
Dennis Bond
Dennis Wheeler
Gordon Mathys
Lee Voshell
William Sniffin
Dennis Shaffer
Roy Murphy
Jimmy Aeschlimann
Richard Humphry
Pleasant Valley Homemakers Club Meeting Notes
Pleasant Valley Homemakers met Friday January 9 at 1 30 at Mrs Max Medberry's home with twelve members and one guest. A Christmas gift list. Mrs Herbert Ash reviewed The Three Against the Wilderness. A June club trip was planned and a Woman's Day table in March at Maynard was assigned. Mrs Lawrence Gehring led a pictures for your home session on matting and framing. Lunch followed. February tour at Mrs George Butikofer's home. lesson New Ways with Eggs.
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Pleasant Valley
Max Medberry
Herbert Ash
Maynard
Sesson
Lawrence Gehring
Edward Krueger
George Butikofer
Bruised forage linked to better silage findings
USDA report shows bruised forage yields better silage than conventional chopped forage. Lundell tests support rapid fermentation with higher lactic and lower butyric acids, due to extensive plant cell rupture. Studies at Beltsville ARS and university departments worldwide endorse the bruising action of Lundell Flail.Type harvesters.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lundell Mfg. Co., Inc
Lundell
USDA
Norway
Switzerland
Scotland
Netherlands
United States
State News Continued and Maine Governor Dies
The Democratic state central committee reports income of 57 537 and expenditures of 56 112 for 1958 59. Major income came from sustaining fund 25 247 and Jefferson Jackson day dinner 15 010. Clinton A Clauson former Iowa man and governor of Maine dies in his sleep at the executive mansion.
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OWA Democrats
Democratic State Central Committee
Maine
Clinton A. Clauson
Executive Mansion
Clauson
Mitchell
Iowa
Palmer’ School of Chiropractic
Davenport
Hunt Re-elected President of Iowa Board of Public Instruction
G W Hunt of Guttenberg was re-elected president of the Iowa board of public instruction for a two year term. Harry Reed of Waterloo was named vice-president for the same period.
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G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Iowa Board of Public Instruction
Harry Reed
Waterloo
Highway Commission Opens First Formal Safety Program
The low state highway commission opened its first formal accident prevention program in its 47 years. Lowell Fisk was named safety coordinator to lead the effort. Over the past decade expenditures for worker compensation totaled $472,941.
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Low- State Highway Commission
Commission
Lowell Fisk
Drinking habits show farmers in Iowa drink less than city residents
Iowa sociology professor Harold Mulford reports in Yale journal that 66 percent of city residents, 55 percent of townsfolk, and 49 percent of farm residents classify as alcohol users. The study notes men are more likely to drink than women, with rural and urban differences in beverage preferences.
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Iowa
Harold Mulford
State University of Iowa
Mulford
Yale University
Quarterly Journal of Studies
Mutford
Differences in religious group drinking patterns noted
Mulford said differences in drinking habits appear across faiths with about 70 percent of Catholics and 49 percent of Methodists reported as drinkers. The remark highlights varying social behavior among religious affiliations.
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Mulford
Helping The Child Who Is Overweight
Karen Brown a nine year old girl faced bullying from new classmates who called her Fatty Her mother took her to Dr Bill who found her physical condition satisfactory except for excess weight The doctor suggested diet changes and a school psychology consult to address eating patterns and emotional factors
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Park Playground
Karen
Fatty
Bill
Diet and emotional factors in Karen's overeating saga
A family narrative describes Karen's overeating amid possible emotional triggers. Mrs. Brown's psychology report finds no emotional difficulty, and a dieting plan with Karen's cooperation shows success. A Sunday collection incident and a minor domestic exchange hint at daily life aside from medical progress noting high costs for prevention.
Year 46 B C calendar chaos and Brazil’s seat of power
The text notes 46 B C as the year of confusion when the Roman calendar gained 15 months to align with the seasons. It mentions World Book Encyclopedia on political whims shaping calendars and Brazil as the only Western Hemisphere nation with Mesypsa as a royal government seat from 1603 to 1821.
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B. C
World Book Encyclopedia
Brazil
Mesypsa
Portugal
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