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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
10
Christmas celebration for Lincoln Livewires 4 H Club features wrapped gifts, carols, games like Please Smile and Tall Tales, and a Christmas guessing relay. Members share home gift ideas, safety talks, and a community service focus with a December basket for a needy family.
A two day formula feed conference will be held at Kansas State College January 9 and 10. F W Atkeson serves as chairman and invites feed dealers, manufacturers, county agents and agricultural leaders to hear reports on animal nutrition and application to the trade. About 500 attend annually. Speakers include L A Moore USDA Washington on dairy cow rations, Orville G Bentley Ohio State on rumen organisms, G F Combs Maryland on feeding laying and breeding chickens and turkeys, and J L Krider McMillen Feed Mills on swine nutrition. Presidents James A McCain and Arthur D Weber will offer welcome remarks.
Garden View Grange held a regular meeting with a covered dish supper and Christmas carols. Plans announced for district grange officers training school on January 2 with degree work January 3. Lecturer Betty Thompson distributed year program books, shared safety tips and poems. A film The Nations Meat was shown as Santa visited children and gave treats. Grange booster night set for January 18 at Plymell Community House.
Four men robbed Ball's Supermarket in Kansas City Kansas of an undetermined amount at opening time. Three men armed with automatics entered the store while a fourth waited in a car. The robbers fled in a 1955 automobile with the money in a paper bag.
The 64 page Farmers Tax Guide, a bulletin from the Internal Revenue Service, helps farmers compute their 1955 income tax with plain language info and step by step form filling. It includes a rapid finder index and about 175 entries, and 40,000 copies are available through county extension offices.
The Kansas Drought Committee surveys 24 counties to determine farmer eligibility for the federal feed subsidy program. The Agriculture Department acts at Senator Schoeppel's request. The aid covers $1 per hundred pounds of feed. Schoeppel sought reconsideration to include the remaining 24 counties.
The Finney county 4-H Farm and Home Electric Project showcased how an overloaded circuit can ignite a model house, followed by demonstrations on hard water testing and essential electrical tools. Frances Russell spoke on Finland with club members attending a festive meeting, caroling, and a poporn Christmas tree demo.
Firman E Bear editor of Soil Science magazine told a Land Use forum at Kansas State college current grain surpluses look small He said corn fed to hogs wastes four fifths of caloric value and seven eighths of protein The dairy cow is best converter of grains to high protein human food He warned grain fed livestock could be sacrificed in need to feed people and noted the soil protection role of livestock and the refrigeration industry as an ally
Denver reported a KOA strike by 43 members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians began early today. Negotiations ended after a 10 p.m. meeting, with workers leaving at midnight. The dispute centers on wages working conditions and jurisdiction.
Linda VenJohn reports on a community Christmas gathering featuring a grab bag gift exchange among attendees. The event highlighted holiday cheer and neighborly camaraderie in a festive setting.
The Home Demonstration agent judged twenty five pies in the 4 H Cherry Pie baking contest at Dodge City. Most used shortening or lard. cornstarch and flour were tested as thickeners. LaVeda Million won the senior division and Corlee Wasson the junior, with future state judging set for Wichita on January 7.
The Finney county 4-H electric program reports twenty members at the December 15 meeting at the 4-H building. Members enrolled include Leona Dater, Kenyon Clutter, Leon Largent, Anna Mae Largent, George Deslongchamp, Buddy Enslow, Jerry Stucker, Kathleen Sughrue, Mart Garrett, Jane Dreiling, Jo ngaret Sughrue, Patty Sughrue, Larry York, Ramona Bayer, Charlene Dicks, Robert Blackwood, Vernon Schneer, Lilly Dreiling, Larry Geier, and Gary Jarmer. The group covers electrical tool safety, building electric articles, and repair tasks with future lessons on lighting, equipment care, and a plant tour. L. M. Sargent leads, demonstrating safety by wiring a miniature house to show overloading risks, and the letter ends with Christmas wishes.
Mixed dry ingredients with shortening then added egg yolk juice and milk to form a soft dough. Rolled and baked a cherry filling pie with lattice top, baking at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
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