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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1966
Page
9
A cotton covered nylon thread named dual duty combines strength with cotton's advantages, suited for stretch fabrics and knits with silicone finish for easy sewing and iron safe results. Bonded fabrics with tricot backing ease sewing, prevent raveling, and allow smooth draping, boosting demand and prices for spring clothing.
The Go-Getters 4-H club met February 9 at Pierceville Grade School with Health Night as the theme. Members discussed an exchange meeting with another club, placed the purple seal on the charter, and heard talks on swine care, fresh vegetables, and American history.
Secretary Freeman announced record 22.5 million in cost-sharing emergency conservation aid under the 1985 ACP. Nearly 36,000 farmers in 531 counties across 36 states sought help for flood drought tornadoes fires and wind erosion. In Kansas 653 farmers in multiple counties requested aid to repair flood damages with practices including grading releveling reseeding fences drainage ditches and dikes. Funds cover up to 80 percent of restoration costs under Public Law 85-58 via ASC committees.
Seven counties Ford Finney Gray Haskell Clark Meade Hodgeman sent 89 presentations to Cimarron High School for the annual Regional Club Day on February 2. Judges named for demonstrations plays talent and music included Mrs. Rodger Hurd Parker Calvert and Sterling with agents from Clark Gray Finney Haskell Meade involved in talks sneaking and arrangements.
Garden City FFA will enter the Southwest District Shop contest at Lakin on Friday with farm mechanics competitors led by Endiing and Rich ard Ligntner. Garden City also fields speech contestants Jerry Brown Greg Hands and Tim Stone. The club previously won last year with 7 884 points and first in speech, and members joined the 8th Harry Smith and Son Field Day at Elkhart on March 5. A district 4-H and FFA livestock judging school opened with beef cattle swine sheep and horses classes.
Ensign Boosters and Cimarron 4 H members led Gray County in Regional 4 H Day with blue ribbon model meeting and multiple demonstrations. Darrell Strawn and Ann Moomaw won blue and red ribbons in junior and senior demos while Peggy Moomaw showcased color theory and Ruth Kimbrel with Ben Reinert led club governance.
The Pawnee Indians 4-H Club held its February meeting with Mrs. W D Daniels outlining purple seal requirements. County agent Al Mattox announced Regional 4-H Day at Cimarron February 26 and a Livestock Judging School at Elk Hart March 3. Activities included singing Home on the Range, knitting and chickens talks, a materials measurement demonstration, a Denver trip report, percussion instruments, and kitchen safety.
An economist argues the uptick in the Consumer Price Index is not driven by food costs alone. The piece explains base periods and weighting in CPI calculations, noting housing, medical care, transportation, and personal care also influence the index, with food comprising about one-fifth of its weight.
The article discusses reseeding lawns in spring with cool season grasses. It recommends Kentucky 31 fescue and rye grass as quickly establishing options, notes seeding rates of 4 pounds per 1000 sq ft for rye and 6 to 8 pounds for K 31, and advises sowing deeply and early while cautioning against mixed plantings and using fine bladed fescues as permanent Kansas lawns guidance. Dormant pruning tips follow, stressing visibility and planning before pruning.
Addison Taylor aged 87 confronted a neighbor's complaint about a crowing rooster by eating the chicken for dinner one night this week in Tucson. The incident stems from a dispute over morning noise and ends with the farmer resolving the issue through an unintended meal.
A fragment notes per capita disposable incomes rose about 25 percent since the 1957-59 base while food prices climbed 10.8 percent in the same period. This snapshot compares affordability trends and living costs across the era.
A Kansas extension note advises pruning deciduous trees and shrubs with care, leaving early bloomers until after flowering and coating cuts over an inch. Free leaflets on vegetable planting dates, nut varieties, and Kansas crops are available from the county Extension office or Kansas State University Distribu Center. The article also notes Finland marshes covering 30 percent of the land and the U.S. cotton crop average of 492 pounds per acre.
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