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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1961
Page
8
An essay describes spring’s renewal and nature scenes from a lakeside view. A muskrat’s antics trigger reflections on a recent flood displacing a home, a boy being nudged on a dark street by a muskrat, and news of a June camping convention at Lake of the Ozarks with Iowa participation and new outdoors accessories.
The Fort Dodge Men’s Civic Glee Club performs at Ruthven School Gym on Monday April 17 1961 at 8 15 p m sponsored by Ruthven Lions Club Proceeds benefit Town Lions Light Conservation fund and Ruthven Lions community Betterment fund
A reader log blends family visits and local curiosities in Iowa. Notes about Abe Lincoln ancestry in Pennsylvania, new subscribers aged 130 months, deer with sheep by a barn, and comments on Iowa lawmakers’ payroll stance mix with reflections on Civil War era debates.
George Kern Bright aged 101, longtime Lineville and Wayne counties resident, died at home two weeks after celebrating his 101st birthday. A retired farmer and livestock buyer, he was among the area's oldest residents.
Secretary Freeman announces amended ASC regulations to empower county committees. County ASC election boards are eliminated and duties shifted to county committees. Eligible officers from general farm organizations may serve as county committeemen. Committees gain authority to assign duties to community committees, aiming to restore the intended farmer community governance and improve program administration.
Farm Economist Francis Kutish of Iowa State University says the hog market should stay steady to firmer over the next two months, with slaughter 5 to 7 percent below last year and 10 to 12 percent under March. Lard and ham supplies lag last year but wholesale ham prices run about 3 cents a pound lower. The wet-ham controversy and unemployment may affect ham, while Boston butt and picnics and pork trimmings show higher prices amid government pork purchases programs.
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