4-H Club enrollment grows. leadership changes noted
Curly Cues Liuters reports big increases in 4-H enrollments for the coming year across Independence Fern Valley West Bend and other clubs. The note lists club leaders for Lost Island Walnut Vernon Independence Highland Emmetsburg Freedom Fairfield Silver Lake Fern Valley Booth West Bend Rush Lake Ellington and urges youths to contact local offices or county extension. After Jan 1 baby beef closes. a Farm and Home Development group forms in January inviting young farm couples to join and submit names before the organizational meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Island-Walnut
Harold J. Jorgensen
John Hoffman
Vernon
Claire Enge
Don McEwan
Independence
Charley Nalg
Gene Huskamp
Highland
Cecil Harms
Hub Campney
Kenneth Henningsen
Fern Valley
Keyton Fogarty
Francis Fandel
Booth
Charles Coldren
Charles Grove
West Bend
Richard Brown
Verle Perkins
Rush Lake-Ellington
Bill Baxter
Kenneth Kenyon
New Farm and Home Extension Groups Planned for 1963
A new group plans to form to accompany the 22 couples already in Farm and Home Extension. The first phase began in 1958 with three groups since, and organizers hope to start another group in 1963.
Graettinger City Council Hires Gas System Manager
At a special meeting in Graettinger Iowa on November 26 1962 the council interviewed applicants for the gas system manager. They awarded the position to Russell Mesendrink at 400 dollars per month to start December 3 1962 and approved temporary pay for D A Sears at 110 dollars per week for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Donald R. Durant
Durant
Potter
McDonald
Russell L. Mesendrink
Knudtson
Millen
D. A. Sears
Rolfson
Palo Alto County Farmers Union Elects Officers
Officers were elected and resolutions passed at the annual Palo Alto county Farmers Union meeting in Emmetsburg on Tuesday November 27 Gene Ford was reelected president Wm Bax ter of Mallard became vice president and Kenneth Lockwood of Mallard was reelected secretary treasurer Delegates to the Des Moines state convention include Baxter Bill O Leary George Blake and Ralph McCullough Alternates named are Ray Beatty Jack Kibbie Fred Wirtz and Charles Kunz The union urged boosting diverted acres payments to 40 percent of the base and urged use of federal old age assistance funds before reverting to the general fund They also urged allowing local governments to invest funds and changing gas tax refund procedures to fit the federal model They recommended funding land tax credits to pay them in full and limiting payments to Iowa residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Baxter
Bill O'Leary
George Blake
Ralph McCullough
Ray Beatty
Jack Kibbie
Fred Wirtz
Charles Kunz
County Farmers Union
Iowa
Wallingford representatives attend CCA meeting in Kansas City
G. Bonstead Omar Berkgren and Mr and Mrs Vernon Brown and others from Wallingford Coop Elevator attended the Consumers Cooperative Association annual meet in Kansas City Missouri December 5 to 7 They represented the Wallingford Elevator at the event placing Wallingford on the cooperative map
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. ©. Bonstead
Omar Berkgren
Vernon Brown
Robert Retsell
Vernon Torreson
Russell Holen
Consumers Cooperative Association
CCA
Kansas City
Wallingford Coop
Wallingford
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Graettinger Times
Wirh
Curly
Emmetsburg
Jim Frambach
Charles Nelson
Freedom
Bob Darrah
Duane Meling
Fairfield
Maurice Drew
Silver Lake
George Merriam
Floyd Petersen
Henry Ch Mie
United States
American Cancer Society
Cancer Crusade
Graettinger
R. T. Peterson
D. L. Lammers
Graettinger Milk
Tiks
DIAL
HAY Bunk
Palo Alto County Farmers Union
Gene Ford
Wm. N. Baxter
Mallard
Kenneth Lockwood
Graettinger State Bank
FELCO
Graettinger Coop Grain
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