Virgin Island visit highlights Stewart family ties
Leo Stewart, longtime Graettinger resident, visits the Virgin Islands after 38 years away. The West End News notes his return to Dayton, Ohio for his Spanish teaching post at Dunbar High School, where he earned a Ford Foundation fellowship for a doctorate. The piece mentions real estate booms in the islands and praises Stewart's career and family connections.
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Leo
Lionel) Stewart
Graettinger
Virgin Island
West End News
Virgin Islands
Leo HE
Islands
Stewart
America
Edward Mitchell
United States
West End
Leo BB. Stewart
Dayton
Ohio
Dunbar High School
Dunbar High
National University of Mexico
Ford Foundation
Navy
Meggers
Fred McFarlane
Dunbar
National Cash Register Co
Latin America
Prof. McFarlane
L. G. Philips
McFarlane
Arkansas
Stewarts
Boy
Carlos G. Stewart
Results From Labor Day Stock Show Nears Rainy Wrap Up
The FFA livestock show was held indoors at the Clark building due to a rainstorm. Judging by Reg Satory covered beef, grain, dairy, poultry, swine, sheep, and corn categories with multiple blue red and white ribbons awarded to numerous exhibitors including Kempf Weir Reeves Thim and Deserving others across beef grain and crop divisions.
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FFA
Clark Building
Bob Johnson
Algona
Ed Thoreson
Haberville
Ralph Maddox
Ruthven
Reg Satory
Don Weir
Melvin Kempf
Bob Reeves
Dennis Graettinger
Joe Graettinger
Larry Masters
Alvin Miller
Darvin Schnell
Larry Herke
Rodney Thim
den Weltz
Erland Duus
Glenn Reeves
Rodnacy Thim
Erian Duus
Culliford Egeland
Richard Brighton
Elifford Egeland
Dwight Derrickson
Alan Norris
Jim Mahan
Grant Wilson
Bob Fanning
Kenneth Suss
Leo Beschorner
Gerald Twait
Francis ‘Tindall
Joe Tindall
Jim Maha
Lea Beschorner
To Beecher
Bob Glrves
Howard Hansel
Dennis Lastine
Jerry Murphy
Larry Baedke
Beanstalk
Francis Tindall
Richard Halaman
Don Mahan
Kenneth Haisman
Gary Smith
Brian Daws
Lensle Hurd
Hay
Tom Boecker
Clifford Egeland
Lennia Hurd
Wright Woman Breaks Ankle In Garden Slip
Mrs. D. C. Wright of Northwood slipped while working in her garden and fractured bones in her ankle, requiring medical treatment.
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D. C. Wright
Northwood
Seeds and romance end in a fatal road crash
A spring romance between Warren, a dry goods clerk, and a country girl ends tragically when a car hits them at an intersection. The girl dies, Warren is hospitalized, a small seed crop grows in a corner field, and the broader life pattern continues amid the accident.
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Warren
Bis
Lowa
Warren Gold
Fulton man grows 38 inch oriental radish
Oscar Watters of Fulton produced a giant oriental radish in his garden. The vegetable measured 38 inches long and weighed about five pounds, reported locally.
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Oscar Watters
Fulton
County Loan Rates Set for 1957 Soybeans in Palo Alto
Joe A. Lynch announced the 1957 price support for Palo Alto county soybeans at 2.06 per bushel for No. 2 or better green or yellow soybeans. The rate ties to a national average of 2.09, about 70 percent of parity, with loans and purchase agreements available from harvest through January 31. Other Iowa price-supported crops and county variations were also listed.
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Palo Alto County
Joe A. Lynch
ASC
Iowa
Palo Alto
Apple Blow-Over Tree Produces Blossoms in Grinnell
An apple tree blown over and thought dead on Frank Strover’s Grinnell property has begun showing blossoms again, indicating resilience and a surprising regrowth. The event highlights nature’s rebirth and local interest in the damaged tree.
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Frank Strover
Grinnell
Fall Fertilizer Eases Spring Planting Burdens
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges fall fertilizing to save farmers time and labor in spring. Benefits include firmer fields, less soil packing, ready nutrients, and early growth. Top dressing alfalfa reduces winter kill and lowers feed costs. broadcasted fertilizer boosts yields and profits. Risks include nitrogen loss on sandy soils and heavy rainfall.
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Middle West
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James Dean
Jane Withers
Dan Dailey
Ginger Rogers
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Emmetsburg
RTM
Towa
Radisil
Kan
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Monroe, Iowa
Carl Bonstead Graettinger
Harvey Anderson
Joe Brinkman
Estherville
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