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Newspaper
Henry News Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
9
The notice outlines price ceilings for walnuts including logs B and standards with bids to the Price Administration for fair pricing. It also reports a 4-H Camp near Bloomington Marshall and Putnam counties with participants listed, schedule, activities, and registration details.
The Marshall Putnam Home Bureau reports 180 girls enrolled in 4-H clubs across multiple townships. New Wenona club and Wenonaettes join Magnolia, Swaney Handy Maids, Saratoga and Hennepin groups. leaders listed for Bell Plain Carton, Hennepin, Saratoga, Swaney, and more.
The article argues farmers should purchase War Bonds as a smart investment tied to high farm income and production. It notes rising purchasing power and the ability of farmers to buy and hold bonds, presenting discipline in budgeting and prudent spending as keys to meeting current needs while investing for the future.
Freeze fresh pineapple in season to replace scarce canned fruit. Select ripe fruit wash drain cut into slices pare rind remove core wedge or cube fill containers with fruit and 80 to 90 percent sugar syrup leave one quarter inch at top. Use cold syrup and freeze promptly. Two medium pineapples yield about three pints of frozen fruit.
Harry Flanders 71 died Sunday morning after months of illness. Born January 11, 1878 in Atkinson he wed Nel lie Chamers in 1906 at Annawan Sacred Heart. He lived in Annawan Toulon Galva and finally Tiskilwa and worked 36 years as Rock Island railroad foreman. Funeral will be Wednesday at St Marys Tiskilwa with high mass. burial at St Anthony’s Cemetery Antarngon. Survived by wife and sister Mrs Emma LaRue Colfax Iowa.
The letter urges producers to cull nonproductive hens to maintain 50 percent production. It cites government figures suggesting marketing 100 million hens from June to August and warns against dumping hens all at once. It notes labor and storage bottlenecks in poultry plants and stresses gradual, market-driven harvesting to avoid price drops.
Miss Carol Shurts, student nurse at Methodist Hospital Peoria, spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Guy Shurts. Mrs M T Porteher visits relatives in Peoria. Private Leland Wright on two weeks furlough with his parents. Orville Crooks and husband with Mrs Helen Estes and daughter Shirley visit Mrs William Phelps. Charles Rosenbaum visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Hall. Bradford Methodist Church anniversary noted.
Riddell Livestock reports mixed demand with 4 300 hogs sold on Monday and prices softening for medium weight hogs. Cattle prices remained steady to higher with top steers around 17.00 and dairy and beef cows in the 6.50 to 12.50 range. Lambs were light with Spring lambs selling near 15.00 to 16.50 and weaker lots at lower levels.
An eighth AAF fighter squadron in England reports Corporal Cecil D. Hatton of Sparland Illinois praised by General James H. Doo Little for extraordinary heroism in rescuing a bomber during sustained enemy attacks. Hatton, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Hatton, serves in a standout European theater Fighter unit aiding the Fifth War Loan Drive.
Card thanks friends and relatives for thoughtful help during illness and after the death of beloved wife and mother. Grateful for floral offerings and for those who lent cars at the funeral. Paul Selchter and Family.
Hybrid seed corn firms near Havana Mason County plan to use 150 German prisoners from Camp Ellis for detasseling their fields this year. They also aim to hire 115 Jamaican workers. Arrangements via University of Illinois extension service and Mason County Farm Bureau. Estimated over 600 workers needed. wages slightly higher than last year.
Theodore Baylor 37 of Tonica pleaded guilty to larceny in Ottawa Circuit Court before Judge Robert Larkin. Bond set at 1000 dollars with Harold Peterson as surety. Co defendant Harry Maass 17 also pleaded guilty and both await probation petitions due by July 3 at 10 a.m. Baylor formerly worked as a truck salesman for Supreme Dairy in Oglesby.
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