Delegation Visits New PyAgricultural HQ In Inington
Marshall Putnam leaders and business men tour the new PyAgricultural Association headquarters in Inington on March 8. The group includes former presidents Kuhfuss, McKee, Sutherland and others. A R Wright of Varna is the only missing former president.
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Ken
Marshall-Putnams
PyAgricultural Association
Inington
Nts
Marshall,Putnam Organs
A R. Wright
Varna
A. Kuhfuss
Mackinaw
Illinois Agricultural Association
Leland Monier
Steuben Township
Lester Leigh
LaPrairie
Russell V. McKee
Wilbur Sutherland
McNabb
I.A.A
William Kuhfuss
Frank Clift
Whitefield
Harry Ihff
Bell Plain Township
Delegation Largest To Visit New IAA Building at Bloomington
The Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau organized the visit to the new IAA headquarters in Bloomington on Thursday. About 100 people toured the three story granite structure, learning from Frank Chambers and Secretary Kuhfuss about the building’s features and the Farm Bureau’s crop adjustment program amid national policy debates.
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Bloomington
Est
Hnols
IAA
Oup
Earl Memorial Room
Manby Frank Chambers
Rmation Department
Eterna
William Kuhain
Chinaw
Kuhfuss
Marshall
Freeableman
Kim Ington
Washington
Kahtigg
Biblie
Lacdd Ca
Kuhfussei
Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau
Marshall-Putnam
Farm Bureau
Illinois
County Farm
Chicago
Public meeting on farm policy in Henry Thursday
W Monier of Steuben chairing the public affairs committee announces a Farm Bureau sponsored meeting in Henry on Thursday night March 30. The session will explain the national farm policy and the new farm bill with colored slides detailing effects on individual farms. Also discussed is the cropland retirement program and the group’s Washington hearing news. Present on the committee are Charles W Read Carl Junker Herschel McLaren and Marion Zelimer.
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W. Monier
Steuben
Legisla
Putnam Farm
Farm ‘Bureau
Henry
TAA
Congress
Farm Bureau
Congressional Committee
Washington, D. C
Monier
Charles W. Read
Carl Junker
Herschel McLaren
Marion
Zelimer
Putnam Grain Co Annual Meeting Set for March 24
The Putnam Grain company schedules its annual meeting for Saturday March 24 at 7 30 p.m. in the Putnam town hall to elect seven directors and discuss other matters. The 1961 reports show solid business. Ray Madsen is president Willis Wheeler vice president Chan Read secretary treasurer. Directors named include Lawrence Daniels Otto Louis William E Clift Roy Kaufman with Lewis Olson as manager and Helen Yarrington as bookkeeper.
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The
Putnam Grain Company
Putnam Town Hall
Ray Madsen
Willis Wheeler
Chan Read
Lawrence Daniels
Otto Louis
William E. Clift
Roy Kaufman
Mrs Kennedy Returns Home After Major Surgery
Mrs Kenneth Kennedy of Varna returns home from St Marys hospital Streator after major surgery on February 26. She is convalescing satisfactorily but will be confined to home for about ten weeks.
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Kenneth Kennedy
Varna
St. Mary’s, Hospital
Streator
Kennedy
Henry Area School Board Seats Debate Under New Illinois Law
Henry Community Consolidated Grade School district in Henry, Illinois, with area 70.42 square miles, seeks clarity on board representation. State legal adviser confirms not more than five members may be elected from the City of Henry under Section 114 of the School Code of 1961.
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Heniry Township
of Education
Illinois
Henry
Board of
Board of Education
Henry ‘Township
James Tindall
Charles Cooper
Royal Kays
Francis McEvoy
McEvoy
Leslie Gustafson
Saratoga Township
Tindall
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Springfield
Tindall Tindall
Kenneth H. Lemmer
Office of Public Instruction
Henry Community Consolidated Grade School
Balarree
Henry Township
James E. Tindall
Mr. Tindall
Henry Community Consolidated
Laurence Schumacher
St Mary's Church
Brukes
Joseph Lyons
Granville
Lyons
Schumacher Auto
Carr Bros
Carol Bonucchi
12 New Members Received Into National Honor Society
In Henry, at Senachwine high school, 12 students were inducted into the local National Honor Society chapter. The ceremony occurred Monday morning as new members were announced, including Jean Wyman and Virginia Sendelbach among others.
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Henry- Senachwine High School
National Honor Society
Jean Wyman
William Wyman
Virginia Sendelbach
Robert Child Joins Grandfather In Henry Mortuary Firm
Robert Child of Henry joins his grandfather R. O. Green in the Henry mortuary business after earning a diploma from Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago. The ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel included a noon banquet and a keynote by Roger Yettleburg of the Minors Federation of Funeral Directors. The event drew family members and friends, with Child planning to reside at 925 Warren Street while apprenticing under his grandfather.
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Robert Child
Henry
Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Chicago
Sheraton
Roger Yettleburg
Minors Federation of Funeral Directors
Child
Harry Eschel
Frank Jennings
John Carroll Sons Funeral Home
O. P. Child
Don Child
Richard Phillips
East Peoria
Bob
Warren Street
R. O. Green
Fulks and Grasser Lead DeKalb Corn Contest Winners
Donald Fulks of Putnam and Ralph Grasser of McNabb finished first and second in Putnam county in DeKalb 1961 National Selected 5acre corn growing contest. Fulks yielded 126.12 bu per acre with seed No. 633. Grasser averaged 122.15 bu with seed No. 805. First prize plaque lists winner and county. second prize a premium stock knife.
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Donald Fulks
Putnam
Ralph Grasser
McNabb
Putnam County
Fulks
Grasser
Andy
429 MP Farms Sign For Feed Grain Program
The Marshall Putnam County ASCS office reports 429 farms sign up for the 1962 Feed Grain program, with 312 in Marshall and 117 in Putnam. Sign up runs through March 30, 1962, per Henry manager George Lander. Advance payments totaling $18 137 have been issued, and regulations clarify diverted acres, grazing, and grain sorghum classifications.
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Marshall- Putnam County
ASCS
Marshall County
Putnam County
Henry
George Lander
Marshall-Putnam Ascs
Sudan
Twelve Join Henry-Senachwine Honor Society
Twelve new members were received March 12 into the National Honor Society at Henry-Senachwine High School. An induction ceremony was followed by a Rotary luncheon at the Farm Bureau building with alumni secretary Russell Troxel of Hines Wesleyan University as speaker.
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Rotary Club
Henry Rotary Club
Honor Society
Ben Greiner
Nell Fadden
Charles Cooper
Russell Troxell
Illinois Wesleyan University
Frank Adams
Henry Senachwine High School
A. W. Barth
al Foster
Ernest Rose
Don McWard
Dick , Finfgeld
Tha. Club
Journey
Henry. Pabyenen Bnaven
Gordon
Downey
Alnging
Lee Titcomb
National Honor Society
Henry-Senachwine High School
Hngh
Farm Bureau
Linda Miller
Kay Nader
Dorothy Bergantz
Mario Cooper
Jean Wyman
Margie Nauman
Russell Troxel
Bloomington
Hines Wesleyan University
Rotary
Charles Owens
James Cook
Terry Freeman
Jean Finfgeld
Linda Grover
Virginia Sendelbach
Neil Fadden
Alumni Bake Sale Tops Fundraising Efforts
The alumni bake sale chaired by Mrs. Eugene Bickerman reports a very successful event last Saturday March 10 with approx 135 dollars in proceeds and ongoing cash donations. Gratitude is extended to committee members Mrs. Frank Onyan Mrs. Lewis Wabel Jr Mrs. Steve Hunter and others including Mrs. Jeanette Kuss Mrs. Ed Glatz Mrs. Gale Warner Bill Miller and all who contacted classmates and contributed food goods and cash. The sale is an annual affair and organizers seek more fundraising ideas to boost alumni involvement.
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Eugene Bickerman
Gale Warner
Bill Miller
Bradley U Official To Address Rotary Meeting
Max Allard will be program chairman next Monday for the noon luncheon of the Henry Rotary club and will present as his speaker Orville Nothdurst dean of admissions at Bradley university. Guests at the March 12 Rotary meeting were Rotarians Frank Dalrymple Walter Martin Louis Lenz John Mueller Francis McEvoy and Raymond Heininger from several towns.
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Max Allard
Henry Rotary Club
Orville Nothdurst
Bradley University
Frank Dalrymple
Lacon
Walter Martin
Varna
Louis Lenz
John Mueller
Bloomington
Francis McEvoy
Henry
Raymond Heininger
Putnam
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State Farm Bureau
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Sso
Putnam Grain Co
Annual Meeting
Lewis Olson
Helen Yarrington
Duane Beatty
Dewey Hodge
Ed Ransom
Jet
State Office
Legal Adviser
Henry Grade School
Saratoga
Hopewell
Wheatland Township
Bureau County
Schumacher
Henry Mortuary
Leonard Sendelbach
Everett J. Miller
Dick Finfgeld
Kay Noder
Edwin Noder
Leroy Nauman
Russell Grover
Terri Freeman
Eleanor Freeman
Chester Cook
Bernard Bergantz
E. J. Miller
Ed Noder
Percy Swift
Amelia Noder
Troxe
Sinola Wesleyan University
American Oil Company
Fulks and
Henry-Senachwine Honor Society
News-Republican
Rickey Studio
Bradley U
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