4-H Leaders Lead Drive Against Traffic Death Toll in Chicago
More than two million 4-H members unite to Back the Attack on Traffic Accidents at the 35th National 4-H Congress in Chicago. National winners from GM scholarships urge increased driver training and stricter highway discipline during a campaign highlighting 42,000 annual fatalities and aims to cut the toll.
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General Motors
Chicago
Richard Mitchell
Denver
Cole
Colorado Teenage Traffic Safety Association
Farmers embrace grass and legume mixtures to conserve soil
Farmers who once fought grass now view it and legume mixtures as allies for soil and water conservation. They aim to improve land use and provide feed for meat dairy and poultry production as noted by Governor Luther Hodges in North Carolina.
Truth Will Out A banker critiques college costs
A Detroit News opinion cites a banker who argues a college education sets a man back three or four years and questions using vague terms, urging direct reference to the father figure in shaping financial paths.
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Detroit News
Fifty Years Ago in Lancaster Farming February 1907
Fifty years ago this week the Lancaster County Farmers' Institute opened a two day Quarryville gathering led by William Brosius with W F Hill and other speakers and about 300 attendees. In Lancaster Senator Tillman spoke on race and disfranchisement. Gov. Stuart signed a 1907 act allowing county commissioners to erect new bridges where needed to aid public travel.
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Lancaster County Farmers’ Institute
Quarryville
William Brosius
Lancaster
Martin
Benjamin Tuillman
South Carolina
South
Tillman
Gov
Stuart
Pennsylvania
Fire kills four children on Delaware farm near Bridgeville
A tenant house on Rep A Newton’s farm near Bridgeville Delaware burned, killing four children aged 2 to 10. Isaiah Johnson and the eldest child escaped by leaping from a second story window as the building collapsed. The wife was away, and the father could not save all his children.
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Rep . A. Newton
Bridgeville
Del
Isaiah Johnson
Johnson
Lancaster
Wesley Book
Unicorn
Book
Jesus
Division of Christian Education
National Counsil
Churches of Christ
Community Freas Service
Agriculture and community clubs shape Lancaster farming 1932
Fifteen years back and more in Lancaster County agriculture groups debated daylight saving time voting against changes harming farming. The Lancaster County Tobacco Growers' Association met at Neffsville School with seed treatment talk. Egg laying contest reports show 780 birds produced 46 050 eggs in three months with Guy Leader leading at 729 points. The 1932 Farm Bureau meeting in Lancaster elected David Landis as president. Octoraro Farmers' Club members hosted at Walnut Lane Farm Homesville, displaying a Leg horn pullet and turnips. Emphasis on boys and girls clubs shaping future farming leadership.
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Lancaster County Fruit Growers’ Assn
Farm Women’s Society 13
Lloyd Lauschy
Intercourse
Lancaster Advertisers’ Club
Hotel
Pennsylvania
Guy A. Leader
York
Octoraro Farmers’ Club
Linford Webster
Walnut Lane
Homesville
Roy Ferguson
George Haverstick
Lights on the Church as a Guiding Beacon
A sermon compares city traffic lights to biblical warnings and encouragements. It argues for a church that balances red warning lights with green encouragement, warning against superficial judgments and urging clear guidance for both believers and society.
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Jesus
Criistians
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Highway Dragon
Earl Lee Norton
Attala
Ala
Anita Mae Wenger
Powhattan
Kansas
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Parsonsburg
Clyde Templeton
Olin
N.C
Ella Lou Hembree
Braman
Okla
LoRetta Hales
Spanish Fork
Utah
Marjorie Rauwerdin
Aining
Wey
Luther H. Hodges
N. C
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W. F. Hill
J. H. Funk
Harrisburg
L. W. Lighty
East Berlin
Sara Br Fritz
Duncannon
John F.shenk
New Providence
George Bucher
Mechanic Grove
Luther Burbank
Europe
America
Stratford
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association
Neffsville Consolidated School
C. L. Cramer
J. M. Frey
State College
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
David M. Landis
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Eg Om Lea Il Ai Bes
Nyone
Dr. Foreman
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