Dairy Herd An Aid To Farm Success In Kansas
Elmer C Weibel operates 160 acres north of Oskaloosa Kansas and maintains a 20 head Jersey herd producing about 250 pounds a day. A Farm Security Administration tenant purchase loan financed farm ownership with improvements including a dairy barn silo and milking facilities. He markets 85 quarts daily milk route and sells the rest to a Kansas City creamery while expanding diversified farming and soil conservation practices. The Weibel family and four children live in a well kept home with four Jersey heifers sheep hogs horses and laying hens completing a balanced farm operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Weibel
Ossplooka i
Jefferson County
Kansi
Weibel
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Weibels
Nogman
Warren
Marion
Farmer Weibel Builds Wide Crop Base and Uses Horses
The 1940 profile notes Weibel cultivating 18 acres of wheat 28 of sweet clover five in timothy and 14 in alfalfa. He milks at 4 a m and delivers by 6 a m using a small tractor mainly for grinding feed. he prefers horse labor. The tenant program aims to curb tenancy with help from the FSA advisory committee. Kansas counties designated include Norton Marshall Nemaha Rooks Ottawa Jefferson Johnson Saline Rice Morris Lyon Franklin Neosho Labette Sumner Harvey Stafford.
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Weibel
United States
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
FSA Advisory Committee
Kansas
Norton
Marshall
Nemaha
Rooks
Ottawa
Jefferson
Johnson
Saline
Rice
Morris
Lyon
Franklin
Neosho
Labette
Sumner
Harvey
Stafford
You Go First Policy In Nomination Schedule
Washington reports both parties struggle to choose which party names a presidential candidate first. Democrats may set Chicago as the site while Republicans plan a date after February 16, delaying decisions as conventions supply time to arrange lodging and meals for crowds.
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Washington
White House
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
James Farley
Farley
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Beloit Drug Store Fire Destroys Curtis Store
Fire destroyed the Curtis drug store and its stock in Beloit Kansas. The blaze was reported at 4 30 a m and firemen battled it for almost five hours.
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Beloit
Kan
Curtis Drug Store
Woodlawn and McAllaster P T A and School News
Lawrence district notes Woodlawn school hosts P T A films and a museum trip. Woodlawn pupils report Mr Harms leaving for high school. McAllaster first grade builds a grocery store from crates and crafts a snow study. Kansas Day assembly features many grades and activities. Langdon, Hess, and Long lead McAllaster events. fifth grade English club held. Fox tale from Preston and Pinckney stories shared. Lincoln school grades study night sky with no tardies. Miss Encee to speak on Child Guidance. Lincoln teachers stage Froggie Went A Courtin with student roles. Webster attends Topeka administration meeting.
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Fred Montgomery
Woodlawn School
Jimmy
Kenneth
Mary Ann Mahoney
Harms
Woodlawn
Lowell Ashby
Ober’s
Lowell
McAllaster
McAllaster School
Kansas Day Assembly
Billy Gene Hess
Laurena Long
Long
Kansas Pictures
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Pupils Draw Figures While Gene Elliot Brings Sled In
In Miss Harshberger's room pupils sketch sliding figures as Gene Elliot brings his sled to school and models for classmates in a playful scene.
School Activities Across Cordley and Junior High
Students at Cordley study health Navajo Indians while fourth graders mold clay. Cordley teachers Miss Anderson ill. Mrs. Bailey fills in. Library doll displays by Jo Ann Hessler Nancy Lindsey and Dorothy Davidson. Birds nourished by Mr Howser shelf outside kindergarten. New Cordley music staff includes Miss Peters Hurd Teagarden Konanty Gibson. February PTA study group led by Celia Ensman meets 7:30 p.m. at Old High auditorium on adolescent themes. Beach substitutes for Achning as ninth grade reads Sir Walter Scott. Junior high clubs led by Miss Willcats and Mr Cannady continue activities.
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Jo Ann Lee Hessler
Nancy F. Lindsey
Dorothy Davidson
Cordley
Celia Ensman
State Board of Vocational Education
Junior High Council Adopts Five Day Week Schedule
The Junior High Student Council begins a five day week this semester. Monday features a speaker or visit to one of Lawrence’s business houses. This week the group visited Jayhawk Creamery. Tuesday continues the planned activities.
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Lawrence
Jayhawk Creamery
Community Meeting Details Show Plans for Junior High Next Semester
Reported notes describe a Wednesday business discussion and Thursday community work with Friday reports. The group covers health and safety, city movement, and semester projects including maps for Junior High students, business houses, churches, six graders handbooks, and home room program books.
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U. der
Hom
Studen
Haskell Institute Debating Event and Campus News
Debating teams of eb and Kansas University will debate in the Haskell auditorium this evening at 7 30. Everett Renville a former assistant engineer of Haskell is mentioned with staff changes and WPA projects include new drapes in the leather crafts area for daytime Visual Education Pictures. Mrs Joseph S Basom and Mrs Elizabeth Basom visit relatives at Haskell, and several local residents are noted for social events and campus activities including student dance orchestras.
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Kansas University
Haskell
Everett Renville
Assiant
Cheyenne Agency
South Deke
WPA
Joseph S. Basom
Athert O
Elizabeth Basom
Haske
C. W. Canfield
Hask
Bridge the Mazza
Cato
Faris
Cooper
Fowler
Tewart
Frazig Bowen
Cleek
Shepard
Hanshe
Brown
Berg
Hine
L Ted Conley
Anu strua mine freight crew losses near England coast
The Estonian freighter Anu struck a mine off the eastern coast of England killing the captain his wife and two others. Three more crewmen are missing. One raft survivor reported two women among the survivors reaching shore.
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London
East
Eoa
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer Weibel
Elmer ‘C. Weibel
Lawrence School News
Jack
Shirley
Preston
Pinckney
Farmer Brown
Lincoln School
Lincoln
Altho
Encee
Pittsburg Teachers College
Miss Oliver
Carolyn Holt
Vernon Newman
Carol Cline
B. Edwin Duncan
D.C
Duncan
Fischer
Mass
Fischer’s
RED Cross
Selby
Selby Arch
Otto Fischer
Miss
Wood
Miss Anderson
Mrs. Bailey
Miss Peters
Hurd
Teagarden
Konanty
Gibson
The
Sir Walter Scott
Willcats
Cannady
Miller
Ralph Weir
Glendale
California
Johnny
Miss Wilcutts
Haskell Institute
Hickey
Freeman Iis
Jae Ci
James Barrie
the Dramatic Club
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