Famed Spud Area Turns to Cattle in Maine
In Aroostook County Maine the potato heartland seeks to build a beef cattle industry. With 30,000 cattle now and 125 herds, officials see potential for 100,000 head on available feed. Farmers rotate pasture, graze hay crops during potato rest years, and boost income by adding cattle to the potato economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Maine
Aroostook
Clement S. Dunning
Mora
Francis Buzzell
State Agriculture Department
Division of
Animal Husbandry
Dunning
Reed Brothers
Tom Houghton, Jr
Fort Fairfield
A. J. Michaud
Grand Isle
Leo Daigle
Fort Kent
Hudson Bearce
Aroustook
New Senator Reflects On Slow Start Of Legislature
A state senator writes from Oskaloosa about a slow opening two weeks of the session. He notes the workload, committee work, and the difficulty of pleasing 244 members. The piece mentions Speaker Charles Stough and the freshmen finding it tough to get established. A brief Montreal item states Lucite plastic artificial eyes are now used at Queen Mary Veterans Hospital and can withstand a concrete floor drop.
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Daily Press
Lawrence
Charles Stough
Montreal
Queen Mary Veterans’ Hospital
Fluoride in Marshall Water Cuts Cavities, Study Shows
Texas Health official reveals 57 percent fewer cavities among six year olds in Marshall after six years of fluoride in drinking water begun in 1946. Jacksonville, 65 miles away, without fluoride, saw higher cavity rates and fewer cavity-free children.
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Shall
Tex. U
Texas
Edward Taylor
Texas Health Department
Marshall
South
Taylor
Jacksonville
Tex
Jet Sets Record Darwin Canberra Jet Flight
Canberra jet bomber extends speed rivalries by flying from London to Darwin in 22 hours 1 minute, covering 8 608 miles with refueling stops at Fayid Karachi and Singapore. The trip halves the official 1946 Lancaster record and surpasses prior Canberra times, marking a new England to Australia milestone.
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Darwin
Australia
Britain
England
London
British
Air Ministry
Fayid
Suez Canal Zone
Karachi
Pakistan
Singapore
Dali Plans Surreal Bullfight for Barcelona Pageant
Salvador Dali, embracing evangelical mysticism, says a September trip to Europe will include a surrealistic bullfight in Barcelona. Spanish matador Luis Miguel Dominguin will kill a bull who is destined to ascend to heaven by a rope lifting him to cloudlike cardboard skies, part of the Festival of the Virgin of Mercedes.
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New York
Salvador Dali
Wells
Europe
Dali
Barcellona
Luis Miguel Dominguin
Oakridge Co. C. Miller Leaves Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Miller, long patient at Memorial hospital, left the institution early this week and is convalescing at her son H. R. Miller’s home with family. Mrs. Charlie Hayden and daughter Helen visited Mrs. M. E. Phenicie of Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Grubbs of Topeka spent the weekend here.
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Co. C. Miller
Memorial Hospital
H. R. Miller
Charlie Hayden
Helen
M. E. Phenicie
Lawrence
0. F. Grubbs
Topeks
Dinner guests hosted by Mr and Mrs Allan Kirby Brackett
The Leonhards joined Mr and Mrs Allan Kirby and family of Brackett for Sunday dinner. Mrs Grubbs is sister of F H Leonhard. Mr Grubbs represented Crawford County. Ronald Robb’s family have all been ill with colds and sore throats. Edwin Janeway, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Janeway, away at Ft Riley, spent Christmas to New Year in Japan before returning.
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Leonhard's
Allan Kirby
Brackett
Grubbs
F. H. Leonhard
Crawford County
Ronald Robb
Edwin Janeway
Earl Janeway
Ft. Riley
Japan
Westminster Missionary Society Meets in Oskaloosa
The Westminster Missionary society met Monday evening with hostesses Mrs. Karr Dryden and Mrs. Fern Hau. Mrs. Margaret Nichols Mrs. Lois Robbins and Mrs. Olive Lange led the lesson. A social hour followed with chicken sandwiches and pickles. Absences spread due to chicken pox and measles in schools after holidays. Mrs. Dryden serves as president with Lydia Lewton as secretary. The Colonial club met at Mrs. Gertrude Goldman’s home, featuring a pageant The Spirit of our Forefathers with costume roles for a Pilgrim woman Addie Gilbert Puritan Fern Yemm Indian maiden Velma Weibel.
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Westminster Missionary Fecrity
Karr
Dryden
Fern Hau
Elmer Vanover
Margaret Nichols
Lois Robbins
Olive Lange
Lydia Lewton
Gertrude Goldman
Colonial Club
John Sutton
E. A. St. John
Club Quartet
Puritan
Fern Yemm
Bernice Weibel
Velma Weibel
Evening program features Civil War era songs and tributes
Edith Egner and Chloe Gramse perform era songs while Clair Rogers narrates with Esther Hundley on piano. A luncheon host by Mrs Sutton, Norman Todd starts a army camp transfer, and Elmer Edmonds returns home thriving. Fly illness in St Joseph. Mrs Sylvia Robinson dies in Topeka. funeral in Methodist church led by Rev Gordon Thompson with Evangeline Sutton organist. Burial at Pleasant View. Clair Clarridge Baldwin mourns mother. Mrs Charles Holbrook returns from Washington tour. Christmas seals sale nets over 1400 for cancer work. Eva Gaskill spends time with Topeka friends. Families visit D M Stevens and Panama relatives.
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Edith Egner
Isla Herbert
Clair Rogers
Mayme Brown
Chloe Gramse
Kansas
Norman Todd
Illinois
Korea
Norman
Fred Newell
Fred
United States
Japan
John McNish
St. Joseph
Don Miller
Sylvia Robinson
Topeka
Gordon Thompson
Evangeline Sutton
William Leech
Beautiful Isle
Pleasant View Cemetery
Clair Clarridge ‘ Baldwin
Charles Holbrook
Washington
George Stafford
Lloyd Morris
Sunday evening class completes book and shows pictures
Parents Mr and Mrs Otto Premauer and Mr and Mrs G B Davis attended the session. Beet Gordon Thompson directed the class in finishing Along the African Path with pictures shown after the season. In City Florida a television display reached many as inaugural Eisenhower is noted. Presbyterian Aid met with Mrs Elmer Edmonds and Mrs Imogene Garren presiding. Readings by Mrs Rosa Sim and Mrs Imogene Garren. Hostess group served potato salad and hot rolls. Mrs Fern Ham chaired with assistants. Mrs Minnie Warner serves as secretary in the county courthouse annex.
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Otto Premauer
G. B. Davis
Beet Gordon Thompson
Wehool
Pone Tere
Eisenhower
Presbyterian Aid
Elmer Edmonds
Imogene Garren
City
Fla
Otha Haynie
Verna Mae Hundley
Eva Ean McNish
Patty. Edmonds
Rosa Sim
Fern Ham
Lois Robbins
Mildred St. John
Karl Dryden
Minnie Warner
Attica
Court House
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Lan
Millan
Beard
Oskaloosa
Doukas
Jefferson Countrie
Milton P. Beach
Lawsence
Oakridge
Aww
Sune
Massey-Harris
All Star
LeRoy Bartholomew
Tracy Andrews
John la Mothe
Watts & Newman
Derby Grain
Morris
Seals
Eva Gaskill
Frank
Terry Williams
K.u.pamnyot
Jannyo
D. M. Stevens
Davis
Renu
Panama
Studebaker
Maas
Satie Luminati
Fon Colon
Tahaoe
Svarin
Guminatt
Richardson
Cales Gservicr
Graham Ship BY Truck Co
K. C
St. Joe and
Leavenworth
Lawrence Sanitary Dairy Products
Reas
NEW Firestone
Fritz CO
New Hampshire
Uchesite
Everlox
Rhodes
Vermont
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