Stevenson Gets Cold Weather Marine Course
Three thousand Marines of the 3rd Marine Division trained at Camp Pendleton addressing winter warfare at Picket Meadows in California’s High Sierras. One thousand one hundred Marines faced challenges in the cold weather program while six thousand eight hundred feet above sea level.
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Stevenson
3Rd Marine Division
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Picket Meadows
Californias
High Sierras
Le Mars Marine Stephenson Completes Cold Weather Training
Private first class Clarence A. Stephenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cole of Le Mars Iowa, served in the Battalion Landing Team with the 3rd Battalion 9th Marines. He took part in 31 days of sub zero Cold Weather Training at Picket Meadows featuring a realistic oppressor force. The unit, trained in winter warfare gear and shelter, returned to Camp Pendleton to begin another phase of combat maneuver.
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LE Mars Globe-Post
Claw Clarence A. ‘Stephenson
Edgar Cole
Route 5
le Mars
Iowa
3Rd Batalion
9Th Marines
Picket Meadows
Stephenson
Camp Pendleton
Disease prevention boosts profits for poultry raisers
An analysis from the 1953 Poultry Health Messenger shows a starting flock of 500 chicks can net $264 in extra profit from disease prevention. Without prevention, losses reach about $160, with mortality around 20 percent and added costs for feed, fuel, and housing. with prevention death loss drops to 2 percent and egg earnings rise, yielding a total profit of $264 after subtracting the program cost of 16 cents per bird.
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Poultry Health Messenger
Messenger
Pruning Demonstration At Stover Farm Elkhorn Township
A fruit pruning demonstration will be held at the Wm. Stover farm in Elkhorn township starting at 10 00 a m Friday April 10. Arlie A. Pierson County Extension Director and Ed Cott Iowa State college specialist will assist and answer questions about home vegetable gardens and small fruit plantings. Cott will prune raspberries. The Stover farm lies four miles west of Kingsley.
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Wm. Stover
Elkhorn Township
Arlie A. Pierson
Ed Cott
Iowa State College
Cou
Vith
Stover
Kingsley
Cows Tested In March By Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
About 471 cows from Woodbury and Plymouth Counties were tested in March by the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Supervisor Bradshaw reports average milk per cow at 647 pounds and butterfat at 39.46 pounds including dry cows. Four dairymen completed 305 day tests this month from Eyres Kingsley Meyers Krogh and Stinger. Roddy Eyres urges interested testers to join the wait list. extended family news notes Easter weekend visits and teachers returning to Storm Lake and Tama.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Woodbury
Plymouth
Qoin Bradshaw
R. G. Eyres
Kingsley
Arthur Meyers
Holstein
Max Krogh
Sargent Bluff
Earl Stinger
Hubbard
Neb
Roddy Eyres
le Mars
Route 1
Hinton Social Notes Mention Local Visits and Illness
Hinton special notes a series of Sunday visits and guests at area homes. Albers and family dined with Coleland Slinger. Feltons plan to move to Muscatine Iowa. Visser and Rodman families visited Ure Frank Richards home. Carol Richards underwent appendicitis surgery and is improving. A W.S.C.S bake sale at Stockburger Hardware and Bridgette luncheon at George Ellison's home are recorded among community happenings.
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Hinton
Alfred Albers
Coleland Slinger
South
Jim Felton
Muscatine
Iowa
Ure Frank
George Ellison
Adolph Johansen
Emerson
Neb
Francis Jones
Allan
Sion Center
Allen Forsberg
le Mars
Florence Harrison
LaMar Jones
Allen Sipma
Stewart Jones
Clarence Fister
Onawa
Leo Rath
Kenneth Utesch
Merrill
Wallace Baack
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Alendbers
Dr. Salsbury
le Mars Hatchery
Second Ave
N. W
Wen Downing
W. L. Downing
University of Iowa
LeMar
Joyce Lubben
Tama
John H. Lubben
Mavis Claussen
Storm Lake
Sanselaria
HiVe
Lila A Delindl
del Monte
del Monte Spring Garden
O. P. Skaggs
del Monte Tomato
Bartlett Pears
del Mont
Armour
Armour's Star
SWIFT
Cudahy
Rich
Tangy
Car Ee
del Monte Sauerkraut
BAI Firm, Golden Fortunas
Bermuda
California
New Texas
Texas
Ene
Chiefs
O.P. Skaggs Food
del Monte Finer Foods
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