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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1959
Page
6
Westmar College reports 523 enrolled for the year, including 185 freshmen and 50 transfers. Students hail from 20 states and 2 foreign countries, with Le Mars listing multiple juniors and seniors across classes, including names such as Andersen, Deedrick, Frerichs, Kehrberg, and Wilms among others.
The Eighth District Iowa federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting will be in Orange City at the Town Hall on October 6. Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. Mrs Harold Heater of Lytton will preside. Mrs J K Lush of Ames will speak at 11:45 on Our Outer Orbit. Professor Sheldon L. Cramp of Westmar College will discuss Peaceful Uses of the Atom. Luncheon is $1.25 per plate with group reservations by October 1.
Bands from 17 area high schools including Te Mars high school will compete for honors at the 9th Annual Tri-State Band Festival in Luverne Minnesota. Parade through the business district starts at 1 00 p m with marching contest at 1 30 p m at Luverne High School Gym nasium at 9 00 a m trophies plaques awarded to winners and participants.
The All State Band Festival will be judged by three Upper Midwest college band directors Ray P. DeVilbiss Herbert Owens and Kurt Holvik from SDSU Mankato State Teachers and Iowa State Teachers Cedar Falls. Sponsored by the Laverne Civic and Commerce Association the event invites visiting band members to supper at the New High School Cafeteria after the marching contest. Extension Agronomist Frank Schaller reports corn yield gains from a long tested tillage method while other methods show mixed results at nearby farms.
At the Northwest Iowa Experimental Farm near Doon agronomist E R Duncan of Iowa State University reported that stopping alfalfa growth in midsummer raised corn yields by about 28 bushels per acre in the following crop. County Extension Director Artie A Pieson noted results are from a single year and moisture conditions this year were relatively favorable.
October 1 1959 marks the first day self employed farmers qualify for social security disability protection. The Social Security Administration has paid disability checks for over two years but self employed farmers lacked work credits. To qualify they must have 20 quarters of covered work and be severely disabled. The article notes many details and promises a following piece on disability requirements.
Elmer J. Lund former extension area soil conservationist says most land in Floyd Valley should be contour farmed via terrace farming. Terraces serve as a permanent contour guide and reduce soil and water losses from slope farming, with research noting over 90 percent savings and yield gains of about 46 to 18 percent in crops.
The Hinton Community High School student council officers for 1959 60 are Pegey Vondrak president Bill La Buhn vice president Sharleen Newberg secretary and Darlene Schwarz treasurer J A G Smaltz returned from Morrison Illinois after a week with his cousin and wife Mr and Mrs Roy Smaltz
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