Mills County Fair Opens Under Mild Weather
Opening day of the Mills County Fair brings sunny calm before a brief afternoon shower and rising humidity. 4H clubs and participants celebrate a Golden Anniversary year as exhibit rooms overflow with activity. The Mills County Soil Conservation District booth curates the district annual report while press staffers Betty Wolfe and Marie Hopp coordinate coverage.
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Betty Wolfe
Marie Hopp
Mills County Soil Conservation District
SCS
Mills
Leader
Mills County Banks See June Deposits Top Thirty Million
Mills county banks report deposits totaling 30,821,652.84 for the quarter ended June 30, with a rise of 752,553.14 from March. Loans averaged 17,876,908.20, up from 16,865,402.31 in March. The gains outpace earlier quarters, and figures exclude Henderson branch.
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Mills County
Hastings teen sweeps cattle judging with dual grand honors
Donna Christiansen of Hastings earned top honors in Cross Bred judging with a Simmental Hereford cross steer and reserve honors with a Charolais Angus market heifer, a possible first in fair history for one person to win both.
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Donna Christiansen
Bob Christiansen
Hastings
Rod Morrical Tops Mills County Livestock Judging
The Mills County Fair livestock judging event saw 4 H and FFA members compete in swine, sheep and beef. Rod Morrical earned the top score with Scott Selko second and Steven Dickersbach third. Team results: Mills County first with Rod Morrical, Scott Selke, Calvin Cheney and Ben Jackson. second, Mills County with Ernest Bloomer, John Skerritt, Steve Dickersbach, Dale Ponton. third, Corning FFA with Bernard Roberts, Mike Cooley, Jerry O Neill and David Hill.
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FFA
Mills County Fair
Rod Morrical
Scott Selko
Steven Dickersbach
Mills County
Scott Selke
Calvin Cheney
Ben Jackson
Ernest Bloomer
John Skerritt
Steve Dickersbach
Dale Ponton
FFA of
Corning
Bernard Roberts
Mike Cooley
Jerry O'Neill
David Hill
Fair Weather Week at the Fairgrounds Observes Warm Sixties
The past week brought generally fair and warm conditions with daytime highs near the nineties and humidity at comfortable levels. Cool evenings provided relief and a hard shower Tuesday at the fairgrounds dampened dust but did not spoil activities.
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Fairgrounds
Bill Scherle Travels to China For Talks With Ministers
Congressman Bill Scherle flies to China for a seven day visit, traveling from Washington after Congress adjourned. He will meet with Finance Ministry officials to discuss trade, exporting Iowa farm products, and U.S. balance of payments. He notes Chinese footing of his travel costs while in country.
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Bill Scherle
China
Mills
Peoples Republic of China
Washington, D.C
Congress
Joyce Stephens
Kathy Leu
J.F. Kennedy College Patriotics
Scherle
Hawaii
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
Iowa
Germany
Bar-B-Q Crowd Breaks Opening Night Record at Mills County Fair
Spike Spiker and crew served 620 pounds of bone round beef to about 1900 people in a record opening night at the Mills County Fair. Donations from farmers were strong. council discussed pool project delay, long-range law enforcement needs, and other routine matters with Sheriff Brown and Deputy James present.
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Burdette Spiker
Fairgrounds
Spike Spiker
Hardy Crew
Mills County
Spiker
Merle E. Brown
Ed James
Football Players To Meet Tuesday
Coach Harvey McDowell calls all boys planning to play high school football this fall to attend a meeting Tuesday evening August 14 at 8 p.m. at the high school.
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Harvey McDowell
Sewage Plant Ready in 1974
Malvern Town Council held a routine monthly meeting with debate over the swimming pool and sewage disposal plant projects. Mayor Jon F. Kemp said current plans call for the new sewage disposal plant.
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Malvern Town Council
Jon F. Kemp
Leader
97 Mills County Farmers Honored at Fair
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry attended the Mills County Fair Monday night to present certificates to 97 farmers whose land has been in their families for 50 years or more. The event linked to the Iowa Department of Agriculture 50th anniversary in 1972.
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Washington
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Mills County
LaVerne C. Obrecht
Mills County Extension
Hughes
Darrell Godfrey
Jon Kemp
Mills Fairgrounds
Diane Anderson
Ken Falk
Robert Lounsberry
Mr. Lounsberry
Iowa Department of Agriculture
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