Better Land Use Boosts Mills County Wealth and Yields
Mills County benefits from soil conservation efforts led by the Mills County Soil Conservation District and its commissioners. SCS technicians devised programs including terraces, grassed waterways, dams, contour farming, and rotations, with additional farmer-driven practices improving soil condition. Ongoing conservation research, bench terraces, and experimentation aim to sustain productivity as Iowa balances industry and farming in a resource-rich region.
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Mills County
Soil Conservation Service
Mills County Soil Conservation District
SCS
Iowa
U S Reclaims Land at Merritt Dam Nebraska
The Merritt Dam project expands irrigation to 33,949 acres at a cost of 26 million dollars, funding both production and recreation. Despite crop surpluses, the USDA plans subsidies to reduce production while still paying others to grow, suggesting future payments to farmers not to use the new facilities.
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Merritt Dam
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Alsol
USDA
Merritt
Overloaded Wedding Car Receives Lather Decoration
A wedding party at Malvern’s Baptist church celebrated with a car decorated in aerosol shaving lather. The bride and groom Harold Smith and party drew 260 friends while a Nebraskan bus group on a Shenandoah tour stopped at Mills County weigh station where the overweight vehicle was cited in Justice Hall’s court.
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Harold Smith
Baptist Church
Malvern
Joseph McGlary
Council Bluffs
Wahoo
Nebr
Shenandoah
Mills County
Justice of the Peace John Hall
Harvey Brammer
Grand Na Moses
Betty Grable
Local residents host parties and celebrate June birthdays
A busy sequence of social visits fills the week as families from Lincoln to Glenwood and Pacific Junction gather for birthdays, confirmations, anniversaries, and casual visits. Don Fieselman spends a weekend in Lincoln and returns to summer work. many relatives and friends share meals, gifts, and greetings across homes in Hamburg, Glenwood, Carroll, and nearby towns.
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Don Fieselman
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Sind
Filmer Fieselman
Marlene
Don
Residents Attend Recital and Visit in Plattsmouth
Pacific Junction residents Mr and Mrs Dale Hell and Mr and Mrs Jack Hunter with sons attended an accordion recital in Plattsmouth. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Iva Bell and family, with extended visits at Bellevue and Glenwood. Social events featured showers, picnics at St John Lutheran, church gatherings, and a Sunday School picnic indoors due to rain. Weather updates note a wet spell with above normal rainfall, mild winds, and crops delayed.
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Orlo Jones
Jack Rose
Vincennes
Ind
Harold Sinner
Joyce
Pat Winters
Mark Harrington
Glenwood
Owen Dyke
Gacy
Shenandoah
Lloyd Marsh
Leland
Barbara
Omaha
Darrell Hansen
Dougtin
Diane
Missouri Valley
Randall Barver
John
Ireland Dunsdon
Tabor
Reorganized
Church of Jeans Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Guthrie Center
Thurston Dunsdon
Mra
Dale Hell
Jack Hunter
Pacific Junction
Plattsmouth
Nebr
Ioof Lodge
Hal
Jackie Hunter
Ate
Iva Bell
Bob
Jim Dell
Belleyua
Mary
Martha Lea
Glenwoot
Grace Blackman
Robert Schroeder
Miley Schmidt
Don Kemp
Merlin Tanto
St. John's Lutheran Church
Glen Bolte
Harvey Bolte
Silver City
Carroll Loose
Council Bluffs
Ethel
Lee Herrick
Roy Herrick
Valtejo
Calif
Harvey Eustrom
Hustett
Mick
Ghidys Kemp
Charlie Herrick
Red Oak
Hustrom
Burlington
Lee
Kemp
W. W. Wilcox
Fidred Peters
Michael
Hoy
Phuraday
Austin Bass
Ralph Bower
Robert Campbell
Auditorium Music Hall
Rayna
Ronda
Robin Steed
Frank Chamberlain
Harry Evans
Galt Crown Inn
Jack Bright
Donnie
Mrs
Leroy Bright
Sidney
Dale Bell
Bell
Aude Bateman
Nishna Cottage
Jack Haney
Dwight Myers
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Art and
Maude Birgain
Che Malvern Header
Wwortman
Congress
Imogene
Randolph and
United States
Vernon
Richard Bass
Trougles
Louis Bass
Gienwood
Austin Lassé
Gilo Jones
Theresa
Linda Clarey
First Lutheran Church
Papillion, Nebr
Jones van Linda
Jacok Haney
Mr. Haney
Tom Kingery
Hamburg
Elmer Haney
Linda
Roy Britton
Larry Haney
Jack
Douglas
Donna Christianson
Strahan
Merrill Sargent
Date Lee
Runnit
Chamberlain
Ethel and
Gladys Kemp
Rey Herrick
Vadeja
Marvey Eustrom
Hag Jett
Mich
Ed Herrick
Glenda Fan Denny
Eldred Petera
Coswell Blults
Guy Dhaynie
Bessie Haynie
Jiminy Combs
Vicki
Meligan
Combs
Jos Livengood
Wayne Blackman
Gerald Schuler
Cathy
Hew Villisca
Guy Haynte
Besyle Haynie
Counsel Bluffs
Haynie
C. BE
Vanderpool
Manawa
Bill Harris
Merscy Hospital
George Livengood
Canadian
Texas
Ferne Alberts
State University of Iowa
Glenwood State School
Lee Kepple
Scranton
Floyd Blackman
Jon Kemp
George Hunt
Larry
Dean
Henderson
Keory Miner
Stella
Gonnie
Hirth
Daya
Elmer Fienelman
Matiene
John Cary
Clarenda
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MOBIL
Pace Oil CO
Dannell
Roger Myers
Sioux City
Clarence Myers
Roger
Kelley
Henry Schnoor
Harold Blackman
Grace
Beverly
Everett Blackman
Otha Dickersbach
Cathy Schuler
Yillisea
Martha Lee
Roy Britten
Lee Keppla
Lloyd Blackman
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Emma Bell
Dwight Bell
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