Recognition Banquet for Local 4-H Leaders
Illinois 4-H local leaders with outstanding records of service will attend a state meeting and banquet at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield on Friday January 14. Each county may send four leaders plus one county extension worker. The banquet speaker is Jeff H Williams of Chickasha Oklahoma, a lawyer humorist and philosopher. The program starts at 1 30 p m with tours of Lincoln's home tomb and state buildings. Sponsoring groups include the Illinois Chaig Spre Council and several state agricultural groups.
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Illinois
Chickasha
United States
Rotary International
Lincoln
State House
Centennial Building
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
Linois Chaig Spre Council
Joint
Illinois Agricultural Association
Illinois Home Bureau Federation
Preventing anemia in baby pigs this winter
University of Illinois veterinary expert Dr. M E Mansfield advises adding small amounts of worm free dirt or a ferrous sulphate solution to prevent iron and copper deficiency in baby pigs kept indoors. Ground soil should be sourced away from the herd to avoid contamination. otherwise ensure access to forage or grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Mansfield
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Connie Comes back from California Vacation
Connie travels to California for a six week break to rest while Bill frets and writes affectionate letters. He urges her to stay longer after a change of heart spurred by neighbor Mrs. Barton. Returning home, Bill reveals he was urged to let her stay and is overjoyed to have her back.
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Bill
Connie
Mrs. Barton
California
Mabel Watts
Los Angeles
Tommy Longtail
Mabel
Reports on corn borer grasshopper control
Dr George C Decker, noted authority on pest control, will speak at the commercial spray operations short course January 12 14 1949 at the University of Illinois Urbana on spraying grasshoppers with chlorane and dusting corn borers on sweet corn with DDT. Aerial spraying versus serial dusting will be discussed by Decker along with corn borer control on field corn by J H Bigger. About twenty five specialists will address the conference open at no charge to ground and airplane operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Decker
University of Illinois
Urbana
Decker
State Natural History Survey
H. B. Petty
J. H. Bigger
State History Survey
Petty
Illinois
Wetty
University
College of Agriculture
Institute of Aeronautics
Partitioning Farm Lands Under Illinois Law
Associate Professor H W Hannah outlines how farm lands pass on death and how heirs may partition undivided interests. If heirs cannot agree a court partition may be compelled, with summons, notice to unknown owners, appointment of commissioners, and court confirmation or sale of the property as final steps. Illinois Revised Statutes Chapter 106 governs these procedures.
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Illinois
Protect Dairy Calves Against Chilling
Dr Mansfield of the University of Illinois Veterinary Medicine urges calf owners to shield calves from cold drafts to reduce pneumonia and scours. He notes drafts flare when barn doors are opened and recommends gunny sack blankets and boarding up pen walls to four feet high with steel sheeting or boards for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E.mansfield
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
Mansfield
Mayflower Lands 102 Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock
On December 22, 1620 the Mayflower arrived and landed 102 Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock marking a historic voyage and settlement.
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Plymouth Rock
Christmas Guests and Church Programs Sweeten Havana Area
Topeka Mrs flenrietta Trimpe and Agnes of Havana hosted guests including Gorisatmas celebrations with Mr and Mrs Jerman Glick and Jo Ann. Numerous families shared Christmas dinners across Havana Peoria Muscatine and Chandler ville with relatives and friends. Both Ylavana and Bishop Lutheran churches held Christmas Eve programs as residents visited or hosted relatives.
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Flenrietta Trimpe
Sughter
Agnes
Havana
Peoria Visitors and Local Holiday Gatherings Noted
Peoria residents and visitors including Abner McCoy and daughter Gladys of Pekin and Herman Glick and Walter Hahn spent Tuesday in Peoria. Havana visitors Mr and Mrs Walter Kleier arrived Monday. Carol singing and birthday dinners formed a busy weekend with St Francis Hospital notes for Ira Rakestraw and a turkey dinner hosted by Henry Strube and relatives.
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Herman Glick
Walter Hahn
Peoria
Walter Kleier
Havana
Henry Strube
Millie Tuttle
Carmen
J. F. McCarty
P. J. Melzer
Abner McCoy
Gladys
Pekin
Christmas Gatherings Across Families in Local Precinct
Rev and Mrs Powell and Alberta spent Christmas with Mrs Powell s brother Robert F Dean and family in Brooklyn Illinois. Nearby gatherings included John Walden F E Bender Herman Waechter Bart onville Dorothea and son Smither at Darrell Waechter home. James Loveland of Davenport Iowa visited Meeker family. Fred Graff and Phoenix Arizona guests stay with Julius Zeeck family.
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Powell
Alberta
John Meeker
Fred Graff
Phoenix
Arizona
Julius Zeeck
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University of Illinois College of Agriculture and Extension Service
Community Express
Juanita DeVore
A. A. DeVore, Jr
Manito
Nationa
AL Editorial Ssociation
S, Isuo Security Weicn
W. Saxon
Konisek Studio
Elizabeth
Pekin, Illnois
U.S
U. S
Frank Corbin
Mason City
H. W. Hannah
University of Ilinois
Jenkin’s Rexall Store
Manita, Illinois
Topeka
Orville Himmel
Andrew Sehadd
Mary
Chandlerville
Joe Roof
Besse Mirris
Ethel Drake
Galesburg
Fred Harfst ,Jr
Muscatine, Iowa
Henry Kastendick
Elden Frye
Terry
Leonard Keith
Leonard Keith Jr
Kilbourne
Master Kleier
Henry Hendt
Bob
Walter Kreiling
Joretta
Leta Trimpe
Richard Trimpe
Henry Wendt, Jr
Fred Harfst
Muscatine
Towa
Dorothy Trimpe
John Dissman
Lyman Hamblin
Varna
Tra Raketraw
Chas Kidwell
Lorrene
Bishop Lutheran Church
Ylavana Lutheran Church
C. V. Rakestraw
Manilo
Ira Rakestraw
Harmon Wendt
Ilenry Struve
Walther League
Jo Ann
Henrietta Trimpe
Marvel Lee
St. Francis Hospital
Henry‘tackman
Julius
Russell McClintIck
Motorist
Ls Money Deate
Portland Cement Association
Grand Ave
Chicago
Ill
Portland
Sheaffer
American Gem Society
Pekin, Illinois
Iemitayg
P.S
Manito Hardware Co
Manito, Illinois
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