Farm Advisers Outline 4 H Plans and Oat Varieties
Warren Bundy presents a farm meeting on January 18 at the Legion Home in Martinsville with talks on 1957 ACP practices loans forestry and soil testing. New oat varieties Newton and Logan are recommended along with state regional variety lists for Illinois. County 4 H leaders plan a full year of clubs fairs camps contests and events with federation council officers training and signature participation.
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Legion Home
Martinsville
Clark County
ASC
Vernon Evans
FHA
Don Pretzech
Ernest Kunze
Warren Bundy
Newton
Logan
Clinton
Clarion
Clintland
Nemaha
Sauk and Wauby
Illinois
Missouri
Andrew
University of Illinois
Max Stephens
John Macey
John, Douglas
Burton Cline
Kelly Shawver
Scar Kirchner
Don Slater
Wayne Cline
George Murphy
Jeanette Behner
Garren
Lyman Crumlin
David Bland
Woodrow Stepp Announces Candidacy for Supervisor
Woodrow Stepp announces his candidacy for Supervisor of Wabash Township subject to the Democratic Primary and asks for support from voters.
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Wabash Township
Woodrow Stepp
Illinois 4 H Youth Wins Top U S Honors in Field Crops
Harold Toepper 20 of Peotone Will County wins a $300 college scholarship as one of six national winners in the Field Crops Program. The Arcadian Products prize honors his soil management, fertilizer and tillage skills, quality crop production, and marketing practices. He rents 240 acres and aids 400 leased acres, also raising sheep and building a dairy business. Burton Burr leads his 4 H club in Will County.
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Illinois
Chicago
Harold Toepper
Peotone
Will County
Arcadian Products Division
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Young Toepper
Arold
Harold
Will county +H Federation
Burton Burr
Comedians Turn Dramatic Shifts Highlighting Film to TV
Ed Wynn Eddie Cantor and Hed Skelton shift from slapstick to serious acting drawing acclaim. Hed Skelton’s Playhouse 90 performance described as a custom made screen comedian role signaling a potential career turning point. Music notes cover The Four King Sisters Ray Anthon Tex Ritter and Guy Lombardo with new discs and film themes.
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NMORE
Ed Wynn
Eddie Canter
Hed Skelton
Platter Chatter Capitol
King Sisters
Hamburg
Ray Anthony
Hay
Don Simpson
Guy Lombardo
Tex Ritter
Paul Bunyan
Librarian Warns Automation Too Risky for Libraries
Dr. Lawrence Powell of UCLA Library cautions that automation belongs in factories not libraries. He criticizes analysts and technicians aiming to mechanize libraries and rename them materials centers, warning that words like retrieval and dissemination threaten traditional reading and book culture.
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Alos Angeles
Lawrence
Clark Powell
University of California, Los Angeles
Bookman’s
Bibliographical Society ‘of America
Los Angeles
Piano Popularity Grows and Grows
Chicago report traces the piano as a lasting Western cultural symbol from 19th century roots to modern times. It notes 20 million Americans now play for enjoyment, with the instrument used in schools, concerts, churches, factories, and homes.
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Chicago
Tory
American Music Conference
Big Shuckers Get Well-Needed Brakes
In Elverta California rice farmers faced steering challenges with giant combines until Bendix Aviation Corp introduced hydraulic power braking. Ukropina ranch reports harvests rising from 150–200 to 600–700 sacks daily, saving about $2500 per day as operators flip a valve and use light foot pressure.
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Elverta
Calif
sRice
Products
Bendix Aviation Corp
Ukropina Ranch
Paul Felter
Dad proposes to fiancée for far away son in Japan
Charles Sorci proposes to his girlfriend Amy Raber after receiving a phone call from his Marine son Gerald Sorci stationed in Japan. He asks Amy to consider marriage, presenting a ring and orchids when she visits.
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Cleveland
Charles Sorci
Pfc
Gerald Sorci
Marines
Japan
Lord
Amy Raber
Joke goes wrong as friends paint house colors
Charles City report says James Condon joked about friends painting his house while away. He returned to find the house painted in light blue cream green yellow and pink hues.
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Charles City
Iowa
James Condon
Condon
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Hugo Reimer
Arcadian Products Department
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Wyfe
Hall Herald
Ocaw-Afl-Cio
Marrs Furniture Store
Eitel Building Service
Nash Gift & Photo Shop
Marshall
Stanfield
Corner 7Th and Locust, Marshall
FORD
Plymouth Cranbrook
Studebaker Landcruiser
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Hubert Litteral
A. D. McNary
Shorty Gower
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