Hatchery Code Aims to Help Chick Buyers This Spring
Chick buyers stand to gain from a new hatchery code, under USDA direction, as producers and dealers adjust advertising claims. The code requires verifiable testing for Pullorum Disease, specifies egg weights, and bans untested stock from shared incubators. Buyers are urged to preplace orders to secure chicks and avoid spring shortages while aiming to curb overproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Centerville Social Roundup and Church Event Notes
Centerville residents and visitors attended social calls and church activities. Notable items include a successful pie supper raising $12.20 for church songbooks, a basket dinner at Miller school, and several families hosting or visiting over the weekend. No Sunday School attendance recorded.
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Towns
Udell resident Ya Bent L B Saum spent Tuesday with friends in town. Mrs Florence Wilson hosted relatives in Ottumwa. Illness kept Jack Huffman at the Ralph McDonough home in Moravia. Clarence Tyrrel of Albia visited Moravia on business. revivalist Dr Ira Hawley conducted services at Mystic. Chariton guests Maudetta Berry Halden celebrated with her parents. Several clubs held meetings including 20th Century, H G L, and Thursday clubs. Birthday gatherings and dinners filled a busy week with local families hosting and visiting. New baby John Francis born to Mr and Mrs FE C Gela in Creston. Mourning guests arrived for Ray Kincade’s death. Kinside relatives traveled from Minnesota and Des Moines area.
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L. B. Saum
Udell
Florence Wilson
Ottumwa
Jack Huffman
Ralph McDonough
Moravia
Clarence Tyrrel
Albia
M. E. Church
Craig Daniela
Craig Carnon
Moulton
Mra
Ly Black
Ira Hawley
Evant Gelist
Boston
Hawley
Mystic
Berry Halden
Maudetta
Chariton
Gliddon
Town
Robert Ellis
Kelster
Minn
Earl Ellis
Albert Lea
Ray Kincade
W. A. Johnson
J. B. Sneed
H. G. L. Club
Bert Rinehart
Jeontam
Two-Headed Pig Born At McDanel Farm Moravia
A moravia farm reports a two headed pig born to a gilt in Cyril Mc Danel’s litter. The unusual pig showed two mouths at the rear of its normal hind legs, a rare freak among the litter产.
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McDanel
Centervilla Lowegisn
Areanttie Tie Lowexian
Cyril McDanel
Moravia
Sutcliffe Family Surprise Party At Al Farm Home
Mr and Mrs Grant Sutcliffe were surprised Sunday April 8 when relatives and friends gathered with baskets to their new home in Al. A hearty noon dinner followed by a lively afternoon of visiting and magic. Guests included Lewis Main Lafawn Main Marylan Main John Platt Faye Leo Hiatt and children Betty Marilyn Lee Harold Argo and children Gracie Virginis Eloise Velda and Philip Hiatt of Moravia and vicinity John Varn Daten of Albin Oss Whicker and other old schoolmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Sutelifte
Mere
Lewis Main
Lafawn Main
Marylan Main
John Platt
Faye
Mra
Leo Hiatt
Betty and
Marilyn Lee
Harold Argo
Gracie
Virginis
Eloise
Velda
Philip Hiatt
Moravia
John Varn Daten
Albin
Oss Whicker
Monroe County
Nation’s Business Preview Critiques Old Order and Capitalism
Merle Thorpe in April Nation's Business notes rising doubts about American institutions amid calls for reform. The piece cites global U.S. wealth and power, immigration barriers, and a shift from capitalism, arguing a new order is needed to sustain prosperity and education-driven growth.
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Merle ‘Thorpe
United States
Europe
América
Ber Ghee
Nyatem
National Educations Association
Peace Oration Contest At M E Church April 18
Tonight at 8 o clock six Methodist churches from Appanoose and Morrot counties compete in the Peace Oration sub district at the local M E church. Represented towns include Albia Alton Iconium Cincinnati Exline and Moravia. Jacquelyn Winsler, first in the local contest, advances to the Moravia city event.
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Appanoose
Monrot
Mf. E
Albia
Ailton
Iconiam
Cincinnati
Exline
Moravia
Epworth League
Jacquelyn Winsler
Moravia Eitty
State Dept Plans Fight Against Chinch Bugs
Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray with the Extension Service and Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station outlines plans to aid farmers against a chinch bug outbreak. A meeting authorized an investigation of harriers and farm education on effective control, noting soybeans and certain crops as safe, and urging use of a 30 percent corn acreage reduction in southern Iowa.
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Ray Murray
Extension Service
Iowa State
Calleog
A. D. S Worthington
C. J. Drake
Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Ltowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Murray
W M A Meeting at Doris Main Home
The W M A of the U B church met at Doris Main's home with Mary Johnson leading a lesson on The Ministry of the Church. Afterward a social followed and refreshments were served. Plans were set for a Mothers and Daughters luncheon at the church in May.
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U. B
Doris Main
Mary Johnson
Classified ad jumble with poultry and odd items
A garbled classifieds snippet lists poultry such as Boff Orpington and Leghorns for sale, plus hens, feed and waterers, and a phone number. It includes scattered lines about pay, tools, lawnmowers, sewing machines, eggs, hay, apples, and farm notices with incomplete addresses and misspellings.
Vanice Morris Writes it Navy Training
Vanice Morris writes from Norfolk Virginia on April 7 1984 about her Navy training days. She notes quarantine after a baseball game crash sighting four days of drills and loitering and plans to come home for ten days in mid June. She asks about Everett in school and mentions local airfield barracks Sunday school and fellow residents.
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Norfolk
Linden
Everett
Vanice
Surprise Reception Honors Mrs Dille at Moravia Home
Neighbors and friends hosted a surprise Tuesday evening reception for Mrs. Mary Dille at her home in Moravia east part. Families brought treats and luncheon was served around 7:80. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. RE. Cumming, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Main, Mr. and Mrs. John Dike, Ronald and Doris, Mrs. Albert Veach, Duane and Delma, Mrs. Pollard and Bobby, Mesdames Lynch Minutes Charity and Blumenatock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dille
Moravia
RE. Cumming
Frank Main
John Dike
Ronald
Doris
Albert Veach
Duane
Delma
Pollard
Bobby
Mesdames Lynch
Minutes
Charity
Blumenatock
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Menrad
Chet Broshar
James Wood
Floyd Wood
Keith
Centerville
Sylvia Hiatt
Caroline Hart
Lenore Paris
Walter
Oral Peters
Sylvia
Miller
Frank Smith
Runcell
Grant
Tadlock
Imogene
Basil
Larry
J. A. Tadlock
Miller School
Martha Raisin
Sarah Hanes
Unionville
Hart
Eugene Boyer
Marjorie
Frederick Koehler
D. L
Acme Insecticides
Semesan, Jr
Smith & Veach Drug Store
Frank McClaskey
Fred Dotson
Donald Cobbler
Marilyn
Barold Smith
Mildred
Mr. Ellis
Thode Dotson
Center- Iwilke
Emil Halden
T. J. Luse
Louse
George Turner
Bayard Nell
A. C. Dowd
W. C. Bivin
Fred Tillmont
Madge Hough
Mary Roberts
Alvin Dona
Walnut
City
F.M. Dodd Hax
Montana
Bruce Enaiey
Mrs
Grant Sutcliffe
Chinch
W. M. A. Meeting
Laras
Wayne
Wileig
Frepport
Ill
James L. Gray
Drake Ave
2. W. Hoffman
Morquis
RFD
Lievd ’ ‘At
Okumye
W. G. Bawin
Vanice Morris
Donald Reich
hMoe Alstern
Iowa City
Muscatine
Roy Brooks
Detroit
Plymouth
Floyd Whisler
A. J. Whisler
Mrs. Dille
Amilis Rvine He ‘Occ
Turner & Son
Appanoose County
Bailey
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