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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
2
West Point society notes list numerous Sunday dinners and visits among Hoffmans Callens Argo Fischers and McCombs with trips to Lake Wapello Otummaa Bible camp and Lake Keomah. Local families attend church picnics commencements and gatherings in Albia Oskaloosa and West Grove.
Thursday afternoon Easter brothers and neighborhood men hunted wolves on Friday and caught a male wolf. Dewey and Sharon Lark called at Lloyd Callen’s home Saturday afternoon. In the evening Colleen McSparen Evelyn David and Eugene Callen joined them to a youth rally at Promise City.
A crowded Urbana township Farm Bureau meeting at Raymond Winecup's is noted with cookies cocoa and coffee served. Various VanDorin relatives attend church Bible school and social events while family members travel to Centerville Belmond and Ottumwa for errands and celebrations. The VanDorin reunion is set for Mt. Pleasant on Sunday June 13.
Salem by hate Helen or Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown and Sandra visit Centerville. Families travel to Oskaloosa and Iowa City for events. Many calls and gatherings occur at Jennings Hellyer Argo Calhoun and Tisue homes. Ben Williams funeral noted with sympathy. Birthdays and university hospital visit mentioned.
Dr. John B. Herrick of Iowa State College notes a few X disease cases in Iowa this year linked to chlorinated naphthalene in some lubricating greases and crankcase oil. He warns livestock owners to avoid cattle contact with greases and used oils and to seek veterinary help for nonresponsive skin conditions.
The text notes that certain greases have been proven to contain an ingredient that causes a skin condition. It mentions a finding of a harmful component but provides no specific names, dates, or settings.
Iowa State College plant pathologists advise planting two or three oat varieties to ensure at least one will resist each major stem rust race, since current oats may resist race 7 or race 8 but not both.
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