Welcome visitor and local printing venture in New London
Leon ard Dickengon of New London, a friend of the shop, plans to launch a printing venture after receiving possession of the Russell newspaper. Leonard began printing experience with the shop in New London, while Otha Taylor questions if his frozen garden truck will recover. Much of the tender garden produce exposed to Monday night's freeze and snow flurries appears black, but Otha hopes warm sun will revive life by cutting off the damaged parts.
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Leonard Dickengon
New London
Russell
Leonard
Otha Taylor
Otha
Joe McCarty Hearings Attract Local Attention
Readers note mixed views on statesman Joe McCarty with talk of upcoming TV hearings and editorials. The town also jokes about a spare hat and a gymnasium class play while mentioning the state's annual editors conference in Des Moines for industry chatter.
Minister to receive theology degree at Unionville
On May 13 Rev. V. R. Fundenburk pastor of Unionville Baptist Church will receive a Bachelor of Theology degree from Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City Kansas. Licensed in 1949 by First Baptist Richmond California he studied three years at Central Baptist Seminary and now serves Unionville for two years. Other notes report visits relatives and weekend gatherings among local residents. The annual candle lighting service at the Methodist church next Sunday evening features Prof. Blackstone with marimba and choir music. a mother and daughter banquet will be held Friday at the Baptist church with a one dollar plate.
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Unionville Baptist Church
V. R. Fundenburk
Central Baptist Seminary
Kansas City
Kansas
Fundenburk
First Baptist Church
Richmond
Calif
McMinville
Oregon
Elizabeth Guernsey
Centerville
D. M. Wilson
Richard Hopkins
Monroe City
Lester Hopkins
Margaret Ann Harrington
Otumwa
N. L. Harrington
Ola Stanley
Anna Walter
Blackstone
Walter Selix
Ottumwa
Retta Selix
Alva Cridlebaugh
D. 8. Fenton
Charley Stuffle Beam
High corn borer threat looms for Iowa crops this year
Favorable conditions for corn borer development could set the stage for extensive damage in Yowa corn, based on spring surveys by H. M. Harris of Iowa State College. The report notes an average of 4,200 live borers per acre in oat fields, up from under 1,800 in 1953, with live counts and mortality varying by region and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Harris
Towa State College Department of Entomology and Zoology
State Department of Agriculture
Harris
Iowa
Northwest
Southwest
Southeast
Central
Windbreak Planting Advice From ISU Extension Foresters
Iowa State College extension foresters advise fencing the area when planting a windbreak this spring to protect young trees from livestock damage and ensure successful establishment.
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Iowa State College Extension Foresters
Shanghai Club Sees Nut Meats Day and Farewell Plans
The Shanghai club met on April 28 with Marie Cole and selected nut meats for the day. Tele Christy won the guess what. A farewell party for the Chauncey Cole family moving soon was decided for May 5. A cooperative dinner was shared by members and visitors including Mark and Barbara Allen, Delbert, Dorothy, Richard and Karl Lee Calhoun, Doris Christy, and others. The next meeting is set for May 12 with Doris Christy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Marie Cole
Tele Christy
Chauncey Cole
Mark
Barbara Allen
Delbert
Dorothy
Richard
Karl Lee Calhoun
Doris Christy
Aubrey
Icle Christy
Amy
Floyd Hiner
Anna Landgrebe
Cora Murphy
Glen
Bertha Overturf
Raymond
Esther Perry
Bert
Hazel
Rinehart
Clarence
Sceal Scott
Allie Taylor
Grace
Sandra Whitehead
Chauncey
Marie
Royce
Marlene Cole
Vera Firkins
Maud Whitehead
Social Roundup From Local Families and Visits
A dense list of Sunday and weekly visits across Centerville, Udell, Moravia, and surrounding towns. Guests include the Adams, Boyer, Williams, Tadlock, Walter, Tubaugh, Foster, and Andrews families along with several others visiting at homes, hospitals, and the Veterans hospital. Celebrations note Ray Tubaugh and girls in Ottumwa for their 12th anniversary and Robin Lavelle Kelley birth to Norman and Mrs Kelley. Sympathy extended to the Cecil Comstock family on a baby's loss.
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Carl Proctor
Ray Tubaugh
Ben Williams
Russell Adams
Pearl Boyer
Newton
Well Taylor and Sons
Laura Taylor
Grand River
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Harold Wright
Des Moines
Clarence Dowd
Bud Walter
Shirley
Sharon
Lee Tadlock
Ida Caylor
Osa Wood
Cecil Comstock
Lester Strunk
Bob Strunk
Jerry Burton
Gene Paris
Moravia
Ernest Foster
Joe Cross
Seymour
Earl‘ Foster
Laura Hoffman
Vivian
Laverne Fowler
Udell
Ray Tuba
Dixie Rae
Richard Tubaugh
Annn Exline
Jerald Gillaspie
Son
Albert Tubaugh
Max McDonough
Cass Hampton
George Shahan
B. F. Whitehead
Linda
Larry
Earl Foster
Claude Paris
Kenny Coltrain
Earl Campbell
Albia
Drende Gae
C. H. Andrews
Barl Foster Home
Salem And Local Families Share Weekend Visits
Des Moines residents Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Potts joined Sunday dinner at the Lloyd Brown home. Des Moines guests included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis and family visiting Robert Jennings. Charles Jennings remains hospitalized in Centerville. Numerous neighbors united for a farewell party at the Tconium Methodist church for Chauncey Cole moving to Glenwood. Several others attended club, Legion Auxiliary events, and Moravia senior play.
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Lionel Potts
Des Moines
Lloyd Brown
Arthur Lewis
Robert Jennings
Charles Jennings
Centerville Hospital
Guy McKern
Newton Long
Jean
Clyde
Darlene Gladfelder
Elbert Perry
Raymond Perry
Delbert Calhoun
Dell Hellyer
Amy
Clarence
Floyd Hiner
Legion and’ Auxiliary
Centerville
Gary
Hazel Hellyer
Jerry Brown
Moravia
Pearl Runnells
Paul Runnells
Eugene Jackson
Ottumwa
Floyd
John Hiner
George Hellyer
George Argo
Kenneth Gladfelder
Judy
Jess Gladfelder
Happy Helpers Quilt Club Meets With Prizes Awarded
The Happy Helpers club met Wednesday with Thelma Calhoun. All members were present except one. They pieced quilt blocks. Vernie McManus won the contest prize and Maxine Sheldon won the door prize. A dinner followed for members and visitors including Olga Turner, Rosie Derby, Monte Lynn, the Ammons, Sheldon, Swift, and Calhoun families. Next meeting two weeks hence with Rosie Derby and Marcella Doser of Ottumwa visiting.
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Happy Helpers Club
Thelma Calhoun
Vernie McManus
Maxine Sheldon
Olga Turner
Rosie Derby
Monte Lynn
Lloyd Ammons
Glen and
Paul
Clayton Sheldon
Linda
Earl Swift
Coy Swift
George Rinehart
James Calhoun
Leon
Carol
Marcella Doser
Ottumwa
Ben Pickrell
Ottum
Local Social Notes and Cattle on Feed Report
Social items recount visits and gatherings around the area including the Derbys Calhouns Hammonds and Rineharts with multiple relatives from Albia Ottumwa Unionville and Mystic. A farm judging contest at the FFA fair is noted. The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes more cattle on feed in April but fewer total cattle on feed than last year.
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Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
412 DIE IN Iowa Lakes STREAMS THIS YEAR
Mid April reports show twelve drownings in Iowa lakes and streams this year. Three deaths were children in old boats or on rafts, five were adults who ignored boating safety. The warning urges staying with the boat, avoiding standing, ensuring life vests, proper boats, not overloading, and keeping calm in an accident.
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Iowa
Behind the Scenes at a Persian Prince's Harem Gates
The article teases intimate revelations about a secret world as the son of a Persian prince guides readers behind harem gates. It urges readers to begin his disclosures Sunday in The American Weekly, distributed with Sunday Chicago American, and warns against dangers at sea and water safety.
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American Weekly
Chicago American
Ten Years of Satisfactory CCO and Occo-Lab Use
L. J. Besick of Van Buren County Iowa praises ten years of using CCO and Occo-Lab products. He notes improved results after switching to Occo-Trate and expresses strong satisfaction with the outcomes.
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Cco
L. J. Besick
van Buren County
Iowa
Hog producer Otto Buhr Sees Record 223-Pound Pigs
Otto Buhr of Fayette County Iowa uses Occa-Trate 40 Qoco Lak and Occa Mineral Vitamin Supplement. Fall hogs average 223 pounds at 5 months 2 days, with market timing around mid July. Buhr credits the Occo feeding program for rapid gains and cost efficiency, noting one bag feeds about three pigs.
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Otto Buhr
Fayette County
Towa
Otto
Qeco Representativa
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C. R. and
H. K. Charity
Publishera
Appanoose
Monroe Counties
Rays
Ramblin’s
Joe McCarty
McCarty
Toone
Mary Wheeler
Varus
Wayne
Delaila
Poane
Unionville
Fenton
Ates
Unionville Ile
Missouri
Cloy Fagalez
Rey McClous
Shanghai Club
el Tino
Salem
Vosburah
Mrs. Emmet
Hollingshead Fency West
Bide Moe Square
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Hotel Annex
Centerville, Lows
Clell Sheldons
Larry Derby
Fairfield
Tisue
Fey
Mariene Rinehart
W. G. O'Hara
Vosburg School
Emmett Derby
Roy Miller
Karen Rosé
Monte
Omaha
Lawrence Hammond
Florajo Bartle
Jess Montgomery
Geneva
Wilma
Wanda
Linda Rowland
Melva Perkins
W. G. O'Hare
W. G
James Edd McGee and Son
Burlington
Grege Scott
J. N. Callen
Marvin
Lloyd Callen
Melvin Miller
Joyce
Cedar Rapids
Hattie Miller
Peoples Abstract & Title Co
Centerville National Bank
Meredith B. Griffing
Iowa Lakes
Forders
David Clark
Nash Co
L. J. Smith
Hiattsville
Ely
John Deere
Mccormick Deering
Massey Harris
Harvey Redhead
Sarge
Gandy
Howard (Shorty) Harper Warren Langfitt
Wendell Burger
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