Wake high school news from a wartime party and classes
The November 3 gathering in the high school gym featured games dancing and refreshments as student committees led activities from sophomore to senior classes under sponsor Miss Sherrard. Reports cover home economics bread studies freshmen water plans and a basketball squad rebuilding around two returning players with practice and floor work outlined.
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Miss Sherrard
Peterson
Baptismal Dress Wears Heirloom Gown in Decorah
Heirloom christening dress worn by Audrey Marie Weatley in Decorah connects to a great grandmother, Mrs Augusta Hexom, who wore the same gown over 80 years ago. Alfalfa seed supplies mention rounds on October 1, with comparisons to last year and 1840 figures.
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Mar’ * Morse
Monticelli Civ
The
Red Cross
Audrey Marie Weatley
Decorah
Augusta Hexom
Alfalfa Contest Entries Sought by Farm Bureau
Glen Birlingmair county extension director calls for alfalfa contest entries due by noon Saturday November 7. Each entry must include name address and acres of alfalfa seeded in 1942. Entries limited to alfalfa seeded in 1942. Also notes 4-H Baby Beef calves program with breed options and sponsor contacts for townships. Fire prevention program underway in Appanoose County rural schools with kits and windshield stickers for participants and fastest school recognition.
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Glen Birlingmair
Gine
Ray Hoover
Hellair
Edwin Johnson
Caldwell
Dick Hellyer
Thornton
L. Virgil Dooley
Douglas
D. Reo Bryant
Franklin
C. Young
Independence
Haroll Miller
Johna
W. R. Hefner
Lincola
Robert
Ireland
Pleasant
Tom Thompson
Sharon
Doyle Hampton Taylor
E.A. Caylor
Jdell
Wilbur Miller
Union
F. L. Sawyer
Vermillion
Ernest Wahl
Walnut
Lester Gravit
Washington
Davis Burgher
Wells
Appanoose County
L. R. Johnson
County Farm Bureau
Livestock Marketing Surveys Rolling In In Appanoose County
A representative group of farmers in Appanoose County received livestock marketing survey blanks last week and many have already been returned. The surveys will be studied by a special committee and results forwarded to the Iowa Farm Bureau in Des Moines for action at the annual meeting later this month. Four surveys should be completed and mailed by Wednesday.
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Appanoose County
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
One For The Book Bill Jackson Carting Scrap
A man named Bill Jackson was seen at a Leon junk yard pushing a push cart loaded with scrap including 60 pounds of iron 28 pounds of rags and 12 pounds of zinc. An inquiry found he traveled four miles between Decatur and Leon, supplying in clover seed and other products in the United States, with production and carryover totaling 47 million pounds for the year compared with 52 million last year.
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Bill Jackson
Leon
Decatuy
United States
Victory Gardens urged to curb garden pests in 1948
Iowa gardeners are urged to combat bacteria, fungi, and viruses that ruined thousands of tons of produce last year. Emphasis on sanitation, burning garden refuse, deep fall plowing, and heavy manure applications to restore soil nitrogen. Recommendations include five to ten loads of barnyard manure per acre and limited poultry manure use.
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Iowa
Victory Gardeners
All Kinds Of Tires Need Care In Inflation And Use
Careful tire handling is urged as underinflation or overinflation harms tires and reduces life. Temperature changes affect air pressure, 4 ply front tires on tractors need 28 to 80 lb and 6 ply 36 lb, rear tires 12 lb min, plowing increases to 16 lb, plus guidance on ballast and winter storage.
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H. van Vlack
Iowa State College Extendion
Weekend Visits List From Unionville and Centerville
Unionville and Centerville residents visited relatives and shopped locally over the weekend. Mrs Mary Hammitt of Des Moines stayed with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs A B Stanley and her nephew Gerald Irelan. William Barnett of Des Moines visited relatives, Zola Saum accompanied by Mrs Floyd Whisler and L B Saum of Centerville traveled to Blakesburg. Vern Mae and Margaret Ann Harrington visited Paul Dean Harrington in Ottumwa. Centerville visitors included F B Boyer and E Place of Columbus Junction. Appangose county Proficiency club hosted by Unionville Lodge No 119 A F and A M with visiting brothers from Centerville Mystic and Moravia. third degree conferred on Supt George Brooke. 23 attended amid poor weather. Rev J A Harp and Mrs Harp visited Ella Hammett at the A S Dukes home.
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Des Moines
A. B. Stanley
Gerald Irelan
William Barnett
Hale W. Hicks
Zola Saum
Floyd Whisler
L. 8. Saum
Horace Ireland
Nichols
Iowa
Della Harrington
Geraldine
Myrtle Harrington
Vera Mae
Margaret Ann
Chris Dommer
Centerville
Nionvilla Lodge No. 119
Appangose County
Two Marion Men Hold Unbeaten High School Records
Carl Wiley won the state and national high school hammer throw in 1897 with a top mark of 118 feet. Lemmage later set an official record still standing after being eliminated from competition. Two Marion men later surpassed Wiley in hammer throw, while H E Mont set a 66 yard drop kick in a 1928 Newton game against Ames, a high school record that remains unbeaten.
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Carl Wiley
Lemmage
Wiley
H. E. Mont
Newton
Ames
Fishing couple touts Wapsipinicon pike catch, two over 16 pounds
Mr and Mrs Carl Michel of Marion praise the Wapsipinicon river as a pike hotspot after a fishing trip in censored waters yielded two fish over 16 pounds. Cat fanciers note an Elgin merchant reports two half brothers near Brainard in petty larceny court for allegedly joining a common alley cat. The men, about thirty, claim they only petted the cat and released it.
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Michel
Marion
Wapsipinicon
Elgin
Brainard
Iowa milk man serving remembers army mornings
A story from Iowa recalls a mil kman now in the Army who writes home about the comfort of army life. He notes mornings spent in bed until 6:30 a.m. and expresses genuine liking for the routine and sense of Fratification he enjoys.
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