Open House at Grothoff Poultry Farm in Southern Illinois
Grothoff Poultry Farm, featuring ten thousand Leghorn hens in a single air conditioned building, invites the public for an open house next Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. The facility uses automated feeding, watering, egg collection, and cleaning systems, with 75 percent of eggs laid before noon. Visitors travel via Route 37 to the first crossroad beyond the Game Farm, then four miles east and three quarters mile south.
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Grothoff
Ilinois
Farina
Illinois
Sutton Enterprises
Demler
Grothoff Poultry Venture Plans 300K Layers in 15 Illinois Counties
C E Grothoff and sons Curtis Jim and Larry Jefferson County farmers enter poultry business with Sutton and Snyder advising. Joe Sutton and Lyle Snyder back the plan aiming 300 thousand layers across 15 counties. Estimated egg cost 28.5 cents per dozen after depreciation. 1962 graded eggs averaged over 35 cents, indicating solid margins for producers.
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Ling
C. E. Grothoff
Curtis
Jim
Larry
Jefferson County
Sutton and Snyder
Joe Sutton
Lyle Snyder
Allied Mills Co
Sutton
Snyder
Illinois
Barbs by Hal Cochran on finances and social woes
A short humor piece by Hal Cochran jokes about financial failure and the difficulty of making new friends. It notes how sleep comes easier as sunrise arrives and makes a quip about poker jokers being wild and a husband in bridge.
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Hal Cochran
Golconda Mines Symbolize Oriental Splendor
The ancient mines and diamond mart of Golconda were so rich that the name became synonymous with Oriental splendor.
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Golconda
Adults Chaperone Graduation Parties
A survey by The Associated Press shows schools and parents increasingly require adult chaperones at graduation and prom celebrations. Principals warn June is critical, while many communities ban all night drinking and enforce rules like no reentries. Despite progress some seniors still seek unchaperoned events, with varied local traditions across Maryland Ohio Texas and New Hampshire.
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Joy Miller
New York
Maryland
Arnold N .Fleagle
Walkersville High
Associated Press
Omaha
Owen Nautzen
Marykind
David W. Zimmerman
Washington
Baltimore
Barberton
Ohio
Dallas
Atlas launches 4000 mile test to assess ICBM system
An Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile completed a 4000 mile flight down the Pacific Missile Range to test its operational system. The Air Force deemed Tuesday's launch successful. The Atlas E remains operational at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington Forbes Air Force Base Kansas and Warren Air Force Base Wyoming.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Fairchild Air Force Base
Wash
Forbes Afb
Kans
Warren Afb
Wyo
The Bobolink Migrates To Argentine Pampas
The bobolink is a remarkable migrant traveling from its breeding grounds to the Argentine pampas for the winter. This seasonal journey highlights the species’ long distance movement and habitat shift across continents.
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Argentine Pampas
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Grothoff Farm
L. R. DeWitt
THE
Auto Diner
Ross Lisenby
Dial
Jefferson Loan Co
Anchor Coal CO
Perkins Dial
Kiwanis Club
Laconia
Nashua
N.hl
Miami
Pretty Prairie
Kan
Ross Drugs
6Th & Broadway
MT. Vernon, Ill
Montgomery Ward
Broadway
Daris
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