Iowa Farmers Welcome Heat as Corn Crop Prospects Improve
Agricultural expert Howard J. Gramlich notes soaking rains and high temperatures give Iowa a strong start for a record corn crop, contrasting with last year’s poor showing. Barn builder Paul Burkle unveils a 36 by 120 foot multi purpose barn east of Earlville. Farmer Arthur Pitcher advocates 3600 feet of surface drains improving drainage and yields, with neighbor William Neilsen praising relief from past flood-like waterlogging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Gramlich
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Iowa
Paul Burkle
Dyersville
Highway 20
Earlville
Burkle
Arthur Pitcher
Estherville
Pitcher
William Neilsen
George Chipman
Emmet
Wapello School Board Reports and Staff Renewals
At the annual meeting of Wapello Consolidated School District the secretary and treasurer reports were approved. The custodian staff led by Lloyd Smith was rehired for the coming year along with John Walsinger Bill Milburn and Mrs Ida Willace. Contracts renewed include Bob Gustafson as mechanic and Mrs Lloyd Smith as librarian. New hires: Mindred Simpson Muscatine as home economics instructor and Harold W Cross Wayland as instrumental music teacher. Two vacancies remain junior high staff and an intermediate principal. The board also noted staff rehires for another year.
Final Tryout for Four H Judging Slated Saturday
Four H members wishing to try for the county judging team should meet at the Harry Schneider farm at 6 30 a m Saturday Harold Craig county extension director said this list workout is open to all Four H members only those who attended prior workouts will be invited to continue the drills Two workouts have been held previously with about fifty boys participating Lauren Freyermuth county Four H chairman and the extension director are assisting with the judging team this year.
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Harry Schneider Farm
Harold Craig
Four-H
Lauren Freyermuth
County Four-H
Don Milholin Named Captain For City Water Fight
Don Milholin will lead the city team in the Fourth of July water fight against a farm team Friday. Harold Craig arranges, Bob Evans announces, with a 30 minute match at the riverfront near Iowa avenue. A steel keg serves as a puck and barrels mark goals under International Water Fighters Assn rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Milholin
Bob Evans
Evans
Harold Craig
Iowa Avenue
Death Notice and Local Visits Highlight Utah Widow
Mrs. H. Brookhart of Bountiful Utah dies at home news reached Cranston Relatives in the area report survivors include a son Ernst of Bountiful. Other items note visits by Mrs Cornelius Uhr and daughter Mrs Willmetta Chavarri from Hamilton New York and social calls by Archie Hunter and the Smiths in Wellman Iowa. Major Zane Amell killed in a forced landing funeral in East Lansing Michigan with relatives attending from Ames Chicago and Davenport communities.
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Archie Hunter
Alvin Smith
Wellman
Jean Riggs
Chicago
Donald Riggs
Janie
Peggy
Ames
Max Allen
Oak A. Harvey
Zane Amell
Oscoda Air Force Base
Oscoda
Mich
Mt. Hope Methodist Church
East Lansing
Grange elects officers and plans youth camp support
Cedar Grange met Friday night with Klein Phelps as master in Oak A Harvey’s absence. Officers include Rev. Max Allen overseer and Harold Turner steward. The group funded youth camp expenses for new members and set July 11 for the next meeting. Refreshments will be provided by Earl Wiese Arthur Black and Bill Scoles. Mary Ann Foley remains hospitalized in Bellevue for a back ailment.
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The
Grange
Earl Wiese
Arthur Black
Bill Scoles
Marvin Coder
Francis Turner
Mary Ann Foley
Donald Foley
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Foley
Enrollment Tops 30 Million In 1950 51 U S Schools
The article reports an estimated 30 million students enrolled in U S public and private schools during the 1950 51 academic year as schooling expanded across the nation.
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U. S
Service address for Air Force member in Texas
Mrs. Sam Etter of 1208 Indiana Street, Texas, has received an address for her son in the Air Force: A B Henry J De Heer, AF 17365968, Squadron 3724, Flight 807, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
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Sam Etter
Indiana Street
Air Force
A. B. Henry J. de Heer
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Postal Receipts Set New Record in Muscatine
June receipts at the Muscatine post office reached a record $16,209.48, up from $14,460.11 in June 1951. Postmaster Albert S Barry announced the gain of $1,749.37 while cancellations fell by 2,320 pieces as 223,190 pieces were processed this June versus 235,510 last year.
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Muscatine Post Office
Albert S. Barry
County Group Attends Ames Field Day at ISU Farm
John Holliday president of the Muscatine Island Truck Growers Assn. Lewis B. Peterson director of the Muscatine Island Experiment Station and State Sen Herman Lord of Muscatine attended a field day Tuesday at the Iowa State College agronomy farm in Ames. The event, sponsored by the Iowa Crop Improvement Assn. with the Society of Iowa Florists, toured plots of corn soybeans small grains grasses and legumes in the morning then visited the horticultural farm and soil testing laboratory in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holliday
Muscatine Island
Friday Holiday For Post Office In Muscatine
The Muscatine post office will observe Friday July 4 as a holiday with no window service or mail delivery. The lobby stays open for box holders, stamps sold at a lobby vending machine, substitute clerks handle mail, and collections occur at 7 p m in the residence area and 7 a m in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Albert
Barry
Local Stores Announce Regular Holiday Hours
Co. at 1045 Mershey Avenue and Station No. 2, the Bridge Grocery at 224 Walnut Street, will operate on their regular holiday hours per the notice.
New Six Team Softball Loop Opens Monday
Wapello Morning Sun faces Busters Has Beens at the Wapello Community field in the season opener. The six team league starts Monday with the first games on the schedule.
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Wapello
Buster
Community league opens with first round softball night
The Community league debuts with six teams Oakville Morning Sun Toolesboro Wapello Grandview and Busters Has Beens. Each team will play 15 games across Morning Sun Oakville and Wapello diamonds. Tuesday features Wapello Independents vs Oakville and Toolesboro vs Grandview.
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Oakville
Morning Sun
Toolesboro
Wapello
Grandview
Buster’s
Wapello Diamonds
Wapello Independents
Building Permits Totaling 60055 Issued in June
Muscatine city engineer reports 58 permits issued in June totaling 60055 dollars. The breakdown lists new residences four permits at 22600 dollars, residential remodeling 37 permits at 20385 dollars, and additional entries for new residences and remodeling with smaller amounts.
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Muscatine
Pueblo Visitor Returns to Home
Concord Mrs. Ralph McKean returned to her Pueblo Colorado home after a week visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bonnichsen and other relatives. Charley Johnston is a surgical patient at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Sunday visitors at the Harlan Foster and Mrs. Billa Foster home included Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fuller Patty and Marilyn of Muscatine Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Swanson and Rosalee of Morning Sun Mrs. Ollie Carrie Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Torode of Wapello Miss Betty Jo and Lee Allen Foster.
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Concord
Ralph McKean
Pueblo
Colo
Fred Bonnichsen
Charley Johnston
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Harlan Foster
Billa Foster
Raymond Fuller
Patty
Marilyn
Muscatine
Sidney Swanson
Rosalee
Morning Sun
Ollie Carrie
Clyde Torode
Wapello
Betty Jo
Lee Allen Foster
Private Krueger completes 16 weeks of basic training
Pvt. Glen Krueger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Krueger, finished 16 weeks of Army basic training with the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox and reported to Camp Stoneman, California, on June 28 to await overseas duty. He spent two weeks with his wife in Aledo and with his parents. Maynard Martin remains a patient at Mercy hospital in Davenport after surgery Tuesday. California contains 7,567 miles of railroad. Maine holds 16,750,000 acres of timberland in the East.
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Illinois City
Glen Krueger
Walter Krueger
3Rd Armored Division
Fort Knox
Krueger
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Aledo
Maynard Martin
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
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William L. Eberline
Associated Press
Coad Investment
Wester Drug
AERO
Gillette
Razor
Broud
Klein Phelps
Texas
Henry J. DE Heer
Ames Field
Chocolate Shop
Umea
Guam
Gly
Solig
Teenie
Varineh
Price
Pvt. Krueger
California
Maine
Bowman Bros
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