Pennsylvania 4-H Youth Visit Muscatine
A Pennsylvania bus carrying 36 4-H youths and five adult leaders from Gettysburg arrives in Muscatine for a six day stay. Muscatine hosts welcome at Weed park with planned picnics, farm tours, a library visit to President Hoover, and trips to the Amana Colonies and Wild Cat Den hayride.
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Muscatine
Weed Park
Muscatine County
President Hoover
Wes Branch
Amana
Wild Cat den
Ardyce Fett Starts IFYE Exchange To Ceylon
Ardyce Fett, 22, former Muscatine County Extension trainee and Iowa State University student, left for a six month IFYE stay in Ceylon. She will live with several rural families, work with locals, and share experiences while touring points of interest in transit. Fett is the daughter of Mrs Marvel Fett of Dysart Iowa and will return to the United States after her assignment.
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Ardyce Fett
Muscatine County
Ceylon
India
Miss Fett
Ardyee
Marvel Fett
Dysart la
Iowa State University
United States
International Farm Youth Exchange
IFYE
U. S
Iowa
4-H Club News from Sweetland Oakville and Wilton
Sweetland 4-H groups plan ice cream social July 24 and Achievement Day July 21 with exhibits at the Sweetland Methodist church. Members hostesses Connie Petersen Cathy Morehouse lead demonstrations on entomology and canning. Oakville Merry Maids cookout set at New Boston Ferry Landing with fire-building and foil packs demos. Wilton Busy Bees Dad's Night features bread, yeast rolls, and a program at Wilton city hall.
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Royal Busters Sweetland
Sweetland
Royal Busters 4-H
Dan Peterson
Don Wathan
Gary Peterson
Connor
Verle Sywassink
Sweetland Methodist Church
Sweetland Royal Buster Boys Elup
Sweetland Sunshine Girls Club
New Era
Sweetland Farm Bureau
P.m
Cathy Morehouse
Bloomington
Connie Petersen
Judy Burmeister
Joyce Nuss
Saum
Connie Pettersen
Nancy Paul
Becky Rohwer
Vicki Hetzler
Orville Nussbaum
Henry Tack
Marvin Retzler
Kris Toyne
Nadine Clark
Cato Ann Wetzel
Audrey Coram
Merry Maids
Oakville
New
Boston Ferry Landing Park
Kathleen Thornburg
Janice Boyer
Dorothy Gerdner
Nancy Gerst
Elsie Gerdner
Martha Rose Gerst
Gail Timmerman
Rebecca Gerst
Anmnétte Timmerman
Wilton
Busy Bee
Wilton City Hall
Lynn Luth
Wilton Farm Bureau
Lynn Lath
Joy Rife
Jill Rife
Inez Marine
Mary Kay McSwiggen
Nancy Cole
Cattle Congress Plans Art Show at Waterloo
Plans for the first competitive Art Show run with the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo from September 24 to October. Categories include oil paintings watercolors drawings and prints with cash prizes totaling 250. James T. Smith acts as show superintendent entries close August 25 and judging is August 30 and 31. Winning entries will be displayed in the Hippodrome Little Gallery during the 1966 Dairy Cattle Congress. Premium lists and entry blanks available by writing to National Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo Iowa Box 298.
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National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
James T. Smith
Little Gallery
Iowa
Melon Patrol Meeting Scheduled for Island Community Hall
The Muscatine Island Truck Growers Association calls a reorganization meeting for the melon patrol Monday July 11 at 8 p.m. at Island Community hall. All growers are urged to attend to support the patrol as sheriffs of Muscatine and Louisa counties cooperate to start operations near the end of July.
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Hag
Melon Patrol
Island
Muscatine
Louisa
Island Field Day Set At Fruitland Station July 24
Muscatine Island Field Station at Fruitland hosts the thirtieth annual Field Day for town vegetable growers. The program begins at 2 p.m. with introductions, then a tractor ride through plots showcasing watermelons muskmelons potatoes tomatoes and peppers. Officials will discuss weed control irrigation and fertilizer trials and a battery of safety guidance on pesticide use. Representatives from Iowa State University and extension staffs will answer questions. Co-sponsors include the Iowa State University, Iowa Vegetable Growers Association, and the Muscatine Island Truck Growers Association.
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Fruitland
Maine Rock and Healey's
Iowa State Research and Extension
Towa State University
Towa Vegetable Growers Association
Regional Conservation Speech Contest locals and dates
Miss Barbara Boyle, winner of Muscatine County Soil Conservation District, advances to the regional soil conservation speech contest on July 21 at the Ox Yoke Inn Amana Iowa. Contest involves 12 districts with a $25 top cash award plus $15 and $160 for second and third. Topic is Water Conservation Vital to All. State contest September 18 in Cedar Rapids offers $100 prize and a $250 scholarship to the winner.
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Muscatine County
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Boyle
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company
Grinnell
Iowa
Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Cedar Rapids
ISU Advisor to Visit Muscatine for Farm Operation Program
David L. Stamp, Farm Operation advisor at Iowa State University, will visit Muscatine on July 14 to meet newly enrolled Farm Operation freshmen and discuss the winter quarter program. The program runs Nov 28 to Feb 24 and covers farm management, livestock production, field crops, soils, and farm shop with college credit toward a certificate or degree.
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ISU
Muscatine
David L. Stamp
Latlows State University
Stamp
Folt College
Stamps
Eugene Mathern
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Will Visit Muscatine
Kenneth E. Owen, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, will visit Muscatine on Monday July 11 for a breakfast aboard the Kent Boat at 7 30 a m honored by Kent Feeds Inc Local political leaders are invited Owen is described as a dirt farmer farming 60 acres in Appanoose county A longtime 4 H leader he received the 1953 Iowa Master Swine Producers Award He will remain in Muscatine until about 10 a m then head to Burlington to address the Rotary club at noon and later speak to the Fairfield Jaycees in Fairfield.
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High Prairie Church
Marcia Luce
Sarah Stange
Mary Jo Hichelberger
Diane Marley
Patsy Catalona
Theresa Tometich
Diane Stange
Kenneth E. Owen
Iowa
Muscatine
Kent Feeds, Inc
Owen
Kent
Appanoose County
Burlington
Drug Stores Lead Photo Goods Market in West Germany
In 1985 West Germany drug stores accounted for 20 percent of photo product sales, behind full service photographic retailers at 60 percent. Photo goods rank fifth among major merchandise carried by drug stores.
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West Germany
Five Day Forecast Sees Above Normal Temperatures
Temperatures will average about 2 405 degrees above normal from Saturday through next Wednesday with small daily changes. Normal highs range from 83 to 89 degrees, and lows from 61 to 66. Rainfall expected from .25 to .50 inches in showers or thunderstorms, with mixed chances on Saturday Sunday and Tuesday.
District Dairy Breed Show Dates Announced
Muscatine County registered dairy cattle herds prepare for district shows this July with about 60 to 100 head expected at DeWitt fairgrounds on July 29. State events include Holstein picnic July 11 near Olin and Ayrshire on July 22 at Tipton fairgrounds.
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Muscatine County
Eugene Mathern
DeWitt Fairgrounds
Jay Slater
Olin
Jersey Parish
West Liberty Fairgrounds
Muscatine Dairyren
Central District
Tipton Fairgrounds
Ayrshire
Carl and Marvin Lindemann
Humboldt
Clowns Evolve From Joe Grimaldi’s Grotesque Makeup
A fragment notes that modern circus clowns stem from Joe Grimaldi, the early 18th century pioneer who created the grotesque makeup and costume style still in use today. He affected clowning’s visual tradition and performance ethos.
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Circus
Joe Grimaldi
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