Former Lone Tree Resident Wins 1968 Mrs. Iowa Title
Donna Bean of Marion won the 1968 Mrs. Iowa title representing Iowa housewives. She balances teaching first grade in Cedar Rapids, church singing, Blue Bird leadership, piano lessons, sewing, gardening, and Bible school director duties, while her husband Don teaches math and PE in Cedar Rapids. The Schuessler family, longtime Lone Tree residents, are celebrated for farm roots and 4H involvement as they anticipate Mrs. Iowa's national contest in Minneapolis August 14 to 24.
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Donald
Donna) Bean
Marion
Iowa
Diane
DeLana
Cedar Rapids
Don
Parent Teacher's Association
Arthur Schuessler
Lone Tree
Towa
Friends Gather to Combine Wheat for Former Farmer
Neighbors and friends of the late Orville L. Wehner helped harvest 75 acres of wheat on his Oakville area farm July 10 with seven combines and eight trucks. Wehner moved to Hamilton, Ohio, this past winter and died July 4 of a heart attack after farming in the Oakville area for 99 years.
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Wesley
Wayne Shipman
Friends
Erville Wehner
Oakville
Orville
L. Wehner
Wehner
Hamilton
Bloomington Grange Hosts South Prairie Members
Bloomington Grange met Thursday July 11 at the Grange hall with South Prairie Grange members as guests. Master Grant McConnaha led the meeting thanking the community service group for hay work during his illness and noting cemetery duties.
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Bloomington
South Prairie Grange
Grant McConnaha
Community Service Committee
Edward Furlong Named to Muscatine FHA Committee
Edward G. Furlong of Letts has been named to the Muscatine County Farmer's Home Administration FHA committee. County supervisor Anton I. Tometich Jr. announced the appointment. The three member panel reviews loan eligibility, sets credit limits, and advises on servicing FHA loans. In 1968, the committee held 14 meetings and approved 19 of 40 loan requests totaling $161,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Furlong
Letts
Muscatine
FHA
Tometich
Eugene Brugman
Nichols
Mernon Peck
Brugman
Appoint Foreman To New Position At Iowa State
Dr. C F Foreman has been appointed professor in charge of dairy science in the Iowa State University animal science department. He will guide teaching in animal science and dairy science curricula and participate in the department research and extension programs. Prof. Arthur Porter will remain active in department affairs after retirement from administrative duties. Foreman has been with the department since 1955 and was named Professor of the Year in Agriculture in 1966 and Outstanding Teacher Award by the American Dairy Science Association in 1968.
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Ames
C.F. Foreman
Iowa State University
Arthur Porter
Foreman
Animal Science
American Dairy Science Association
Corn Growers Contest Slated for Muscatine County
S M Service Company will sponsor the Iowa Master Corn Growers Contest for Muscatine County in 1968. Eligible entrants must grow 10 or more acres in one field except seed production fields. Entrants may select a contest area of at least five acres from two fields of 10 acres or larger before harvest. Entry fee is 4 dollars payable to SM Service Company Muscatine. Entry deadline is July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S-M Service Company
Iowa
Muscatine County
SM_ Service Company
Muscatine
Rootworm beetles threaten corn crops in Iowa fields
Farmers are urged to inspect cornfields for rootworm beetles during silking, with six or more beetles per ear triggering spraying. Lesions include resistant beetles to some insecticides and emphasis on timely ground or aerial spraying. Weekly observations by Steve Legvold of five Elm Grove plots show rising larval counts as adults emerge, part of Iowa State University entomology studies.
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Towa
Elm Grove Township
Steve Legvold
Louisa County
Legvold
Iowa State University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Bean
Mrs. Iowa
Minneapolis
Arthur Schressler
Donna
Schuessler
College
Donald Bean
Bloomington Grange
South Prairie
Mee
Elsie Boorn
Women’s Activities
Larry Walker
Marie Holliday
Ivan Toyne
Bill McConnaha
Lana Welk
Grange
Cleo Burr
Mary Stein
Carolyn Hudachek
Freda Stein
Doug Smith
Karen Brown
Grange ‘Hall
Women’s Activities Committee
Farmer's Coop. Elevator CO
Stockton, Iowa
Edward Furlong
West Liberty State Bank
West Liberty
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Testrake
Green Street
Jack McNett
United States
Rockstand Fair
Rock Island County
International Rodeo Association
Tex Hitter
Donald L. Lee
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Cedar Street
Tae
5/M Service Company
Scott and
Muscatine Counties
Walcott
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