Field Day Plans at Cone Announced for Aug 5
Iowa State College staff announced plans for the Southeast Iowa Experimental Farm near Conesville for the annual field day Tuesday August 5. Visitors will tour plots and discuss farming problems. Afternoon experiments include fertilizer irrigation responses and corn seed treatments under different conditions. Participants include G M Browning W H Bragonier Frank Schaller MM W Bittinger and C S Rediy. A Southeast Iowa Experiment Association business meeting will also occur with adoption of a new memorandum of understanding with Iowa State College.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
Conesville
G. M. Browning
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
W. H. Bragonier
Department of Potan
Frank Schaller
Soil Conservation Service
MM. W. Bittinger
C. S. Rediy
Southeast Iowa Experiment Association
Larson Reports To Kiwanians On Convention
M C Larson spoke at the Muscatine Kiwanis noon meeting with a color slide resume of his Seattle trip. As Muscatine's Kiwanis International convention delegate, he outlined June events. The club holds Aug 7 as a tentative date to visit Davenport Kiwanis and present the traveling gavel plus lead the host club program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C
Mac” Larson
Muscatine Kiwanis Club
Seattle
Larson
Muscatine
Davenport Kiwanis Club
Muscatine Kiwanians
Davenport Club
Federal School Lunch Funds Allocated to Iowa Schools
The U S Department of Agriculture allocates 1 023765 for Iowa to run the federal lunch program next year. Assistant director M C Jewell says funding matches require local dollars and participation will determine outreach. About 1000 to 1025 schools are expected to participate, up 15 to 20 from this year.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. C. Jewell
Iowa
Jewell
Iown
Walkers Visiting Kin in Kentucky
Cedar Valley residents visit relatives in Kentucky and Iowa connections. Barbara Barbara and Bonnie Walker travel with Mrs Lena Franklin to kin. Nancy and Donnie Erwin stay with uncle Clifton Meyers as parents tour. Several guests attend dinners and a Four H camp, with many local names listed among attendees.
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Cedar Valley
Robert Walker
Barbara
Bonnie
Brenda
Lena Franklin
Kentucky
Nancy
Donnie Erwin
Clifton Meyers
Don Erwin
Warren Dutton
Gene
William Jensen
Tipton
Nancy Corrier
June Holst
Carolyn Gregz
Abe Lincoln
Louis Geertz
Ronald Schafit
Cedar Falls
Alberta Madsen
Kimberly Park
West Liberty
Donald Schmidt
Donnie
David
Virgil
George
Johnny Newberg
Detroit
Donna Erwin
Paul Oberman
Donald
Ruth Ann
Vern Jarvis
Marvin
Jack
H. O. Hintermeister
Karen
John
Gloria
Bette
Fairfield
Dean Sander
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Jean Johnston
Iowa City
Jim Weber
M. A. Sander
Emma Boyens
Earl Lindle
Birkett
Preston Brown
Will McRoberts
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Hardin
Waterloo
Reluctant Candidates Eisenhower and Stevenson Seize Nomination
The piece notes Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson emerged as reluctant presidential nominees in a historic 1950s moment. Both men offered limited public guidance on domestic policy before the conventions, while Taft and Kefauver had clearer, long standing positions. The era marked a shift toward choosing newcomers based on faith rather than detailed policy knowledge.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Kefauver
Kerr
Russell
Averell Harriman
Taft
Illinois
Truman
Europe
Columbia University
State Department
Pvt Atkinson Home Visit From Ft Bliss
Pvt Jerry D Atkinson of Battery B AAAR T C 4th TNG BN Ft Bliss Tex is home on a 17 day fur lough to see his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Atkinson He will return to radar school at Ft Bliss Mrs Margaret Steffens president Mrs Gretchen Voss Mrs Clarence Duffe and Miss Mary Maurer of the American Legion auxiliary unit 584 attend the state auxiliary convention in Des Moines this week
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Des Moines
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Helen C Zollner
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen C. Zollner were held at 2 p.m. at the Fairbanks Home for Funeral. The Reverend Ralph Fisher of Providence Baptist church conducted the service. Pallbearers were Lonnie Shirkey Fritz Feldman Allen Powell Harry McGreer Ray Gillett and Roy Rector. Flower attendants were Emma McGreer Nola Rector and Helen Powell. Soloist was Herbert Ziegenhorn and organist Eva Kramer. Burial followed at Reynolds cemetery.
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Helen C. Zollner
Fairbanks
Ralph Fisher
Providence Baptist Church
Lonnie Shirkey
Fritz Feldman
Allen Powell
Harry McGreer
Ray Gillett
Roy Rector
Emma McGreer
Nola Rector
Helen Powell
Herbert Ziegenhorn
Eva Kramer
Reynolds Cemetery
Belleville barber Fred Bub marks 68 years in one family line
An 83 year old Belleville barber, Fred P Bub, claims a record as a fifth generation barber in the Rogers family after 68 years clipping hair in the same town.
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Barbers
Belleville
Hatel
Fred P. Bub
Bub
Rogers
Pvt Curtis Moved to Army Hospital After Auto Crash
Pvt Donald Curtis, stationed at Camp Hood Texas, was seriously injured in a July 4 automobile crash near Avon Missouri. He suffered a head injury and a triple pelvic fracture, is in a chest to toe cast, and has been moved from Butler Missouri to Fort Leavenworth Kansas. His parents Mr and Mrs Clifford Curtis of Muscatine Iowa are with him at the hospital.
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Pvt
Donald Curtis
Camp Hood
Tex
Avon
Butler
Army Hospital
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Curtis
Clifford Curtis
Muscatine
Federal Cabins
Metropolitan Avenue
Leavenworth, Kas
Tree Decay Largely Driven by Fungi Despite Bacterial Help
Decay in trees is mainly caused by fungal activity, though certain bacteria can assist the process. Fungal infections weaken wood, reducing strength and longevity, while bacterial factors may contribute alongside fungi.
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Cone
National Fidelity Life Insurance Co
Kansas City, Missouri
Herb Toussaint
Men’‘s Florsheims
Paradise
Oxfords
Florsheims
Bowman
Muscatine IA
Rock Laurie
Hudson Chores Coburn
Perreau
Donald O'Connor
Lori Nelson
Alice Kelley
J.P
Lewis Martin
Randolph Scott
Doolins
Oklahoma
Glen Ford
Ann Miller
By James Marlow
Littl Campaigning
New Hampshire
Ilinois
Thur. & Sat
Phlatce
Marlene Dietrich
Arthur Kennedy
Ferrer
Dick Haymes
Nina Fock
Roland Young
Prin
Pvt. Curtis
Dan Rivers
Susp’ Cotton Pinida
Ner
Xariet
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