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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1961

Page

11

Rock Island County ASC Township Elections Schedule

Rock Island County ASC announces township elections to select ASC community committees. Three members and two alternates per township will be named for each committee. Eligible voters include legal voters with farm interests as owners tenants or sharecroppers. Notices will be mailed with voting sites and dates ranging July 14 to July 18 in various townships. farmers to receive wheat marketing and wool program payments updates from ASC.

Motine ASC Rock Island Milleemen Alternales Ac County Cording Howard Moody Cordlova Tegal Siles Cordova Lwpe Taylor Ridge Elevator Lov Gang Lyford Rock Island Asc Lave

Local farming notes mark dry spell and new crops

Reports from Columbus City area describe exploratory work by W L Dillier for the Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America and a possible underground gas dome. Weather keeps crops tight with light rainfall since May but farmers plan bumper yields if rains come. Beans and string beans harvests begin as crews use mechanical pickers. Fire department mutual aid aids Lone Tree after a farm home burns. city plans for new fire truck and addition to the fire station.

Cape Canaveral Story Columbus City Cairo Columbus Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Don Stapp Harlan Keltner Jouir Harly George Gersi Henry Sexton William McGinnis Rex Smith Ralph Faler Reid Buffington W. L. Dillier Jim Casey W. R. Clark Ab i Regent Wales Parrot Don Slapp Oliver Freitag Dick Mittman New Richmond, Wise

Farm Labor Demand Signals Ample Local Availability

Southeast Iowa reports ample farm labor supply per the Iowa State Employment Service at Muscatine 313 East Second Street. Haying and crop cultivation progress well with some delays. Strawberry harvest nearly complete. vegetable hoeing active. melons potatoes and pickles hoed. Seven married positions offer about 200 dollars plus extras and five single roles at 150 dollars plus board and room.

Iowa East Second Street Muscatine

Ice Cream Social Set at Letts Church

Letts Methodist Church will sponsor an ice cream social on Thursday evening July 6. The menu includes hot chicken and ham sandwiches, cole slaw, cake, homemade ice cream, assorted toppings, coffee and pop. Service ends around 5 p.m.

Lelig Letts Methodist Church Lucky Leader

Tractor Pull And Parade At Morning Sun

A two day Morning Sun celebration includes a tractor pull on July 3 with two classes. Entry fee is four dollars, with three cash prizes per class. First place in each class gets a refund of their entry fee. Entry forms are available at a Morning Sun business house.

Morng Sun Morning Sun

Lone Tree Farm Home Destroyed by Rapid Fire

Firefighters from Lone Tree and West Liberty battled a blaze that leveled a two story six room home of Mrs. Evelyn Lantz at 334 miles north of town Thursday just after noon. The fire began in a storage shed and spread quickly in strong south winds, destroying the residence within an hour and leaving the family with nothing.

Lone ‘Tree Evelyn Lantz Lone Tree Lone Tree Rural Fire Department West Liberty Rural

Fire alarm hero 15 guards family home ruins

Marla Lantz, age 15, turned in the fire alarm and surveyed the ruins of her former home after smoke was seen. She was at home with her brothers while her mother Evelyn Lantz worked in Iowa City. Insurance partly covers the loss.

Marla Lantz Evelyn Lantz Iowa City Journal

Squaws Square Dance Club Announces July Parade

The Squaws Square Dance Club invites all area clubs to a Tuesday weigh in by 22 noon. The pull starts at 1 pm. The annual Fourth of July parade is sponsored by the Paws Evening.

Mrs Amidon to Speak at Durant July 7

Mrs Mable Amidon of Green Bay Wisconsin daughter of the late Julius Hartz of Durant will speak at St Pauls Episcopal Church Friday July 7 at ? pm Her topic "Tsrael Foday" She recently completed a tip visiting the Land Turkey Greece erland France Luxemberg and England Public invited free of charge and offense noted

Amidon Durant Mable Amidon Green Bay Wis Julius Hartz St Paul's Episcopal Church Tsrael ‘Foday Turkey Greece Erland France Luxenberg England

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