Urban youths join 4-H clubs rise in Muscatine County
More than half of 4-H youth nationwide come from non farm homes and Muscatine County reports 600 members across 30 clubs with 142 from town homes. The article outlines club activities, project options from photography to woodworking, awards, camps, exchanges, and leadership opportunities, inviting city and country youths aged 10 to 19 to join.
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United States
Cilies
Muscatine County
Leadership Club
Gettysburg
Muscatine
Bill Freiberg
Grant For Animal Aging Study At Iowa State
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare renews a $30,000 1966 research grant to Dr. Robert Getty of Iowa State University for gerontological studies on aging in dogs. He heads veterinary anatomy and has directed the project for eight years, evaluating normal aging from birth to senility. Findings support comparative work in humans, including aging and cardiac studies.
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Ames
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Getty
Iowa State University
Getty
Department of Veterinary Anatomy
Clover Leaf Pals 4-H Officers Promote Healthy Breakfast
Muscatine Clover Leaf Pals 4-H club officers urge members to eat a good breakfast featuring fruit milk cereal and protein. Officers shown left to right are Shelley Meyers historian and reporter Sue Schauland vice president Dorothy Angel secretary treasurer with Ann Petersen as president.
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Muscatine Clover Leaf Pals
Shelley Meyers
Sue Schauland
Dorothy Angel
Ann Petersen
Muscatine Merry Maids 4-H Story and Activities
The Muscatine Merry Maids 4 H club celebrates five years since 1965, with strong participation in clothing, fair standings, and a citizenship project. Members earned ribbons, completed records, and funded a layette drive, winning special recognition on Awards Night. The group also toured the State Fair after fundraising success and shared club experiences.
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Merry Maids
West Liberty Fair
Photography Project 11-Year-Old Joins four year 1965 4 H club
John McClean, age 11, selected photography as his 4 H club project for 1965. He studies techniques while awaiting the newest addition to his family, with three years left to complete the four year program.
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John McClean
John
Journal Photo
Woodworking champion Kevin Hogan shines at West Liberty Fair
Kevin Hogan, 12, in his first year of 4-H club work, won the junior division grand champion for his redwood shelves project. He refined the boards with careful workmanship, earning top honors at last summer’s fair.
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Kevin Hogan
West Liberty Fair
Westward settlement surge tops earlier U.S. land gains
National Geographic reports that land settlement in the western United States during the last thirty years of the 19th century surpassed the total settled in the nation’s first two and a half centuries, highlighting a dramatic shift in expansion patterns.
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United States
National Geographic
Busy Bees and friends named in local club officers lineup
The photograph lists officers from several clubs: Busy Bees with president Diane Staley, Goshen Gleamers treasurer, Bays officers, Sweet land Royal Busters vice president Mike Marolf, Pike Plucky Pikers president Jeff Carter, Spirit of '76 treasurer Joe Furlong, and Fulton Jr. Farmers secretary Keith Schroeder.
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Busy Bees
Diane Staley
Goshen Gleamers
Bays
Mike Marolf
Sweetland Royal Busters
Jeff Carter
Pike Plucky Pikers
Joe Furlong
Spirit of ‘76
Keith Schroeder
Fulton Jr. Farmers
Portuguese Fish Exports Net $29 Million in 1964
Portuguese fish exports in 1964 earned over 29 million dollars in foreign exchange. About one in fifty Portuguese men rely on the sea for livelihood, illustrating the sector's significance to the economy.
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Portugese
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Muscatine Merry Maids 4.H Club
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Jane Nelson
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Barbara Borton
Cassandra ‘Baker
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Newfoundland
Canada
Woodworking Project
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Elks Lodge
Kay Earnhardt
Pike Peppy Pals
Mary McAllister
Fulton Industrial
Joy Rife
Wilton
Ray Wuestenberg
General Insurance Bonds
Dial
West Liberty
Wapello, Iowa
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Iowa
Packers and Stock Yard
Highway 61
Rex Il
Hanft
Met
Mediapolio
Surrell Barton
Monsanto
L Sose
Jon
Mejon Man
Don Judge
Park Ave
Don Campbell
Muscatine, Iowa
Atalissa, Iowa
Jon Man
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