Choice Cattle Inspected on Muscatine County Tour
A Muscatine County Beef Producers Assn tour features 50 Angus steers from Missouri owned by Maurice Furlong located north of Cranston. The animals weighed 480 pounds on Nov 1 and were fed alfalfa then grass silage with five to eight pounds of corn per meal. They will pasture on brome-alfalfa with full corn feed and are planned for market in September or October.
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Choice Cattle
Muscatine County
Assn
Missouri
Maurice Furlong
Cranston
Furlong
Beef Producers elect new officers led by Walter Reesink
Walter Reesink was elected president of the Beef Producers organization with Ward Harvey named vice president Harold Craig chosen secretary and Roy Baker in as treasurer.
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Walter Reesink
Beef Producers
Ward Harvey
Harold Craig
Roy Baker
Muscatine County Beef Producers Hold Spring Tour
The Muscatine County Beef Producers Assn held its spring tour with a noon Cranston church meeting. Three directors named Bill Peterson Carl Frick and Harry Braun. Bill Zmolek spoke on beef cattle outlook as about 100 participants visited local farms in forenoon and afternoon sessions.
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Muscatine
Bill Peterson
Lee Riggs
Bill Thomas
Maurice Furlong
Ed Harvey
John Lee
Young airman reunites with his mother after 17 years apart
Airman 3-C Delbert Enfield, 18, stationed at Warren Air Force Base, arrives in Coon Rapids to meet his birth mother Mrs. John Kennedy whom he last knew as a baby. He had been placed for adoption at nine months after birth at a Salvation Army hospital and believed his parents were dead.
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Coon Rapids
Delbert Enfield
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wrvo
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Delbert
Salvation Army
Iowa Farm Prices Rise Slightly in April Report
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting service says the prices received by Iowa farmers edged up to 298 percent of the base period on April 15, from the prior month. Parity prices show corn at 1.68 a bushel and hogs at 16.40 per hundredweight, with beef cattle, veal calves, and lambs above parity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Kennedy family bonds shine as Delbert plans return
Mrs. Kennedy praises Delbert as a wonderful son figure for her children. She says the other three kids have fallen in love with Delbert and even John and Enfield comment on their strong bond. Enfield, who hoped for overseas duty, plans to return home after service and live with his mother and foster father, while on leave he will attend school with the younger children to get acquainted.
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Kennedy
Delbert
Top Scholastic Honors For Grandview Class Of 1952
Grandview high school names Fern Noble valedictorian and Kay Jackson salutatorian for the 1952 graduating class. Noble, daughter of Elbert A. Noble, held a 89.9 grade average and pursued vocal music. Jackson, son of Vera J. Reid, had 83.59 and served as senior class president while active in athletics.
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Grandview
Meritig
Grandview High School
Fern Noble
Kay Jackson
Noble
Elbert A. Noble
Vera J. Reid
Near Columbus Junction
Reports From WSCS Meeting At Methodist Church
WV reports by Mrs. Harry Shearer and Mrs. Walter Lamb highlighted a WSCS gathering at the Methodist church. Edith Samson biography noted, and a talk on When Is a Man a Christian discussed by Mrs. Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Herrick
Harry Gipple
Barbara Meyers Named President of Four H Club
Barbara Meyers was chosen president of the Pleasant Pointers Four H club at the first meeting in the church parlors. Other officers include Beverly LeFever vice president Janet Kunz secretary treasurer and reporters Doris Fifield and Judy Potter. Nadine Davis is program chairman Margaret Brayton program assistant Janet Potter and Karen Holmes recreation and Mrs Lloyd LeFever leader. Janet Kunz will host the next meeting.
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Buffalo Prairie
Barbara Meyers
Pleasant Pointers Four-H Club
Beverly LeFever
Janet Kunz
Doris Fifield
Judy Potter
Nadine Davis
Progra
Margaret Brayton
Janet Potter
Karen Holmes
Lloyd LeFever
Life span of a red blood corpuscle varies widely
The text notes that a red blood corpuscle has an average life of 30 to 70 days while stating that glycerine can prevent frost on windows.
Farmers urged to protest freight hikes by government
Washington reports the Agriculture Department hinting that farmers should protest the nation’s transportation policies. It notes freight rates are about 79 percent higher than postwar levels and that farmers would bear most of the increases on farm shipments. The piece adds average travel distances for cars and trucks.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Iowa State College
Ames
Phto
Ehone
Magnus
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Blondie
Chic Young
Howell
Dr. P Pepper
Lee
Schimelzer
East Ninth St
Bureau
McDaniel Drug Store
East Second Street
FERN
Wscs
Ruth Johnson
Algeria
Burlington
Walter Morris
Dora Crumly
Briggs
Gerald Mentin
Adelia Letts
John Ritter
UBI
Albert Rowe
George Liebbe
Nellie Lee
Miss Lee
Dan Smith
Liebbe
Floyd Brown
Ralph McCleary
Hallie Lee
Fairbanks
Home For Funerals
BY Leslie Turner
Tubbs
North
Ill
Captain
Max Talon
Talon
Four-H
Gromer Davis
Bert Davis
Aledo
FFA
Moline
Rock Island
Mercer
Warren
Whiteside
Erma Cottingham
University of Illinois State
Nancy Monson
Oak View Country Club
Thomas Blomgren
South Park Presbyterian Church
Joe McCreight
Walter Danielson
Earl Simons
Marvin Schiess
East Buffalo
Harold Bryant
Joy
Rufus Elliott
Wanit 300
Lower County
Reynolds High
Ralph Fox
Jack Bradley
Harold Negus
United States
Raymond Loewy
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