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Newspaper
Opinion Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1973
Page
6
Fred A. Priewert, Director of the Iowa Conservation Commission, presented John Spence, Iowa Chairman of Ducks Unlimited, a $34,000 check to aid waterfowl and non-game species. Revenues from Iowa’s $1 Migratory Waterfowl Stamps fund marsh development and restoration in Canada.
About 70 000 stamps are sold yearly with over half of revenue used in Iowa for waterfowl programs and none for administration. Legislation allows half the funds to be spent outside the U S and contracts with Ducks Unlimited support a Manitoba project to build water control structures on the Mandesley Wildlife Management Area near The Pas to stabilize water levels and improve habitat for ducks and other wildlife.
The Iowa Chapter of the American Cancer Society allocates 60 cents of every dollar locally to state programs. Sixty percent of collected funds stay in Iowa and 40 percent supports national research, including centers like the University of Iowa. Mills County uses its share for transportation, nursing and housework help, clothing, equipment, counseling, and supplies for sick rooms.
Glenwood section reports Mr. and Mrs. Garreld Baker traveled to Corning for the funeral of Verne Wetzel at Roland Funeral Home. Christmas visits include Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Peterson and family from Sioux City with the Hursts, Ludwig, and Petersons hosting a Sunday supper. Additional holiday guests include Cecil Harris of Roswell visiting Ray and wife, and Eldon Brake with Mike Brake visiting Mrs. John White. Joe Loomer of Denver and Doug Loomer at Judson College remain home for Christmas vacation with Peggy Loomer. forecast notes rain and snow Monday.
Mills County endured a wet period from December 11 to 23 with only five dry days. Temperatures ranged from 41 degrees on the 11th to minus 15 on the 20th. Through December 23, total precipitation reached 1.92 inches, with the final figure pending.
Community notes from Tabor cover Christmas visits among the MacDonald, Chantry, Foster, Hopps, Carnes, Wilson, and Van Horn families across Sidney Glenwood Farragut Treynor Percival and Council Bluffs. Also recalls old telephone tariff talk as Northwestern Bell seeks Iowa Commerce Commission approval to raise local calls from ten to twenty cents in 1975, boosting total bills about 10 percent.
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