HDU Notes: Rural Club Activities Across Communities
Nineteen members and four guests enjoyed a party at A B Taylor home. Mrs Bud Schaub new president led a brief meeting and planned locations for next year. Gifts were sent to a shut‑in in Tennessee and a basket prepared for a neighbor. An all day meeting and potluck at the hall set for Jan 17. Local groups reported events in Richmond Worthwhile Modernettes Lane and Land Creek with lessons on fabrics, civil defense and serving trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bud Schaub
Pearl Hall
Tennessee
Olivia Siegman
Fred Griffin
Allen Reed
T. R. Johnson
Lane
Lane H.D.A
Paul Hinton
Alice Knoop
Church Annex
Osawatomie State Hospital
J. D. Alexander
Tom Stevenson
Joy Gentry
C. R. Kimball
Land Creek
Bertha Stewart
George Graves
Dale Swank
Albert Barnhart
4 H Club Party Teaches Working Together Lessons
The Far and Near 4 H Club planned a New Year’s party for members and Williamsburg School students. Committees handled refreshments decoration and overall planning. Two age group parties featured games dancing and a year 1961 skit. parents chaperoned. Members learned teamwork for future activities and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Big Check At End Of Drive On Westward Trek
Eldon Daughters of Winner Livestock Auction called the $353,549 payment the biggest ever drawn up. Don Hight, rancher with 1,833 cattle and 18 horses, accepted the check after a five day 65 mile drive ending in WINNER. The sale aims to cover 1,054 cows for $210,774 and 779 steers for $141.70 each amid cold, snow, and rising weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.D
Eldon
Don Hight
Hight
Highton
Westover
Estimated savings on trucking animals helps cost concerns
A fragment notes an estimate that about $2,000 was saved under trucking arrangements for transporting the animals. The remark implies the animals would have incurred higher costs, highlighting a financial relief or efficiency in the operation.
Lois Schendel Named 4-H Council President
Lois Schendel was installed as president of the Miami County 4-H Council with her parents Mr and Mrs L B Schendel in attendance. Lois was a district winner in the personal development project in 1961 and received a $50 United States savings bond from Bell Telephone Company, presented by Miami County 4-H agent Victor Sisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Schendel
L. B. Schendel
Miami County
Victor Sisk
4- H
Bell Telephone Company
Calfhood Brucellosis Vaccination Guidelines Outline
Franklin County aims to control brucellosis through calfhood vaccination. Optimal age is six to eight months for immunity. older animals may not develop protection and could react positively later. Des Br oston four months animals unlikely to gain immunity. Also notes pond fish winter mortality from ice and snow, advising snow removal and restocking 100 bass 100 bluegill 75 channel catfish per acre in clear water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
George Halazon
K State Wildlife
Halazon
4-H Tractor School Planned for March
4-H members are urged to enroll in the tractor project focusing on care maintenance and four units including safety engine basics lubrication and fuels. A leader session was rescheduled from January 5 to March 5 due to interest. Applicants should contact leaders or the county extension agent and mail applications to the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission or the Farlington hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Soil Conservation Service
Halazon
Kansas Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission
Pratt
Federal Hatchery
Farlington
Fire destroys famed Musical Arts Building
The Musical Arts Building in St. Louis was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. Estimates put damage at 175000 to 250000 dollars. The building, a cultural hub near Gaslight Square, housed a plush restaurant on the ground floor and had hosted Helen Traubel and early works by Tennessee Williams and William Inge. About 250 patrons from nearby venues were slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
Musical Arts
Opera
Helen Traubel
Tennessee Williams
William Inge
Gaslight Square
Schilling To Get New AF Unit
The Air Force will move the 22nd Air Division HQ from Malmstrom AFB to Salina Kansas in July. The unit, with 20 military personnel and three civilians, will be manned by Malmstrom staff remaining there and personnel from other bases. The division HQ exercises operational control over select Strategic Air Command units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Sens
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Malmstrom
Schilling
Strategic Air Command
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Harriet Johnson
Amos Lyon
Henry Gilroy
Tony VanLeiden
W. J. Hagarty
Wallace Hart
Raymond Smith
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Adell Dean
Maude Evans
Gardner Finch
Howard Tucker
Nancy Bethell
BOB White Motor CO
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Plymouth
Belvedere
DeSoto
Savoy
Ford
Fairlane
Brown
By Don Brown
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S. Main
Kansas City
Ottawa Tractor & Impl. Co
Jonn
Budge's Hardware
Holstein
John Eeord
Garnett
Janie
Buttercup
Gena
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Lizzie
Susie
Judy
Terry
Nancy
Candy
Pet
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Linda
Peggy
Tiny
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Lucy
Cookie
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Queen
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Bertha
Georgia
Dorothy
Angel
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Lois
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Springer
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John Scott Powelson
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