Conservation Practices Used On Most Franklin Co. Farms
The Franklin County Soil Conservation District, begun in 1941, marks 15 years of work with about 61 percent of county farms under conservation practices. By 1956, drainage, ponds, terracing, and waterways reached 31, 60, 42, and 42 percent respectively, with 100 farms under complete programs. Technicians aided nearly 400 farms, establishing 172 acres of waterways and 897 acres of grass seeding, plus miles of terraces and diversions, pond counts, and extensive drainage and contour farming.
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Franklin County Soil Conservation District
Harold Stevens
Franklin County
Stevens
Grass Freding
Prac
Soil Conservation Service
A. R. Gantz
SCS
Soil Conserva
Tion Service
Jayhawk 4-H Club plans and January meeting notes
Fourteen members one leader and nine guests attended the January 10 1957 Jayhawk 4 H meeting at Cole School where plans for the Spring Festival were discussed. Recitals project talks and demonstrations by Louann Lawrence Eula May Cartmill and others highlighted a program of music etiquette and crafts.
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Jayhawk
Cole School
Louann Lawrance
Eula May Cartmill
Clarence Higdon
Cora Dunn
Deanna ‘Barber
Joan Hay
Deanna Barber
La‘vonne
Lawrance
Dunns
Clover Leaf
Sand Creek School
Dick Arlington
Butch Klingler
Bill Bath
Acorn Rustlers
Acorn School House
Art Long
Macy
Edith Winters
Williamsburg High School
Doyle Reichard
Chicago
Loretta Anderson
Rita Schwinn
Mary Johnson
Roger Sowers
Trains Derailment Disrupts Penn Railroad Line
In Rahway New Jersey a freight train and four cars from a passenger train derailed within a half mile. No injuries were reported though five of seven tracks were blocked. Officials cited possible equipment dragging on the freight and uncertain cause for both incidents.
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Rahway
N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
New York
New Brunswick
Peoria Innes Area social notes span Ottawa and Peoria visits
Sunday and Saturday gatherings feature Mrs. Ira Dean and family hosting relatives from Ottawa Rantoul and Peoria. Birthday celebrations for Carol Ann Wichman and Mrs. L C Babcock highlight a flurry of calls, dinners, and quilting sessions across Ottawa, Centropolis, Lawrence, and nearby towns with many local families and organizations represented.
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Mike Lovell
Bob Altice
Ottawa
Bob Rodgers
Peoria
W. H. Rodgers
Rantoul
Carol Ann Wichman
Fred McCune
Rachel Hoopes
Spring Hill
Gayle Heckest
Adell Dean and Sons
L. C. Babcock
Ira Dean
Adell Dean
Alta Conley
Fred Detwiler
Fred
Detwiler
Lloyd Detwiler
Preston Meisel
Victor
Vergil
Mike Dean
Vergil Finch
Baby
Sherm Hilton
Adell Dean and
L. C
R. W. Babcocks
Mary Mack
Union Chapel Church
Maude Evans
Lewis Wich‘man
Fred Weaver
Glenn Evans
Bethel Centennial Area News Snapshot
Bethel centennial notes Mrs. Ben Baker. Ervin Stahel spends semester break with the Alvin Stahel family. John R. Clark plans to fly to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Ben Baker
Ervin ‘Stahel
K.S.A.C
Alvin Stahel
John R. Clark
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Franklin Co
Gene Hamilton
Clarence Oswald
Clare Lewis
Birdene Robison
Herald
Ottawa Building & Loan
Otta Pay
Building & Loan
Franklin County Institution
Peoria-Innes Area
Avoca
John Slaven
Florida
Maurice Fishburn
Cecil McArdle
Charles Jones
Ervin Stahel
W.S.C.S
John Hoffman
Lawrence
Clare Shadle
Homer Crawford
Albert Jones
Albert Turner
Lou Featherston
Mae Vance
Overbrook
Vaneta
Raymond Oehrle
Vance
Ochile
Arlyss Baker
Rose Ann Link
Centropolis
Ted Eubanks
Albert
Turner
Mrs. Turner
Near Baldwin
Wilse Turners
Ben Beker
Red Cross
Dan Willford
Howard Myers
William Clark
Vern Sink
Frank Roller
Hayden Turner
H.D.A
Ted Clark
Saffron Glass Co
N. Main
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