Farm Page Highlights Edge Finish for Necklines and Facings
The Herald’s Farm Page showcases an edge finish for necklines and facings demonstrated in an Easy to Sew lesson led by Mrs. Gene Bump and Mrs. Albert Dunbar at Mrs. Clifford Briggs’s home on February 21. Other segments covered correct-fit measuring, zipper insertion, and machine-hem work to speed sewing skills. Guests included Mrs. Lewis Monroe and Mrs. Melvin Stockard. attendees listed include Mrs. Delmar Warnock and many others. The next meeting is scheduled for March 13 at 616 Locust with high attendance anticipated.
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R.i.r's
Gene Bump
Albert Dunbar
Clifford Briggs
Jesson
Lewis Monroe
Melvin
Windbreak planting and new crop certifications in Kansas
Franklin County dairymen discuss windbreaks using narrow pipelines and seedbeds prepared for alfalfa or heat. Extension forester Harold Gallaher advises cedar rows with pine in eastern Kansas, spacing 8 10 feet, rows 16 20 feet apart. Kansas State College bulletin 378, "Kansas Corn Tests 1955," reports hybrid yields, irrigation results, and a supplement on irrigation growth. Four new crops certified include Kenland red clover, Woodward sand bluestem, Norghum, and Reliance grain sorghum with Kansas extensions distributing the bulletin. A foundation Kenland field will be planted near Hiawatha.
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Gallaher
Kansas
Kansas State College
Southwest
Cloud County
Russell Herpich
Kstate
Inj Ramsas, H. &. Myers
Kansas Agricultural, Experiment Station
Manhattan
Kenland
Woodward
Reliance
Kentucky
USDA
South Dakota
Kansas Experiment Station
Colorado
Easter outfit pattern by Anne Adams from Ottawa Herald
Fashion pattern ad promoting Halos Separates as versatile for Easter. Describes blouse, whirly skirt, jacket as stylish and easy to sew with tested fit. Includes illustrated instructions and mailing details: send 35 cents plus 4 cents for first class, to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. New York. Include name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Ottawa Herald
Pat‘tern
Dept
West 17H St
New York
N. Y
Kansas Crop Certification Updates in 1955
The Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station reports a field at Ashland on the Manhattan area for seed harvest this fall. No Kansas certified Sorghum or Reliance sorghum available. both are certified in Colorado, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Several varieties removed from the certified list include Early Kalo grain sorghum Fulton Neosho vals and three corn varieties Midland K1646 Kansas Sunflower. No Kansas farmer requested certification in 1955.
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Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Ashland
Manhattan
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Midland
Not to trust a bird’s tale until facts prove it
A cautious stance warns against believing a small bird’s chatter without verification. The speaker emphasizes waiting for solid confirmation before drawing conclusions about the source. The tone is sardonic and advisory.
Pleasant Valley News Busy weekend visits and travels
Mrs Mattle Ninestedt of Mm poria spent Sunday and Monday with Mr and Mrs Carl Scott, Mr and Mrs Royce Myers of Weillsville and Mr and Mrs George Hartpence and children of Otawa visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Bert Broer and family. Mr and Mrs Bert Broer and family spent Sunday with Mora Mabel Myers in Kansas City. Mrs Myers an aunt of Mesroe. Mr and Mrs John Bethan went to Ottawa to see Mrs Linnie Everett who is in poor health all winter. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Martie Broer and Joe were Mr and Mrs Lauren Broer and Shirley candle and Mrs Donald Averill Belva and Larry. Ives OConnor and Mrs Brock called to see Mrs Mina Smith. Miss Patty Coffman of Kansas City came home Thursday and went back Friday. She is at General Hospital in Kansas City. Kenneth Allen Coffman was home over the weekend from Topeka. Mrs Moerer Chronister attended a teacher's cooking school at the 4-H fair ground in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Ray Smith of Hoyt were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Homer Matile and their mother Mrs Mina Smith who is very ill at the Matile home. Mr and Mrs Byron Bostwick are moving back from Colorado for Topeka. Mr and Mrs Billy Carroll and granddaughter of Kansas City spent Sunday afternoon with the Lester Coffman family. Mr and Mrs Lester Coffman went to Walter McMillen's to meet Mrs Claude Shaley who left Saturday for Kansas City for a few days visit before returning to Shreveport La.
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Mattle Ninestedt
Mmporia
Carl Scott
Royce Myers
Weillsville
George Hartpence
Otawa
Bert Broer
Namily
Bert Broor
Mora
Mabel Myers
Kansas City
Myers
San
Mes.roe
John Benham
Mary
Mina Smith
Patty Coffman
Kansas ‘City
General Hospital
Kenneth Allen Coffman
Topeka
Moerer
Lawrence
Ray Smith
Hoyt
Homer Matile
Matile
Byron Bostwick
Colorado
Billy Carroll
Lester Coffman
Walter McMillen
Claude Shaley
Shreveport
Damage Award In Auto Crash Suit In Paola Kansas
A district court jury in Paola awarded Hattie Weisner of Kansas City more than 11 thousand dollars in a damage suit against Louisburg farmer I A Binkley. The La Cygne auto accident occurred in November 1954 and the judgment totaled 11 191 09 dollars.
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Paola
Kas
Hattie Weisner
Kansas City
I. A. Binkley
Louisburg
la Cygne
Pomona Area Social Roundup Notices and Visits
Local families in Pomona and nearby towns share weekend and weekday visits. Guests include the Lopers, Bellanti, Mallorys, Price, Storrer, Frakes, Enish, Mawlish, Pierce, Moree, Miller, Cox, Dexter, Marconelle, Neely, Brooks, and Bushnell with trips to Ottawa, Topeka, Emporia, Wichita, and Kansas City.
Hugoton Judge J L Mopyatt Seeks Kansas Supreme Court Seat
Judge J L Mopyatt of Hugoton announced candidacy for the Kansas Supreme Court in the upcoming Republican primary. He has seven years as district judge in the 15th Judicial District, was appointed by Gov. Frank Carlson, and has twice been elected judge. He practiced law in southwestern Kansas for 29 years and previously served as Stevens County attorney. He is a past president of the Southwest Kansas Bar Association.
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Stevens
Ile
Southwest Kansas
Alan
Austria Freed in 1955 After Occupation Ends
Austria emerged from seventeen years of foreign occupation in 1955. The period saw German presence followed by four Allied powers overseeing the nation's recovery and sovereignty.
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Austria
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