Hers In The Spotlight For National 4-H Week
The Franklin County 4-H program shines during National 4-H Week Sept 30 to Oct 7 highlighting over 550 youths involved this year. Gov Docking proclaims the week for Kansas 4-Hers nationwide. The piece outlines aims, health focus, and woodworking projects with details on personal and community health activities and wood classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy R. Merhoff
Franklin County
Robert Docking
Kansas State
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kansas
If Used Right Fungicides Help Wheat Crop
Wheat and barley yields can rise up to 20 percent in Kansas State University field tests when seeds are treated with proper fungicides such as Panogen Ceresan Chipcoate Ortho LM Concentrate Meme mi and Ortho HCB used only as directed. Treatment should follow seed cleaning and use of appropriate equipment. suggested methods include augers barrel treaters and cement mixers with careful application as grain enters the auger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Bozworth
Kangas
Calude King
Kansas State University
King
Ceresan
Livestock safety notes on prussic acid and pest control
Agricultural guidance warns against prussic acid poisoning from sorghum and sudangrass hybrids after frost. Details forage harvest timing, seed treatment options, and cautions about insectproofing homes. Extension notes include frost risk dates, foundation spraying with chlordane or cieldren mixtures, and safety cautions near wells.
Plants Depend Upon By EARLY WIER
Leaves are the photosynthetic centers of plant life receiving light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air. Water and minerals come from the roots, moving through the leaf surface to nourish growth. In daylight leaves emit oxygen while in darkness respiration continues with carbon dioxide output. Researchers seek efficient crop plant function and note light and carbon dioxide limits. field air cannot be easily enriched, but canopy height and leaf shape breeding aim to capture more light and reduce shading.
Photosynthetic leaf life cycle and energy use
The text explains how leaf position affects photosynthesis and cooling, noting seeds are planted early to exploit favorable summer growth. It describes light energy use, evaporation cooling, and the impact of hormones on leaf life stages and seasonal senescence, with seed or bud set as days shorten.
Modern Homemakers and County Clubs Meeting Notes
Various county homemaker units report October activities. EHU Notes at Mrs. Brockus and Mrs. Moore homes held roll calls, a Clean-up committee formed, and 14 members plus 4 children attended. Prizes, hostesses, and future meetings listed with locations and dates across multiple clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brockus
Floyd Moore
Jesse Shisler
Ted Brill
Theron Wray
Princeton
Unit Treasury
Leroy Wasmund
Roland Sass
L. B. Froggatte
J. P. McAuliffe
A. G. Atchison
McAuliffe
Atchison
Mansion Smashed in San Francisco Demolition
In San Francisco the lavish mansion built by Stanford White for Anna Held and later used as Sally Stanford’s Pleasure Palace is being torn down. Sally Stanford, now a restaurateur, laments the demolition and recalls ongoing battles with vice squad inspector John Dwyer, noting a steel shield around the gate lock to keep him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Stanford White
Anna Held
Sally Stanford
Miss Stanford
Vice Squad
John Dwyer
Single Law Agency Proposed in Topeka Debate
A proposal to create a single countrywide law enforcement agency in some large Kansas counties drew mixed views at a Topeka meeting. Topeka police chief Dang Hummer dismissed consolidation as wishful thinking but noted possible upgrades and costs regardless of plan. Chiefs J F Stead Kansas City J F Adams Hutchinson and Joseph Hurd Mission supported the plan while Derby chief Arnold Gray opposed, saying big cities would dominate smaller communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Dang Hummer
J. F. Stead
Kansas City
Hummer
Bob Adams
Hutchinson
Joseph Hurd
Mission
Arnold Gray
Derby
Inflation fears shadow Johnson tax hike push
Washington AP report shows Johnson administration balancing inflation worries with urging Congress to pass a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates a 0.3 percent rise in living costs and a higher 1987 inflation forecast near 3 percent, with price increases led by food housing clothing transportation and medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ross
Results of ASC Election Announced Across Eight Communities
The ASC office announced the election results for eight Franks lin county communities. A mail ballot total of 570 was cast and counted September 25 by the county committee. Elected were Harry McNees and others as chairmen, vice chairs, and alternates across Appanoose Centropolis Franklin Hayes Greenwood Pomona Ottawas Lincoln Harrison Peoria Williamsburg Wood Ohio Richmond Cutler Pottawatomie. The three regular members become delegates to the county convention on October 9 at the Masonic Building to fill ASC county committee vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Shobe
Frank Lehew
Anchor Savings
Katherine Me
Clare
Hoopman
Robert Bundy
Cancer Fund
Clarence Nauman
Tom Ingram
James Berry
Ruth Bonskowski
ASC
Franks Lin County
ASCS
Appanoose
Centropolis
Harry McNees
Max Hetrick
John Lederer
Ludell Neilson
Verneon Clark
Franklin Hayes
Lester Co. Coffman
John H. Dougherty
Howard Lawrenz
Harry EH. Scott
Gerald Bielethaupt
Alt
Greenwood
Pomona
Charles Hamilton
Glenn C. Neill
Max Flager
Gene Miller
Ist
Henry L. Dehn
Ottawaslincoln
Leon Rumford
Jerry Farris
Eugene Bush
Joe Hiatt
Donald D. Johnson
Harrison
Peoria
T. T. Shelton
Nelson E. Briles
Percy van Horn
Raymond C. Carepenter
Max Hunter
Williamsburg
Home Wood
Francis J. Miller
Charles O'Neill
Roy Spencer
Robert W. Wilson
Winston McKee
Ralph Haney
Masonic
ASC County
Updated white shades and home vinegar tips guide readers
A homemaking feature shifts from window shade trends to preserving foods. It outlines textures and custom options for white shades and lamination, then switches to vinegar varieties and usage tips for pickling, flavors, and preserving quality with attention to acidity, labeling, and dietary regulations.
Otis Wilson's escape attempt tears hole in cell wall
In Forrest City Arkansas Otis Wilson failed on a disorderly conduct charge and punched a metal bench creating a hole in his cell wall Wednesday night. He then forced entry into an adjoining cell authorities said.
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Forrest City
Ark
Otis Wilson
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Woods Working Project
United States
Harvey M. Friedman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Kansas State University Extension
Leroy Brooks
Brooks
Bozworth
EHU
Gail Nitcher
Harry Loyd
Mary Yokumpree
John Kelsey
LBJ
Trevor Copleston
David Taylor
London
Algeria
Moise Tshombe
Ibiza
Palma
Mallorca
Fabr Ric
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