Agricultural Division Aids School Programs in Agriculture
The division of agricultural education collaborates with federal and state agencies to provide teachers with extensive farm study material. Lantern slides and published resources are distributed for immediate use, with outlines prepared for several states. Cooperation extends to teacher training and alignment with modern agricultural education methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Een Department of Agriculture
Entary
Agricultural Action
Department
State Departments of Education
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Federal Board of Education
Climate of Alaska Proves Summers Warm and Harsh
The Bureau notes Alaska's climate includes tropical daytime readings in summer and severe winters in parts. Overland transport relies on frozen ground, hydro electric power boosts mineral and timber industries, and fur seal operations depend on cloudy weather. Fairbanks shows robust spring crops with minimal crop failure since farming began. Tanana and Upper Yukon occasionally reach over 90 F in summer while long daylight fosters rapid vegetation growth.
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Unit 8 Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Wi Ielards
Soten O ™ M
Pribilof Islands
Fairbanks
Juneau
Itka
Mark
Chicago
Tanana
Yukon
Wal
Residents and families share thanks in Edwardsville column
Mrs. R. N. Gray of Edwardsville expresses appreciation for The Register and favors received. C. O. Olson of Louis Dairy asks to be notified about arrears. Mont Beckett and family of Elwin visited G. A. C. Beckett and family Saturday and returned to Elwin, with plans to come back later in the week.
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R. N. Gray
Edwardsville
My. C
Mont Beckett
Elwin
G. A. C. Beckett
Fuwin
Townships Compete In Cattle Improvement Contest
Fairview Township in Clay county South Dakota won first prize in an inter township contest to replace scrub and grade bulls with purebreds. Six townships competed. ten grade bulls were replaced with purebreds, Fairview credited with four. Sponsored by the Clay County Farm Bureau and the Vermillion Commercial Club.
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Fairview
Clay County
S. Dak
United States Department of Agriculture
J. Bland Hill
Clay County Farm Bureau
Vermillion Commercial Club
Cooperative marketing groups grow nationwide
U S Department of Agriculture records show more than 12 000 cooperative marketing organizations with about 2 000 000 farmers as members and an annual business over 2.506 billion dollars. About 70 percent operate in 12 North Central states, while six percent are in the Pacific Coast states.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
North Central States
Pacific Coast States
Wyoming Oil Royalties Debate Limits Current Use
Wyoming faces a legal question over distributing oil royalties from state school lands. The state supreme court called oil sales part of land value. A recent election showed votes approving current distribution up to one third, with debate over diverting funds from the permanent school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Interior Department
Bureau of Education
Supreme Court of
Boethian Class Debates at Patoka Baptist Sunday School
The Boethian Class of Patoka Baptist Sunday School met February 20 at Miss Kathleen Davis’s home with 24 members present. After business they debated whether Bible parables teach greater lessons than miracles, and the negative side won. The evening closed with games and refreshments served by Miss Davis aided by Vivian Nattier and Helen Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Baptist Sunday School
Kathleen Davis
Vivian Nattier
Helen Chandler
B Y P U Notes on Peter Study and Evening Program
A Mary Phillips group leads a B Y P U session Sunday March 1 at 6 30 pm. The program features lessons from Peter with topics and readings by Alberta Berthoux Bethel Chandler Eldon Cox Ellen Chandler Laura Parker and others including piano solo by Loretta Outhouse and chalk talk by Mrs W F Cox.
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Apostle
Peter
Satan
Mary Phillips Group
Quizz
W. F. Cox
Alberta Berthoux
Bethel Chandler
Carl Rogier
Loran Rankin
Laura Parker
William Karr
Nova Neal
Esther Cox
Willie Parker
Eldon Cox
Loretta Outhouse
Ellen Chandler
Dutt
Mojonnier
James Williams
Vivian Nattier
B. Y. P. U. social at Berthoux home
The B. Y. P. U. gathering at Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Berthoux’s home on Tuesday night February 24 featured Vivian Nattier and Nellie Davis leading games. Prizes were awarded with help from Miss Nattier and Mrs. Veretta Outhouse.
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A. O. Berthoux
Vivian Nattier
Nellie Davis
Vandalia's Elder Cigarmaker Max Herman Calls Monday Homebound
Max Herman one of Vandalia's oldest residents and a cigar manufacturer spent a few hours last Monday evening en route to his Centerville home, reflecting his long community ties and craft.
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Max Herman
Vandalias
Centralia
Rural Children Ask More About Living Things in New York
Rural-school children in New York state show the strongest interest in invertebrate animals among natural science topics. Birds rank second and trees third, based on three years of questions collected with rural-school leaflets from Cornell University.
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New York State
Department of Rural Education
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell
Life span tripled in Illinois says health director
Springfield, Feb. 23. Dr. Issac D. Rawlings, state health director, reports the average Illinois life now 58 years, three times longer than ancient times. He credits sanitation, vaccination, early treatment and public health measures, but says future longevity depends on personal medical checks and annual physical examinations.
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Springfield
Illinois
Issac D. Rawlings
Tut
Egypt
Dr. Rawlings
Revival At Patoka Draws Women and Children
M E Church notes report a Patoka revival meeting as crowds, mostly women and children, testify to God’s love. Pastor C H Carleton asks men to attend or pray. nightly meetings urged for salvation.
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Patoka
C. H. Carleton
College athletes show higher academic performance
Statistics compiled by Martin Kemp professor of psychology at the College of Wooster Ohio indicate athletes in organized games have better academic records than nonparticipants. Football players ranked below overall athletic scholarship averages but above nonathletes.
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Martin Kemp
College of Wooster
Ohio
Green departs for visit to Bowling Green Kentucky
L M Green left last week to visit relatives and friends in Bowling Green Kentucky.
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L. M. Green
Bowling Green, Ky
School Notes Highlights Week Activities and Events
Six week exams scheduled for Wednesday Thursday and Friday of this week. Oden Literary ty postpones program to Friday night March 16 due to the show. Merle Walker of Centralia visited the high school Monday morning. Kinmundy defeat 19 to 18 at Kinmundy Saturday night. Gerald Cox visited Friday morning. Nellie Wasem returns soon after illness. A spelling match was held Friday afternoon as review. New pictures added Ros e Bonheurs horses and Stratford On Avon. Junior play Anne What’s Her Name planned for March. Lead list of influential figures per Charles W Elliot includes Aristotle Gardner Leonardo da Vinci Locke Kant Bacon Newton Emerson. Frances Blankinship read Washington birthday selections Friday morning to high school and 7th 8th grades.
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Oden Literary Ty
Merle Walker
Centralia
Kinmuundy
Kinmundy
Gérald Cox
Nellie Wasem
Tilness
Ros& Bonheurs
Stratford-On-Avon
Anne
Charles W. Elliot
Harvard
Aristotle
Gardén
Leonardo da Vince
Multon
Shakespeare
John Locke
Immaneul Kant
Francis Bacon
Issac Newton
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cooperative sales aid livestock improvement in Kentucky
A Kentucky stockman describes how cooperative livestock markets boost animal quality and raise producer awareness of price differences. He notes buyers see the stock in rings, enabling comparisons across herds and encouraging better breeding and purchasing choices. The comments come from farmer responses to a USDA questionnaire on livestock improvement.
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Kentucky
United Staes
United States Department of Agriculture
Joint conference on individual education at Penn
Plans of individual education will be discussed at a joint conference of the Space of Education of the Interior Department and the School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, at the University of Pennsylvania, March 27. One session will discuss individual instruction as applied in two large Philadelphia high schools and another session to the small high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space of Education
Interior Department
School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pensions and Retirement for Teachers
Reports to the Interior Department say State legislatures are urged to consider teachers pensions this year. States study retirement of superannuated and incapacitated teachers by teachers associations and similar bodies.
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Interior Department
Bureau of Education
Local Visitors Include Holland Family and Mrs Snodgrass
Bruce Holland and family and Mrs Dora Snodgrass of East St Louis arrived last Thursday evening for a few days visit with George Haley and wife. Merle Walker of Centralia spent Sunday here with relatives and friends.
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Bruce Holland
Dora Snodgrass
East St. Louis
George Haley
Merle Walker
Centralia
Appointment of Jardine to Head Agriculture
Dr William Jardine a rugged western agronomist is named to head the Department of Agriculture replacing Henry C Wallace. The Indiana born farmer turned Kansas professor and dean will push cooperative marketing and oppose government price fixing while cabinet level shifts with Cecil Creel as assistant secretary signal a policy overhaul.
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Washington D. C
William M
Agrien
Great West
Dine
Idaho
Big Hole
Mont
Utah Agricultural College
Jardine
Utah
Department of Agriculture
West
Washington
Kansas Agricultural College
Division of Agriculture
H. J. Waters
Kansas College
PreJardine
Agriculture Department
Congress
Department
Cecil W. Creel
Indiana
Agriculture Extension
Nevada University
Coolidge
Creel
Henry C. Wallace
Wig. Wallace
Herrin Officers Arrest Owen After Family Trouble
Herrin officers sought Owen on a warrant for domestic trouble. They reached St Elmo after he drove Mrs Youngs car, learned he was in Vandalia, then located him here aboard the Hudson at 3 am. Night Officer Cox assisted in tracing his movements as they planned to take him south.
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Owen
Herrin
St. Elmo
Mrs. Youngs
Vandalia
the Hudson
Cox
Mrs. Young
P. H. S. Defeats Iuka in Narrow 10–8 Victory
P H S edged Iuka 10 to 8 on Iuka floor Wednesday night for its third straight win. The local high school team kept the rallying defense tight and sealed the win in a low scoring clash.
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Iuka
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Boosts Farm Poultry Club Exhibits
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans a county poultry exhibit during the Baltimore Show next December. Winners enter prize pens, with cash awards, while the project cites four years of club enrollment boosting farm flocks and aiding youths in education and potential poultry careers. The effort is run by the Railroad Commercial Development Department in partnership with the State University Extension Service and county Farm Bureaus.
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State” College Extension
Tri
Baltimore, Sed. Ohio Railroad
Baltisiore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Poultry Clubs
Commercial Development Department
Railroad
The
State University Agricultural Extension Service
Bureatia
Estate Sale Reports and Guardianship Petitions
County court records show multiple estates including Hector G Fair Victoria Samuel T and D S Young with sales orders, inventories, guardianship receipts, bonds set, and hearings. Notable items include a real estate sale to satisfy a mortgage of 1200 owed to Salem Bank and a $34500 bond, with notices of publication and adjourned hearings.
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Hector G. Fair
Victoria
Guardian
Samuel T
D. S. Young
Charles H. Holt
Guam
Nadas Sant
Salem Bank of
Salem
Illinois
Wm. Langewisch
Man Hunt Ends in Death Near Effingham
Centralia police pursued a stolen Ford Sedan last week as the driver fled north then east, evading Vandalia officers near the Y, before being overtaken five miles west of Effingham. He was shot twice and died at 11 p.m. coroners ruled another deputy fired the fatal shot amid claims of demented status. The suspect later identified as Vollman, with parents from St. Louis taking the body home after officials filed reports at DuBois and Effingham counties.
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Centralia
Effingham
Rollie Brown
DuBois
Effingham County
St. Louis
Vollman
Cucumber Meeting Delayed by Smallpox in Alma
Mr. Laux, manager of the cucumber factory at Alma, was quarantined last Saturday for smallpox, so he missed the meeting. Local parties proceeded with a small acreage signed up and expect another session when he can attend.
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Laux
Alma
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B. Y. P. U. Social
King Tut
M. E. Church Notes
Cucumber Meeting
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