Fire Prevention Week Proclaimed Across Illinois
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson designates October 7 to 13 as Fire Prevention Week citing rising fire losses at forty million dollars for the year ending June 30 1951. Also notes savings from rebid road projects across 38 counties and outlines civil defense progress and safety test plans for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Charles P. Casey
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Lenox R. Lohr
Waterway construction urged by Marion PMA official
Elmer L. Porter of the Marion county PMA urged farmers to complete approved sod waterway projects under the Agricultural Conservation Program. He said 270 waterways were approved in 1951 and payments cover all units completed per program revisions, offering strong incentives to farmers to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Porter
Marion County
PMA
Fertilizer Boosts Wisconsin Pasture Yields
Professor J Chapman of the University of Wisconsin extension reports 10-10-10 fertilizer increased pasture yields across Wisconsin farms. At Henry Berg farm Blanchardville yields rose to 8,025 pounds per acre from 3,750 on unfertilized plots. Harold Churchill Pierce County saw similar gains. Betlach Sun Prairie reached 8,025 pounds per acre with 2,300 on check plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Chapman
University of Wisconsin Extension Agronomist
Henry Berg
Blanchardville
Lafayette County
Harold Churchill
Pierce County
Wis
Betlach
Sun Prairie
Dane County
Odin Locals Share Visits Trips and Local Events
Community notes list Mrs. R. B. Hannah visiting Ruth Cutchin before heading to Denver from Philadelphia where she attended the Supreme Convention P E O. Springfield visitors the Newmans call on Swains. A large turnout at a Methodist church fish fry and barbecued pit dedication. News of trips, visits, and social gatherings across Odin and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Hannah
Jewell McWhirter
Ruth Cutchin
Methodist Church
Nettie Hawley
Wewoka
Oklahoma
Legion County
Frank Burgess
Ladd
Edwardsville
Salem
Charles McMackin
Basil Wilson
Emory Branson
Thelma Schoonover
Grace Kinney
York
Fern Sass
Sandoval
Bob Newman
John Ostrodka
Stanley Forest
Knight
Lovely
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Casey
Anderson Lake
Illinois River
Havana
State Department of Conservation
Carlson Lake
Anderson
Lohr
Northern Illinois
Michael F. Seyfrit
Department of Public Safety
The
State Historical Library
Edgar Lee Masters
Masters
Spoon River
Roland R. Cross
State Department of Public Health
Cross
Champaign County
Tire Repair Service
Tank Wagon Service
Griffin’s Service Station
Patoka, Ill
Flat
Patoka Hardware and
Sod
Odin Locals
Arthur Newman
Springfield
A. S. Swain
Lester Harville
California
James Pass
Bob
Ola Bratright
Harrisburg
Pikes Peak
Estes Park
Colorado
Hay Hendrix
Kansas City
Otto Frimel
Vandalia
Russell Stroup
Dix
Ervin Hawley
Odin
Riley Deadmond
Bobby
Leon Deadmond
Plymouth
Ind
Ivatt Goodall
Darrel Bundy
Dwight Bundy
Centralia
F. R. Jackson
Bill Jackson
Junior Young
Reuben Young
Bob Nesmith
Mt. Carmel
Flora
Patoka
Cox
Martin
Masonic Hall
Patoka Christian Church
Sandoval, Illinois
the Lawless
MacDonald Carey
Gail Russell
S MY
Guy
Dick Foran
Joan Davis
Bomba
Johnny Sheffield
Sue
England
Girl
Jeanne Crain
Dale Robertson
Mitzi Gaynor
Redhead and the Cowboy
Glenn Ford
Rhonda Fleming
Edmond O’brien
Kathryn Grayson
Ava Gardner
Howard Keel
Ferguson
Patoka, Illinois
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