Chan Retires From SCS After Four Decades Of Service
Chan ler, a long time Marion County conservation technician, retires after nearly 40 years with the U S Soil Conservation Service. He began in 1933 with the CCC and joined the SCS in 1941, serving in Knoxville since 1942 except for WWII. He helped build 700 farm ponds and numerous terraces and waterways aiding county farmers. A retirement dinner for Chan and his wife Helen will be held July 9 at 6 30 p.m. at Maple Buffet in Knoxville. reservations to 842 5314.
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Harland
Chan
SCS
Monticello
CCC
Knoxville
Pacific
Helen
Marion County
ASCS
Lynnville Sully FFA Sets Master Corn and Soybean Contests
The Lynnville Sully FFA chapter announces Master Corn and Soybean Contests with top producers Ben and Ron Dunsbergen and Carroll Harthoorn earning honors. Entries cost four dollars for local and state contests with a July 21 deadline and a winter banquet funded by local entry fees.
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Sully
Lynnville- Sully
FFA
4 Hers Visit Kansas From Pella Area
4 Hers from Pella area joined Marion County youths on a one week exchange trip to Kansas departing June 1. Participants included Mary Backman Jaci Vanden Dever Vicki Newendorp Joe Blom Perry Klein Candy Harkness and others from Lake Prairie and Zion Sunshine Girls. They noted Kansas terrain oil wells vast pastures and crops including wheat corn and sugar beets in the northwest corner. They spent time at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and toured local rock formations.
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Pella
Kansas
Marion County
Mary Backman
Hex-A-Poppin
Jaci Vanden Dever
Summit Strivers
Vicki Newendorp
Joe Blom
Perry Klein
Lake Prairie
Candy Harkness
Zion Sunshine Girls
FHA Changes Announced For Rural Housing Loans
John Graves, a Jasper county supervisor, says farmers home administration changes broaden eligibility for rural housing loans. The maximum adjusted income rises from 9000 to 10100, with 5 percent of gross income and 300 per minor child deducted. in some cases only half of a working wife's income counts. Graves noted loan funds will be available to more rural families.
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Farmers Lome
John Graves
Jasper County Supervisors
Graves
Insect Warning For Marion County Soybean Fields
Marion County Extension Director George Peisen cautions area farmers to watch for bean leaf beetles and thistle caterpillars in soybean fields. Beetles are small orange or yellow with black markings. larvae of the painted lady butterfly are furry and vary in size. Peisen notes control by applying one pound per acre.
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Marion County
George Peisen
Peisen
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Chan Chandler
Ben
Ron Dunsbergen
Carroll Harthoorn
Terry Lowry
Pella Hotline
Pella Hot Line
4-H Club
Cathy Jo van den Berg
Lynne van Vark
Nancy van Hoeven
Legion Hall
Vince ‘Newendorp
Vaughn Newendorp
Amy Harter
Vander Werts
van Gorps
Craig Kais
Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S. Air Force Academy
SI LO
Bakker
Rus
Baler Twine
Pella‘s Farm
Fessg
Mid-America
Dairymen, Inc
Sully Branch
Sully, IA
Creamery
FHA
Newton
Ploeg
Hampshires Sully
Oskaloosa Livestock
Jim McDonough
Tormor
Stormor Ezee
VER
Farm Supply, Inc
Bert Roose
Ralph Vander Zyr
Chios
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