Ask Research for Conservation Aid in Iowa
Iowa soil conservation program seeks help from researchers at Town Brate College to plan pasture and meadow improvements. Questions cover best grasses and legumes for regions, pasture enhancement, livestock use of forage, and potential cost reductions. They need more manpower and funds to answer, with trials on alfalfa, brome pasture, birdsfoot trefoil, and other species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa Brate College
Towa
Soil Conserva Jon
Admittco
Waggoner Named Extension Director Successor to Rogers
Leo Waggoner, Voc Agri, will succeed G. Rogers as Extension Director with a May 1 resignation and June 1 start. Waggoner, a Town ate College graduate in Agricultural Education in 1947, has two years teaching experience and 19 months Army Air Corps service. He is from Jones County and will move to Knoxville with his wife and daughter when quarters are available. Rogers leaves Tama County for Toledo after serving since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Waggoner
Voc. Agri
Wellman
Farm Bureau Board
G. Gre. Rogers
Waggoner
Town Ate College
Jones County
Army Air Corp
Knoxville
Rogers, Co
Tama County
Toledo
It’s Time to Move Fast When Wife Honks Horn
Eldon Carper, a junior high instructor and coach, heeded his wife’s horn to hurry from Fez Ridlen’s shop on Robinson Street Saturday evening. In a rushed dash they reached the hospital where a 7%4 pound boy was born at 8 o’clock Sunday morning. Gerald Thomas Carper is the name chosen for the newborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Carper
Knoxville Journal
Carper
Fez Ridlen
Robinson Street
Eldon
Fez
Carpers
Gerald Thomas
New Fishing Licenses On Sale For 1949 Season
Licenses for hunting and fishing, including combination licenses, have been mailed to over 1 500 agents for 1949. They are valid from April 1, 1949 to April 1, 1950 and available at county recorders offices, conservation officers, sporting goods stores, boat liveries, banks, and similar outlets. Resident licenses cost 1.50 dollars, combination licenses 2.50 dollars, with all revenue funding State Conservation Commission activities and not drawn from general taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Catfish Season Opens April 15th in Iowa Inland Waters
Iowa anglers await the midnight opening at 12:01 AM on April 15 when catfishing becomes legal across the state's inland waters. The season features a daily limit of eight and a possession limit of sixteen, with a twelve inch minimum length, and requires a 1949 fishing license. Frogs may not be used for bait until May 12. Experts expect better catches as May and June bring warmer weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Iowa
Mahaska 4 H Club Girls Plan Chorus
Mahaska County 4 H girls interested in joining the chorus may attend Saturday afternoon April 23 at the YWCA in Oskaloosa. Directed by Mrs Lawrence Everett of Newton, the former 4 H leader with church and other choirs, she will lead the group. Girls should notify their local leader or the county extension office about a week or two in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaska County
Lawrence Everett
Newton
Everett
Lacey Church
Oskaloosa
Everett A
Parcel Mixup at German Post Office Highlights Oxford Iowa Ties
Harold Wilkerson witnessed a German girl crying over a tape blocking her from claiming a gift package sent from Oxford Iowa. He argued with post officials to let her buy the parcel, resolving the delay and reuniting the girl with the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Harold Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Oxford
Iowa
Election of Y M C A Officers at Central College
Last Wednesday evening saw college group elections for the Y W and Y M C A. The 1949 50 officers include President Lut Pell Vander Rernive Minne Helen Vand Grand Rapids Michigan. Treasurer Joyce De Hruin South India. YM C A officers: President Martyn Klimstra Fulton Illinois View President Red Bank New Jersey, Treasurer Art Rosch Steen Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
C. A
J Lut
Pell Woba Vander Rernive Minne
Helen Vand
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Yoyce de Hruin
Anipet
South India
New
C.osen
Martyn Klimstra
Fulton
Minois
View
Red Bank
J Meer
Roffie Wellner
Vander Well
Rocksy
Towa
Art Rosch
Steen
Minnesota
Hard Luck at Hockey Game Ends in Odd Mishap
Mr and Mrs Hob Hooker Griswold traveled to Omaha to watch a hockey game. A skid on ice caused a collision with a streetcar. Sparks from a cigarette burned two holes in Mr Hookers trousers and later singed Mrs Hookers nylon hose as lights were put away. The evening failed to please them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hob Hooker Griswold
Omahare
Mr. Hooker
Newton FFA Field Day on Forty Acre Project Tomorrow
Newton FFA plans an open house Field Day on April 8 at Buenz farm two miles south of Newton on Highway 1. Demonstrations include pond construction seedings contour strips and waterway work with Soil Conservation Service Jasper County Extension and Veterans Farm Training assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Future Armers of America
Buenz
Newton
PLP
A. Chiter
Local
Soil Conservation Service
Jasper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolverine
Ferguson
Rogers
Chevrolet
G.W.W.E
White Way Auto CO
Pena
Bull Conservation Service
Cneer
Monarch
Mahaska
4-H Club
Girls Plan Chorus
Life Insurance
Warner Vande Voort
Main Street
Black
Life of
Des Moines
County Extension Service
The
Veterans Farm Training Class
Ruenz
Bes
Patterson-Sargent
van den Berg Electric & Paint Co
Jr Welter Ving. Abetter Ulue
Feaer
Tom Imeem Fay Tet
Aalumark
Pella Implement Store
McCormick-Deering Sales and Service
Pella, Iowa
Loox
Ternational Harvester
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!