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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1955
Page
18
Pella municipal pool reports its best season with 150 beginners and advanced beginners in swim classes. Instructors handled large groups with positive cooperation and participants enjoyed themselves.
With a bumper corn crop in sight Marion county farmers are urged to expand storage capacity now. Merrill L. Robuck, chairman of the county ASC committee, notes many have built or bought new cribs and bins and predicts more will follow as soybeans and corn yields rise. He warns market prices may fall below government loan rates, creating demand for price support and stressing the need for proper housing to qualify for a loan.
A Highway Patrol report describes four young men driving a loaded gravel truck with a broken wheel through a residential area at speed. A three year old boy who could run very fast ran into danger as his sister watched from the yard. The boy was struck and killed as the truck’s occupants fled the scene. The incident highlights driving without a chauffeur license, four riders in a cab, speeding, and faulty brakes.
The article notes flies enter homes with harvested tomatoes grapes or apples from the garden. Vin egar flies are small yellow orange heavy bodied and attracted to fermenting fruit. Adults lay eggs on injured fruit and nearby undamaged fruit.
A home pest alert emphasizes sanitation to curb fruit fly infestations. It urges cleaning yards and gardens, disposing of overripe produce, washing garbage cans weekly, wrapping and disposing of garbage, and using treatments such as lindane and pyrethrins for control.
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