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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
8
Iowa State College Extension Health Specialist Merl Whorlow urges a joint effort by families, doctors, and dentists to begin the school year with a health checkup. Regular exams note height, weight, eyes, ears, heart, and vaccines while home routines reinforce habits. Emphasizes eye and dental health, nutrition, hygiene, and rest for lasting well being.
Marion County reports $903,746 in seven month sales of series E and H savings bonds for 1954, with 67.26 percent of the annual quota. County chairs Eldon Job and P H Kuyper note July purchases reached $82,045 and compare with Lucas, O'Brien, and Tama over 100 percent of goals. statewide July totals show $10,617,364, bringing seven month statewide to $96,344,883. Real or threatened crop damage may slow bond purchases but Iowa remains above national average. Adjacent counties Mahaska and Jasper also provided seven month totals of $749,236 and $1,428,546 with 67.97 and 74.35 percent of quotas.
Four year old Celeste Johnson and Glidden face a troubling sequence as a grain of corn was placed in each ear causing hospitalization. She has just recovered and then contracted mumps on both sides, highlighting a difficult period for the child.
Iowa survey by Joe Bohlen shows both town and rural residents lack key facts about farmer cooperatives. In Iowa Falls the area’s farmers all belong to cooperatives, yet only 56 to 69 percent knew cooperatives pay property taxes like other businesses and only 24 to 46 percent knew they pay income taxes on cooperative earnings.
A survey shows only 17 percent know cooperative income tax rules, 20 percent farmers know patronage dividends are taxable, and 38 percent of towns know voting rules while 71 percent of farmers know them. Directors appoint managers and patronage funds are used for capital. The ad campaign did not shift correct knowledge.
Norval Wardle, Iowa State College extension safety specialist, warns against tractors for joy riding or simple chores like riding to the field. He notes 21 of 64 tractor accidents through June 1 were fatal, with five deaths among children under 15, and that late summer and fall bring the highest risk to youngsters.
A cautionary tale warns that a tractor death occurred when children played on a tractor started it and ran over a playmate. Only one person should ride at a time, especially when equipment is attached.
Iowans are invited to submit documents for inclusion in Centurion the Spire of Time to be built this year for the Iowa Centennial at the State Fair in Des Moines. Officials say hundreds of items have already been received and stored in a reinforced concrete vault near the Administration Building. The spire will be erected as part of the fair display.
The Iowa vault will reopen during the Iowa State Fair bi centennial in 20564. State officials, legislature records, municipal guides, and industrial group reports are collected from Iowa sources for the project led by the Centurion Committee at Des Moines Register and Tribune for the fair board commission.
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