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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
6
A long county page notes the Farm Commodity Price Index fell 8 percent to 204 percent of the 1910 14 base by mid November. Livestock and products dropped sharply while grain and hay posted modest gains with hogs beef cattle and calve prices down, corn oats soybeans flaxseed wheat barley and rye steady or mixed.
A Thanksgiving note recounts Joe Gamble’s family gathering in Mechanicsville with Mrs Gamble home for the holiday for the first time since a 1953 polio illness. She spent two years hospitalized in Iowa City.
Results from 62 respondents show most parents prefer the current discipline level and school programs. Highlights include 30 say about right discipline, 50 approve driver education theory, 50 favor physical education, 66 praise guidance, and 62 approve weekly devotions. opinions vary on languages, sports, and homework.
Manchester mourns the death of Mrs Lara Smith aged 97, a longtime resident of the city for over eight decades. Her passing closes a chapter on a life linked to the community since the early 1900s.
Early reports from the Conservation Commission show a successful bow and arrow deer season ending November 20 with at least 48 hunters harvesting deer. The 1955 season covered all counties October 29 to November 20, following a 1954 pattern in designated areas. Conservation officers note many bowhunters in the field and numerous deer taken by archers.
Bowhunters and gun hunters are urged to retain their hunt report cards regardless of success as the seasons will be released, with preparations and reporting encouraged for all participants.
Dr. Spears and Dallas McCormick of Iowa State College veterinary department visited Willis Van de Voort's farm near Ames as part of the Iowa Purebred Council Swine Health Certification program. Findings will air on WOI TV Channel 6 Monday December 12 at 9 00 p.m. on Farm Facts sponsored by the college.
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