Marion County Club Boys Near Top at Chicago
Herbert Rees and Warren Alfred led Marion County youths in Chicago at the International show junior livestock feeding contest. Rees showcased white steer Max of Marrellbar, earning breed champion and reserve grand champion honors, with another steer 1940 Model grand champion at Town State Fair and a champion heifer at the International show. He earned a trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago as Towns 1940 champion Shorthorn Baby Beef club member.
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Chicago
Herbert Rees
Warren Alfred
Max
Des Moines
Herbert
Shorthorn Association
Corona Portables and Office Typewriters For Sale
A Christmas gift or birthday remembrance, a portable typewriter offers practicality for home and office. Corona Portables start at $20.50, office machines at $19.75 and up, available at The Book Shop.
First-Year Exhibitor Leads Junior Show Cattle
Warren Alfred Cline's Whitey won the 875-1000 lb class and stood with the Rees calf as champions lined up. Grandfather J W Freel bred and raised the calf. In all, club members earned 210 premium dollars in their division, while Herbert Rees' champion sold for 682.50 to the Bismark Hotel Chicago.
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Warren Alfred Cline
Whitey
Rees
J. W. Freel
Warren Alfred
Bobby Bane
Daryl Freel
Dwight Mathes
Reid Boothe
Florence Finarty
Billy Bucklew
Ellis Jordan
Alberta Finarty
Joan Visser
Herbert Rees
Champion
Bismark
Chicago
Outstanding Shorthorn prospect named at expositon Short Course
Herbert Rees won a purebred Shorthorn heifer donated by Edellyn Farms owned by Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago meat packing. Directors of the exposition named him outstanding prospect for a future Shorthorn breeder at the 4 H Short Course. A tentative 1940 Iowa Boys 4 H Short Course and Convention schedule for December 29 to 31 at Iowa State College was released by state leader J S Quist. The program runs Sunday afternoon to Tuesday noon. Marion County seeks good representation. Boys from last year expressed enthusiasm about the convention and its value. Farm Bureau invites interested boys to contact at once. Transportation will be provided and costs in Ames are modest.
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Herbert Rees
Edellyn Farms
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
Herbert
Iowa
Iowa State College
J. S. Quist
Marion County
Farm Bureau
Ames
County draft classifications split registrants into I and IIIT
About 142 Marlon county registrants answered the draft questionnaire with roughly 44 placed in Class I for immediate training and 98 in Class II. The board expects about one third in Class I and two thirds in Class II, but cautions early figures may shift as more names come in. Physical exams for Class I begin with Dr. Bridgeman at Knoxville and Dr. Sybenga at Pella. national rejection estimates vary from 2 to 16 percent.
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Maron County
Registration Board
M. Gilson
Rendil
Washinton
How to Be Your Own Decorator
Good Housekeeping Studio guides readers on festive Christmas decorating ideas for porches and doors. Suggestions include evergreen festoons and wreaths with silver accents, crepe paper festoons, holly sprays with bells, concealed electric lanterns, and outdoor lighting tips with weatherproof outlets. Costs noted for floodlight units and waterproof cords.
Crafting a festive creche figures from crepe paper
The article describes making a Christmas creche scene with lighted figures. It details materials like wires, cotton, crepe paper, and colored decorations. It explains constructing heads bodies legs and arms with precise measurements and coloring for a lifelike display.
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Carol Singer
Rejection Causes Highlighted in Eastern Areas
The Knoxville Journal notes that in eastern areas the main reasons for rejection include bad teeth, poor eyesight, and hernia. It is believed the overall rejection rate will be somewhat lower than in other regions.
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Knoxville Journal
The Diary of an Unthrifty Man
A Wichita association diary records a year of purchasing on easy terms. A man buys a car and radio, borrows from his boss and Uncle George, contemplates land, faces job loss, and ends with income stopped and a new suit.
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George
Gredstalk-Wichita Association
Making of Soft Cheese Studied by Farm Women
The modern farmer's wife studies medieval cheese craft brought by immigrants. On self supplied farms, soft cheeses like neufchatel and cottage are produced to utilize more milk, since milk is the foundation of cheese and highly nutritive.
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United States
Neufchatel
Soft Cheese Making Lesson Held By Home Project Group
Women in the Home Project Phase 2 met December 4 at Mrs. Vanden Berg’s Fifield home for a lesson on soft cheese making led by Miss Fiennes D A and hosted by Mrs. Van den Berg. Pre school survey sheets were handed out to aid the County Health program. The meeting also included a study period on Latin American music and plans for the next training on January 10 at Mrs. John Vanden Baard’s Otley home focusing on the place and value of soup in meals.
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Home Project
Miss Fiennes
D. A
C. Vanden Berg
Fifield
Mesdames
A. L. Dykstra
Neal Heemstra
I. Vriezelaar
Wm. Roush
W. A. Vriezelaar
Robert Kaldenberg
Henry Kool
Clifford Eden
Byron Karr
Delight Vande Gaarde
Social Security workers offer wage earner account statements
The Social Security Board announces an opportunity for workers covered by the act to obtain statements of wages credited to their social security accounts. J C Hollister of Des Moines Iowa says the board can furnish a personal wage statement from records kept for about 50 million accounts. Monthly benefits depend on these wages and workers are urged to verify their records.
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Social Security Board
J. C. Hollister
Old Federal Building
Des Moines
Iowa
John J. Carson
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
How to Get Your Social Security Wage Record
The worker may request a wage statement once a year by mail or card from the Social Security Board field offices. The statement lists wages reported by employers and totals since the account started. Employers file wage reports quarterly with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, then to the Social Security Board for crediting to the individual account.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Social Security
Dedication of New Union School Building Noted by Pioneers
Four pupils from Union school Butler county attended the dedication of a new modern building erected sixty five years after the first classroom. The ceremony honored the lasting effort to replace the old structure with updated facilities.
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Union School
Butler County
Passenger Falls From Car Then Finishes Thanksgiving
Mrs. Wayne Hyde of Manson fell from a car when its door flew open but continued on her way and enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner.
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Wayne Hyde
Manson
Tuberculosis Hospital Facilities Investment Report
Hospital facilities for tuberculosis treatment represent an investment of more than three hundred million dollars and their annual maintenance cost exceeds seventy million dollars, highlighting the scale of the program and ongoing funding needs.
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Marion County Club
Warren Clinc
Harvey
Elba
Angus
Clifford Marvey
Eugene Harvey
Lyle Edwards
Exhisor
Oklahoma A & M
Ohio University
Edwards
Quams
Pella
Poland
China
Berkshire
John Deere MO Machinery
John Deere
McCormick
Marshalltown
McCormick Deering
Fairbanks Morse
Caswell
Jaarsma
Arie H. Bogaard
Nellie Bogaard
Minnie M. Vos
John G. Vos
Worth
Weeben
Good Housekeeping Studio
Helen Koues
Studio Sole
Ian Favel
Brg
Mii
Carl
Fea
New York
Buffalo
N.Y
I, Fla
Denver
Colo
Central Park Cafe
Soc
F. Jaarsma Bakery
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Ford
Plymouth Tudor
Ford S.W.B
H.p
Ulrich Motor Co
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