Western Corn Rootworm Threat Prompted for Farmers
A farmers night school at Pella High School hosts a talk on Western Corn Rootworm threats and control. Ron Frank of Knox Weed Chemical Co. discusses resistant corn rootworm insecticides and planter attachments with ISU guidance urging preventive treatment for second-year corn fields.
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Gerical Company
Bak of
Pella
Aldrin
Hepler
Iowa State University
Ron Frank
Knox-Weed Chemical Co
1966 Ag Conservation program to aid low income farmers
Secretary Dr Ville L Freeman announced the 1966 Agricultural Conservation Program will stress aid to low income farmers and beautification practices. The program, in its thirty first year, supports conservation on private farms while boosting rural and urban outlook through cost sharing up to 80 percent for eligible low income applicants.
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Ecretary of
Ville L. Freeman
ACP
USDA
Roy A. Thompson
Conservation County
Tee
ASC
Monroe Area Social Notes Highlight Birthdays Anniversaries
Jan 24 section records visits and gatherings around Monroe including Ernest Spegal birthday dinner in Kentucky. 10th anniversary for Gary Van Rees. 50th anniversary for Ed De Haas on Jan 30. Attendees include Gareth Vande Kieft family, Van Rees relatives, Zylstra families, Van Roekel, and local residents. Activities span Prairie City and Sully areas with church events and college pledges noted.
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Gordon Beard
Ernest Spegal
Kentucky
Beard
Floyd Spegal
Independence
Merle White
Mike Spegal
Randy
Tim Gordon
Junior Schuring
Jerry
Carl
Mike
Ronnie
T. Aalbers Farm
Monroe
Gareth Vande Kieft
Gary van Rees
Sully
Bill Zylstra
Kellogg
Paul Zylstra
Orville Zylstra
Wendall Zylstra
Marvin Zylstra
Pella
If You Can Be a Farmer You Have the Makings
A father’s letter to his son outlines a farmer’s life as a lifestyle not a paycheque. It lists endurance, thrift, timeliness with the market, calm under pressure, kindness, and steady work from plowing to bookkeeping. The poem ends affirming the son’s suitability for farm life if he can meet the challenges with character.
ACP Conservation Measures Emphasize Beauty and Reduced Surplus
The 1966 ACP authorizes conservation measures with beautification benefits and urges practices to cut excess crop production. It continues the policy discouraging methods that might boost surplus crops. Farmers seeking to learn how ACP can aid conservation objectives are urged to contact the ASCS County Office.
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ASCS
Learn to Buy Hogs Veal Lambs and Cattle at Sale Berns
National Institute of Meat Packing Dept. 35 Box 4452 Minneapolis Minn offers training for men aged 18 to 50 with farm background. Local interviews require age phone and experience to be considered.
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Berns
National Institute of Meat Packing Dept
Minneapolis
Minn
Community Service Sale At Prairie City Church
At the Methodist Church in Prairie City a fellowship sale runs from 2 to 5 p.m. with all welcome and no gifts requested. Dale Baarda, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Baarda, recently left for a month of boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training School after a weekend visit from Des Moines. Everett Wilson died Tuesday morning January 18 at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines. funeral services were held January 20 at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Monroe.
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Prairie City
Fred Baarda
Dale
Des Moines
Great Lakes
Gerrit van Hulzen
Evelyn Poortinga
Reasner
Fred _Baarda
Everett Wilson Everett Wilson
Veterans Hospital
Garden Chapel
Monroe
Des Moines Visit Highlights Air Force Training Plan
Kametl De Vries and Emma Wagner visited Sunday. Wayne Lubberden family hosted Rita and Mike in Des Moines. Training School at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas runs three months with a commission as second lieutenant upon completion. Sergeant Harold Repp, Air Force recruiter in Des Moines, outlines eligibility for the program.
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Tay
Ys. Kametl de Vries
Des Moines
Emma Wagner
Wayne Lubberden
Rita
Mike
Margaret Lubberden
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
Harold Repp
Iowa
Air Force reopens Officer Training School program
The United States Air Force resumes its Officer Training School Scientific and Engineering Program offering graduates with or nearing a Bachelor of Science degree a path to become commissioned officers. The program targets young men seeking to enter Air Force leadership roles through technical and scientific disciplines.
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United States Air Force
Officer Training School
Air Force
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Monary
Pella School
Monroe News
Albert Vande Kieft
Harold Vander Hart
Agnes Wittenberg
Harold van der Hart
Larry
Elaine
Francis van Dusseldorp
Otley
Clarence Goodell
John G. van Roekel
Artis van Roekel
Delta Delta Sorority
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Duane Blackledge
Ricky
Olive Blackledge
F. P. Farson
Margaret Travis
Truro
Winterset
B. E. Ferguson
Lloyd Zickel
Robert Hale
Kim
Terri
Ed de Haas
Felco
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Aingma Motors
Air Force Officer Training Program
Golden Sun
Golden
Peoria Farm Milling
TARGE
Ira Grange
Colfax
Mingo
Hampshire
Heisler
Knoedler
Stanhorst
Massey-Harris
New Idea
Ottawa
Dunham
A.C
J.D
Westendorf
Walsh
McCullough
Forney
M. E. ‘Slim’ Carlson
Nat'l. Bank
Earl & Bill Shields
Aucts
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