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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1960
Page
12
The Valley View area reports 4-H club activities including a Friday meeting at the Educational Building with M. Vrndzelaar judging. Union plans and county fair events are noted, with leaders and families from Marion, Pella, and surrounding townships involved in Farm Bureau youth programs and extension lessons.
Wander Kolk Mrs Nora Slocum is slowly improving in Marshalltown hospital after eye surgery. Marion Verwers and family visit William Verwers home near Kellogg. Delores Verwers visits. Mrs Lambert Berg and Gary Lee of Melcher stay with Jennie Vande Kieft. Rev John Staal family take four week vacation to Michigan. Sympathy to Frank Van Zante family on brother Jake Van Zante’s heart attack death.
Last Saturday’s sale saw lighter receipts as 220 cattle 398 hogs and 256 sheep moved. Some grades eased following terminal trends and downstream pricing.
Sully Lions Club and Lynn ville Sully FFA Chapter sponsor a Master Corn Producers Contest for 1960. Entries must be received by July 30 Saturday night. A 5 acre plot is marked, with at least 1.25 acres machine harvested for test results. Awards fit for top yields include medals over 100 bushels per acre and certificates over 125 bushels, with awards and harvest supervision by Sully Lions and FFA members.
Local 1960 crop soybean support is fixed at 1.84 per bushel based on a national 1.85 rate, with loans on farm and warehouse stored beans and purchase agreements through January 31, 1961. Eligibility aligns with moisture limits and 1960 production, details available from harvest-time agreements.
Reports from the Rustlers and Richland Bluebell groups detail July meetings at Peoria Town Hall and a member home. Activities included fair talks, short course reports, disease free pigs discussion, booth planning for Southern Town Fair, and Achievement Day set for August 5 in Oskaloosa.
The Lynnville-Sully FFA Merit System Awards were presented to Phillip Pethoven Roger Van Wyk Jerry Hackett Bryce Van Der Wilt and David Van Der Pol. Future events include the annual tractor rodeo and machinery show and a watermelon feed planned for late August.
The Marion County Boys 4-H demonstration contest will be held Friday evening August 6 in the girls 4-H exhibit hall starting at 7 p.m. The event, moved ahead of the fair due to crowded livestock schedules, features senior and junior demonstrations by multiple 4-H clubs and individual members.
City of Pell financial report shows cash balance at year start and year end 1959 figures, receipts, expenditures, and transfers. It details warrants outstanding at Jan 1 1959 and Dec 31 1959, and notes held in Electric Depreciation Reserve, Waterworks, and Sewer Rental funds.
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