City Dump Debate Prompts Parking and Health Concerns
Mayor T. H. Klein leads a council discussion on the Pella city dump, located outside the city limits near the pool area. Residents argue for safer access and better parking while officials consider moving the dump, enhancing supervision, and limiting dumping to designated spots amid pest and sanitation worries.
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Pella
Swimming Pol Park
Commercial Club
Kiwanis
Rotary
Alvin Evers
T. H. Klein
Quartets and Choirs at Renfro Valley All Day Sing
Renfro Valley Ky hosts an all day sing beginning August 1 with quartets and choirs competing for cash prizes and a memorial trophy for two Blackwood Brothers members lost in an airplane crash Broadcasters will carry the event to a large Sunday morning audience entries accepted to midnight August 1 James Blackwood and Riley Smith will judge the championship contest A church choir count with prizes is added and Yep Ellis leads the audience in community songs
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Blackwood Brothers
Renfro Valley
John Lair
Progress in Plant Iowa program boosts plantings statewide
The Plant Iowa initiative reports nearly two million trees shrubs and roses added to Iowa landscapes this year with multiflora roses totaling 610265. State agencies and organizations from the Izaak Walton League to garden clubs contributed thousands of plantings and 97 tree planting ceremonies drew about two thousand participants under Governor Beardsley’s conservation effort.
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Iowa
Plant Iowa
Glenn Raines
Plant Iowa Committee
State Oeservation Commission
Boy Scouts
Izaak Walton League
The
Forestry Extension Service
Plant
William 8. Beardsley
Des Moines
Cut Trefoil While Pods Still Tough
Trefoil seed harvests should occur before pods turn brown to reduce shattering, says extension agronomist Ralph Krenzin of Iowa State College. After mowing, roll into windrows to cure, then thresh with a combine. Thresh early in the morning or in high humidity. some growers bale first. Harvesting trefoil seed is profitable, for commercial or personal use.
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Ralph Krenzin
Krenzin
Indianola Club Invites Amateurs To Golf Tourney
The Indianola Country Club hosts the second annual amateur golf tournament next Sunday August 1 with over 350 in prizes. It is a regular Iowa Golf Association event drawing players from southern and south central Iowa. Qualifying rounds begin at 7:00 a.m. and finish before noon. The championship flight plays 27 holes, other flights 18. No advance entry required.
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Indianola
Indianola Country Club
Iowa Golf Association
Iowa
Emmetsburg Honors Two Seniors With Aged Welcome
Emmetsburg honored two of its longtime residents, Mrs. W. B. Young aged 95 and Mrs. Lewis Stuehmer aged 93, celebrating their combined 188 years of life with a local recognition.
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Emmetsburg
W. B. Young
Lewis Stuehmer
Two Insect Pests Attack Iowa Evergreen Trees
Iowa evergreen trees face damage from two pests pine leaf scale and red spider, experts say. Pine leaf scale shows white scales on needles while red spider appears as tiny specks with possible webs in heavy infestations. Both pests suck tree juices and worsen in hot dry weather. Malathion spray recommended: one pint of 60 percent malathion per 60 gallons of water, sprayed thoroughly on trees.
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Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Pines
Gunderson
Conferees Urge Parents Teach Children Self-Discipline
At the 27th Iowa Conference on Child Development and Parent Education at the State University of Iowa, speakers urged parents to give children manageable doses of experience to build self discipline. They said daily problem solving and gradual responsibility foster inner security and better coping with adult life, with freedom rooted in choosing appropriate authority.
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Towa City
Towa
Iowa
State University of Iowa
Double header golden wedding anniversary observed
An unusual double golden wedding anniversary was observed at Nodaway near Corning. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kennedy of Nodaway and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brown of Des Moines marked their 50th anniversaries together. The couples were married in a double wedding ceremony at Maryville, Missouri in 1904.
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Nodaway
Corning
E. C. Kennedy
Elmer Brown
Des Moines
Maryville
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