Questions and Answers on Proposed High School Addition
A parsed Q and A list outlines old high school year built 1915 cost 52514 and WPA unit added 1935 cost 73347. Enrollments 1916 124 1935 226 1954 801. It covers classrooms nine plus shop and homemaking, study hall capacity 120, and locker and toilet facilities. Reorganization plans, funding, site, and future expansion details are discussed with several figures and options.
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Ans
University of Iowa Education Cement
Webster
Pella
Te Wien
County Board of Education
Gould
Fom High School
Alte
Marion County Corn Champion Proclaimed in Otley
Gerrit Sneller of Otley is named Marion County Champion in the National Selected Five Acre DeKalb Corn Growing Contest HQ. His winning yield reaches 99.53 bushels per acre. At right, third piece winner William Van Ee of Otley also placed in the contest.
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Gerrit Sneller
Otley
Marion
William van Ee
Bernard van Ee
Des Moines
Wide Row Corn Emerges as New Nurse Crop in Iowa Test Runs
F W Schaller an Agricultural Service official reports wide row corn shows promise as a nurse crop for establishing hay and pasture or cover crops despite some seed loss at two 1953 test sites. In six Iowa locations he compared 40 and 80 inch rows with mixed spacings, noting better stand and growth in wide rows and higher yields in 40 inch rows averaging 94 bushels per acre versus 76 for 80 inch rows.
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F. W. Schaller
Schaller
U. S
Iowa
Liz
Ames
Independence
Castana
Beaconsfield
Shenandoah
Marcus
Drouth
Ames and
Cattle Outlook Sees Favorable for Industry Recovery
Iowa State College extension expert Rex Beresford says the cattle sector faces a hopeful start to correcting its situation with favorable conditions. He notes 1953 peaks were not higher than prior cycles, but cautions about overproduction in the 1950s and predicts a leveling around 90 million head after further liquidation, barring disasters. At Grinnell, 91-year-old Mary Lincoln suffered a fractured back from a fall.
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Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Beresford
Grinnell
Mary Lincoln
Price Support Rules Outlined by Marion County Chair
Chairman P Brown of the Marion county ASC outlines price support eligibility rules for grain. Producers must not exceed acreage allotments. wheat and corn allotments apply this year. Stored grain must be protected on farm or in an authorized warehouse, with loan recourse if any portion is later found ineligible.
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Paul Brown
Marion County
ASC
Brown
U. S
Commodity Credit Corporation
Weather totals at Pella Station U S Weather Bureau
Official 7 am reading notes total precipitation for February 1954 at Pella Station U S Weather Bureau as 1.27 inches. A year earlier February 1958 logged 2.43 inches. February 1953 recorded 1.16 inches, indicating below year over year totals.
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Pella Station
U. 8
Weather Bureau
Ed Beaning
Observer
Central unveils courses to train for government service
Central College launches a major Political Science program to prep graduates for federal civil service through J M A and J P A exams with starting salaries of 3410 and 4205 for master's holders. Qualified students may enter economics, accounting, statistics and other scientific fields, leading to higher admin and professional roles. Continued on Page 12.
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Central College
Frank W. Neuber
Political Science
Federal Civil Service
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Oren Thomas
Earl L. Pohlman
Pelle
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Bond Studio
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Pella, Iowa
Marion County Corn
Lyonnais
P. Brown
Board of Education
Gary Schiebout
Central
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