Holland Aflame With Floral Beauty
Betty Nolan of KLM describes Holland’s tulip fields visible from planes landing at Schiphol. The season peaks on tulip Sunday, with visitors traveling by foot, bicycle, train, or car to admire beds, mosaics, and garlands, while bulbs fuel Holland’s second largest agricultural export.
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Betty Nolan
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Holland
Tulij
K.L.M
Schipholm
Tuli
Middle East
Busbecg
Ferdinand I
Suleiman the Magnificent
Adrianople
Constantinople
Carolus Clusiu
Ghort Rom
Jens
Europe
Opening Day Trout Fishing in Town Streams Surges
On March 1, conservation officers report strong opening day fishing in Delaware County and Allamakee streams. Jim Becker notes an average 0.46 trout per angler with 45 fishermen contacted. eight reached limits of eight trout, while many caught two to eight. Officer Kaufman logged an 18 inch brown and a rainbow. water levels were normal.
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Delaware County
Jim Becker
Allamakee
Kaufman Repo
Kaufan
Easter Seals drive funds aid Iowa children
The Easter Seal Society in Iowa reports over 8600 seals mailed in Marion County as part of a statewide drive to raise money for handicapped children. Mrs. Avery of New Horizon urges more funds to expand services, education, and medical care, noting a new Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines and the need to ensure access to facilities across the state.
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Marion County
Marin Sor
Inty
Easter Seal Society
Iowa
New Horizon
Avery
Des Moines
Wildlife Week Focuses on Water Pollution Cleanup
Sportsmen will observe National Wildlife Week March 21 27 with Mark Trail as national chair. The campaign emphasizes cleaning water pollution and controlling industrial and domestic wastes and soil erosion. Past efforts noted prairie chicken conservation and protection funding for Florida key deer, with the deer population rising from 80 to about 100.
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Wildlife Week
Ed Dodd
Mark Trail
Wildlife We
The
Wildlife Federation
Florida
Fede Fish and Wildlife
Fishermen Report Clear Water and Long Trout in Local Streams
Observers described water as absolutely transparent while local fishermen in Alla makee and Clayton counties reported seeing trout over 20 inches long in streams. Kaufman noted that catching them remains difficult.
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Allamakee
Clayton Counties
Kaufman
Properly Planned Pond Recognized as Farm Asset
A farm pond, well planned and built, aids water retention during heavy rain, reduces soil loss from gullies, and can serve as a family fishing spot. Experts advise Soil Conservation Service help in planning, noting federal cost sharing for construction and strong bond options boosting farm savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohrt
Robrt
Kohit
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Conservation
Bond purchases surge in Iowa county in February
Iowa residents bought 13.78 million dollars in series E and H savings bonds in February, a 42 percent rise from February 1953. County chairmen E. L. Job of Knoxville and P. H. Kuyper of Pella, Marion County, announced that county sales reached 126,921 dollars for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa
E. L. Job
Knoxville
P. H. Kuyper
Pella
Marion County
Savings Bonds Division
Egg production in Iowa hits 29 year high in 1953
Iowa’s 1953 egg output reached 4.8 billion, the highest in 29 years, per the Iowa Development Commission. 1952 yielded 4.7 billion with a 1942–51 average of 4.3 billion. Iowa accounted for 7.7 percent of the U S total of 61.9 billion eggs. Farm fl ock layers averaged 28,382,000 birds versus 387,884,000 last year.
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Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Towa
U. S
Agricultural Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Financial figures for adjacent counties appear in note
The record lists Mahuska county with figures for February 1954 and 1973 including 662.00 and 79,720.00, and Jasper county with February 1964 amounts 176,1687.00 and 141,913.00 for February 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahuska County
Jasper’ County
Parents and Teachers Invite Meeting in Newton March 23
In Newton Iowa Dr William D Lampard of the State University of Iowa will discuss Emotional Development and Self Discipline at a 7 30 p m lecture March 23 in the School Administration Building New on The talk is second in a four week series of parent education programs sponsored by the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station and the Newton PTA Open to parents and teachers in rural districts and nearby towns plus Newton residents The sessions aim to share child guidance procedures from university research and other welfare centers Following lectures staff from the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station will lead discussion groups for parents of students from pre school through high school The series topics include Home guidance and Sex Growing Up
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Towa City
Iowa
William D. Lampard
State University of Iowa
Newon
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Parent- Teacher Associations of
Newton
F. J. Fisher
Dist. Home Service
Garold Fullmer
PTA Council
Parent Education
Inter
Savings Bonds Gain Popularity in 1953 Sales Rise
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports in Business Conditions that U S savings bonds attracted investors with strong demand in 1953. E and H bond sales reached 4.4 billion, near a 1 billion uptick from 1952, while large buyers pushed total volumes higher and the Treasury set a 5.3 billion sales goal for the year. Redemptions still outpaced purchases by 280 million, though an improvement over 1962, with longer holding times tied to larger bond sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Treasury
Reserve Bank
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T. G. Fultz
Tunis Kiein
Forrest J. Kohrt
Marlon Goun 'G
Kelly Ryan
Optra
Risers
Waplemint-By
Verploeg Implement Co
Brom Hatchery and
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Aero-Dyne
Hoover
van den Berg Electric and
Bernie
Menninga Agency
Federal Reserve Bank
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DuPont
Cormhoury
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