Nation Honors Homemaker a Year of Home Demonstrations
Across Iowa rural homemaker groups feature county women days showcasing progress in simplification of tasks, home beautification, and community betterment. State extension staff and home economists lead on the job education under a national program, with National Home Demonstration Week April 27 to May 8. About 93 000 town homemakers learned from events, with 68 755 families planning healthier meals and better food practices through extension programs reaching about 50 000 Iowa families.
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Iowa State College Extension Service
Extenn
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mom
Homemakers Study Practical Skills And Community Roles
Information and workshop experience covered furnishing and managing homes, color schemes, kitchen planning, upholstery, landscaping, and simplifying homemaking tasks. Over 26,000 dads and young readers praised homemakers for sewing and clothing buys, with 16,000 families benefiting from music, community topics, and world affairs studies. Nearly 6,000 homemakers focused on family goals, child guidance, and family happiness. Their groups, once mocked as “those women who cook and sew,” now influence rural women nationwide and globally through organizations across the country.
Owasa Man Drives 1921 Stanley Steamer Marshaled Back Time
Horace Nichols of Owasa in Hardin county drove downtown in a Stanley Steamer bought in Spirit Lake two years ago. The steam car, dating to 1921, recalls earlier days when steam engines powered automobiles like locomotives. Residents felt the clock turned back forty years or more as the old relic ran.
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Owasa
Hardin County
Horace Nichols
Spirit Lake
Mr. Nichols
Leighton 4-H Meeting At Westercamp Home
The Leighton Happy Hearts 4-H Club met at Faye Westercamp home on April 21 with ten members present. Members shared why they would plant a flower and planned local and county Mother's Day activities while agreeing to donate to WHO flood relief.
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Leighton Happy Hearts 4-H
Faye Westercamp
WHO
Marcia Klein
Betty Hoksbergen
Tackawana Valley
Ministerial Association meets at Second Reformed Church
The local Ministerial Association gathered in the church study of the Second Reformed Church on Monday forenoon. The treasurer reported an offering of $144.55 from the Union Goods Friday service. The group welcomed the Rev. Redeker, recently installed minister of the Third Reformed Church.
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Second Reformed Church
Redeker
Third Reformed Church
Community Welcomes Mission Group Visit
A ministerial association and local community extend a hearty welcome to a visiting group, emphasizing warm hospitality and shared fellowship as part of a broader outreach effort.
Life of Posts Can Be Lengthened with New Preservative
Campbell of the extension forestry program at Town State College notes farmers can cut fence post costs by using pentachlorophenol. It lengthens post life from about 5 to 15 or 20 years and is applied by simple cold soaking in a tank for 48 to 72 hours. The method requires no elaborate equipment and dry posts can drain afterward. Foresters at Iowa State show post costs drop to 80 to 86 cents per unit before labor.
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Campbell
Extension Forests Town State College
Iowa State
Soldier Address A B Raymond Van Zee A P 17353840 Fit
A brief military notation from Parks Air Force Base California lists soldier Raymond Van Zee with serial number 17353840 and a base address. The fragment suggests an assignment or personnel record entry rather than a full narrative.
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Raymond van Zee
B.m.ts. Parks Air Force Base
California
Pella Girls Meet Melcher in Sectional Opener
Pella Christian and Knoxville Dallas received first round byes in the sectional. The Pella Melcher game leads to Monday action with Pella Christian facing an opponent May 5 at 2 80 p.m. Knoxville Dallas square off at 4 00. Finals set for Wednesday May 7 at 8 30 p.m.
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Pella
Olanton
Let Chickens Learn Self-Feeding Early Voice of Poultrymen
Town State College poultrymen say it is wise to provide a good starting mash before chicks hatch or soon after to teach self-feeding early. The advice aims to improve chick growth and reduce early feeding errors.
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Town State College
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U. S
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Florida
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