New FFA Members Join Lynnville Sully Chapter
Lynnville Sully FFA adds new members and plans safety project with Sully Fire Dept. Keith Van Dyke leads annual Parent Son banquet. Paching committees in place for programs and entertainment. New chapter farmers and greenhands welcomed include Ron Graham Ron Van Weelden Roger Van Wyk Bryce Vander Wilt and others.
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FFA
Lynnville, Sully
Lynnville-Sully
Ron Graham
Ron van Weelden
Roger van Wyk
Bryce Vander Wilt
Lloyd van Zee
Vernon Terpstra
Jerry Hackett
David Vander Pol
Verland Engle
Dick Dunsbergen
Dwight Ver Steegt
Rackham predicts lower cattle prices amid ample supplies
Farm economist Tom Rackham of Town State College says fed cattle prices will stay soft through coming months due to strong poultry hog and cattle supplies. He notes beef remains in demand and rising population plus no recession support a slower price drop. historical trends show price fluctuations tied to slaughter rates. Separate item reports Russell Kent, Hepburn rural mail carrier, as a rock collecting hobbyist with a $4,000 collection including a hand fashioned agate sphere built over six months.
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Tom Rackham
Town State College Farm
Rackham
U. S
Russell Kent
Hepburn
Pella Seniors Undergo Expanded Aptitude Testing
Pella High seniors received a full aptitude testing program on October 29 with Betty Dilly from the Iowa Employment Service conducting written tests and pegboard dexterity tasks. About 73 seniors were tested, with results to be filed at the Oskaloosa labor office and later shared with college-bound students.
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Betty Dilly
Oskaloosa
Iowa Employment Service
Chris
Mas
Misa Gosselink
Oskaloosa Labor Office
Dilly
Pella High
Pell
Des Moines Guidance Clinic
Iowa State College
Pella
Cedar Falls
Benander
State Office
Sigourney
Gift of Maps to Central College in Iowa
Central College received about 3000 maps valued at 900 dollars, announced by Dr. Harriet Heusinkveld. Dr. Charles Brown of the Iowa Geological Survey donated the maps, chosen through efforts of Mildred Ratmeyer, a 1957 geography graduate, who learned the maps would be given to an Iowa college.
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Central College
Harriet Heusinkveld
Charles Brown
Iowa Geological Survey
Central
Mildred Ratmeyer
Iowa
Cline and Jenkins Lead Marion County Brucellosis Effort
Herbert Cline of Bussey and Bill Jenkins of Knoxville were named heads of Marion County Brucellosis Eradication work by Harold Ver Meer. They will assist township workers contacting cattle owners as part of an area control plan to eradicate brucellosis through organized action.
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Herbert Cline
Bussey
Bill Jenkins
Knoxville
Marion County
Harold Ver Meer
County Extension Council
Cline and Jenkins
Iowa Ranked Seventh in Road Mileage Among States
Iowa ranks seventh in total road and street mileage, twenty second in population, and twenty fourth in land area among the forty eight states.
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Iowa
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John Vink
Bob Qualls
John H. Ver Meer
A. K. van Zee
David
Peter Slycord
Willis Vande Voort
Bob Rouwehorst
Stanley Vroom
Henry Ver Me
David van Rees
Verland Brand
Wayne Brooksma
Jerry Renaud
Jerry Nickel
Dwight van Genderen
Howard Pathoner
Castle Rezendaal
Keith Vande Krol
Vande Krol
Stanley Vanemer
Jerry van Wyk
Kenneth Williams
John Wanda
Larry Sparks
Newton
Kellogg
SALE
John Deere
Kewanee
Wayne Balmer
Kellogg Savings Bank
Earl & Bill Shields
Dexter
Buerkens
Wilkins
Pel- In
Turkey
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