Marion County Cancer Meeting Tonight in Knoxville Church
The American Cancer Society holds its annual meeting in the Knoxville Methodist Church basement on October 2 at 7 30 PM. Guest speaker Mrs Lucille M Anderson Senior Field Director for Central Town is an attorney from Chariton with six years cancer work experience. She will discuss cancer research progress and the Educational and Service programs, including how the Cancer Dollar is spent. The event is open to the public and urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille M. Anderson
Central Town
Chariton, Laws
Anderson
Lucas County
Hunt Up Your Honey The 1952 Honey Crop Here
The 1952 honey crop reached 260 million pounds with Iowa clover as the main flavor source. Floyd Paddock of Iowa State College notes light color and mild taste, with alfalfa yielding finer honey. Table honey blends standardize mild flavors, while nontable honeys vary in color and strength. Honey types include liquid, granular, chunk, comb, and cut comb, with usage tips for cooking and storage. Pasteurized honey resists crystallizing. crystallized varieties can be liquefied by a water bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Paddock
Extension Apianist
Iowa State College
Iowa
Paddock
Midwest
Local Notes on Families and Travel Across Iowa Towns
Local residents and relatives are reported visiting, relocating, or traveling. Janice Rolffs visits her parents in Marion, families plan moves to Phoenix and Grand Rapids, and several members are hospitalized or discharged. People from Pella, Sully, Otley, Ames, and Ogden are named along with hospitals and a navy enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Rolffs
Bert ‘van Roekel
Marshalltown
South Broadway
R. J. Heeren
St. Paul
Minn
George Heeren
Bertha den Adel
Preincaw, Mee
Messieliam Russell
Billy
Craig
Waterloo
Paul van Steenis
Kokomo
Ind
Mary van Vliet
James van Vliet
Otley
Town State College
Ames
Cornelius de
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Grace
Marion County
Chris le Gocq
Iowa University Hospital
Iowa City
Jake Brand
Hazel
Bessie
Lawrence Renaud
Sully
Renaud
Rotor
Max ’Ben Renaud
Ogden
Arnold Bogard
Mahaska Hospital
City Council Proceedings September 2 1952 Pella Iowa
The regular meeting notes the presence of Mayor Klein and councilors Hoka m Van Roekel Van Gorp Verygileet Roorda with absences listed. August 19 minutes approved and August 29 special meeting approved. Petitions for De Boer grant and water softener refund for Van Gorp approved. August electric report shows 3 ranges and 1 water heater connections, 4 new residences, 1,110,410 kwh produced, 2,560,900 pounds coal used. Block 10 North Pella restricted district referred to City Solicitor. Bills approved across funds including salaries, repairs, supplies, and tax with multiple named vendors and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Klein
Gome
Hokam
van Roekel
van Gorp
Verygileet Roorda
Ientjes
Peter de Boer
John R. van Gorp
James Wisse
North Pella
Broadway water main plan approved for annexed tract
The council approved locating a Broadway water main from the Monroe Street intersection to the Corporate line after bids for ditching and back filling a water main were reviewed. Annunciation of annexation of a land tract to Pella was presented with a certified plat by James Burns of Ottumwa. Council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna de Wild
Petty Cash
Fed. Res
Bank of Ghi
iThe Pella Chronicle
Dice Chemical Co
Chem
John Wiley Jones Co
Trust & Agency Fund
lAke Monster
Louis L. Sedrel
Wm, Messemaker
M. Schakel
Shi Cch
Van's Motor Service
Vandermeulen Hoeksema
Vander Veer Cast, Co
Cushman-Wilson C
Hawkeye Machinery Co
Nutone Products Co
S. G. Adams Co
James Wisse
Schreiner
Broadway Street
Monroe Street
Mencing
Broadway
Monroe Streets
Pella
James Burns
Ottuiwa
Iowa
Leonard Gosselink
Electric Elevator Is Cheaper Safer and Faster
An Iowa State College agricultural engineer urges electrifying corn elevators to cut costs and boost safety. A 200 volt three-wire service and a switch box are required, with motor size ranging from 3 to 8 horsepower. Electrification can free tractors for field work and lower operating costs, with examples showing a 3 hp motor elevating 1760 bushels of corn for about $1.12 in gross cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken McFate
Iowa State College
McFate
Iowa
Meadow Top-Dressing Boosts Meadow Quality and Yields
Extension agronomist Joe Stritzel says top-dressing hay meadows with superphosphate improves forage by increasing phosphorus content, boosting legume percentages, and raising feeding value. Experiments show 200 pounds at seeding or spring top-dressing raises first year yields and subsequent cuts, with higher red clover content and safer phosphorus levels for livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stritzel
Extension Agronomist Town State College
Stritzel
Teachers Attend Newton for Annual County Meeting
Teachers from Marion and Jasper counties will assemble at Newton Monday for their annual county teachers meeting sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction. Public schools will be closed with all classes dismissed. Pella teachers will also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jasper County
Newton
State Department of Public Instruction
Pella
Central Named Jack Cook Leads Centennial Homecoming
Central College reports Jack Cook son of Dr and Mrs J M Cook of Pella has organized the Centennial Homecoming events October 20 to November 2 6 as chairman of the Biident cabinet and general chair man for Homecoming activities He named heads for coronation skit night campus clean up jamboree vespers and publicity including Ann Leon Dick Buck Carolyn Jong Gary Darland Mary Ver Hoef Dick Evers Audrey Roorda Cunera Van Emmerick and others to lead various committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cook
J. M. Cook
Pella
Central College
Biident
Ann Leon
Ed le Cocq
Dick Buck
Catskill
N Yu Jy
Carolyn Jong
Gray Hawk
Kypeestions
Gary Darland
Oskaloosa
Garden Square Cafe Listed In Dartnell Guide
Garden Square Cafe is named in Dartnell's Guide to America's Favorite Restaurants on page 103 of a 330 page volume published by the Dartnel Corporation of Chi Minais. The selection is based on extensive polling of discriminating diners, with twelve thousand restaurants nominated and the top venues highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Square Cafe
Dartnell's
Petia Delnel Row
Serks Square Cafe
Dartnell
America
Dartnel Corporation
Chi Minais
Ten Rules for Happy Hunting
The 1952 hunting season begins with many Towans heading afield to enjoy autumn and success, but some will end in tragedy when gun safety is ignored. The piece stresses that a gun’s purpose is to kill, not to inspire sentiment, and that accidents can be prevented by common sense and a Ten Commandments style approach to shooting safety.
Safety Rules for Handling a Gun Footnotes
A fragmented set of safety tips urges careful gun handling. It emphasizes keeping the muzzle under control, knowing your target, unloading before storage, avoiding climbing with a loaded gun, not firing at hard surfaces or water, and avoiding mixing gunpowder. The tone warns not to take the rules lightly.
Rat proofing corn storage against rat damage grows in Iowa
Iowa farmers face a larger corn crop and must build durable storage to protect grain from rats. Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson urges rat proofing at construction with deep foundation piers, mesh cloth and metal flashing, self closing doors, and ongoing control through cleanup and permanent bait stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Gunison
When Egg Yield Drops and Lighting for Hens
Iowa poultry guidance advises delaying house lights as days shorten. Extension agent urges testing light duration to avoid over lighting which can lower production. Start with short lighting after production falls, extend as daylight decreases, and allow about 10 days for hens to adjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Extension Stryman
Towa State
Cor
Trapping Season In Iowa Opens November 10
The State Conservation Commission announced the trapping season for mink muskrat beaver raccoon skunk opossum civet cat and badger begins at noon November 10. Mink and muskrat run November 10 to December 9 except Big Wall Lake Wright County where November 10 to November 19. Beaver trapping runs November 10 to December 9 statewide. Raccoon skunk opossum and spotted skunk run 60 days from November 10 to January 9, 1958. Weasel red fox grey fox and other species have continuous or closed seasons as biologists report.
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State Conservation Comission
Big Wall Lake
Wright County
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M. Anderson
Hattie Vander Meulen
Culver City
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Fred Workman
Birmingham
Iown
Lucy Huber
Charles Dean
Gerald Terlouw
Mercy Hospital
George Vanden Berg
Mahaska
Paul de Jong
Tainter
Herman Rietveld
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
Warner Vande Voort
Grand Rapids
Mich
Harry Vickery Jr
C. H. Bogsard
Leighton
Wiliam de Penning
Matt Huyser
Esther van Houweling
Moline
Ill
Francis Huyser
Francis
Paul Klyn
Henry Klyn
San Diego
Cal
Navy
Benjamin Renaud
L. Lautenbach
Perry
General Fund
J. E. Vanderzyl
Treas
Guy Zickel
Fowler
Repair Council
Pella Chronicle
Council
Streets Fund
Arie Monster
Dick Ver Heul
Labor
Louis L. Sedre
Bank of Chi
Shell
A.B. van Houweling Auto
Norman F. van Gorp
Wm. van Dusseldorp
Ernest van Haaften
Marion van Houweling
John Robertus
Henry Slot
Clean Cross
A. A. de Bruyn
Wayne Geetings
Trk
Vogelaar
Recreation Fund
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Terralae
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Bakker
Rus
Meadow
Hillcrest Auction CO
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