Central Among Colleges to Benefit From Shield
Shield Bantam Company awards 6800 to Iowa College Foundation for an annual senior scholarship based on need and merit. Funds distributed via the foundation to member and non member colleges. Plan aims to aid juniors in their senior year with faculty selecting recipients. Shield Bantam employs 400 people and expects over ten million dollars in construction machinery sales this year.
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Varn L. Schield
Schield Bantam Com
Waverly
Iowa
A. D. Donnell
Rath Packing Company
College Foundation
Schield Bantamany
Iewa
Liberal Arte
Shield
Bantam Company
Art Sonek
Rath Packing Co
Iowa College Foundation
Donnell
Vem L. Schield
Shield Bantam Company
Jows Col Foundation
Shield Exed
Schield
Robert Jenkins
Vern Schield
First Sioux Rapids Birth Record Woman Dies at 86
At Sioux Rapids Mrs. Stella Torkelson aged 86 died recently. She was the first white girl born in Sioux Rapids and the fifth person born in Buena Vista county.
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Sioux Rapids
Stella Torkelson
Buena Vista County
Dinosaur Tooth and Indian Relics Found in Gravel Pit
The Marion County Historical Society reports notable finds in local gravel including an 8 pound dinosaur tooth and various Indian relics. Iva E. Roords notes new specimens have drawn attention to the area’s rock formations and artifact history.
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Iva E. Roords
Marion County Historical Society
Marion County
Interesting Art Exhibit at Central College Gallery
The Central College Galleries host an October 6 to 20 exhibit by Artists Equity Association members from Nebraska and Iowa. The 38-piece show spans painting prints ceramics and sculpture with vivid color and diverse styles from literal to non objective. Notable entry includes an oil titled Sun, in and Sugar by Mary Macregor of Omaha.
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Central College
Artists Equity Association
Serneenthties
Nebraska
Iowa
Artists Equity
Equity Association
Central Area
Towa
Jebral
Pella
Central
Mary Macregor
Omaha
Neb
Unclear Rock Findings Reported Near Flagler Area
A report notes an 8 by 4 by 5 inch measurement found about 0.2 years ago at the Jim Ritchie gravel pit six miles north of the Flagler corner. The site yielded tomahawks spearheads arrowheads agates petrified bones and various color formations. Des Camp of route 3 Knoxville collected several queer rock formations with embedded clam ahelid and distinct colors.
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Jim Ritchie
Flagler Corner
Route 3
Knoxville
Grant for Chemical Research Receiv By Central College
Central College accepts Gardner Cottrell grant of 8725 dollars from Research Corporation New York to fund equipment and two student assistants for a chemistry project. Under Prof Clifford Keizer the team will study absorption spectra of metal complexes, using a Beckmann Spectrophotometer with metals including tungsten chromium molybdenum hafnium thorium uranium and zirconium.
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Central College
Gardner Cottrell
The
Research Corporation
New York
N. Y
Central
Beckmann
Atomic Energy Program
Keizer
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Argonne National Laboratories
Lemont, Ill
Two Cows Hit by Illinois Truck on Highway 163
An Illinois semi trailer driver struck two cows owned by Elmer Vermeer Sunday night near Pella on Highway 163, about three miles northwest. One cow died instantly while the other was seriously injured. the tractor front end was badly damaged.
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Illinois
Elmer
Farmers to be Paid 10 Dollars Per Acre for Conservation Reserve
The Iowa conservation reserve program sets Marion County cropland at 10.00 per acre with county and state rates varying up to 13. Farmers signups close October 16 for 1956 starts and March 15 for 1957 starts. Contracts run 3 to 7 years with possible 80 percent cost sharing on approved practices. Information available at the county ASC office.
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Marion County
Conservation Reserve of the
Soil Bank
Merrill L. Robuck
ASC
Mahaska
Monroe
Polk
War- Fen
ASCO
Ceive
Iowa
Ofice
Marion Farm Bureau Meeting Set in Knoxville Oct 17
The Marion County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday evening October 17 at Memorial Knoxville. A banquet precedes the meeting with reservations due by the 12th and no tickets sold at the hall. President Howard Hill of the Iowa Farm Bureau will speak. officers and directors will be elected and resolutions adopted.
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Marion County Farm Bureau
Memorial Knoxville
Howard Hill
The
Iowa Farm Bureau
G Steenhoek's Cow Highest Producer In Co
The Marion County DHIA completed September with 23 herds on rest. There were 434 cows in milk and 120 cows dry, 27 lactations recorded. Three cows removed and 18 first calf heifers freshening. Avg production per cow 26.8 lbs butterfat, 678 lbs milk. Hull and Verought of Knoxville top herd with 22 mixed cows averaging high.
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Marion County Dhia
Hull & Verought
Knoxville
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All Story & Clark Pianos
Marion Farm Bureau
Penney’s
Geoie
G. Steenhoek
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Wilson Jewelry Co
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Cine
Angel Food Cake
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