Wit TV coupon contests winners and notices
Citations of local winners from coupon contests include Judy Avery winning a home entertainment center and wristwatches won by Mrs. Robert Avery and Mrs. Larry Langstraat. The text also recounts various social visits in Knoxville Crews and Des Moines trips, plus family gatherings and birthdays across multiple households and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Ridge
Judy Avery
Robert Avery
Judy
Boston
Larry Langstraat
Forrest Bishop
Knoxville
Bishop
Marjorie
S. Sgt
James Putney
el Centro California
John Dorsey
Newton
G. H
Franklin
Tom
William Franklin
First Christian Church
Duaine Clark
Williamson
Charles Feagins
Betty Caulkins
Knox Ville
Aid
Art Ryerson
Dennis Rateliff
Duane Clark
Pearl Minard
Des Moines
Nancy Avery
Newton Christian enrolls 40 pupils as new term opens
Newton Christian School reports 40 students enrolled for kindergarten through eighth grade. Three instructors guide grades K-2 Mrs Arie Klyn, 3-5 Ruth De Vries, 6-8 Mrs Ronald Vande Voort. A nine member school board, elected by parents, meets monthly. Also noted are visiting relatives of local families and the death of Andrew Clyde Hawkins, 64, a Reasnor resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Newton Christian School
Arie Klyn
Ruth de Vries
Prairie City
Ronald Vande Voort
Dean Ward
William Branderhorst
John Rolffs
Ed Slings
Glen Vander Schel
John Swank
Ed van Zee
Eldred van Gorp
Verlin
Sherry
Arvin van Wyk
John van Gilst
An Samson
Marion de Graff
Rodney
Judy
Arthur Samson
Raymond van Gilst
Raymond John
Donny
Bobby
David
Charles Samson
Maryalyee
Mark
Marcia
Holland
Jan Schouwenberg
Gravendeel
Netherlands
Andrew Samson
Joe Sjaardema
Schouwenbergs
Des Moines
Toronto
Canada
Andrew Hawkins
Andrew Clyde Hawkins
Reasnor
Skiff Memorial Hospital
Johnson Chapel
Raymond Moore
Reasnor Methodist Church
Palo Alto Cemetery
Ethel
Weekly crop weather summary reports cool, rainy week notes
The report covers a cool, rainy week with showers on five days and a mostly sunny 10th and 11th followed by eastward rain on the 12th. Heaviest totals reached Council Bluffs with 10 inches. Missouri Valley and several towns recorded five inches or more. Temperatures ranged from 90 at Ottumwa and Knoxville to 41 at Sibley and Spencer. Corn and soybeans show mostly good condition but delays in maturity due to cool weather. Corn is about 24 percent in dough, 53 percent dented, 17 percent mature. soybeans show 29 percent shedding leaves. Fieldwork was nearly at a standstill across the state. Soil moisture is generally adequate. Alfalfa and clover meadows are in good condition, pastures near average feed. Little fall plowing done. about 22 percent of planned acres plowed. Winter wheat 8 percent seeded. Fewer than one day were favorable for fieldwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Rockwell City
St Dubuque
Ottumwa
Knoxville
Sibley
Spencer
Northwest
West Central
Central
South Central
Speeding and traffic fines tallied in Justice court
A list of defendants appearing before Justice of the Peace Ed Meinders shows numerous speeding fines and related violations, with amounts ranging from five to twenty dollars. Names include Marton M. De Zwarte, Paul A. Brackin, Roy Van Haaften, Douw Myskens, and others from Pella Otley Des Moines and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Meinders’ Court
Ini
Marton M. de Zwarte
Pella
John M. Cederberg
Clifton
N.J
John H
Henry A
Vander Kieft
Fredric M. Heerema
David W. Dooley
Altoona
Richard N. de Hoedt
Sully
Roy van Haaften
Jerry L. van den Berg
Reasnor
Donald W. Bruxvoort
Des Moines
Larry D. Puffinbarger
Ottumwa
Charles H. Spoelstra
Otley
Douw Myskens
Robert R. Zylstra
Ruth M. Roberts
Oskaloosa
June L. Sloan
Franklin
Washington Streets
Broadway
Millard W. Ross
Indianola
Rick
D. Gorman
Lineville
Eldon L. Nikkel
Kellogg
Roy C. Blakeley
Hal F. Jackette
Edwin. A. Paul
Homewood
Ill
John Pitt
Mike Bullock
Melvin D. Dop
Jerry L. White
Bloomfield
Larry C. Upton
Margaret J. Vandenberg
Tyerett J. Northway
Randall W. Sheley
Audubon
Camping Life and the Allure of the Great Outdoors
A camper reflects on why people chase camping and vacations despite comforts at home. He notes rainstorms, makeshift shelters, and the ritual of escaping civilization. The piece weighs the appeal of getting away, the therapy of change, and the contrast with modern gear.
Notable Family Stay Shows Simple Living On Camping Trip
A family recounts roughing it on a camping trip near a trailer. They describe sleeping on cots with sleeping bags and electric blankets, and bringing an electric skillet, clock, shaver, soldering iron, drill, and two electric fans. The narrator notes appreciating home comforts after the vacation.
Corn Rootworm Populations Reported Across Iowa
Western northern and Southern corn rootworm beetles are present in Iowa corn fields Mahaska County reports Extension Director Gene Reistet er Evaluation of a number of these beetles will help farmers decide on next year’s cropping plans and soil insecticide use Harold Gunderson Iowa State University entomologist says 3 to 5 adults per plant means moderate root damage in 1966 if corn is cropped in the same field 5 to 10 per plant signals severe root feeding without soil insecticide protection
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mahaska County
Gene Reisetter
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
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W. R. Whitis
Rocky
G. H. Franklin
Mary, Franklin
Margeurite Knox
Old Settlers and Threshers
Mt. Pleasant
Henry van Steenwyke
John Ave Zearing
John Wesley
Eldora
W. A. Anderson
Ernest Anderson
Richard Anderson
Melcher
Mathew
Patrick
Lauri Anderson
Tom Franklin
Myron Nollen
Ronald
Lorraine
Halcomb
Kan
Bertha Corifier
Wal
James Hawkins
Junction City
Ore
Henry Hackert
Lindsay
Ed Lamson
Chamber of Commerce
Drew Hackert
Hackert
Bob Owens
Chronicle News
Hackett
Sec
Lindsay Conditioning CO
Mar
Newton Christian
Justice Court
Donald D. Anderson
Bonaparte
Raymond Bridger
Griswold
Thomas P. Tucker
Memphis
Tenn
Ronald J. Elliott
Decatur
Bernice B. Petersen
Chi" TL
Chicago
Call
Peoria
Cadillac
Michigan
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Ulrich
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