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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1950
Page
13
A discussion explains a school driving permit allowing fourteen and fifteen year olds to drive from home to school with parental consent and a licensed guardian present. The rule aims to minimize exposure to heavy traffic while ensuring safety and convenience for young drivers.
Farmers can boost livestock feed by early pasture renovation. Ex extension agronomist Ralph Krenzin of Iowa State College urges short grazing to reduce sod and seedbed prep, then shallow contour plowing before the first freezes to prevent erosion while preserving natural waterways. Farmers should test soils and lime now so they react by fall.
Safety patrols at Iowa elementary schools protected over 90,000 students in 504 schools with about 65,000,000 crossings and zero fatalities. Only five injuries reported. a strong safety record highlighted in the Motor Club of Iowa annual report.
The Highway Commission projects about 18.5 million dollars in farm to market and secondary road contracts for fiscal 1950 51 with roughly 10 million expected to be approved and let by year end. Fred R White Iowa chief engineer notes over half of the funds already contracted by August and emphasizes county surveys are key to reaching the goal. Competitive bidding and Road Use Tax Fund support drive ongoing road construction across 99 counties with about 40 million spent since World War II and continued improvements expected.
Glenn Harris of Onawa becomes conservation officer for Marion and Warren counties, effective Oct 1, transferred by the State Conservation Commission from Crawford and Monona counties. Charles Olofson of Oskaloosa had been temporarily assigned to the area.
E L Quaife Iowa State College extension swine specialist warns feeders as new corn enters Iowa hoglots. Start pigs on the feed slowly with dry oats to prevent scouring. Soft corn worsens scouring and can cause weight loss and unthriftiness until the trouble is remedied.
A grass-fire smoke obscured vision on an Iowa highway, leading to a deadly crash that killed Mrs. Gerrit Koster whose husband was driving and struck the rear of another vehicle.
Death and property loss from farm fires rise as 1948 to 1949 counts show higher danger. Norval Wardle of Iowa State College cautions farmers during Fire Prevention Week about rising fires and a troubling lack of protection from lightning. School surveys found 4045 hazards on 3498 farms, with chimneys and stoves common risk factors and electrical wiring year round hazards increasing.
State University of Iowa hospital system reports 18 210 patients admitted from July 1 1949 to June 30 1950 with 31 702 out patient visits. births 1 1844 and operations 8968. lab exams 108 385 prescriptions 13 870 physical therapy 6 683. personnel totals rise including 73 state physicians 103 residents 18 interns and 179 graduate nurses.
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