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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1936
Page
6
Copy furnished from Office of County Agent Wainscott outlining farm program updates and county agricultural practice notes for Cass County residents.
Farmers report creeping bindweed spreading through county farmland. The weed blooms now with white to pinkish flowers like small morning glory. Recommend sodium chlorate for small patches and summer cultivation for large areas, with fall follow up. Send suspected plants to Farm Bureau for ID and control methods.
Dry weather sharpens a grasshopper outbreak in eastern Nebraska and western Cass County. Extension entomologist O B Bare warns the infestation is rising, with over 30 counties reporting enough hoppers to justify control efforts. Moisture shortage could worsen damage. Many hoppers remain in pastures and fence rows, not yet in major crops.
Nebraska farm women played a major role at the Country Women of the World conference in Washington with 7000 rural delegates from 40 nations. Mrs. Ernest Overton of Otoe county was elected vice president of the national organization and Mrs E E Hartz of Lancaster county was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt with foreign delegates. Cass county representatives included Mrs Everett Spangler Murray Miss Evelyn Wolph Nehawka Miss Jessie H Baldwin Weeping Water Mrs Howard Capwell Elmwood Mrs Geo Nickel Alvo and Mrs Carl Grosshans from Sarpy county.
Nebraska will hold its annual agronomy field day at the College of Agriculture in Lincoln on Tuesday June 23. The 1936 program outlines inspec tion of grass nurseries and small grain plots with A L Frolik directing the tour. Speakers include Drs F D Keim Elvin Frolik H E Engstrom and K S Quisenberry.
D L Gross notes attention to the 1936 Nebraska hybrid corn program and cropping practices aimed at conserving soil fertility and moisture.
In the January Dairy Science Journal W M Regan and 8 D Freeborn of the California Agricultural Experiment Station report ten years of study on flies and fly sprays. They find that milk loss from house and horn flies is often negligible under heavy infestation but stable flies cause about 10 percent loss. Petroleum sprays boost loss to 22 percent, with higher temperatures raising body temperatures and respiration. Emulsions of pyrethrum and pine oil with petroleum equal or exceed commercial sprays in fly repelling. Two formulas are described and compared with Iowa and Missouri station results, indicating light spraying better than heavy.
The W C T U met at Mrs S A Wiles home south of the city with many members present. Mrs Pearl Mann chaired in Mrs E H Wescott’s absence.Devotions by Mrs J E Wiles followed by scripture roll call. Flower mission noted and floral remembrances to the sick. Mrs R B Hayes discussed the five point program and recent Lincoln conference. County president Mrs Elmer Sundstrom attended and was welcomed. Union Signal reviewed and refreshments served.
Colonel J. Sutherland of the Seventeenth U S Infantry at Fort Crook Nebraska invites the public to a band concert opening Friday at 7 30 pm. The band under Warrant Officer Meyer M Cohen arrives from the Panama Canal Zone and offers rehearsed, diverse programs on a shaded lawn with ample parking six miles south of Omaha.
A June 8 1936 vestry resolution of St Luke s church mourns the death of senior warden R W Clement on May 14 1936. The document praises his devout character loyalty to home and friends and conveys sympathy to his wife and daughters. It directs entry in minutes and publication in the Evening Journal with copies to Mrs Clement and family.
The Sunny Side Cooking club held its first meeting at Helen Hiatt home with a chocolate pudding demonstration. Elizabeth Wiles hosted the second gathering where Helen Barkus and Wiles taught cookies. Ellen Cloidt and Shirley Walling demonstrated muffins and refreshments followed. Next meeting at Mary Rishell.
Mrs. Fred G. Eggenberger departs for Long Beach California after a short visit with relatives and friends. Her son Charles Egenberger and family join her for a visit, planning a Brady Nebraska stop en route to see Mrs. Egenberger’s mother.
Mr. Frank H. Dunbar of Los Angeles announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Jane Louise to Mr. Harry C. Simons. The couple plan to marry on Sunday July 19 in Yreka California and will reside there. The Dunbar family long lived here and old friends will take interest.
Mr and Mrs Sears S Davis and Mrs W A Robertson were at Lincoln Monday to attend the University of Nebraska commencement exercises. They were accompanied by Stephen Davis, son of the Davises.
Wayne Walberg visits relatives at Weeping Water. Frank Biggs of Cook spends last Sunday with old friends. E E Paine of Elwood visits his brother F A Paine and Mrs Paine. Violet Robertson starts a 4 H cooking club. Dozens attend family gatherings and reunions at Bennet park. More than one hundred guests attend the May family reunion in Bennet park.
The Methodist ladies' aid met at Mrs. Irene McFall's home on Wednesday afternoon. Plans for an ice cream social were made during the business session. Refreshments were served at the close. Guests included Mrs. Lillian Files Mrs. Harvey Wail and Mrs. H L Scattergood.
Larnardo Acker international concert baritone will appear at Eagle Methodist church Friday June 12 at 8 p m. He presents Spotlights on Ethiopian Civilization a discourse on Ethiopian government with African chants and native dialect prayers. The program includes Ethiopian robes and other pieces of Negro life.
The program includes Jewel Allen, renowned American tenor, and another leading radio artist. Allen has sung for over two hundred stations and drawn praise from critics for tone akin to Roland Hayes. The public is invited to attend with a silver offering welcomed.
Mr. Norris Worland of Lincoln has been engaged to direct the city band this summer and will lead music in the school next year. He conducted the first rehearsal at the schoolhouse last Wednesday. Organizers seek strong instrumentation and invite all with instruments to join. Others interested may visit during Wednesday practice.
Miss Emma Albert of Chicago, in town for her niece Miss Louisa Albert’s marriage to Mr. LaVerne Glaze, departed last evening aboard the Zephyr of the Burlington. She resumes her nursing work in Chicago.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Meisinger and their son Kenneth of this city attended the Yelineck Knoflicek wedding at St Patrick s Church in Omaha Tuesday and the wedding breakfast at the Aquila Court tea room.
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