Polk County 4-Hers Join Minnesota Exchange Trip
Twenty seven 4-H members and three sponsors depart Polk County by bus for a five day stay with host families in Chippwa County Minnesota. The article notes future exchanges, a July 20 South American and Puerto Rico tour, and two upcoming IFYE visitors from Nepal and Kenya seeking sponsors and host families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Minnesota
Chippwa County
Colin Peterson
Mary Hartel
Lynn Kreis
Carolyn Warnick
Laurel Rystrom
Janean Beckstrom
Patty Rystrom
Shirley Anderson
Carmie Augustin
Carole Augustin
Vicki Gillespie
Susan Vrbka
South America
Puerto Rico
Duane Kantor
Area Agronomist
IFYE
International Farm
Tika Ran Sharma
Nepal
Phillip Mathenge
Kennya
Letter From San Francisco on Farm Labor and Mechanization
Orrin reflects on historical farm work and the slow mechanization from 1790s plows to 1880s combines. He notes farmers’ economic struggles, tariff policy, and political attitudes, contrasting Victorian toil with modern labor shifts and leisure. He references Shakespeare, Jefferson, Carnegie, and Khrushchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Nevins
United States
Congress
Peffer
Simpson
Liverpool
Andrew Carnegie
Walter Reuther
UAW
Carnegie
Thomas Gray
Khrushchev
Orrin
Thompson, Ostrander visit tied to Colorado trip
Diane and Ann Thompson and Lois Ostrander returned from Littleton Colorado Wednesday and visited in the Ostrander home. The Thompson girls drove to Grand Island Monday and left Tuesday for Littleton with an aunt. Mrs Robert Anderson hosted the East Side Birthday club Friday with a nine guest luncheon. Lt and Mrs Alvin Kisler left July 24 for Ft Benning Georgia on leave after visiting Chicago. Friday supper guests at Rolland Bodine’s included Jeanette Widen Richard Ivance Erma and Clara Anderson Wallace Lind and Alvena Lind. Joanie and Lori Wilcox of O Neill are visiting their grandmother Ethel Ostrander. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitacre Lillie Lind and Mrs Emma Anderson were Tuesday visitors of Lloyd Lind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Bodine
Jeanette Widen
Richard Ivance
St. Paul
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Edelen Motors
York
Leonard Shockey
Central City Veterinary Clinic
Drs. R. S. Barnett
C. R. Johnson
M. L. Mathes
Central City
Polk
Dick Harless
Chevro
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr
Leland Harless
Stromsburg
Dianna Green
Burg Refrigeration
Nebr
Mason
Bob Baack
Mary Jo Widga
Pontiac
Barber's
Fredrickson
Milo Martin
Grand Island
Hadley
Don Robson Real Estate
6Th
Lawrence
Acme Piano Co
Dodge
Omaha
Christian Brotherhood of America
Lincoln
Nebraska
Kisler Sundries
George Ditloff
Bradshaw
Chevrolet
Merlin Nyberg
Ester Lackey
Bob
Bob and
Louise Merchant
Ollie Walkup
Rodney Johnson
Jodi
Kenneth Meerkatz
Luana Sue
May Johnson
State of
Robert L. Mills
Ivan Johnson
Rita Fowler
Marcia Carlson
Aurora
Homer Bagby
San Francisco
Norris
Mother
John Deere
Oliver
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