Saline Band Parents Ice Cream Social Set for August 6
Saline Band Parents Club plans an August 6 ice cream social on the high school lawn from 6 to 10 pm with rain plans to move inside. Menu includes ice cream cake sloppy joes hot dogs pie a la mode coffee and pop. Various committee members organize cakes paper products tables chairs lighting and serving duties with music and public address announced.
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Saline Band Parents Club
Clarence Fritz
Kittchen
John Thoss
Leon Vedder
Simon’ Girbach
Dwight Reynolds
Robert Merchant
George Austin
Reynolds
Katterjohn
Howard Johnson
Robbins
Robert ‘Ttefft
Cleanup and Proceeds directed to Band Debt
The text states the clean up will be handled by committee members Rosander Simon Girbach and Mrs Leidheis er and that proceeds from the social will retire the debt on band uniforms bought last year for the Junior High Concert Band. A $250 deficit remains to be paid.
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Rosander Simon Girbach
Leidheiser
Progress at Willow Run Airport Terminal Renovation
Work on the Willow Run Airport terminal modernization proceeds with about 20 percent complete. Kurtz Building Co. expects completion by late August, with ceiling, flooring, and cafeteria remodeling underway. Exterior canopy and loading-area upgrades are included in the $500,000 project.
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Willow Run
Kurtz
Farour
Ther
Ourre
Packers Fight to Keep Meat Packers Under Agriculture Authority
Lawmakers debate transferring meat packers from the Agriculture Department to the Federal Trade Commission. The Senate committee rejected a compromise leaving some control, signaling a likely full FTC jurisdiction transfer. Backers say enforcement belongs with agriculture. opponents cite gains for competition under FTC oversight.
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Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
Earl Butz
Federal Trade Commission
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Agriculture Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Butz
FTC
American Meat Institute
National Grange
L. Blake Liljenquist
Western States Meat Packers Association
Wheat Barley Scab Warns Hoards of Risk to Hogs
University of Illinois plant pathologist Wayne Bever reports the toxic wheat and barley fungus scab is spreading in the Mid West this year. He urges cleaning seed grain to remove substantial scab contamination as it can poison hogs and chicks though cattle and hens tolerate small amounts.
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Mid-West
University of Illinois
Wayne M. Bever
Hybrid Corn Dominates Plantings This Year
The Agriculture Department reports hybrid corn now dominates planting. Over 92 percent of this year’s corn acreage is hybrid varieties. Iowa and Trinoig are planted exclusively with hybrid corn.
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Agriculture Department
Iowa
Trinoig
Shallow Surface Drains Provide Quick Field Relief
Farmers faced widespread excess rainfall this year revealing poorly drained fields. Shallow surface drainage ditches offer a practical alternative to tile lines, draining wet spots more effectively with less costly installation.
Purchases Increase For Dairy Products
The Agriculture Department reported June price support purchases of dairy products rose from a year earlier. Butter purchases reached 36 million 800 thousand pounds, up from 35 million 500 thousand. Cheddar cheese purchases climbed to 27 million pounds from 20 million, and nonfat dry milk purchases rose about 20 million pounds to 137 million.
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Agriculture Department
Mayor Reid chats at New York mayors conference
Hast ings on Hudson Mayor Charles F. Reid, a historian and professor, describes the thrill of being greeted by locals at a New York mayors conference. The story notes tea trade facts: over one third of China’s tea exports go to the United Kingdom.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Charles F. Reid
Hastings-on-Hudson
New York
City College of New York
Air Force Reserve
Free Republic of I China
United Kingdom
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