Social life as cure for rural isolation urged by Terre Haute speaker
Mrs. Mabel Curry addressed the Farmers' Institute on social needs of farmers arguing that individualism harms the community. She urged public funding for youth social life, school as a social hub, and active rural institutions to attract and retain youth, plus local political candidacy notes. Frank Doyle and Austin Ferguapp filed as Democratic committeemen candidates in Van Buren township third precinct.
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Mabel Curry
Terre Haute
Farmers’ Institute
Frank Doyle
Austin Ferguapp
van Buren Township
Community Building Sermon by Rev. John J. Fred
Rev John J Fred of Fairmount spoke to the Farmers Institute on community building. He linked farm life to national progress and urged home school and church cooperation as the path to stronger rural life through annual union services and institutes. He urged every person to share learned arts of living for communal welfare.
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John J. Fred
Fairmount
Farmers’ Institute
Fred
Fine Addresses Delivered Before Big Gathering of Farmers
One of the most successful sessions of the Van Buren Township Farmers Institute was held at the opera house Thursday and Friday. Attendance matched past records with 550 in the hall Friday afternoon. The high school choir enhanced the second day and plans for next year include a poultry show and possibly livestock displays. J L Camblin, president last year, praised for guiding a splendid program. he declined renomination. The finance committee secured many memberships. admission is 25 cents for men and 15 cents for ladies.
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Opera House
van Buren Township
J. L. Camblin
J. Cambrio
Farm Poultry talk and pig club plans in Van Buren
County agent Otis Crane outlines year long program for Van Buren township with corn and pig clubs. Last year 34 corn entries, 17 finished, average 72 bushels per acre. Grant county average 42. Five acre core contest for both men and women. Purdue trip funded by Van Buren State Bank for winner. pig prizes include Poland Obioa pig from J B Armstrong, plus Duroc Jersey and Chester White prizes.
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Otis Crane
Famers Institute
Crane
van Buren
Purdue
Crang
J. B. Armstrong
Real Purpose in Education Discussed by Educators
Prof H. L. Scott at the Farmers Institute spoke on Purpose in Education calling for education to foster good citizenship and spiritual value. Prof Shannon D. Neff added efficiency as real purpose while James Furman urged farmer cooperation.
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H. 8
Scott
Farmers’ Institute
Shannon D. Neff
James Furman
Miss Emma Haines Marion Visit With Parents
Eight year old Emma Haines and her brother Minute Haines of Marion visited with their parents Mr. and Mrs. S N Haines for a weekend holiday.
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Emma and
Minute Haines
Marion
S. N. Haines
Co operation in Improvement of Rural Life
Mr. W. H. Senour of Brookville spoke on co operation in rural life at the Farmers Institute. He argued personal liberty must be sacrificed for community good and urged church school social life, local purchasing, shared seed, and breed specialization to boost prosperity and disease control.
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W. H. Senour
Brookville
Farmers’ Institute
Ofice
Farmers Gather Hear from Institute on Air Water Crops
A June meeting of farmers from the area, including Billy Woods, Sam Mapes, Peter Hughes, and Barney Flinn, heard a college chemist discuss allying potash, nitrate, and phosphate with air moisture to boost crops. The talk emphasized cheap methods to improve clover peas and beans and to conserve water from the air, as Dr. H. W. Wiley noted.
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William
Lnstitoot
Billy Woods
Haw Patch
Old Sam Mapes
Hope
Peter Hughes
Barney Flinn Tecumseh Sherman
College of Agriculture
Ali
H. W. Wiley
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Tarifty
EN State Bank
Gorn
Fiso
H. H. Scott
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