Webworm Infestation Widespread in Washington County Crops
County Extension Director reports heavy webworm damage in soybeans and alfalfa across much of Washington County. Entomologist Stockdale notes defoliation varies, with advice to avoid treatment if damage is light. Recommended controls include Sevin, toxaphene, or DDT on soybeans and various pesticides with grazing and haying restrictions for alfalfa.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Harald Stockdale
County Extension Office
Frier
Stockdale
Boswells Supper Guests at Keota
Keota news notes a visit by Mrs Randall Boswell and daughter Mrs M K Crow and two year old Mervin of Crows Landing California to Keota to Sup with Mr and Mrs Earl Cooley. Also planned is a Fun Day August 17 for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouting at the Keota park with leaders Metz and Snow. Senior M Y E trip to Chicago detailed with fund-raising steps and names of those going.
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Keota
Randall Boswell
M. K. Crow
Mervin
Crows Landing
California
Earl Cooley
Metz
Snow
Eloise Statler
Washington
Grace Miller
V. 1
Miller
Prairie Home
Lee Nelson
Slidell
Louisana
Paul Nelsin
Lynn
Bill Nelson
Kenny
Waterloo
M.Y.E
Methodist Church
Orrin Potter
Carroll Richardson
Chicago
Robison
Rick Peirce
Chuck Felscher
Frank Mortis
Donna Reighard
Candice Statler
Kathy Wheeler
Mary Morris
August Journal Sale Dates and Auctions Summary
Public auctions listed for August include a farm sale near Wayland and Washington with real estate and household items. Other notices cover estate sales in Washington and Wayland, and weekly livestock auctions at Waello, Kalona, Washington, Ollie, and Columbus Junction venues with schedule details.
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Mobile Gas Station
Wayland
Iowa
Omer Nisley
West Second Street
Washington
Floyd C. Roe
E. Jefferson
Palmer Bob
Wayland Feed Service
Mary Krabill
Waello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
Kiona
Kaloni
Salengton Livestock Sales Co
Town
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
Corn leaf aphid infestations hit Washington County corn
Farmers report heavy corn leaf aphid infestations with greenish blue wingless insects feeding in whorls and on tassels. Damage worsens in dry weather. Iowa State Entomologists advise against treatment unless pollination is needed before tassel emergence.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
County Extension Office
Iowa
Frier
Virginia McDowell Visits at Home in Hastings
Westchester area column reports Virginia McDowell has completed chemistry at Mary Lanning School of Nursing and visited home in Hastings on Saturday. It notes multiple local moves and family visits including the Cavins moving to East Jefferson in Washington and Renoux family relocating to Morningsun, plus health events from appendicitis to local hospitalizations.
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Westchester
John McDowell
Ann
Hastings
Nebraska
Virginia
Mary Lanning School of Nursing
Marie Corning
Morning Sun
Pore
Ralph Cavin
East Jefferson
Washington
Cindy
Judy
Richard Potter
Willard Hole
Dean Potter
Florida
South East
Marvin Hole
Viet Nam
Marvin G. Hole
Fleet P. D
New York
Sonja
Sheri Parcel
Fairfield
Merl McDowell
Lona Tate
Theodore Poore
Dwight Tate
Blomington
Indiana
Stainless steel roofing eyed for historic church in Pa
Pittsburgh dispatch notes Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp supplied stainless steel for a special roof on Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Leechburg. Roofer J W Greiner of Tarentum says stainless steel offers corrosion resistance and can be applied like a slate shingle without standing seam tools.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
Leechburg
J. W. Greiner
Tarentum
Holy Innocents
Allegheny Valley
Greiner
Lions Elect New Officers at Richland Meeting
Richland reports newly elected Lions Club officers for the year starting July 1 with John King as President, Ben Rusk as First Vice, Andy George as Second Vice, Ben Young as Third Vice, Ed Kuber as Secretary Treasurer, and directors Bill Kime Elmer Adam Clyde Ropp and Leo Paxson. The article also covers marriage notices, local social events, and community updates from Brighton Richland and surrounding towns.
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Richland
Lions Club
John King
Ben Rusk
Andy George
Ben Young
Ed Kuber
Bill Kime
Elmer Adam
Clyde Ropp
Leo Paxson
Chalmers Haskins
Patricia Simms
Brighton
Barry Talley
Church of God
Virgil Blosser
Boyd Lowry
George Talley
Talley
Washington High School
Pekin Community High School
Town City
National Guard
Minnesota
Kenneth Bidwell
Farragut
Dick Gingles
Washington
Chariton
Sovilla
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
California
Utah
Frank Cox
Jefferson County Hospital
Levi van Dyke
Lake Darling
Randy van Dyke
Armed Services
Conesville
Cedar
New GE Lights Define American Nighttime Style
CHICAGO UPI GE introduced the Town and Country street light a 10 foot tall four sided fixture with a conical top and brass accents. Melvin says it blends beauty with safety and efficiency and could expand outdoor lighting nationwide for business, government, and public use. He claims better illumination reduces accidents and crime, and extends evening activity for leisure minded Americans.
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Chicago
UPI
Charles J. Melvun
General’ Electric
Melvin
America
Melvun
St. Louis
Humid air menace may damage antique furniture in homes
CHICAGO UP I says antiques suffer from dry indoor air as heating dries humidity. Burton Shaffer of Hamilton Humid-Aire warns moisture loss causes warping cracking and veneer peeling. A humidifier maintaining 35 to 40 percent humidity can protect pieces and even human skin.
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Burton Shaffer
Shaffer
Hamilton
Humid-Aire
America
Shafter
Large Antique Household Lot With Beds and Furnishings
A sale listing items including 2 brass beds with springs and mattress, oak bed and dresser sets, cedar chest, sanitary cot, dining room suite with buffet and 6 chairs, living room set, studio coach, rocking chairs, sewing chairs, writing desk, leather seating, kitchen appliances, an Amana fridge and Maytag washer, rugs, bedding, pictures, rugs and lamps. Also tools and hardware such as ladders, oelectric sweeper, and assorted glass and antique items.
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Bird's Eye
Amana
Maytag
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Journal
Wayland - Washington Road
Mabel Conrad
Virginia McDowell
A. J. Wotruba
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Washington County Hospital
Debbie
Rita Wright
Marion Renoux
Charles Votruba
Marion
Tow
LeRoy Metcalf
Wayland Sales Company
Steve Greenfield
Lions Elect
Edith Archer
Denver
Gertrude Hinshaw
Carl Barr
Newton
United Presbyterian Church
Kermit Wards
Earl ‘Hartzella
Harold Allens
Imer Crawfords
Raymond Derbys
Hanston Sasseens
Bernard Roberts
Bill Sasseen
Cedric Woolcott
Donald ‘Tuckers
Dorothy Middough
Barr
Virginia Bond
Asbury Bond
Raymond Payne
Mt. Pleasant
Kermit Hinshaw
Hadley-Hinshaw
Woolson Church
Ernest
Hadley
Kenneth Clark
Bethesda
Maryland
Colorado
Galesburg
Ilinois
Penn
Rosemond Spanier
Kenneth Spaniers
University Hospitals
Towa City
Harold Chute
Michigan
John E. McCracken
Rubio Friends Church
Brighton and Arbela
Missouri
Randy
Kron
Ohio
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Coburn Haskell
Mattie Shy
New Haven
Maurice Krabill
John Swartzendruber
James Troutman
Floyd C.roe
Owen Roth
Jim Soukup
Dick Weeks
C. L. Jennings
New London
Halcyon House
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Keith Murphy
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