P E O Meeting at Lloyds Attracts Forty Guests
About thirty nine members attended the P E O gathering at 7 39 in Mrs J M Lloyds home co hosted by Mrs Frieda Lowry. Mrs George Kerr read Walter Marker story A Tree for Two and Edgar Guest Christmas poem At Christmas. Patricia Berry performed Mendelssohn On Wings of Song Charlotte Berry sang two carols Bring the Torch Jeanette Isabella and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. A Christmas exchange followed with poems attached to each gift. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lloyd
Frieda Lowry
Walter Marker
Edgar Guest
George Kerr
Patricia Berry
Mendelsohn
Charlotte Berry
Jeanette Isabella
W C T U Meeting At Mrs Hawthorne Home
The Friday afternoon W C T U session at Mrs J A Hawthorne's home featured a lesson on Descendants of the Early Crusade with Psalm 146. Mrs Cc M Johnston attended, readings included the Crusade hymn and a life patron certificate was given to Mrs N M Spieldel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
J. A. Hawthorne
Cc. M. Johnston
N. M. Speidel
Pencil Industry Uses Large Rubber Supply
The industry consumes about two and a quarter million pounds of rubber annually for erasers, reflecting substantial material needs and supply chain scale.
Field Peas Near Complete Amino Acid Profile Found
University of Idaho researchers report dried field peas contain all essential amino acids for growth except methionine. Adding 0.3 percent methionine to a pea based diet raises protein value to milk casein level. Combining eggs with cooked peas boosts protein to dairy milk equivalence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Idaho
Alaska
Vitamin A and D needs for farm animals and poultry
The article explains how well-cured leafy hay and pasture supply vitamin A for livestock. Young calves and growing poultry may need supplements, with turkeys requiring more vitamin A than chickens. Sunlight plus winter hay aids vitamin D, while young animals often need extra D in winter. Vitamin E is generally adequate with home-grown seeds.
Cotton Classing Under Smith Doxey Act
The U S board of supervising cotton examiners checks daily classing by expert seasoned classers whose work is reviewed by the national board in Memphis Tennessee. Farmers receive a green card showing grade, staple and loan value for each bale aiding marketing and securing loans in approved warehouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Board of Supervising Cotton Examiners
National Supervising Board
Memphis
Tenn
Ball Bearings Power Military Machinery Details
The narrative describes ball bearings as critical for heavy bombers and multiple aircraft systems. Engines use 38 or more bearings each, with varieties across propellers landing gear turrets generators and more. Bombsights employ 61 distinct bearings including tiny steel balls and needle bearings.
Breakable targets described from lumber woodwork
A printed bull's eye paper target is noted as the best known rifle target but people prefer action when hit. Breakable targets can be made by cutting a 2 by 2 lumber into 2 inch pieces.
Night Hog Feeding Shows Good Results
A first night feeding experiment by Henry NL farmer Robert C. Turner with 107 Duroc hogs over 63 days yielded an average gain of 92 pounds per pig. Pigs were fed oats and milk products with corn, minerals, salt, and alfalfa, using night lighting to boost appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Turner
Henry
Turner
Hog Lot
Henry, Ill
Garden Pests Threaten Early Garden Transplants
Early plants suffer from flea beetles and cutworms. Flea beetles damage leaves. control with rotenone cryolite calcium or lead arsenate or Bordeaux mixture. Cutworms threaten tomatoes cabbage pepper broccoli and other transplants. For cabbage maggot tar paper discs protect cabbages but not tomatoes. wrap stems with newspaper. For seedling row crops make poison mix with paris green bran molasses water and scatter at dusk.
Limecreek 4 H club hears Dr Enos D Miller report
Live-Wires 4 H club in Wellman invited Dr Enos D Miller to speak about his summer trip abroad to visit his son Roger. He shared travel experiences and showed movies while 22 members and several guests attended the Monday evening meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos D. Miller of
Wellman
Limecreek
Live
Roger
Plush Age on Farm Sees Air Conditioning in Barns
A new barn humidity control system marketed to farms will automatically regulate fans and devices to curb excess moisture, preventing decay, rust, mildew, and feed spoilage. It aims to improve livestock health and milk output, even if living quarters remain modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Dobbin
Contour Seeding Boosts Wheat Yields and Erosion Benefits
Contour-seeded wheat fields produce larger crops than up and down slope planting. Increases of two to three bushels per acre are reported in many cases. The method also reduces erosion and requires little extra time for plowing, disking, and seeding.
Colorful Cassia Versatile Flower for Garden
Cassia mainlandica known as wild senna or Indian senna is a hardy perennial suited for garden borders and foundations. It grows three to five feet high with pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers in June and July. It favors sandy loam, sun, and moderate moisture, and is part of the pea family with some species used in medicine.
Rapid production boosts war plane landing mats to daily output
Sectional landing mats for war planes now allow a 3000 by 150 foot runway to be laid in a day. Made from 10 gauge steel in 19 inch by 10 foot sections, they link easily for rapid military use. Olive green paint aids camouflage and weather protection. A continuous finishing line dries and cools mats while electronic safety controls enhance factory safety.
Local holiday travel and college students return home
Mrs. Logan Heilman undergoes surgery at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Grinnell College students Mary Martin, Pat Patterson, Jean Freshwaters, John Simerman, Robert Logan, and Wesley J. Custer are mentioned with their plans for holiday visits or service. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiley and family retrieve Bill from Monmouth College. Wesley Custer serves aboard USS Princeton with Task Force 88 in the western Pacific and China Sea area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Heilman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph Martin
Rodney Davis
Grinnell
Mary Martin
Miss Martin
Grinnell College
Charles Wiley
Monmouth
Ill
Bill
Monmouth College
Pat
Nancy Patterson
Robert Patterson
Tuinnell
Jean Freshwaters
John Simerman
Robert Logan
Karl Simerman
Wesley J. Custer
USN
Wesley Custer
Princeton
Pacific
China Sea
Task Force 88
Legends of Raleigh and Drake on Britain's potato
The article notes two popular legends about potato introduction to Great Britain. The first claims Sir Walter Raleigh brought Solanum tuberosum roots from Quito and planted them in his Youghal Ireland garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Raleigh
Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Quito
Youghal
Ireland
Engagement Announced for Janet Davis and Duane Wittmer
Janet P Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs George L Davis of Montclair New Jersey has announced her engagement to Duane D Wittmer son of Mr and Mrs Ezra Wittmer of Wayland Michigan Their engagement was revealed at an Okmulgee Oklahoma open house with guests including board of stewards and adult choir members The couple plan to wed April 22 1949 Davis is a Westminster Choir College graduate and minister of music at First Methodist Okmulgee Wittmer studied at Iowa Wesleyan and Chicago art schools and serves as an instructor of commercial art at Oklahoma A and M School of Technical Training in Okmulgee He served three years in Germany Also present were Rev and Mrs Joe S Strother and Wesley Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet P. Davis
George L. Davis
Montclair
Duane D. Wittmer
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Miss Davis
Westminster Choir College
Princeton
N. J
First Methodist Church
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Joe S. Strother
Board of Stewards
Wes
Rainbow Girls Initiate Two Members at Masonic Temple
Joyce Herr and Carol Tellin were initiated as members of the Order of Rainbow for Girls during a Thursday night ceremony at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple. The hall was decorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Herr
Carol Tellin
Order of Rainbow For
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls Hold Initiation Ceremony Amid Corsages
Mrs Maynard Brown and Mary Rhodebeck presided as corsages were given before the initiation ceremony. One hundred members attended the service and Miss Rhodebeck gave each officer a personal gift during the event. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Brown
Mary Rhodebeck
Miss Rhodebeck
Harrow Cultivation Tricks Boost Early Crop Growth
Farmers find harrowing before planting kills sprouting weeds and gives crops a strong start. Gardeners use the practice to prep soil and thin weeds after rain. Early weed destruction is quick, while later weeding can take hours. Clear, straight rows help with close cultivation using wheelhoe.
Lost Achievements of Early Hominids Recounted
Historical records fall short of detailing the feats of the Java man Heidelberg Piltdown Neanderthal and Cro Magnon communities across the last million years and other early inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piltdown
Picturesque Wisconsin Frontier Echoes in Boulder Junction History
The piece traces Boulder Junction's appeal from Captain John Carver’s 1778 exploration book to fur traders and loggers who built logging camps. It notes self contained communities with courts, fines for cigars and tobacco, and annual mile contests honoring frontier heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carver
Wisconsin
Boulder Junction
Northland
First Packer: Pynchon’s 1641 Springfield Pork Plant
William Pynchon established the first meat packing house in the United States in 1641 at Springfield Massachusetts. His plant salted and packed pork for shipment to the West Indies, marking early American meat processing history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Pynchon
Springfield
Mass
Pynchon
West Indies
Whiteheads Host Christmas Pinochle Party
Mr and Mrs Ray Whitehead entertained at a Christmas party Wednesday night at eight. Pinochle was played at three tables. High for ladies went to Mrs Ezra Smith. High for men was won by Dave Fuhr. Guests included Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs John Patterson, Mr and Mrs Fuhr, Mr and Mrs Clayton Bear, and Mr and Mrs John Young of Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Whitehead
Ezra Smith
Dave Fuhr
Smith
John Patterson
Fuhr
Clayton Bear
John Young
Ot Wellman
Two New Members for Handcraft IV in Christmas Meeting
Mrs Werner Lowry and Mrs Wayne Edmondson were welcomed as new Handcraft IV members at the Thursday night meeting held at Wilda Busby's home. Guest Mrs R C Mershon attended. An auction of handmade Christmas gifts raised 22 dollars for the YWCA party fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Lowry
Wayne Edmondson
Handcraft IV
Wilda Busby
R. C. Mershon
Y.W.C. A
Keith Vetter
Local committee names officers for service event
A committee led by Mrs. Claude Rhodebeck as chairman with Mrs. Fred Bey and Mrs. Max Cook as members was organizing service duties assisted by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
Claude Rhodebeck
Fred Bey
Max Cook
VEWS VIEWS VEWS Perfect for fruit drinks
A compact note highlights VEWS VIEWS VEWS as an ideal option for fruit beverages, emphasizing its suitability for refreshing drinks and everyday use. The brief markets its versatility and value for home or small gatherings.
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Mamma
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California
Wolf’s Flower
P.E.O
Lloyds
C. V. Crull
John W. Ler
Norge
Iowa
Plush Age
Betty Caldwell
Cincinnati, O
Howard Caldwell
Britain
Will
Duane Wittmer
Ley Club
Mr. Wittmer
J. Herr
Rainbow
Sorden
Directed By
Leonard Kokesh
Sorden Music CO
East Side Square
Texas Juice Granges
Harrow Fields
Mit
Trappers
Nicola
Harmon
Daryl Dodder
Milo Steele, Jr
June Barger
Faye Domer
Rothschild Gift Bond
K. M
Dormeyer
Washington Oil Company
Thor
Kelvinator
IL 205
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