Corn Links to Christmas Cheer Across Nation
A year end summary notes how corn supports holiday prosperity from paper and ink to candy and gingerbread. Iowa yields rise while soybeans and dairy perform well, though turkey producers face losses and cattle and lamb sectors struggle. Farmers foresee 1962 challenges and hope for health and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Industry
Research Foundation
Santa Claus’ Workshop
Lowa Corm
Iowa
Lawa Hog
America
SOA
Christmas Day Guests and Local Holiday Gatherings in Pilotsburg
Christmas day visitors include Mr. and Mrs. O Hara Hammond and family from Des Moines, Grandma Katie Shaffer of Sick Rest Home, and Miles Sullivan relatives visiting Carl T Andersons. Several hosts welcomed friends and relatives for suppers and church events, with many families listed including the Scotts and Yoders. College students home for vacation joined family get togethers, and plans noted for a move to Wayne Sky's house after New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilotburg
O'Hare Hammond
Hugh
Cathy
Des Moines
Katie Shaffer
Carl T. Andersons
Peggy Sullivan
Sander Son
Tex
Stanley Sullivan
Chicago
Miles Sullivan
Dean Schwartz
Ronna
Susan
Joel
Jeff
Vera Turnip
Seed of Wellman
Gene Scott
Carol
Donna
Michael Scott
Iowa City
Stephen
Grandpa
Charpening
L. Procter
Ted
Jon
Lowell Fristch
Catherine
Oelwein
Richard Scott
Linda
Freddie
Stephen Scott
Mike Scott
Washington Methodist Church
Ralph
Washington
Naomi Swartzzendruber
Ernie Yoders
Dorothy Yoder
Kirksville
Linda Scott
Richard Scotts
Larry Stransky
Ames
Wayne Stranskys
Betty Yoder
Grinnell
Cathy Wilson
Eldon Gingerich
Kalona
Wayne
John Elliott Jr
Richard Stephens
Richard Allen Stephens
Everett Meeks
Lewis
Robert J. McFarland
Blanche Stephens
George Walshes
Everette Meeks
Orville Meeks
Riverside
Bob Greene
Burlington Hospital
Boyd Stephens
Iowa State University
Community Remembers Mrs Yoder and Family Ties
Nursing home callers on Carl Piper at Shenk nursing home Sunday included Mr and Mrs Earl Redlinger and Mr and Mrs Ardell Piper from Washington. Mrs Glen Yoder, formerly Elizabeth Bauer, attended, noting sister Mary's husband Faye Goodwin recently suffered a partial stroke. The Yoders’ son Carl and his family are in Germany with the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Piper
Shenk Nursing Home
Earl Redlinger
Washington
Ardell Piper
Glen Yoder
Yoder
Elizabeth Bauer
Pilotburg
Elizabeth
Mary
Faye Goodwin
Yoders
Carl
Germany
Mrs. Eisele Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Ernest Eisele was discharged from Mercy Hospital in Iowa City after weeks of surgery stay. She returned to her daughter’s home in Conesville before moving back to her own house and was able to be up part time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ernest Eisele
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jason Wolford
Conesville
American Legion Auxiliary
Cleo Orvis
Lee Hunt
Robert J. McFarland
Darold Jones
Veterans Hospital
Greene Rehabilitation Fund
Harold Jones
Henry Stattler
A. D. Brown
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Christmas Gatherings In Washington And Nearby Towns
Local families share holiday dinners and visits from Christmas Eve to Day including Corbin Crawford and guests in Washington, Wagenknecht families in Cotter and West Branch, and Meeks Stephens and Roberts households. Events note RK meeting rescheduled, students returning home for break, and a hospital patient’s homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fulton
Dale Roberts
Carl Roberts
Russell Munson
Dick Dare
Bring Sows in Early for Big Pig Crop
Washington County swine producers are advised to bring bred sows into farrowing quarters about three days before farrowing. The plan, supported by Jim Frier and M D Whitaker, emphasizes clean stalls, sow washing, water access, and adjusted feed with more oats or bran pre farrowing to reduce constipation and boost pig growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Jim Frier
M.D. Whitaker
Iowa State University
Whitaker
Shirley Ann Bender Weds Daniel Yoder at Kalona Church
Shirley Ann Bender married Daniel Keith Yoder at the Deer C Mennonite church near Kalona on December 22. The 2 pm ceremony was performed by John Y Swartzendruber with 175 guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or Deer C Mennonite
Kalona
Wan
Shirley Ann Bender
Daniel Keith Yoder
White Poinsettias
John Y. Swartzendruber
Edwin C. Bender
Roy L. Yoder
Wellman
Stanley Swartzendruber
Darrel Hostettler
John Mark King
Robert Hartzier
Karen Bender
Stanlee Kauffman
Goshen
Indiana
Carroll Yoder
Hillcrest Union
Yoder
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Iowa City
Northrup King Dinner Attended In Washington
Mrs C A Thompson Ainsworth reports Mr and Mrs George Colthurst attended the Northrup King Christmas dinner at the Captain's Table in Washington Wednesday night. Afterward they joined at the Dean Stanley home for the rest of the evening with other local guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Stout
Burlington
Mable Gosling
George Stout
Ainsworth
George Colthurst
Washington
Dean Stanley
W. A. McGinnis
Martha Cameron
Bill
Madison
Wis
W. L. McGinnis
Columbus Junction
Fowler
Columbus City
Bill Dugan
Muscatine
Robert J. McFarland
Vickie
Tom Rabenold
Rabenolds
M. A. Coppola
Des Moines
Florida
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Christ
Andersons
Mrs
Carl Anderson
By Hank Ketchaw
MR Wilson
Mrs. Eisele
C. A. Thompson
Corbin Crawfords
Hoover
Herbert F. Hoover
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Wayland Sale Company, Inc
Weyland, Iowa
Daniel Yoder
Riverside, Iowa Junction Y
John Deere
Viking Pto Mill
Oliver
Massey Harris
Hammer Mill
M Tractor
Ford Ferguson
Naden
H. P. Johnson
M. W
Marquette Arc
Sioux
Stewart
Wright
Robert Crain
Saul
Northrup King
Nootka
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Arctic
Canadian National Defense
Massey-Ferguson Tractors
Diesel (Ltd
NEW Holland
Ibtehier Ian
Hotchkiss Dra
Harrow
Balerie
Hotchkiss Dag Harrow
Transort
Winpo Ae
Fearn Bera
Hines
Dale
2Nd Ave
Washington, Iowa
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