Extension soybean tests name Wayne Amsey top yields
County Extension Director Jim Frier reports Wayne and Amsey are the top yielding soybean varieties for Washington County. Iowa State’s three year average and 1967 yields at Ottumwa Red Oak Ames Independence show Amsey and Wayne high in southern and eastern Iowa. Amsey matures about 8 days earlier than Wayne, with other new varieties Hark and Corsey also strong. Seed supply is ample and germination testing advised. Copies of the yield summary and bulletin Keys to Soybean Profits in Eastern Iowa are available at the Washington County Extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Amsey
Washington County
Jim Frier
Iowa State
Iowa
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Hark
Ford
Frier
Bulletin
Bonnie Stagers Home From Hospital
Bonnie Stagers is back home after being dismissed from Washington County Hospital on February 14. She will recuperate at home this week with support from Diana Johnson who has checked on her schoolwork. The item lists multiple local social visits and gatherings involving families and friends in Rubio, Brighton, West Chester, Ollie, Davenport, Fairfield, and nearby areas, including events at Sigourney and a horse sale. It notes caregivers and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Terry McClurg, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McClurg, and others across several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rubio
Bonnie Stagers
Washington County Hospital
Diana Johnson
Terry McClurg
Brighton
Edgar McClurgs
John McConnell
Bettensdorf
Edger McClurg
W. L. Morgan
Ft. Madison
J. B. White
Richard Morgan
Robert Bodkins
Gene Dodson
West Chester
Larry Morgan
Micky
Craig Morgan
Sigourney
Lloyd Bodkins
Washington
Charles Blakely
Fairfield
Hubert Bodkins
Bloomfield
Tom Robertson
Cloyce Robertson
Iowa City
Gilbert Leathers
Near
Ollie
Grace Tinnes
Tallyland
Albert Tinnes
Rachel Long
Richland
C. W. Harley
Maurice Tinnes
Davenport
Chuck Arbogast
Beverly Morgan
Craig Morgans
Mary Kay Arnold
Pete Arnolds
Alice Lowe
Wellman Garden Club Meets Seventeen Members
Mrs Lutz hosts the Wellman Garden Club in the George Lutz home with seventeen members present for a business session led by president Mrs Oran Birkey. Mrs L J Kehoe led a lesson on Vines, followed by refreshment works by Mrs Harvey Wagamon, Mrs Ed Yoder and Mrs Oren Birkey. March meeting planned at Asbery Methodist Church Fellowship room. Fire department responds to grass fire near Milton Wehrle home. Local visits and travel plans noted for several residents including Larry Hynes and wife Helen, en route to New York then Des Moines and Nevada to visit family.
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Wellman
Wellman Garden Club
George Lutz
Oran Birkey
L.J. Kehoe
Harvey Wagamon
Ed Yoder
Oren Birkey
Asbery Methodist Church
Larry Hynes
Helen
New York
Des Moines
Nevada
Evening bridal shower honors Mrs. Gillette in Crawfordsville
Twenty two guests attended a miscellaneous bridal shower for Mrs. David Gillette at the Donald Blankenhorn home on Thursday evening. Hostesses Jackie Blankenhorn Debbie McCall and Debbie Sheetz helped. Special guests included Mrs. Allen Conrad and Mrs. John Gillette of Wapello as gifts were opened and refreshments centered on a gold heart centerpiece. A new brother was welcomed by Kitty Melvin and Beatrice who had been staying with the Charles Wells family during the mother’s hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
David Gillette
Donald Blankenhorn
Jackie Blankenhorn
Debbie McCall
Debbie Sheetz
Kitty
Melvin
Beatrice
Charles Wells
Fire threatens homes after grass fire near Raymond Schultz home
Crawfordsville fire department responded Saturday to a grass fire sparked by burning trash at the Raymond Schultz residence. The blaze spread toward nearby buildings belonging to the Tom Joneses, prompting an urgent defensive effort. The incident disrupted local areas as crews contained the flames and secured the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Raymond Schultz
Tom Joneses
Crooked Creek
Legion Hall
Kirk Howsarer
Washington
IFYE
Sandra Lewis
Randy Davis
Craig Dare
Eric Graber
Galen Howsare
Galen
Kirk Howsare
Kenneth Snow
Washington County Hospital
Kenneth Junior
Honor Mrs Wolfe on 75th birthday in Keota
Mrs Helen Wolfe celebrated her 75th birthday with a surprise gathering at home on Saturday. Relatives and friends from Ainsworth Columbus Junction Brighton Cedar Rapids Oskaloosa Newton Grinnell Mt. Pleasant Muscatine Washington visited joining meals gifts and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Helen Wolfe
Cleo Trier
Johnnie and
Ruth Ann Cobb
John Schantz
Ainsworth
Gale Niffeneggar
Columbus Junction
Les Zigafoose
Brighton
Gilbert Brown
Larry Thrapp
Cedar Rapids
Carol Richardson
Pearl Richardson
Richard Wiseman
Charles Ray
Oskaloosa
Charles Conklin
Clifford Conklin
Carol
Lil Maristany
Conklin
Cub Scout den 5
Virginia Henderson
Claudine Erwin
Pat Dietz
Dietz
Ronnie Erwin
George Washington
A.I. Fitzsimmon
Elvin Shafer
Kinross
Johnnie
Don Schantz
Donnie
Chad
Cleo Trer
Alvin Mattisons
Elmer Waller
Mattison
Esther Wheeling
Charlene
Christine
Michael Clark
Newton
Francis Romine
Helen Mills
Irene Zillmer
Nettie Bishop
Gary Mills
Grinnell
Bishop
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
DC - TT
Duane Miller
Muscatine
Keota Firemen Respond to Office Smoke Damage
Keota firemen answered an early Saturday call to the offices of Atty. B. J. Byrne where a faulty furnace caused smoke damage. Mrs. James Watts alerted the department from an apartment across the street. Ernest Carlson was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City around midnight Friday. Robie Bell returned home from Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, after arm injury from a feed grinder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grisham
Grace Dayton
Maude Sanders
Franie Woltering
Grisham
Ruby Helscher
Ruth Ginkens
Helen Mills
Betty Heisdorffer
Berniece Dill
Mt. Pleasant
WWI Women Sew Carpet Rags and Local Social News
Riverside community reports a World War I Auxiliary coffee at Mrs. Orville Meeks home and a carpet rag sewing day that produced twenty pounds of rags for the Veterans Hospital in Knoxville. The note also covers church school board deliberations, Legion Auxiliary meeting results, social visits, and retiree group activities with members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Albert Kron
Edward Bushek
Orville Meeks
Washington
Ben Miller
Veterans Hospital
Knoxille
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Ames
Independence
Clark
Hawkeye
Central Iowa
D. H. Watson
Mrs. Lutz
Mrs. O. B. Godber
Milton Wehrle
Hurley Long
Nella Spear
Anna Fehlberg
Alba Humphreys
Edith
North English
Maxine Romine
Lyle Rugg
Clarendon Hills
Henry Durian
Frank Rugg
L. J. Kehoe
Joe Kehoe
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Vinton Hybrid
Seed Corn CO
Don Bealer
L. F. Dawa
Duane Mottet
Herman Leichty Wayland
Leonard Bayliss Kepta
Stephen L. Bausch
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Mrs. Gillette
By Vivian Wells
Dean Schafers
St. Louis
Ila Eshelman
Carl Amrine
Harold Reibling Sr
Amline
Fred Durian
Richard Paul
Pleasant
Kenneth Paul
Doyle Paul
Mrs. Wolfe
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Shion
Doug Flanders
Tracie
Iowa Falls
Shirley
Kenny Stoutner
Glenn Stoutner
Gene Hammen
Flanders
Gene
Talleyrand
LE Time
Jarrow
Poland
Farrow
Massey-Harris
David Bradley
Little Genius
Oliver Corn
Woods
Hammermill
J. D. Mower
J. D. Hay
Kewanee
Kewanee Harrow
IHC Combine
IHC
Leeder
M. E
M. H
Kline
Maurice Conrad
Eugene Martin
Mike Orris
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Clarence Rummelhart
Donald Spevacek
Richard Horesowsky
Richmond
Mary Shebanek
Bess
W. C. Landrys
Kentucky
Mr. Landry
Hazard
St. Mary's School
Hills, Richmond
Lone Tree
American Legion Auxiliary
Ed Bushek
Leona Kucera
Burich
Wilma Rummelhart
Mrs. Gale
Edward F. Havel
Eileen
Emmett Lee
Ethyl Berkhoff
Lloyd
KUB Club
Joe Jean
Elmo Kron
Herman Heitzman
Rose Kron
Alvin Yeggy
Elmer Schneider
Cletus Mellecker
Merrit Yeggy
John Yeggy
National Assoc. of
Civil Service
Lennox & Green Colonial Furnaces Ritchie Livestock Fountains
Wyse Plumbing & Heating
Sam Wittmer
Wayland
Barrow
Ford Tractor
Dearborn
John Deere
Maurice Grieser
Owen Roth
Jim Soukup
Ainsworth State Bank
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