Mendell Honored as Iowa Conservation Pioneer
Frank Mendell, longtime State Conservationist with the U S Soil Conservation Service in Iowa, celebrated in Des Moines for decades of soil and water conservation work. He led terraces waterways contouring and land-use efforts, inspiring farmers statewide and earning national honors and leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Frank Mendell
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service
Shenandoah
Mencell
Mendell
Iowa Scs
Bob Beck
Clinton - Jackson County Corn and Soybean Club
Dows
Iowa State University
Hawkeye State
Soil Conservation Society of America
SCSA
USDA
Iowa Conservation Hall of Fame
State Soil Conservation Committee
Truman
Dexter
Eisenhower
Colfax
Humphrey
State Farm Safety
Booth Vallentine
Iowa Farms Bureau
Wayland WSCS Meets. birthdays and visits noted
Wayland Mes Church Society meeting held with twelve in attendance. Devotions led by Mrs Haberman and a lesson by Mrs Warren Bergh. Social hour followed. Several residents and visitors celebrated birthdays and hosted meals with family and friends, including Mrs Naomi Rich’s 86th birthday observance. Local residents visited relatives and prepared for upcoming travel and medical plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Wayland M. E. Wscs
Mary Haberman
Haberman
Warren Bergh
George Wayland Carpenter
Naomi Rich
Ray Rich
Earl Rich
John Linn
Lloyd Kindig
Lola Bower
Velma Messer
Harold Holt
Glen Imhoff
Loren Peterson
Jim Lindsay
Michael Holt
Frank Hobbs
Nellie Hyde
Charlie Davison
Ralph Mann
Packwood
Mann
Mayo’s Clinic
Warren Schlatter
Mary Shirley
Marla Wyse
Nancy Schlatter
Hesston College
Hesston
Kansas
Richard Christner
Commerce City
Colorado
Dale Richenberger
Mt. Pleasant
Agnes Christner
Omer C. Boshart
W. O. Boshart
Susie
Jeff
Mae Jones
Mary Allen
Bianca Slemenson
Washington
Howard Hills
Henry Reschly
University Hospital
John Kauffman
Junior Osborne
USS. Army
Ft. Bliss
Texas
LNC Club
Wyse 60th Anniversary Open House in Wayland
One hundred thirty friends and relatives attended Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wyse’s 60th wedding anniversary Open House at Sugar Creek Hall Sunday. Hosts were their children Will Marie Vernon and Mahlon Wyse, with families from Iowa City Wayland and Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wyse
Sugar Creek Hall
Will Marie
Iowa City
Vernon
Wayland
Mahlon Wyse
Mt. Pleasant
Washington County Fair Adds Pig Derby Classes
Two new market swine classes open to Washington County swine producers are planned for the 1968 Washington County Fair on August 7. An open class carcass show and a combined rate of gain and carcass data class will be offered, with entries limited to Washington County pork producers. Pigs must be barrows born after February 20, 1968, weighed and tattooed before 15 pounds, with farmers allowed to enter four pigs but show two. Prizes total 140 dollars, plus a 1 dollar entry fee per pig. Contact the Washington County Extension office for details. fair runs August 5-8 with shows on August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Jim Frier
Washington County Pork Producer’s Association
Washington
Frier
FFA
Derby
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Boy Scouts of America
Izaak Walton
Wayland Wscs
Mer
Dennis the Menace
Wayland Home Ec Room
Joe Gowey
Robert Boshart
Kenneth Clark
David Roth
Edward Roth
Ronnie Roth
Cal Clark
Carl Reschly
Everett Davison
Duane Peterson
Ed Wagler
Glen Junior McCoy
Dick Schlatter
McCoy
Low
Aeer
Ward
Riverside Doublelife
A. C. Tractor
A. C
J. C
Dunham
Massey Harris
Gibson
Bach
Seth Thomas
Ireland
Edwin H. Neill
Chester A. Miller
Ike Yoder
Richard Weeks
MBLER
Lennox & Green Colonial Furnaces
BOB Roe Heating & Hardware
Riverside
M Farmall Tractor
Farmall
John Deere
Walsh
Harrow
Miles
Homesite
Westinghouse Air Compressor
Henry Frank
Don F. Kirchner
Jim Soukup
Ainsworth
Owen Roth
Peoples Trust & Savings Bank
Riverside, Lowa
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