McDowells spend holiday in East with relatives
Westchester readers note a holiday travel roundup detailing Christmas visits by the McDowell family and kin across Cleveland and Pittsburgh, with numerous house guests and extended family gatherings. The item lists other local families visiting relatives in Missouri and Illinois and mentions Phyllis McDowell being named editor of The Torch at Tarkie College.
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McDowells
A.J. Wotruba
Westchester
John McDowell
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
West Chester
Ralstons
Symma Beach
Bowser family gathers for Christmas in Pulaski and nearby visits
The Bowser family and relatives shared Christmas activities across Pulaski and nearby towns. Ronald Bowser and family visited Rev. and Mrs. Sam Bowser in Pulaski before Christmas, dined with Christners, and joined loved ones in Wayland. Linda and Tommy Bowser stayed with the Schlatter grandparents. many relatives hosted Christmas meals and visits over the holiday period.
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Lloyd
Cedar Township
Ronald Bowser
Sam Bowser
Pulaski
Bowser
Sam Christner
Linda Bowser
Schlatter
Tommy
Gary Godfrey
al Huber House
Don Darbyshire
West Chester
Kerry
Godfreys
Shermen Grahams
Burlington
Iowa
Leland Sanders
Peace Corps topic for Keota PEO
Keota January meeting of PEO group held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Sally Fink's home with 14 members present. Program on Keys of Friendship presented by Deora Lyle and Opal Luers. Next meeting to be with Edna Smith. Local social updates include visits from James Lyle and Marion Turnipseed families for a wedding in West Chester, plus Des Moines visitors. Rebekah lodge met with Florence Crawford presiding and invitations extended for Sigourney lodge installation January 9. Emerald lodge installations set for January 20. Boxes for shut ins and auditing committee reports noted. Past Noble Grands Circle to meet January 13 at Nina FitzSimmon’s home with Elizabeth Leit singer co-hostess. Refreshment committees named for next meeting.
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Keota
Peo
Sally Fink
Deora Lyle
Opal Luers
Peace Corps
Edna Smith
James Lyle
Tipton
Guy Lyle
Statler-Koehler
West Chester
Mrr
Marion Turnipseed
Des Moines
Swansons
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
Florence Crawford
Sigourney Lodge
Emerald Lodge
Edna Klein
Larue Conklin
Nina FitzSimmons
Noble Grands Circle
Elizabeth Leitsinger
Irene Baughman
Bonnie Smith
Anna Valenta
Daisy Chambers
Feed grain program changes may bring more participation
Changes in the 1965 feed grain program aim to raise farmer participation by shifting more support into payments and lowering loan rates for corn barley and grain sorghum. Washington county rates run slightly below national levels with new wheat and feed grain acreage substitution offering more cropping flexibility. The signup period spans February 8 to March 26.
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Howard Lins
Washington County
ASC
Deadline set for 1964 wool incentive filings
The 1964 wool program year ended December 31, 1964 and producers have been notified. William Day of the Washington ASCS County Office urges wool and unshorn lamb producers who did not file for incentive payments for 1964 sales to submit their sales tickets and apply by February 1, 1965. Filing after the deadline may forfeit payments. county committees cannot waive the final date, while state committees may approve delays only for extreme unavoidable circumstances.
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ASCS
William Day
Washington
Day
Radar may be used for drying clothes
Atlanta report on Geogia Tech student Don Lyons testing radar and microwave drying. He explores radar length ovens to dry yarn cakes faster for textile use, claiming potential ten minute drying at low cost. Radio frequency microwaves already cut synthetic drying from 130 hours to 20 minutes in current tests.
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Atlanta
UPI
Don Lyons
Georgia Tech
Lyons
January farm and estate sales listed for Iowa areas
A sequence of sales dated January covers farm estates and household goods across Kalona Wayland Keota Crawfordsville and Washington. Listings include executor sales of 508 acres in Pairfield and multiple closing out farms, with start times from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and sellers such as Harold G Robb Scott Jordan Stoltzfus Meyer and Mil ton J Winder.
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Columbus Junction
Wendell
Bill Morgan
Mt. Pleasant
IHC & Oliver Dealers
Harold G. Robb
Kalona
Harold Stumpf
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth Jet
Donald E. Stout
Pairfield
Iowa
Scott Jordan
R. B. Gill
Keota
County Line Road
LeVernon Helscher
Wayland
Swedesburg
Stoltzfus and Meyer
S. W
Town City
Black Diamond Road
South Second Farm
Milton J. Winder
Washington County Fairgrounds
Washington
Iowa Auction Listings Start Times and Venues
A string of Iowa sale notices listing consignment auctions and farm sales with start times mostly at 1 p m and 10 30 a m. Locations include Brighton Washington Wayland Kalona Wapello Ollie and Ollie Livestock Exchange. Auctioneers include Norman Eddie Edwards Dan G Widmer Dwain Johnson and Mrs Jennie A Hering Estate. Dates range January 16 to February 4 with venues at Brighton Gym Washington County Fairgrounds and highway junctions along old 92 and 78.livestock sales occur weekly in Kalona Wapello Ollie with Hogs sheep and cattle noted.
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Iowa
Max Haifley
Brighton
Norman
Eddie” Edwards
Washington
Old 92
Dwain Johnson
Wayland
Highway
Dan G. Widmer
Washington County Fairgrounds
Washinton
Town
Jennie A. Hering
Reininger Bro
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Elkton
Walter Duvall
John Duvall
Chris
Bob
Nancy
Larry Genkinger
Robert Bodkins
Willard Hole
Clarence Goodwin
Leland Funston
Delmar Lendt
Clarence
Goodwin
Richard Harvey
Lynn Harvey
Goodwin Home
Cedar Rapids
Dale Engle
Harold Griggs
Dennis
Walter Lemley
Riverside
Frank Horesowsky
Wilma
Richmond
Lyle McArtor
Wellman
Charles Votrba
Votruba
Edward Fiebig
Fiebig
Diane
Moline
Ilinois
Charles Yotuba
David Vinton
Katona
Judy Kendrick
Marion
Paul Hoffman
West Liberty
Russel Hill
Roger Barr
Christine
Carl
Jr. Furguson
Roy Anderson
Maplewood Manor
Washington County Hospital
Gary
Robert Pope
Andy
Keith Huber
Karen
Marget
Huber
Chas
Bare
Independence
al Huber
Had Huber
D. A. Huber
Ted Gorham
Moberly
Gorham
J. A. Huber
Margret
Richard McCall
Amy
Carrie
Rhodebeck
John Cherry
Edward Rains
Rickey
Beckey
Debby
Ft. Alkison
Wisconsin
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Douds Stone Inc
By Hank Ketchan
C.L. Jennings
New London, Iowa
Olson
Caow
Keith Murphy
Jim Souk
West Chester Bank
Iauctoneer
Journal
Lona Sales Barn
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Wapello
Tows
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Ena
Washington Oil Company
Ainsworth Junction
Knotek Brothers
Farrow
M Farmall
Wessler
H Farmall
John Deere
Little Genius
International Barrow
2Row International
New Holland
Continental
Briggs & Stratton
Mont
Soukup & Murphy
Washington State Bank
Lance Hay
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