Local social notes from Crawfordsville area
Rev and Mrs E S Hebner hosted dinner for Marion Huston couple. Sorosi club invited Crawfordsville Wednesday Study club ladies for a meeting at Mrs Joan Clegg's home with a planned program and luncheon. Welsh singers from Wales performed at Muscatine and Salem Presbyterian church with town attendees including the Williams, Davis, Twinams, and others.
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Crawfordsvile
E. S. Hebner
Marion Huston
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Joan Clegg
Muscatine
Imperial Welsh Singers
Wales
Redpath
Salem
Eben Davis
Claire Holmes
Robern Evans
Elsie
Lois Harper
Hugh J. Davis
Elizabeth
Wiss Augusta Williams
Merle Twinam
Will Twinam
Buxbaum
S. F. Wenger
Hugh 3. Davis
Manda
Miss Holmes
Miss Starr
Robert Williams
Robert Wells
Charles
Glendale Telegraph Company Chooses New Director
Glendale community notes the Glendale telephone company held its annual meeting at Glendale School with good attendance. Ulrich Glenn was elected the new director to replace Irv Gallagher who moves to Washington. Also updates include chicken pox cases of Gerald Wehr and Winifred Gerdes. Mr Eli Jackson hosted a friends party Friday evening. Irv Gallagher and family moved to Washington. Harold Anderson sold and delivered a large herd of hogs to Armour and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Glendale Telephone Company
Glendale School
Ulrich Glenn
Irv Gallagher
Washington
Gerald Wehr
Albert Wehr
Winifred Gerdes
Eli Jackson
Danc
Harold Anderson
Armour and Co
Farm Bureau notes on management and accounting study
Washington County Farm Bureau notes report a Farm Accounting Study attended by nearly 60 farmers led by Ben Stephenson. The session stressed applying business principles to farming, improving records, and analyzing profits amid narrow margins. Cress, Flynn, and Montgomery spoke, followed by reels and a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Stephenson
C. 1
Cress
Norval Flynn
France
Montgomery
Iowa Township Meeting and Community Notes
A Tuesday night Legion hall meeting in Iowa Township drew 35 residents for a fine program. The community mourns the death of Elmer Jarrard, a well known local figure. Visitors and neighbors share reports of extended family visits and local errands around Kalona and nearby areas.
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Iowa
Legion Hall
Riverside
Masonic Lodges Schedule and Officers Listed
Lodge No 98 meets second Thursday monthly with Rose Reid WM and Della Mc Bride secretary Visiting members welcome Dallascus Shrine No 16 meets third Tuesday at Masonic Temple rooms Edith Oliver W DP Hazel Haven Worth Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 meets first Friday RB M Stutsman WM A W Yard secretary Cyrus Chapter No 13 RL AM meets second Friday J W Euslin 11P A W Yard Secretary
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Washington
NH. S
Rose M. Reid
W. M
Della McBride
Dallascus Shrine
Msoniye Temple
Edith [Uliver
Hazel Haven, Worth
Washington Lodge No
A. M
RB M. Stutsman
A. W. Yard
Cyrus
RL AM
J. W. Euslin
Railway Time Table E ec Ta Departs Arrives
Railway timetable lists multiple east and westbound trains with departures and arrivals including Golden State Limited, Local Pass, Express, and Mixed Trains. Notes branches Knoxville and C. B. & Q. agents, daily operating patterns and exceptions.
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Golden State Limited
California
Knoxville
L. Goodlander
Agent C. BE. & Q
J.C. McKay
C.M
Hk. I Co
Southwest Lim
W. C. Bell
Livestock Marketing Association Advances Toward Operations
Sixty interested livestock producers gathered at the WY M.C. A. for a final organization meeting. O'Donnell of Iowa Livestock Marketing Association presented setup for opening the local marketing yards at Milwaukee stock yards. Donnell and Sam Thompson of Cedar Rapids inspected reconstruction work and said readiness to start within two weeks.
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WY. M.C. A
Marketing Association
Milwaukee Stock Yards
O'Donnell
Towa Livestock Marketing Association
Donnell
Sam Thompson
Cedar Rapids
December Farm Bureau Activity Summary
December Farm Bureau activities include 1024 a tend efforts and 40 form and home visits. There were 178 interviews and 20 office callers. Other tasks include 44 circular letters, 18 press articles, and 1144 hiew? of poultry. County extension work logged 697 miles driven.
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Ancy
State Federation Set for January Fourteen to Sixteen
Marin County delegates plan to attend the state federation meeting January 14 15 and 16. Hi L Walker president will represent the county farm bureau as voting delegate Mrs Homer Birney will be the women’s representative. County agents Montgomery and others including Mrs W L Stewart will attend. Walter R Brown L Stewart and Joe H Jones are also among those planning to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation
Marin Cureau
Hi. L. Walker
County Farm Bureau
Homer Birney
Xent Montgomery
W. L. Stewart
Poultry Profits May Lag in 1949 Compared to 1930
The 1980 annual report from the calendar record flocks at Pennsylvania State College shows poultry profits in 1930 were about 2.26 dollars above feed costs per hen, down from 3.10 in 1929. Feed costs fell to about 2.25 per hen in 1930, while production per hen declined from 181.5 in 1929 to 125 in 1920, suggesting a broader downward trend despite lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry Extension Service
Lows State College
Miss Helen Wolley Voted Most Vivacious on Campus
Miss Helen Wolley a University of Utah co ed was chosen as the most vivacious girl on the campus in a student election. She described as a bundle of pep and activity received the honor without a dissenting vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wolley
University of Utah
Wolley
Farm flock income and losses from 1930 mortally rates
The feed cost of baby chicks is charged to the hens and market poultry is credited to the laying flock. Market poultry sales accounted for about one fifth of income with hatching eggs chicks and breeding stock over one fourth. The death loss averaged 51 birds per flock at 21 percent in 1930, signaling sanitation and care improvements. The 16 flocks averaged 194 hens, gross $678.93 per flock, expenses $494.40, feed $410.90, investment $741.92, with $178.93 remaining after costs. Labor and interest return was about 93 cents per hen.
Farm Bureau Calendar Teaches Home Management and Planting
January 19 to 22 features Miss Pew on home management and January 27 cites J. T. Bode tree planting inspection. January 29 reports county agents district conference at Fairfield. February includes a swine feeders’ day at Ame.
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Farm Bureau
Miss Pew
J. T. Bode
Fairfield
Ame
Iowa State Teachers Lose Coach Dickinson to Illness
Cedar Falls Iowa January 13 Iowa State Teachers basketball practice proceeded under Freshman Coach Melvin Writzel as Art Dickinson sat out ill with a severe cold. Physicians expect Dickinson to be unable to coach actively this week as the team prepares for its next contest.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers
Art Dickinson
Dickinson
Melvin Writzel
Dundee Outpoints Harvey in Madison Square Garden Bout
Vince Dundee of Baltimore outboxed Len Harvey of England in a 12 round match at Madison Square Garden New York City. Harvey was knocked down twice in the first round and won just four rounds in the contest.
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Vince Dundee
Baltimore
Len Harvey
England
Lord Lons
Dale Belt
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Vince
Teachers Face Dubuque University in Cedar Falls
The Teachers play Dubuque University Thursday night in Cedar Falls. The game will determine standings as the teams clash on the campus arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque University
Cedar Falls
Triple killing at Leon shocks town after family quarrel
In Leon on January 12 S. J. Perks, just released from jail, shot and killed his wife and her stepfather, John Bruney, then killed himself. The couple’s daughter witnessed the killings. an inquest was planned. Perks had been jailed for assault and battery linked to family troubles. A 110 gauge shotgun was used.
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Leon
Town
S. J. Perks
John Bruney
Perks
Dorothy
Mothey
Sruney
Ancient Queits Game Traced To England in Fifteenth Century
The article notes queits possibly arose from discus throwing in ancient Greece and spread to England by the start of the fifteenth century, outlining its long history and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
England
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