Garden tips for corn suckers cucumbers and phlox care
The Iowa State Extension column notes that removing suckers from sweet corn does not boost yields. It explains male and female cucumber, squash, and melon flowers and that only female blossoms set fruit. Weekly multi purpose spraying helps pests and diseases. Water deeply weekly, mulch to conserve moisture. Eat beans cucumbers and corn planting continues with July sowing advised for late corn to mature before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben F. Vance
Iowa State University
Vance
Shower and community notes from Noble gardens
June 27 notes from Noble include a Sunday morning shower for gardens, Bethel church cleanup on June 30, Rev Verle Hoffman’s sermon, and local weddings. Also memories of a 1919 milestone, a Quaker Oats plant explosion in Cedar Rapids, and community events like a church serenade, volleyball gathering, and a hamberg er fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Yoder Noble
Bethel
Verle Hoffman
Elkhart
Ind
Ira Wenger
Parkview
Kathryn Wyse
Michael Couch
Miss Wyse
Cedar Rapids
Kalona
Eicher Church
Elmer Graber
David Roth
Wayland
Betty Krueger
Karen
Maleta
Rachelle
Brighton Legion to elect officers at July meeting
Commander Kenneth Manning urges all veterans and Legionnaires to attend the next regular meeting on Tuesday July 5 in Brighton. Election of officers for the coming year will be held. Harold Nach will report on his trip to Boy's State. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Kenneth Manning
Edgar C. Davison
American Legion
Harold Nach
Boy’s State
Ronald Pacha
Terry
Kenny
Joe Deutsch
Joe Deutsch Jr
Karen Beltrama
Wanita Jeffrey
Leota Mullikin of
Bronson
Helen Lynn
Lydia Allison
Floyd Johnson
McAfees Visit Hampton and Local Gatherings
Brighten area notes reveal the McAfees traveling to Hampton Iowa for a weekend with their daughter and family. Several local families hosted and visited including the Ed wards, Reighards, Jones, Statler and Hamilton households. Donna Van Winkle continues therapy after an April accident, visiting home briefly from University Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
L. E. McAfee
Hampton
David Hamilton
Kenneth Reighard
Kingston
Iowa
Anita Reighard
Norman Edwards
Dean Edwards
Robert Jones
Larry Statler
Roy Edwards
Donna van Winkle
University Hospital
Iowa City
Duane van Winkle
Earl Hopkins
Dale W. Jones
Earl Fisher
Sandra
Des Moines
Carolyn Jones
Washington
Lyle Darbyshire
Twilight oat and soy plot meeting at home farm announced
Tuesday July 5 at 7 P M a twilight meeting will discuss 16 oat varieties and soybean trials at the crossroad plot south of the home farm. Agron omist Garren Benson and James Frier will present observations on oats and soy diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garren Benson
Clyde Free Home Noted by Afternoon Callers in Fairfield
Afternoon callers visited the Clyde Free home in Fairfield as neighbors reported activity at the residence. Details on the nature of the visits were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Free Home
Fairfield
Brighton News Highlights Family Visits and Local Events
Senior Master Sergeant James Meek and family traveled from California to spend time with his mother and sister in Brighton before heading to K.1 Sawyer Air Force Base in Michigan. The community hosted barbecues and gatherings as Rev. Fred Diefenbacher was appointed full time minister at Brighton Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. John McConahay celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with open house at the Presbyterian Church, as friends and family attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Meuth
Brighton
James Meek
California
Sadie Meek
Roy Sheets
K.1
Sawyer Air Force Base
Michigan
Glen Pringle
Ken
Fort Worth
Texas
Gale Pringle
Cindy
Perry
Earl Dickinson
Don Lamansky
Davenport
Don Shelangoski
Mary Teresa
Lisa
Washington
Bob Shelangoski
Grace Davison
Christine Spohn
Lincoln
Nebraska
Fred Diefenbacher
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Hillcrest Children’s Service
Rev. Diefenbacher
John McConahey
Presbyterian Church
Leila Mullikin
Helen Lynn
Dorothy Frazer
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Brighton Legion Post
Mrs
Merle Barkhoff
Lillian Sapp
Rock Island
Rhue Helmick
Annie Kern
Ralph
McAfees
Faye Sweeny
Freda Kleese
Fern Jones
Monday
Clair Dunbar
New London
James Sweeney
Faye Dunbar
Dale W. Hones
San Diego
Krony Kre Bridge Club
Orel Koch
Pauline McClintic
Fredia Day
Vera Horton
C. D. Mann
Jean Miller
St. Oskaloosa
Ken Ruessegger
North Clay
West Liberty
Gal Mo
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Frank
Harold Elliott
Iowa Crop Improvement Ass’n
Home
Marion Stransky
Wayne
Ter Chorpening
Olen Bishop
Peter Bell
Edith Stacy
Violet Lowe
Opal Schantz
Bealick Lechner
Gary Shelangoski
Bruce
Jeffery
Gordon
Midland
1. C. Holbert Cattle Co., Inc
Washington, Iowa
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Packers and Stock Yard Act
Wapello
Mediapolis
Rex L. Hanft
Mgr
Surrell Barton
Geb Chevrolet, Inc
Bel Air
Chevrolet
P.s
Patterson Sec
Evening Journal
Lly
Geb’s
Geb Chevrolet
America
Roset
Ray Carter
Truman Hysel
Paul Gebhardt
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