1973 AARS Winners Electron Gypsy and Medallion Rose Picked
Iowa State University reports Electron Gypsy and Medallion as the 1973 All-America Rose Selections winners. Electron is a pink hybrid tea with long lasting blooms. Gypsy is an orange red double bloom with spicy fragrance. Medallion features 7 to 8 inch apricot pink blossoms. All three will be sold via mail order nurseries or garden centers starting 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electron
Gypsy
Ben F. Vance
Iowa State University
Iowa
Great Britain
Holland
Spain
Belgium
Scandinavia
Germany
Austria
Weekend Missouri fishing trip plagued by locusts
The trip to southern Missouri for smallmouth bass turned tough as cicada locusts swarmed streams and kept fish from biting. The piece notes poor catch rates despite optimal water as officials observed the situation near the Merrimac and Courtois rivers.
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Bill Horme
United Press
Missouri
Fred Priewert
Iowa Conservation Commission
Merrimac
Courtois
Missouri Conservation Commission
4-H Iowa Maidens Club Meets for Nutrition Class Review
Members and mothers of the 4-H Iowa Maidens met at leader Mrs. Stephen Wiggers home Monday evening. Diane Jarrard led a business meeting after roll call on Where my Ancestors Came From. Discussions covered county fair food and nutrition classes and exhibit methods with slides shown for illustrations. Cookies were prepared and served by junior members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Maidens 4-H Club
Stephen Wiggers
Diane Jarrard
Four-H Feeders Meet at Luers Keota Iowa
Keota Iowa residents and 4-H members gathered at Lonnie Luers home for the Lafayette Feeders 4-H Boys meeting. Vic Brenneman and David Anderson spoke. A potluck at Keota Park and project tours are planned for June 25.
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Paul Sievert Keota
Myrtle Stites
Mabel Morris
Helen Dykheuzen
Dean Weston
Maynard
Iowa
Duane Luers
Lafayette Feeders
Lonnie Luers
Vic Brenneman
David Anderson
Keota Park
John Rogers
Forrest Green
Ralph Herr
George Culver
John Dasher
Ames
Frank Dasher
Steve Mills
Tom Mills
St Mary's
James Greiner
Joyce
Leonard Heisdorffer
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Harold Grove
Carl Luers
Owen Jones
Jane
Williamsburg
Billy Vincent
David Gretter
Kenny Singleton
Ruth Norris
William Detweiler
Dan Peiffer
Baby
Town City
Monmouth
Helen
County closes women section of Viejas Prison Camp
San Diego officials decide to remove female inmates from Viejas Rehabilitation Center amid reports of inmates mating. The board cites mixed day use but nocturnal separation as policy, with Frank Panarisi noting several couples found together at inappropriate times.
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ANO
San Diego
Calif
UPI
Board of Supervisors
Viejas Rehabilitation Center
Mountain Honor Camp
Frank Panarisi
Ohio visitors stay with Wayland families during June
Ohio residents from Youngstown Bettendorf and Ames visit Wayland as guests of relatives. Dennis Johnson and another couple join Vernon Geing and C C Wyse families, with trips to Elkhart Harrisonburg and Eastern Mennonite College for graduations. Families continue visiting Kathy Meyer Tom Eigsti and Dean Meyer, with travel to Colorado and Africa.
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Ohio
Wayland
Ezra Wittmer
Dennis Johnson
Augusta
Vernon Geing
Charles Miller
Youngstown
C. C. Wyse
Vernon Gerig
Leslie Peterson
Bettendorf
Ray Wyse
CC. Wyse
Miller
Sam Miller
Elkhart
Emery Eigsti
Denver
Colo
Kathy Meyer
Ind
Orlin Eigsti
Harrisonburg
On the Record New Cars
George Gifford Morrison buys an Olds and Madge Pauline Rabenold purchases a Ford Truck Vernor Lucille Escher acquires an Olds Joe Falk Co buys a Ford Loise Margaret Kinsinger takes a Chevrolet Dale or Myra Hahn purchase Buick Orville or Marjorie Tappan acquire Mercury Alfred or Erma Fritz obtain Chevrolet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gifford Morrison
Olds
Madge Pauline Rabenold
Ford Truck
Vernor Lucille Escher
Joe Falk Co
Ford
Loise Margaret Kinsinger
Chevrolet
Dale
Myra Hahn
Buick
Orville
Marjorie Tappan
Mercury
Alfred
Erma Fritz
Meyers attend a graduation in Warren near Monmouth
Ruth Gideon reports that Theodore Meyer and family attended eighth grade graduation for Diane Meyer at Warren Community School near Monmouth Illinois. The column also notes social calls, local real estate transfers, a court bond case in Pittsburgh, and farm weather observations with reflections on her father Wayne Gideon's birthday.
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Ruth Gideon Bethel
Theodore Meyer
Diane Meyer
David Meyer
Warren Community School
Monmouth
Ill
Erwin Wall
Theodore
Ruth Gideon
Wayne Gideon
Pat Hennigan
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American Rose Society Magazine
AARS
Royal Highness
Peace
Garden Party
Swarthmore
Mr. Lincoln
Pascali
Tropicana
Chrysler Imperial
Tiffany
Christian Dior
Vogue
Granada
Duet
Scarlet Knight
el Capitan
United States
Jim Frier
Washington County
Regis Voss
Voss
Willingboro
N.J
John Palma
Palma
L. B. Cook
Theodosia
Bull Shoals Lake
Mississippi River
Harpers Ferry
Blue Lake
Onawa
Monona County
Lake Anita
Cass County
Iowa Great Lakes
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Washington Street
APCO
Washington
Des Moines
Boone
Kontum
Luers
Dykheuzen
Mabel
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Barnum
Gull Point State Park
Lake Okaboji
Pomeroy
DJ Camper Sales and Service
Jerry
Meyers
W. W. Hartzell
Donald
Miner
Wade E. Pence
Gary K. Yeetz
Marion Thompson
Dale M Thompson
Don Oliver Cave
Win Smouse
Highland Park
Alton D. Yoder
Marvin
Joe L. Krabill
Richard L. Powers
N. Young, Inc
Charles C. Snyder
Mapco., Inc
Pittsburgh
F Reed
William Smith
Samuel Strauss
Smith
Lineup Drug Store
Ertising
Journal
Ondinic
Paul
North Side Square
Magnus P. Ahmling
Secretary of State of
Alice
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