Soil conservation drive gains momentum in Iowa
Precautions focus on soil and water stewardship across Iowa farms and counties. The piece notes 70 000 town farms enrolled in conservation programs, 4500 new cooperators joining Soil Conservation Service efforts, and plans for 1962 with 46 new farm plans and targets for contoured acres and waterways. It highlights the Red Rock Dam project and local county leaders and projects in Washington county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Iowa
Owa
Soil Conservation Service
Boone County
Little Sioux
NW Town
Copper Creek
Appanoose
Wayne Scd
Soap Creek
Red Rock
Des Moines
Midwest
Lacy Harmon
Fort Dodge
Webster Coun
Harmon
Michigan
Minnesota
Bryan Boatman
Washington County
National Soil & Water Stewardship
Iowa Scd
Iowa County District
Iowa County
Carter Atkinson
Harold Sherman
Ladora
Don Eush
Parnell
John T. Baker
Marengo
Howard Beyer
Sharon Hagen
Don Goering
Don Eash
Amana Society
Homestead Unit
Homestead
Karen Graber Now In New York City
Wayland July six 12 Karen Kay Graber left June 8 for a visit with friends in New York City and where she plans to have employment this summer. Numerous local families hosted guests and attended celebrations from Sigourney to Osceola and beyond. For every thousand persons in the country Sweden now has 160 cars, 365 telephones and 137 television sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Karen Kay Graber
New York City
Sigourney
Emma Klopfenstein
Pleasantview
Kalona
Helen
Jacob Graber
Leslie Peterson
Jov
Bettendorf
Minnie Lynn
Ralston
New London
Dale Bain
Roy Davison
Wm. Mueller
Moline
Bill Mueller
Davenport
Emma ‘Roth
Orie Roth
Beaner Crossing
Nebraska
Sweden
History of the Dog Through the Ages program at Keota Fortnightly
Keota Fortnightly Club met at Mrs. Catherine Malley’s home with Mrs. Marvel Adams presenting on the history of dogs. The program traced early records carved in stone 5,000 to 6,000 years ago and Egypt’s dry sands preserving the evidence. A pre-nuptial shower for Miss Bonnie Herr was held at the James Bell home with gifts and garden-theme decor. Wynn C. Duncan becomes a new rural mail carrier for Route 3, moving from Sigourney to Tufts property later this fall. the McNurlens plan to move to Princeton with Mr. Duncan’s route transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Catherine Malley
Malley
Marvel Adams
Egypt
Mary Statler
Bonnie Herr
James Bell
Karen Bell
Sue Herr
Linda Davis
Wynn C. Duncan
Princeton
Missouri
Robert MacNarren
Duncans
Sigourney
Tufts
Duane Bonsalls
McNurlen
Kathy
Barbara
Duncan
Wellman Social News Highlights Visits and Graduations
Cedar Rapids visitors include Mr and Mrs Ray Wittrig and Miss Helen Ihrig with Miss Leota Perrin. Vera Stapp of Kansas City visits Mary Arthur while relatives in Cedar Rapids Newton and Washington gather in Wellman for family events. Attendees at graduation from the State University of Iowa join a West Branch picnic after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Moffit
North English
Carl Ruegsegger
Evie Zillmer
Shenk Rest
George Huston
Cedar Rapids
B. C. Foster
Peru
Carl Youngdale
Ann Youngdale
William Boehm
Chicago
E. D. Miller
Chester Miller
Marie van Dorn
Ida Bull
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Wellman
West Branch
Vic Klein
Dallas
Texas
E. C. Jones
Nan
Meg
Nellie Dorrance
Klein
Reunion at Mac Wallace Home in Bethel
Mary Gillespie from Greer Arizona and Mrs Fowlie of Lake View Iowa visit Iowa City for the 4th Medical Reunion at the State University Then a Friday evening reunion with classmates Mrs Etta Wallace Mrs Glen Conrad Grace Hiler and Dr Gillespie attend The article notes a hospital visit for Mrs Raymond Hammen and other local events including a cow surgery and 4 H club demonstrations and sewing talks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Mary Ross Gillespie
Greer
Arizona
Frank Fowlie
Lake View
Iowa
Mac Wallace
Iowa City
State University
Gillespie
Wallace
Etta Wallace
Glen Conrad
Grace Hiler
Raymond Hammen
Mercy Hospital
Jerry Niffenegger
Waterloo
Richard Eversmeyer
Richard
Dick Ehrenfelt
Kalona
Ray Niffenegger
4-H Starliners Plan Achievement Day July 19
The Starliners 4-H Club met Saturday with Marlene and Sheila Chabal. Twelve members and one guest, Mrs Loren Moore, attended as Judy Johnson, vice president, led the business meeting and announced plans for Achievement Day on July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starliners
Marlene
Sheila Chabal
Loren Moore
Judy Johnson
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Herb Plumbeck
Henry Malek
Byron Goldthwaite
Washington
State Center
Mason City
James Stewart
John Wayne
Stagecoach
Shane
State Theatre
John Ford
Liberty Valance
Paramount
America
Vera Miles
Hitchcock
Lee Marvin
Msquad
Edmond O’brien
Andy Devine
Ken Murray
John Carradine
Stewart
Wayne
Tenderfoot
Miss Miles
Alfred Hitchcock
Karen Graber
H. A. Brown
Bloomington
Illinois
Mrs. Brown
Josephine Wenger
Brown
Irene Sterett
Corning
Florina Bergh
Sam Bergh
Creston
Norman Jones
Davis
Calif
Benjie Carole Farnest
Richard Hisel
Ollie
Willis Hildebrand
Mary Allender
Crawfordsville
Wayne Shumaker
East Dubuque
Ill
Clarence Shumaker
Richard Shumaker
Jim Boshart
Stella Baller
Besse Allen
Edith Boshart
Delmar Johnson
Winfield
Wyse
Laurence Shaffer
Albert Roth
Stella Kauffman
James Wyse
Emma Troutman
Ralph Roth
Vance Coleman
Glen McCoy
James Wenger
Vacation Bible School
Swank Bible School
Lone Tree
Lily Stauffer
Faith Landis
Zelda Graber
Henry County Hospital
Delmar Larsen
Kenneth
Columbus
Ohio
Sam
Florence Bergh
Grinell
Delmar
Edward Roth
Milford
Neb
Velda Joy
Yoder
Kansas
Roth
Jake Roth
Daniel Untermahrer
LaGrange
Ind
Ralph
Donald Meyer
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Ray Wittrigs
Mrs. 0. B. Godber
Call
Eclipse Lumber CO
Wayland Wayland Lumber CO
Coppes Termite Control, Inc
Burlington, IA
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The
Journal
Gregory
Ernest
Marlene Chabal
Betty Earnest
Betty Knecht
Avis Widmer
Missouri School of Auctioneering
Kansas City
National Auctioneering Association
Dale Carnegie
Washington Toastmasters Club
Robert G. Robertson
South 9Th Ave
East Side Square
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