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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
4
The Tellin and McKune families thank friends neighbors and relatives for sympathy and floral tributes after the death of their father. Expressions of gratitude are extended from Mrs Wm Tellin Anita Tellin and families to Harold Ahrens George Shalla Vincent Tellin and others.
Richland hosts a influx of guests this week including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Den Hartog from Winfield and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Widner from Manchester plus Russell Widner of Iowa City visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Nordyke. Rev. Edward Philgreen returned from a Conference Youth Assembly at Simpson College and plans for Methodist Youth Fellowship meetings were discussed. Emma Lou Hollingsworth and others will attend the O T tumwa District Senior MYF Institute at Iowa Wesleyan College June 24 to 29 with Philgreen and Hollingsworth in leadership roles. Wednesday supper guests included Mrs. Ira Neece and several Neece and related families from Sigourney and Dayton Ohio communities.
Listing of closing out sales for household goods at multiple addresses in Iowa with start times from 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Includes exhibitors Harold Swailes Wilbur Zie glowsky Ivan Norton Mrs May Carlson and events in Wayland Ollie Kalona and Washington markets.
Wanted Closing Time notice explains publication cutoff and urges readers to submit classified copy early for same day printing. It advises services call or bring copy in early the day of publication or the afternoon prior.
Thousands of punch cards from Farm Census IBM machines reveal a warning to livestock farmers: specialize to stay viable. The old jack of all trades model fades as farms shrink to efficient units. Hog farms drop from 4.85 million in 1920 to 2.365 million in 1954, a 51 percent decline. Cattle farms also rise in numbers, yet overall farming shifts toward specialization and fewer producers.
The article notes sheep numbers dropping from 539000 in 1920 to 361000 in 1954 and crop up in efficiency with 35 percent fewer farm workers producing 60 percent more farm products than three decades earlier. It attributes the declines to the disappearance of small, inefficient units and the rise of profitable, larger-scale farming driven by economics.
A veterinary study reports a method to stop disease spread in swine by using disease-free newborn piglets raised in isolated quarters. Pigs are obtained by Cesarean delivery or sterile bag catching and kept away from environmental pathogens, with evidence suggesting newborn piglets can be raised without colostrum under protection.
An assembled three piece device keeps birds off fruit trees with hinged movement in wind. The full body contour piece and two half body shapes without ears form a guard. A casual comparison suggests a "WHITE ELEPHANT" to some, a good buy to others. Basement or attic surplus sale note.
Brighton residents attend Willing Workers Club hosted by Mrs. Saunders with Mrs. Anneta Reighard as the entertainer. A cooperative dinner at the Methodist Church honored Rev. Nancy Nichols returning to Brighton for another year. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McCracken and others at field day near Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Olin Bishop presided over the Pilotburg Ladies Aid meeting held at her home. Next month the society will gather at the Church. Mrs. Bishop is in Mercy Hospital Iowa City undergoing an operation. Local residents visited and farm work like haying, silos, corn, and fencing continued.
Second run at the News Tower theatre features Fortune Soldiers and the Gunsmoke Sheriff Cochise troupe in a packed house performance starring Jackie Gleason audiences report a sold out show.
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