New SMV emblem campaign urged to cut slow moving vehicle crashes
Iowa Highway Patrol chief Colonel Ted Mikesch urged wider use of the slow moving vehicle emblem to reduce rear end crashes involving farm vehicles. A statewide campaign by the Iowa Farm Bureau with county farm bureau groups and dealers promotes public awareness of the triangular emblem developed by Ohio State University and warns against illegal twin red flashing lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Mikesch
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Mikesch
Iowa Farm Safety
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ohio State University Safety Engineers
SMV
National Safety Council
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
National Institute For Farm Safety
Automotive Safety Foundation
National Safety League of Canada
Farm Bureau
Wind Destroys Property During March 21 Brighton Storm
Brightons March 21 wind caused minor damage in Brighton Rubio areas. A tin barn roof blew away, hayrack and hog feeders were damaged, a tree fell on a house, and a trailer overturned. Hail fell at Talley rand. Community events included visits, new residents welcomed, and club meetings with local families and members noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Clifford Farrier
Moline
Illinois
LV. Farrier
I.V. Farrier
Joe Baker
Nancy
Virginia
LeRoy Traut
Ilinois
Ed Lins
Howard Lins
Okinawa
Taiwan
Earl Bennett
Larry
Kirkwood
Freeman Hall
Rubio
Dick Staggers
Tommy Hartnell
Joel Sheets
Mike Hadley
Talleyrand
Ken Farrier
Dan Wise
West Unity
Ohio
Jeanette Edwards
Marvin Wisely
Wisely
Jerry Peck
Railroad
Advance Ross Co
Washington
Darren
Tony Meath
Jim Emry
Mike
Kinston
North Carolina
Jack Emry
Diedre
Davenport
Howard Emry
Mark
Rex Widmer
Lee Emry
Otto Emry
Richland
Kinton
North Caolina
Jim Stephen
Kay Henry
Cedar Rapids
Peg Henry
Harold Shelangoski
Mt. Pleasant
Nelle Long
Lee Holland
NFO and Grange Unite in Corning Meeting
About 1,000 NFO members heard leaders of the National Grange present a unified approach to farming groups. NFO President Oren Lee Staley urged closer cooperation among farm organizations, while Grange officials outlined allied legislative aims and rural life improvements. Members from Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, and Illinois attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
The
Grange
Harry Graham
NFC
Harry Althouse
Iowa
Kansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Missouri
Ilinois
Corning
National Guard
Richland events mix visits and meetings
Mrs Leppert and infant Jeffery Alan arrive home from Jefferson County Hospital in Richland. Local families host weekend guests, with activities at Pleasant Plain Friends Church and various clubs meeting during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Kermit Leppert
Jeffery Alan
Jefferson County Hospital
Jim Tharp
Jerry
Millageville
Ill
Roy
Howard Williams
Richard Williams
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Pleasant Plain Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Richland Friends Church
Russell Simmons
Fairfield
Williams Plymar
Preferred Risk Mutual Ins. Co
Des Moines
Rufus McCracken
Kevin Hinshaw
Gertrude Hinshaw
Center Club
Daughters of Ruth
L. O. Hadley
Adrian Bottorff
Lyle Keiser
University Hospital
Poinsettia Club
Linda van Fleet
Raymond Kephart
Clay Social Club
Lins
Drake awards assistantship for Jay Grimes at Keota
Jay Grimes a Drake University senior in Des Moines has been accepted to receive an Assistantship in the Biological Sciences for 1966 67. The half time teaching in biology labs covers tuition remission plus a stipend. Grimes is the son of Mr and Mrs D M Grimes of Keota. Other local notes include community meetings and civic updates from Lagos Acres Inc including basement and locker room improvements, tennis court plans, and new officers and directors. Community members visited relatives in Center Point and Columbus Junction while others returned from Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Jay Grimes
Drake University
Des Moines
Drake
Drakes
Jay
D.M. Grimes
Preton Harvey
Washington
Cloyce Dill
Cheryl
Lagos Acres Inc
Bob McDowell
Clarence Smith
Harold Holmes
Howard Greiner
Britisher Sends Note to People of Hell Michigan
W A Bricknall of Yarmouth England sent a postcard to Mayor and Folks of Hell Michigan stating he read in the London Express that temperatures fell to 19 below zero. He urged residents to cheer up noting British charity makes colder figures seem worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell, Mich
UPI
W. A. Bricknall
Yarmouth
England
Hell
Michigan
U.S.A
London Express
Bricknall
Hall
Birthday Celebrations Span Brighton Area Homes
Don Gowey marks birthday on March 15 and March 17 with a gathering at the Gowey home in Brighton. Guests included Mrs. Genevieve Fritz, Gary and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Bates, Julisa, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Redlinger, Johnnie, Julia and Debbie. Other social visits feature Ivy Ryals hosting supper with Larry Egbert and Lisa of Burlington, Hattie Cracaw visiting Edna Crile and Anita Reighard, and Oswalt and Saunders families stopping by Francis Crone home in Atlissa. The MacDonald family spent the weekend in Davenport, Ward Stauffer and Ida Paul visited Des Moines for Susan Marie’s family meet. Anneta Reighard hosted Robert Fields and grandkids, noting Ricky’s Navy enlistment after graduating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Club
Ralph Dickinson
Cindy Mullikin
Don Peck
Gena
Burnett Smith
O. Dale Jones
Robert McDonald
Brighton
Genevieve Fritz
Gary
Larry
Merle Bates
Julisa
Robert Redlinger
Johnnie
Julia
Debbie
Don T. Gowey
Don
Ivy Ryals
Larry Egbert
Lisa
Burlington
Hattie Cracaw
Richland
Edna Crile
Anita Reighard
Kermit Oswalt
Ira Saunders
Francis Crones
Atlissa
Iowa
Robert MacDonald
Davenport
Ward Stauffer
Ida Paul
Des Moines
David McClain
Susan Marie
Iowa urges measles inoculation for 175000 children
Des Moines IDPA reports about 175000 Iowa children aged one to fifteen are susceptible to measles. Health officials stress measles as a lead health threat, offer free vaccine via physicians, and plan clinics funded by federal and state programs to reduce costs and boost vaccination uptake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
IDPA
State Health Department
Iowa
Norman Pawlewski
United States
Pawlewski
Lewski
Summer driver education planned at Waco for 14-year-olds
Waco area schools announce a summer driver education class for students aged 14 by June 6, with a 55-student cap and younger students prioritized if overbooked. Adults may enroll for a $10 fee if space allows. Instructor is Jim Bump. course starts around June 6. A personal typing course begins June 13 at Olds, open to seventh grade and older with a $10 adult fee, lasting 4 or 6 weeks depending on sessions per week. Six Harmony High students and their principal visited Waco on March 16 as part of a Blackhawk Conference exchange program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Jim Bump
Harmony High School
Blackhawk
Highland Students Earn Awards in Essay Contest
V F W Auxiliary President Mrs Ralph Waldschmidt awarded checks at Highland Community High School Riverside for Class A second place Carl Schmidt in the 1965 Employ the Handicapped Essay Contest run by the Iowa City VA Hospital and Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars. Class B winners were Marilyn Kron first Sherrie Croll second and Brooksie Bursh third. over 50 entries from ten communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Highland Community High School
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Ralph Waldschmidt
Carl Schmidt
Highland
Iowa City
Marilyn Kron
Sherrie Croll
Brooksie Bursh
Deception in Bridge Nets South Six Spades Contract
North and South clash in a six spade contract where South, with a cunning ruff and discard sequence, outmaneuvers East and West. Becker outlines a trap tactic using ruffs, overruff, and controlled discards to force the contract despite two unseen A K trumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North East South West
South
King
East
Declarer
Onother
West
Res Syndicate, Inc
Appreciation Day At Richland Market Draws Hundreds
The Ben Young Farm Market Appreciation Day on March 15 drew an estimated 450 to 500 people for free pancakes and sausages door prizes feed fertilizer and entertainment. A four piece band led by soloist Mrs Clive Chahupa provided music. Haskins Farm Supply and Kent Feeds hosted 44 area farmers for dinner at Prairie Home Cafe with speakers Chick Robison and Jim Custer of Washington presenting a livestock feeding film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Pfeiffer Richland
Ben Young
Clive Chahupa
Haskins Farm Supply
Kent Feeds
Prairie Home Cafe
Chick Robison
Jim Custer
Washington
Central States Shorthorn Sale Set for April 9 in Oskaloosa
The 36th semi annual Central States Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn Sale will be in Oskaloosa Iowa on April 9 with 18 breeders from Iowa and Missouri exhibiting 27 bulls and 20 females. A 9:00 a.m. show judged by John Gibbs of Glasgow Missouri, trophies awarded by local sponsors, sale to begin at 12:30 p.m. with auctioneer Tom Sherlock. An informal banquet and meeting precedes at Nyswonger’s Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central States
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Missouri
John Gibbs
Glasgow
Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Wake Feed Co
Blackford Feed Co
Central States Shorthorn Association
Tom Sherlock
Oxford
Nyswonger’s Cafe
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Iowa Farm Safety Council
Mrs
Tony Meuti
Mrs. Leppert and Son
Otto Pfeiffer
Zarns
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Francis Romine
Center Point
Jim Romines
Robin Mound
Jim Mound
Robin
Sigourney
Emery J. Smith
Mesa
Arizona
A.C.W.F. Project
Christian Church
Maplewood Manor
Stella Hagist
Walter Stoutner
Fort Myers
Florida
Keith Wells
Robyn
Raymond Smith
Columbus Junction
Keith Yoder
Culver Stockton
Robert Yoder
Francis Kreiger
Blairsburg
Elmer Aller
Don Gowey
Tony Meuth
Anneta Reighard
Robert Fields
Vicky
Ricky
DeWitt
Navy
By Harrison Weber
Muscatine
Health Department
Iowa State Health Department
By Hank Ketcham
Dennis
Mr.wilson
Harmony
Thomas
Faye Blake
Iowa Wesleyan College
Betty Stone
Board of Education
Wayland
Crawfordsville
Wayland Center
Mary Beese
Mt. Union
Jack Nielsen
Fred Stone
Thelma Whitmarsh
Helen Rodgers
Mabel Huffman
Doris Davis
Helen Arthur
Lois Jones
Imogene Hinkle
Mildred Cherryholmes
Virginia McCurdy
Lois Graber
Alice White
Mabel Sandeen
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
B. Jay Becker
North
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