Outlook for Iowa egg and turkey prices brighter this fall
Iowa State University extension economist Gene Futrell says egg prices should average 10 cents a dozen higher in late 1968 than 1967 with winter and spring quarters up 5 to 8 and 3 to 5 cents respectively. Turkey prices forecast to rise about two cents a pound, aided by large cold storage carryover. Iowa production falls 21 percent in 1968 with six million birds. mid-September prices: toms 20-21 cents, hens 22-23.
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Turkey
Iowa State University Extension
Gene Futrell
Iowa
U. S
Futrell
Mice Cause Heavy Damage to Orchards and Christmas Plantings
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier reports three mouse species meadow pine and white footed cause high damage in orchards. Eliminate by removing grass near trees and wrapping trunks with hardware cloth. Use tar paper runways to place strychnine oats or wheat poison, effective before snowfall and safe for domestic animals.
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Washington County Extension
Jim Frier
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Gunderson
Keota Improvement Club Hosts Meeting and Birthday Notes
The Improvement Club met at Elmer and Margaret Waller home on October 1 for a 6 39 potluck supper. President Margaret Reed led the roll call and remarks included greetings for Mrs Emory Smith and birthday wishes for Velma Hagist of Maplewood Manor. Visitors to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City sent thanks to Vic Vogel and Everett Green. Several relatives and friends visited Everett Green post hospital return. Additional visits included Emma Green and Yvonne Green of Melrose Park Illinois, and many others from Cedar Rapids Maynard Wyoming Illinois Ridgeway Missouri West Chester and Scottsbluff Nebraska. A future host for November was announced as Mr and Mrs Walter Fisher.
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Emory Smith
Velma Hagist
Maplewood Manor
Vic Vogel
Everett Green
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Walter Fisher
Emma Green
Yvonne Green
Melrose Park
Illinois
Carvin Bohr
Everett
Ridgeway
Missouri
Darvin Bohr
Bill Hahn
Elmer Vincent
Cora Henderson
Joe Romine
Walter Bower
Alan Bohr
Arthur Peters
John Butler
West Chester
Lyle Miller
Yvonne
Alvin Hulse
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Jack Steele
Cedar Rapids
Hulses
Ruby Helscher
Sam Holmes
Eva Leverington
Anna Nicholson
Tina McCauley
Maynard
Grace Parke
George Maker
Wyoming
Theo Snowbarger
Arbela
van Dykes
Raymond Schaffers
Lancaster
Charles Brewer
Mount Sterling
Iowa
Floyd Parsons
Orville
Crawfordsville
Russell Parsons
Robert Curtis
Marshalltown
Elizabeth Curtis
Pamela Yoder
Clay Social Club
Rubio Community Hall
Jim Wolcott
Blanche Cline
Cedric Wolcott
Jean Rogers
Christie Mourer
Karen Wolcott
Janet Kephart
Cletus Yoder
Pamela
Miss Yoder
Ralph Shirkey
Jim Yoder
Russell Yoder
Parnell
Kalona
Sigourney
Packwood
Richland
Ollie
Rear Allsup
Delta
Rex Follmer
Ber
Lyons
Imogene
Wayland
Mary Margaret
I. E. Neff
E. D. Kondora
Tonni
Andrea
Davenport
L. J. Zehr
Daryl Wittmer
Muscatine
Nora Ridinger
Mt. Pleasant
Bertha Shumaker
Robert Hartzler
Don Krabill
Dick Meyers
Wayne Freyenberger
Jeff
John Zihlman
Maxine
Robert Denneys
Louisanna
Kendra Wyse
Laurence Shaffer
Kendra
James Wyse
Stella Kauffman
Tressie Black
Noah Wyse
Barbara
Birthday Honoree Mrs TeBockhorst Seen at 78
Mrs. TeBockhorst celebrated her 78th birthday with a family supper at the Willows, as Dale Dawn and the TeBockhorst children hosted. Local gatherings included police talk by the Iowa City chief, visits from Bowen and Wiens families, and several weekend social events across Keota Oxford and Washington areas.
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D. A. Augustine Hardscrabble
Joe TeBockhorst
Dale Dawn
TeBockhorst
the Willows
Glenn Ladehoff
Friendship
Iowa City
James C. Bowen
Henrietta Wiens
Laguna Hills
Calif
Harold Hodges
Utica
Nebraska
N.E. West
Tom West
Casey Jones
Oxford
Iowa
Victor Bowen
Mary Sieren
Mary Ann Wehr
Dale Dann
Merlin Hagie
Glenda
Michael Ladehoff
Washington
Nora
Delores
Kathleen Wehr
Josephine Helscher
Allen Fickling
Gladys Finerty
Des Moines
Robert Griggs
Dennis
Robert Brower
Waldo Fickling
Richland group to synagogue in Ottumwa Oct 9
The WSCS study group of the Richland United Methodist Church will visit a synagogue in Ottumwa on October 9 to learn about ecumenical movement. Father Thomas Stratman will meet October 28 to discuss the Vatican Council.
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Richland
WSCS
United Methodist Church
Ottumwa
Thomas Stratman
United Methodist Parsonage
Larry Willey
Newton
Christian Conference Center
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Richland United Methodist Church
Women’s Societies of Christian Service
Evangelical United Brethren
The
Methodist Church
Unicef Committee
Friends Parsonage
Green
Pamela Yoder
Richland United
New grandson arrives in Wayland family news
Mrs. Harold Kauffman traveled to Omaha Nebraska with two granddaughters Tina and Valerie Widmer to meet their new brother Paul Joseph born Sept 25 to Mr and Mrs Chris Widmer. Mrs Kauffman will assist at the Widmer home while Mrs Mary Haberman visits relatives.
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Wayland
Harold Kauffman
Omaha
Nebraska
Tina
Valerie Widmer
Paul Joseph
Chris Widmer
Mary Haberman
Kansas
Arnold Rinner
Ora Swan
Social Hour Club
Nora Ridinger
Maude Ackley
Pat Lyons
Walla Walla
Washington
Women’s Fellowship meets at Kalona church in October
The October meeting of the United Christian and Baptist church Women’s Fellowship in Kalona was led by Mrs. Lawrence Griffiths with a program on Missionary Interest in Hawaii. Plans for Thanksgiving plates for shut-ins were discussed, an all-day work session on October 9 with sack lunch was scheduled, and the budget committee was formed.
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Kalona
Women’s Fellowship of the United Christian and Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Lawrence Griffiths
Ford Skola
Earl Fry
Lewis Belcher
D. G. Sattler
Hawaii
Alvin Smith
Roy Pewitt
Steve Reif
George W. Yoder
Louise Kallaus
Lark
Tiffin
Reese Trusler
Don Miller
Judy Enfield
Eugene Way
Howard Pewitt
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
S. D
Sheila
St Mary A and R group meets at school
Riverside October 8 The Altar and Rosary Society met at St Marys school with 16 members present. President Mrs Paul Knebel led the business, a quilt top donated by Mrs Irma Heitzman will be quilted this winter for use at the June church supper. Social hour featured pinochle with prizes to Mrs John Gase and Mrs Anna Thomann. Mrs Linus Veggy will host the November 4 meeting.
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Riverside
St. Mary’s School
Paul Knebel
Irma Heitzman
John Gase
Anna Thomann
Linus Ve
Iowa Auction Calendar Reading With Multiple Farm Sales
A listing of upcoming auctions and estate sales across Iowa towns including Brighton Rubio Richland Fairfield Kalona and Washington. Events feature antique farm and household goods start times from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with dates October 15 through November 7 and livestock sales weekly at Kalona Wapello Ollie and Columbus Junction.
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Standard
Brighton
Iowa
East Pleasant Plain
Fairfield
Hwy. 34
David
Esther Peck
Rubio
Richland
Virgil ‘‘Snapper
Morgan
Burlington Street
Jordan
Washington County Fairgrounds
John Rittenhouse
E. L. Enke
Eva
Florence Anderson
Hwy
West Chester
Clark Bauer
Kalona Sales Barn
Kalona
Wayland
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Wapello
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
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Iowa Farm
Outlook
Jim Frier County Extension
Evening Journal
T& Could
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Uncle Charlie
Keota
Wallers
Mrs. TeBockhorst
Richland Group
Ezra Wittmer
Mrs. Eugene Way
Ry Skola
Andy
Marie Jackson
V. D. Hochstetler
New England States
Bill Reif
Eric
Bettendorf
Logan Reif
St. Mary A & R
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Davenport & Chair
Norge
Zenith
John F. Rittenhouse
Chester Miller
Keith Murphy
Dick Weeks
Journal
For Well Drilling Co
L. Jennings
New London, Iowa
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