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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1965
Page
9
Washington County Extension reports 1964 farm family living expenditures rose three percent to 4448 per family, with net income at 7839, up 33 percent from 1963. The eight page ISU extension summary uses farm and home program records.
Wilbur Geyers hosted a Labor Day picnic for 35 at Wellman. Mrs. Wilbur Geyer and Donna attended a baby shower at the Kesslering home. Several residents visited, the Ladies Rural Club planned a Fort Madison trip, and a North English patient, Clan Carter, fractured a leg. The Mary and Martha Sunday School class held a picnic and meeting at Asbury Methodist Church with officers re-elected and a donation to an Arizona Indian School.
Infestations of second brood corn borers vary across Iowa. Harold Gunderson of Iowa State University notes they feed in the ear area, weakening shanks and causing ears to drop before harvest. Farmers should inspect fields. if shank damage is under 10 percent, they may let ears drop for livestock salvage. above 10 percent, early harvest and artificial drying may be more profitable. Ear droppage rises as the plant dries. early picking avoids most losses.
Brighton reports Mrs. Mark Waggoner relocated from Shenk Nursing Home in Wellman to an apartment in the I. V. Farrier house. Sadie Meek suffers a burned foot from spilling boiling water. Local property transactions: A. B. Greene sells to Kenneth Ervin. Greene to relocate to Burlington. Dan Guy property acquired by James Kruse and wife. Laton Schooley hosts visitors. Schooley undergoes ear surgery at University Hospital Iowa City.
County Extension Director Jim Frier urges harvesting corn at 25 to 27 percent moisture, usually by September 15 to 25 or before soybean harvest. Early harvest minimizes field loss. After shelling, moisture should be 12 to 14 percent to reduce spoilage if stored dry. Iowa State bulletin Bin Drying Shelled Corn explains both layer and thin batch drying. Copies available at the Washington County Extension Office.
Insects enter home walls in fall and seek warmth inside during winter causing nuisance. Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State University advises spraying the house exterior from ground to roof with a diel dr in water emulsion at 1 gallon per 1000 square feet. Repeat every 10 to 12 days until frost.
Washington County Republican chair Joe Jones reports the county organization purchased 14 tickets for the state Republican meeting in Des Moines today. A sizeable delegation from the county will attend the dinner and hear former Vice President Richard Nixon speak.
Iowa State economist Gene Futrell forecasts modestly higher hog prices and a smaller or steady slaughter pace through the coming year. Low sow farrowings from March to May, down 11 percent, underlie late-year slaughter. prices in late fall to next spring are expected to rise, with 200–240 pound butchers around 19 to 20 dollars and fall near 16 to 17 dollars if spring pig crops expand 5 percent.
Funeral services for Louie Davis, 74, were held at Gould Funeral Home in Richland at 4 30 p m with Rev A R McMurrin presiding. The body will be transported to Baxter Springs Kansas for burial.
All local teenagers or young Republicans are invited to attend Young America Day sponsored by the Republican Party at the Kirkwood Hotel in Des Moines on Saturday September 25. Speeches by district winners of the spring speech contest will open, luncheon will feature the state contest winner, awards will be given, and discussion groups will be held. Peter Taurias a young Latvian American will present Your Land My Land. Contact Mrs Herb Campbell Washington president of the local Republican Women for registration which begins at 9 am. Arrangements are led by Mrs George Paul Brooklyn state president Mrs David Gilchrist Bettendorf state program chairman and Miss Marianna Santee Cedar Falls.
Members of the Washington Odd Fellows lodge conferred the initiatory degree on Don Boulton of Wapello and Francis Libe of Washington on Tuesday evening. Francis Mc Connell, noble grand, presided. Guests from Wapello and Columbus Junction attended the meeting and refreshments followed the program.
Thirty four members attended the Golden Age Club session at the VW rooms. Women knotted three comforts and sewed carpet rags, then enjoyed a sack lunch and games. Guest Mrs. Carrie Zager attended. Next meeting is Sept 27.
Linda Timmins returns to Iowa State University Ames as a junior in merchandising and textiles design. Shrine convention attendees in Denver include Kaaba Temple Band members M A McKay director, Mrs McKay, Cloud Garrett, John Winga Jr., and Gene Thomas, plus Bennie Schantz, Jay Sellers, Price Roberts, Bob McFarlane and Hugh Morris and Les Woods of Ainsworth. John and Ed Beranek return to school. John a veterinary freshman at Ames, Ed a sophomore at Ft. Dodge Junior College. Mrs Lulu Long home after hospital stay for a broken leg. Dana Crawford visits her mother. they attend the Mary Linda Pagemiller Ed Kilpatrick wedding in Morning Sun. State Federation of Humane Societies meets at Washington Fairgrounds Saturday Sept 18 at 10 am. Washington needs a humane society as twenty pups at the pound. Rosann Crayne returns to ISU Ames senior year in textiles. family joins her for drop-off.
A Gazette of sales lists events in September across Iowa. Eddie Edward at Brighton hosts a consignment auction starting at 1 p.m. on the 18th. Hampshire sale near Ainsworth evening session at 7 p.m. Richard Stephens with Bob and Connie Greene set a closing out sale on September 23 for a 232 acre farm near Webster with machinery, house goods and antiques starting at 10 a.m. Leslies family complete sale on Sept. 28 for Har ley L O Loughlin estate northwest of Washington starting at 2 p.m. Glenn McCall acts as referee. Livestock sales include Hogs each Wednesday at Kalona Sales Barn and weekly sales at Wapello, Smylie’s in Columbus Junction.
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