Agriculture Spotlight Hits October Farm Activities
October brings corn and soybean harvesting, National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo, and National 4-H Week kickoff. Iowa hosts presidential campaigns with LBJ's Des Moines visit, Goldwater in Mason City, plus state farm events and updated farming practices. Pork month features High Iowa Quality Pork, while pig numbers foresee price pressures. farming leaders shift in Soil District and Grange posts as harvest planning demands care.
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National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
FFA
Iowa
Johnson
Des Moines
LBJ
Corn Belt
Hughes
Senator Goldwater
Mason City
Arizona
Billie Sol Estes
Dinner Guests and Funeral Guests Across Several Illinois Towns
Wayland and Bettendorf residents hosted and visited for dinners and a recent Amasa Miller funeral. Attendees included Dot Harris from Iowa and Betty van der Smissen in New York, plus numerous Miller and local families from Pekin Gridley Hannah City Ithica and others in Illinois and Indiana. The gatherings spanned Bettendorf Milan Webster Amana and Fairfield with tours of Amana Colonies and visits to parental homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Dot Harris
University of Iowa
Betty van der Smissen
National Recreation Association of
New York City
T. A. van der Smissen
Jake Graber
Linda
Glenn Miller
Palos Verdes Estate
Calif
Bob Slaven
Bettendorf
Leslie Peterson
Amasa Miller
Simeon Springer
Clarence Sommer
Simeon Burkey
John Litweiller
Hopedale
Ill
Herbert Swartzendruber
Princeton
Paul Miller
Milo Miller
Elmer Heiser
Jesse Flier
Victor Sommers
Pekin, Ill
Willis Sommers
Gridley, Ill
Wilbur Smucker
Tiskilwa
Mahlon Miller
Melvin Miller
Orie Miller
Kathleen
Norman Barr
Dan Greiser
Howard
Peoria, Ill
Theodore Miller
Hannah City, Ill
Oliver Miller
Barrington, Ill
Oscar Miller
Chester Yoder
Ithica, Michigan
Don Miller
Mineral, Ill
Roger Miller
Chick Sayles
Chilicothe, Ill
Henry Hochstettler Jr
Elkhart
Indiana
John Detweiler
Annawan
Orval Miller
Larry
Morton
James Adkins
Milan
Paul Strickfaden
Hal Sorden
Randy
Webster
Iowa
Strickfaden
R. W. LaFollette
St. Joseph
Sherm Umphrey
Nell Ellis
Mabel Granstaff
Peoria
Umphrey
Amana
Willis Hildebrand
Mona
Otto Hildebrand
Fairfield
Pack 54 Cub Scouts Meet at Federated Church in Keota
Pack 54 held its September 22 meeting at the Federated Church beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance. Den I led opening with skits tied to the theme Come To The Fair. Awards were presented by Dick Beck assisted by Dick Pearson and Bob Romoser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Cub Scouts
Federated Church
den I
Dick Beck
Dick Pearson
Bob Romoser
Mike Eldridge
Jerry Trier
Brad Smothers
Chuck Trier
Den 5
Cubs
Alvin Vogel
Sigourney
John Hammes
Leo Heisdorffer
Russell Rankin
Delta
Randy Hammes
Paul Hammes
Randy
St. Marys School
Hammes
Bonnie
Connie
Weekend guests fill Troyer home events in Wayland
Weekend visitors from Archbold Illinois Chicago and Keota attend weddings and funerals in Wayland and nearby towns. The list includes Shirley Troyer and Steve Lindell wedding guests Frank Miller and Sue Swartzen druber, Amasa Miller funeral, Jean McCrabb Stanley Hale wedding, and multiple family gatherings.
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Wayland
Howard Rupp
Rex Short
Archbold
Ohio
Betty Troyer
Chicago
Willis Troyer
Shirley Troyer
Steve Lindell
Frank Miller
Sue Swartzendruber
Rupp
Shorts
Miss Troyer
Amasa Miller
Wayland Mennonite
Arthur Speas
Nell Ellis
Mabel Granstaff
S. E. Umphrey
Paul Strickfaden
United States
Harold Kauffman
Glen McCoy Jr
Harry McGuire
Olds
Glen McCoy Sr
Kenneth Hesser
Roger Wyse
Joey
Bradley Farrier
Arthur Wyse
Kenneth Farriers
Roger Wyses
Wyse
Clarence Shumaker
Richard Shumaker
Worth
Perkins Park
Burlington
Mary Neff
Brighton
Ann Neff
Margaret Reschly
Mrs Gale Dinner Hosts Fortnightly Club Event
Riverside notes list attendees at the Fortnightly Club gathering hosted by Mrs. Gale Dinner on Thursday afternoon. The meeting is set for October 8 at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Miles is hostess for the next gathering. Local social activity includes Dessert Bridge hosted by Mrs. Richard Cress in Iowa City with prizes awarded. Relatives bid farewell to Arkansans in Washington as Albert Kiene and family depart after visiting kin.
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Hammes
Marsha Adam
Jerome Seiren
Richland
K. C. Hall
Harper
Carol L. Shanafelt
Centerville
Kate Glover
Twilight Rest Home
Shanafelt
Verne Lytte Shanafelt
Kate
John Slaughter
Bristol
Virginia
Clara Fleenor
Amanas
Tama
Fairfield
Cecil Davisson
Wellman
Slaughter
Davisson
Keith Wells
Robyn Lynn
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mabel Morris
Phil Morriss
Marion
Riverside
Gale
Earl Walton
Don Kirchner
Lucy Kirchner
Robert Schnoebelen
Karen
Roger Schloss
Tracy
J. L. Veggy
M. F. Miles
Richard Cress
Henry Kiene
Loren Moore
Washington
Arkansas
Wilbur Kiene
Kevin
Randy
Doug
Michelle
Charles Kiene
Elmer Kiene
Ernie Kiene
Crawfordsville
Joe Kiene
Angus Banquet Attendees and Local Moves in Mt Pleasant
Crawfordsville notes the 1964 Angus Banquet in Mt Pleasant with Charles Wells and Bob attending. Meanwhile Ivan and Mary Wilson move to Burlington with new address 916 N 8th. Robert Wilsons plan to move into Ivans former home. Local visits include Ernest Kiene and relatives in Washington and Rudy Arkansas visitors.
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Crawfordsville
Charles Wells
Bob
Angus
Mt. Pleasant
Ivan Wilson
Dean
Burlington
Ivan
Mary
Robert Wilsons
McNeill
Town
Ivans
Ernest Kienes
Henry Kiene
Washington
Ernest
Albert Kiene
Rose
Alberta
Rudy
Arkansas
Henry's
Ada Spencer
Lloyd Hanft
Lloyd
Hazel Hanft
Columbus Junction
Spencer
Robert Miller
Wayne Hartzell
Kenedy
Texas
Charles Wellses
Jess Raymond
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Duayne Henss
Sharon
Branson, Mo
Bethel Church Elms Cut After Disease Immunity Loss
Bethel, Sept. 22 A local notice reports five elms at Bethel Church were diseased and dead, requiring removal. Last Tuesday men used chain saws and axes to fell the trees, hauled black wood home to burn, and tractors carried brush to Maurice Alvine's pasture for burning.
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Bethel
Bethel Church
Maurice Alvine
Steve Wiggers
Joe Ella
Bethel News
Kalona News
Rose Anne Payne
Death of Larry Goodwin Follows Auto Crash
Larry Goodwin a former Washington resident died in an Air Force Hospital in San Antonio Texas from injuries suffered in a September 13 automobile crash at Granite Dells He was born in Washington on July 17 1946 and moved to Prescott Arizona in 1958 where he attended grade junior and senior high schools.
Diet guidance for high school athletes and students
The article emphasizes balanced nutrition for active high school athletes and all students. It notes increased energy needs during sports, warns that poor or deficient diets impair performance, and cites a pamphlet "Food for You, the High School Athlete" from the Iowa Health Department. It urges adjusting calories to activity level to prevent overweight later in life.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Phsicians
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Nutrition Service
Iowa State Department of Health
Household items from historic Walnut Hall collection
Describes a nostalgia collection of furniture and items including a walnut halltree, an upholstered straight back chair, strong box, two walnut cupboards, a Seth Thomas clock over a century old, a tablecloth with crochet, a linen named Reng Sam over five generations old, a stone water jug, four salt holders, and a glass rolling pin.
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Seth Thomas
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Bill Miller
Iowa’s Fairgrounds
Wans
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
West Union
Humphrey
Averell Harriman
Freeman
Richard Nixon
Stuart Udall
Fargo
North Dakota
Goldwater
Washington Journal
Washington County
Dairy Congress
America
Rex Allen
Ginny Tiu
Step Brothers
Congress Grounds
East Exposition
Adeline Hayes
Congress
Star Dairy Farmer of America
Walt McMillen
Finchville Ky
Dave Dalling
Stillwater
N.J
Dwain Jindra
Cashion
Okla
Rande Kummer
Deer Park
Wash
State Farm
Iowa Soils District Commissioners
Ft. Dodge
Alfred Stewart
Oelwein
Joe O'Hare
Shenandoah
Harry Horak
Vinton
Ervin Koos
Shelby
Grange
Manchester
Marvin Coder
Letts
Iowa Grange
Alva Swallwell
Newton
Ed Hadley
van der Smissens
Ecra Wittmer
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Mok Nate
Washington Oil Company
E. Washington
Delco
Troyer Home
Ezra Wittmer
West Park
Roth
Canada
Clarence
Willis
Joe Grabers
Dale
Wilbur Swartzendruthers
Mabel Roth
Boyd Garrett
Nellie Schroll
Alfred Schroll
Ramona
Ottumwa
Frank Vandersnick
Elmer Allender
C. L. Jennings
New London
Mrs. Gale
Marge Luckey
BY Ruth Gideon
Unico Redi
J. H. Jones
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Mrs. Cady
Ida Davison
Lions Club
Martha Malley
Maude Sanders
Elva Statler, and
Edna Klein
Paul Seivert
Theresa
Caledonia
Wisconsin
Richard Seivert
Les Stout
Cedar Rapids
Rolling Green Club
Mabel Helscher
Marjorie van Sickle
Janet Hahn
Irma Hahn
Elizabeth Wright
Carolyn Helscher
Mary Sheets
Halcyon House
South Avenue B
Silvertone Radio
Electrolux
Anita
Mrs. Ferne Adrian
Alvin Shebeck
Owen Roth
Richard Weeks
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