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Mr. ai»J Mrs . O s c a r Bjork a n d Lu-1 rile v l i i ted r e l a t i ve s a n d f r i e n d s i n | C h i c a g o la^ t week. T h e y a t t e n d e d ft wedd ing r ecep t ion f o r Mr. a n d - M r s . l i . B j u m a . M t n C - n n i e Malin<*ulst a n d R i c h a r d M a l l n q u l s t accompan ied t h e m h o m e for a week 's s tay.

Bonnie Ke l ley l e f t S a t u r d a y fo r a •reek's vaca t ion w i t h f r i e n d s in S a g l -naw. W h i l e t n e r e s h e will be ma id of h o n o r a t t h e w e d d i n g of a f r i e n d .

Virginia H o f j r o o k . who is w i t h t h e B e ? T e l e p h o n e Co.. was h o m e over t h e weekend-

Mr. a n d M r O r v a l Reiley a n d chi l -d r e n of K a l a m a r o o were weekend gues ts of t h e i r p a r e n t s . Mr. a n d Mrs. E n i m e t t Rei ley.

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I M r . a n d Mrs. Wm. Bol thouse . J r . , e n t e r t a i n e d S u n d a y ta h o n o r of Mrs Bo l t r . u i se ' s mo the r , Mrs. J o h n H u m -

| p h . > whose b i r t h d a y was Monday . T h o s e p r e s e n t , be t ides t h e gues t of honor , were Mr. a n d Mrs . I v a n Emer l c

, and ch i ld ren .

Mr . a n d Mrs . D o n a l d Gi lson a n d j f a m i l y a re moving th i s week f r o m t h e ! H u y l e r h o u s e to t h e M e t h o d i s t p a r -I sonage .

M r . a n d Mrs. R . H. Kuf f were ln town fo r a s h o r t t i m e P r k l a y a n d m a d e a few brief calls.

Vic to r P e t e r s o n had a h e a r t a t t a c k a b o u t a week ago and wUl be con f ined t o h is bed for a t leas t s ix or e igh t weeks. H e is being c a r e d f o r by Mrs. J o e P e t e r s o n a n d Mrs. C a r l Pe te r son .

M r .and Mrs. J . B. P e t e r s of S a s k a -| toon, S a s k a t c h e w a n . - C a n a d a , a re e x -i pec ted T h u r s d a y to spend t w o or

t h r e e d a y s wi th the i r n iece . Mrs . B n -m e t t Rei ley a n d Mr. Rei ley.

Mrs . H e n r y Mans f i e ld a n d h e r house gues t s . Mr .and Mrs. W m . N o r t h of S e b r i n g . F lor ida , l e f t F r i day for a few days ' visit wi th re la t ives a t C a d i l -lac, Boone a n d Big R a p i d s .

Mrs . Li l l ian Kelley s p e n t t h e pos t week a t *-he H a r r y Kel ley co t tage a t Ol ln b a k e s wiflh Mary Kelley ai*J a

]g l r l f r i e n d f r o m G r a n d R a p i d s .

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' Mrs . B e r t h a Huntiwork c a m e S u n d a y f r o m P o n t l a c t o spend a c o u p l e of d a y s w i t h he r cousins. Mr . a w l M r s . C . A. P l a y t e r .

Mr . a n d Mrs. Leon K l l n t a n d l i t t l e C h a r l e s of M u s k e g o n were S a t u r d a y niafe t gues t s of t he i r m o t h e r . M r s . K a t h e r i n e K l t a t . Mrs . M a r t i n Niefaon was a l so a guest .

L a s t week Monday t h e G a n d e n c lub s p e n t a m o s t eaJoyaWe d a y a t t h e b e a u t i f u l h o m e of Mr. a n d Mrs . R H. Huf f o n C a s c a d e Road . A f t e r t h e b o u n t i f u l l uncheon w a s s e rved t h e a f -t e r n o o n w a s s p e n t viewing t h e lovely g r o u n d s a n d g a r d e n s a n d v i s i t ing . I t w a s a d a y long t o be r e m e m b e r e d .

T h e t e n m e m b e r s of t h e b i r t h d a y c l u b m e t l a s t T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g fo r a p a r t y a t t h e C a m p Lake golf c o u r s e w i t h d i n n e r a t t he cMb house .

Le igh S e a r s and K a t h r y n S e a r s of R o c k f o r d were S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n ca l l -e r s a t t h e E. J . Casey home .

Miss M a r c la Holbrook is h a v i n g a two weeks" vaca t ion . S h e Is a s t u d e n t n u r s e a t Hackley hosp i ta l

R o b e r t a Reiley, who is w o r k i n g in G r a n d Rap id s , w a s h o m e f o r t h e week end .

Mr . a n d Mrs. Clair R e y b u r n a n d M a u r i c e C o c h r a n e r e t u r n e d F r i d a y f r o m t h e i r western t r ip . T h e y visi ted Yel lowstone Park a n d m a n y o t h e r i n -t e r e s t i ng plaoes.

T h e t h r e e ch i ldren of Mr . a n d Mrs . C l a rk E lk ins s p e n t t h e ^ a s t week wi th the i r a u n t , Mrs. Cla i r A u s t i n , whi le t he i r p a r e n t s were in K a n s a s C i t y . Mo. t ry ing t o buy a house, as Mr . E l k i n s h a s been t r a n s f e r r e d t o K a n s a s Ci ty .

E l i zabe th and Annabe l S a u r a r e h o m e Trom Michigan S t a t e Col lege fo r t h e . rnmmer .

Mr . a n d Mrs. W m . G r a h a m of W a s h i n g t o n have b o u g h t Mrs . Nel l ie D y k s t r a ' s f a r m a n d Mrs. D y k s t r a Is w i th h e r d a u g h t e r . Mrs . H a r o l d E m -m o n s a n d fami ly a t p r e sen t .

Mrs . W m . Nagelhout e n t e r t a i n e d 12 l i t t le gi r ls of t h e village w i t h a p i cn i c a t t h e village pa rk l as t T h u r s d a y in h o n o r of her two g r a n d d a u g h t e r s , Al-

f a rmer ' s Best Hedge er Price Against Lower Mr. and Mrs. C h a i m e r Holben a n d

M r s . Beverly Hoiben of G r a n d R a p i d s w e r e vis i tors a t t h e h o m e of Mr. and M r s . Har ley Rice M o n d a y forenoon.

Dr . K . A Ande r son , f o r m e r l y one of " o u r boys." w h o ls a spec ia l i s t ta t he t r e a t m e n t of m e n t a l d iseases , h a s come f r o m W i c h i t a Fa l l s , T e x a s to ac t as medica l of f icer a t t h e M i c h i g a n Vet-e r a n s ' Faci l i ty ta G r a n d RaDids. T h e v h a v e r en t ed a n a p a r t m e n t n e a r the fac i l i ty a n d expec t t o be se t t l ed soon.

Mr. a w l Mrs. N. F . Ho lben drove t o

S u n d a y to visit t h e i r d a u g h t e r . D o r o t h y KlUion a n d fMnUy. T h e y r e t u r n e d Monday, a c c o m p a n i e d by t h e i r g r a n d d a u g h t e r . Nancy Ki l l ion w h o will s p e n d t h e week wi th h e r g r a n d p a r e n t s .

S h e j i l t ed a p r e s iden t - t o -be ! Yes , 15-year -o ld "Ki t ty ' " Floyd t u r n e d d o w n a c h a n c e a t t h e W h i t e House . R e a d " R o m a n t i c S e c r e t of P r e s i d e n t M a d i -s o n " T n t h e Amer ican Weekly , • t h e

g r e a t m a g a z i n e d i s t r i b u t e d wi th S u n -day ' s C h i c a g o H e r a l d - A m e r i c a n .

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ConservsUon m e a s u r e s sock aa contour ing k e e p soU a t home .

C H I C A G O — T h e s h a r p b r e a k i n g r a t a a n d l i v e s t o c k p r i c e s — w h e -t h e r t e m p o r a r y o r p e r m a n e n t — w a s a w a r n i n g s i g n a l f o r f a r s igh t ed f a r m e r s t o p r e p a r e t h e m s e l v e s f o r l ower p r i ces w h i c h w i l l c o m e s o o n e r or l a t e r , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e M i d d l e West Soi l I m p r o v e m e n t C o m m i t t e e .

" F a r m e r s c a n bes t h e d g e a g a i n s t t h e t h r e a t of s l u m p i n g p r i ce s b y p u t t i n g t h e i r l a n d ta s h a p e t o p r o -d u c e t o p y i e l d s a t l o w u n i t cos t p e r acre , ' s a y s a s t a t e m e n t m a d e p u b l i c h e r e b y t h e c o m m i t t e e .

" F a r m p r i ce s a i e t h e m o s t sens i -t i ve of a n y c o m m o d i t y . T h e y a r e the f i r s t t o r i s e a n d t h e f i r s t t o fa l l . P r o d u c t i o n c o s t s — n o w t h e h ighes t in h i s t o r y — h a v e r isen g r a -dua l l y . T h e y wi l l be a l o w to r e c e d e . T h u s if p r i c e s sk id a n d p r o d u c t i o n cos ts r e m a i n h i g h , i n d i v i d u a l f a r m income wil l s u f f e r .

" T h e f a r m e r w h o m a k e s m o n e y ta a c o m p e t i t i e v m a r k e t w h e n p r i ce s a r e l o w e r is t h e f a n n e r w h o k e y s u p h is c r a p p r o d u c i n g e f f i c i e n c y .

" H i g h a c r e y i e l d s p r e t h e sec re t of p r o f i t a b l e - o p e r a t i o n s in good t i m e s or b a d . I t c o s t s n o m o r e fox seed a n d t i l l a g e t o p r o d u c e a 100 b u s h e l c r o p t h a n a 50 -bushe l c r o p T h e d i f f e r e n c e l i es in t h e soil m a n - j a g e m e n t m e t h o d s a f a r m e r u**s.

"Good soil p i a n a g e m e n t m e a n s ' p l ay ing fa i r w i t h t h e soil It m e a n s us ing " f a i m t a g p r a c t i c e s t h a t wi l l bui ld and m a i n t a i n soil s t r u c t u r e .

"Vi t a l in a n y soil m a n a g e m e n t p r o g r a m is a good r o t a t i o n s u p p o r t e d by l i m i n g a c c o i d t a g t o testa, t he use of f e r t i l i z e r t o a d d n e e d e d p l a n t food a n d c o n s e r v a t i o n m e a s u r e s to keep t h e soil ta p l ace . "

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Ice May Manly a n d S h a r o n Lee Nagel -hout . T h e c h i l d r e n all h a d a n e n j o y -able t ime t o g e t h e r .

Mr. and Mrs. K e n t C o t t o n of P o r t -l a n d were ca l le rs a t t h e Elmer Wel l s h o m e S a t u r d a y . S u n d a y cal lers were Mi. ami Hi; s. A l f r ed Olson a n a Ear l McDonald a n d s o n Mackie , who to->k Mrs Wells t o C e d a r S p r i n g s to see he r mother , Mrs. F r e d Hale , who was 83 years ok l S u n d a y

T h e closing exerc i ses of t h e success-ful vacat ion Bible school were held a t t h r a u d i t o r i u m F r k l a y evening. T h e r e

mmli a n e n r o l l m e n t of m o r e t . i an 250 th i s year .

Mr. a n d Mrs. R a y K a g e a n d d a u g h -ter Beverly expec t to leave F r i d a y m o r n i n g for P o r t W a y n e . Ind. , to a t -t end a f ami ly r e u n i o n .

Mrs. Ruby Wal l i s Anderson is ex-| pected h o m e a b o u t t h e middle of t u t s week f r o m B u t t e r w o r t h hosp i ta l where she u n d e r w e n t a m a j o r opera t ion .

Mrs. P r a n k T h o m a s expected t o be . able to come f r o m t h e hosp i ta l a b o u t

Wednesday or T h u r s d a y .

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} Sui iday Us h e l p M r . N a g e l h o u t celc-b r a t e h i s b i r t h d a y .

Dr. a n d Mrs. K . A. Anderson were weekend gues t s of Mrs . G l a d y s Est low.

Mr a n d Mrs. Lewis H o l m g r e n were cal lers a t t h e N. N. O s b o r n h o m e S u n -day. Mr. a n d Mrs. R a y Rose a n d Roselene were a f t e r n o o n a n d suppei guests .

Miss P a t C a s e y e n t e r t a i n e d a col-lege f r i e n d . Miss Be t ty J ackowsk i of i amnr t i a few d a y s l a s t week.

Mr . a n d Mrs. Lawson B r o w n a n d Dale a n d Mr. a n d Mrs. W m . R e x f b r d a n d c h i l d r e n w e r e S u n d a y d i n n e r gues ts of Mr. a n d Mrs . G u y Lock wood, n e a r Conkl in .

Mr. a n d Mrs . G a i s H o a g and the i r d a u g h t e r . Dor i s Hoag of G r a n d R a p -ids. and Ami De l fos s of D e t i o l t s p e n t S u n d a y wi th Mr. a n d Mrs. W a l t e r Coal ter .

Mr. and Mrs . Ance i Nelson e n t e r -ta ined S a t u r d a y . «helr son a n d d a u g h -t e r - t a - l a w . Mr. a n d Mrs. Rober t Nel-son and d a u g h t e r Caro l of Moske*on ta honor of R o b e r t Nelson 's b i r t h d a y .

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