This was the first soil conservation meeting held in February 1946. It was the beginning of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District. In the photo are Commissioners John Blaul, Edwin Cling. and Noah Schrock.
Also pictured are…
Pictured above are members of the committee at their first meeting at the Field Day site in July, 1948. Left to right are: , Mel Shanda, Louise county extension director; Herman W. Beck, Field Day chairman: Ray Audsley , Farm planter;
Walter Eyre…
Looking east toward food tent on Kenneth Redfield farm, this photograph shows many parked cars and attendees around the food tent on Field Day. There is also a Red Cross tent and a Coca Cola truck
