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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1940
Page
18
The Marion Golf Club hosts women's handicap rounds with match results including several 19 hole conclusions. Additional notes cover club events such as the Marionette Four H achievement day and Bowdish school reunion preparations.
Amber Travis reports on Harry J. Murphey of 1401 Eleventh Street Marion who has about 1320 elephants in his collection. He dusts them himself, travels to add new pieces from trainmen, and displays them in four china closets. The collection spans 35 states plus Mexico Canada and Catalina Island.
Mrs. Ann Miller Crowe of Dunedin New Zealand traveling via England and the United States visited Fayette County with her daughter Isobel Crowe temporary home demonstration agent. Crowe knit 16 sweaters in three months with Red Cross in Ames.
The Cedar Rapids YMCA boys drum and bugle corps directed by Ariel Cross will perform this afternoon at 2 30 at the American Legion pool. Cross also directs the Tama school band. The group made three appearances at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Billie Cregon is the sole Marion boy in the corps this year.
Mrs. W K Lothian hosted a Friday bridge luncheon at the Marion Golf Club with 26 at tables. Prizes went to Mrs. Grace Fernow and Mrs. Earl Welsher. Guests included Mrs Archibald Mitchell Jr of Norwich Conn and others visiting relatives in Aurora Chicago and Cedar Rapids. Also noted are trips to Yellowstone, Salt Lake City and Ventura return visits to Marion. The Christan church Service class plans a Kensington and picnic at Thomas Park with a social committee in charge. Margaret Lesher and Wilma Randall headed to Yellowstone Black Hills and Colorado.
The Johnson county 4 H club show at Iowa City, August 14 to 16, will feature judges from Iowa State College and Extension. William LeGrange of Ames will judge beef calves pigs colts and lambs. R Claire Werner of Williamsburg will judge dairy club calves. W R Whitfield of Ames will judge poultry. John Quist of Ames will assess 4 H club records and Nelle Thompson of Ames will oversee 4 H girls exhibits and demonstrations. An amateur music contest is also scheduled.
Farm records from 133 southern Iowa FSA borrowers show improved income in 1939 due to better farming practices, higher hybrid seed use, and reduced household expenses. Wives contributed to cost cutting with increased use of cookers. Differences between high and low profit farms stem from livestock and cropping efficiency.
The Atkins concert band directed by Howard Van Doren will perform Tuesday evening at 8:30. A specialty program is planned for intermission and the event is free to the public, drawing crowds from Atkins and nearby areas.
The Cedar county fair opens in Tipton with over 2500 in awards. W. O. Fitch of Walcott will judge horses, L. W. Plager of Grundy Center livestock, E. R. Worst of Muscatine poultry, and Ralph H. Olson of Muscatine grains vegetables and fruits. Floral hall cooking baking and canning judged by Mrs J Dale Welsch Cedar Rapids and Mrs Olivette Werling Tipton. Flowers judged by Mrs Perry West Cedar Rapids and antiques by Mrs Winifred Lattner Cedar Rapids. S C Elkins of Davenport starts all races.
Washington D C The agricultural marketing service reports meadow fescue seed production this year topping 2 000 000 pounds in Missouri Kansas and Indiana up from about 600 000 pounds last year and far above the 1934 38 five year average of 465 000 pounds.
Iowa debates mobilizing the national guard with Major E A Conley of Marshalltown as assistant chief likely to be the sole patrolman pressed into service. The state faces possible new draft machinery funding needs and a fall return to Des Moines for a special legislative session. Governor Wilson backs tax cuts as space and defense program costs strain the budget.
Joe Soukup has farmed 200 acres near Center Point, Linn County for five decades. He built the farm buildings with his father and now supervises a mixed operation with 40 head of cattle in a feedlot, hogs, Belgian horses, and growing corn. He notes high tenancy and shifts from hand labor to machinery, and comments on economics and the weather impacting crops.
WAPELLO The Louisa County Republican women plan a meeting on August first at 2 30 p m in the home of Mrs Walter McDaniel of Letts Delegates who attended the Des Moines state convention and the Burlington judicial convention will report on the proceedings
Robert Smothers of Sigourney finished third and Bruce Taylor of Delta fourth in the plowing event. The state plowing match is set for Sept 21 near Boone with Linnencamp and Fritehen as contenders for state honors. A horse pulling contest drew 1500 to 2000 spectators. H W Hanna of Batavia won the light division with a 2940 pound team pulling 2550 pounds for 25 feet 9 inches, while Roy Burdine of Sigourney led four heavy entries with 3420 pounds pulling 2850 pounds for 21 feet 5 inches. Orville Bauer of Millersburg placed second in light and Elmer Horras of Ollie third in heavy. A tall corn contest drew many entries despite dry weather. top stalks measured 11 feet 6 2 inches by Lee Wonderlich 12, with Williams Martin and Milford Wonderlich following.
The Central City fair features 4-H colt club entries with 228 head expected across suckling and yearling classes. Judge Harry Linn of Des Moines oversees horseman scoring events while demo teams from 10 boys and 10 girls compete for top honors.
A tea for home project cooperators will be held in Keokuk on July 30 to explain cooperative duties. During the past year Keokuk County counted 75 cooperators.
Miss Ruby Simpson Iowa State College extension specialist will attend a home project cooperators tea on July 31 at 2 p.m. in Washington Iowa. Mrs Merle Twinam of Crawfordsville will oversee activities and the county 4 H girls chorus will sing.
WAPELLO The home project cooperators tea scheduled for July 30 has been postponed to August 9. Mrs. Lee Stodgell, county home project chairman, is in charge of arrangements for this first countywide event.
The 1940 41 home project study for Jackson county rural women is Being Well Dressed. Township committees will meet the last week in July to plan the year and a cooperators tea at Maquoketa on August 6 will introduce the work.
Mrs Harva Miller, home project chairman, announces a cooperators tea to be held in Waukón on July 29 at 1 30 p.m with local organizers and attendees invited.
Mrs. Sam Ellison, Jones county home project chairman, announced a cooperators tea to be held in Jones on the afternoon of August 8. Miss Elizabeth Peterson, extension specialist at Ames, Town State College, will attend.
Fayette 4 H girls will receive physical health exams this month through county doctors and the 4 H club. A July 30 contest at Fayette will select the county health champion from high scoring girls across 14 clubs. The top scorer will represent Fayette at the state health contest at the Iowa State Fair in August.
The Rural Electrification Administration halted pole installation along 4.12 miles as crews erected high line poles on private farms between July 12 and July 19. An REA engineer reported poles placed on private property with some fence-line errors, while easements had been secured. A temporary injunction petition was filed after a commerce commission inspector visited the scene.
A lightning strike Friday morning set fire to a barn on the Phil Kai ser Jr. farm near Aurora. A team of horses perished inside the barn and about one thousand bushels of sealed corn were destroyed along with harness and small articles. Nearby buildings were saved with difficulty. the loss is covered by insurance.
A kerosene stove used to heat water exploded last week, destroying the cream house on the John Madden farm located three miles north of Tiffin. No injuries reported. Firefighters battled the blaze and secured the scene.
A frame barn 100 by 60 feet on the Emil Frank farm four miles southeast of La Porte City was destroyed by a lightning fire on Thursday night. The blaze claimed about 70 tons of hay, some shelled corn and oats, plus two hogs and the family dog. The Frank family and hired man were milking when it struck. cows were outside. The 20 year old barn and a 14 year addition were lost. Losses are covered by insurance.
The seventh annual West Liberty fair will run August 19 to 22 with seven thousand dollars in premiums. Saddle horse classes include three gaited five gaited amateur riders and three plated pair. harness races follow US Trotting Association rules. Free acts daily feature bands from Muscatine West Branch and West Liberty. Livestock parade August 21. children day August 22 with guests. Ralph W. Smith guest speaker. Leslie Steen president. Ray Wuestenberg secretary.
Secretary 3B Gates outlined the Buchanan county fair schedule for August 13 to 16. Opening day features eight auto races led by W Klausler, thrill day with stunt auto races and a milk maid contest for women aged 16 to 30, and August 15 includes horse racing with 2 14 trot and pace plus multiple running events. Other events include a livestock parade calf scramble cone test platform acts and midway attractions. Officers named are James B Elliott president George McArthur vice president and John Corcoran treasurer.
Fire crews from Sigourney and Delta fire departments responded Friday afternoon to a grass and stubble blaze at the Fedal Schulthergs farm along highway 92. The fire, started by a cigarette, burned a long stretch of roadside and a large patch of stubble.
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