Center Junction Farmer Dies After Long Illness
Matthias Thomsen 52 of Center Junction died March 28 at Mercy Hospital Anamosa after an illness of more than five years. He was born August 20 1892 in Schleswig-Holstein Germany married Mathilda Schlimmer February 22 1915 and survived by wife eight children and seven grandchildren. Last rites were held at the Wyoming Lutheran Church with interment in Wyoming cemetery.
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Center Junction
Matythias Thomsen
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Mr. Thomsen
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Benhart
Anna Thomsen
Mathilda Schlimmer
Robert Lee
Karen Jean Hinrichs
Donna Mae
Marilyn Irene Rickels
Janice
Richard
Ronald Parmenter
Hans
Los Angeles
Calif
Lutheran Church In
Wyoming
Herbert Groening
Darlene Day
Marilyn Herzberger
Luella Bahnsen
Wyoming Cemetery
George Hansen
Frank Norris
Amandus Christiansen
George Dusanek
Fred Martens
Chris Levien
Twelve Farm Plans Approved In March
Jones county soils district commissioners R A Naylor C R Grafft and William Stanton Jr approved twelve farm plans at their March meeting. Farmers named include J F May Howard Soper Monroe & Walderbach Robert Edwards Alvin Byerly Meta Caspers Fritz Burrichter Anthony Henak Freeman Ethridge Frank Kostachek and Helena Behnken. They will distribute 180 pounds of Lincoln bromegrass seed to three farms free of noxious weeds and once harvested the seed will be certified and available to other district farmers.
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Jones County Soils District Commissioners
R. A. Naylor
C. R. Grafft
William Stanton Jr
J. F. May
Howard Soper
Monroe & Walderbach
Robert Edwards
Alvin Byerly
Meta Caspers
Fritz Burrichter
Anthony Henak
Freeman Ethridge
Frank Kostachek
Helena Behnken
Lincoln
Richland Farm Bureau Evening Shows Courtesy Pictures
Richland residents attended a March 20 Farm Bureau event hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Heins at the Richland Ioe Farm Bureau hall. A soil conservation film Harvest for Tomorrow was shown and discussed. An additional film Old McDonald Had a Farm, partly shot in Jones county, drew keen interest. Zichland township plans a summer meeting followed by a full fall schedule. Thirty eight people enjoyed the evening with the Heins and neighbors.
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Carl N
Richland Ioe Farm Bureau
McDonald
Jones County
Zichland Township
Heins
Farm Bureau Weekly Calendar Highlights Through April 21
Community listings show multiple Farm Bureau events across towns from Cass to Madison. Includes 4-H training, soil demonstrations, school partnerships, and the All county 4-H Party at Olin schoolhouse, with organizers Frank Burlingham Willie Behrends Howard Patrick and others.
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Cass Faam
Frank Burlingham
Fairview Farm Bureau
Willie Behrends
Wayne
Edwin Freese
A.m
Howard Kirkpatrick
P.m
Olin
Spray Schedule Aids Jones County Fruit Growers
County Extension Director Jessen announces a free spray schedule for Jones county fruit growers to protect crops from insects and diseases. The schedule guides timing and products, starting with a dormant spray before growth, targeting scale and anthracnose on raspberries, with contact at the Anamosa extension office.
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Jones County
Jessen
Anamosa
Watering and Spraying Guidelines for Stone Fruit
Five gallons of water are suggested for treatment. Peach leaf curl damages trees yearly and is best controlled by a dormant spray applied at once, using the same spray recommended for raspberries. Last year brown rot rotted many plums. to prevent this, pick up and destroy dried and rotted plums under and on the trees and spray before blossoming. Spray schedules will be published in newspapers throughout the season.
Pamphlet Guides Training of Young Fruit Trees
Town State college issues a bulletin titled Training Young Fruit Trees by Horticulture Department head M. F. Nichols. The guide includes many pictures and shows how fruit trees should be trained and pruned, emphasizing that success depends on proper training.
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Town State College
M. FE. Nichols
Department of Horticulture
Orchard Training Boosts Home Growers Early
A community bulletin notes that training during the first five years reduces faults in orchard trees. Jessen offers copies of the bulletin at his office. A club meeting had a leader, six members, and seven guests with several named attendees. The entertainment committee presented This Week's Current Events and ran the game Saratoga before lunch.
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Jessen
Jean Ann Freese
Marjorie Behrends
Janice Harms
Janice Freese
Saratoga
Mrs. Behrends
Marjorie
Lovell 4-H Girls Meet At Behrends Home
The Lovell Happy Helpers 4-H Club held its regular meeting at Marjorie Behrends home daughter of Mr and Mrs B H Behrends. Roll call was My Favorite Song.
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Herbert Cox
Ed Miller
Brent
Mariner's Club
Manse
Elmer Schrader
Elmeree
Aurelia
R. W. Brady
Stuart N. Smith
Ames
Smith
J. N. Smith
Harry al
L. A. Dreibelbis
W.S.C.S
Will Thompson
Onslow Shippers Association
Holst and Paulsen
George French
Leroy Dirks
Foote
Presbyterian Guild
Norris
Ray Bohler
Lovell’s Happy Helpers
Marjorie Behrends
B. H. Behrends
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Frank Jones
Center Junction School
Matthias Thomsen
Mary Ellen Morris
Howard Mead
Eunice Sanford
Eileen Ferguson
Norway
King Golumpus
Roy Driebelbis
Eleanore
Cleo Reuter
Halvor
Dick Ketelsen
Thimbelina
Evelyn Rae Batchelder
Hag
Beverly Mead
Musty Lore
Herbert Husman
Slywit
Glen Heideman
Spry
Charles Seehusen
Noname
Dick Cox
Blue Bell
Alma Grace Thompson
Susanne Sanford
Patsy Seehusen
Ruth Paulsen
Carol Reuter
Franklin Schroeder
Louis Norris
Harold Eggers
Page Nimble
David Cox
Robert Zirkelbach
Dean Cox
Ronnie Marten
Don Schrader
Gail Catlett
Catlett
Jefferson Barracks
Ora Andrews
Pfe
Plaeser
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Andrew Davis
Walter Seiler
Charlotte High School
Frank Himebaugh
Seiler
H. J. Stingley
Robert Manley
J. M. Mases
Ray Price
Cedar Rapids
R. D. Sanford
OPA
Moline
Guthrie
Paul Meineke
Olin and
Harlow Decious
McDonald Hospital
Elsie Holst
Chicago
Calvin Reiss
Vinton
N. C
Will Hansen
Art Tibbitts
Alpha
Tibbitts
Reta Noah
Art Stadtmueller
Boca Chica
Fla
Manley
Hollyce Stingley
E. H. DeShaw
Jane
Julie
Peter Prahm
Lacey Dodge
Don Markham
Colorado
T. E. Stanton
Roscoe Easterly
Paul Ferguson
F. G. Tyrrell
Highland, Ind
Robert Livingstone
Doris Ruth
Lois
O. 0. Watson
Alan Serbousek
Methodist Church
F. G. Steinman
S. G. Thompson
John Thompson
Donald Johnston
Donna Lee
Thompson
B. W. Cox
Edward Cox
Sand Spring
Western Auto
Minnesota
Farmers Lumber & Supply Co
Monticello, Iowa
Richland
Farm Bureau Weekly
Loa
Federal Land Bank
Harold B. McTavish
3Rd Ave. S.E
Over Light Company
Marquette Electric
Marquette
Severn Farm Supply Store
Fone
P. S
D. M. Bell Manager
Brooder Nouses
Selser
Ernest McDonough Wontieelio
Ite
Behrends
Albert Fads
Gladys
Betty Fass
Ruth Ambuehl
Joyce Postel
June Prult
Lovell
Happy Helpers
4-H Club
Girls
S. A. Kaplan
Monticello Imp. & Truck Co
Joe Messerli
GMC
Jerry Conrad
Armed Forces
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Co
Iowa
J. L. Farmer Canning CO
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