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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
3
Readers learn of visitors or callers at the Frank Conley residence in Prairieburg during a Sunday afternoon, noting social activity and local neighborhood interactions.
Monticello Public School eighth graders completed a six week rotation where girls studied arts and crafts under Principal Vance Stead and boys took homemaking under Miss Carlon Cousins. The program aimed to teach practical skills and manners with students hosting an April Fools Day party for the opposite group.
March report from the Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 2 shows 28 herds tested with 503 cows in milk 85 dry totaling 588 cows. Top 10 herds include Geo Slater & Son Olity 1304 Ibs milk 47.2 B.F. and Frank Decker & Son Clarence 1220 Ibs milk 43.6 B.F. plus several Monticello Anamosa and Coggon farms led by Joe Jacobsen Onslow with 1060 Ibs milk 47.03 B.F. and Merrill Kimm 1219 Ibs milk 41.33 B.F. with the D H I A reporting 553 tested and one new herd Joe Jacobsen start in Onslow.
Easter Sunday gatherings brought many relatives to homes across the area. Raymond Wright hosted Irvin Plueger Judy and Glas Ladehoff guests while J M Lange welcomed Lou Ahra ken and Lange sisters. Further visits included Frank Shimanek and family and Gene Kuehl in Scotch Grove and St Louis visitors Mae Himebaugh and L R Himebaugh at Paul Darting’s Wilton Junction home.
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