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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
4
Jones County Farm Bureau announces a meeting of the girls 4-H club leaders in Anamosa on Friday, April 30. It will be the third training school on the home efficiency project this year, with Miss Fannie Gannon of Iowa State College directing.
Henry Fichling district extension specialist from Iowa State College audited the Jones county Farm Bureau records Friday. He reported the books in excellent condition and commended the office personnel for their management.
A meeting of the 4 H corn club at Olin High School is set for Friday April 30 at 2 00 pm. H B Chaney a farm crops specialist from Iowa State College will share information on the club project. Ten boys are enrolled in the first year and 12 in the second year hybrid corn club.
4 H members must decide soon on livestock and crop projects for enrollment this year. Open projects include dairy cars market pig market lamb draft cost and garden clubs with enrollment cards available from the Farm Bureau office or local leaders across the county.
Jones County cattle feeders and beef producers plan a May fifth meeting at the community hall in Onslow. Rex Beresford of Iowa State College extension service will present spring survey data from the Chicago Producers Commission association and the U S Department of Agriculture. Attendees will hear about feeder cattle prospects feeding financing and related topics. A short film From Range to Fee Lot will be shown before discussions. Interested cattle men from Jones and nearby counties are invited to attend and share questions.
Jones county livestock feeders who lost feedings last year can plant soybeans and harvest bean hay to replace clover or alfalfa. Experiments show soy bean hay matches alfalfa in feeding value. Sudan grass on small grains also valuable. Lucan grass tops emergency forage for summer pasture, especially July and August. Soybeans sowed at corn planting time. Sudan grass seeded then and ready by late June or early July.
Nellie Webb reports in Atchison Globe on a state unemployment insurance bureau clash with Denver waitresses over reporting tips. The waitresses refused, claiming tips are private. The outcome favors the waitresses, leaving questions about who controls such information.
The United States records a per capita onion consumption of ten pounds per year. This figure reflects national dietary patterns and vegetable intake levels for the period reported.
The Center Junction annual senior class mystery comedy in three acts will be staged in the school gym at 8:00 pm on Friday April 39. The cast lists Mrs. Rhodes Donny Dreibelbis Laura Rhoades Jean McNeilly Lola Sayles Luella Seehusen Miriam Booth Marcellus Otten Harriet Forbes Helen Timbaugh Joseph Kennedy Jack Stingley Ned Carruthers Macx Moses Jack Pore Don Dreibelbis Darrel Carson Robert Hansen Victor La Velle Chris Petersen directed by Miss Wynn Ford with Ed Snell in charge of sound effects and printing. PF Pelkey listed contact.
The Wyoming column reports a school of instruction for Eastern Star officers led by Mrs. Eleanor Sawyer with guests from Maquoketa Oxford Junction and Clarence. It notes a Woman's Relief Corps April meeting, a corsage gift for Mrs. Sawyer, and the death of Mrs. Will Lyons in Mechanicsville. Other items cover local club gatherings theatre outing plans and residents planning moves.
The column records relocations on West Main and East Green streets, a Royal Neighbor meeting hosted by Mrs. Joe Holub, and health updates including Mr Becker’s Mayo Clinic consultation. It notes hospital stays, visits by relatives from Kalamazoo and Denver, a serious illness of Florenne Herzberger, and a Cornell concert under Karl Andrist.
Mr and Mrs Joe Beringer gathered relatives and friends at their Cascade home last Sunday to honor their silver anniversary. Married in Tintgen Luxemburg Europe on April 17 1912 they soon moved to the United States. Nine children were born to the couple including Victor Carl Nickolas Arnold William OdeHa and Theekla.
An article lists clergy ordination set for March 19 in Rome and arrival home planned for August. It also records Cascade and Kimball residents moving, visitors from Dubuque, a scarlet fever quarantine, hospitalizations, nurse relatives, a 23rd birthday, and a Mullady funeral with a long obituary attendance.
The text records family illness and medical treatment notes. Allan Kean, son of Alloway and Mrs E J Kean, was ill recently. Paddy Ryan is undergoing treatment at the state hospital in Iowa City. The fragment mentions about fifty six or roughly half of a group.
A report notes that during the first half of 1935 several fatalities occurred in miscellaneous flying operations. These incidents happened in flights that breached all commerce regulations in force at the time.
Frankfurt, Germany, employs automatic printing machines to issue weather forecasts for the following 24 hours. The system provides updated predictions for residents and travelers, reflecting ongoing automation in meteorological reporting.
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