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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
3
Jones county dairy producers will receive about a quarter of a million dollars in dairy production subsidy payments for the first half of 1946. A summary shows approximately 2,000,000 pounds of butterfat produced in the period, with payments totaling $114,324.61 for January through March and $112,513.05 for April through July 24, 1946.
Work on detasseling began in Onslow last week. Social news highlights card games at the Blough home with prizes for Gutzeit Paulsen and Lathrop. Local families visit relatives, trips to Deer Lake, and weekend visitors from Chicago Detroit Maquoketa Cedar Rapids Princeton Clinton and more.
The Greenfield Farm Bureau met at Ivan Hempy’s home for a pot-luck supper attended by 52 people. The program included baton twirling piano solos singing and a county nurse talk on infantile paralysis outlining factors in relieving tense muscles.
County 4-H leaders Audrey Schrader Barbara Chatterton and Mrs Emil Paulsen summarized the July state convention for fifty club officers at Center Junction. They highlighted campus tours meals reception broadcasts, nutrition project discussions, and the convention theme You A Charming Person A Worthy 4 H Member An Effective World Citizen.
The Lovell 4 H Boys held a regular meeting at Gregory Haag Jr residence on July 15 with eleven members and one visitor. They discussed filling out record books and feed problems. After the meeting a lunch was served and entertainment was provided by George Leytem Gregory Haag and Dick Mardorf.
A Madison 4-H tour on July 21 drew 28 club members plus parents and friends. Guides Harvey Manuel and Grover Miche led stops at Howard Eschhorn's and Tom Wilson's and other farms to view Angus Hereford shorthorn and Hampshire cattle, Jersey heifers, and Chester White litters with tips for the fair.
Sunshine Girls met at Margaret Eilers home on July 16 with twelve members present. They voted to adopt a foreign family and send clothing and food, chose two posture entrants for the fair, and heard reports on the State Convention in Ames. Each girl brought bread samples judged by Mrs. Robertson.
Hopkinton and Anamosa youth crews detassel 175 acres of Clyde Thompson farm hybrid seed corn near Buck Creek. Eighty local youths plus thirty from Anamosa participate this week as Reid National Hybrid Seed Corn company holds the contract. Various social notes follow with local visits and a new teacher hire.
Harro Ingwersen of Oxford Junction hosted a Farm Bureau meeting night with a pot luck supper. The threshing crew moved from Jens Lazare's at 2:30 p.m. to Ingwersen's at 3:00 p.m. and finished by 7:00 p.m. Seventy three people attended the gathering.
The Clinton oats on the Weseman farm yield 90 to 95 bushels per acre as threshing continues with kernels becoming hulled and plump. At the Frank Kulhavy farm harvesting with a combine shows a high percentage of hulled kernels, all with bright yellow color and meaty kernels.
The Onslow Agricolae 4-H club held its regular monthly meeting at Russell Streeper’s home with all members and both leaders present. Galen Waggoner spoke on new haying methods. Health exam blanks were distributed and members viewed Streeper’s pure bred Angus heifer and calf, followed by lunch served by Mrs. Streeper.
Forty nine people attended the Wyoming Farm Bureau gathering at John Wilson's home. The 4-H girls organized the program and lunch, with lunch proceeds aiding 4-H work in Wyoming township.
Milton T. Stott and Olga, wife, transfer a triangular land parcel to Minnie Izer by deed, involving a noted starting point at the northwest corner of lot 12 in subdivision. The description documents a defined boundary and conveyance details for the property.
A series of land transfers and deeds detail conveyances among individuals including Vivian Bunce, Fred Joslin, and Roy M Joslin. Minnie B Izer to Milton T Stott. Robert H Balster and Robert E Balster to Roy V and Lenore H Porter. Delphia L Balster to Porter guardianship with specified percentages and prices.
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