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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1955
Page
8
4 H boys may visit the extension office to fill entry blanks for the Iowa State Fair. Deadline is August 20. Don Mackey has dairy division entries. Garth Grafft leaves for Leadership this week and Janice Walderbach and Dennis Larson depart Monday.
The notes discuss camp reports for the State Health camp and an upcoming Massachusetts exchange trip report to the Anamosa Rotary Club on August 15 by Glenda Guhl and Gene Eldred. Entries for the calf scramble are due August 13 with a drawing on August 24. Delbert Hodgdon will present slides at a Cedar County Township Farm Bureau meeting about the Massachusetts exchange. Several 4-H exhibitors from Oxford, Cedar Rapids, and area are mentioned by name. The article praises the Oxford girls club demonstrations, Morley 3M achievement show, Wayne Willing Workers, Scotch Grove Sunshine girls, and highlights baked goods and record-keeping activities. Lost and found items from girls' 4-H camps and boys are noted.
A terse note suggests the office holds potential leads to missing items referenced by a short course and the Massachusetts exchange trip. It hints that further clues may be located within the office inventory or files.
The Castle Grove Fortune Finders met July 25 at Margaret Mary Fleming’s home. Demonstrations included Cleaning and Drawing a Chicken by Barbara Eberhart and Judith Black, Making Grape Jelly by Doris Hall and Fleming, Canning Peaches by JoAnn Deiay and Lorraine Kehoe, and Making a Fruit Pie by Diana Schatz. Fifteen members answered the roll call A 4-H Book I Have Read, with thirteen mothers and two leaders present. A swimming party for the Castle Grove Royal Rangers 4-H club was discussed. an invitation committee was named. Lunch followed.
The Prairie Hill Be Natural club presents an achievement show at the Parish hall Prairieburg on Thursday evening August 11. The event includes demonstrations at the Jones County Fair, a panel on the Iowa Massachusetts 4-H exchange, crowning of the local 4-H king and queen, music by the Vanda brothers, and an auction of 4-H baked goods with refreshments.
The Hale Wapsie Wanderers met at Kathleen Brady’s home on July 21. A Stanwood locker plant tour is set for Aug 4 with an ice cream social Aug 5 and an achievement show Aug 12 at 2 p.m. Demonstrations covered salad making jelly freezing materials and meat cookery led by Carol Robertson Kathleen Brady Alice Butterfield.
The Merry Maids club held a family picnic at Sally Catletts home on July 22 with Janet Betty and Shirley Stears performing acrobatics and singing. Members planned to help at the Karn Karnival on July 28 and stayed overnight, ending with an outdoor breakfast on Burry burners.
The Martello Boys 4-H group gathered July 7 at the schoolhouse with hosts Stanley James and Raymond Beighle. Don Bunting spoke about his trip to short course at Ames and Bernie Bunce discussed Tooth Tales.
The Prairie Hill Be Natural 4-H club held a special meeting on July 21 to discuss upcoming community projects and club activities. Members reviewed plans, roles, and dates for the summer events.
At the SS Peter and Paul Lutheran basement girls practice demonstrations and plan a poster for the fair. Committees are formed to help Mrs Kromminga. For the achievement show girls split into three groups with named participants and will practice August 9 at Prairieburg hall and perform August 11 at the parish hall.
The Wyoming 49ers 4 H club toured the Center Junction creamery on July 19 learning butter and ice cream making processes. They toured Crystal Lake caves in Dubuque on July 22 and visited Eagle Point park to watch locks and stopped at Sager's museum in Maquoketa. Members met at Mrs. Millie Millsap's home on July 26 to discuss fair demonstration teams and record books with Judy Willman giving a relish plate demonstration and refreshments served.
Darrel Sracy reports on boys short course at Ames during the Wyoming Pioneers 4-H Club July meeting held at John and Norman Dusanek home. Sixteen members and one visitor attended. The group favored a pop stand at the Horse show and voted to create a float for the centennial parade. A five member committee was named to plan the float: Galen Horn chair, Darrel Tracy, Duane Mallicoat, Dick Fishwild, and John Dusanek. Lunch was served by Mrs. Dusanek.
Ella and Myron Schroeder attended a Lock stead reunion at Crystal Lake in DeWitt on Sunday. Twenty one residents from Center Junction take swimming lessons at Monticello pool Tuesday Thursday and Saturday from 9 to 10. They ride a school bus driven by Ronnie Martin. Mr and Mrs Herman Petersen took Mrs Gerd Hanken to Iowa City on Sunday to visit Mr Hanken who had a major operation recently.
Mr and Mrs Norman Martin and son Ralph visited the Robert Guthrie home near Morley Sunday evening. Margaret Nelson of Monticello visited Sunday in the Andrew Serbousek home. Mr and Mrs Frank Himebaugh attended Synod at Ames and gave a report at Sunday church services.
Onslow Navy promotes Ronald Remington son of Mr and Mrs Howard Remington to AOAN and says he graduated from AOAN school in Jacksonville Florida on June 17 He has served in the navy since September 1954 He is grandson of Mr and Mrs John Petersen Onslow and Mr and Mrs Leslie Babcock of Red Oak Also notes community visits and local events including 4 H club meeting, farm sales, and residents moving or visiting Cedar Rapids Lost Nation and Center Junction with various local activities.
W W Bronson sues Henry and Esther Broderson for 250 dollars the balance of a brokerage fee. He claims he acted as realtor on a Wyoming property purchase where the buyers paid 10000 dollars and agreed to a 300 dollar fee on December 7 1954 with 50 dollars already paid.
In Jones County 117 families received 3 186 pounds of surplus commodities distributed Tuesday at the Anamosa courthouse. County social welfare director Mrs Earl Rummell reported 870 pounds cheese 1 028 pounds shortening 700 pounds beans 108 pounds milk and 480 pounds butter were included.
Dean Nervig of Hardy was driving cows when he fell on a stick, puncturing a lung. He is listed as recovering from the injury.
Jerry Gray a 14 year old Monticello resident and Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier won a three day trip to Milwaukee Wisconsin. He will attend a National league baseball game tour boats and city sights while in Milwaukee Monday through Wednesday. His sister Theola will cover his carrier route during the trip.
Monticello neighbors Mr and Mrs Richard Anderson and their Chicago family spent the weekend at the Will Albers home. Mr and Mrs John Paulsen and Tina of Scotch Grove were Tuesday evening guests in the Willis Harms home.
Mr and Mrs George Hoffman traveled with Mr and Mrs John Turnis of Colfax to Fallbrook California to visit the latter’s daughter and family the Jack Williams family. Vernon Meier and family stay at the Hoffman farm while vacationing. Peggy Albers of Moline spent Thursday with her parents Will and Mrs Albers. Fred Kay and son and Dr John Kay family hosted in Rochelle. Harold Egger and Frank Ross attended Alfred Mueller’s funeral in Waterloo and Carl Berhenke and Judy joined dinner at Eldridge.
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