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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
3
Jones County Farm Bureau invites fruit growers to a budding demonstration in the Reformatory Orchard Anamosa on Tuesday August 18. B W Edgecomb extension horticulturist from Iowa State College will conduct the session and answer questions all day.
Farm Bureau Day at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 31 features a speaking program in the assembly tent and a Farm Bureau exhibit in Machinery Hall. State leaders and 15 000 Farm Bureau minute men receive invitations. camp activities continue, with honors for 4-H leaders and outstanding records.
Leaders from Jones County Farm Bureau meet at Anamosa Legion Hall to craft the 1936–37 home project program. Mrs. Mary K. Gregg assists in writing on Fourth Year Nutrition with training schools set for Sept 22–25 1936 and other series through March 12 1937.
Iowa farm women with hobbies such as glassware weaving rugs and creative arts may exhibit at the 1936 Town State Fair from August 26 to September 4. Entries are handled by W H Stacy Extension Service Town State College with prizes totaling 39 across three classes for quality labeling display and educational value.
Police in Sioux City report a storeroom robbery where thieves took classical music records a phonograph recording instrument and a rocking chair. officers warn the thief now only lacks a phonograph to complete the set.
A panel of specialists will judge the Jones County Fair in Monticello from August 25 to 28. J M Tudor will judge 4-H Baby Reeves and Marker Lambs, plus open and 4-H swine. A R Porter of Iowa State College will judge dairy classes. Joe Pieper will place 4-H Draft Colt division. Mrs Jennie Knupp will judge Girls 4-H booths and demonstrations and Home Economics. J W Nichols will place grain and vocational exhibits in the Art Hall.
The 4-H Kittenball league saw Olin remain undefeated with wins over Fairview 20 to 3 and Martelle 7 to 4. Cass slipped to second, Jackson moved to third after a 14 to 5 win over Madison, and Morley defeated Fairview 17 to 5. Standings through August 8 list Olin 60-1, Cass 7-6, Jackson 12-6, Martelle 2-2, Scotch Grove 1-2, Morley 4-2, Madison 1-3, Fairview 0-6. Schedule for August 20 features Martelle vs Fairview, Jackson vs Scotch Grove, Morley vs Olin, and Madison vs Cass. Teams with postponed games should finish before the county fair. A team must play six games to qualify for standings.
4-H Baby Beef club members will learn calf fitting and showing techniques at the A C Lincoln home west of Wyoming. Albert Herren of Monticello and Don Meeks of Martelle will lead with curing and clipping hair polishing horns and trimming hoofs. Calves are two Herefords and one Angus owned by Duane Lincoln of Wyoming. The farm lies at Town highways 3 and 117 south of Center Junction.
The Jones County 4-H health contest for boys and girls will run August 17 and 18 in Anamosa. Local clubs chose top members to represent them, with the county winners advancing to the state fair. The county Farm Bureau will cover state fair expenses. The aim is to promote physical exams and overall health awareness among youth.
The Farm Bureau in Monticello hosts the 4-H club show during the fair where the Grand Champion Baby Beef Calf earns a silver loving cup donated by the Chicago Livestock Exchange. Past winners include James McLaughlin 1933, Ales Inglis 1934, and Don Meeks 1935.
Farm Bureau board of directors and leaders from ten townships met at the Legion Hall in Anamosa to discuss issues between the County Farm Bureau and state and national units. R. J. Hamilton from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation spoke to guide the discussion. One major problem was explored.
At a meeting attended by twenty eight members the topic of membership dues was discussed. An informal ballot showed support to raise dues from $5 to $10 to fund activities. A special meeting will be called in early October to place the proposal before the members in the county.
Reports of hog cholera have come into the Farm Bureau office over the past two weeks. Farmers are urged to monitor hog herds closely and contact their local veterinarian at the first sign of cholera symptoms.
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association received reports of menacing hog cholera outbreaks across numerous towns over the last two weeks. Locations include Keystone Belle Plaine Brandor Vinton Blairstown Du éart Jesup La Porte City Hudson Independence Lamont O5dlwein Hazeton Mechanicsvile Stan wood Tipton West Branch Bennet Elkader Charlot Hinton Low Moor Delhi Bran Hopsinton Lamette Casneds May tard Mount Pleasant New London Bellevue Prestor Magucketa Iowa City Lome Tree Ararcez Monticello Springvile Central City Cotonbus Junction Wapello Letzr Muscatine Deep River Montezuma Grinnell Sez Wicott Eldridge Traer.
Local residents attend a ball game between Cubs and Cardinals in Chicago as E Horton family news includes a sister's death in California. Geo Farr of Cedar Rapids gives an address at a Townsend club meeting. Miss Helen Harms visits Montens. Mrs M P Paulsen hosts Larkin club dining. multiple trips and family gatherings span Onslow and nearby towns with funeral services for Mrs Sars Horton Claybaugh in Nebraska.
Residents travel and family visits fill the week with trips to Cedar Rapids and Monticello. A tonsil operation at Mercy Hospital Anamosa and a hospital discharge mark the local health news, while a quilting society plans meetings and fundraising efforts in the Westminster area.
Rutter died at Fenningston Kansas on July 24 1936. He moved to Hopkinton at age 12 and married Emma Billings of Hopkinton in 1867. He leaves two daughters and three sons and is remembered by oldtimers in Hopkinton. Dorothy Schoenbaum visited Denver Iowa. A Fraser family reunion with 24 members gathered at Hartwick camp near Delhi.
A long list of visiting Fraser and Mason family members from New York Kansas Iowa Minnesota and Montana gathered near Delhi and Cedar Rapids for weddings funerals and tours. Community updates include prize drawings at Moulton grocery, real estate activity, teaching assignments, and forthcoming business openings.
The Castle Grove 4 H club boys completed a postponed tour visiting members homes and Monticello for a park picnic led by Frank Kromminga Max Sauerbry and James McLaughlin Local visitors include Mrs Mattie Starks Mrs Egg of California and Mrs Florence Chamberlain of Winterset A baseball team of Cass and Castle Grove defeated Langworthy 9 to 1 News notes cover threshing crops farm visits and assorted local social calls including the Mardorf farm injury and lightning incident at a weekend gathering in Monticello Families and neighbors are listed with several households hosting visitors and acquaintances Continuous items report on crop damage and community events through the week including trips to Anamosa and South Dakota.
New Deal bookkeeping notes a 1934 postal surplus of over 12 million by Postmaster Jim Farley, countered by Secretary Morgenthau reporting a 52 million post office deficit. Farley later claimed a 1935 surplus of nearly five million.
The text contrasts President Morgenthau’s report of a deficit near 64 million with the broader pattern of the New Deal’s accounting. The remark highlights skepticism about fiscal reporting during the era.
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