Great Jones County Fair Opens With Daily Grandstand Acts
Five daily attractions will play before the grandstand during the Great Jones County fair with free seating for about 5,000 in the surrounding amphitheater. Tickets for grandstand seats are on sale. Tuesday features Sports-Erama with an ostrich race at 2 and 7:45 pm. Wednesday includes Pee Wee King show at 2 and 8 pm with Redd Stewart. Thursday hosts Vogues of Yesterday and Today headlined by Peg-Leg Bates. Friday features the Tournament of Thrills auto stunt show at 1:45 and 7:45 pm. Saturday stock car trials begin at 2:30 pm with a 7:30 pm chorus line finale.
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Jones County
Claude Appleby
Fair Association
Appleby
Pee Wee King
Pee Wee
Golden West Cowboys
Wave-Tv
Louisville
Wews-Tv
Cleveland
Ohio
Redd Stewart
King
Peg-Leg Bates
Peg-Leg
Lew Leslie
Ken Murray
Ed Sullivan
Tommy and
Jimmy Dorsey
Sonny Moore
Zaxetta
Lela Dobrich
Three Vilands
Kari-Karo
Vilands
Zavetta
Ricco Zavatta
Des Moines
Jean
Allis-Chalmers Service School Held Here Friday
Thirty-five Allis-Chalmers dealers and service men attended a service school Friday at the Implement company. Counties represented were Jones, Dubuque, Linn and Benton. Topics discussed included the new diesel tractor four-bottom mounted plow and the 1242 foot wheel mounted disc.
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Allis-Chalmers
Jones, Dubuque, Linn
Benton
Youths to Represent Local Church at Texas Lutheran Meeting
Daniel and Naomi Stadtmueller of Monticello will attend the 12th biennial convention of the International Lutheran League at Texas A and M College College Station Texas from August 23 to 28. Also attending are Rose Marie Hahno Anamosa and Donald Mesch Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Naomi Stadtmueller
Henry Stadtmueller
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Monticello
International Luther League of the American Lutheran Church
Texas A
M. College
College Station
Tex
Rose Marie Hahno Anamosa
Donald Mesch
Hopkinton
Paul Kenyon
American Lutheran Church
Texas
A. and M
E. W. Schramm
Lutheran Standard
George S. Schultz
Marcus Rieke
A.L.C
Chester M. Patten
Columbus
Ohio
Gordon Huffman
Butler, Pa
William L. Nies
Detroit
Mich
Burned in Tractor Mishap Injures Eagle Grove Man
Paul Cluver of Eagle Grove suffered severe burns when a tractor he operated rolled into a pile of burning cabs. The heat caused the gasoline tank to overflow and ignite.
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Paul Cluver
Eagle Grove
Sunset Carnival Returns to Great Jones County Fair
Sunset Amusement Co returns with a 160 foot long midway show featuring 15 novelty acts including a four legged girl illusion and the man with the iron eyelids. Two divisions form a 26th annual tour with 16 rides and 10 shows traveling to seven centennial celebrations and 12 fairs across multiple states.
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Sunset Amusement Co
Midwest
Dairy Herd Improvement July Report Shows 30.2 Lbs Fat Average
Lowell Underwood supervisor for Jones No. 1 Dairy Herd Improvement association reports July results for 28 tested dairies consisting of 520 cattle. The average fat yield is 30.2 pounds across the herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Bros
Monticello
William Gendlemann
Clarence
George Slater and Son
Olin
D.H.I.A. No
Lowell Underwood
Jones No. 1 Dairy Herd Improvement Association
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Bates
Richard Rosendahl
Vernon Himes
LaVern Schoon
George Schoon
The
Phead and Burmeister
Center Junction
Kelly and Hasselbusch
John F. Sievers
Anamosa
Frederick Decker
London
Allen Horman
Marvin Englbeart
William Tonkovich
Otto Steuri
Alvin Byerly
R. J
W. C. Bone
Allis-Chalmers Service
Board OF Directors
Lovie Hanken
Joe Hogan
Joe Heeren
Jim Maurice
George. Hoffman
Jake Dietiker
Albert Fass
Richard Hanken
Monti
Sunset’s
J. T.hutchins’ Museum
Amusement Company
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Arkansas
North
South Dakota
Illinois
Minnesota
K.H. Garman
Jones County Fair
Wilfred Wherry
Louis McGuire
Leroy Liebels
Henry Doden
Norbert Knepper
Spike’ Hanken
Royal Snyder
Bob Paull
Farm Service
Cascade
Wyoming
Martelle
George Benson
Anamosa, Iowa
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