Jones County Farm Bureau Members Laud Benefits
Members from Jones County praise the Farm Bureau for boosting farming interest through 4-H club work, home projects, and legislative efforts. Quoted testimonials from Alyin Fearney, the Meeks family, the Streeter family, and John H. Fraser note enhanced friendships, financial benefits, education, travel, and citizen development.
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Alyin Fearney
Arecibo
Peti Graff
Gio
Peter Srrser
Wsurine Bees
Jones Reniy
Teama
Eden
le Moines
Buren
Farm Buren
J W Streeter
Anamosa
Parn
Bureau Nag
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August 1934 Fruit and Vegetable Condition Report Highlights
The report lists condition percentages and estimated production for apples 770000, peaches 36000, pears 58000, grapes 4800, and potatoes 55 bushels per acre. It compares 1934 U S totals for apples 110,091,000 bushels and other crops to 1933 and five year averages, notes drought effects, and cites government pasture and drought relief plans including 60 day grazing.
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United States
Hopkinton Cemetery Wedding Noted in Late Report
A partial transcription notes a wedding at Hopkinton cemetery area with unclear timing and references to a spouse. The fragment mentions August and a morning hour, indicating a historical notice or obituary context from the Hopkinton region.
Iowa Jones county settlements listed in 1857 handbook
The 1857 Parker handbook lists Jones county towns and settlements including Anamosa Bowen's Prairie Castle Grove Duane Fairview Madison Monticello Pierce Grove Creek Johnson Marshfield Massilon Rome Scotch Grove Walnut Fork Wyoming as recorded in the volume recently obtained.
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Iowa
Nathan H. Parker
Jones County
Anamosa
Bowen's Prairie
Castle Grove
Duane
Fairview
Madison
Monticello
Pierce
Grove Creek
Johnson
Marshfield
Massilon
Rome
Scotch Grove
Walnut Fork
Wyoming
Local Educator Relocates to Anamosa Home
Superintendent Robert E Ballard and Mrs Ballard with two children settle in a new Anamosa residence on South Booth street. A quiet Mercy Hospital chapel wedding united Florence Wolfe to Gilbert Loehr with Wolfe family in Cascade and Loehr family represented. St Patrick s church tied another couple, Dorothy Ludley of Manchester and attorney Glenn McLaughlin, in a Monday morning ceremony.
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Anamosa
Robert E. Ballard
Father Behan
St. Patrick’s Church
Dorothy Ludley
Manchester
Glenn McLaughlin
Monticello High School Promises a Safe Modern Campus
The Monticello School Building, built in 1923, is fireproof and sanitary due to an efficient janitorial system. The facility houses twenty-three teachers, many with Master’s Degrees, and offers clear tuition rates of nine dollars monthly for upper grades and five dollars for lower grades.
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Monticello
Euery
School clubs nurture wide student interests in arts and science
Activities include band orchestra dramatics and glee clubs. Literary clubs science clubs Latin societies home economics clubs and other organizations cultivate varied pupil interests.
Spirit of Monti High Inspires Strong School Unity
The school spirit at Monti High soars as students embrace a communal culture. Administrators note the social life is elevated, with a sense of family across the campus.
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Monti
Standards and Honors for Local Secondary Schools
The program belongs to the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, the National Scholastic Honor Society, and the National Athletic Honorary Society. It prepares pupils to enter any college or university and was rated first in Class B schools at the state academic meet last spring.
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The
North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
National Scholastic Honor Society
National Athletic Honorary Society
Monticello High Graduates Noted by Long History
The Monticello High School has an annual class of forty to fifty seniors with the first graduating class in 1875. To date 1159 seniors have received diplomas, including 749 girls and 419 boys. Last spring 15 boys and 34 girls completed their studies, matching the largest class on record.
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Monticello High
Montini
Jones County Examines Teacher Training and Course Additions
The studies offered include Commercial Agricultural Normal Training and College Preparatory. Many rural teachers are graduates of the normal training department. Shorthand will be offered this year for the first time, completing a well rounded commercial course.
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Jones County
Normal
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