Tjaden tops state dairy judging at All Iowa Fair
Leo Tjaden of Monticello won high individual honors in the State junior dairy judging contest at the All Iowa Fair Cedar Rapids. Castle Grove 4-H club led the top team standings. Monticello FFA dairy team placed fourteenth with members Steve Miehe Everett Tobia son Clem Lawrence and Paul Wilcox as alternate.
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Monticello
Iowa
Tjaden
Cedar Rapids
Leo Tjaden
Castle Grove
Dan
Paul Specht
Phil Specht
Grover Miche
Monticello Community High School
FFA
Steve Miehe
Everett Tobiason
Clem Lawrence
Paul Wilcox
Dave Plueger
Mark Zirkelbach
Harry Boots
Gary Janssen
Tim Kuhns
John Kuhns
Bob Lawrence
Kevin Miller
Helgens Place Dominates All Iowa Hog Show Grand Champion Poland
Ed Helgens and Sons of Monticello captured the grand champion Poland boar and the grand and reserve Poland at the All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids. They also earned 4th and 7th in senior spring boars and 4th in the junior spring boar class, plus first in junior spring gilt and 3rd and 8th in senior spring gilt. Maurice Gamble of Monticello won the grand champion Milking Short Horn cow and placed in multiple Shorthorn divisions. Steve Miehe, Bob Lawrence, and Max Specht posted various placings in spring boars and pork contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Helgens
Monticello
Poland
Alltowa
Cedar Rapids
Maurice Gamble
Steve Miehe
Bob Lawrence
Max Specht
Worthwhile Homemakers meeting hosts style review
CASTLE GROVE The Worthwhile Homemakers club met August 13 at SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church parlors. Twelve members six children and twenty four guests attended as President Mrs Wacker urged continuing committee work for the anniversary. Members planned an October tour and a September meeting at Mrs Delmar King’s home.
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Castle Grove
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
William Lubben
Robert Holub
Richard Lubben
John Wacker
Delmar King
Henry Stadtmueller
Chicago
Jones County
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Prairie Hill Be Natural
Sally Takes
Marcia Beckman
Mary Ann Holub
Pam Janssen
Prairie Hill Be Natural Club
Kathleen Lawrence
Mary Kay
Carolyn Takes
Latha Zumbach
Kathy Supple
Sandy Janssen
Prairie Hill the Natural Club
Patty Tjaden
Donita Zimmerman
Fortune Finders
Mark Beckman
Janet
Marcia
Marianne Holub
Clifford Herr
Cathy
Kathy
Connie Supple
Karla Kehoe
John Janssen
Pam
Sandy
Darlene
Wesley Lawrence
Kathleen
Carol Gamble
Richard Tjaden
Patty
Lois Siebels
William Meyer
Linda
Preston
J. H. Henrichs
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
John Thorns
Battle Creek
Barbara Rogers
Clarence Stadtmueller
Melvin Stadtmueller
Marvin Gerjets
Ralph Kula
Citizen's Band
Gerjets
Richard Kettleson
Leo Delay
Jim Delay
Bill Delay
Mel Marek
William English
Monticello
Anamosa
Albert Christophersen
Ronald Kula
Willard Christophersen
Cedar Rapids
Erwin Wacker
Angeletta
Rose Marie
Mundelein College
Larry Koob
Rita Hosch
Cascade
Mary Bollinger
Joe Crowley
Tractor rodeo champion crowned at Iowa State Fair
Bruce Reade aged 22 from Onslow won the state tractor rodeo at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. He earned advancement by winning the Jones county tractor rodeo July 9 in Onslow. The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation sponsored the state contest. Reade is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reade of Onslow.
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Bruce Reade
Onslow
Des Moines
Jones County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Reade
William Reade
Community Picnic and Local Social Notes From Center Jet
Sunday gatherings at Center Jet feature Sam Thompsons hosting a picnic with 14 attendees including Howard Vernon and family. The record lists multiple visitors, birthday celebrations, no service Sunday at Center Jet church, and various Aug events with extended family from Monticello, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and beyond.
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Sam Thompson
John Alyea
Cheyenne
Wyo
Clara Alyea
Selma Edler
Tipton
Donald Ketelsen
Marcia
Kenneth Weisley
Harold Reese
Elaine
Springville
Fredda Ketelsen
Ruth Glenn
Steven
Calvin Reiss
Center Jet
Gene Ketelsen
Dick Ketelsens
Monticello
Don Ketelsen
Marie
Elsie Holtz
Chicago, Il
Marvin Holtz
Frances Collier
Bessie Miller
Cedar Rapids
California
San Francisco
Calif
Ray Tufts
Lancaster
Dale Andrews
Howard Andrews
Dale Dodge
Donovan
Mike”’ Mead
Michelle Marie
Mead
Baby
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Frank Himebaugh
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Orta Elgeac
FFA Dairy
Leq Tjaden
Helgens
Louis Kronlage
Austin Spahr
Fred Kromminga
Gloria Kromminga
James Pope
Marion
Emil Hamer
Ozarks
James Sinkey
William Coohey
Keith
Karen
Amarillo
Tex
Wayne King
Lake of the Ozarks
Ft. Hood
Kans
Greensburg
Forrest Hill Methodist Church
Robert Frank King
Tommy Nelson
Frank McNeill
Debbie
Patsy
Robert
Lee Cassell
David
Vincent Thomas
King
Palo Duro Canyon
Canyon
Henry Tjaden
Richard
Louis Ulferts
David Dahl
Ernest Alferts
Jeffery Williams
Harold Wurst
Mike
Wyoming
Robert Black
Aileen
Gerald Muller
Hugh
Alferts Low
Richard Kromminga
Siebels Low
Ray Kromminga
Glen King
Joe Sperfslage
Ed Siebels
Siebel
Robert Rickels
Daniel Stadtmueller
F. H. Kromminga
Louis Alferts
Marilee
Janice
Dick Dahl
Herman Reth
Russell Stadtmueller
Sandra
Reth
Bob Rickels
Alferts
Mrs
Delbert Fiet
Waukon
Cyril Elenz
Clarence Knipper
Dyersville
Grandville
Leo Pettebaum
Sheldon
M. Matthias
Lawler-Vanourney
Ft. Dodge
Boyd King
Delbert Crowley
Crowley
Harry Sullivan
Ryan
Sears Roebuck & Company
SEARS
Sears Roebuck and Company
R.A.M
South Homan Avenue
Illinios
Hargrave Cleaners
Glenn Hargrave
Sam Thompsons
Ida Hanken
Freda Hanken
Anna Peterson
Oxford Jet
Colonel Holtz
Harold Fletcher
Sherry
Wilma Duffield
Leland Achenbach
Bob Blauw
Vermilion
S. D
Vincent Donovan
Blauw
Olin
Connecticut
Bob Mead
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Mead
Mary Mead
Alan Serbousek
Mary Underwood
Harold Eggers
Robert von Spreecken
Connie Eggers
von Spreecken
Hans Hinrichsen
Karen Louise Nagel
Ray Nagel
Harry
Diane Nagel
Hinrichsen
Chester Condit
Monticello HO
Rock of Ages
Farm Tire
Goodyyear
Goodyear
Farm
Hearn Oil & Tire Co
AAA
Shell Products
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