Jones County Fair Highlighted By Record 4-H Show And Champions
The 1935 Jones County Fair lauded as one of the best in Iowa featured a standout 4-H club exhibit led by Donald Meeks of Martelle with a grand champion Angus steer and first prize Hereford, plus numerous division winners. Judges and crowds noted strong support from the Farm Bureau and local clubs as exhibitors from Olin Anamosa Monticello and Monticello area earned top honors in Angus Hereford Shorthorn Guernsey Jersey and Holstein classes as well as market lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Donald Meeks
Martelle
Greenfield Township
Donald
Leo Watconer
Olin
Jackson Township
Leo
Clu
Angus
Donald Mecksz
Martellc
George Fraser
Monticello
Leo Waggoner
Glenn Goldsmith
Center Junction
Roy Tompkins
Wyoming
Henry Weseman
Martello
Alex Inglis
Hale
Lloyd Goldsmith
Merle Husman
Anamosa
Delbert Grafft
Oln
Richard Eichhorn
Junior
Ben Hinrichsen
Maurice Bonjour
Irvin Sievers
Ernest Goldsmith
Bobby E. Fishwild
Glen Behrends
Onslow
Bobby E. Pfishwild
Shorthorn
Join Eichhorn
Clarence Hosford
Junior Muturyfield
Martele
Paul Allen
Lamb show placings list with multiple farms named
In a strong class of 26 lambs the results feature top awards to Edwin Sievers Martello for first and champion in the colt division with Roy Folkerts Anamosa second and LaVern Kuhns Scotch Grove third. First year placings include Verne Embree Mechanicsville Lewis McPike Anamosa Mer lin Lyon Olin Paul Allen Anamosa Myron Kulins Scotch Grove Lavern Newhard Anamosa Delbert Graft Olin Donald Fairbanks Anamosa Roy Folkerts Anamosa.
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Verdon Richardson
Monticello
Heifer
Donald Fairbanks
Anamosa
Victor Richardson
Robert Beck
Olin
Willis Fairbanks
Donald Beck
James Gray
Alvin Bailey
Ivan Newhard
Billie West
Martello
Gene Walker
Kevin Haeussler
Howard Jones
Hale
James Miller
Martelle
Carl Wehling
Willie West
LaVerne Newhard
Cecil Gongwer
Guernsey
Raymond Naylor
Scotch Grove
Maynard Alien
Dale Edwards
Onslow
Leo Waggoner
Lloyd Brickley
Anamesa
Mos Siver
Mechanicsville
Edwin Andrews
Robert Peet
Maurice Bonjour
Jersey
Loyd Brickley
Willard Byerly
Carlton Latta
Chester Miller
Myron Kuhns
William Hollingsworth
Roy Folkerts
Paul Gerdes
Maynard Kuhns
John Stimpson
Lambs
James Hamilton
Arthur Hollingsworth
Leo Bonjour
Dale Porter
Floyd Siver
Orlyn Peck
Edvin
Paul Caspers
Carl
Paul Fagan
Edwin Sievers
LaVern Kuhns
Delbert Grafft
Wilts Fairbanks
Verne Embree
Lewis McPike
Merlin Lyon
Paul Allen
Myron Kulins
Lavern Newhard
Delbert Graft
Soil amendments boost corn yields and soil health findings
Iowa State University soils section reports manure alone yielded 67.1 bushels per acre while manure plus limestone reduced to 61.4 bushels. Oats showed a 4.5 bushel gain and hay added 0.27 tons. Time-based limestone lasting 15 to 19 years offers $2 to $3 profit per dollar. acid soils can be kept sweet for 50 cents to $1 per acre annually. Composite soil samples from high, side, and low field areas are advised. testing is free at the Farm Bureau office.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Farm Bureau
Winding Eastward Journeys and Local Happenings
Onslow families visit Greeley Colorado Estes Park camping two days then stops in Dexter Iowa and Camp Dodge. Local residents attend state fair Des Moines and follow farm, school, and church events including marriages and hospital visits.
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W. A. Hicks
Ed Paulsen
Neal
Larry
Greeley
Colo
Rockies
Estes Park
Hicks
Dexter
Iowa
Mr. Paulsen
Camp Dodge
National Guardsmen
Local 4-H Livestock Results Highlight Poland China and Chester White Wins
Raymond Naylor leads the purebred Poland China litter class with Dale Newman placing fourth. Chester Miller wins the market Chester Whitebarrow with Alvin Weers and James Miller claiming other placings. Reynolds Fishwild tops the Duroc Jersey class with Laur ence and Norbert Kuriger following. Hampshire market pigs see Weers and Howie placing, with Dale Newman and others in Poland China entries. Garden class awards go to Fraie Marberry and others, while poultry club members Hughes and Kromminga lead on points with several 80 plus scores and some under 8 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Naylor
Scotch Grove
Poland
Dale Newman
Martelle
Leo Waggoner
Olin
Robert Peet
Hampshires
Chester Miller
Martello
Chester Whites
Chester Whitebarrow
Alvin Weers
James Miller
Reynold Fishwild
Wyoming
Richard Moenk
Laurence
Norbert Kuriger
Monticello
Hampshire
Kenneth Howie
Donald Howie
Gene Denniston
Reynold
4-H Booth Winners Highlight Jones County Fair Expositions
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls won first in the girls booth exhibit at the Jones County fair. Madison Merry Maids placed second, Wayne Rainbow third, Fairview Oriole fourth, Castle Grove Fortune Finders fifth. Other clubs included Hale Blue Bells Rome Tru-Hearts and Jackson Wise Owls. Margaret Deischer of Castle Grove Fortune Finders won the style show and will go to the state fair. Marcella and Dorothy Otten led the demonstration contest with Bias and Its Uses and will advance to the state final in Des Moines. County 4-H representatives at the star fair include Louie McCoim and Margaret Deischer among others. The article also notes beef cattle tour plans and limestone recommendations from the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls Club
Madison Merry Maids
Wayne
Wayne Rainbow
Constance Naylor
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Vera Perkins
Hate Sue Beils
Mary Louise Yount
Fairview Oriole
Marcella
Dorothy Otten
Will
Jones County
Warne Rainbow End
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Hale Blue Gels
Jackson Wise Owl
Louie McCoim
Anamosa
Maargaret Deischer
Monticello
Pethit
Marcela
Dorothy Tun
Scotch Grove
R. J. Howle
Castle Grove Fortune Finderseln
Des Moines
Dick Naylor
Joe Fisher Gene Stratton Porter Classic at Niles
Joe Fisher and the Stratton Porter program open Harvest Month of Entertainment at the Niles Theater with a matinee and night show on Sunday September 1. Dixie Lee Mason and Mildred and Marion Fisher perform numbers while the feature is The Keeper of the Bees. A news reel travelogue and Popeye in Choose Your Weapons round out the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles Theater
Joe Fisher
Dixie Lee Mason
Mildred
Marion Fisher
Gene Stratton Porter
Popeye
Mourning infant and two weddings mark Fort Dodge news
Cascade mourns infant Donald James Lemmer at the family home. Funeral services were at St. Martin's Church with burial in St. Martin's Cemetery. A wedding at the Little Brown Church Nashua unites Katharine Sayles and Lyle C. Doan with attendants Miss Gertrude Sayles and Todd A. Watts. The couple's wedding trip spans the Black Hills Yellowstone Park Estes Park and Denver with a Fort Dodge return planned after Sept. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Lemmer
Donald James
Patricia
Dorothy
Betty Anne
St. Martin's Church
Anne
Thomas Rooney
Tommy Bisenius
Billy Kevilahan
Milton Green
Raymond Kean
St. Martin’s Cemetery
Ons
A. W. Lyons
First Baptist Church of
Fort Dodge
Gertrude Sayles
Todd A. Watts
Miss Sayles
Hanford
Mason City
Black Ils
Yellowstone Park
Estes Park
Denver
Colorado
Donn
Fort Dodge High School
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Dean
Webb High School
Fort Dodge Tobin Business College
Fort
Cascade Community Activities and Obituary Notice
Cascade gatherings include a Cascade Commercial club picnic at the American Legion park with a Dyersville baseball match and proceeds funding the cen ten nial celebration. Obituary honors James A. Donnelly former Cascade mayor and prominent local figure. he died at University hospital after a yearlong illness. burial at St Martins church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Gas and Electric Company
Dean
Martha Moore
Cascade
Ezekiel Moore
Moore
Cascade Commercial Club
American Legion Park
Cascade American Legion
Legion Park
Labor Day
Dyersville
E. B. Leggett
Faye
Fern
A. E. Reynor
Monticello
T. J. Lane
America
Albert J. Hoffmann
Church of the Nativity
Lady of the Angels
Bluff Street
Hoffmann
Rome
Italy
Loras T. Lane
Gregorian University
Holy City
St. Martin
James A. Donnelly
University Hospital
Town City
Gross-Till-Didesch
East Cascade
St. Martins’ Church
Thomas Rooney
St. Martin's Cemetery
Ryan
James A
Mary McGuire Donnelly
St. Bede's Academy
Kankakee
St. Bede's
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Simple Cedar Rapids Hospitalization After Strangulated Hernia
Monsignor J. B. Albers reports Mr. Loec ker suffered a strangulated hernia en route to Cedar Rapids and returned to Mercy hospital at Anamosa for an operation. Patricia Dahlem returns from an extended West Union visit. The Donovan family ends four months in Cascade and Wor thington, returning to Kansas City. A quiet wedding unites Cascade native Joseph Keneally and Theresa Moran McMullen at St. Marys Vinton. They plan a Cascade home after a trip to Excelsior Springs. Mrs. Clarence Zimmer returns from Wisconsin vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Chaplin
L. M. Smith
Des Moines
William Fletcher
M. P. Paulsen
Fritz Ladehoff
Genoa
Neb
Floyd Horton
Lois
Yellowstone National Park
Holland
Minn
Margaret Lozier
Giman
Onslow Telephone
Anamosa Avenue
Air
George Paulsen
Mary Alice Morton
Louise Uchtorif
Davenport
Elizabeth Knittle
Waterloo
McMaster
Harriet Lamey
Jennie Elwood
B. W. Streeper
Peoria
George Lyon
Chris Eichhorn
Center Junction
Cliff McDonald
A. K. McMaster
Vera Paul
Spokane
Wash
R. W. Chatterton
Petersen
Hiram Chatterton
Donald Jansen
Merle
Budd Lathrop
Aiinesota
M. E. Crees
Charlotte
Norway
R. E. Cuister
Zelma Cass
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Dolores Claussen
Goose Lake
Ruth Sears
S. G. Hutton
C. RB. Smith
Jank Walker
Montievilo
Margaret Kerr
Lawn City
Gladys Bradley
Ernest Evers
August Evers
Sam Dreibelbis
Milwaukie
Onslow
August Toenies
Loris: Vorhees
Brookmond
D.C
Ed Meister
Elizabeth
Margaret May
Iowa City
Julia ‘Teenies
Cedar Rapids
Warner Heiken
Rex
Herman Folkers
Edward Heeren
Dwaine
George Siebels
Vorhees
Florence Mardorf
George Mardorf
Herbert Lehrman
Paul Lehrman
Stanwood
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Willie Wolken
Lloyd Folkerts
Harry Stutt
Lyle Tobiasson
Canada
Mrs
Bernell Dress
Phil Daly
Reuben Dress
Cascade
Joseph Donnelly
Cascade Creamery
Knights of Columbus
J. A Donnelly
Joseph
Olympia
Mary Lane
J. P. Lane
St. Martins’ Church
L. F. Roche
C. &. Loepker
St. Louis
J. B. Albers
Loecker
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Patricia Dahlem
West Union
al Donovan
W. J
Mary Carlyn
Jane Marie
Kansas City
Susan Garri
Harriet
Omaha
Worthington
St. Mary’s Church
Vinton
Joseph Keneally
Theresa Moran McMullen
Francis Churchill
St. Mary’s
Thomas Moran
P. J. McMullen
Kenneally
Excelsior Springs
Clarence Zimmer
Wisconsin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County Farm Bureau
Fair Board
Dairy Calf Club
Colt’ Club
Amber
John Haven
Galen
Louie Behrends
Fred Otten
John Otten
Willis Zimmerman
Montana
Otto B. Otten
Chris B. Bohilken
George Zimmerman
Margaret Ann
Doris
Lehr
N.D
Midland
Strasslin
Black Oak
Ernest Sieveka
Lizzie Knake
Bellevue
Hank Siebels
Garriet Harms
Lockhart
Henry Folkers Jr
August Schlemmer
Alva Gerdes
Herman Helgens
Berdena Schafer
Henry Harrs
Henry Thrun
McDonald Hospital
Joe Deeny
Mies
Watsina
Art N
Mirt Martin
Mary Halligan
Dubuque
Halligan
Ernest Anderson
Henry E. Dirks
Jim Gray
Chicago
Wil Helgens
Wilma
George Rickels
Carl Freese
Harrisonville
John Rickels
Mr. Rickels
Freese
Eugene Bailey
Maquoketa
J. P. Willis
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Rss
Elizabeth Rink
Richard Helgens
Oame
Zimmerman Hall
Orlando Bailey
Eskader
Eucene Bailey Home
Meryl
Pig Club
Garden Club Awards
Fraie Marberry
Olin Howie, Jr
James Hubbard
Dillon Mead
Chris Petersen
Robert Mead
Arling Hughes
Edward Kromminga
Poultry Club
Richard Kromminga
William Minney
Donald Caspers
Irvin Husman
Towa
Niles
Patton
Pittsburgh
NUA
McNeill Hardware
Farmers Mutual Creamery Co
Monticello, Iowa
City Park
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Primary 161
Will Hoffman
Carl Heiken
Harold Tedrow
Adolph Bohlken
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
A. J. H. McNeill
E. C. Rickless Business Men’s Committee
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