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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1936

Page

3

Amber area community notices and Thanksgiving gatherings

Jones County Farm Bureau deputy calls a directors meeting in Olin to map plans for the annual beef cattlemen banquet. Numerous local families share Thanksgiving dinners across Amber and nearby towns amid church and civic events.

Wyoming Cast Competes In County One-Act Contest

In a Wyoming elimination contest the two casts chosen to present The Doctor Decides include Marian Ellis, John Wherry, Helen Lysen, Paul Huston, Dollie Greer, Henry Petersen and Elizabeth Marshall. On Dec 2 Wyoming schools vie in the county contest at Monticello.

Marian Ellis Maqueketa Junior College John Wherry Helen Leysen Paul Huston Dollie Greer Henry Petersen Elizabeth Marshall Wyoming Monticello Everett Vrooman Wyroming Timothy Hawthorne Club Jeanne Gabriel Rachel Frost Dorothy Endsley Henry Kruse Hale Federated Clubs Doris Carmen Maryann Ingwersen George Miller Progressive Women’s Club Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church A. W. Peck William Peck Leon Coleman Rhoda Holub Luther League Oliver Brunscheen M. E. Aid Society the Mary's Olin M. E Sherman John Caroline Radloff Coal Valley Julius Sherman Olin Clara Brooks Cedar Rapids Backus Minn Joe William Independence Louise. Randall Black River Falls Ida Becker John Radloff Theodore Becker Ed Becker Monmouth Social Card Club Henry Westphal Sr Anna Carstensen Peter Jansen Emma von Sprecken H. L. Callies Cedar Falls George Herzberger Florenne Herzberger Wartburg College Waverly Elsie Bender Western Teachers College Kalama- 2700 Mich Aneta Raymond Garside Roy Bender Lee Peck Betty Jane Levsen Coe College Jeanne Roush University of Iowa Iowa City Erma Lincoln Lenox Junior Copiege Hopkinton Miss Lincoln Pittsburgh Elmer Buckingham W. S. Spangler Emory Spangler Eagle Grove Buckingham Don Wherry James Cneere Louise Nowachek Robert Hansen Madge Millsan Madge Millsap Myr Fo. Millsap Clinton West Branch Henry Bramer Ivetta Louis Bramer Lewis Koch Elvira Austin Allen Theodore Dorothy Schnack Low Moor Anamosa Marion Morley Alburnett Central City Cougton Ryan Branden Rowley Wyming Sorines M. E. Church Feeler Ilay Nicholson Mount Vernon All Women’s Foreign Missionary Societies

4-H Baby Beef Enrollments Reach Countywide Total

Farm Bureau reports a record number of calves to be fed by 4-H members in the coming year. Enrollees span Monticello Anamosa Martello Olin Wyo ming Hale Onslow and Hale with several boys feeding two or three calves each and many purchasing purebred heifers. Enrollment deadline is January 1 1937 and cards weighing certificates and record books are available from club leaders or county agent Max E Sauerbry.

Farm Bureau 4-H Clarence Hosford Dean Nordman George Fraser Monticello Ray Larson Chris Holmes Anamosa Dean Dale Newman Martello Delbert Grafft Gene Sievers John Sievers Edwin Andrews Virtus Lorenzen Grover Lorenzen Dean Hamilton Leo Waggoner Olin John Richard Eichhorn Irvin Melvin Sievers Duane Lincoln Charles Eggerts Roy Tompkins Wyoming William Reade Onslow Don Zaruba Hale Max E. Sauerbry

Cow Testing Association Directors Meet In Anamosa

Anamosa Cow Testing Association directors met Saturday evening to plan winter activities. The new ear tag identification service, praised by official tester Wendell Donnelly, will tag all unmarked cows for more accurate production records.

Anamosa Wendell Donnelly

Training School For 4 H Girls Leaders

The 4 H girls leaders their assistants and the county club committee will meet for the first subject matter training school for the 1937 project of home efficiency. The meeting will be held at the Legion hall in Anamosa on Friday December 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each local girls club is entitled to be represented by its leader the assistant leader and one older member. Miss Dorothy Simmons extension specialist will instruct on improving home efficiency building storage spaces and human relations. She will start her second year with the 4 H girls leaders in Jones county.

Legion Hall Anamosa Dorothy Simmons Town State College Simmons Jones County

Rural Electrification Efforts Urged in Jones County

R E A representative Mr Creim from Washington DC visited the Jones county Farm Bureau office to assist rural electrification work. Officials say progress is satisfactory and construction preparations will follow soon.

Creim Rural Electrification Administration Washington, D. C Farm Bureau Jones County Ete Haan

Ben Dirks estate sale near Amber closes auction items

The closing out sale of the Ben Dirks estate near Amber totaled sales across livestock and farm goods. A yearling colt 117 dollars, suckling colt 82, team of horses 195, cows 43 to 67, oats 53 cents a bushel, corn 1.05 a bushel, hay 7.75 to 10.90 a ton, corn shocks 79 to 95 cents, and a truck wagon 39 dollars. Gerd Tjaden sold his Amber home to Herman Tjaden of Cass with possession March 1. Mr. Tjaden plans a spring trip to Germany. Albert Harms hosted a 4th birthday party for son Alvin on the 23rd with guests including Mrs. Henry E. Harms, Eddie, Mr. and Mrs. George Bodiker, Herman Harms and Irene, Clara.

Caroline Bodiker Ruth Dirks Lowe Hagen Clarence Herren Gerd Rickels Adolph Eggers Leo Pearson Mary Jo Daly Clarke College Dubuque Phil Daly Carl Harms Margaret Lurkens John Bill Lorene Westphal Elmer Gess Kenyon Minn Henry Lurkens Ronald Darlene West Concern Ed Folkers Donna Mae Lawrence Wilken Adran Rickles Menken Amber Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Jennie Belknap Ernest Anderson George Andrews Eugene Bailey Henry Holmes James Gray William Martin Lioyd Robertson Louis Heeren Brickley George Siebels H. A. Toenjes George Julia Toenjes Josephine Hackstahl Cedar Rapids W. R. Zimmerman Herman Zimmerman O. F. Otten Will Jansen Alva Gerdes Lawrence Schoon Will Ricklefs Adolph Schoon John Mortensen Will Hubner J. C. Mortensen August Luckstedt Pete Johansen Wyoming Herman Freese Richard McLaughlin Ed Englehart Henry Weenekamp Herman Harms Henry E. Harms Albert White Henry Rink Henry Husman Raymond Tuetken Martinsburg the Lattor Charles Gray Donald Woods Ivan Gray Russell Gray Viola W. W. Gray Fred Gray Harold Gray Wes Burlingmeir Anna Siebels Fritz Folkers Carl Siebels Hank Siebbels F. W. Folkers Ben Wroblewski Wroblewski Gray University of Iowa Clover Hay Henry Otten Amber Charlene Ralph Pedersen Mercy Hospital Anamosa Henry Felkers Jr George Mardorf Otto Danneman Joan Schlemmer Central City August Schlemmer John GG Dirk Y We Leo Bohlken Wonita Willie Haris George Schalier Fares Mrr Dick Bohlken Lucille Louis Henry FE Harms Eddie George Harms Caran Lavonne Streeter Wayne Township Wilbur Stover George Bodiker Herman Englehart Rhinie Wessels Center Junction John Bodiker Gerald Albert Harms H. E. Dirks Irene Clara Louie Hagen Leo Ambuehl John Lurken Englebart Lucille Englebart Ed Englebart Henry Curley Morrison. I Illinois Ben Dirks Gerd Tjaden Herman Tjaden Cass Tjaden Germany Alvin

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Jones County Farm Bureau Louis Lorenzen Paul Levsen William Folkerts Ray George Harm Dirks Herman Branscheen Harlan Russell Buslding Mrs Jessie Koch Cow Testing Association W. J. Zimmerman Alfred Meier Karl Renk Jersey Concord John Deere Bradley Gang McCormick QUO Schneiter Estate Null and Appleberry Monticello State Bank
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