County 4-H Boys Win At Exhibit Second With Angus
County youths returned from Chicago where they showed 4-H baby beef calves at the International Livestock Show. Olin's Grover Lorenzen exhibited an Angus placing second in junior feeding and fifth in open class. Merlin Lyon showed the third prize heavy Angus and a Hereford. Virtus Lorenzen also showed top cattle. Nowachek of Wyoming showed multiple prize Herefords and Angus. Starr of Oxford Junction and Newman of Martelle showed Herefords. Andrews of Olin showed a Hereford and a junior feeding entry. Calves sold in the 4-H baby beef auction for $15.75 to $16.75 per hundred. Andrews Receives National Honor! Edwin Andrews was selected for a personal interview by the Wilson Company committee in the national scholarship contest for meat animal project participants, aiming for a $300 award.
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Jones County
Chicago
Grover Lorenzen
Olin
Merlin K. Lyon
Virtus Lorenzen
Robert Nowachek
Wyoming
Donald Starr
Oxford Junction
Dale Newman
Martelle
Edwin Andrews
Andrews
Wilson Company
Edwin
Wilson & Company
Hopkinton Girls Sing On NBC Network in New York
A Hopkinton vocal trio Apryl Ann May and Floris Barger joined Hilabeth Reeve to perform Down Argentine Way on Major Howes amateur program aired from New York on Wednesday December 4. The girls from Manchester and Hopkinton earned recognition for their NBC appearance.
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Hopkinton Girls
NBC
New York
Hopkinton
Apryl
May
June
Howes
Apryl Ann May
Floris Barger
Manchester
Hilabeth Reeve
Reformatory Has High Test Cow
The November report shows G. L. Fraseur and Sons of Tipton leading with 879 pounds of milk and 31.0 pounds of butterfat from fourteen registered Holsteins. No. 545 owned by the Men’s Reformatory is the high cow with 1809 pounds of milk and 63.3 pounds of butterfat from three daily milkings. Nell, owned by W. H. Finn and Son, produced 1923 pounds of milk and 58.3 pounds of butterfat with two daily milkings. Forty-nine cows in the association exceeded 40 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Jones
Men’s Reformatory
Nell
W. H. Finn and Son
Corn Loans Open in Jones County for 1940
New corn loan program for 1940 now available in Jones County with moisture testing moved to the county office. Sealer staff assigned by township and the Grun dy Center rule noted, while moisture tests indicate higher than last year.
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Jones County
Harry James
Center Junction
Jackson
Hale
Oxford
Wyoming
Madison
Harold Larson
Anamosa
Cass
Castle Grove
Wayne
Lovell
Herman Morrison
Cascade
Richland
Washington
Clay
Scotch Grove
Harlan Russell
Fairview
Greenfield
Rome
McColm Speaks At Cass Township Bureau Meeting
McColm led the Cass township Farm Bureau meeting at Cass Center School Tuesday evening. A reading by Mrs. Glenn Russell from Anamosa and musical selections by the Wenely Marek children followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revew. McColm
Cass Township Bureau
Cass Center
Glenn Russell
Anamosa
Wenely Marek
Fairview Township Farm Bureau
Forest Church
Bessie Carlson
Lovell Township
4-H
Henry Adams
Scotch Grove Township
Farm Bureau
Contoured Corn Not Problem for Mechanical Picker
Clarence Schmit, a Castle Grove farmer, reports that picking contour planted corn with a two row mechanical picker is easier than working on slopes. He notes smooth performance on curved rows, with occasional difficulty on very sharp curves, fixable by wider wagon boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Schmit
Castle Grove Township
Frank Mohler
Monticello
CCC
C. A. McLaughlin
Mr. Schmit
Schmit
Castle Grove
McLaughlin
Schmidt
Cattlemen Banquet Tonight in Anamosa
About 300 Jones county cattlemen and wives attend the 7th annual county banquet at Fireman’s hall Anamosa. Guest speakers are C C Culbertson Ames and William Weatherwax Clarence. Harry Levsen Olin chairs the Jones County Cattlemen’s organization.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Jones County Cattlemen’s Association
Farm Bureau
C. C. Culbertson
Ames
William Weatherwax
Clarence
Harry Levsen
Olin
Cattlemen’s
Notice of administration in the estate of Alice L Snydes
The undersigned in Jones County Iowa announces probate in the estate of Alice L Snydes deceased. Creditors and claimants are told to present proofs and all owing parties to pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa December 3 1940. Administrator EF W Brashaw attorney. Published Monticello Express December 12 19 26 January 2.
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The
Monticello Express
Estate notice in Jones county Iowa 1946
In the estate of August J Rickless deceased all persons having claims must file them with the clerk of the district court in Jones County Iowa by a stated time. Creditors on the estate are urged to take immediate payment to the undersigned to avoid costs. Anamosa Iowa November 19 1946. The Monticello State Bank J B Brashaw attorney for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
W. S. Hutton
Annmocose
Town
B. Lata
Monticello State Bank
Lecher & Lecher
State of
LeRoy Clark
Anamoza
A. D
R. J. Bone
Coxsee & Heiserman
Alice L. Snydes
Anamosa
EF. W. Brashaw
Monticello Express
August J. Rickless
J. B. Brashaw
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Nina Summers
H. G. Summers
Augusta
Ill
James Johnston
First Presbyterian Church
Dirk H. Middents
James M. Mitchell
Johnston
Macomb, Jr
Len
Mark M. Piper
Rochester
Ind
Farmers Bank
Robert McNeill
South Fork Progressive Club
John MccNeill
McNeill
Legion Meeting
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Santa Claus
Clara Fear
Edward Mason
Thornton
W. C. Mason
Vida Brutsman
Andy Otting
Marion
Otting
Cedar Rapids
Grace Hucker
Frank Irish Sr
James Hucker
Boyd Pannkuk
Alice
Fannie
Vitcanka
4. Pannkuk
Alice Johnston
Taft
Calif
Gene Johnston
Elsie Mae Wright
Kill Kare Club
Methodist Church
Intermediate League
Grundy Center
McColm
Cass Bureau
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
Lux
Delhi
Guernsey
Massey-Harris Challenge
Massey-Harris
Elmer E. Lux
Cecil Ryan
A. A. Schmidt
Bolson
Bolson’s
Farmer's Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello, Iowa
Fred Lehman
Center Junction Creamery Company
Center Junction, Iowa
H. W. Cox
Condit Insurance Agency
Chester A. Condit General Insurance Agency
Phon
W. E. Tuetken
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank
Commissioner Farm Loans
National Farm Loan Associations
Harold B. McTavish
Sec’y Treas
Third Ave
Sand Springs
John Deere
McCormick
New Idea
Rock Island
Red River
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