Name Two Top Corn Growers in Jones County
Art Kromminga of Monticello and John Colony of Wyoming were named retaining champions in Jones County by Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Co. They achieved yields of 185.25 and 139.39 bushels per acre using FARMERS 426 XL, 537 and 490 XL hybrids. An engraved plaque recognized their top yields at the Champions' Recognition dinner in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Kromminga
Monticello
John Colony
Wyoming
Jones County
Hybrid Seed Corn Co
Hanpton
Kromminga
Colony
Iowa City
Farmers Hybrid Seed Corn Co
Christmas Visits and Hog Test Wins Highlight South Fork Notes
South Fork residents share Christmas visits with relatives in Dubuque Monticello Hopkinton and Farley as Ed Helgens and Sons Poland China boar at Ames Swine Testing Station sets Iowa high record with 189 index and 2.18 lb daily gain Backfat 0.90 inches at 200 lb Three littermates also post strong indices and will be sold Dec 27 in Ames boat sale Families list guests including Prull Wagner Becker Ludwig Kraus Zangerlee Smith and others Joan Rogers nurse from Rochester on 12 day vacation. David Trenkamp’s cast removed after six weeks recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
Henry Prull
Helen
Donald Wagner
Dubuque
John Prull
Monticello
Kenny Becker
Erma Becker
Hopkinton
Urban Ludwig
Farley
Walter Kraus
Clarence Smith
Tommy
Ann
Kenny Zangerlee
Buck Creek
Betty Smith
Sumner
John Smith
Sacred Heart Juniorette College
Watertown
Wis
Ed. L. Helgens and Sons of
Ames
Iowa
Poland
Rex Stoffel
Frank Sigworth
Balltown
Leo Ament
Dick Guise
Donald Ament
Delmar
Aments
Joan Rogers
St. Mary's At
Rochester
John Rogers
Bill Feltes
John Feltes
David Trenkamp
Divert Feed Grain Acres Urged by County Officials
Dale Adams, chairman of the Jones ASC county committee, urges farmers to consider the 1964 feed grain diversion program to earn payments by diverting 20 to 50 percent of their feed grain base. Eligibility for price support on corn, grain sorghum and barley depends on participation. Signup begins next year with the main provisions already announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Adams
Jones Asc County Committee
Congress
Adams
Wool Marketing Year Ends December 31
Dale Adams of the Jones county ASC reports the 1963 wool marketing year ends Dec 31, with payments contingent on all marketing details completed by then. Marketing after this date qualifies for 1964 payments, and the year is shortened to nine months to shift to a calendar year basis starting 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Adams
Jones County
ASC
ASCS
UPW December Meeting At Center Jct Church
The UPW held its December meeting at the Center Jct church on December 12 with 16 members and two visitors Mrs. Mike Calloway and Mrs. William Thompson. The president announced circle meetings set for January 2 with details for night and day circles at specific members’ homes.
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Federated Woman’s Club
Noel Ostrander
Mike Calloway
Truman Stanton
Los Gatos
Calif
Frank Miller
Howard Andrews
Vinton
Stanton
Carlyle Rockwell
Vernon Rickless
John Heiken
Si Bradley
Gladys McNeilly
John Moehi
John Gray
Daisy Chase
Sam Thompson
Hans Hinrichsen
Geraldine
Michael
Kenneth Brunsheen
Wyoming
Della Serbousek
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Paul Heidemann
Harold Heidemann, Jr
Randy Cress
Tom Dauber
Tom Smith
Onslow
Greg von Spreecken
Randy Krutzfield
Jim
Randy Anderson
Congregational Meeting Set Date At Local Church
Attendees included Keith Gray, Mrs. Robert Von Spreecken, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mc Cullough, Rev. Gerald Shibley, and Dillon Mead. A tentative date of Sunday January 12 was set for the annual meeting. Marie Reiss, ISU freshman, Ames, visited home for the holidays with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Homemakers Club of
Anamosa
Astrurian Club
Onslow
Midland Homemakers Club of
Wyoming
Lutheran Church of
Wayne
Scotch Grove Center
Presbyterian Church
John Heiken
Legion Hall
Monticello
Robert Eilers
Deanne
Ed Lubben
Lubben
Michael
Lubbens
Heikens
Dillon Mead
Keith Gray
Robert von Spreecken
Ted McCullough
Gerald Shibley
Mr. Mead
Marie Reiss
Iowa State University
Ames
Calvin Reiss
Savings Bond Sales Reach Over Half of 1963 Goal
Jones county reports 531 556 in eleven months 52 percent of the 1963 goal for Series E and H bonds. County volunteer chairman John W. McNamara notes November sales totaled 35 256, boosting the year to date total to 531 556.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Savings
Jones County
John W. McNamara
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Helgens
Will
Dick Prull
Center Jct
Irvin Recker
Dave McNally
Mike
Cascade
Marvin Recker
Greg
Bernard
Pat White
Baby
Worthington
Monica Noonan
Larry Jasper
Vernon Becker
Joe Horsefield
Irvin Becker
Dave
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Andmrs
Gerald Becker
Ben Schemmel
Karol Hosch
Jim Hosch
Monticello Hospital
Dale Greenawald
Monticelli
Leo Hosch
Galen Beitz
Bill Beitz
John Max Beitz
Ray Bley
Manchester
Allen White
Fort Leonard Wood
Les White
Tom Leibold
Dorrance Chapman
Jack Mausser
Central City
Burl Clayton
Dorrance Chapmann
Louis Chapman
Perry DeShaw
Ryan
Mable Guthrie
Robert Burke
Joe Catlett
Acel Catlett
Leon White
Richard
George Seibold
Sand Springs
Bill McDonnel
Steve McDonell
Castle Grove
Gerald Weber
Art Weber
Delbert Weber
Donald Weber
Junior DeShaw
Bill McDonell
St. Paul
George Turnis
James McGovern
Dyersville
Dean Cooper
Robert Hart
Forrest Cress
Harold Heidemann Jr
Archie LaBarge
Springville
John Moehl
Kenneth Stern
Phillip Libby
Winterset
Dean Weede
Bettendorf
Gaiy Catlett
Janice
Gary Thompson
State Board
Des Moines
Thompson
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Washington D.C
St. Luke’s Hospital
Federated Woman’s Club of
Center Jet
Vernon Ricklefs
Joleen von Spreecken
Santa Claus
Woman’s Club
Rickless
Louis Hulseberg
Northwestern Bell
Jeff Podhask
New York Life Ins. Co
W. South PH
Tomers
Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
Allan J. Everist
Mgr
Federal Land Bank Association
St. N.E
Seasons Greetings
Jacque’s
Lee - Don
Ken - Luella
Roy
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