Jones County 4-H Feeds Record Baby Beeves In 1940
4 H members in Jones County plan a larger feed of baby beeves than in prior enrollment. Sixty Hereford, 39 Angus, and 20 Shorthorn calves are on feed with many more reports due. Listing of members reporting calves includes Ray Larson Anamosa Willis Fairbanks Anamosa Howard Calvert Martelle Dick Wherry Onslow Kenneth Heeren Darvin Harden son Anamosa Philbert Harden son Anamosa and many others across Olin Center Junction Monticello Wyoming Scotch Grove and Lisbon Moj.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Jones
Callen
Farm Bureau
Herecfords
Ray Larson
Willis Fairbanks
Howard Calvert
Martelle
Dick Wherry
Onslow
Kenneth Heeren
Darvin Hardersen
Philbert Hardersen
Gene Sievers
Olin
James Turner
Oxford Junction
Grover Lorenzen
Virtus Lorenzen
Earl Phillips
Lawrence Williams
Merlin K. Lyon
Don Zaruba
Herman Ahrendsen
Merlin Ahrendsen
Lowell Ahrendsen
Peter Brodersen
Wyoming
Donald Brunscheen
Herman Brunscheen
Kenneth Brunscheen
Scotch Grove
Ralph Paulsen
Ronald Paulsen
John Ketelsen
Center Junction
Donald Ketelsen
Dale Adams
Monticello
Record Turkey Crop and Feather Market Boom
Frank Priebe's Weekly discusses geese and turkey markets. Demand for feathers soars as furniture makers seek substitutes, while turkey growers face volatile prices after a larger than usual 32 million birds. A veteran poultry raiser notes profitability hinges on consistent strategy, not timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Anyar
Walt Guy
Debt Adjustment Committee Meets in Anamosa
The Debt Adjustment Committee will meet at the courthouse in Anamosa on Friday January 1 at 1 pm. Farmers seeking the committee’s services are invited to attend. J Keith Noll, farm security supervisor from Cedar Rapids, will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
Ipan
J. Keith Noll
Cedar Rapids
Cows Produce 139,816 Lbs Milk 5,281 Lbs Butterfat In November
The South Jones Cow Testing association reports 281 cows tested in November produced 139,816 pounds of milk with 5,281.3 pounds of butterfat. Average per cow was 498 pounds of milk and 18.8 pounds of butterfat. 57 cows were dry. Top herds included Prentice and Streeter Anamosa C C Jones Hale George Hanken Monroe and Walderbach CG Saur and E Finn & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Jones Cow Testing Association
Dale Wicks
Prentice
Streeter
C. C. Jones
Hale
George & Hanken
Anamosa
Monroe and Walderbach
Saur
Tipton
Soath Cay
Monticello FFA Initiates 33 Green Hand Members
The Monticello chapter of FFA initiated 33 Coggan chapter boys into the green hand degree after the opening ceremony. A Christmas meeting followed with talks, poems, and Rev. S. G. Gutensohn as main speaker. Herman Welter Jr. earned a magazine story honor and prize money. The FRA rodent contest between Melvin Hein and Gene Walker sits near a tie at 850 points each, with 1200 to win and an oyster supper for the losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Coggan
Gene Walker
Rev
S. G. Gutensohn
Lavern Buol
Herman Welter, Jr
Rome Tru Hearts Make Candy for Christmas
The Tru Hearts 4-H club met at Florence Austin's home and discussed Christmas wishes. Florence demonstrated fudge candy while Helen Hartley spoke on Courtesy when Traveling and Mrs. Ray Embree recalled local fish reports and the Meal Guide and Bread. The group studied songs for next year, created a Christmas centerpiece, exchanged gifts, played games, and enjoyed refreshments with mistletoe holly and cedar given to each girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tru Hearts 4-H
Florence Austin
Helen Hartley
Ray Embree
Laurie Cook
South Jones Cow Testing Report Summary
The report lists top milk producers from South Jones with totals: highest cow 1817 pounds butterfat, led by Prentice and Streeter. Herds include George and Hanken Anamosa 1064 milk 37.8 butterfat. W H Finn & Son Central City 1857 milk 31.0 butterfat. Harold Thompson Anamosa 618 milk 29.6 butterfat. Co C Jones Hale 805 milk 26.8 butterfat. Two separators incurred a monthly loss of 6.38 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice and
Streeter
Anamosa
George and
Hanken
Monroe and Walderbach
W. H. Finn & Son
Central City
Harold Thompson
Co. C. Jones
Hale
New Cow Tester Is Employed
Gerald Benesch of Center Point was named cow tester for the association succeeding Dale Wicks who resigned to enter Iowa State College. Benesch, who completed two cow tester courses at Iowa State College, begins work in the county January 1, bringing dairy-farm experience to the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Benesch
Center Point
South Jones Cow Testing Association
Benesch
Dale Wicks
Iowa State College
Mgr. Beneseh
Towa State College
Farmers Caution on Canadian Oats in Jones County
Farm Bureau notes salesmen tout Vanguard oats from Canada at $2 to $38 per bushel. County Agent Carl Smith warns Vanguard is not suited to Jones county due to late maturity and local climate. Iowa State trials in recent decades found Vanguard too late for typical Iowa seasons except a rare 1939-like year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Vanguard
Carl Smith
Winnipeg
Canada
Iowa State College
Iowa
Wayne Township Boys' Club Elects Officers at Home Meeting
The Wayne Township Boys' Club met Tuesday at Marvin and Merle Jansen's home with Merle Jansen presiding. Marvin Jansen elected president. Dale Danneman vice president. Galen Cook secretary. Dean Zirkelbach treasurer. LaVern Engelbart news reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Boys’ Club
Marvin
Merle Jansen
Marvin Jansen
Dale Danneman
Galen Cook
Dean Zirkelbach
LaVern Engelbart
William Jansen
Wyoming 4 H Club Elects Officers for 1940
The Wyoming 4-H boys club elected officers for 1940 at a meeting hosted by Louis Kouba. Peter Brodersen was named president with Harry Rohwedder as vice president and Donald Brunseheen as secretary treasurer. Members discussed projects and exchanged Christmas gifts before games and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Eetsleen Sells Goods at Market Amid Mixed Reactions
A garbled report notes Eetsleen selling items at a market with comments on price and buyer satisfaction. The text mentions a person named Pade Catth and references about pounds, percentages, and general market activity. Details are uncertain due to damaged OCR.
Love and Being Loved Quote Reflects On Service
A brief quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson extols the link between love and service, asserting that ongoing love and friendship render individuals indispensable and not useless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scotch Grove Boys Elect Officers
The Scotch Grove 4 H club held a meeting at the Naylor home on Wednesday December 20 electing Alvin Weerts president Jack Naylor president Ralph Husman Aryohn Ketelsen treasurer and Jerry Naylor news reporter. Ralph Pawsen was noted for a baby beef project and the group planned future program topics. Refreshments were served by Mrs Naylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove Boys
Jack
Jerry Naylor
Alvin Weers
Jack Naylor
Ralph Husman
Aryohn Ketelsen
Trea Furer
CP Pe
Sageral
Arthur Nan Diss Poultey
Ralph Pawsen
Clay 4 H Stock Club Holds Monthly Meeting
Fifteen members and ten parents attended the Clay 4 H stock club monthly meeting at Jack Orrs home. Roll call was answered by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Orr
Election of 4 H Officers and New Members Noted
The 4 H group elected officers with Boyd Chatterton as president and Billy Callahan as vice president. Jack Orr became secretary Kenneth Heeren treasurer and Richard Nims named news reporter. New records books and bulletins on feeding dairy heifers were distributed. Thomas Keating joined as a new member and William Reade, Onslow, is named the new leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Chatterton
Billy Callahan
Jack Orr
Kenneth Heeren
Richard Nims
Thomas Keating
William Reade
Onslow
Leaneh
Orr
Crop And Feed Loans Available In Jones County
Arthur J. Petit announces 1940 emergency crop and feed loans available to farmers in Jones county. Applications taken at the Farm Bureau office and forwarded to Petit. Loans go to those with small cash resources unable to obtain credit from banks or other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Petit
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Mr. Petit
New Daughter Born at McDonald Hospital in Sand Spring
Mrs. Edward Cox welcomes a new daughter born Dec. 19 at the McDonald hospital. The community also notes Farm Bureau ladies meeting at Mrs. W H Behrends with a Phase 2 furnishing solutions session and a Christmas program. Several couples and families visitors span Clinton to Dubuque and Mt Vernon during Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
W. H. Behrends
Welter
George Arduser
Delhi
Cap Arduser
Fred Egger
Fred Benning
Dyersville
Margaret Murray
Fred Welter
Dubuque
Etta Behrends
Edith
Edna
O. Prader
Monticello
W. H. Berrends
J. L. Batchelder
Fred Bohlken
Marion
Cyril Stevenson
Louis Buresh
Oxford Junction
William Baum
John Arnold
Earlvile
Charles Martin
Epworth
Russell Chaplin
Ray Chaplin
Lester Lang
Charlotte Kay
Dave Wilson
Irene Shaffer
Mount Vernon
Blanche Moser
Phyllis
Jean Cox
E. H. Cox
New Cane
McDonald Hospital
Kay Chaplin
Kirby-Wilson
Lydia Martin
KE. W. Brondel
Cedar Rapids
Death notices from Hopkinton honor Ellen Reed and Charles Stahr
Ellen M. Reed 92 of Hopkinton dies Sunday December 24 at William McGlade’s east Hopkinton home. Born Dresden Ohio September 30 1847 she married Gibson Reed in 1871 and lived on farms before moving to Wilsonville Nebraska then back to Hopkinton. Funeral Tuesday at the McGlade home with burial near Runton cemetery. Charles H. Stahr 82 of Hazel Green township died December 19 and is buried in Hopkinton cemetery after services at Gay Washburn’s home. He was born in Dyersville June 4 1857 and survived by sister Mrs. F R Tesar and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Ellen M. Reed
William McGlade
Ellen M. McGlade
Dresden
Ohio
Gibson Reed
Wilsonville
Neb
Reed
Kev
Allen
Runton
W. Hickman
Spokane
Shy
Air
AL KR. Cramer
Uelen Hickman
Charles H. Stahr
Gay Washburn
Hazel Green Township
Mr. Stahr
Charles Stahr
Dyersville
F. R. Tesar
Louis
Hopkinton Students Stage Christmas Program in Lenox
Hopkinton grade school pupils presented a Christmas program at Lenox gymnasium to a large audience. Afterward a committee of PTA members handed out apples and paper balls to the children. Local families and students from U of I Monmouth College and other institutions were mentioned in holiday travel and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Stahr
Chicago
William F. Stahr
Coggon
Hopkinton
Lenox Gymnasium
PTA
James Ricketts
Haron
Toby
Rally
Thomas Doman
Key West
Fla
Vaal
Ethel V. Morton
Davenport
Chas
Morton
Maurice Godberson
Denison
Thomas Tibbitts
Don Phelps
Robert Smith
U, of I
Hilabeth Reeve
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Margaret Griffith
Central Business College
Indianapolis
Ind
Frances de Best
Bristol
J. C. Edgar
Albert Edgar
Andrew Patton
Edgar
Loretta Edgar
Washington, D. C
Stanley Efferding
Claude Miller
Margaret Miller
Orient
Hopkinton High School
Oneida
Ray Steele
Scotch Grove Couple to Marry this Wednesday
Miss Birdena Schaffer and Ben Tobiason of Wayne township plan wedlock today at Wayne Lutheran church. A wedding dance will follow in Monticello’s new Community building. Christmas exercises at the Presbyterian church featured a Sunday evening program with a Sunday school orchestra and carols led by Harold Alyea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Birdena Schaffer
Henry Schaffer
Ben Tobiason
Wayne Township
Wayne Lutheran Church
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Esther Sinclair
Harold Alyea
Larry Paulsen
Teddy Eby
Ruth Paulsen
Venita Hughes
Herbert Husman
Harold Husman
Dwayne Elwood
Donald Husman
San
Christmas Program Ends With Santa Claus Appearance
Ruth Clark read ta Claus is Sad and Ruth Zirkelbach Janet Sinclair Alice Clark spoke in Peace on Earth. The Loyal Followers class performed and the pageant Darkness and Daylight featured Mrs. Clark as narrator with Tessher Sinclair assisting. Christmas guests across Monticello area filled church and home gatherings on Christmas day.
Adlerika Advertised To Relieve Gas From Constipation
An ad promotes Adlerika as a remedy for stomach gas causing heart pressure. It claims one dose relieves pressure and cleanses both bowels and is sold at all drug stores.
Community notices and holiday gatherings in Scotch Grove
Rickela and family of Anamosa attended a Sunday dinner. Miss Berdena Shaffer and Ben Tobiason were honored with a shower at the Shaffer home near Langworthy. Constance Naylor of Ames visits family. Dick Naylor in Hermosa, S. C. for a few days. Paul Paulsen Jr and family joined a gathering at Paulsen Sr and Mrs. Paulsen’s Onslow home. Presbyterian aid society holds an all day meeting January 3 at Mrs. G. J. Hughes home with a picnic dinner and topics on mission and home project. Christmas Day gatherings included May Himebaugh’s home with multiple relatives. Wayne carolers and a Balster Implement loud speaker provided music in Scotch Grove. Selena Otten of Waterloo and Ben Otten’s accident and hospital status noted. The Women’s Community club luncheon at Mrs. Henry Hedden’s featured a Christmas pageant and gift exchange. Mrs. Bernard Cass underwent appendectomy in Monticello hospital. Mrs. Kiburz sketched Mrs. John Jacobs. Visitors included Mrs. Alva Zimmerman, Miss Maxine Lange, Miss Esther Sinclair. No church services at Presbyterian due to pastor’s illness. Inver Moats of Guttenberg and Minneapolis visitors in Scotch Grove and Monticello for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickela
Anamosa
Berdena Shaffer
Ben Tobiason
George ‘Shaffer
Langworthy
Constance Naylor
Ames
R. A. Naylor
Dick Naylor
Hermosa
S. C
May Himebaugh
Arthur Himebaugh
C. B. Carson
Marvin Rine
Hopkinton
Frank Himebaugh
Center Junction
Paul Darting
Wilton Junction
Leslie Himebaugh
Paul Paulsen
E. E. Moats
Luther
Montana
Gilbert McKeen
Marvin Lacock
John Lacock
Mount Vernon
Wayne
Zion Lutheran Church
Scotch Grove
Marion Jones
Laurel Deane
Stanwood
Elmer Ernst
Eloise Sutherland
Alta
F. D. Sutherland
Emmet Moats
Junction
Monta
Scote Grove
Bernard Cass
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Women’s Community Club
Henry Hedden
Clark
August Schrader
Abbott
Henrichs
Esther Sinclair
Presbyterian Church
A. Alyea
D. W. Hutton
Minneapolis
Inver Moats
Guttenberg
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Angus Leland Appleberry
Donald Fairbanks
Lloyd Andre
Lisbon
Martello
Robert Nowachek
Paul Ernest Paulsen
Raymond von Sprecken
Gene Denniston
Richard Eichhorn
Richard Rohwedder
Harry Rohwedder
Ruth Hintz
Billy Hintz
Leo Waggoner
John Messerli
Lloyd Messerli
Paul Messerli
Robert Messerli
Shorthorn
Warren Wicham
Norman French
Donald Bruanscheen
Herman Brunscheen, Jr
Charles Eggert
Ralph Eggert
Hwkens
Yimy Preable
Frank Priebes
Letter Poultry
CTA
E. Finn & Son
BP. A. News
Rome
South Jones
Wyoming Club
Sand Spring
Ta Claus
Ruth Clark
Neal Paulsen
Alice Clark
Ruth Zirkelbach
Janet Sinclair
Kathleen Paulsen
Mrs. Clark
Testher Sinclair
Santa Claus
Henry Bartels
Tawile
Elinor
Louis Heeren
Alva Zimmerman
W. B. Henrichs
John Stahlberg
Frances Taylor
W. S. Eby
Frank Kiburz
Donald Klopp
Ray Klaudletter
Galesburg
Ray Wright
J. M. Eby
D. K. Brady
Lillie Brady
Bert King
Castle Grove
L. J. Hughes
Vaneta
Eloise
O. N. Loomis
Geneva Loomis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Robert Norris
Henry Schrader
D. O. Sinclair
A. B. Nichols
Evelyn Courtney
George Courtney
Gilbert Cooper
Ethel Courtney
Miriam Courtney
Des Moines
Clifton Abbott
Hughes
Winifred Blake
Council Bluffs
Julian Blake
Seattle
Fred Blake
Cleveland
G. J. Hughes
Elmer Rickels
Kay Don
Perry
Clarence
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For
Buckner
Caroline
Caroline Pater
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Arend Balster Stores
Monticello and Vicinity
Shaffer
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