Christmas Couple Celebrate Sixty Years Together
Christmas Day marks the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Newton French, longtime Wyoming residents. They married December 25, 1878 in Anamosa and have lived in the area since 1882, with seven children, 14 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
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Wyoming
Newton French
Canton
Manchester
French
Niles School
Wyoming Cemetery Association
Telephone Exchange
Presbyterian Church
Nellie Huston
Deronda
Wis
Lillian Buck
Onslow
Grace Hammond
Twin Falls
Ida
Ella Wooder
Rock Island
Beth Marshall
Dorothy Marshall
Lester French
Rey
Earl
Mildred Hood
Wayne Lutheran Choir Sings Carols and Christmas Events
Wayne Lutheran Church hosts Christmas programs with large attendance. The Wayne Lutheran choir performed carols on Christmas Eve and caroling visits occurred in Jones County towns including Scotch Grove Tobias Tobiason Monticello and Cass Center. Family gatherings followed with goose dinner and homemade candy amid snowy conditions.
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Wayne
E. E. Willms
Arnold
Florence Wilms
Frederick Kehren
Johanna
Lois
Hildegard
Clara Kehren
Heer
George H., Hagen
Wayne Lutheran Sunday School
Wayne Lutheran Choir
Jones County
Scotch Grove
Tobias Tobiason
Monticello
Tobias Rieken
Langworthy
Heven Store
Wroblewski
Amber
J. Hinrichs
Cass Center
Max Specht Named President Of Rural Youth Group
Jones County Rural Youth Association elected Max Specht as president for 1939. He lives in Castle Grove township and is the son of George Specht. Other officers elected were Mrs. James Whitmore Olin vice president Mrs. Elwyn May Anamosa secretary Harold Calvert Martelle treasurer and Marjorie Humpal Anamosa reporter. The new officers begin January duties. The election occurred during the December meeting held as a party at the Whitmores home. Members were entertained by Miss Louise McColmr with a piano solo and R L Runkle spoke on life insurance. Plans were set for the rural young people short course at Anamosa January 8 to 12.
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Jones County Rural Youth Association
Max Specht
Max
Castle Grove Township
George Specht
James Whitmore
Olin
Elwyn May
Anamosa
Harold Calvert
Martelle
Marjorie Humpal
Louise McColmr
R. L. Runkle
Wyoming 4 H Boys Organized for 1939
Robert Fishwild was elected president of the Wyoming Boys Club at the December meeting held at the home of Mr and Mrs Peter Seivers. Herman Brunscheen Jr was elected vice president and Richard Rohwedder was elected secretary treasurer. The new officers will resume their duties in January. The program committee consisting of the above officers John Bichorn and the club leaders R P Morse and Irvin Sievers will meet soon to plan the program for the next year.
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Robert Fishwild
Wyoming Boys’ Club
Peter Seivers
Herman Brunscheen Jr
Richard Rohwedder
John Bichorn
R. P. Morse
Irvin Sievers
Regal Roast Beef For New Year's Dinner
New Year guidance from home economist Inez Willson favors roast beef for the holiday dinner. Instructions cover rolled rib roast prep, bone removal, slow roasting at 300 F, warming times per pound, and temperatures for rare to well done. Recommend sides include browned potatoes gravy vegetables and salad. Ornamental metal barriers replace wooden ones at the London cenotaph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez
Willson
Home Economist
Jones County Farm Bureau Plans 1939 Annual Meeting
Jones County Farm Bureau directors set January 5 1939 for its annual meeting at Olin High School starting 10:00 AM. Agenda includes business, project reports, officer elections, and corn and legume show by Future Farmers chapter. AAA head Wickard cites 1939 plan to boost crop output, soil conservation, and farmer income.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Olin High School
W. D. McLaughlin
Jones County
Future Farmers Chapter
Olin School
Seven Boys Attend 4-H Short Course
Seven Jones County 4-H boys will attend the annual 4-H boys short course and convention at Iowa State College during the Christmas holidays December 27 to 29. Representing the county are John Eichorn Wyoming Dean Newman Martelle and Chester Miller Martelle.
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Jones County
Iowa State College
Ray Sorensen
John Eichorn
Wyoming
Dean Newman
Martelle
Chester Miller
AAA Program To Get Underway Here In January
Members of the Jones County Rural Conservation Committee with chair L T Lorenzen and others attended a district AAA meeting at Ocelwe to learn about the 1939 farm program. State and county officials led the session. Countywide meetings will follow to brief township committeemen on the docket and local implementation. Acreage allotments for corn, wheat and soil-depleting crops will determine each farm s share of the national and state quotas.
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Claude Wickard
AAA
North Central Region
Jones County
Wyoming and Iowa club convention mission under way
Reynolds Fishwild Jay Slater and Olin leaders depart Tuesday by car for a large convention in Wyoming and Iowa with 1200 to 1300 Iowa club members expected. J L Christianson University of Minnesota will speak. R K Bliss Iowa State College will preside. diverse speakers listed. Short course splits by age with eleven departmental groups for older boys and separate lectures for juniors.
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Reynold Fishwild
Wyoming
Jay Slater
Olin
Virtus Lorenzen
Willard Byerly
Iowa Club
J. L. Christianson
School of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
General Assembly
Charles E. Finley
Ne College
R. E. Buchanan
Paul Taff
Murl McDonald
M. D. Helser
David Wall
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Grover Miehe
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Jessie Koch
W.R.C. Officers
Mra
Alex Adams
Woman’s Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
C. H. Rogers
EB. 8. Pealer
Mont Tasker
C. E. ‘Wherry
Roy Bender
Elias Anderson
E. S. Pealer
Corps
E. 8
Betty Dawes
Merton Miller
Lee Allen
Masonic Lodge
Howard Gee
Les Sherrill
G. W. Ireland
A. W. Peck
Greer-Swain
Methodist Church
Dollie Greer
Lora Vargason
Lynn Swain
Davenport
Guy Swain
McCausland
H. W. Farnham
Ivan Mader
John Wherry
Ronald Holtz
Leslie
Charles Stevenson
Charlotte Farnham
Oregon
Arlene Swain
W. c. George
Lowell Warren
DeWitt
W. M. Bissell
Miss Swain
Tallapers
Holly
Elizabeth Marshal
Madge Millsap
Vera Tompkins
Helen Levsen
Dorothy Rohwedder
Wyoming High School
Cedar Rapids
Swain
Rock Island High School
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Western Grover Company
Rieka Rohwedder
Harry Levsen
E. F. Rohwedder
A. G. Rohwedder
Otto Rohwedder
Wlyoming
Hans Rohwedder
Harry Levysen
N. C. Holst
Roe
R. J. Tidman
Iowa Falls
Robert Pollock
Rolfe
Miss Butcher
Des Moines
Miss Streeper
Miss Fleming
Miss Cunning
Cedar Falls
Miss Downing
Pollock
Eagle Grove
Elmer Buckingham
Betty
L. M. Koch
Mary Koch
Chicago
BE. L. Koch
Nashua
Garland Coates
Paul Koch
Clinton
Duane Platner
R. G. Platner
J. W. Walte
Waterloo
H. D. State
Tasker Henderson
J. W. Morse
Ruth Alden
Denver
Colo
A. G. Alden
Robert. Alden
Marian Leysen
Willis Glassgow
Shenandoah
J. A. Hoeven
Ellen Marshall
Oskaloosa
Regal Roast Beef
Londin
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Office
Arend Balster Stores
Iowa
Ae Money
Zon
St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company
Chevrolet Values
FORD
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Ann Malnar
Terisetay
St. Paul, Minn
Dar Rapids
Giszette
Washington
Monte Theati Monticello
George O'Brien
Lawless Valley
Jack Carl
Lucille Ball
Annabel
Bob Hope
Shirley Ross
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Frances Mercer
Miss Manton
Merchant’s
Loving Cup
Denkhoff
Schoon Cafe
Mary Jane Veitch
Monticello Greenhouse
Velma's
Denkhoff Jeweler
Ray’s
Conoco Station
Matthiessen Auto & Supply
Clark
Sinclair Station
Long’s
Steve Zimmerman’s Clothing
Zimmerman’s Beauty Shop
Shaffer’s Sweet Shop
Childress-Hoag Co
Helms Studio
Stuhler's Grocery
Stuhler’s Clothing
Joyce Bright
Ruth Ann Hoag
Kathryn Rink
Kathryn Woodall
Virginia Clark
Juanita Shover
Edna Howell
Mary Schoon
Mary L.rickless
Shirley. Hoag
Carol
Cartano
Bernice Tobiason
Schoenhut Bakery
Smartwear
Schultz Bros
Egeer’s
Kruse Auto Parts
Superior Perm
Wave Iowa Electric _ Alberts Cleaners
Casper’s
Allyn’s
Shomont Dairy Stuhler’s Shoes
Gene Byers
Francis Collins
Kathryn O'Rourke
Wilma Harford
Wanda Podhaski
Eunice Howland
Pearl Harford
Lois Schneider
Florence Shover
Mary J. Veitch
Lavon Lambert
Ruth Roberts
Josephine Rickless
Chas. Farrell
Jacqueline Wells
Claudette Colbert
Ann Shirley
Ralph Bellamy
Gene Byers Music Shop
Montiello and
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