Jones County Farm Bureau Women Decide Clothing Family Project
In Anamosa a Friday meeting of the Jones County Farm Bureau women’s division convened by Mrs. Bernard Cass set the year’s study path. Members voted for a Clothing the Family project pending extension service approval and discussed township standards. A luncheon meeting is planned for February 25 with guest speaker Mrs. John Wallace.
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Women's Division
The
Farm Bureau
Court House
Anamosa
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
County Home Project
Iowa State College
Cass
Towa Farm Bureau Federation
Shrine Temple
Des Moines
Home Project Committee
John Wallace
Williamsburg
6Th District Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Board Seeks Lower Limestone Price
The Jones county Farm Bureau board met at the office on Saturday to review the budget and approve membership. Glenn Jones reported on Iowa Farm Bureau federation deliberations, and the board voted to press the state to keep limestone prices low to aid soil conservation and farming costs. They protest increased quarry prices to the state board of control.
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Jones County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Clarence Grafft
Budget Committee
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Glenn Jones
Anamosa
Jones County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
State Board of Control
Lorenzen Reelected Chairman of Eastern Iowa Beef Association
Louis Lorenzen of Olin was reelected chairman of the Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders Association at a meeting in Cedar Rapids hosted by the Jones County Beef Cattle Feeders. Roscoe Blinks of Marion was reelected vice chairman, Chris Kinsel of Vinton as secretary-treasurer. Ray Lysle discussed Packers and Stockyards Act admin. A three man committee including Kinsel, Otis Tuttle, and Blinks was formed to negotiate with packing houses over 3 percent shrinkage and hog grading at interior markets.
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Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Eastern
Towa Cattle Feeders Association
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Vicent
Chris Kinsel
Vinton
Jones County Beef Cattle Feeders’ Association
Iowa
Ray Lysle
Sioux City
Packers and Stockyards Act
Otis Tuttle
Norway
R. B. Blinks
Jones County
Harry Levsen
Jack Armstrong
Martelle
Carl Smith
Meter Contract Approved That Iowa Project Wins Meter Supply
REA approves a contract between project sponsors and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation of Des Moines to supply meters for each farm wired for electricity. Meters will be installed during project construction at no cost to farmers.
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REA
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Homemakers to Attend Farm and Home Week at ISU
A group of Jones county farm homemakers will travel to Iowa State College February 7 to 12 for Farm and Home week. The program features continuous home economics lectures, open house tours, and performances by Iowa State Players, with talks on finances, labor-saving appliances, trade agreements, and farm women in the cooperative movement led by notable speakers and Dean Genevieve Fisher.
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Jones County
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Genevieve Fisher
Louise J. Peet
Iowa State
Great Hall
James J. Wallace
Elizabeth Neveridge
The
Woman's Home Companion
T. W. Schultz
Hawaii
Dean Fisher
Margaret G. Reid
Worth County
Rural Women's Chorus
Farm and Home Week program spans four days in Tama County
The chorus tournament opens the schedule with a con cert on Wednesday. New York stylist Mrs Louise Huston will conduct a style show and Mrs Ray mond Sayre will speak as Farm Bureau women’s committee chair. 4-H club dinner precedes Farm and Home Week visitors. Thursday features Mrs Eugene Cutler of Iowa Fed of Women’s Clubs, a health talk by Dr C O Applewhite, a Living With Your Family panel, Gov Kraschel address, choral readings, and a one act play. Final day centers on child development with Dr William Blatz and a family relations focus.
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Louise Huston
New York
Raymond Sayre
State Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Ciumpis
Eugene Cutler
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
C. O. Applewhite
United States Public Health Service
N. G. Kraschel
Tama County
Marshall County
William Blatz
Canada
Rome Tru Hearts 4 H Club Holds January Meeting
The Rome Tru Hearts 4 H Girls' club met January 15 at the Embrees with five members a leader an assistant leader and one visitor. Talks covered cleanliness in canning conservation scrapbooks and care of the feet. A tin can canner demonstration accompanied sausage and sweet potatoes and music featured My Old Kentucky Home and Barbara Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tru Hearts
Old
Kentucky
Barbara Allen
Castle Grove 4-H Club to elect officers February 10
Members of the Castle Grove Boys 4-H Club will meet at Castle Grove school No. 2 Thursday evening February 10 at 8 o'clock. Officers for 1938 will be elected and the 1938 program written. A record keeping discussion will be led by the club agent. Fred Kromminga leads the club and chairs the county committee.
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Castle Grove
Castle Grove School
Fred Kromminga
Rural Young People to Meet in Anamosa February 17
A county wide gathering of youths in Jones County to form a permanent Rural Young People's association will be held in Anamosa on Thursday evening February 17 at 8 p.m. George Strayer state president of the Rural Young People's association will attend to aid in organization. He is a noted speaker and has led rural youth efforts for years. Details on location and program will be released soon.
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Jones County
Rural Young People’s Association
Anamosa
George Strayer
Strayer
4-H Music Records for 1938 Activities Arrive
Phonograph records for "Little Studies in American Music" arrive at the Farm Bureau office. 4-H girls and club leaders may check out up to 50 records for use in music activities at any time.
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Farm Bureau
County 4-H Club Committee Forms for 1938
The first meeting of the 1938 county girls' club committee was held January 29 at the Farm Bureau office. Members include Mrs. Harold Hartman Anamosa chairwoman Mrs. Alice Howie Monticello Mrs. W. B. Clark Scotch Grove Mrs. George Fishwild Wyoming and Mrs. H. Ellison Martello. Mrs. A. R. Embree Mechanicsville named county 4-H music chairman.
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County Girls’ Club
Farm Bureau
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
Alice Howie
Monticello
W. B. Clark
Scotch Grove
George Fishwild
Wyoming
H. Ellison
Martello
A. R. Embree
Mechanicsville
Jones 4-H Girls Plan Mothers Luncheon at Anamosa
County 4-H plans a mother daughter luncheon in Anamosa on Saturday February 19 at 1 pm. All 4-H girls and mothers are invited and full details on the venue and program will be announced next week. Edith Barker is invited to attend and Mrs Harold Hartman of Anamosa heads arrangements.
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Anamosa
Edith Barker
Harold Hartman
Jay Slater Enters Dairy Heifer Production Contest
Jay Slater of Olin has entered the State 4 H club dairy heifer production contest. His purebred Holstein heifer was named January 3 and daily milk weights and feed records are kept. Samples of milk are submitted for butterfat tests. He will exhibit his young heifer calf its dam and a yearling at next summer’s fair.
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Jay Slater
Olin
Jay
Boy Hero Saves Cream Bottles Despite Injury
Richard Gilbert a 15 year old from Rockwell City Calhoun County saved two bottles of cream after entering the J B Lyle home. He fell from a porch step fracturing his left wrist and wrist watch but he kept the bottles from breaking.
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Richard Gilbert
Dick Gilbert
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Richard
J. B. Lyle
New Hampshire Chickens Prove Superior In Hatchery Study
A poultry writer extols New Hampshire chickens noting heavy eggs, fast growth, and strong feathering. He cites a produce man shipping 4 000–5 000 chicks weekly who switched entirely to New Hampshires after 20 percent better hatch rates and 16 percent higher overall eggs.
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New Hampshire
New
New Hampshires
Iowa
Texas
Hopkinton items note obituaries and local events
The remains of Mrs. John C. Reed were laid to rest in Hopkinton cemetery after passing away in Manchester. The Clio club met with program highlights on historical sites and Williamsburg. Local groups, including the Rosary society and Hopkinton fire company, planned events and meetings, with civic leaders and PTA figures active in county affairs. Tipton defeated Lenox 40 to 30 in Hopkinton, and Hopkinton lost to Earlville 24 to 11 in basketball. Mrs. A G Burrows of Cedar Rapids visited R J Milroy's home.
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John C. Reed
Sand Spring
Manchester
Hopkinton
Reed
Fred Bort
Buck Creek
Clio Club
Mackintosh
Allen
Free Africa
Creagh
MacAllister
Old Dominion
Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller Jr
H. M. Reeve
D. R. Kruger
Hopkinton P.T.A
Delaware County
Parent-Teacher Association
Northeast
Iowa
Waterloo
The
Rosary Society of
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Hopkinton Fire Company
Legion Hall
Howard House
C. F. Smith
A. R. Stanger
WPA
Presbyterian Ladies’ Missionary Society
Earl Brutsman
Grossheim
Monticello
Charles Thompson
Tipton
Lenox Junior College
Lenox
Kirkwood
Earlville High School
Hopkinton Junior High
Earlville Junior High
Earlville
A. G. Burrows
Cedar Rapids
R. J. Milroy
Bur
Hill Sworn In After Graves Succession to Senate Seat
Sister Hill of Alabama is sworn in as a United States senator, succeeding Dixie Bibb Graves who held the seat after Hugo L. Black resigned to join the Supreme Court.
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Sister Hill
Alabama
United States Senate
Sen
Dixie Bibb Graves
Ren
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Family notices and local movements in Earlville and surrounding areas
Howard Kirkwood Jr rents a farm near Earlville and will quit teaching after years as Bradford Illinois teacher. Helen Mackintosh of Oxford returns to help grandmother Mrs Sarah McConnell celebrate 85th birthday with friends. Mackintosh resumes duties at Miami University in Ohio. Mrs Anna Kirkwood visits Dubuque with J R Kirkwood family. Times-Republican notes Roosevelt mood and Hoover as scapegoat.
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Rows
Washington
Mrs. White
John Knox
Howard Kirkwood Jr
Earlville
Bradford
Ill
Helen Mackintosh
Oxford
Ohio
Sarah McConnell
McConnell
Land sale in Scotch Grove changes hands to Schlemme couple
The 602 acre property once owned by John Hutton, with a mill and farm buildings, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Schlemme. The site evolved from a mill farm to a modern residence with extensive improvements, reflecting years of development and ownership changes. The note highlights community interest in the sale and the pride in transferring the property.
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John Hutton
L. J. Schlemme
Hutton
Local notices and meetings highlight township events
Township residents taking county exams include Dale Ladehoff Melvin Husman Lucile Bartels Velma Tobiason and Donald Leggett Lois Lange Ida Wood Teachers. Farm Bureau meeting February 9 at the Clarks reports from delegates Cass Carson. Travelogue Florida by Mrs Naylor with two films Pay Dirt and a comedy. Music by Mrs Carson. Social hour with refreshments. Benefit party by Women's Community club raises ten dollars. Ruth Paulsen Jr ill but improving. Naylor Freese return from Florida trip. Carsons moving east of Center Junction. Lange to farm vacated. Timber school presents radio carnival led by Miss Wood.
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Dale Ladehoff
Melvin Husman
Lucile Bartels
Velma Tobiason
Donald Leggett
Lois Lange
Ida Wood
Farm Bureau
W.B. Clark
Bernard Cass
H. H. Carson
Women’s Community Club
H. J. Dirks
George Moats
Monticello
Women's Community Club
Lyman Moats
Ruth Eleanor
Paul Paulsen Jr
R. A. Naylor
John Freese
Florida
C. B. Carson
Miss Wood
Thurs
Community News Briefs Include Birth and Local Happenings
A son born to Mr and Mrs Wallace Cruise of Hale on Tuesday January 25 marks the second child in the family with Mrs Cruise known as Josephine Poppe From the Center Junction creamery meeting Saturday many residents attended H H Carson is ill Folbert Hedden brother of Henry Hedden died Sunday night at John McDonald hospital in town
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Wallace Cruise
Hale
Cruise
Josephine Poppe
Center Junction
H. H. Carson
Folbert Hedden
Henry Hedden
John McDonal
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Lorenzen
Eastern Iowa Beef Association
Carter Glass
Virginia
Congress
Nancy Carter Boatwright
Senate
Frank Priebes Weekey
Black
RED Clover Coal
HOAG
Marshalltown
D. O. Sinclair
Arend Balster
Monarch Coffee
Nash
Big Smith
Rockford
China
the Express
County
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