Jones County Farm Bureau Training for Conservation Committees
Jones County Farm Bureau held a training school at Center Junction on Saturday with 64 farmers attending. Mr. Vigors of the state Agricultural Conservation Committee lectured on the 1937 farm program and the group discussed establishing bases and methods to appraise farm productivity for planning this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sail Conservation Committees
Center Junction
Vigors
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Eastern Iowa Beef Feeders Meet in Cedar Rapids
Seven eastern Iowa counties were represented at a Cedar Rapids gathering of the Eastern Iowa District Beef Cattle Feeders. Forty feeders discussed problems, sent a telegram to Senators Herring and Gillette opposing the Argentine Sanitary Convention, and adopted resolutions on livestock regulation, market prices, and regional cattle feeder organization. The next meeting will be in Anamosa with Lorenzen as temporary chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Jones County Beef Cattle Feeders
Jones, Linn
Benton
Cedar
Clinton, Johnson
U. S.S
Senate
Towa
Clinton
Johnson
Jones and Linn
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Bureau
Extension Service
Anamosa
Jones County
Ray George
Monticello
Herman Brunscheen
Paul Levsen
Wyoming
Jones County Farmers Oppose Jack Rabbit Imports
Farmers from all sixteen townships in Jones County, led by Irving Hintz of Monticello, adopted a resolution opposing the importation of jack rabbits due to pest risk. The measure, passed at the soil conservation training school, recorded a single dissenting vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Soil Conservation County Training School
Tydlewin
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Jones County Soil Conservation Committee
Jones
Farm Bureau membership drive honors Jones county leaders
In Jones county the Farm Bureau seeks members over the next two weeks with William McLaughlin as county president. The statements name local leaders who advanced cash and office space, organized the warehouse board and corn sealing, set up the debt conciliation committee, and formed the Rural Electrification Cooperative to bring affordable power to farms. The group continues daily work on cooperative marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farmers benefit from efficiency and quality gains
The text argues that higher farm profits and better consumer products follow from improved cooperation and services. It notes savings from lower Federal Land Bank loan rates and highlights the role of a Des Moines Washington D C organization representing farmers. It emphasizes community cooperation with cooperative leaders, college specialists, and local agents to address rural issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
Farm Bureau
State College
4 H Club Agent Max Sauerbry Resigns
Max Sauerbry resigns as Jones County 4-H Club Agent effective February 1 to join Wilson Packing Company in Chicago. Farm Bureau votes to hire a successor from extension service as soon as available. A farewell party at the K P Hall Anamosa honors his year of service with about forty attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Saunerbry
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Sauerbry
Wilson Packing Company
Chicago
Farm Breau Board of Directors
Town State College
Jones County
K. P. Hall
Anamosa
Max
Farm Bureau Opens February Membership Drive Across Jones County
The Jones county Farm Bureau schedules its annual membership drive from February 8 to 20. Representatives from 16 townships met at Anamosa Legion hall to finalize plans led by district director Ivan Trottonow. Every farmer will be contacted to join as dues rise from 5 to 10 dollars to strengthen county support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Anamosa
Ivan Trottonow
Farn. Bureau
Jones County
Soil Conservation Officers Re.elected in Jones County
L T Lorenzen of Wyoming was re elected president of the Jones County Agricultural Conservation Association and county committee chair by township directors meeting in Monticello. William Stanton Washington township is re elected vice president and Ray Stivers Jackson township is re elected the third member. Ray Sanford Wayne township becomes alternate. Carl Smith Anamosa is re elected secretary and LeRoy Dirks Center Junction is re elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Lorenzen
Wyoming
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Association
Monticello
William Stanton
Washington Township
Ray Stivers
Jackson Township
Ray Sanford
Wayne Township
Carl Smith
Anamosa
LeRoy Dirks
Center Junction
Rural Electrification Franchise Application Filed
The Jones County Rural Electrification Cooperative filed an application for a franchise with the Board of Railroad Commissioners to cover about 300 miles of line. The hearing is set in Des Moines on Feb 23, with final project details being completed to invite bids for construction at the earliest date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Rural Electrification Cooperative
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Board of Railroad
Des Moines
Local notes and incidents from Castle Grove area
A roundup of brief items mentions McDowell Hogan weathering icy roads near a fat cattle shipment, a Prult Brothers coal truck ditch near a Lutheran church, and several autos slipping on the icy Way. Also reported are a soil conservation meeting trip, Farmers Mutual Insurance activity, parish visits, a farm building wiring, a wedding party, a postponed farm bureau meeting, and local travel and health notes. An observation on vocabulary sizes closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve McDowell
Joseph M. Hogan
Chicago
Prult Brothers
Howie
George Balster
James F. Heonan
F.C. Cramer
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance
Shir
Rev
A. Thalacker
Farm Bureau
Pfeil
H. A. Deischer
M. J. Hogan
Olin Howie Jr
Luther Howland
Monticello
W. F. Hintz
Ottumwa
Paul
Henry Caspers
California
Scotch Grove Relief Drive Reaches Local Donations
A $54.10 contribution from Scotch Grove and nearby areas supported flood sufferers via the Red Cross in Monticello. Donations may be left at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Red Cross
Monticello
Gilbert Cooper
Lee Streets
Nora Streets
Pueblo
Arizona
Cooper
Presbyterian Church
Jo Royden
Iowa City
Sunbeam Mission Band
D. O. Sinclair
Theodore Behrends
University Hospital
Behrends
J. Poppe
Arend Poppe
Langworthy
Balster
Lois Naylor
H. J. Dirks
Harm Helgens
Elmer Schmidt
F. D. Sinclair
Homemakers and community events in Onslow area
The Onslow Homemakers group met for an all day Nutrition lesson at Mrs. Max Hamilton’s home. A birthday surprise honored Mrs. Velma Nielsen. Guests played 500 at two tables and shared a picnic supper. Several local residents were noted for travels, illnesses, and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
Max Hamilton
Velma Nielsen
Tom Lathrop
Herman Gutzeit
Hannah Smith
Canton
Hannah Carpentar
Floyd Horton
Geneva
Neb
Hopkinton Obituary and Local News Roundup
Funeral services for Mrs. Thressa Estella Dighton are reported along with community notes in Hopkinton. The piece notes family survivors, a description of her life, and the burial at Hopkinton cemetery. Community events include a Des Moines Register moving pictures program for service clubs and an upcoming Golden Wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Cramer. Also covered are a church property purchase proposal and a promotion in Casper Wyoming for a school superintendent. The article lists extensive family ties and local officials involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow Community Fund
Red Cross
al Switters
Eldora
Steamboat Rock
Will Bramer
John Jansen
Gerd Gress
Jones
Aid
Dave Taylor
Jeffrey
Alfred Moore
Fred von Sprecken
Mabel Phillips
Olin
R.W. Chatterton
Jake Manwiller
H. W. Koon
Cedar Rapids
Onveen
Minn
W. K. Kennedy
Roosevelt Hotel
L. M. Smith
C. R. Smith
George Sears
George Paulsen
Velma Nielsen
Willard Larkey
Anamosa
Onslow
Donald Kirby
Treasury
Domestic Science
Presbyterian Church
Henry A. Schmitt
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Lincoln
Paul French
Manse
Wiliam Tharp
Coggon
Hopkinton
Center Point
Maryon Sorenson
Eldon
Elizabeth Phillips
Henderson
Miss Sorenson
Linda Burdick
Mary Zeuch
Chicago
Clara
Howard
Robert Rilley
Aurora
L. C. Ellington
Cecelia
Viola
Buck Creek Methodist Church
Thressa Estella Dighton
Roy Dighton
David and
Ann Riley
Dubuquéd County
Dubuque
Delaware
John C. Dighton
Roy
Buck Creek
Duane
Bernice
Clark
Earley
Reva
Zella
Robert
David Dighton
Kate Smith
Rapid City
S. D
Mamie Elington
Kathryn Pierce
Raymond Smith
Harry Pierce
A. B. Soule
Brown
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Register
Casper
Wyo
Dean Morgan
Morgan
Charles Morgan
Lenox College
Woodward Cottage
St. Luke's Church
A. P. Himebaugh
A. K. Cramer
Castle Grove
Jones County
Towa
Cramer
Martin
Helen Hickman
Washington
Glayds Bolen
Washington, D. C
W. P. Cramer
California
G. L
Jimmie) Cramer
Delhi
Dorothy Guthrie
Oneida
Alice Main
Manchester
Helen White
Cleveland
Ohio
Oscar
Henry Lewis
Emma Stevens
Sioux City
F. E. Bentley
Rhodes
B. O. Houston
Belvidere
Charles Cramer
Hop-kinton
Cascade Obituaries Highlight Hunter Koppes Pasker Deaths
Obituaries from Cascade chronicle Nathan Hunter born Oct 14 1888 in Cascade son of Isaac P Hunter and Nancy Hunter survived by Sue five sons three sisters and seven more relatives. Clem Koppes born 1901 in Hazel Green Township survived by widow five children and siblings. Leonard Pasker born 26 years ago at New Vienna son of Henry and late Mrs Pasker noted for residences and church funeral at St Pauls Worthington. A virgin forest proverb closes the rural notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hunter
Cascade
Isaac P. Hunter
Cascade Post
Hunter
Sue, Menster
St. Mary's
J. B. Albers
Iowa Telephone Company
Joseph
Ray
Fred
Nancy Hunter
Dewey
Amy Reynolds
Monticello
Rose Heally
Erickson
B. C
Devaney Undertaking
Devaney Funeral
East Cascade
William J. Macaulay
Methodist
Cascade Protestant
Clem Koppes
Hazel Green Township
Delaware County
John Koppes
St. Peter's Church
Temple Hill
Lucille Hayes
St. Martin’s Church
Thomas J. Rooney
Mary Agnes
Vivian
Madonna
James
Robert
Orville
Louis Leesecamp
Clarence Sandt
Madeline
John Joseph
St. Martin's Church
St. Martins
Daddy
Leonard Pasker
New Vienna
Henry Pasker
Clem Wilhelm
Worthington
Art Dehner
St. Paul's Church
J. H. Schilmoeller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County Farm Bureau
Eastern
Farm Bureau Membership
Max Sauerbry
Soil Conservation Officers
D. C. Sinclair
Otto Powlishta
Herman Lange
Monticello High School
Jean Royden
Maxine Langs
Maxine Lange
Legion Auxiliary
Nyestock
Mr. Cramer
W. P. Lord
FP. R. Triar
Mary Martha de Best
Helen Downs
Thomas Tibbitts
W. A. Hicks
Onsiow Mutual Telephone
G. F. French
Lillian Buck
Thelma Johnston
L. Petersen
Onslow Savings Bank
J. R. Ramey
Rochester
Edna Wasson
James Buchner
Antioch
Richard Seehusen
Herman Seehusen
Oulaw
Lorraine
Joyce
Lutheran Church
Sand Hill Church
Andrew Jansen
Jansen
Ruth Sears
Henry von Sprecken
George Benhart
Oxford Junction
Ed Paulsen
Thomas J. Lane
North Star
Ames College
E. Tigges
Ames
Idaho
P. M. Dahlem, Geo. Stuhlers Son’s Co
Farmers Elevator Co
Martello
Marion
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Sand Spring
Farmers Grain Co
Monte Blue As
Joun Deere
Aaa
John Deere
Farmers Implement Company
John Deere Store
South
Monticello, Iowa
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