South Jones Cow Testing to Hold Winter Meeting
Jones County Farm Bureau announces the annual South Jones Cow Testing association meeting at the Legion hall Anamosa Friday evening Feb 24. Oyster supper at 7 15 for members families and friends followed by program and social evening. Certificates will be presented to dairymen with good records for 1938. Program and supper committees listed with Anamosa residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Byerly
South Jones Cow Testing Association
Legion Hall
Anamosa
Dale Wicks
Harold Hartman
William Walderbach
Jake Streeter
Swine Production Meeting Draws Iowa State Experts
Despite sub zero weather, 5 farmers attended a swine production meeting at Anamosa on a Sunday. Prof E L Quaife and Dr K W Stouder of Iowa State College joined the session to discuss brood sow and litter feeding parasite control and hog management. A third meeting under the swine production project is planned for late May at a cooperative farm showing strong hog-raising results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
E. L. Quaife
K. W. Stouder
Iowa State College
National Farm Institute Held in Des Moines Attended by Jones County
The third National Farm Institute held in Des Moines over Friday and Saturday drew nine Jones county representatives. The event showcased Agriculture Industry and Labor with speakers from federal and national groups including Henry Wallace Frances Perkins Chester Davis Edward O Neal Charles Hook Sidney Hillman Gunnar Lange and others. Jones county delegates included Glenn Jones Harlan Russell Anamosa W D McLaughlin Clarence McLaughlin Olin Howie Monticello L T Lorenzen Don Wherry Wyoming Ray Sanford Scotch Grove and County Agent Carl Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farms Institute
Des Moines
Jones County
United States
Henry Wallace
Frances Perkins
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles R. Hook
National Association of Manufacturers
Sidney Hillman
Congress For Industrial Organizations
Gunnar Lange
Sweden
Glenn Jones
Harlan Russell
Anamosa
W. D McLaughlin
Clarence McLaughlin
Olin Howie
Monticello
L. T Lorenzen
Don Wherry
Wyoming
Ray Sanford
Scotch Grove
Carl Smith
Fourth Home Project Lesson Presented
Rural women in Jones county attended a dress clinic led by Elizabeth Peterson of Iowa State College. She demonstrated refurbishing garments to look new with plain materials, updated necklines, and adaptable trims. Participants brought garments to redesign and discussed toppers and coordinated fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
Miss Peterson
Flax as Nurse Crop Stirs Interest Under 1989 AAA ruling
Carl Smith, county agricultural agent, notes flax can be grown as a cash crop on land taken out of corn under the 1989 AAA rule. The crop is classified non-depleting when a good stand of legumes or grass is established as a nurse crop. Oats barley or rye mentioned as possible nurse crops for legumes or perennial grasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Carl Smith
Flax as a Iowa crop boosts yields with early sowing
Ames experiments show early April flax sowings outperform late April, with disease resistant varieties Bison and Red Wing suited to Iowa conditions. Flax fits corn belt rotations, serves as a nurse crop, and can be grown with oats equipment, yielding solid profits on heavy soils. An Iowa bulletin on flax is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Smith
Ames
Iowa
Farm Bureau
County Home Project Meeting Set at Monticello
Mrs. Sam Ellison announces the annual county home project contact meeting will be held at Monticello Thursday March 2. Special guest Mrs. J R Wallace Williamsburg 6th district committeewoman of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will attend the luncheon. Officers township chairmen and publicity chairmen have been invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ellison
County Home Project
Monticello
J. R. Wallace
Williamsburg
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ellison
Women’s Community club tastily presents Pioneer program
The Scotch Grove Women’s Community club held a Wednesday meeting with Mrs. August Schrader presiding. The program revolved around pioneers with songs, a pioneer story by Mrs. F. D. Sinclair, and a review of Country Kitchen by Mrs. M. M. Sinclair. A contest on Things We Didn’t Have Fifty Years Ago closed the events. Several new members joined for 1929 and plans for March 15 were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Community Club
W. B. Clark
August Schrader
M. M. Sinclair
Clifton Abbott
F. D. Sinclair
W. B. Henrichs
Marcella Otten
Cedar Rapids
John Oten
Center Junction Notes on Events and Community Changes
Center Junction updates include a junior car nival at the school gym on Friday February 24 at 7 30 p.m featuring Larko the magician from Central City bingo stands a fish pond and lunch stands are planned Mr and Mrs Fred Biere move to a farm in Antioch community guests at a postnuptial shower for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Moats attend by local families church activities include a Presbyterian Ladies' Working Band supper and speakers changes in local farms as Mortensen moves to Huiches farm and Andrews rents vacated land several residents travel to see relatives attend services and events around town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Carson
Mr. Carson
Rochester
Hopkinton
Esther Sinclair
Wilian Kuhns
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Center Junction
Miss Kuhns
Miss Sinclar
Presbyterian Aid Society
John Otten
Women's Community Club
Arnold Jacobs
Frank Sutherland
Bernard Cass
RB. Naylor
J. R. McNei
Ames
Casles
L Man Moats
Kenneth Moats
Langworthy
Gail Catlett
Mrs. Catlett
Alva Freese
Sharon
Karen
Were
Amber
Circle One
Delco Yount
Oak Drive
Clu
Lillia Brady
Manvil Welch
Roy Wright
Mire
Will Welch
Wiley
Walter Eby
James Hughes
Lee Sanford
Larko
Central City
Fred Biere
Ernest
Bieres
Antioch
Lou Ahraken
John Martens
Henry Weers
L. E. Moats
Scotch Grove
S. G. Thompson
E. L. Moats
Leo
W. K. Moats
Vera
Maxine Moats
Frank Himebaugh
Irma Sanford
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
Ray Sanford
C. H. Nelson
T. E. Stanton
Nels Mortensen
John Carson
W. T. Folkerts
Huiches
George Andrews
Mortensen
John Petersen and
C. A
August Cramer
Cedar Rapids
Schroeder
Onslow
Me. Hutton
Dex Moines
Jack Stingley
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Holace Stingley
Olin
Spen
I. ¥. Stingley
Stingley
Alfreda Barrickter
Lost Nation
Dwight Mathes
Iowa
Mtv
Lucile Livingstone
Maynard
John Livingstone
J. Re
Ame
Fred Kempf
Boone
Mee Bo
Serhanek
Comoe Tan Ti
Vielt
Wo Areher
Mee Boke Conins
Dancter
Evelyn
Eileen Chase
A. £. Nichols
Cravensvera Cedar
Vay McNeilly
Punere
Minn
F.2d. Suhertan
Eloise
Iowa State College
R. E. Beall
Center Point
Center Junction School
Dressmaking club discusses remaking clothes and patterns
Members reviewed fashion changes and sewing patterns for jackets, with plans for the next meeting on March 9 at Mrs. Walter Eby’s home. A lesson on shoes, hose and gloves will follow. August Brokens of St. Ignatius left for work by bus, and the Tjebbens family visited after years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Eby
August Brokens
St. Ignatius
Montana
T. J. Tjebbens
Pomeroy
Tjebbens
Carl Rickels
William Plaezer
Quaker Oatmeal Cookie Recipes Featured in Appeal
Readers are invited to bake two new oatmeal cookie recipes praised by a baking expert. The Quaker OATMEAL RAISIN and OATMEAL DROP cookies include detailed ingredient lists and step by step directions. A separate social page notes club events and community notices from Wyoming and surrounding towns.
Community notes from Castle Grove and nearby towns
Local residents attend funerals in Wyoming and Monticello while many visit relatives in Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Ames. Castle Grove farm bureau plans a meeting with a strong program. 18 ladies attend a February farm bureau lesson on Fruits and Vegetables. other gatherings include a silver wedding anniversary, a bridal shower in Prairieburg, and an Idle Not club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nordman
George
L. E. Black
E. J. Schnier
Ray Fairbanks
Lester Fairbanks
Cedar Rapids
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Max Specht
Ames
Kenneth Hosford
Ronald
Paul Heyer
Manchester
Hosford
W. E. van Buren
Eda van Buren
Tipton
Ladies’ Aid
George Specht
Anamosa
Max
Will Hiller
Will M. Lubben
A. M. Black
George Rickels
S. M. Hosford
Wil Hiller
Paul Black
Stella
Margaret Black
Phoebe Hiller
Monticello
John H. Specht
Elizabeth Redmond
Castle Grove
W. R. Cartano
O. R. Howie
Des Moines
Soil Conservation
Anna Heiken
Sand Spring Socials Span Creamery Banquet and Visits
Social news from Sand Spring and nearby towns notes J L Batchelder and others attending a creamery banquet in Eerlville. Cen ter Junction residents visit Edward Cox. Joe Clement on a short stay at home. W H Behrends at Presbyterian teachers meeting in Monticello. Beltchelder and Baum hosts in Langworthy. Cox family from Center Jimetten visiting. Nordman family from Monticello stop by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Batchelder
Eerlville
B. W. Cox
Center Junction
Edward Cox
Sand Spring
Joe Clement
W. H. Behrends
Presbyterian Church
William Balsirer
Monticello
J. L
Various Club Activities In Ons low In February
Ons low notes include P T A February meeting with an art program by Mrs Wilson Briggs and Mrs Claire F ay ram. Larkin club hosted by Mrs Anna Peterson with fifteen members present and 500 prizes won by three members. Astrumian club met with papers on The Czechoslovak Cyclorama and Music of Many Lands. Unit of the national tax commission voted for the 210th in the state. Walter Koon family moving to Red Oak Iowa. Training school on giving old clothing the 1939 look held in Wyoming. Achievement day planned for April 28 at Anamosa. C Mathes of Cedar Falls bought Joe Hanna farm in Clay township. Bridge club hosted by Mrs Ed Kleineck. Farewell for Gus Von Sprecken family moving to Lost Nation. Arch Edwards buying vacated farm. Fourteen Altrur- members noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Wilson Briggs
Claire Fayram
Lowe
George Paulsen
Squire Ripperton
Anna Peterson
Larkin Club
Fiteen
Jens Jensen
John Jansen
John Petersen
Astrumian
W. A. Hicks
Arthur Pottle
L. B. McKinstry
C. R. Smith
National Tax Commission
Onslow
Walter Koon
Mankato
Minn
Red Oak
Koon
Michael Leonard Seed Company
Ejla Larkey
Mildred Harrs
Mary Ba
Clay Township
Ed Kleineck
Roy Kleineck
George French
Gus von Sprecken
Lost Nation
Arch Edwards
Altrur
Ruth's 23rd Birthday Social Hosted by Former Classmates
Ruth, daughter of the family, invited members of her former high school class for a social evening on her 23rd birthday. A two course dinner was served. The Women's Missionary society rescheduled their weekly meeting to Friday at 2:30 pm at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Schroeder to observe World Day of Prayer. Everyone is invited to attend this service. A child development specialist at Iowa State College advises putting a child with a cold to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Women’s Missionary Society
Probate of Minnie Husman Will in Jones County Iowa
District court in Jones County Iowa announces probate proceedings for the last will and testament of Minnie Husman deceased. The filing occurred February 21 1989 with final proof and probate set for the January term, all interested parties may appear to contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jones County
Minnie Husman
Said County
Bargain Furniture Sale Ad Hints Low Prices Across Items
An advertisement lists new baby beds with pad six fifty, gate leg tables seven fifty, mahogany finish and walnut veneer dining sets twenty two fifty, breakfast sets, small writing desk three, sprite desk six, bee-wac waihee thirty nine fifty, trade in allowance for used Maytag washers, used automatic washer, baby high chairs two, Armstrong rugs and 24 inch utility cabinets five fifty.
Monticello Lumber Yard Ad Highlights Local Deals and Humor
AMonticello page from the St Anthony and Dakota Lumber Yard features editor J R Barron. The column blends home notices with ads for coal Red Owl products and monthly payment plans on home repairs. Light humor about marriage and weather plans frames promotions for broaders roofs and Mule Hide Cor-Du-Roy roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
St. Anthony
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County Farm Bureau
National Farm Institute
Home Project
D. O. Sinclair
Progressive Club of
Laura Brooks
Rubens
van Dyke
da Vinci
Michael Angelo
Peter Paulsen
Ralph Orr
Dinner Bridge
J. D. Wasson
League of Women Voters
E. K. Peters
Solo
Lee Hanson
Will
Maquoketa
Jesse Longfield
Hanson
Howard
Olive Green
Ed Paulsen
Larry
Clinton
Miss Green
Myra
Ficks Holub
Elsie Callahan
B. M. Fagan
Carol Hanwardsen
District Court
August Ahrendsen
Emil Paulsen
Herman Lightfoot
Iowa City
Henry Moenkard
Raymond Prull
Esther Cass
Fred Brokens
Brokens
Sven Nielsen
LeRoy
Colonel Paulsen
Lloyd Preston
Howard Clark
George Sears
Catherine Thompson
Jean Dunham
Paul Smith
Jack
Barbara
J. N. Smith
Rieke Holub
C. M. Holst
B. D. Heiken
John Behrends
Burney McCarty
Hugh Keister
Canton
Harry Chase
Peter Prahm
Hasford
Fred Welter
Mrs. Welter
Perry DeShaw
Bert DeShaw
Faye Kauffman
Delaware
E. H. Cox
Fred Bohlken
Marion
Eva Glass
Prairieburg
A. Payne
Charles Stevenson
Margaret Murray
Dyersville
Esther Glass
Harley Avis
Coggon
Elmer Timmer
Clement
Charles Martin
Mesdames
Roy Slauson
Walter First
Ray Chaplin
Henry Adams
Glenn Eiler
Ernest Wahl
Herman Welter
Clarence Lasche
C. C. Stevenson
C. K. Greer
Paul Peterson
Blanche Moser
Cap Arduser
Betty Behrends
Miss Gates
Alma H. Jones
W. L. Pearson
Locher & Locher
Crawford
Rock Island
Fred Husman
Frank L. Story
Monticello State Bank
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