Jones County Farm Bureau Plans Membership Drive
The Jones County Farm Bureau board met at the Farm Bureau office on Wednesday to lay plans for the annual membership campaign set for February 8 through 20. A second meeting with township representatives will be held on February 3 to finalize the drive with Ivan Trottonow from the Iowa Farm Bureau federation to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Ivan Trottonow
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Three Jones County Townships Honored At State Meeting
Fairview Greenfield and Jackson townships Farm Bureau organizations were honored at the Iowa State Farm Bureau convention in Des Moines. They received certificates of merit for activities and score 1750 points on the state score card. Township directors during 1936 were Ray Stivers, Don Ruhl, and Otho Brokaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Fairview
Greenfield
Jackson Township
Iowa State Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Spee Diatme
Ray Stivers
Don Ruhl
Fairview Township
Otho Brokaw
Greenfield Township
Cow Testing Association Directors Meet Saturday
William Vincent president of the Anamosa Cow Testing association calls a Saturday meeting of directors to hire a new official tester to succeed Wendell Donnelly who resigned January 1. Donnelly served as official tester for the past year and helped expand the association and promoted 4 H Dairy Calf club work with the Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vincent
Anamosa
Wendell Donnelly
Donnelly
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Plans $10 Dues to Strengthen State Outreach
In a candid discussion farmers debate a proposed $10 dues hike for the Farm Bureau as a move to build a stronger state organization. Fred cites depleted funds and past surpluses used to cover running costs with county needs rising, while Otto notes longstanding support and recent gains in Poweshiek county as proof of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Farm Bureau
Fred
State Farm Bureau
Congress
State
National Farm Bureau
Poweshiek
Land Bank
Farm Bureau Magazine Surprises Iowa Members
The Iowa State Farm Bureau federation launched a new official publication named the Towa Bureau Farmer to replace the Iowa insert in The Nation's Agriculture. The first 20 page issue with enamel cover covers Farm Tenancy Soil Conservation Act and the Bureau legislative program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Bureau Farmer
Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Nation’s Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau
Towa
Farm Bureau
Iowa Bureau Farmer Monthly Publication Debut Statement
The Iowa Bureau Farmer will be published monthly by the Iowan Farm Bureau federation. Francis Johnson, president, proclaims the magazine will be the Voice of the Organized Iowan Farmer and aims to provide timely, valuable information, improving each issue until it becomes the country’s best publication of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farmer
Iowa Bureau Farmer
Iowan Farm Bureau Federation
Iowan Farmer
Iowa
Towa
Francis Johnson
Towa Federation
Township Committeemen For Soil Conservation 1937
Meetings in townships elected township committeemen for the soil conservation program for 1937. Oxford: Frank Kulhavy chairman Harold Kiahn vice chairman Louis Kula third member Ed Burda alternate. Scotch Grove: W B Clark chairman L E Moats vice chairman Lee Streets third member L A Oltman alternate. Rome: Carl Rohwedder chairman J W Oscar Kinler vice chairman Ray Embree third member Howard Mackey alternate. Jackson: Ray Stivers chairman J E Johnson vice chairman Peter Sjeveka third member Clarence Grafit alternate. Other townships elected with Wyoming excluded were reported last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Frank Kulhavy
Harold Kiahn
Louis Kula
Ed Burda
Scotch Grove
W. B. Clark
L. E. Moats
Lee Streets
L. A. Oltman
Rome
Carl Rohwedder
Tenancy Stands In Way Of Soil Conservation
Iowa farm tenancy affects soil care with half of farms rented and high turnover. The bulletin by agricultural economist Rainer Schickele calls for longer leases, automatic continuations, and better rental terms to stabilize tenancy and promote conservation. Committees from 28 counties backed erosion control, stock share leases, and credit access to tenants. Iowa State College, Ames.
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Iowa
Rainer Schickele
Iowa State College
Schickele
Schickle
Bulletin
Ames
Arcadia man suffers unusual eye injuries from gate accident
E A Bruggeman of Arcadia, Car roll county, was hospitalized after a Christmas Eve work accident. A wire on a cattle gate pierced his eye, driving several eyelashes into the eyeball. Three doctors performed a delicate operation to remove the lashes and called the case highly unusual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Bruggeman
Arcadia
Carroll County
Bruggeman
Exciting Start At Lisbon Bank Ends With Injury
Gerald Toot Hill began as cashier at a Lisbon bank. Jewish transients caused a disturbance and Hill expelled them. An auditor from Cedar Rapids accidentally discharged a tear gas pen gun, injuring his hand. Hill notes banking is exciting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Toot
Hill
Lisbon
Linn County
F. W. Walsmith
Cedar Rapids
Onslow Area News Briefs and Local Club Notes
Community updates from Onslow and surrounding area include visits by Mrs W A Hicks and Mrs Lloyd Preston, a post nuptial shower, farm moves, and church notices. Local clubs like the Altrurian meet with music, readings, and a memory contest. basketball results list McNeilly Hybrids first at Lost Nation. Mantics include school events, illnesses, and a town update on residents and employment.
Mary E. Kelly Britt rites held in Hopkinton church
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Kelly Britt were conducted January 21 at St. Luke's Catholic Church Hopkinton. She died at River Valley after long illness. Born in Ireland December 15 1862 she came to the United States as a baby and lived in Delaware County. She married John W. Britt in Manchester forty seven years ago and farmed at Valentine Nebraska before returning to Delaware County. Surviving are her son John B. Britt two grandchildren and several Kelly siblings. Burial was in Delhi cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Hopkinton
Mary E. Kelly Britt
River Valley
Britt
Mary E. Kelly
Kildare County
Ireland
Thomas Kelly
United States
Delaware County
John W. Britt
Manchester
Hanley
Valentine, Neb
Thomas Bryan
James. John
Michael Kelly
Father Landolt
Delhi
California
San Diego
Cal
Jam
Bartal
Loomis
Hovukinten
Farley
Irving Mirick
Anamosa
Iowa City
Charles Reggentin Jr
South Fork Township
Lou J. King
Egger
Harry Chaplin
David de Best Jr
Dubuque
Farley-Loetscher Manufacturing Company
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. D. Smith
Helen Downs
McNeilly Hybrids win Onslow tournament over Lost Nation
The McNeilly Hybrids captured the Onslow tournament title with a 36 to 25 victory over Lost Nation in the finals on Saturday night. The Cornmen advanced via a bye and wins over Anamosa and Monticello, while Lost Nation beat Cascade and Springville to reach the final. Springville defeated Monticello 30 to 28 for third place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeilly
Onslow
Lost Nation
Cornmen
Anamosa
Monticello
Cascade
Springville
Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Bellevue Bears
Bellevue
Rey
Alyea
Presbyterian Sunday School
G. Thompson
Society
Robbie
Prahm
J. F. Livingstone
J. M. Moses
S. W. Clark
J. R McNeilly
Moses
F. L. Himebaugh
Robert Livingstone
Carrie Preas
T. E. Stanton
S. G. Thompson
Alan Serbousek
J. B. Seehusen
John McNeilly
R.S. Robbie
Martin
Rickels
John Livingstone
Ruth Eilers
Home Beautiful
Helen Beall
Trene Schrader
Mary Bulwren
Doris Moses
Presbyterian
Livingstone
Dan
Center Junction
Glen Cattlett
McDonald Hospital
Lyle
Catherine Thompson
Volga City
Thompson
George Belden
Dorothy Burns
Pittsburgh
Lenox College
Hopkinton
A. D. Serbousek
Ruth McNeilly
Leola Nielsen
Monticello Visitors and Local Notes
Monticello saw Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Serbousek and daughter Audra visit Saturday. Seven year old Muastold operation patient Muastold Sally Stanton recovered after surgery in Cedar Rapids hospital Thursday morning. J. W. Livingstone and son Robert visited Monticello Saturday. Mrs. C. M. Holst visited her mother Mrs. John Holub in Wyoming Monday. F L Himebaugh attended funeral services for Mrs. George Beldon in Volea City Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard McKinstry
C. R. Smith
PD. J. Wasson
Henry Heeren
Walter Koon
Ben Paulsen
Chicago
Hannah Carpenter
Peter Paulsen
John Folkers
Zion Lutheran Church
Wayne
Paul Ketchem
Cedar Rapids
McNeilly
Lost Nation
Springville
Monticello
George Sears
Emil Paulsen
Julius Michaels
Frances Carl
Onslow
Clyde, Allen
Lee Allen
Monmouth
Allen
Theodore Behrends
University Hospital
Town City
Behrends
Presbyterian Church
Henry A. Schmitt
Pontius Pilate
Cc. E. Society
Wanda Bullock
Sally
T. E. Stanton
J. W. Livingstone
Robert
C. M. Holst
John Holub
Wyoming
F. L. Himebaugh
George Beldon
Volea City
Amber Area Social Roundup Bulletin
Amber residents host and visit relatives with numerous family dinners and weekend visits. Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Zimmermas Jansen Helgens Otten Gerdes and others hosted gatherings. birthdays and school events noted. travels to Waucoma Onslow Cedar Rapids and Iowa City mentioned with several homes visited.
Wyoming Nuptials and Community Notes
Miss Frances Carl wed Clyde Allen in Wyoming with Rev. H. W. Farnham officiating. The couple plans a farm home near Wyoming. Masonic officers were installed by George Ireland and Lyle Tompkins. Various church leagues, clubs, and social events were reported, including the Luther League, Epworth League, Pleasant Ridge club luncheon, and Hawthorne club programs. Informal social highlights mention visits, bridge prizes, and music by Madge Millsap and Alma Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Carl
W. G. Smith
Clyde Allen
Lee Allen
George Ireland
Ed Bristol
Robet Alden
Luther League
Henry Brunscheen
Helen Westphal
Donald Brunscheen
Epworth League
H. W. Farnham
Dorothy Rohwedder
Bill Alden
Pleasant Ridge Club
George Fishwild
Mary Kouba
Frank Henderson
Rall
Robert Barber
Alice Brown
New York City
W. B. Brown
Brown
Macy
Good Will Court
Paul Cooper
Wayne King
Wilker
Major Bowes
Madge Millsap
Alma Thomson
Emma Alden
Community Notes Reveal School Aid Drive and Local Meetings
Roll call for Pub- Me Opinion records twenty members and three guests. Flood relief drives include a school box collection and Camp Fire contributions. Miss Mary Koch visited home, while Presbyterian Industrial society hosts a gathering. A rummage sale raised forty dollars for the M. E. and society. Bingo planned by local fire company with prize support from farmers. future prizes may come from town residents. Several pupils across grades are listed for perfect attendance or no tardies across six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Orth
Mipns
Mary Koch
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rock Island
L. M. Koch
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
Henry Bramer
W. Be, Deniess
Thomas Eichhorn
Clara Stephenson
M. E. and Society
Will Dahl
Clearwater
Minn
Ella Countryman
la Porte
Ind
Wyoming
Junior Boots
Eloise Brunscheen
Helen Fritz
Lucille Husmann
Charles Robert Boquist
Edwin Brunscheen
Peter Westphal
Charles Farnham
Helen Buresh
Rose McCalmant
Ruth Ellen Storm
Irene von Sprecken
Charlotte Farnham
Frank Frith
Velda Husmann
Velma Husmann
Dolores Harms
Lavern Urban
Ross von Sprecken
William Sears
Carmalee Broderson
Darlene Day
Jack Marshall
Ivan McCalmant
John McCalmant
James Tasker
Marcel Vargissen
Kenneth Brunscheen
Doris Day
Henry Dose
Eileen French
Geraldine Mader
Lorraine Moenk
Albert Storm
Orland Anderson
Bernice Brunscheen
Betty Luke
John Rizos
Lyle Broderson
Ernest Husmann
Bernice Juehring
Bonnie Luke
Mary Jeanne McDonald
Evelyn Parker
Harris Phelps
Junior Snyder
Robert von Sprecken
Robert Dose
Minnie Eggert
Nellie Bogert
Ivan Mader
Elaine Scarcliff
Boots
Velda
Albert Sen
Betty Uke
Remarkable Butter Churner Reaches 90 Years of Practice
Mrs Melissa Campbell of Springville Linn County has churned butter weekly since age five. For 90 years she has produced three to five pounds each week, totaling about 14,040 to 23,400 pounds or roughly 10 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Campbell
Springville
Linn County
Campbell
Christmas Sale Supports Town Fund Rises to Thirty One
Mrs A McLaughlin thanks contributors to Castle Grove Christmas sale which raised 31.85 this year versus 29.40 last year. News notes recovery of Mrs Ernest Carpenter after surgery and local moves including S B King to Monticello E B Hubbard rooms. Community events include farm bureau meeting at schoolhouse No 2 with dinner and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. McLaughlin
Ernest Carpenter
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
S. B. King
E. B. Hubbard
S. M. Hosford
Chicago
Farm Bureau
School House No. 2
Gladys Hosford
Clarence Hosford
Cedar Rapids
Vernon Steiner
Robert Dietiker
WLS
Monticello High School
Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance Association
Carl Caspers
Princess Cafe
J. H. Perrine
Yeoman
O. R. Howie
Local Social Notes From Sandi ng Spr ing and Nearby Homes
Mrs Charles Stevenson and Adele Bartlett along with Edna Behrends of Monticello and O Prader of Anamosa visited the H Behrends home Thursday. John Batchelder joined supper guests in the Glenn Hiler home Wednesday. Dean Morton and son Dickie of Des Moines visit Fred Egger. Gus Kanas and wife from Oclwein stayed with Fred Heeren. Phil Lawrence of Prairieburg visited Charles Stevenson Tuesday. Phyllis Cox, Edward Coxs daughter, is on the sick list. Cyril Stevenson called at Worthington Saturday. Mildred Arduser of near Monticello spent the weekend at her home. Mr and Mrs W H Behrends and daughters visited in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora Griffith
Anna Edgar
Slyvan Bixby
Victor Stead
G. D. Herington
Bethany
L. P. Guthrie
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Russell E. Lux
Billy Lux
Erma Bradle
Ellen Bradke
Dean Morton
Little Son
Bradke
Lenox Junior College
Hopkinton
Franklin Spangler
Ina Robbine
Ruth Huggins
Izzy Ginsberg
Ginsberg
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Jess Huggins
Henry Acers
Manchester
J. F. O'Neil
Clinton
Young Acers
F. R. Tesar
Clarence Smith
Dubuque
Adele Bartlett
Edna Behrends
Monticello
O. Prader
Anamosa
H. Behrends
John Batchelder
Glenn Hiler
Dickie
Phil Lawrence
Prairieburg
Charles Stevenson
Phyllis Cox
Edward Cox
Cyril Stevenson
Worthington
Mildred Arduser
W. H. Behrends
Cascade Casualty and Obituary Roundup in Cascade
Mrs Elizabeth Sauser suffers a compound fracture and a wrist break after a fall on the ice en route to St Marys church. She was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa for treatment as friends wish her speedy recovery. Eugene Shheckel prominent Cascade resident dies at his West Cascade home at 7 am after illness aged 67. He leaves a widow and two daughters Mrs Nieves and Mrs Brown with services held at St Martins Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sauser
St. Mary's Church
Eugene Shheckel
West Cascade
St. Donatus
John Sheckel
Ellen Clancy
L. F. Roche
St. Martin's Church
Cascade
Scheckel
R. P. Nieves
Loretta Brown
Clinton
St. Martin’s Church
Francis J. Cassidy
St. Martin's Cemetery
Calving Mystery Baffles Iowa Farmer Near Sanborn
Nature’s Puzzler notes a Short horn cow on Oosterling’s farm calved on Dec 4 then twins on Dec 15, suggesting triplets though only two calves born 11 days apart. The trio, a bull and a heifer with the singleton, remain healthy. Also reports Corn Belt cattle on feed down 23 percent from last year yet 10 percent above Jan 1 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunner Oosterling
Sanborn
O'Brien County
Oosterling
Corn Belt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County Farm Bureau
Cow Testing Association
Farm Bureau Magazine
Lloyd Preston
Adam Straub
Maquoketa
Helen Browne
Mas. M. J. Hanna
Allen Chatterton
Browne
Canton
Mr. Browne
William Husman
Ed Bates
Mr. Husman
Mr. Bates
E. E. Griffith
Robbing
A. W. McDonald
Peter Prahm
Audra
Amber
W. J. Zimmermas
Will Jansen
Laula Helgens
O. F. Otten
Alya Gerdes
Herman Tjaden
Gerd Tjaden
John Null
Fred Husman
Bobbie
Otto Gerrets
Esther Schlemmer
A .H. Schlemmer
Leona Preston
Jean
Lois
Doris Livingstone
Elizabeth
Jimmie Hartman
Nancy Davenport
Schlemmer
Wilma Dirks
Lena
Albert Harms
Ed Folkers
Bernard Boyle
Fort Dodge
Michael Martin
Warner Heiken
George Siebels
W. J. Zimmerman
Herman Zimmerman
Freda Mortensen
Francis Ralston
Mary Frances
Louie Behrends
John Freese
B. A. Dress
Rhiny Wessels
George Bodiker
American Legion Hall
Red Hittenmiller
Webb
All-Star Pictures
Shaffer
Castle Grove
M. Nesford
Etta Behrends
W. Balsiger
James
Donald Bowen
Eldon Stevenson
George Helms
Fred Welter
J. L. Batchelder
Jick Chaplin
Vernon Payne and Son
Ferring
Mrs
Thomas J. Lane
Florida
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