Plan New Soil Building Practices Farmers Can Earn Subsidies
Jones county Triple A committee met in Anamosa to approve soil building practices for 1946 farm program with a county allocation of $88,300. Nine practices were approved including liming, contouring, fertilizers, drainage tiles, permanent pasture, green manures, weed control, and strip cropping. Limestone credit rates vary by township, and five contracts cover all townships except Clay. Final compliance reports for 1945 must be signed by Feb. 15 as payments are prepared.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Court House
State
Cass
Castle Grove
Clay
Fairview
Greenfield
Hale
Jackson
Lovell
Madison
Oxford
Richland
Rome
Scotch Grove
Washington
Wayne
Wyoming
State Committee
Clay Township
Harold Larson
Wyoming Cemetery Association elects W C Shaffer president
The Wyoming Cemetery Association held its annual meeting electing W C Shaffer as president with Ralph Orth named secretary treasurer. The board includes W O Shaffer Henry Bramer Fred Storm E F Holub and W B Streeper. 1945 burials totaled 39 and Reginald Gibson was retained as sexton.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Cemetery Association
W. Q O. Shaffer
Ralph Orth
W. O. Shaffer
Henry Bramer
Fred Storm
E. F. Holub
W. B. Streeper
Reginald Gibson
Sunshine Girls Club Meeting Jan. 19
The Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls met at Margie Paulsen's home on January 19 at 1 30 p.m. Eleven members answered roll call with The Latest Book I Have Read. Audrey Schrader demonstrated Quick Breads and Arlene Kuhns Custards. Plans were made for a basketball team.
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Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Margie Paulsen
Audrey Schrader
Arlene Kuhns
Margaret Eilers
New Appliances Will Ease Work On Farm
Iowa State College extension agronomist Harold Beaty notes postwar farm appliances will arrive gradually and may not suit all needs. He highlights a clothes drier with heated air, a multi purpose combination washer and dish washer, a future immersion water heater, and other single motor attachments to handle washing, peeling, churning, and freezing tasks.
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Beaty
Harold Beaty
Extension
Iowa State College
Jones County Farm Calendar Listings
Jones County Farm Calendar lists events from the Oxford Farm Bureau on Jan 28 and Jan 29 with a 7 30 p m meeting of club committees and county officers at the Farm Bureau office. A women’s meeting with Alma Jones on home recreation and child development runs Jan 31 from 10 a m to 3 30 p m with a noon pot luck in the community room in Anamosa. Also noted are Feb 1 Cass Farm Bureau and Feb 1 Hale Farm Bureau events.
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Oxford Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Alma Jones
Anamosa
Cass Farm Bureau
Hale Farm Bureau
Watch Stock For Diseases Watch Stock For Diseases
Veterinarians report disease outbreaks on eastern Iowa farms near Waubeek Morley Amber Anamosa Mount Vernon Lowden Earlville Belle Plaine Hartwick Masonville Worthington Dyersville Sumner Riceville Denver Dunkerton Bennet Marion Strawberry Point Postville Mount Vernon Sigourney Deep River Dunkerton Scotch Grove Anamosa Deep River Rabies Keystone Wapello Bennett Memorial Poisoning Fredericksburg. Corn appearing good in crib may be moldy upon examination and feeding moldy corn causes dangerous mold poisoning. mineral supplements recommended to prevent deficiencies. Potatoes worth 75 percent of corn when fed with hay or grain. slice or chop potatoes and discard sprouts and green potatoes to avoid poisons.
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Iowa
Waubeek
Morley
Amber
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
Lowden
Earlville
Belle Plaine
Hartwick
Masonville
Worthington
Dyersville
Sumner
Riceville
Denver
Dunkerton
Bennet
Marion
Bennett
Strawberry Point
Postville
Sigourney
Deep River
Muscatine
Scotch Grove
Keystone
Fredericksburg
Wayne 4 H Girls Plan Valentine Party
The Wayne Willing Workers 4 H club met January 14 at Joyce Ann Gray's home with eleven members present. Beverly Boland and Clarice Wessels demonstrated Nut Bread while Delores and June Ann Harms led a Table Etiquette demonstration. Members discussed Why Buy War Bonds and planned a Valentine party for February 11 at Barbara and Mary Cahill's home.
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Wayne Willing Workers
Joyce Annn Gray
Beverly Boland
Clarice Wessels
Delores
June Ann Harms
Barbara
Mary Cahill
Hogan Brothers Hire Woodward as Mechanic
Marengo dealers sign a mechanic by giving him a house they own. Jim Woodward of Pella accepted the post after leaving his previous job and failing to find housing. The piece suggests employers may need to provide housing.
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Hogan
Young Belmond Shoppers Fail to Find Hershey Bars
Two young Belmond residents Donald McCann and Dickie Parsons each had a dime for Hershey bars. They searched Main Street and Clatton stores without success and returned to find the Belmond merchant still unavailable.
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Belmond
Donald McCann
Dickie Parsons
Main Street
Clatton
Candy Bars Sold Out After Chant Brings Crowd
A chant drew a crowd and brought a box of hard-to-get candy bars, leaving the shelves empty as supplies ran out. The event highlighted demand for popular sweets and the post chant rush.
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Chant
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W. C. Shaffer
Lutheran Church Committee
H. Groening
Fred Lazare
John Holub
Louis Schladetsky
Louis Holzinger
Carl Tjaden
Marvin Nissen
Lutheran Church
Garnaville
Manchester
Evelyn Christiansen
Harold Dowdney
Wyoming Telephone Exchange
C. B. Shaffer
E. T. Bates
Paul Koch
Washington, D. C
L. M. Koch
Alex Rizos
East Main Street
Garrett Juilis
Onslow
Mercy Hospital
C. W. McMahon
Last Main Street
J. H. Blakemore
Lewis Sampson
Lyman Thompson
Dustrial Society
Presbyterian Church
Lutheran Aid Society
Frank Johnson
B. D. Heiken
Garrett Juilfs
Henry Moenk
J. A. Petersen
August Hansen
Fred Pankow
Henry Rohwedder
Circle of
Paul Levien
Methodist
W.S.C.S
Mary's
Ted Hurt
Lee Sherrill
Margaret Tasker
Alfred F. Collins
Helena
Mont
Miss Tasker
Kate Tasker
Elmer Johnson
Leonard Ahrendsen
Everett Vrooman
E. F. Kleineck
Lyle Jenkins
Will Henderson
Inlaw
James Henderson
Olin
Charles Wherry
Des Moines
C. E. Wherry
John von Sprecken
Earl Keegan
Herman Brunscheen Jr
von Sprecken
Alvin Brunscheen
Otto Rohwedder
Colo
Rohwedder
Robert Alden
Melvin Sievers
Alden
Clarence Lackey
Burlington
Harold Luke
Don Wherry
Mechanicsville
James
West Main Street
Leon Coleman
Coleman
Sunshine Girls Club
Jones County Farm Calendar
Hygrade Food Products Corp
Frank Martin
Mgr
Monticello
KENT
Corn Belt
Kent Baby Beef
Herbert Doyle
Henry
Ilinois
Chicago
Farmers Mutual Cry. Co
Goven, Eddins & CO
la Salle St
Louie Hanken
Louie
HESS
Poland
China Sow Sale
John Deere
Severn Farm Equipment Company
Ted Krause
United States Army
Oscar Ambuehl
Don Schlimmer
Severn Farm Supply
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