Iowa Ten Acre Contest Draws Strong County Interest
Enthusiasm rises as Jones county entries top list in the Iowa ten acre corn yield contest. Each producer with 100 bushels per acre becomes a Master Corn Grower and those over 125 earn additional recognition. Contour plots noted among several participants from Monticello Anamosa Center Junction and surrounding towns.
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Iowa
Jones County
Clarence Shaffer
Henry Eden
J. E. Ahlrichs
Balster Brothers
Harvey Heiken
Henry Tobiason
Carl N. Hein
Wilbur Cartano
Will Hoffman
George Hoffman
John Shover
Fred Messerli
Roy Finson
M. R. Holub
Avert Kiburz
Thomas Shover
Monticello
Carl Mardorf
W. H. Buckner
Galen Brainerd
Milton Chesire
A. R. Embree
Harlan Russell
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
A. C
E. C. Gotsch
Martelle
Alfred Pruess
Harry Levsen
Louis Lorenzen
Charles Kline
Lee Foster
Olin
William Reade
Wilfred Wherry
Alva B. Streeper
Frank Anderson
Harry Paulsen
Marvin Hanwardsen
Onslow
W.G. Benischek
Clarence
Willis Fairbanks
C. H. Husmann
G. J. Armstrong
Arthur Stadtmueller
Center Anction
Castle Grove 4-H Club Holds Meeting
The Castle Grove 4-H club met at the Alva Stadtmueller home with all but Norma Hintz present due to an injury. Irving Hintz led, Paul Messerli presided, and members listed their projects. The group noted awards changes for the county 4-H show at the Jones County Fair in August.
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Castle Grove
Alva Stadtmueller
Norma Hintz
Irving Hintz
Paul Messerli
Southard
Clay Township
Norman French
Mr. Southard
Boyd Chatterton
Paul Wilcox
Achievement Day Speakers Highlight Anamosa event
Mrs. M. J. Cass announces Harry Bryson and Mrs. N. May Larson as principal speakers for the annual Achievement day and picnic to be held Friday July 14 at the country club state park Anamosa. The program includes township demonstrations four work phases and musical numbers. Women are invited. picnic lunchbrings and table service required.
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M. J. Cass
Harry Bryson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
N. May Larson
Iowa State College
Country Club
State Park
Anamosa
Jones County
Eby Mill Picnic Brings Scotch Grove 4 H Clubs
Eby's Mill in Scotch Grove hosted a county club picnic on Sunday. 4-H members and residents enjoyed kittenball and swimming after a civic gathering. Volunteers served pop and ice cream to attendees as part of the community day.
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Eby's Mill
Scotch Grove Arm Bureau
Eby’s Mill
Safety Equipment VU Spends Over 100 Million in 1943
In 1943 the Industries sector allocated more than 100 million dollars for safety equipment purchases, reflecting wartime emphasis on worker protection and industrial efficiency.
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Industries
Local farming and machinery enthusiasts spotlighted in county tour
In county travels T G Murray of Oxford township started with six Hereford cows in 1927 and now maintains 125 purebred head while selling heifers. Alva Stadtmueller of Castle Grove is a machinery enthusiast with a workshop, custom-built gear, and experimental farm machinery including a 9-foot harvester, milking 25 Holstein cows on 320 acres as a farming consultant for a major implements firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Murray
Oxford Township
Murray
Alva Stadtmueller
Castle Grove
H. P. Emery
Stadtmueller
Jones County Rural Youth Meet Delivers Farm Talk and Home Choices
The Jones County Rural Youth group gathered July 6 with 46 attendees including Cedar county guests. Men discussed European Corn Borer and soils as farm problems while women debated "Home vs Career for Married Women." Refreshments followed, with committees led by the Sivers, Groth, Reade, and Whitmore families.
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Jones County
Floyd Siver
Cedar County
Floyd Groth
William Reade
James Whitmore
Irish O'Brien County Named for Patriot in 1851
O'Brien County's 1851 formation honored William Smith O'Brien for exile and commutation of a death sentence over repeal agitation. He was MP educated at Trinity College Cambridge. Also noted: a Mount Pleasant two alarm fire on a Wayland man's car, a Howard county turkey incident from low flying plane, ice deliveries ruled nonessential by U.S. Employment Service, and Knoxville birth ratios. Historic Jackson family migration centennial noted with I. Jackson near Leon as last survivor of NC-origin line.
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Iowa
O’brien
William Smith O’brien
England
Ireland
Trinity College
Cambridge
Mount Pleasant
Wayland
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Howard County
Guy Swann
Riceville
Swann
U. S. Employment Service
al M. Finch
Winneshiek Motor Terminal
Decorah
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Jackson
Tlowa
I. Jackson
Near Leon
North Carolina
Onslow Area Salutes Veterans and Birthdays in July
Community notes celebrate Bobby Joe Allen turning one with gifts from family and friends in Onslow. Local sailors and airmen return from furloughs, plus visits from relatives in Cedar Rapids Clinton Maquoketa and Center Junction. Submarine service recruit Lowel Bonney earns insignia as Red Cross volunteers honor knitters. College honors go to Dwaine Wilcox of Onslow at Cornell, with 4-H and farm bureau activities noted.
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Onslow
Bobby Joe Allen
Lyle Allen
Griffin
Cedar Rapids
Cooper
Marion
Leo Allen
Angie Allen
Belle Howard
James Bickford
Carroll Bickford
Charlotte Chase
Center Junction
Bobby
Africa
Hondo Air Base
C. A. Balster
Balster
Hondo
Texas
D. C
Harold Overholt
Stuart Beck
Clinton
Donald Schroeder
Harrington
Kan
Manse
Donald
Wayne Wyett
Virginia
Dewey Weaver
Greenland
Jane Ellen Paulsen
Marilee Kennedy
Camp Huaga
Wabeek
Heideman
Clay Township Farm Bureau
Ray Heideman
G. A. Blunt
Don Southard
R. A. Naylor
Willard Larkey
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Vera Paul
S. G. Hutton
Chicago
Ruston
Gerald Ritenour
Taylor
Maquoketa
W. J. Ritenour
Leo
Albert Koppess
Nick Koppess
Frank Moats
Harold. Jordan
George Sears
Des Moines
Ruth
Wacs
Clayton Garnett
A. A. Garnett
Kingman
Ariz
Alva Edwards
Vadena
David
Acel Catlett
Donna
Mary Ann
Judy
Anna Brodersen
Herman Carstensen
Melvin Mortensen
Vern and Dean
L. T. Lorenzen
W. H. Fadley
Harold
Margie Paulsen
Paul Paulsen
Alvena Paulsen
Velma Nielsen
Emma
Merle Meeks
Andrea
Adria
Martelle
Lowel Ray Bonney
L. R. Bonney
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
New London
Herman Gutzeit
Charles Blough
Frank Schroeder
Ben Warren
Edwin Wilcox
Zelma Cass
Dwaine Wilcox
Onslow High School
Cornell College
Dwaine
Men’s Senate
Cornell Advisory Council
Phi Beta
Amby Gould
Monmouth
Goulds
Spencerville
Fred Behnke
Thomas Bird
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Memphis
Tenn
Floyd Horton
Clay Busy Bee Club
Vivian Palmer
Wanda Lee Reid
Claytownship Farm Bureau
Robertson
New Lutheran Pastor Arrives
CASTLE GROVE Rev. Diers began his duties as pastor of the Lutheran church this Sunday. Miss Mary Esther McLaughlin arrived from New York for a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McLaughlin. Lt. Olin Howie Jr. has been visiting home folks after a period near Little Rock, Ark.
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Clinton
Dwight Northrop
Lon Bodenhofer
University Hospital
Iowa City
Kenneth Leggett
Jimmie
Olin
R. J. Kilebeck
Leggett
San Francisco
Paul Ritenour
W. J. Ritenour
Phyllis
Paul
San Diego
Calif
Chicago
Eleanor Kennedy
Rosemary Kleineck
John Pichner
Cedar Rapids
Charles Hickman
California
Harry Moore
Long Island
Neb
Submarine Service
Castle Grove
Diers
Fred Gerdes
Orange
Harvey, Heiken
Mary Esther McLaughlin
New York
W. D. McLaughlin
Harvey Heiken
Anamosa
Tobe Caspers
Will Hiller
Monticello
Otto Hubbard
Harry Gerrets
Hubbard
Olin Howie, Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Pigs Die After Eating Debris At Van Horne Farm
Twenty two of ninety one spring pigs on the Lloyd Shaull farm near Van Horne died after consuming debris from clay pigeons dumped in a pasture once used as a trap shooting ground fifteen years ago. The clay reportedly tastes bitter, attracting pigs. Other items mention a so called buffalo fly seen near Rock Island depot and wartime musings by W. A. Harper.
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Iowa
Lloyd Shaull
van Horne
W. A. Harper
Postville
Rock Island
Chaplins Celebrate 28th Anniversary at Monticello Park
The Chaplin couple marked their 28th wedding anniversary with a Sunday picnic at Monticello park. Attendees included Paul Chaplin and many neighbors and friends from South Fork township and surrounding towns. Also noted were community updates on band fund drives, military families, and local births and health news. Washington portrait on historical flasks is then noted.
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Ray Chaplin
Monticello Park
Paul Chaplin
John Batchelder
Ray Slauson
Fred Welter
Dubuque
Lou King
Lamont
Casper Antuser
Ernest Wahl
Glen Eilers
Walter First
Robert
George Turnis
South Fork
Delaware County
Turnis
Melvin DeVore
Louisville
Melvin L. DeVore
E. H. Cox
Merle
Joseph Baxter
France
Merle Edward
Phylis
Donna Jeanne Cox
Betty Jacque
Glenn Eilers
LaVerne Wahl
Alvin Freese
St. Paul
Faye Kauffman
Manchester
Vivian Benter
Frank Hunt
Earlville
Paul Schmidt
Sand Spring
Dana’ Lynn
Ralph Lahey
Marc Lahey
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Dorothy
Bette Anne Behrends
John McDonald Hospital
Joyce Slanson
Phyllis M. Cox
Plant Early For Better Corn Under Low Water Options
Under average conditions early planted corn has a better chance to produce a good crop than later plantings when water is limited. Early sowing can help maximize yield despite drought stress.
Grass as Low Cost Feed Crop for Livestock
Lew Ceat emphasizes Grass as an invaluable low cost feed crop that builds soil organic matter and prevents erosion. It notes grass as the most nutritious and least expensive food for all livestock types.
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Lew. Ceat
Bank capital details and certification dated July 7 1944
Balance sheet fragment notes First preferred stock 235000 par 285000 retireable Second preferred stock 50000 par 50000 retireable Common stock 115000 par Assets pledged to secure deposits U S Government obligations 1355474 49 Total secured and preferred liabilities Deposits secured by pledged assets under law Noted as sworn to by cashier H M Carpenter Jr and attested by directors including Stimson Thomas Stuhler Redmond Cartano Locher Hoag with notary R E Matthiesesen on July 7 1944 in Jones County Iowa
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Oranda Memor
U.S
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
F. E. Stimson
C. G. Thomas
H. W. Stuhler
T. M. Redmond
R. A. Cartano
J. J. Locher
R. C. Hoag
State of
Iowa
County of
Jones
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U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Bougainville
Achievement Day
Wayne
Virginia Martin
E.R. Grafft
Truman Stanton
Dillon Story
Ek. C. Gotsch
J. M. Tudor
County Farm Bureau
C. B. Jessen
Lloyd Robertson
Farm Bureau Weekly
Achievement Dar
Lovell Farm Bureau
Madison
Wyoming Farm Bureau
Fred Fritz
Onslow Baby
McNeill
Chaplins
Washington
George Washington
Gamble Store
United States
Venice
St. Joseph’s
Federal Reserve Bank
R. E. Matthiessen
Bolson
Center Ann Eein Creamer Company
General Insurance
Chester A. Condit
Honeymead Products Co
Buck Rendering Service
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