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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1965
Page
3
Newton wheat rests on the oats plot at the Dale Adams farm north of Monticello along highway 38 during Friday night a Monticello high school vo ag instructor Grover Miehe surveys the scene with others.
Two area Holstein breeders have herds officially classified for body type. Loren Kehoe & Sons of Hopkinton added four classified animals, one very good and three good. Jay Slater of Olin classified 30 animals, one excellent, 20 very good, nine good plus. The program, active since 1929, benchmarks conformation against the ideal Holstein type and guides breeders nationwide. Grover C. Miehe attended a Geigy Agricultural Chemicals workshop in Fredericksburg on July 21 to learn the latest in pesticides for vocational agriculture instructors.
Merelung Club hosts picnic supper at Wyoming park on July 21 with seven members and guests. Rebekahs honor the Willey family moving to Marion. Attendance includes Curtin and Hintz families. Out-of-town relatives attended the funeral of Herbert Rohwedder. Local church and social group gatherings noted. few hospital and family updates.
Joe Carroll of Cascade has been appointed as a member of the Jones county Farmers Home Administration committee replacing Jack Stingley whose term expired. Other members are Robert W. Peet Anamosa and Francis Miller Monticello. Carroll is a Cascade dairy and hog producer and holds several local positions.
Bob Thoeni center receives congratulations from Ed Sheridan Iowa City official and Honnegger district representative for securing an all expense paid July 20 23 trip to the New York World's Fair. He earned the prize by the top sales increase in a cattle feed promotion across 12 states with 350 dealers. Thoeni will report on the trip at an August 5 chicken barbecue sponsored by Bob's Feed & Supply at the Monticello fairgrounds.
Oxford Jct reports include 4 H girls achievement day at the elementary school and various local gatherings. Notes mention funerals, housing moves, relatives visiting, reunions, and church group meetings with luncheon and lessons.
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