Committees Named For County Farm Bureau Sports Event
The Jones County Farm Bureau sports committee met to plan the county wide Farm Bureau sports festival at the county fair grounds in Monticello on July 4. The event will start with 4 H kittenball finals at 10 30 and continue with a full informal sports program. committees include Baseball Lee Crain Olin Ray Peet Martello and many others for horseshoe pitching foot races women’s events and more.
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Jones County Farm Bureau Sports Committee
Farm Bureau
County Fairgrounds
Monticello
Farm Women Meet at Martelle Home
Mrs. Sam Elligon, chairman of the Jones county Farm Bureau women division, will entertain the county home project committee and the girls 4 H club committee at her Martelle home Friday afternoon June 21. The group will discuss the home program and lay plans for next year. A social afternoon will follow the meeting.
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Sam
Elligon
Jones County Farm Bureau
Martelle
Castle Grove Homemaker Club Discusses Shrubs and Pests
The Worthwhile Homemakers of Castle Grove met June 12 with Mrs. J. E. Ahlrichs. Miss Lulu Toms of Marion Garden club spoke on shrubs and pests. The group welcomed a baby and exchanged late plants before refreshments. Thirteen members and nine guests attended.
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Homemakers Club
Castle Grove Township
J. E. Ahlrichs
Lulu Toms
Marion Garden Club
Henry Stadtmeuller
F. A. Hanken
Henry Hall
Grace Wehrend
Marion
Elsie Heiken
Manchester
George Specht
Anamosa
Ruth Hunter
Mary Rickels
Clarence Stadtmueller
Castle Grove
Ahlrichs
Sorghum Varieties Planted For Study In Ames Plot
A. F. Walker, vocational agriculture instructor, planted 100 feet each of Black Amber, Waconia Orange, Early Sumas, Honey Drip, Leoti Red, Atlas Sorgo, Hegari, Grahama, Western Blackhill Kafir, Early Kale, Sooner Mile, and New Grain in a cooperative Farm Crops plot at Ames. The trial, near the road, invites farmer comparison and notes sorghums use as drought resistant ensilage and grain crop, expanding in popularity since 1936 drought.
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A. F. Walker
Ames
Towa
Corn Growth Rates Spark Daily Tracking
A hobby group in a corn field tracks daily height gains over six to eight weeks. Gene Walker reports inch to inch and a half increases across June 12 to June 16, averaging about two inches per day over five days. He recommends using a daily growth chart for study.
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Gene Walker
County Represented At State 4-H Meet
Jones county 4-H girls and leaders attended the 4-H club girls convention at Ames last weekend. Listed are Eloise Kuhns Scotch Grove leader in charge and several county members including Mrs. Max Specht Monticello Mrs. Philip Snyder Onslow Mrs. Henry Adams Monticello Verona Kromminga Monticello Gladys Heeren Onslow Jean Livingstone Anamosa Dorotha Brewer Martelle Lucille Wagnon er Olin Betty Adams Monticello Ruth Reuter Monticello Betty Furst Olin Ida Louise Brokens Scotch Grove Celestia Kuhns Scotch Grove Elenora Siebels Anamosa Jean Huffman Wyoming and June Thomsen Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Crain
Olin
Ray
Peet
Martello
James Kearns
Anamosa
Ed Helgens
Monticello
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Gilbert Jones
William Jansen
Fred Heiken
Delbert Smith
Morley
James McLaughlin
Ray Sanford
Scotch Grove
Harry Newman
J. E. Porter
Irving Hintz
Max Specht
William Reese
Henry Adams
Gail Peet
Harold Hartman
Frank Andrews
Don Wherry
Robert Livingstone
Stanley Wageroner
August Thomson
Wyoming
Clair Fayram
Onslow
James Whitmore
Oliver Furst
Don Meeks
D. J. Wasson
Pauline Cramer
North
County
Merle Meeks
Martelle
South
Merle
Lloyd Robertson
Bette Tishwild
Eloise Kuhns
Phil Snyder
Otto Danneman
Amber
Jane Benesh
Alvin Byerly
J.M. Ahlrichs
Lulu Weighels
Marion Balster
Carl Hein
Marjorie Humpal
Jones County
Ames
Philip Snyder
Verona Kromminga
Gladys Heeren
Jean Livingstone
Dorotha Brewer
Lucille Wagsoner
Betty Adams
Jones County Hogs Sell Well on Market
W D Merritt a Jones county stockman marketed a drove of 30 hogs at the Chicago Stock Yards this week among the good sellers in the Tuesday trade. The consignment averaged 323 pounds and sold at 490 per cwt with three heavy sows at 570 pounds selling at 400 per cwt. Hog prices rose ten cents at midweek with the day’s average 510 per cwt and peak sales at 540.
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W. D. Merritt
Jones County
Chicago
Castle GroveResidents Attend Martelle Baseball Games
S. M. Hosford Mrs. Max Specht Pauline Cramer and Margaret Olive Deischer spent Sunday afternoon in Martelle watching baseball. Two Castle Grove boys Max Specht and Loren Cramer played with the Farm Bureau team. About forty ladies attended the Ladies Aid meeting at the F C Cramer home. Guests from away included.
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Max Specht
Pauline Cramer
Margaret Olive Deischer
Martelle
Castle Grove
Loren Cramer
Farm Bureau
S. M. Hosford
Ladies’ Aid
F. C. Cramer
Local social rounds and farming notes from Monticello area
Residents gather for visits and reunions across Faribault Hopkinton and Cedar Rapids. Farm news mentions oats heading poorly amid unfavorable weather and clover fields praised this year. A Monticello pair attend a reunion at Pictured Rocks and a local aluminum firm rep demos with dinner at the Kromminga home.
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Lucile Jackson
Faribault
Minn
Eda van Buren
Reider
Tipton
Eleanor McDonald
Hopkinton
Donald McDonald
W. BD
C. A. McLaughlin
Ames
G. Tuetken
Lyle Hosford
Walter Bohren
Delhi
S. M. Hosford
Manchester
Harvey Heiken
Herman Egger
Sand Spring
Olin Howie Jr
Clarence Hosford
Monticello
Pictured Rocks
Stanley
Tommy Maire
QO. R. Howie
Blanche Hunter
Harvey Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Harken
H. A. Deischer
Will Albers
Lisbon
Harry Maire
Maquoketa
Merle Knight
Merlene
Marion
Ray Adams
Dorothy Ann Maire
O. R. Howie
Fred Kromminga
Grace Wehrend
Maiden
Des Moines
Mildred Warner
Clarence Eberhart
Missouri
Earl Griffith
Janet
Margaret
Eberhart
John Hiller
California
E. F. Eben
Amber
Local Household Visits and a Child Patient in Rochester
Richland Center reports Mr and Mrs Howard P Hicks and daughter Emmeline of Elmhurst Illinois hosted by Mr and Mrs George B Hein. Fetty OLeary of Dubuque visits Jan ana Schweitzer. Du buque guests include Mr and Mrs Paul Buol. Joe Leberman and son Buol and Ruby Herwaten of Sheboygan Wisconsin were guests of Len Buol. Len Buol visits Dubuque with sister Kate Bardill. Vern Norton of Dubuque visits Len Buol. Billy Burlage nine son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Burlage is a patient at the Rochester Minnesota children s hospital.
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Howard P. Hicks
Emmeline
Elmhurst
Ill
George B. Hein
Fetty O'Leary
Dubuque
Janana Schweitzer
Paul Buol
Joe Leberman
Buol
Ruby Herwaten
Sheyboygan
Wis
Len Buol
Kate Bardill
Vern Norton
Billy Burlage
Lawrence Burlage
Children’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Audubon County Dedicates New Court House
The county recently dedicated a new court house in Audubon County, marking a milestone in its judicial facilities. Officials praised modernity and improved public access as residents attended the ceremony.
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Audubon County
Ground Squirrels Damage Albia Corn Fields
Ground squirrels are causing substantial damage to corn in fields near Albia. Farmers employ various methods to protect the crop and salvage as much as possible.
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Albia
Wyoming Youths Furnish Church Activity Center
The Christian Endeavor group of the Wyoming Presbyterian Church, about 20 members, renovated an old box house into a youth center with a large 18 by 15 feet room, kitchen, and game space. They fundraised with sales and candy, held open houses on June 22, and will rent spaces for events at nominal fees.
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Wyoming
Christian Endeavor Society
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Helen Madison
Industrial Society
Endeavor Society
William and family join vacation travelers abroad
The passage lists multiple families and individuals visiting relatives or traveling for vacations. Names include Clara Countryman, J. J. Ludemann, Paul Lofschulz, Dr. and Mrs. Stoffel, Molly Jo Wiechhorn, and Maryann Wilker, with locations such as Tipton Wellsburg Evanston Minnesota and Hinsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
J. N. Stoffel
Molly Jo Wiechhorn
Anamosa
Wyoming
George Fishwild
Howard Countryman
Lake Winpemuecs
Minnesota
Dobey Iuushes
Chicago
William Wilker
Maryann Wilker
Hermitage
H. C. State
Milwaukee
J. W. Morse
Agnes van Auken
Hinsdale
Anniversary spread for Henderson relatives at Rock Island
Mrs Frank Henderson attended with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Lewis Sampson and son George along with Mr and Mrs Chris Anderson as relatives of the honored family gathered at Rock Island Thursday. Roy E Rowland Mahaska county district court clerk leaves hospital after injury from a February roller skating fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Henderson
Lewis Sampson
George
Chris Anderson
Rock Island
Roy E. Rowland
Mahaska County
Bottle message travels 120 miles from creek to Bartlett
Wayne Rossow of Battle Creek waited about a year for a reply from Ivan R. Alley of Bartlett. The note had been placed in a bottle and cast into a nearby creek, then carried roughly 120 miles to its destination.
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Wayne Rossow
Battle Creek
Ivan R. Alley
Bartlett
Tiny Scranton Pony Stands 22 Inches Tall at Birth
A 21 pound Shetland pony was born at the Jim Peterson farm in Scranton. The newborn stands about 22 inches tall, making it a remarkably small foal for its breed.
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Jim Peterson
Scranton
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W. S. Roush
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Everready Club
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Ward Kent
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Parlin Burgett
Lyle Tompkins
Grizelda State
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St. John’s
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