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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
3
The third annual beet cate tac in Jones county is set for early September with a judging contest and feed value evaluation. Directors including Louis Lorencen Quis chairman and others from Wyoming Center Jimmelson and Anamosa attend the meeting and approve the program.
A joint meeting of Jones County Planning committee and the conservation association board met in Monticello to review plans for the 1938 agricultural conservation program. William Stanton Jr. was elected to represent the county at a state meeting around August first to discuss a preliminary draft. The board then approved the association budget and balance.
Greenfield township Farm Bureau members held a picnic at the park with dinner speeches by Gunderson entomologist from Town State College Edgar Beach manager of the Rural Electric Cooperative and Rev. D M Beggs of Anamosa. A kitten ball game music readings and sports activities completed the program. Wyoming township Farm Bureau met Friday at Frank Tasker’s home north of Wyoming for a new member party with a social committee arranging the evening and refreshments of ice cream and cake.
Co. H Van Vinck of Town State College will conduct farm wiring meetings in Jones County July 22 and 23. The sessions aim to teach approved methods for farmstead wiring to help farmers wire homes and outbuildings for future electrical service.
An agricultural tour plans to visit local soil conservation sites. Officials schedule stops around mid June including demonstrations on watershed protection and nutrient management.
A series of five tours will occur this week as part of the 4-H Boys Club program. Members’ homes will be visited and their livestock or crop projects inspected with Raymond Soaren, 4-H club agent, attending. Parents and friends are invited to join. the schedule lists a June 13 tour for Olin boys at the schoolhouse 9 a.m. plus a picnic lunch.
The readable fragments list several youth club gatherings in June including Wyoming boys club at Tad pletmic laneh, Castle Grove school two at Castle Grove avchool No. 2 at 10, Greenfield's boys club at Merle Murfield's, Jackserm boys' cha at Antiochs church 8:30, and Rome over boot Mere vehoat ML Gy Srtive at bpm.
The committee backed lower interest rates including a one percent cut in commissioner loans saving farmers about $30 annually on large loans. The house passed a forestry bill enabling agriculture department cooperation with farmers and state stations to develop private woodlots. The federal government offers free seed for farms signing to establish woodlots, aiming to reforest thousands of acres of eroded land.
The Farm Bureau backs the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937 amid support from Henry A. Wallace and Secretary of Agriculture promises of immediate consideration. Lawmakers hear the measure as a cornerstone for a permanent farm policy aimed at safeguarding food, land, and farm income.
Miss Eva Scripture daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Scripture and John DeVore of Wyoming were married at Rev F L Provan's home in Wyoming at 9 30 am The ceremony attended by relatives and friends, reception lunch served at the bride's parents’ home The newlyweds will live on the Erher Storm farm where the groom is employed.
Names and events from area residents include Mrs W A Hicks and families in Chicago visits, Mr and Mrs Louis Wealill Petersen travelers, Cecar Ripigs, and care efforts for NMiys Beltitty. Town social life features bridge party hosted by Mrs Clair Westphal, prizewinners listed, and a wedding for Eva Scripture and John DeVore.
Mrs. Farnham will read The Fool by Channing Pollock at the Methodist service next Sunday starting at 9 a.m. The program aims to draw attendees for a lengthy reading. Community members gather for church events, dinners, and social visits across Center Junction and nearby towns, with lotion of guests from Topeka and Anamosa attending various events.
Varieties of grain dodge lodging under normal conditions, with thin planting on nitrate rich ground as advised by Mr. Wenta. The Chico20 Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1891, has had only two conductors Theodore Thomas and Frederick Stock.
Confederate veterans recall a past operation at St Luke's hospital. The report lists a string of weekend visits across Iowa from Cedar Rapids to Clinton and Maquoketa. People named include Adolph Bohlken of South Dakota Ruth Sears and Henry Heeren with various family visits and guests.
A Cedar Rapids luncheon hosted by the Carl Helmings drew guests including Mrs Beahl Perrine and Mr and Mrs Arthur Barlow of Cedar Rapids along with others from Chicago Monticello Anamosa and Maquoketa. A Saturday evening car accident near Anamosa injured no one seriously. Local visitors and family gatherings span Davenport Hopkinton Marion Maquoketa Monticello and Chicago with birthdays and travel plans noted.
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