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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
3
Twenty eight farmers in the Monticello Co area will shift from up and down farming to contour methods. Superintendent Mr Irinacombe notes this adds to seventeen who began last spring, with options including terraces strip cropping and buffer strips to reduce soil loss and boost yields.
The District Extension conference at Manchester on March 28 and 14 aims to explain what do national life policies mean for farmers. Notable speakers will discuss topics with group discussions after each talk. Meetings run from 9:30 morning until afternoon. Jones county quota is 25. farmers should notify the Farm Bureau office.
Center Junction reports an active Presbyterian community with Rev. C Scott leading an adult Christian Education Institute last Sunday. Speakers included Chester Can, Mrs. J R Mc Gly, Rev. Dela Hoga, and Rev. Scott Tyrrell host pastor. Picnic supper at Overlook, Working Band activities, Men’s Night plans, and multiple local visits noted.
Mr and Mrs Henry L Wismeier chaired Richland township gathering with a dozen farm families. Mrs Don y of Wyoming spoke the evening as refreshments followed. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Arduser Maude Hoag and Kathleen from Chicago, and Robert Maire of Chicago visiting George Hein on Friday.
CASTLE GROVE The meeting of the Castle Grove Farm Bureau Friday evening was well attended. Speakers outlined soil conservation data with 244000 bushels of corn stored in Jones County on farms and 125000 bushels in steel bins at Martello Onslow Morley. Total Jones County corn on hand estimated at 3135627 bushels. 1940 county harvest 71861 acres at 65 bushels per acre. Pauline Cramer reported Rural Youth meeting in Ames. Married Fernando Kromminga and Beryl Keith in Castle Grove. Other items note travel, residents moving, and new home near Anamosa.
Residents near Masonville move to farms and others visit relatives. Secretary to Representative Susyanek vacations at the Mejoy Tsehantz home. Harms family relocates to Wolken farm in Wayne township. Hosford and Egger families host and travel for outings. Mrs Bes Barge of Ames suffers knee fracture. Funeral for Henry Poppe attended with low turnout. Lyle Hosford and son visit Cascade area. Grace Wehrend and Tiedemann guests from Marion and Lucerne. Fred Kromminga accompanies a Lenox student home. Deiseher hosts meeting at Mrs ose’s home.
Mrs. John L. Batchelder was taken to John AlcDonald hospital in Monticello after an attack and is improving. Local residents Ray Murray Wilson Stevenson and John McDonald were among guests helping Margaret Murray arrange her new home on South Grand View Avenue. Mr and Mrs Frank Helms moved to the farm vacated by Mrs Margaret Murray on March 1 with Gus Kanas of Sterling, HI visiting.
Last week saw many households in Amber swap homes with neighbors and friends moving into newly vacated houses. Community events included Wayne Zion Luther League at the schoolhouse, a bridge afternoon hosted by Mrs. Phil Daly, and social visits among local families. Speedy ice boats on Lake View mark a sharp weather contrast with 1890s wedding shoes on display.
Minnie Heeren home hosts Betty Sands and Marion Fass who spent several days with their aunt and uncle, as parents move to new homes. W H Behrends and daughters visited the B W Brondel home in Cedar Rapids on Sunday afternoon.
Sympathy to Mr and Mrs John Wilcox of Monticello on the tragic death of their daughter June. Selena Otten of Waterloo and Marcella Otten of Cedar Rapids visited their parents Mr and Mrs John Otten. Presbyterian Aid meets this week at the Cass home. Arend Balster recovering at home. Presbyterian church services resume with sermons by Rev F G Tyrrell. Leslie Balster visits from Iowa State College. Lloyd and Shirley Siefken and Mrs Schwartz ill last week. Mrs Marian Jones and Lorel Deane Stanwood visit Elmer Ernst. George Gravés Clyde Tilton and Joyce Graves bring Mrs Graves home from Cedar Rapids. Lee Sanford family move to Monticello. Bob Scott spots Ridgeway Iowa from a flight, learns he is not Ridgeway Minnesota.
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