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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
3
Estimates from the Jones county AAA office based on 142 farms on 17 700 acres project a 26 per cent increase in soybean plantings for 1944 over 1943, with 125 76 per cent of 1944 acreage devoted to soybeans.
The J LeRoy Farmer canning company plans to can 70 000 cases or about 1 680 000 cans of sweet corn for military lend lease and commercial sale in summer 1944. One thousand acres of corn will be contracted with farmers in Northern Jones and Southern Delaware counties at 19 cents per ton. Government buyers will take at least 41 percent of the pack.
Five Hundred club members gathered at Floyd Chatterton home to bid farewell to Mrs. Florence Arnold who plans to leave the community. A picnic dinner followed by three table card games produced prizes for Mrs. B. L. Wherry Mrs. Herman Grutzeit and Mrs. Leslie Babcock. A guest received a gift.
Mrs. Walter Heath was surprised at home last Friday evening with a birthday celebration attended by Mr. and Mrs. Alva Eilers Mr. and Mrs. Sant Clark Mr. and Mrs. Art Eilers Mr. and Mrs. Chirence Eilers Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tuetken and families and Harry Eilers and Willi Wenger. Cards and visiting followed by refreshments.
Mitoen T. King of the Jones County Soil Conservation Office estimates that contour planting on sloping land could raise county corn yields this year. State tests in 1942 1943 show average gains of about 5.5 bushels per acre with contouring.
Iowa hog market reports show Frank Kulhavey of Oxford Junction among buyers at Chicago Stock Yards selling fat hogs at record prices. Hogs averaged around 14.10 dollars per hundredweight with weights uneven but sold without sorting, near the year’s top.
G ov. Bourke Hickenlooper vowed Senate candidate will address the Jones County Soil Conservation district biennial meeting on March 25 at 1 30 p m in Anamosa high school auditorium. Attending officials include Ray Naylor Chris Jensen Clark Huntley Earl Elijah Frank Mendell and LK Bliss along with county extension staff and district commissioners from Linn Jackson and Clayton counties.
A study at Iowa State College shows that Marley seeding of mats has a greater influence on oat yields than the rate or density of seeding. The report notes breeder trials and mentions Dr GC in Town State as part of the experimental context.
The 4-H mother-daughter luncheon will be Saturday April 1 at noon in the Firemen’s hall Anamosa. Theme Working to Win. Jean Ann Freese Monticello county president will preside and Laura Holst county home economist will speak. Committees led by Mrs Lloyd Robertson and officers listed including Jean Ann Presse and Janet Kuhns.
4 H club meeting at H Cox home March 18 with Donna Jeanne Cox hostess Vivien Benter led baking powder biscuits lesson served strawberry shortcake for lunch six girls attended next meeting planned for April a carload of butter and eggs bound for Sand Springs served by local families.
Mrs A W Larson promised to donate items to a Madrid Eastern Star rummage sale and leave them on the back porch. W B York family now occupies the former Larson home. York articles were placed for cleaners and mistaken for Larson items by Mrs Minnie Langland. The sale went on with York pieces sold and laughs filling the town.
In many animals the eyes are positioned on the sides of the head, giving them a wide field of view. Each eye perceives a distinct portion of the surroundings, creating overlapping and nonoverlapping vision areas.
Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman aged 64 died at her Hopkinton home on Friday March 17 following a heart attack. Born Sept 9 1879 in Jones County she married Nathaniel Chapman in 1893 and they lived on farms in Delaware and Linn counties before retiring to Hopkinton. She and Nathaniel were parents of eleven. seven survive. Funeral held at Hoover funeral home Monday at 2 pm with Rev. W. Le Schiel officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery Monticello Virginia Dufoe Weds Archie Peebles. ceremony at Davenport Presbyterian Church March 5. Virginia Dufoe, daughter of Floyd Dufoe Union Township, marries Arch Peebles of Cleveland Ohio. Peebles Navy enlisted. both to continue work and station. Kensington Luncheon hosted by Miss Jennie Ferguson with music by Mrs. Robert Brubaker. Mildred Griffith of Greeley attended. Dale Allen of Camp Pinedale Calif spent Thursday in Hopkinton then left for Tucson to visit parents. Kenneth Johnson of Great Lakes Ill on 86-hour leave. Numerous local residents attend Mrs. Chapman’s funeral and others relocate or join armed services as noted throughout.
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