Jones County Farm Bureau push for rural electrification data
Jones County Farm Bureau announced that Boyd Fisher approved loan data for the Jones County project. The board urged completing the customer survey and gathering township meeting data as meetings proceed in Rome Cass Clay and Scotch Grove townships with all farmers urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Meeks
Jones County Rural Electric Cooperative
Boyd Fisher
Rural Electrification
Jones County
Fisher
Meeks
Beach
Farm Bureaus to hold Morley joint meeting
The Rome and Greenfield Farm Bureaus will meet at the Morley schoolhouse Tuesday evening May 19 at 8 oclock. A Greenfield town ship committee will run the program featuring Robert O Bickel of Cedar Rapids with pictures from a 1000 mile Iowa river trip. Members and the public in Morley area are invited.
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Rome
Greenfield Township
Morley
Robert O. Bickel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Myr. Bickel
Farm Bureau
Home Project Achievement day plans set for Ana mosa
Mrs C J Liddy Monticello county publicity chairman says the annual Home Project Achievement day will be held at the Ana mosa Methodist church on Tuesday June 30 with Cedar Rapids speaker Mr Beyer as the main presenter. Extension service Miss Aleene Wilson Iowa State college will judge township booths and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Liddy
Monticello
Anamosa
Beyer
Cedar Rapids
Aleene Wilson
Iowa State College
Training schools for 4-H leaders held in Anamosa
The third and final training school for girls 4-H leaders took place at the Anamosa Legion hall on Wednesday April 14. Red Cross materials supported home and farm accident prevention and injury care, while Dorothy Simmons of Iowa State College aided in preparing material for county girls clubs. Earlier sessions covered energy time and money management with focuses on kitchen setup dishwashing cleaning and bed making. The Monticello fair board added a 4-H amphitheater program for Jones county with a twenty minute schedule across Wednesday Thursday and Friday of the county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Anamosa
American Red Cross
Dorothy Simmons
Iowa State College
Miss Simmons
Fair Board
Monticello
Jones County
Jones County 4-H Kittens Plan Summer Kittenball League
Eight or more local clubs will enter the Jones county 4-H kittenball league with inter-club games every three weeks through the summer. The champion will be the team with the highest percentage in the standings. Club athletic managers meet at the Farm Bureau office on Thursday May 14 to schedule games and dates, with a boys team to play at the county Farm Bureau picnic on July 4. Some groups seek a winter basketball league to select the Jones county team for the state 4-H basketball tournament at Water—.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Water
1936 soil conservation work sheets advance in Jones county
Le Roy Dirks assistant secretary of the local association reports about 1950 farms have worksheets prepared under the 1936 agricultural conservation program. The worksheets assess soil depletion bases to determine a farmer’s contribution, eligibility for payments, and payment amounts. Completing a worksheet does not oblige a farmer unless the farmer owns or operates a farm in the county.
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Jones County
LeRoy Dirks
Soil conservation payments Quickening under county review
Community committeemen rush completion of listing sheets showing soil-depleting bases for each farm by township. Once the county base is approved by the state committee final figures will be released to individual farmers as soon as possible.
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Dirks
Sudan grass touted for midsummer pasture in Iowa
Iowa State College expert H D Hughes says sudan grass offers superior midsummer pasture. He recommends seeding in late May or early June to be ready by mid July, with 15 pounds per acre for high yield. Two head per acre keeps cattle growing through summer while bluegrass rests.
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H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
Iowa
Hughes
Sudan
Six Essentials For Growing Soybeans
H D Hughes Iowa State College farm crops head highlights six essential practices for soybeans. Inoculate seed, weed seed control before planting, delay planting to late May or June, choose popular varieties, plant ample seed, and early cultivation to manage weeds. Bulletin 309 provides full details from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Hughes
Iowan State College
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames
Sini
Dunfield
Mukden
Dusting Roses When Leaves Open Guide From Iowa State
Iowa State extension hortist John B. Wingert advises dusting or spraying hybrid tea roses as soon as leaves fully unfold. Regular weekly to ten day treatments help fight black spot and powdery mildew with Bordeaux mixture or specially prepared rose dust, coating both leaf sides. dry spells reduce frequency. Insects respond to nicotine products for aphids and arsenate sprays for chewing pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Wingert
Iowa State College
Wingert
Stop the Spending Before It Is Too Late
A public warning contrasts the national debt rising beyond 20 billion dollars in three years with the harms of taxes and inflation. It argues deficits lead to debt paid via taxes or inflated money, urging readers to demand fiscal restraint and sound budgeting before further erosion of savings and living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Chinch Bug Winter Die-off Promises Less Outbreak Risk
Dr. George C. Decker reports 50 to 60 percent of Iowa chinch bugs died last winter, reducing outbreak danger in many counties though southern areas remain at risk. Weather now will decide spring and early summer damage, with heavy rains at hatching likely to curb populations, drought and heat increasing risk. Farmers should monitor small grain fields and prep control if sizeable bug numbers appear.
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Iowa
George C. Decker
Iown State College
Decker
Poweshick County
Benton
Linn
Page
Montgomery
Adams
Taylor
South
Jackson County
Muscatine
Cedar
Washington
Center Junction Community Groups Host Socials and School News
Community activities fill Center Junction with club meetings and honors. Ruth Ann Serbousek hosts Merry Maids 4 H program. women’s club notes CCC camp papers. many locals visit relatives, attend church events, and plan Mother’s Day gatherings. Center Junction School faces final exams and upcoming alumni events as seniors prepare for graduation.
Wyoming Club and Community Happenings Report
Elected officers in Wyoming chapter O E S with Mrs Klaud Dick as worthy matron replacing Mrs Helen Heath. The May meetings in Clinton and Anamosa were announced. Numerous clubs hosted events including Progressive Woman's Club farewell for Mrs Shover, a Memorial hall alumni meeting plan, and a Gamble Jack Sprat store project.
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Klaud Dick
Wyoming
Helen Heath
May Peck
Order
Clinton
Anamosa
Progressive Woman's Club
C. B. Wherry
Shover
Monticello
C. B. Shaffer
Geraldine Mader
Betty
Marilyn Buckingham
Virginia Scarcliff
Ann Sears
Norma Barber
Eileen French
Gladys Sleichter
Mildred Onstott
Alumni Association of the Wyoming Schools
Memorial Hall
Frances Franks
Mary Louise Willman
Elsie Anderson Mott
Elsie Holub Holst
Nora Storm Thomson
Ernest Reitz
Claude Sears
Thomas Eichhorn
Florence Westphal
Adele Luke
Hilda Holtz Huggans
Melvin Thomson
Bernard Curry
Raymond Harrington
Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church
Opera House
August Hansen
Shimmer Pharmacy
Jack Sprat
Wyoming High School
John Wherry
Paul Huston
Madge Millsap
Lee Lincoln
Reynold Fishwild
John Alden
Hazel Levsen
Richard Rohwedder
Lucile Jansen
Doris Ingwersen
Ina Petersen
Gaylord Willman
Robert Hansen
Helen Levsen
Leona Busch
Carl Broderson
Vertus Rohwedder
Paul Koch
John Wher
Dorothy Rohwedder
Bonita Glaze
Alberta Reimer
Crystal Demoss
Maxine Cook
Everready Club
Charles Huggans
West of
Elmer Storm
Mrs. Dillon Story
Mary Ellen Storm
Gladys Demoss
American Legion
Lyle Jenkins
Gordon Marshall
Dora Thomsen
W. H. Alden
Lauretta Ruppelt
Zwingle
W. B. Brown
Helen Alden
Community club notes and births in Anamosa
Mrs Gladys Marshall presented a Bess Streeter Aldrich biography and Mrs 8 V Williams reviewed Aldrich's Spring Came on Forever. Mrs W B Brown gave a club history. Roll call answered What I Have Gained. President elect August Thomsen announced committees for the next year. Gifts to Mrs James Bellitt and Miss Gladys Sleichter. Baby William Scarcliff bank gift. Lee Sherrill and F L Harrington visited Rapid City South Dakota. Mr and Mrs Ben Fedderson welcomed a son Sunday at Mercy Hospital Anamosa.
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Robert Alden
Wyoming
Jane Inglis
James Bellitt
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand Circle
Charles Rogers
Hawthorne Club
Elmer Buckingham
Howard Day
S. V. Williams
C. B. Shaffer
June Thomson
Gladys Sleichter
Marilyn Herzberger
Elaine Scarcliff
Betty Buckingham
Doris Day
Day
W. B. Brown
L. M. Koch
William Wilker
E. L. Millsap
Lee Sherrill
Buckingham
John Holub
League of Women Voters
E. F. Rohwedder
Rohwedder
Stella Mallicoat
W. H. Alden
Don Wherry
Newton
Alden
Dillon Bronson
Los Angeles
C. H. Hanold
R. M. Corbit
Oxford
Mich
R. M
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Ralph Orth
Denver
Iowa
Maryann Wilker
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Fred Heasty
Marshalltown
R. M. Heasty
Fred Freyenmuth
Eureath
Illinois City
Fred Webbena
Lisbon
Gladys Marshall
Bess Streeter Aldrich
V. Williams
Aldrich
August Thomsen
Emma Alden
Dora Thomsen
Dorothy Endsley
William Scarcliff
F. L. Harrington
Buol Family Hosts Kitchen Shower for Chicago Bride
Mr and Mrs Cap Buol of Dubuque spent the weekend at his brother Martins home. They entertained relatives for a kitchen shower honoring Miss Ilsa Florin of Chicago whose marriage to Edward Buol occurred last Sunday. Florin received many useful gifts for her home.
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Cap Buol
Dubuque
Martin
Martin Buol
Ilsa Florin
Chicago
Edward Buol
Florin
Buol Hosts Luncheon With Guests Of Honor
Mrs Buol served a plate luncheon and Mr and Mrs George L Buol hosted a 6 30 pm gathering at their home with Miss Ilsa Florin and Edward Buol as guests of honor Gifts presented during the evening tied to the on going social event Views on learning ages ten to eighteen by an English educator and a local remark about neighbors enjoying pennant team play include several quotes from sports figures WES FERRELL is noted as Boston Red Sox pitcher expressing a similar sentiment
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Rick
Wes Ferrell
Boston Red Sox
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Bullettin
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Peter Prabm
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Ruth Ann Ketelsen
Merry Maids 4-H
Jean McNeilly
Jean Preston
Luella Seehusen
Ruth Eiler
J. R. McNeilly
J. R. McDonald
James Hansen
Harry Chase
Nelle Moses
Ethel Stingley
Frank Jones
U. S
Jones
CCC
Chamberlain
S. D
War Department
Meta Prahm
Olin
Jean Downing
J. F. Livingstone
Miss Downing
Tama
J. N. Smith
Town
Smith
Loyals
Presbyterian Ladies
R. S. Robbie
Dawes
A. Upland
Ed Duncan
Guy McDonald
R. B. Beall
Lyle Thompson
S. G. Thompson
Catherine
Lyman Thompson
Frank Himebaugh
Mae Himebaugh
Scotch Grove
Elmer Andrews
McDonald Hospital
Robbie
Presbyterian Sunday School
Paul Smith
Dorothy Dreitbelbis
Marie Serbousek
Catherine Thompson
Jean McNelilly
F. L. Himebaugh
Merlin Moses
O. O. Watson
Ed Bethurum
Big Rock
Arthur Biere
DeKalb
Fred Biere
Norman Martin
Independence
Gus Buscher
Winthrop
N. C. Holst
Otto Rohwedder
B. D. Heiken
Ardis
Treva
Mr. Heiken
Marie Heike
F. L. Story
Stuart Smith
Peter Prahm
Maquoketa
H. C. Holm
Eileen Chase
Irma Lincoln
John Alexander
Wiley
Springville
Frank Serbousex
Donald
C. H. Nelson
Dwaine Moses
E. Podlak
Joan
Henry Seehusen Jr
Manchester
E. F. Kleineck
Lake Hurst
Maquoketa Junior College At A Party. Frank Himebaugh
Alvin Weers
Mayeda Weers
Maxine Moats
Ray Martin
John Alyen
Dorothy Meade
Duane Anderson
Lloyd Morris
Arlo Bell
Robert Alyea
Lloyd Goldsmith
Myron Meade
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Jessie Koch
C. Hodson
Richland Center
Nash
Express Cooking School
Jan Shaw
Home Economist
Nash Coffee
Henry Rink Sr
Johnsde
John Deere
Farmers Implement Co
John Deere Quality Implements and Service
J. E. Heiserman
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