County to Exhibit 11 Beeves at Chicago Livestock Show
Seven Jones County 4-H members enter 11 calves for the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago, running November 30 to December 7. Exhibitors include Virtus Lorenzen and Merlin Lyon with Herefords and Angus, highlighting county fair champions and Iowa State Fair placings. The group departs for the show on November 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Fair
Merlin K
Lyon
Olin
Angus
Grover Lorenzen
Towa State Fair
Dale Newman
Martelle
Robert Nowachek
Wyoming
Donald Starr
Oxford Junction
Edwin Andrews
International
Fat production leads Cascade dairy reports and obits
October average milk yield for 321 cows including 72 dry in South Jones Dairy Herd Improvement Association was 626 pounds with 24.5 pounds butterfat. High cow No 2 owned by Jones County Home produced 751 pounds butterfat from 2031 pounds milk. Several herds posted strong monthly totals while local obituaries and community notices fill the rest of the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Jones
C. C. Jones
Hale
G. L. Fraseur and Sons of
Tipton
Oxford Junction Club Elects 1st President
Betty Starr of Oxford Junction was elected president of the newly organized 4 H girls club in the Oxford Junction community. Ruth Raymond and Anna Marie Nowachek were named vice president and secretary treasurer with Jean Edwards as news reporter and Laverna Nowachek as historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Starr
Oxford Junction
American Legion Hall
Ruth Raymond
Anna Marie Nowachek
Jean Edwards
Laverna Nowachek
James Kearns
Ruth Nowachek
Dorothy Ahréndsen
Jones County 4-H Meeting Reviews Family Banquet Plans
Gene Walker, vice-president of Lowell Laboring Lads 4-Heluh, led a Monticello meeting at 8:15 PM in the community building. Colored slides on county activities preceded a discussion of father son banquet plans and 4-H studies with Gene and David Walker, Fred Shover, and LaVerma and Raymond Nugel attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Walker
Lowell Laboring Lads 4-Heluh
Monticello
Gene
David Walker
Fred Shover
LaVerma
Raymond Nugel
Dale Adams Uses Test Plots To Teach Young Farmers
Dale Adams presented potato test plot results and contour farming at Monticello Young Farmers, noting seed size depth planting varieties and fertilizers affect yields. The club sponsored by the vocational agriculture department meets Thursdays at 8 pm, welcoming out of school youths ages 16 to 24 with an educational and recreational program, aiming for placement in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Adams
Monticello
Young Farmers Club
The
Vocational Agriculture Department of the Public Schools
Lewis Schemmel
Marion Balster
Louis Burrichter
Eugene First
John Zirkelbach
Thomas McNeill
Maynard Kuhns
Lorenzen Summarizes County Corn in Storage and Seals
A report by L. T. Lorenzen of the Jones County Soil Conservation association details corn stored as security for government loans and the liquidation progress. On April 1, 1940, 566,809 bushels were loaned or stored. by November 1940 resealing and liquidation were nearly complete with most corn repurchased or moved to CCC. Farmers extending resealment gain storage payments and reinforce national grain reserves. Included is a note on a Berlin-to-Eldora letter received by T. A. Ruben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
L. T. Lorenzen
Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Martelle
Morley
Onslow
Wyoming
Commodity Credit Corporation
Winter Coat Discussion At Clothing Meeting
Miss Elizabeth Peterson of Iowa State College will lead the second home project training series the week of November 12. The session studies winter coat selection, fabric and lining choices, outer and inner materials, fur, and the impact of the new wool labeling bill passed October 14 on wool material purchases.
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Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
McMahon and Melloy Obituaries Highlight Cascade Area
Funeral services were held for James Edward McMahon in St. Patrick’s church Garry Owen with burial in St. Patrick’s cemetery. McMahon died in Chicago after a lingering illness. he was born January 2, 1903, and survived by his wife Mildred Kennedy and three daughters. He worked for Yellow Taxi Cab Co and left many relatives in Garry Owen. Daniel P. Melloy, 57, died at his farm near Cascade after a long illness. funeral mass was read at St. Patrick’s church Garry Gwen, Reverend Malone presiding.
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Cascade
James Edward McMahon
St. Patrick’s Church
North Garry Owen
P. F. Malone
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Mr. McMahon
Chicago
Garry Owen
Owen Mce- Mahon
Mildred Kennedy
Sacred Heart
Fillmore
Yellow Taxi Cab Company
Charlene Marie
Patricia Ann
Donna Elaine
Jack
Raymond
Albert
Frank
Charles Gaul
Florence
Lorraine
Gertrude
Daniel P. Melloy
Here
Garry Gwen
P. J. Malone
Mar
Melloy
Onslow Farm Changes Hands and Local News
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Byerly bought the 80 acre Hob Corbett farm once owned by Germans. now held by the Alfred Moore family. Fred Ketchem and daughter visited Floyd Horton. Many pupils missed days with chicken pox. Mary Louise Appleby has returned. WLS barn dance events drew two hundred dollars in paid admissions with ninety dollars net. A daughter Sharon Kay, born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bunting at Mercy hospital Anamosa. Mrs. Ella Orr hospitalized after a stroke. condition serious. Mrs. Susan Ingwersen resuming normal duties at home. S. G. Hutton attended Wes Hutton funeral in Monticello. Astruman club host by Mrs. Fred Scott next Friday. Ed Paulsen family aided E. K. Peters. Stella Flynn of Maquoketa noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLS
LeClaire
Martin Bunting
Wes Hutton
Iverson
Monticello
Fred Scott
Astruman Club
Ed Paulsen
E. K. Peters
Stella Flynn
Maquoketa
Castle Grove Social Roundup and Visitors
Members of the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian churchheld a party at Mrs. F. D. Deischer's home with games and refreshments. Guests included the McLaughlins who attended the Iowa City homecoming and Iowa Purdue game, Elizabeth joining them on return before proceeding to Mason City for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
F. D. Deischer
W. D. McLaughlin
Iowa City
Elizabeth
Mason City
Harvey Heiken
Lyle Hosford
Cedar Rapids
D. P. Sutherland
Monticello
Ladies’ Aid Society
S. M. Hosford
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Herman Egger
Dubuque County
Adelbert
Delmar King
Davenport
Henry Stadtmueller
Kath
Community visits span Ana Moore area households
Lee n Eisler resided in Ana mora at home on Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Henry Stadtmueller and family visited Mrs Margaret Folkerts in Scotch Grove on Sunday along with Mrs Austin Stadtmueller and Rose from Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leen Eisler
Anamosa
Henry Stadtmueller
Austin Stadtmueller
Rose
Monticello
Margaret Folkerts
Scotch Grove
Apples and corn prank in Iowa farm families
In Belle Plaine and Jewell, Iowa, Jake McCune fixed apples for his children and grandchildren and glued paper name labels to the fruit before ripening. As the apples ripened the labels washed away revealing the intended names. Nearby, B C Dalva and Joseph Johnson found others had beaten them to their corn, prompting surprise at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake McCune
Belle Plaine
B. C. Dalva
Joseph Johnson
Jewell
Dalva Invites Suspects to Return by Daylight
A farmer named Dalva discovers a remaining pile on the field and issues a warning inviting the culprits to come back in daylight to retrieve it, offering assistance to help carry the loot out of the field.
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Dalva
Also Mentioned on This Page
V. Lorenzen
Merlin Lyon
Bernard
James Melloy
Mary
Joseph Cox
W. A. Clark
Dubuque
W. J. Melloy
James
Mary Catherine McDermott
Cyril McDermott
Devaney
St. John’s Cemetery
Placid
Finley Hospital
Darrence
Lois
Phyllis
Mona Barrett
T. J. Lane
J. A. Struett
H. W. Koon
L. B. McKinstry
Fred Kromminga
Cecil Koon
M. P. Paulsen
Marvin Nissen
Harry Paulsen
Alva Streeper
Marvin Holst
Pete Levsen
W. F. Moran
Frank Schrader
S. G. Hutton
C. R. Smith
D.A.R
Earl Pulver
George Paulsen
William Hurst
Monmouth
Bertha Freisen
Charles Blough
Cedarapis
Irving Gress
Wiiter
Leon
Herman Gress
Bone
George Sears
Ella Orr
Ben Heiken
Scotch Grove Township
Oxford Junction Club
Lorenzen
T. A. Ruben
Eldora
Berlin
Germany
Plymouths
FORDS
Chevrolet
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Daniel Melloy
Onslow Farm
Bariville
Iowa
Firestone
Ting
J. J. Evers
S. M. Besterd
Hal’ Leonard
W. E. Tuetken
Monticello, Iowa
Bolson
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Fred Lehman
Center Junction Creamery Company
Center Junction, Iowa
H. W. Cox
Coggon
Hopkinton
Castle Grove Catholic Church
Hampshire-Berkshire
Monticello Creamery
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Jamesway
Monarch
Joseph Bading
Lee Bebee
Bob Drumbarger
Monticello State Bank
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