Monticello Soil Group Formed Headed by McLaughlin
The Monticello Soil Improvement association is incorporated to conserve soil and coordinate erosion control in Jones Delaware and Dubuque counties. W. O D McLaughlin serves as president with a slate including James Littlefield Lee Streets Henry Adams Crt Hels Wendy Marek Otto Danneman Frank Wink Teman Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Sis Ala
Board of
Eclergy
Crt Hels
Monticelli
Wendy Marek
Ancimosa
Otto Danneman
Amber
Prank Wink
Deli
Teman Meyers
Hopkinton
Dheas
Jones
Delaware
Dubuque
Extension Service
Experiment Station
Town State College
Soil Conservation Service
Civilian Conservation Corps
Farm Security Administration
Pennessee Valley Authority
Chamber of Commerce
McLaughlin to Represent Jones County at Farm Bureau Convention
W. D. McLaughlin of Monticello was chosen by the Farm Bureau board to represent Jones county at the 20th annual American Farm Bureau federation convention in Chicago December 4 to 7. The event features speeches by Henry Wallace Cordell Hull and other national figures amid wartime concerns and overlap with the Chicago International Live Stock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McLaughlin
Monticello
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Jones County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicasio
Farm Bureau
Henry Wallace
Raymond Leslie Buell
Round Table
Fortune Magazine
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agricultural Committee
Ellison Named Women’s Chairman in Jones County
Mrs. Ellison was named the women’s chairman as the Jones County Parish Bureau elected officers at Anamosa. Mrs. Oliver Puret became county secretary and Mrs. Shedt Hutton was chosen county publicity chairman. The home project program expands to all sixteen townships by November end with plans to boost membership and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jam [Lligen
Martele
Banquet Set For Jones County Beef Cattlemen
The 6th annual Jones County Beef Cattlemen’s association banquet is tentatively dated December 14. The event, approved by the association’s board at Farm Bureau offices, will be held in the new Wyoming gymnasium with meat provided by Monticello Feed Mill from a 4-H baby beef calf raised by Steven McDowell Jr. Tickets go on sale across the county once final program plans are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Beef Cattlemen's Association
Farm Bureau
Gymnasium
Wyoming
Monticello
Steven McDowell, Jr
Announcement of Corn Loan Prices Soon
The 1939 0 corn loan price will be announced this week. L T Lorenzen, president of the Jones County Soil Conservation Association, said the amount is expected to be about the same as a year ago when it was 57 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. ‘S T. Lorenzen
Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Fairbanks Leads North Jones Co Testing Group
The 366 cows in the North Jones Cow Testing association averaged 505 pounds of milk and 20 pounds of butterfat with 281 milking and 85 dry. Top ten herds include Arthur Fairbanks and Francis Miller of Monticello with high outputs. The leading cow, owned by Carl Hein, produced 1950 pounds of milk and 62.5 pounds of butterfat. Clarence Ashbrenner was the Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Jones Cow Testing Association
Arthur Fairbanks
Monticello
Francis Miller
Muller & Bell
Carl Hein
Paul Fleming
Clarence Ashbrenner
Lester
Castle Grove 4 H Club finalizes yearly program
The Castle Grove Fortune Find ers 4-H Girls club met at Nedra and Verona Kromminga homes with Helen Melaughlin and Mrs. Max Specht to draft part of their yearly program. Lloyd Robertson submitted the plan to the Farm Bureau office this week. It is the county’s first completed written program for the opening year. Other clubs will follow after the first training school, detailing activities talks demonstrations and planned memory selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Fortune Finders
Nedra
Verona Kromminga
Helen Melaughlin
Max Specht
Fairview
Second Half Compliance Payments Applications Sent Out
About 1100 applications for the second half soil conservation payments have been sent to township committeemen. L. T. Lorenzen, president of the Jones County Soil Conservation Association, announced. Payments totaling around 375000 dollars will reach farmers after January 1, with about 175000 already paid in the first installment. The January payment derives from three parts: nine cents per bushel on corn yield established on each farm, soil building payments averaging 45 dollars for the typical 160 acre farm, and general payments of 1.49 dollars per acre for oats and wheat compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Lorenzen
Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Monticello Man Buys Joe Taylor Farm in Linn County
John Strosahl of the McVay farm north of Monticello has purchased the 100 acre Joe Taylor farm in Buffalo township Linn county seven miles northwest of Anamosa. Possession will be given March 1. Taylor owned the place 15 years and it has been tenanted by Bill McCovern. Strosahl and wife will be missed from the community. Also noted is a travel excerpt about a British hotel connoisseur who visited inns across the British Isles for a book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strosahl
McVay
Monticello
Joe Taylor
Buffalo Township
Linn County
Anamosa
Taylor
Bill McCovern
Strosahl
Boys Will Exhibit Cattle In Chicago Show
The 4-H baby beef calves entered in the Junior Feeding contest at the Chicago International Live Stock Show will be shown Saturday December 2 starting at 8 30 am. A sitting committee will review the calves on Friday December 1. Entrants include Dale Newman Martelle John Tudor Olin Abbie Ann Tudor Olin Grover Lorenzen Olin Virtus Lorenzen Olin Robert Nowachek Wyoming and Duane Lincoln Wyoming. The calves were shown at the Jones County Fair and some at the All Town Fair and Iowa State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Chicago
Let's Talk Turkey boosts poultry with film publicity
Frank Priebe reviews a short subject Let's Talk Turkey and notes its potential influence on the poultry market. He observes that 32 million turkeys this year and a large upcoming harvest could lift sales, as ads and articles push turkey purchases, including installment plans, to ease Thanksgiving spending. He highlights a grocer selling 54 turkeys on installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eginning
Attractive new Cedar Rapids house featured in local farming area
The express report describes Bill Delay and his bride’s new two story brick home with a green tile roof and stone trim. It highlights a sun room, an efficient heating system, and space optimization, noting the structure blends four Cedar Rapids houses and reflects three years of planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Delay
Jones County
Bill
Cedar Rapids
Girls Will Attend Training School At Anamosa
The first training school on the new home furnishing project for 4 H club leaders committee members and older club girls will be held at the court house Anamosa Friday starting at 10 am Miss Florence Forbes home furnishing specialist of the state extension service will present the material The first lesson will cover making a girl's room more livable and attractive along with general interior decorating principles for a girl's room This is the first in a series of three trainings by Miss Forbes during the new club year which started Nov 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Anamosa
Florence Forbes
State Extension Service
Miss Forbes
Rural Women Plan Countywide Achievement Day in Jones County
A Jones county rural women meeting at Anamosa with Mrs. N May Larson planned the April achievement day ending the clothing course. They discussed population trends and rural family impacts, youth farm to non farm shift, and aging population due to lower birth rates. Announcement made for the 1940 state chorus tournament and music project Gems From An Old World Treasure Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
N. May Larson
Iowa State College Extension Service
Larson
County Boys Enter East Iowa Feed Calf Contest
Jones county sends two boys to feed five calves each in the Eastern Iowa lot feeding contest at Hawkeye Downs. Willis Fairbanks Ana_mosa and Leo Levien Clarence received calves from the Mitchell herd at Marfa Texas. Calves came via Linn county committee and were distributed to Linn Benton and Jones counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Willis Fairbanks
Anamosa
Leo Levien
Clarence
Hawkeye Downs
Mitchell
Marfa
Texas
Linn County
Benton
Jones
All Iowa
Tyler McGovern Lead South Jones Cow Testing Leaders
The South Jones Cow Testing Association reports October results from 308 cows totaling 164 459 pounds of milk and 6 531 pounds of butterfat. Average 501 pounds milk and 21.2 pounds butterfat per cow. Sixty cows dry. 28 over 40 pounds butterfat. High individual cow is a registered Holstein owned by the Jones County Home. Dale Wicks is the tester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Jones
Central City
G. L. Fraseur & Sons
Tipton
George & Hanken
Anamosa
Harold Thompson
Jones County
Scotch Grove
J. M. Byerly
C. C. Jones
Hale
Donald Smith
Stanwood
George Slater
Olin
E. B
Fenton
Dale Wicks
Fortune Finders 4 H Club Meeting Recap
The Fortune Finders 4 H Club met Saturday November 11 at Mrs. Max Specht home. With secretary Helen McLaughlin absent Ruth Ann Hintz served as acting secretary. Members reported briefly and Mrs Specht gave lessons on Correct Posture and on music. The next meeting is set for December 9 at Ruth Ann Hintz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Max Specht
Helen McLaughlin
Ruth Ann Hintz
Stanley Bright Family Moves to Anamosa
The Bright family relocates to Anamosa for Mr Bright's new job. Sunday visitors included Fay Kauffman of Colesburg and numerous local families stopping by the E H Cox and Fred Egger homes. Other gatherings featured several residents visiting or hosting in Center Junction and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Bright
Anamosa
Bright
Fay Kauffman
Colesburg
E. H. Cox
William Reardon
Donald
William
Walter Moon
Blanche Moser
Herbert Cox
Center Junction
E. W. Brandel
Bethyl Jean
Richard
W. H. Behrends
Behrends
Fred Egger
Fred Binning
Sebastian Albany
Dyersville
John Albany
E. H
Hopkinton
Ed Fass
Peter Paetz
Tony
John Freeze
Ray
Elmer Buelow
Dubuque
Nelson Freeze
Carl Harback
Delhi
Bill DeLay and Bride Open New Home Plans
Express Photo shows Bill DeLay and his bride of six weeks preparing to move into their new air conditioned home before Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Delay
Ob stacles in our Schools addressed at Farm Bureau meeting
Scotch Grove hosted a regular Farm Bureau gathering at the McNeilly home with Supt. Franz Charbonneaux of Center Junction speaking on obstacles in schools. Miss Dorothy Dreibelbis and Ruth McNeilly performed musical solos, and Rural School Number Seven presented a Thanksgiving playlet. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Franz Charbonneaux
Center Junction
Farm Bureau
McNeilly
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Ruth McNeilly
Jean McNeilly
Charbonneaux
G. J. Hughes
Will Hughes
Council Bluffs
Red Cross
Scotch Grove Township Watersheds and Oak Drive Club Meeting
Deane Jones and friends from Stanwood spent Sunday at the Elmer Ernst home. The article lists watershed farm names in Scotch Grove township and notes visits by Cedar Rapids families. Mrs. D. O. Sinclair recently recovered from illness. The Oak Drive Community club met November 9 with twelve members and eight children present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
Scotch Grove Township
Scotch Grove Village
May Himebaugh
B. M. Fagan
L. J. Schlemme
L. A. Oltman
Kenneth Meadon
M. M. Sinclair
Evelyn Courtney
C. M. Holst
R. A. Naylor
W. B. Clark
John Grant
Amber
August Schrader
H. J. Dirks
John Hanken
Center Junction
W. B. Henrichs
Henrichs
Elmer Ernst, Jr
Dubuque
E. Ernst
Arthur Wilcox
Deane Jones
Stanwood
Elmer Ernst
Howard Green Hart McLaughlin
A. Edwards
Harry Engleharts
L. G. Streets
Roy Streets
Cedar Rapids
Scotch Grove
D. O. Sinclair
Oak Drive Club
Oak Drive
Lester Rickels
Lee Sanford
Leona Sanford
Harold Conley
Robert Schoon
Edwin Wacker
Frank Kiburz
Rudolph Oltman
Walter Eby
Wright
Will Welch
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McLaughlin
Wm. McLaughlin
Bureau
Mrs. Ellison
Women’s
John Richern
Duane Lincoln
Louis Kouba
Hichorn
Delbert Grafft
Melvin Sievers
Chester Miller
Martelle
William Reade
Express
Jones Fair
Fairbanks
North Jones Co
Castle Grove Club
Hotel Connoisseur
British Isles
Frank Priebes
Poultryraiser
Agres
Gilbert Vernimont
Charles Vernimont
William Baum
Elmer Luck
Coggon
William Luck
Fortune Finders 4-H
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
Gert
Speed
Tuetken and
Minnie Grigies
Sir Venka and His Orchestra
National Farm Loan Associations
Harold B. McTavish
3Rd Avenue 8. E
Express Photo
Richard Hanken
L. J. Hughes
Kathleen Hughes
Ellen Mae
Alice May Clark
Adelbert King
D. K. Brady
Lillie
Maynard Kuhns
County 4-H
R. P. Clark
Wilma
O. N. Loomis
Naylor
Leslie Balster
Jenn McNeilly
Marian Jones
Lorel
Fadel Bh Ie
Onor
Philco
Electrical Service
Matthiessen
Plymouth
United States
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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