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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
3
The seventh annual 4 H club father son banquet will be at Onslow high school Saturday evening December 2. Nine clubs statewide have worked hard with many new members this year. County leaders and a large audience are expected for awards, elections, and a featured speech by Andy Woolfries of WMT.
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson says clean fall plowing of cornstalk ground where oats will be planted next spring destroys corn borers. Deep plowing with sharp coulters and contour shaping can kill nearly all borers, with 16-inch plows performing best. eastern counties report 10,000 to 14,000 borers per acre.
Max Wortman of Anamosa spoke at the Lovell township Farm Bureau meeting on seed corn Hybrid varieties and crosses were described He discussed the European corn borer and infestation mitigation The 34 member audience enjoyed singing and two films They Do Come Back and Tomorrow's Leaders hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Wilcox Floss must ripen for navy life jackets
Fifty seven plots entered the 10 acre corn yield contest in Jones County with 35 checked and 24 over 100 bushels per acre. The list highlights farmers including Louis Lorenzen & Sons Olin Louis Buresh Oxford Jet William Reade Onslow and others with yields from 100.1 to 137.7 bushels per acre. Special awards are noted from Des Moines Register and Tribune Company.
Jones county agricultural conservation committee announces township committeemen and county convention delegates elected across Jones county during the week of December 4 to 8. County committee elections occur in Monticelli on Saturday December 9. Township meeting details to be announced next week. A county committee member will summarize the W440 farm program and past activities at each township meeting. New goals will be announced at those meetings and every producer and landlord will receive notice of timing and location.
Professor Ehner Hansen of Iowa State College and Dr. Cannon of the college dairy farm classified the Hawkins jersey herd on the Russell Hawkins farm in Lowell township. Nineteen observers attended the Friday session to witness the dairy cattle classifying event.
A schedule lists multiple 4-H club meetings and events from November 24 to December 2 including Olin Jackson Greenfield Farm Bureau James F. Kearns Scotch Grove 4-H John Paulsen Ronald Paulsen and Onslow High School hosting the Father Son Banquet on December 2 at the 4-H venue.
Jones county cattle topped the Chicago Stock Yards trade with Henry Tobiason of Monticello presenting 21 Aberdeen Angus yearling steers. The 1082 pound herd sold unsorted at 18.59 per cwt, the peak price in seven years.
Jones county sheriff transfers to J J Locher executor of Charles Scherrer estate by sheriff deed for 12878 95. John Mangold Sr Susie to Gramlings for 1000 in Linn county and other lands. Cubbage and James to Clara Sweet lot 18 Pres tor add Hale Iowa. H W Taylor and Etta to Nathaniel and Glenda Waggoner by warranty deed for 1500. Lots 2 3 4 5 block 2 Edleman add Olin. Eva Lux to Fred and Augusta Ahrenholtz joint tenants for 1500. Lot 37 in sec 21 86 3 west with easement. H F Dearborn and Anna to Robert Hyde warranty deed 400. Described parcel in 6 84 4 west Stone City road 78 ft parcel with 100 150 ft segments. Florence Beam and S to Oscar Miller warranty deed 400. Booths subdivision in Anamosa described with measurements. Also comm at sw corner lot 12 and alley and lot 12 boundaries. Public rights in Main street. Willis Johnson and Clara Johnson to William and Belle Allen joint tenants warranty deed 400. Margaret Rieniets to William Rieniets quit claim 400.
Voter Milestones mark presidential era memory as Millie Curtis recalls casting ballots in 1880 for Garfield. Warden Garfield Harker of Maquoketa nets 16 mallards in a double shot hunt. Bologna hype fades after Minnesota prize story and a rubbish fire scare ends with no blaze. Community church notices list services and events through Thanksgiving week.
St John s Lutheran Church with pastor R P Young outlines Church year observances Sunday school 10 am and communion 11 am registration Saturday 6 to 9 Christmas program Saturday 10 am in school house confirmation Friday 9 to 12 and at Ana holds reformatory at 1 30 pm Lutheran Hour 11 30 over WMT St Matthew s Lutheran Church Pastor H L Adix schedules 9 45 and 10 45 Masses at Sacred Heart 7 15 am and 7 30 confessions Saturdays 3 30 and 7 15 Presbyterian Church Pastor Wm J Grossheim lists Sunday school 10 worship 11 and a sermon series new topic The Man Who Buried His Clothes Westminster Fellowship hosts Pilgrim Epworth League and CEB meeting topics What Does My Religion Do For Me Methodist Church Pastor Glenn W McMichael church school 10 and divine worship 11 Youth Fellowship to meet with Presbyterian group at Presbyterian church church board meeting announced.
A series of deed records items show Margaret Rieniets to William Rieniets with $2000 for two undivided halves of parts of sections 20 and 32 in township 86 range 2, Mary Sanford to Maurice Sanford with $1 and love, and various other transfers. Also listed are life estates, joint tenancy transfers, and mortgages involving the Monticello State Bank and Phillips Petroleum Company, with locations and parcel descriptions across townships 85 and 86.
A farm advertisement extols Big Gain Mineral Stock Food as a triple value feed with high quality proteins vitamins and minerals to boost livestock health and maximize gains per unit of feed. It urges buyers to ask their dealer for the product.
The guide explains folding cloths selvage to selvage and ironing right side to smooth wrinkles. It covers changing fold positions to extend linen life and cautions against tugging corners during drying to avoid cockeye misalignment.
Wash the face and hands thoroughly after using any insecticide. Prolonged exposure to small amounts from spraying or dusting may be harmful to hands and body.
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