Barns at Dirks farm show modern dairy facilities
Two large frame barns on H. J. Dirks farm near Scotch Grove are under rapid completion. The 66 by 64 foot barn houses 18 cows with a 24 foot hay mow on solid cement and long 24 foot posts. The 84 by 36 foot second barn features a hay mow, three large trap doors, two granaries, a separator room and stalls for six horses. Plans include electric lighting and drinking cups for cattle. Local Farm Bureau director Dirks also owns 320 acres and runs Hereford cattle and a threshing outfit. A community meeting at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church highlighted home project work with Miss Ruth Cessna of Ames speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Dirks
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
Esther Sinclair
B. M. Fagani
L. J. Schlemme
L. A. Oltman
F. D. Sinclair
M. M. Sinclair
Harry Paulsen
E. K. Peters
F. D. Sutherland
T‘ewed Robertson
F. H. Schiemms
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Dolly
Wayne
Idaho
Lestus Kuhns
Ames
Wilma
Kuhns
W. B. Henrichs
June
Delite Folkerts
Anamosa
Sunbeam Mission Band
Lois Naylor
W. B. Clark
Center School
Miss Tobiason
Alberta Husman
Laurel Naylor
Glee Cluo
Monticello High
Onslow Women Gather for Luncheon and Civic Talks
The Astraman club opened its year with a Friday luncheon at Mrs. S. G. Hutton’s home, 21 members present. Guests included Mrs. Keith Lemon. Iowa State College extension work events in Onslow featured talks by Dr. C. R. Smith on cancer, Miss Ruth Cessna on food science, and music by local performers. Community updates note funerals, League of Women Voters, and local business and farm activity. Teague Ames, longtime resident, dies at his son’s home and is buried at Clay Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astraman Club
S. G. Hutton
Hutton
Velma Paulsen
Jessie McMaster
Ruth Fayram
Keith Lemon
Iowa State College
Onslow
Frank Henderson
Paul Smith
C. R. Smith
Carl Smith
Ruth Cessna
Wanda Petersen
Don Wherry
N. C. Holst
Anamosa
Ed Russell
Lydia Decious
Ernest Horton
Elmer Andrews
Atlas
Cedar Rapids
Walter Koon
League of Women Voters
Paul N. Smith
Iowa
Illinois
National Hybrid Seed Company
Middle West
William Mitchell
Russell
T. L. Green
Monticello
Ruth Sears
Clinton
George Sears
Phil Hall
Okoboji
Cecil Koon
H. W. Koon
Harriet Lamey
Briggs
Bell
Fred Scott
Chicago
F. L. Provan
Estelle
Lulu McCune
Iowa City
Howard Peters
Leonard McGrory
Bryant
Bertha Peters
Lt. McGrory
Ed Paulsen
Lorenz Brodersen
J. M. Hanna
Howard Clark
Monay
M. P. Paulsen
C. M. Holst
E. Horton
Paul Paulsen
Carroll Lightfoot
Scotch Grove
Plays Role of Country Editor in New Radio Series
Tom Collins stars as a genial editor in the new Diamond City News radio comedy to air three times weekly starting late September sponsored by Mid- Continent Petroleum. The show portrays a modern country weekly and its community with Collins noted as a top after-dinner speaker and longtime newspaper man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Collins
Diamond City News
Middle West
Mid- Continent Petroleum Corporation
Local Church Groups Hold Meetings and Socials in Center Junction
The Women's Missionary society met at Mrs. J. I. Livingstone’s home to study Congo Crosses. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Preston of Pueblo Colo were honored at a picnic in Anamosa state park with about twenty families attending. Numerous visits, hospital stays, and social events involving residents of Center Junction and nearby towns are noted, including church delegations to M. E. conference in Marshalltown and various civic and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. I. Livingstone
Congo Crosses
J. N. Smith
R. S. Robbie
John Livingstone
Henry Stingley
Charles Preston
Center Junction
Pueblo
Colo
Boy Scout Club
Anamosa State Park
Preston
William Bohler
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
W. A. Stingley
A. Alyea
S. W. Clark
J. F. Livingstone
Ed Duncan
George McDonald
N. C. Holm
Maquoketh
C. H. Nelson
Leonard Duckett
Monticello
N. Ray Carmichael
Bonnie Lurae
Independence
Frank Porter
Floyd
Anamosa
B. D
Mount Vernon
H. E. Stingley
Elmer Andrews
Willis Martin
McDonald Hospital
Castle Grove Farm Bureau hears talks on parole and nutrition
At the Castle Grove Farm Bureau meeting, Elden W. Brashnaw discussed Iowa’s parole system and its flaws, while County Agent Carl Smith spoke on seed corn and drought loans. The program included nutrition reels using White rats and 17th birthday celebrations for Olin Howie Jr. and related social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Farm Bureau
Afton
Margaret Deischer
Phoebe Hiller
Dairy Congress
Waterloo
Elden W. Brashnaw
Monticello
Iowa
Carl Smith
Olin Howie Jr
Monte Theater
Dick Naylor
Scotch Grove
Esther Cass
Ruth Adams
Thelma Howland
Eunice Howland
Deloris Howland
Dale Adams
Orvin Yeoman
Donald Maire
Kenneth Howie
Clarence Hosford
Olin
Jimmie
Local Visitation and a Wayne Church Wedding Details
Mrs Areola Hein and the Kormans with Robert of Dubuque visited the Wismeiers recently. Cedar Rapids guests Sidney and Janaan Schweitzer stopped by. Will Balsiger hosted friends for Luella’s birth anniversary. Lucille Yossi celebrated a birthday at home. John and Lucille Yossi hosted friends with ecards and refreshments. George L Buol announced Raymond John Buol’s marriage to Mildred Deden of Wayne township in Wayne church last Friday September 25 at 4 pm with Lorene Zimmerman at organ. A six o clock dinner for about thirty five relatives followed at the bride’s parents’ home. Franklin Lane involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moats
Dick Naylor
B. M. Fagan
Carl Himebaugh
Marguerite Susan
Fred Graham
Freddy
Mildred Coden
Raymond Buol
Wyoming
Mary Baldwin
Arthur L
Ada
Presbyterian Church
Scotch Grove
Frank Lyons
Sheldon Moats
Elgin
George Moats
Lyons
A. P. Himebaugh
Hopkinton
C. B. Carson
Ray Wright
Georgia Moats
Mabel Otten
Maxine Lange
Clark
Virginia
June Wright
George Korman
Robert
Dubuque
Henry L. Wismeier
John Schweitzer
Sidney and
Janaan
Cedar Rapids
Will Balsiger
Luella
Lucille Yossi
John Yossi
Ecards
George L. Buol
Raymond John
Mildred Deden
Wayne Township
Willms
Wayne Church
Lorene Zimmerman
Franklin Lane
Wyoming Visitors Attend George B Hein Home
Out of town guests Mr and Mrs John Barney of Temple Hill visited at the George B Hein home Monday. Michael Lemmer underwent a major operation at John Mc Donald hospital Monday after becoming ill at his niece Mrs John Buols home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
John Barney
Temple Hill
George B. Hein
Michael Lemmer
John McDonald Hospital
John ‘Buol
Cascade Man Dies After Yearlong Illness
Dennis Sweeney, long time Cascade area farmer aged 72, died at his aunt Bridget Sweeney’s home in West Cascade Monday at 4 45 pm after a yearlong illness. Born Whitewater township April 16 1879 he was son of the late Owen and Mrs. Sweeney. Survived by brothers Peter Epworth Thomas Farley Owen Dubuque sisters Mrs Johny Boland Dubuque Mrs John Casr Bernard and Mrs Joseph McDermott Farley. Funeral Mass at St Martins church and burial in St Martins cemetery conducted by Rev Thomas Rooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sweeney
Bridget Sweeney
West Cascade
Whitewater Township
Owen Sweeney
Cascade
Peter
Epworth
Thomas
Farley
Owen
Dubuque
Johny Boland
John Casr
Bernard
Joseph McDermott i
Thomas Sweeney
St. Martin's Church
Thomas J. Rooney
Burin
St. Martin's Cemetery
You Pay Taxes on Manufacturers As Cost of Goods
Taxes levied on manufacturers become part of product costs and are passed to consumers. For example, one and two third cents of a loaf of bread’s price goes to Federal taxes, funding the high cost of New Deal government.
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Mra. D. C. Sinclair
W. A. Hicks
Collins
America
Adv
R. E. Beall
Town City
Supt
Grimes
Lemon
Scarcliff
Harley Bulgren
Anamosa Hospital
J. R. McNeilly
Maurice
Boone
Fred Kempf
Monticello Hospital
Fred Hanken
Emma
P. H. Paulsen
John Hanken
Walter Norris
St. Luke's Hospital
S. G. Thompson
Davenport
Rieke Rohwedder
Otto
Norman Martens
John McNeilly
Maquoketa
F. A
Charles Nelson
R. P. Clark
Frank Dawes
Lou Ahraken
Routh
Irving Filers
Frank Sutherland
Ray Sanford
Peter Prahm
Earl DeShain
Pauline
Fred Cramer
Castle Grove
Ernest
Hosford
H. J. Mayberry
A. J. Beranek
Prairieburg
L. F. Balster
Farm Bureau
Leslie Dunham
Greeley
Colorado
Paul Maire
Oelwein
George Maire
O. R. Howie
Lynn Howie
Baby
Greenfield
J. A. Howie
Mary Rickels
Fred Laude
George Rickels
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Richland Township
John A. Hubbard
Herman Zimmerman
Cass Township
Harry Kremers
James R. McNeilly
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance
Joan Serbousch
Joan
Beall
Gillan
Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
Stamp Club
Richland Center
Areola Hein
Thomas J. Lane
Ste Hum
Pel
Alta
R.H. Balster Farm Equip
Globe Trade Edz Las
Fay
Louvae
Merchant
The
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