Onslow Couple Honored on 25th Wedding Anniversary
Onslow Mr. and Mrs. Lloydes Preston celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an evening of cards. Five hundred was played at five tables with prizes to Mrs. C. M. Holst M. P. Paulsen N. C. Holst Mrs. George French and Floyd Chatterton. Refreshments were served and a guest gift given to the couple. May resume service.
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Sioux Falls
Verl Stirsky
Sgt
S. D
Lawrence Jensen
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Laura Mackrill
Bryan
Princeton
Sydney Allen
Malvin Ingwersen
Sacramento
Calif
Onslow
Arthur Baker
Robert Jordan
Janice
Cedar Rapids
Harold Jordan
Harold Overholt
Howard Green
Overholt
Clinton
Clifford Balster
Harrington
Kan
Eleanor Stingley
Duane Hayes
R. J. Kleineck
Thelma Johnston
Iowa City
George Paulsen
Donald Levien
Lewis
Leo Keating
Barney Juergens
Monticello
Russell Lux Jr
Great Lakes
R. EF. Lux
Pearl Reeve
Clio Club
J. Veneklassen
Dubuque
Vance Stead
Camp Grant
H. A. Stead
Stead
Patton
Germany
Pacific
Japan
San Francisco
Minnie Hooper
Elizabeth Campbell
Cresco
Hooper
Thomas Hooper
Ray Hartman
Marshalltown
Martin Steen
Pvt
Leslie Hartman
Bataan
Marvin Rhine
Santa Barbara
Charles Gearhart
Cpl
Phil Himebaugh
Aleutians
Etta Neuhaus
Hanover
Tony Neuhaus
Weekly Calendar for Farm Bureau Activities
Farm Bureau events listed for October include local meetings at homes and churches in various townships such as Oct 4 at S Wayne 4-H Raymond Harms home Oct 9 at Antioch Church and Oct 11 at Community room Anamosa plus Oct 16 annual meeting and Oct 23 24 25 26 landscaping and home improvement sessions by Miss Tarr with Esther Taskerud coordinating.
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Fairview Farm Bureau
Charles Gray
Oct. S. Wayne
Raymond Harms
Scotch Grove
Emil Padson
County Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Castle Grove
Madison Farm Bureau
C.D. Brown
Esther Taskerud
Miss Tarr
Fire Prevention Week Urges Farmers to Tackle Farm Fires
Jones county and Iowa farmers are urged to observe Fire Prevention Week October 7 to 13. County extension director C B Jessen says President Truman designated the week to reduce farm hazards. Last year fires killed 3 500 and destroyed 90 million dollars in property. Most blazes start in homes and 85 percent are tied to faulty construction. focus on home safety and check heating equipment roofs chimneys electrical wiring and lightning rods to lower the toll.
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Jones County
Iowa
C. B. Jessen
Jessen
Truman
Henry Giese
Iowa State College
Help Prevent Loss From Fires In County
National Fire Prevention week runs October 7 13 to cut farm fire tolls. Checklist warns against kerosene fires in kitchens defective chimneys and heating equipment and urges cleaning and grounding. Fall storms lightning pose risk to farm buildings and electrical wiring fire spreads between structures. Bonfires should be monitored and kept away from buildings and straw piles.
Silver Wedding Anniversary Noted By The John Millers
A Hopkinton gathering honored Mr. and Mrs. John Miller on their silver wedding anniversary with 25 guests, baskets for dinner, and a purse gift. The Millers married Oct. 6, 1920 in Petersburg and lived in Worthington, Dyersville, and Hopkinton before settling in Hopkinton March 1944.
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Hopkinton
John Miller
Worthington
Agnes Budden
Petersburg
St. Peter and Paul
Loosbrock
Dyersville
Henry Miller
Louise
Fred
Alfred
Wild Miller
Nick Miller
Cascade
Hopkinton Fire Company
Rudy Moser
Union Township
Wayne Farm Bureau Meeting at Wayne Center School
The Wayne Farm Bureau met at the Wayne Center school Friday night, Sept. 28. Election of officers was discussed and plans for the coming year outlined.
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Wayne Farm Bureau
Wayne Center
1946 Officers Elected At Local Meeting
Bert Ballou was chosen chairman with Mrs. Ed Helgens as women's chair and Ed Helgens as secretary. Carl H. Harms and John Doden led the first membership drive reporting three new members and six transfers.
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Ficers
Bert Ballou
Ed Helgens
Carl H. Harms
John Doden
Riceville Town Ships Six Sons in Service
In Riceville a small community has five families with five sons each serving in the armed forces. The Nick Mueller family lists six sons in service while Severson Tom Steffin and Duffy families each have five sons serving.
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Riceville
Nick Mueller
Severson
Tom
Steffin
Duffy
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W. K. Kennedy
Des Moines
Railroad Committee
Hugh Duty
Borden General Hospital
Chickasha
Okla
Set
808Th
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France
Belgium
Luxemberg
John F. Petersen
Betty Jean Lathrop
Lila Bramer
Cedar Falls
Rosemary Kleineck
Frances Shimer
Wanda Petersen
St. Luke’s Hospital
N. C. Holst
Calvin Reiss
Vinton
Marie Ann
Carol Jean
Roy Miller
Onsen
Earlville
Fritz Scheuster
John Kutzli
Wyoming
Altruvian Club
Peterman's
William Reade
Happy Homemakers Club
Clay Township
C. A. Neville
Richland
R. Smith
Harohl
Bridge Club
Ed Kleineck
John Jansen
Anna Petersen
Ronald Hanna
Carl Seehusen
M. P. Paulsen
Eileen Paulsen
Becks
Stuart Beck
Washington, D. C
Leslie Babcock
Stuart
DuPont Company
Reid Hybrid Seed Company
Max Fayram
Mildred
Mable Streeper
Mate Harms
Grace Lewis
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Ray Helde
Man
W. A. Hicks
Farm Bureau
Jackson Farm Bureau
Antioch Church
USA
U. S
War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
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Aberdeen
Special Services
Winalee Saunders
Leita McLeod
Waco
Tex
John Millers
Hopkinton Fire Co
Moser
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Greene
Augusta Burrack
John Willis
Walter Appleby
Manchester
J. R. Boots
Ray Siebels
Virginia Rae
Bert Thompson
Raymond Lux
West End
Mel Green
Frank Griffin
Kate Esch
Leo Tobin
Joe Crowley
Florence Helms
Mary Ellen
Will Juergens
Frank Jasper
Gerald Hogg
Loveland
Colo
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SK 2/c
Irene Linder
Poland
China
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Federal Land Bank
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National Farm Loan Associations
Harold B. McTavish
Secy.Treas
Third Avenue SE
Over Light Company
Rae Los
P_ Teo
Honeymead Meel
L. A. Petersen Feed Service
LeRoy Farmer Canning Co
Xpress
Monticello, Iowa
Lewis Lye
Carnation
Sunkist
Bartlett Pears
Jemima
Sand Spring
Hereford
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Little Genius
McCormick
McCormick Corn
Neal F. Hayden
Joe Herard
Cascade, Iowa
Monticello State Bank
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