County Farm Women To Meet in Monticello
A county wide educational meeting for all farm women in Jones county will be held at the Monticello community building Monday at 2:00 p.m. Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Des Moines and Mrs Elizabeth Wherry of Oxford will conduct the program. Township committees will organize, and city women are invited to attend as well as rural residents.
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Jones County
Ellsworth Richardson
Des Moines
State Home Conservation Committee
Elizabeth Wherry
Oxford Dane
Tion
Jones Count
Tammany Tang
Amy Hee Aya
Falliny
Cows In Testing Group Show Higher Milk Yield per Cow
In 1939 testing association cows averaged 7 977 pounds of milk and 823 pounds of butterfat per cow, while all US cows averaged 4 538 pounds and 179 pounds of butterfat. Feeding and cost data show association cows cost about 1 58 per 100 pounds of milk at the higher yield, versus 2 12 for the national average. Jones county hosts two associations with Alvin Byerly and George Balster as presidents. Elwood Mundy and Lawrence Tatum serve as official testers.
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Association
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
Jones County
Alvin Byerly
Anamosa
South Jones Association
Elwood Mundy
George Balster
Monticello
North Jones Association
Lawrence Tatum
Idle Not club study previews fall fashion at Castle Grove
The Idle Not club of Castle Grove met at Mrs. S M Hosford's home on Friday afternoon September 25 with sixteen members and one visitor. The program began with a forecast of fall fashion by Miss Elizabeth Peterson, presented by Mrs. George A Rickels and Mrs. Harvey Heiken. Topics included colors and styles for fall and the new transparent vinelite used in magazines for shoes belts and other items. The discussion also covered The Fann Family and the World Today. The meeting closed with erot singing Celia Lindes and refreshments served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idle Not Club
Castle Grove
S. M. Hosford
Elizabeth Peterson
George A. Rickels
Harvey Heiken
Fann
Ani
Eros
Cielity Lindes
Center Junction Cattle Bring Record Prices In Sale
Jones county cattle topped upper brackets at the Thues day trade in Chien stor yards last week. P O Paulsen and Son near Center Junction sold a drove of 20 prime beeves averaging TOD pounds at 21.50 per cwt. Henry Sobinson took 2.85 per cwt for 19 steers averaging 1167 pounds.
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Jones County
Chien Stor
P.O. Paulsen and Son
Center Junction
County Agent Announces 141 Public Speaking Contest
County Agent Carl Smith highlights the 141 Public Speaking Contest by the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa. Nine districts offer prizes, each district winner advances to the Des Moines convention January 28 to 30 with all expenses paid, and final contestants compete for statewide cash prizes. Open to youths connected to farming groups aged under 20, talks limited to 12 minutes on The Iowa Farmer's Part in Making His Cooperative Function.
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Carl Smith
Ckarmers’ Grain Dealers Association of
Towa
Des Moines
Paia
Hegn School Gerade
Iowa
County Purim Bureau
Farmers View Erosion Control Efforts Near Garnavillo
A group of eleven residents from Dubuque County visited Garnavillo on Friday October 4 to study erosion control methods implemented by Clayton County farmers in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. They observed strip cropping and terracing demonstrations and learned about practices suited for their own farms with guidance from Don Sheetz and Frank Mohler, Monticello CCC camp engineers.
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Sade
White Water
Dubuque County
Garnavillo
Clayton County
Soil Conservation, Service
Pat Kerrigan
A. W. Aitchison
Fletcher Aitchison
Bert Aitchison
Bernie Davis
Joe Davis
Cascade
Johnson
Joe Connally
Whitewater Township
Garnaville
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Service CCC
Monticello
Don Sheetz
McGregor Sail Conservation Service
Frank Mohler
CCC
Coat Dahlia Bulbs To Prevent Their Drying
Garden tips advise coating dahlia bulbs with paraffin to stop drying during storage. Horticulturist L C Grove explains a wax coating locks in moisture and resists rot, with a 170 to 180 degree wax bath and quick submersion.
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L. C. Grove
Town Mate College Extension Horticuitarist
Boy Uses Cow Tail To Power Bicycle For Farm Work
Lester Moenk near Monti cello adapts a bicycle with a cow tail for propulsion. The contraption lets him pull himself to the barn, turning a simple animal power into convenient farm mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Moenk
Henry Moenk
Monticello
Farm Women Attend School to Learn Costume Selection
A Jones County farming group launches a four phase program titled Selecting the Up to Date Costume led by Elizabeth Peterson extension clothing specialist from Iowa State College. One hundred farm women will train as reachers to pass lessons on fabric selection textile care and ready to wear wardrobe planning to homemakers in their communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy
Jones County
Elizabeth Peterson
Iowa State College
Federal Trade Commission
Miss Peterson
Farm Bureau
Sam Ellison
Martelle
County Home Project
Numerous Center Junction Socials Highlight Winters Away
Social notices from Center Junction recount dinners and hostess duties for local families as members plan winters in Bermuda and elsewhere. Guests from Washta Cedar Rapids Magnoketa Oxford Junction and Lisbon join farewell gatherings and birthday dinners while farm sales and residence moves reshape the area.
Couple Wed At Wyoming Sept 25 In Iowa
Labreta Kent wed James Neal of Frankfort Michigan in Washington Iowa on Sept 25. Rev R C Keazy officiated at the Methodist church with the Kent family present. Neal, a former air service member, will work on the Kent dairy farm. The couple will reside on the Kent farm and Neal will join Labreta’s father in farm duties. Norma Lou Barber was elected president of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society with Gaylord Willing Ivan French Ann Sears and Trula Demoss as officers. C B Shaffer received word of a death last week.
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Wyoming
Myr
Ward Kent
Labreta
James Neal
Frankfort
Mich
Washington, Ia
R. C. Keazy
Methodist Church
C. E. Society
Norma Lou Barber
Presbyterrian Christian Endeavor Society
Gaylord Willing
Ivan French
Ann Sears
Trula Demoss
C. B. Shaffer
Weekend Visits Touch Many Iowa Families
Several residents and relatives in the area enjoyed weekend and weeklong visits. Jean McNeilly and Helen Himebaugh, Cornell students, spent time in Mount Vernon. Mrs. Lydia Decious visited Mechanicsville with Forrest Decious. Local households hosted relatives including the Nagels, Smiths, Stingleys, Kempfs, and Langs, with additional calls from Des Moines to Mont City and Onslow.
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Don Nagel
Fameily
Stuart N. Smith
Ames
J. N. South
Jean McNeilly
Helen Himebaugh
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Lydia Decious
Mechanicsville
Forrest Decious
Fanity
Norman Martens
Ronnie
Marvin
Kyynie Liehm
Fred Blohm
Monticello
Roy Snell
Fred Lang
Marion
Edward
Cedar Rapids
Sharon Jean Jones
Olin
Will Smola
Jack Stingley
Richard Loepp
H. E. Stingley
Albert Kempf
Des Moines
J. N. Smith
Dubuque
Town City
G. D. Crispin
Rosmerta
Irs
Charles Little
Tipton
Abram Alyea
Frank Schrader
Onslow
Robert Manley
Obituary and community notes from Elma and Wyoming region
Obituary: Joe Elwood of Elma, native of East Ridge, leaves two sons. wife predeceased him by two years. Pleasant Ridge club elects officers with Lyle Tompkins president. Waterloo visit highlights original corn variety with Argentina seed. Moving updates cover Bernell Close and Knutson homes. Hawthorne club tours state school for the blind in Vinton. Various gatherings and visits across Anamosa Montevideo Coulter LaPorte City and nearby towns.
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Joe Elwood
Elma
East Ridge
Abner Elwood
Lyle Tompkins
Pleasant Ridge Club
Elmer Egenhouse
Ed Holub
Kyle Poole
Carl Tjaden
Nellie Atherton
Waterloo
A. W. Peck
Roe McMillan
Peek
McMillan
Argentina
Bernell Close
Wyoming
Hans Knutsen
John Bennen
Knutson
Helen Conwell
Eliza Farley
W. B. Brown
L. M. Sherrill
Richard Brownell
R. B. Pollock
Charles Marshall
Hawthorne Club
State School For the Blind
Vinton
Sherrill
LaPorte City
Everready Club
Ernest Anderson
Anamosa
Hans Kettlesen
Walter
Montevideo
Minn
Henry Rohwedder
L. B. Madsen
P. H. Norgaard
Carl Johannsen
E. Pratte
Coulter
Fred Lazare
Don Wherry
Progressive Woman's Club
T. J. van Dyke
Irene Brownell
Priscilla Club
Ada Willman
Lester Barron
Alilwaukee
Local residents reel in happenings around town
Social visits and family moves fill the week end as residents return from travels. Mr and Mrs Carl Westphal retire from farming to their East Green street home while their son Glen plans to occupy the farm. Mrs Alex Adams travels to Clinton for winter with her son Irvin. 4 H Swingtimers hostesses Delavos Harms and Ruth James highlight a busy community mix of visits and relocations.
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Fred Hansen
Patricia
Idaho
Hansen
Will H. Hansen
Irving Ejlers
Cedar Rapids
William Hart
Robert Norris
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
H. H. Seehusen
Jom Livingstone
Morgan Grove
Chicago
Charles Hunt
Elin
Sioux City
Abram Alysa
Harry Englehart
Ruth Young Vreeman
Davenport
John McNeilly
George Risinger
University Park
F. L. Harrington
Roy Jeffry
James Inglis
Waukon
Claude Sears
Carl Westphal
East Green Street
Glen
Abn
James McDonald
Washta
Ars
Coho Trumerson
Mera
Chirenee Potter
Gunselley
Sot
Dale
Muscatine
L. M. Koch
C. D. Shimerda
Lena Shimerda
Nial Paul
Alex Adams
Clinton
Irvin
Allen McAndrea
Madison
Wis
CG. J. Ingwersen
Alice Low
Igabel Stark
Fred Lazare
Kirk House
Delavos Harms
Ruth James
Bar Gains and Storm Sash Advert in Monticello
Monticello readers are urged to buy paint odds and ends, storm sash, doors, and attic insulation to reduce fuel costs. The ad promotes complete coal stock, low prices, and energy-saving estimates with deadlines before cold weather.
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Tno
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Carvdon
Jender
Hoscue
Brands Ry
Swea City Consolidated Sehood
Eddie Steward
Lucetta Cook
Phyllis Butler
Sappage
Tse
Windstone
Sampson
Warner
Rock River
Colby
Condit Insurance Agency
Monticello, Iowa
Chester A. Conqit General Insurance Agency
Express
George McDonald
Town
Bermuda
Low McDonald
Mary Ellen McDonald
Rohler
William Rohler
Ray Bohler
Ted Balgren
Charlotte
M. Miller
Ida
Clifford Stowers
Lee Stockham
Magnoketa
Milford Stowers
Oxford Junction
Harley Bulgren
Rowley
Leehusena
Pino
Seehusens
Zirklebach Farm
Will Helgens
J. L. Serbousek
Henry Seehusen, Jr
Callerson
Abram Alyes
Charles Alyes
R. C. Scott
Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band
C. H. Nelson
Jakerz
First's Electricial Service
Monticello, Ia
Agute
Allamosa
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
W. E. Tuetken
Owa
Federal Land Bank
Harold B. McTavish
Sec
Treas
National Farm Loan Associations
Corn Belt
Light Co
Hee Haw News 4
St. Anthony
America
Credit Bureau
Messerli Implement Co
Floyd’s Grocery
Clarence E. Heyen
Langworthy
A. M. Maurice
A. P. Lambert
Frank E. Patterson
James Indekofer
Thos
M. Redmond
G. Thomas
M. D
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Earl DeShaw
Earl M. Keyes
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