Old Age Assistance Grants Increase in Iowa Counties
Old age assistance payments in Jones, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn and other Iowa counties rise by 1.50 monthly in December with nursing home recipients gaining eight dollars. The miscellaneous and recreation item increases to four dollars, and nursing home standards adjust to sixty to ninety five dollars monthly. Clothing allowances vary by care and gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Delaware
Dubuque
Linn
Iowa
State Board of Social Welfare
Brucellosis Meeting Set for Oct 20 in Hopkinton Hall
Delaware county brucellosis committee holds the sixth district meeting at Hopkinton Community hall on Thursday Oct 20 at 8 p.m. County extension director Robert Hall notes Harvey Fife chairs the session with Dr. Birk Lowther and Herman Egger assisting. The gathering discusses the brucellosis area plan and distributing petitions to over 1 900 livestock farmers the week of Oct 24.
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Hopkinton
Delaware County
Robert Hall
Harvey Fife
Birk Lowther
Herman Egger
Hall
Monticello Students Invited to Cornell Exhibit
Monticello high school joins 73 other Iowa schools invited to attend the Cornell College conference in Mt. Vernon on Oct. 28 and 29. The traveling exhibition from Oak Ridge Tennessee features a Van de Graaff generator, radioisotope demonstrations, a nine foot atomic reactor model, and a live radioactive tube with a geiger counter. The event, titled Frontiers and Careers in Science, targets secondary students teachers and administrators and marks the region's first such conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Iowa
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
American Museum of Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
Tenn
van de Graff
Stahlbergs Featured In Express Farm Foto Series
Mr and Mrs Marvin Stahlberg and their three children are shown on their 153 acre farm five miles west of Monticello in the Express Farm Foto series. Burt McLaughlin owns the farm. the Stahlbergs have lived there nine years and keep 30 Holstein cows and a large flock of chickens. Children are Linda four Larry eight and Lester eleven. Identifiers include Sam Reyner Paul Black Mrs Henry Behrends Mrs Lyle Arduser and Lester Stahlberg.
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Marvin Stahlberg
Monticello
Burt McLaughlin
Stahlbergs
Stahlberg
Linda
Larry
Lester
Sam Reyner
Paul Black
Henry Behrends
Lyle Arduser
Lester Stahlberg
Greene man marks 61 years as a business leader
Charles Bier of Greene completed 61 years as a local businessman. His first venture was a harness shop he founded in 1894, beginning a long career in the town’s commerce.
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Charles Bier
Greene
Onslow Dillons With Son in Texas Visit
Mrs. and Mrs. Dillon visit their son Ross and family in Texas. Several area residents attend social and family events including birthdays, funerals, and gatherings across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Dillons
Texas
Recent Guests and Local Visits Highlight Community Ties
Mr and Mrs William Dean of Ackley were guests at the John E Paulsen home where friendship began in Germany. E VI Graft funeral in Anamosa attended by Mr and Mrs Jesse Allen. Hershel Loeshe hosted visitors in Independence while Rath beauty shop renovation proceeds. Ted Anderson family and Jimmie Jones from Birmingham joined dinner with Hershel Loeshe and Cedar Rapids guests at Mrs Elva Hall and Dillon residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean
Ackley
John E. Paulsen
Germany
Jesse Allen
E. VI Graft
Hershel Loeshe
Vy Davis
Independence
Rath
Ted Anderson
Judy
Jimmie Jones
Birmingham
Russell Hall
Cedar Rapids
Elva Hall
Dillon
Wyoming
Rein Aery
Social Roundup From South Fork and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs George Smith hosted Sunday afternoon and supper at the William Delay home in Castle Grove. Visits included Roy Slauson in Hopkinton and Loras college in Dubuque with Mark Turnis. Janet Gadient and Bernadette Jasper visited Marshalltown weekend, with return after escorting Lois Hentges.
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South Fork
George Smith
William Delay
Castle Grove
Louis Gudenhauf
Roy Slauson
Hopkinton
Frank Turnis
Billy
Philip
Ruth
Janet
Mark Turnis
Loras College
Dubuque
Roman Welter
Vernon Becker
Frank Digmann
Louis Murray
Winthrop
Delhi
Noll
Mr. Murray
Digmann
St. Luke's
Gib Becker
Kenneth Hosch
Lawrence Kurt
Cascade
Janet Gadient
Bernadette Jasper
Marshalltown
Frank Jasper
John Gadient
Lois Hentges
Bernard
Sunday Visitations and Club Meetings Across Iowa Communities
Dorathy Grundemeyer of Dundee visited in the Frank Digmann home. Numerous families from Cascade Monticello and surrounding towns spent Sunday with relatives. Attendees at a Wyoming club presidents meeting and district Women’s Federated clubs gathering in Calamus included Hinrichs and Moehl. Members noted reactions to a Spain trip report at Scotch Grove Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Grundemeyer
Dundee
Frank Digmann
Leo Ament
Bill Jurgens
University Hospital
Iowa City
Gilbert Becker
Reynold Becker
Virginia
Janet
Kenneth Hosch
Lawrence Kurt
Cascade
Marvin Holst
John Hinrichs
Lyle Thompson
Wyoming
Women's Federated Clubs
Calamus
Robert von Spreecken
Ruth Glen
John Moehl
Gladys McNeilly
Spain
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau
Louie Hanken
Hubert Fairchild
Cedar Rapids
Marie
Washington
Iowa
Verle Gallagher
Stanwood
Center Junction Madison Women Set Oct 18 Meeting
Center Junction Madison Township Farm Bureau Women’s organization will meet Tuesday Oct 18 at the home of Mrs William Otten with Mrs George Topping assisting. The lesson covers preparing vegetables and members should bring items for a silent auction to benefit the state scholarship fund for girls who return to Jones county to teach in rural schools after completing a two year program at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls.
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Cnean S
Kuriger Bros
Ana
Hopkinton Hall
Express
Monticetlo, Iowa
The
Cornell
the Express
Reddy
Science
Electric Light and Power Companies
Russell Norris
Washington State
Herman Gutzeit
Emil Paulsen
Sara
John Petersen
Olin
Neal Paulsen
Connie
Vickie
Jack Heiken
R. D. Sanford
Mabel Paulsen
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Larry Paulsen
Cedar Falls
Otis Babcock
Brenda
Eagle Point Park
Ben Paulsen
Nebraska
Irving Eilers
Harm Dirks
Mrs. Smith
Wm. Delays
Mrs
Kurts
Dick Thompson
Craig
LaRue Northrup
Lloyd Thompson
Marion
George Turnis
John Welter
Mike Gudenhauf
Worthington
Charles
Lyle Gearhart
Larry Helms
Lee Davis
Davis
Fred Egger
Sand Springs
Donald Mohr
Coggan
Hans Mohr
Donald
Nelson Freeze
Wilbur Harbuch
Nelson
Albert Leytem
Ray Hoschel
Hinrichsén
Morley
Hans Hinrichsens
William Plueger
Ray Plueger
John Loop
Daisy Chase
Loops
Mrs. Chase
Raymond Bailey
Phyllis Bailey
Center Junction
Madison Women’s Organization
G. E. McNeilly
Apple Harvest Sale
A. F. Walker
Clan Atom
Henry J. Brockens
Carnation
North State
Smitty
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