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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1954
Page
6
Arnold Poock, buttermaker at the Sand Springs creamery, earned an excellent 94 score for his butter at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. The event drew 132 entries. Poock previously won the World Buttermaking Champion title with a 96.5 score last year.
Louie Heiken of Castle Grove spoke at the Scotch Grove 4-H meeting on officer duties and qualifications. Officers for the coming year were elected with Tom Streets president and David Thompson vice president. Guests included Calving Reiss and Joe Lege discussing livestock care.
The census office seeks enumerators for Cedar and west half Jones counties with applications opening October 15. Apply via Jack Spear in Tipton or at the Cedar Rapids federal building. Eligible applicants must be US citizens 18 to 65, with high school education or equivalent experience, good health and character, own a vehicle, and have funds for four to five weeks until salary begins. Veterans receive priority.
State auditors began work October 8 in the regular audit of all accounts of county officers. Chief Examiner S A Norberg of Clinton and assistant J A Moundson of Toledo lead the review which is expected to take 4 to 6 weeks.
The Ministerial Association of Monticello held a family fellowship supper at St. Luke's parsonage hosted by the Rev. and Mrs. R. V. Gildner on Friday October 15. Honored guests were the Rev. and Mrs. Arnold Schlueter and their sons of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Other attendees included the Rev. and Mrs. W. Russell Hunter, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Ellett, and the Rev. and Mrs. John Baumann and Ruth.
Fd Cox Alva Freese and Dale Adams all of Monticello attended the State Cornhusking Contest at Independence Tuesday afternoon. An Oliver No 4 picker won the 2 row mounted division while an Oliver 2 row pull type picker won the pull division and a No 5 Oliver won the single row division. An International Harvester 2 ME picker took second in mounted, and a New Idea No 7 placed third in single row pull. The men said a large crowd attended and winners will represent Iowa in the National Corn Picking contest.
Private Adrian J. Wilken son of Mr and Mrs Lorance Wilken Monticello has been assigned to Headquarters Company 9224 TSU TC at Fort Eustis Virginia He will work in the unit supply room and entered service March 1954 after basic training at Fort Leonard Wood He formerly worked for Anamosa Produce Co and is a Monticello High School graduate He is married to Janet D Lutz of Anamosa now living in Newport News Virginia.
The Lovell Happy Helpers met with 12 members 6 guests and 2 leaders. New officers installed are Judy Schneider president Marion Fass vice president Janice Schneider secretary Sharon Schneiter treasurer historian Shirley Hanken. Retiring officers are Bonnie Buol Judy Schneider Marion Fass Janet Pruli and Dixie Hanken.
The Lovell Lions met on Thursday October 7 with eleven members present. Four new members joined as Don Zimmerman led a discussion on Why Health. The group ordered tee shirts and concluded with the 4-H pledge followed by lunch. Next meeting set for November 4 at the Richard Hanken home.
Mrs. Hazel Reade hosted the Women’s Christian Service Guild with devotions by Mrs. Irma Paulsen and a program led by Mrs. Ruth Holst on Christ calls us to witness as we teach. Reports on the Presbyterial at Lost Nation were shared. Various local visits, guests, and upcoming events noted.
Mrs. Jennie McFarland of Chicago spent the weekend visiting her sister Mrs. Minnie Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Connolly of Cedar Falls visited the parental James Connolly home for the weekend.
The Jones No 1 Dairy Herd Improvement Association report for September shows 26 herds tested with 408 cows in milk and 181 dry, totaling 589 cows tested. Average milk production was 643 pounds with 2.47 percent butterfat. Ten high herds listed include Max Specht of Monticello with 1060 pounds milk and 37.5 butterfat and Gee Slater & Son of Olin with 1024 pounds milk and 36.7 butterfat.
A roundup lists participants with individual milk production and butterfat percentages. Howard K Mackey and Frederick Decker lead with 962 and 957 pounds of milk and butterfat around 36 to 36 percent. Other growers include Marvin Engelbart 881 pounds 32.9, Allen Hormann 794 pounds 31.6, and Matt Muller 844 pounds 31.0, with several more entries from Center Junction Monticello and Anamosa.
A brief item notes a request for readers to relay a sighting with urgency to the Express newspaper. It invites public tips or tips to report promptly. No specific people or places are named in the fragment.
Jones County group plans a tour of the Amana Colonies on Thursday October 21 visiting the Home Freezer plant Woolen Mills and Furniture factory Dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn is planned Reservations should be made by October 19 at the Extension office The group departs the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa at 9 00 AM sharp
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