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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1932

Page

2

Liming the Soil and Farm Bureau Film Share Novem Plans

Jones County Farm Bureau promotes fall liming as the best time to apply lime for crops, citing practical benefits such as better road conditions and less spring labor. The group also features film attractions including Judy Goes Home and Judy Comes Home with Farm Bureau star Margaret Wetherholt, highlighting a 1940s community event atmosphere.

Lme Darius Green Farm Bureau Jones County Farm Bureau Judy Margaret Wetherholt American Farm Bureau Federation

Jones County 4-H Party Planned at Anamosa School Gym

A county wide 4 H club party is scheduled for Friday evening Nov 4 at the Anamosa school gymnasium. Jones county 4 H boys and girls club committees host guests including all clubs parents and leaders. Recognition will honor the outstanding girl of 1932 health contest music memory contest top demonstration teams and the most punctual complete reports secretary. Medals will be awarded for livestock club contest winners and livestock record book winners will be announced. The evening concludes with merrymaking including games stunts and singing.

Anamosa School Jones County

Feeders warned against cattle and lamb speculation this fall

National Live Stock Marketing association cautions farmers about speculators in corn belt counties offering small lots of cattle and lambs at $1.50 to $3 above market prices. They entice with seven percent financing targeting low quality cattle meant for spring or early summer sale. September results show top Holsteins and Guernseys performing well with notable producers including W. H. Finn and Son and Rene]l McColm reporting high milk yields and butterfat.

National Live Stock Marketing Association Corn Belt Anamosa C.T.A W. H. Finn and Son Henry J. Wehling Tom George J. M. Byerly Guernseys Reuel O. McColm Guern- Seys Postel and Noble J. E. Johnson Newhard and Watters Carl W. Eden Bell Rene

Jackson Boys 4-H Club Enrolls At Farm Bureau Program

The Jackson Boys 4-H club hosted a farm bureau program last week. It was good to see the boys begin and enroll in the club.

Jackson Boys Farm Bureau

Farm Bureau Membership and Meetings Encouraged

A county note urges continued Farm Bureau membership and participation. It highlights early home management meetings led by Miss Gannon and upcoming leadership sessions with Mr. Davis as landscape specialist in November. The piece stresses cooperation, friendship, and constructive involvement over criticism.

Farm Bureau

Jones County Schoolmasters Club Dinner Sets Change

Jones County schoolmasters and wives gathered for a 6 30 dinner in the Center Junction school gym Tuesday with 39 attendees. They planned this year’s one act play contest in place of declamatory work.

Hopkinton Community Notes and School Updates

Hopkinton residents see health gains and church news. Rev. Walter Barlow elected Presbyterian synod moderator in Sioux City. Mrs. Guthrie plans Washington visit. Lenox junior college selects officers. Hopkinton basketball schedule released by coach D H Johnston. Faculty and student activities include glee club formation and an operetta plan. Community events cover PTA meeting, Embroidery club, and Farm Bureau activities in various townships.

R. J. Kirkwood Mercy Hospital Anamosa Sidney Lowe Walter Barlow First Presbyterian Church Hopkinton Ames Presbyterian Synod Sioux City R. J. Guthrie Washington State Lenox Junior College Thomas Tibbetts Harlan Johnston Harry Brown D. H. Johnston Hopkinton High School Delhi Colesburg Earlville Greeley Buck Creek Oneida Hopkin Leonard Gibbs Harold Hawn Misses Maude Franc Earhart Will Beels Harry Main George Hartness Presbyterian Church Anna Kirkwood Sarah Littlefield Jeffries Dubuque Neil Berger White Cross MacAllister Lord Sony Eore Ethutitu Wy Ando ‘Mvere Uy Wright Bernice Edgar Elkport South Fork Township Brooks School Minnie Zeuch Lenox College H. M. Reeve Catherine Ripple Mary Elizabeth Gearhart Margaret Demaree Dorothy Newlin Ione Reed Emily Orr Gale Rizer Helen DeShaw Yone Reed Dorothy Equires Margaret Owens Gertrude Reeve Ruth Herrington Alberta Jones Bernice Stone Dorothy Dreibelbis Maxine Smith Helen Pulver Mary E. Gearhart Alberta Thompson Eloise Sutherland Birdena Hogg Alma Heiken Rosalind Dunlap Alice Mae Ottilie A. H. Larkins Waveney England Embroidery N. A. Gearhart Friendly Bible Class Methodist Sunday School C. F. Allen Calhoun

Local social visits and gatherings noted in town

Mrs. Will Mead and several others attended a noon dinner hosted by a local hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Englehart of Davenport visited Mrs. W. A. Stingley. Monticello’s Mrs. Henry Sechusen Jr and son Jimmie stayed with the Serbousek family recently. Lyle Thompson visited Hopkinton last Thursday. Mrs. John Otten of Scotch Grove and Mrs. Stimson of Canada called at James Mead’s home on Monday.

Lyle Thompson Hopkinton John Otten Scotch Grove Stimson Canada James Mead

Local Republicans Tour in County Areas and Social Notes

Castle Grove E R Easterly of Olin and Hartley Wilkinson of Monticello, both Republican candidates for county offices, visited the vicinity. Mike J. Hogan went to Dubuque to see a sick sister. Ray Tarbox moved from Stony Point to Noble farm tenant house. John Van Buren traveled to Iowa City for the Iowa versus Minnesota game. Lyle Clark will work the Van Buren farm next year. Arthur Fairbanks sold 920 pounds of cattle in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Will Hiller spent Friday in Anamosa and attended Henry Field’s meeting and related luncheon. Presbyterian missionary society ladies have been invited to an event.

Jones County Schoolmasters Club G. Vander Stoep Center Junction S. L. Davis Jim McDonald Washta L. McDonald Mary E. McDonald Wyoming Florida Ray Davis Owen McGuire Geo. McDonald Scott McDonald Women's Bridge Club Presbyterian Ladies Working Band J. F. Livingstone Presbyterian Eva Beals Clifford Abbott Cedar Rapids Pauline Prahm Iowa City A. Alyea S. G. Thompson Sioux City Thompson George McDonald N. C. Holm Maquoketa Ellen McDonald Wilma Jackson Delia Branden Dubuque Mabel Perryman Harry Kendall Ida McDonald Dorothy Ethel Dreibelbis Wynona Kleineck Robert Serbousek Oxford Junction R.S. Robbie Winifred John Himebaugh Augusta Norris Manchester Marie Serbousek Teachers’ Institute Dorothy McDonald Gus Corrado John Corrado Waterloo Don Markham Town Falls Robert Mead Overly Vernon Carson John Carson Fred Beckman Laurel Neb Gert Antons John Stahlberg Scotch Grove Marvin Holst Coe College C. M. Holst Sidney Hoffman New York City Will Edwards Cleveland Ohio Louila Love Dorothy Worden Anamosa Albert Rohwedder N. Cc. Holst Stanwood Winifred Robbie George D. McDonald M. J. McNeilly F. N. Himebaugh Henry Field August Schrader Monticello R. J. Bone EB. R. McLaughlin Ladies’ Aid Society The Presbyterian Church R. S. Benedict Farm Bureau Harry Newman Jones County Farm Bureau John Yossi Richland Township Elizabeth McLaughlin Westermeier George Heiken Cass Lovell Richland Castle Grove Edwin Wilcox Fannie Gannan Castlegrove George Specht Anna Heiken A. A. Kromminga Ernest Carpenter U. A. Kromminga E. R. Easterly Olin Hartley Wilkinson Mike J. Hogan Ray Tarbox Grover Stony Point Noble Farm John van Buren Lyle Clark van Buren Arthur Fairbanks Will Hiller

Anamosa Honor Party Celebrates Burlingham Line Anniversary

East Cass Township residents joined a party last Saturday in Anamosa honoring Mr. and Mrs. Will Line on their twenty second wedding anniversary. Local residents include Zeela Burlingham Bertha Burlingham Ernest Rickless and many visitors from Des Moines Hopkinton Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. The community notes also mention school resumed Maxine Johnson Ed Head travels Roy Phife healing at home and upcoming events at Cass No. 6 school and Peniel Presbyterian church.

Frank Burlingham Zeela Bertha Ernest Rickless Will Line Anamosa Louis Stoddard Des Moines Lee Hannan Maxine Johnson Ed Head Rock Island Ill Merle Robert Darrow Sherm Harford Hopkinton Earl Benedict The Forest U. B St Last Sundy Donnie Richeson John Kressing Dubuque Gerhard Brockhohn Cedar Rapids Cass No. 6 School Zeela Burlingham Ladies’ Ald Society Peniel Presbyterian Church Grace Benedict

Community visitors span multiple towns this weekend

Sand Spring and nearby communities report a flurry of Sunday and Monday visits. Families including the Murrays, Batchelders, Heeren, and Ardusers spent time with relatives in Farley, Prairieburg, Oelwein, Richland Center, Cascade, Earlville, and Manchester.

Anamosa Eureka Clipping Reports Injuries and Suspect

Lawrence Walton, Anamosa high school left tackle, suffered a fractured left hand in the Marengo Anamosa game last Friday, possibly ending his season. Joseph Brenson of Kansas City was detained as a suspect in the Pierce murder but did not match the description and could not be identified by Mrs. Pierce.

Lawrence Walton Marengo-Anamosa Focal Field Joseph Brenson Kansas City Pierce Cedar Rapids Jones County

Death and crime mix with rail upgrades in Anamosa report

Brenson described as mentally deranged, examined Wednesday, then escorted to Independence by hospital authorities. Milwaukee firm expands rail work in Anamosa, laying new rails ties and replacing decayed components over several weeks. Meanwhile Mrs W G Yount dies at 43 from heart disease, daughter of William H and Sarah McCann Snyder, having lived in the area all her life except for a period in Mitchell South Carolina following her marriage 19 years ago.

Brenson Missouri Milwaukee Company Anamosa W. G. Yount

Iowa Game Commission Closes Muskrat Season

The Iowa Game Commission closes the muskrat season for 1932 33 after an extensive study. Population decline from droughts has concentrated muskrats in larger waters, prompting protection of seed stock to aid recovery next year. The move aims to safeguard trappers and fur buyers futures.

Iowa Fish and Game Commission Iowa Fish and Game Commission

Real Estate Transfers Across Amber and Monticello Dist.

Multiple property deeds recorded: Coffins transfer to Rena Coffin Evers. grants to H H Zimmerman in Amber with detailed block and street descriptions. Frank Neville to H C Keseberg. M C Crispin to Dora Hartman Crispin. Frank Lux to Eva Lux. Erma Babcock Pringle to E M Babcock. Edward W Kohl and wife to Katherine L Zacher with linked lot and street descriptions.

Property Quit Claim Deed Transfer In Soper & Boardman Subdivision

Gesina Clarke and spouses along with Fred Zimmerman transfer rights to Frank Neville via quit claim deed for lots 3 and blocks 28 and 29 in Fisher's East Anamosa subdivision. The deed includes a right of way extending along Railroad Street and Buckeye Street adjoining land, for $1.00.

Buckeye Street Sal Land Gesina Clarke Wi Zimmerman Fred Zimmerman Frank Neville Soper & Boardman Fisher's East Anamosa

County Supervisor Term Commencing in 1934

A native of Castle Grove a lifelong Republican served on the township school board for 19 years and 6 years as township trustee. He is secretary of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Castle since 1908 and advocates strict economy in public affairs. Castle Grove has not had a county supervisor in over forty years. Your support at the November election will be appreciated.

Castle Grove Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association Castle

Also Mentioned on This Page

Farm Bureau Movie Ginger Genter Junction East Cass Township Raymond Murray Dicky Margaret Murray Charles Stevenson Eldon Joel Murray Farley J. L. Batchelder John Bohlken Andrew Glass Prairieburg Stanley Bright Dyersville Jack Heeren Mary Sandhagen Laura Dundee Esther Heeren Oelwein Jennie Guthrie Sam von Talge Iowa Game Commission Frank A. Coffin Merle M. Esbeek Rena Coffin Evers Warr Kate Folkers John H. Rickels Meta Poppe Elizabeth Ambuehl Will Rickels H. H. Zimmerman Warr Bik Amber 3Rd Street H. C. Keseberg Warr Fisher M. C. Crispin Dora Hartman Crispin Frank Lux Eva Lux Davidson Wit Wis Wise Erma Babcock Pringle E. M. Babcock Main Street Town of Bronson Edward W. Kohl Katherine L. Zacher Turck Bradstreet Buckeye and Railroad Street G. J. Hughes T. E. McNamara Democratic Lee Byerly S. M. Hosford Castle Grove Township Herbert Hoover Europe Democratic House of Representatives Garner Congress Hoover
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