Jones County 4-H Teams Shine At State Fair
The Jones County Farm Bureau reports the boys 4-H livestock judging team placed 13th among 63 county teams at the state 4-H contest. Members Alvin Bailey George Frater Ernest Blohm Donald Meeks led scores with Fraser 645 Bailey 644 Meeks 642. The girls team Jacqueline Kinler Velma Petersen placed high in their division while Florence Wehling scored 97.9 in health and Don Meeks ranked seventh with 97.7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Bailey
George Frater
Ernest Blohm
Donald Meeks
George Fraser
Don Meeks
Jacqueline Kinler
Velma Petersen
Florence Wehling
Florence
Colt training demonstrations draw crowd in Martelle
Harry Linn, field representative for the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders' association, conducts a colt breaking and multi-hitch demonstration on the Harry Newman farm in Martelle. The event, sponsored by the local colt club, attracts a large Jones county crowd eager to see practical training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Harry Newman
Martelle
Colt Club
Linn
Jones County
Wheat Growers Meet to Form County Association at Wyoming
The final wheat meeting to sign applications for the government reduction program is set for Friday evening September 8 in Wyoming. The meeting aims to establish a permanent county wheat growers association with participation by Henry Eschling, district extension agent of Ames, in attendance. All wheat growers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Henry Eschling
Ames
Hog Prices Remain Low Despite Recent Rise Says Report
The report notes hog prices rose early May but stayed around half the fair value, due to large market supplies from May to July. Slaughter totals in federally inspected plants rose about 30 percent from last year, with vast storage of hog products and weak exports. Fall outlook hinges on emergency programs to curb hog supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Dairy Herd Dry Period and Feeding Guidelines
Guidelines for dairy management emphasize a six to eight week dry period before calving, checking calving dates, and ensuring cows are enrolled in appropriate bedding and nutrition. It notes dry cows need grain and to build body reserves during the dry period, and to raise grain protein as pastures dry up.
Poultry Farmers Urged to Winterize Barns and Improve Care
Iowa State College expert H L Wilcke urges poultrymen to prepare for winter with a grain mix of corn and cake meal and ground oats plus cracked soybeans. He lists six management tips including culling unthrifty birds, proper flock space, ventilation, sun exposure, green feed, and thorough cleaning to prevent fall colds and respiratory issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adyrancing Association
H. L. Wilcke
Towa State College
Eckers
Wilcke
Iowa
Scotch Grove hosts quilt making lesson and Farm Bureau events
Sixteen Scotch Grove women from six sub districts gather at D O Sinclair home for an initial quilt making lesson led by extension instructor from Ames. The group plans a September 13 all day follow up at M M Sinclair home with a picnic lunch. The Sunbeam mission band meets with Ruth Clark leading and 19 present. The Local Farm Bureau eyes September 12 events including piano duet Jo Royden and vocal solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove Township
D. O. Sinclair
Ames
Stover
Mildred Wilson
Meeks
Anamosa
L. J. Schlemme
Farm Bureau
H. J. Dirks
Leroy Dirks
Harry Paulsen
Edna Thuman
M. M. Sinclair
W. B. Clark
Irving Eilers
Lou Ahraken
R. D. Sanford
Mary Dawes
Laura Sinclair
Celena Stahlberg
Esther Sinclair
Sunbeam Mission Band
Ruth Clark
Wright
Jean Royden
Ruscett Hughes
LaRue Gillilan
Hopkinton
Emil Pruit
Monticello
Catherine Fazan
Thelma Gregory
Minnie Husman
Hazel Eby
Kathleen Hughes
Vera Moats
Pauline Prahm
Maurine Dirks
Florence Mardoff
Wm. H. Flees
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Martha
M.M. Line’air
Center Junction
Viciniy
Minnesota
Minnette
W. OB. Clark
W. A Loomis
Mon. Ucello
Celia Edwards
Talerio
Ohio
May Himehaueh
Leslie
James Gregory
Cedar Rapids
Myr
W. B. Henrichs
June
Ida Herner
Cascade
F.J0. Sutherland
Eloise
Cacian
Mom. Sinclair
Laura
F. Mutton
Merle
Kahula
Jasper Hutton
Arend Balster
Alva Zimmerman
Cascade Family News and Local Death in Cascade
Cascade society notes report Miss Geneva Faber and Miss Irene Feltman visiting from New York with a 4000 mile Midwest trip via Atlantic City Baltimore Philadelphia and Washington D C. Local death of John T Durkin in Cascade is announced detailing his birthplace Whitewater township progress through St Marys School and Columbia college and his various employments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Faber
J. L. Faber
Cascade
Irene Feltman
Richmond
Ind
New York
Foror O
Columbia University
University
Feber
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Feser
Pat Carleton
Boulder
Cole
George McQuillen
George eLees
Cedar Rapids
John T. Durkin
Durkin
Whitewater Township
Dais
Thomas
Elizabeth Hoffman Durkin
St. Mary's School
Columbia College
Die Huque
Dub
Center Junction Community News and Moves Ahead
Center Junction reports teachers from the area taking posts in multiple towns and a strong showing at Lenox junior college. A new school opens for registration with G Vander Stoep in charge and staff from nearby communities assisting. Local residents move, visit Chicago for the Century of Progress, attend events, and family activities fill the week as housing and community life expand.
Local Visitors and Family News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Scott McDonald and son returned to Manchester with her. The Helken family visited in Castle Grove. Gerald Preston of Davenport and Mrs Henry Seehusen with two sons were guests last week. Rohwedder returned from Wyoming and Olin to the Hoist home. Will and Ross Stingley visited their mother in Peoria and Tiskilwa. The Livingstone family spent time near Olin and Chicago business took Holst and Gill there. Joyce Preston visits Mount Vernon this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Boner
Flora Mac Boner
Ida Mae Bauch
John Ralston
Florence
Leonard
Vearl
Cedar Rapids
Grant Ralston
Lewis Ralston
Bile
Barbara
Minneapolis
Peoria
R. W. Brady
Martelle
D. K
J.C. Balster
Fred Plueger
Monticello
Will Plueger
George Plueger
George Helgens
Fritz Schlemmie
August Husman
Kitty Callahan
Lyle
Ernest Wright
May Himebaugh
Anamosa
Sam Thompson
Center Junction
Scott McDonald
Manchester
B. D. Helken
Ardis
Treva
Castle Grove
Gerald Preston
Davenport
Henry Seehusen
J. L. Serbousek
Rohwedder
Wyoming
Olin
N. C. Hoist
Will Stingley
Ross Stingley
Tiskilwa
Stella Stingley
John Livingstone
Lucille
F. L. Story
N.C
C. M. Holst
Community News Notes East Case Township Get-Together
East Case Township residents report a charivari party held for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Benedict with dancing and cards. Nearby families including the Darrow and Russ households attended. Cass No. 6 school reports a part holiday on Labor Day with 28 pupils enrolled, six new. Harvest Picnic and multiple visits across Cass township, Morley, Anita, and Dexterville are detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Hannan
Lois
James Darrow
Morley
Benedict
Earl Benedict
Darrow
Evelyn
Anita
Lyle Russ
Richard
Dexterfield
Wis
Cass No. 6
Josephine Rickels
Margaret Oltman
Charles Guilford
Betty Jane Harford
Dolores
Betty Lou Schlummer
Henry, Uhr
Lyle
Henry Brulken
Springville
Dexterville
Russ
Grace Benedict
California
Ed Darrow
Anamosa
W. I. Darrow
F. H. Darrow
Atlantic
South
Irnold Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Robert Darrow
George Stulken
James Connolly
Monticello
LaCrosse
Tim Connolly
Stulken
Will Oltman
Eilert Prult
Lizzie Dirks
Wayne Township
Oltman
Lyle Clark
Marion Clark
Hopkinton
C. B. Darrow
Cass Township
Addie Darrow
Zeela
Bertha Bumingham
Ernest Rickless
Roy Phyfe
George
Clarence
Lawrence Stalken
Ernest
Elsie
Gladys
Alice Benedict
Castle Grove Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights and Local News
The Castle Grove Farm Bureau held Friday evening gathering with community singing and a piano selection by Elizabeth McLaughlin. James McLaughlin reported on 4 H club activities and Jones County fair exhibits. Max Wortman described the Anamosa prison farms with 1940 acres, 100 cows, cheese production, and farming methods. He noted inmate work willingness and announced for County Agent Smith. The meeting ended with The Little Brown Church in the Vale. Local social notes mention visits from Stratton Nebraska guests and anniversary travel to Manchester. Irving Lubben was omitted from 4 H prize list. Irving placed third in the draft colt class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Elizabeth McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Jones County Fair
Carol Burr
Max Wortman
Anamosa
Smith
Morley Residents Attend Midwest Exposition and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Louis Vernon of near Morley spent Saturday night and Sunday in the A M Black home during the Century of Progress visit. The Lutheran Ladies Aid met at Mrs Edward Stadtmueller’s Friday. Claude Mason and Lyle Hosford visited Delhi for motor boat races. Carl Caspers toured the Chicago world fair. A M Black and family attended Morley Booster Day Monday. Mary Esther McLaughlin underwent appendicitis surgery in Ames last week and is recovering. Mrs Kenneth Hosford of Monticello visited the S M Hosford home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Albers
Durkin
Knights of Columbus
Cascade Fire Department
Elizabeth Durkin
Reginald Durkin
Chicago
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary
Cascade
Maquoketa
John Conlin
P. J. Conlin
Lloyd Koppes
Inez Koppes
Labor Day
William Koppes
Viola Skahill
Cedar Rapids
Tessie McMullen
Mercy Hospital
Thomas Moran
Violet McDermott
Thelma
Delores
Minneapolis
Dolly Lippert
Thomas
N. J
James Phelan
Grace Phelan
Bernard Phelan
Rockford
Three Rivers
Wis
Clarence Wemmer
Wemmer
Arthalinda Phelan
American Legion
Hub Orr
Cascaric Reds
Thomas Oeschger
Seery Block
Fritz Fangman
Thomas J. Rooney
Kathryn Rooney
T. J. Lane
St. Joseph's Church
Farley
Mary Kurt
Frank Kurt
Gladys Wilcox
Colorado
Wilma Wilcox
California
Margaret Thompson
Hammond
Ind
Mary Leech
Anamosa
Winifred Robbie
Laura Holst
Stanwood
Esther Moats
Conesville
Ellen McDonald
Vern Moats
Scotch Grove
Maurine Dirks
Pauline Prahm
Ernest Sleveka
Black Oak
Leone Preston
Madison Center
Hazel Frost
Madison Village
Dorothy Dreibelbis
Harry Alyea
Catherine Thompson
Eloise Sutherland
Joyce Preston
Lenox Junior College
Dorothy McDonald
F. D. Sutherland
Eloise
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
G. Goodrick
Wyoming
S. N. Smith
Ames
J. N. Smith
Paul Stuart Kempf
Dubuque
Sam Humble
C. A. Burmeister
Pauline
J. F. Livingstone
Springville
John Alexander
Pangburn
James
Iowa
Fred Henak
Presbyterian Church
T. E. Stanton
Ringling
Earl DeShaw
Jane
Monticello
Peter Prahm
B. F. Eleineck
Manchester
Louis Vernon
Morley
Fred Kromminga
Jones County Farm Bureau
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Kenneth Hosford
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Dairy Husbandry Calendar
Ray Wright
Virginia
Walter Young
W. S. Eby
Marietta Helgens
Fred Matheson
McCay
D. C
Kurt
Michigan
Chicago World's Fair
Helen Anderson
Louise Confeld
Lucy Plowman
Evigit Ring
Iron Mountain
East
Case Township
Summerville and
Pitts
Rex Campbell
Agency For
Monticello, Iowa
Hanken’s Cash Grocery
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