Jones County Tops National Cancer Drive but Misses Quota
Jones County raised 2868.12 dollars in the American Cancer Society campaign, reaching 91 percent of its 3143 dollar goal. The statewide Iowa total surpassed quota at 333793.80, 123 percent, with Wayne County earning top honors at 302 percent of its quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
John H. Fraser
Irving Hover
Iowa
Harry A. Murphy
New York
Wayne County
Rosa Lee Snyder
Coydan
H. W. Morgan
Mason City
H. D. Kerr
State University Hospitals
Iowa City
R. F. Birge
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Hook
National Research Council
Anamosa Author Lawrence Schoonover Who Wrote The Burnished Blade
Lawrence Schoonover, born 1906 in Anamosa Iowa, left a career in advertising to write The Burnished Blade. He researched for three years after five months of writing, over two decades of prior work influencing his historical novel about Trebizond. He finished the work while raising four children in New Canaan Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Fureka
Lawrence Schoonover
Anamosa
Iowa
Shattuck Military School
Faribault
Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Mr. Schoonover
New York City
Batten
Schoonovers
New Canaan
Connecticut
College Comics
Trebizond
Macmillan Company
Literary Guild
Five top dairy herds named in county report crowd Monticello
Monticello Express notes the county's five high testing dairy herds led by Fred Shover who milks 16 cows averaging 1077 pounds of milk and 32 pounds of butterfat. Sylvia the best cow yielded 1885 pounds and 52.8 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Fred Shover
Tom Shover
Shover
Boss
Eugene McLaughlin
Ford Gundlach
Sylvia
Evergreen Planting Spacing and Density Noted
Evergreen trees are planted about six feet apart in each direction, equating to roughly 1 200 trees per acre.
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Kay Ahraken
Chilocco
Okla
H. E. Ahraken
Harvey Hayes
Louis Heiken
Albert Heiken
Leo Bonjour
Floyd Guhl
Black Hills
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
Yosemite
Sequoia
King's Canyon
Boulder Dam
Grand Canyon
Mrs
Harvey Heiken
Porterville
Calif
Raymond Clark
Chicago
Fay Clark
Gerald’ Sehoott
Craig
Phoenix
Arizona
Monticello
W. D. McLaughlin
E. J. Noble
Cincinnati
Ohio
L. J. Swift
Walter Swift
Keokuk
Ruth Roberts
Muscatine
Miss Roberts
L. A. Bader
Howard Ireland
Shirley
Jacquelyn Porter
Madison, Wis
Harold Young
van Horne
Russell Meade Home
Ray Hearn
Earl Harper
Davenport
Maxine and
Yvonne Lange
Labor Day
John Lange
Bud Suter
Colorado Springs
Joan Hayes
Cedar Rapids
Shirley Schneider
Marion
Belle Plaine
Express
Jackson County Fair Grounds
Maquoketa
Dubuque County
Railroad Street
Bradstreet
City of
Linden Avenue
A. M. Maurice
Garrick Theatre Company
Olympic Theatre
Virgil Rosenbaum
Cedar Rapids High School
Monticello High School
Monti
Len Howell
Barney. EU
Carlos Eiler
Howell Farm
Eiler
Barney Eiler
Hila Morgan
L. E. Hoag
F. J. Kay
Royden Concert Band
Frank Royden
Merle Jansen
June Henrichs
Harry Prult
Quebec
Canada
Williamsburg
C. C. Slausons
Lynn Morrow
Susan
H. E. Morrow
Fred L. Kromminga
Ollie Roche
Boone
Ogden
Loel Good
Dallas Center
A. L. Barton
Dwight Barton
Paul J. Hoy
Adel
Caroline Heiken
Ed Witt
Chicago Heights
Ill
Eastern Star
Schreiner Chapter
Order of the Eastern ‘Star
Masonic Temple
Gladys Skelley
James Skelley
Robert Schuetz
Santa Monica
Paul Schuetz
Ralph Wilson
Cedar Falls
Anton Wroblewski
John Wroblewski
Vincent Wroblewski
Myron Griffith
International Falls
Minn
Dale Griffith
Clarence Griffith
Robert Jacque
Mary Elizbeth
James Hubbard
Otto Hubbard
Robert P. Hogan
Mark
M. F. Hogan
J. A. Liddy
Robert J. Liddy
Ben Cotton
William H. Shaffer
Shirley Vernon
Donald Zimmerman
Eldora
the Acres
Paula Jean Samuelson
Peoria, Jr
Rudolph Ambuehl
G. D. Samuelson
Wisconsin
Irma Jean Pickett
Bell
Telephone Company
Cass
Grace Benedict
Herman Dirks and Sons
Gene
Gary
Nettie Darrow
Anita
Henry Michels
Earl Moore
John Mettler
Heinrich Prull
Wilbur Nachtrieb
Dubuque
Paul Suchsland
Jimmy
Alice Morrison
Ames
Russell Griffith
Keith Dickey
Ron
Freeport, Il
Bess Dickey
Lloyd Clark
Ruth Reid
McCalisburg
Veda Hamilton
Valparaiso
Ind
Ernest Strandberg
St. Cloud
Emma Collins
Ireton
Afr
Rick Himebaugh
Clinton
Bud Reynolds
Robert Myers
M. H. Biddick
C. A. Field
Portland, Oregon
Louise Field
Betty Jo Guyan
P. A. Johnson
Grinnell
Betty Hoult
Merle Jacobsen
Feta
Portis Ranger
Portis “Ranger
Stuhler
MT. Vernon
H & S Tire & Appliance
Jack Sprat
Colorado
Royal Anne
Stahler’s
Bartlett Pears
Anda Talia
Meme
Garam Aes
Golden Six Valley Cans
van Camp
del Monte
Wilson
Elsheimer
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