Scotch Grove Cornhuskers Win Blue Ribbon at State Fair
Scotch Grove 4 H demonstration Treat With a Treater won a blue ribbon for the local club and demonstrators Ken Paulsen and Tom Streets at the Iowa State Fair. The county also received a blue ribbon and the boys were awarded state fair shirts. Tom Streets left Thursday while Ken stayed as an usher. About 150 demonstrations were presented this year, more than in prior years.
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Scotch Grove
Cornhuskers
Ken Paulsen
Tom Streets
Jones County
Tom
Ken
Acting Leader Reiss to Serve Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Acting leader Calvin Reiss will preside in M. P. Paulsen’s absence and attend the September meeting at Tom Streets home. Larry Husman David Thompson and Randy Brady will present the program and a World Series winner guess will be roll call. An annual election of officers is scheduled.
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Calvin Reiss
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
M. P. Paulsen
Tom Streets
Larry Husman
David Thompson
Randy Brady
Farm Bureau Meeting Set by Scotch Grove Chapter
The September gathering of the Scotch Grove Farm Bureau takes place on September 14 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dawes. The program centers on resolutions with Irving Eilers and Wesley Tolfs on the refreshment committee.
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Farm Bureau
Scotch Grove Farm Bureau
Frank Dawes
Irving Eilers
Wesley Tolfs
Oak Drive Community Club Holds Annual Picnic
Mrs. Lavern Rickels hosted the Oak Drive Community club at her Cascade home for the first regular meeting since July and the August picnic. The annual gathering of members and families took place at the Monticello fair grounds the Sunday before the Jones County fair.
Boy Donnie Niell Blocks All Girl Title Defense
Only boy Donnie Niell remains to block Rocky Ridge rural school from keeping its all girl county champion status. Four from Monti cello public school are enrolled Jeanne Bohlken Joyce Willms Doris Burns Sherrill Burns and there will be beginners both girls at mid semester. Pupils aim for a perfect dental record. No beginners at Timber district two. Gary Kelchen Melvin Welter moved to Cascade parochial school and Shirley Rick els Sharon Wright entered eighth grade at Monticello public school.
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Donnie Niell
Rocky Ridge Rural School
Donnie
Monticello
Jeanne Bohlken
Joyce Willms
Doris
Sherrill Burns
Timber School
Gary Kelchen
Melvin Welter
Cascade
Shirley Rickels
Sharon Wright
Presbyterian honors Tyrrell family during Evansville visit
The Scotch Grove former pastor Rev. F. H. Tyrrell and his wife and family were honored by the local Presbyterian congregation during their vacation visit. A picnic dinner followed the morning service.
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F. H. Tyrrell
Evansville
Ind
Tyrrells
Tyrrell
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Social notes from Buck Creek and nearby towns
A long list of weekend visits and gatherings spans Buck Creek Monticello Center Junction and Cedar Rapids. Guests hail from Hawick Minn Ogilvie Okla Anoka Chicago and more with many local family ties including Norris Dirks Winchip Brady and Dighton relations. A birth date and first day of school are noted for Gary Grom and a correction adds David Tobiason to the school list. The Nelson Monona and Nashua connections appear in weddings reunions and travels to Los Angeles and Nashua.
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G. J. Hughes
Kathleen Norris
Arthur B. Norris
Harold Norris
Hawick
Minn
Catherine Kraut
Cedar Rapids
Norris
Monticello
Center Junction
Miss Kraut
Harm J. Dirks
June M. Henrichs
Ward
Kitty Callahan
Lillie Brady
South Carolina
John Herren
Alvin
Ogilvie
Okla
Gedola
Anoka
Edwin
Vernon Helgens
Herrens
Gary Grom
Homemaker's Club Set to Elect Officers at Next Meeting
CASTLE GROVE Worthwhile Homemakers club will meet Wednesday Sept 14 at the home of Mrs Ed Schemmel with Mrs F H Kromminga as co host. An election of officers is planned. Several local families and visitors were noted at recent gatherings and events in the area.
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Homemaker’s Club
Local Families and Visitors Share News Across Iowa
The notice lists movements and visits of residents including Mr and Mrs James Hughes en route to California for schooling in Berkeley. Others move to Maquoketa and Cedar Rapids shoppers visit. Families and relatives from Anamosa Chicago Clin ton Wyoming and Wyoming host gatherings and meals.
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James Hughes
California
Luce
Berkeley
Ted Eby
Maquoketa
Ralph Paulsen
Blaine Burkey
Coder
Anamosa
Max Burns
Maxine Lange
Chicago
J. M. Lange
John Wright
Cedar Rapids
Lou Ahraken
Clinton
Irvin Sievers
Wyoming
Alvin Winchip
Weekend Visitors Highlight Local Anniversary and Family News
Sunday dinner guests included the Nelsons and Jousel families. A 25th anniversary celebration for Henry and Mrs Brockens was held with related attendances from Gillian Zumbach and relatives. Kenneth Bacon, SP/3, 55387983, 2nd RCN, 2nd Infantry Division, is at Fort Lewis Washington. Sally Spurgeon teaches LaPorte City fifth and sixth grades and spent the weekend with her parents. Camp Fire Girls leaders are Mrs Bulgren and Mrs Saunders with recruitment urged.
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Harold Nelson
Janice
Max
Kenneth Jousel
Earl Gil-lian
Louis Zumbach, Jr
Henry Brockens
John King
John Moeller
Judy
Mary Gaye
Somers
Herman Dolley
William Broxey
Palo
Loren Dolley
Clarence Boyle
St. Luke's Hospital
Kenneth Bacon
R.C.N
Fort Lewis
Wash
Sally Spurgeon
LaPorte City
Merritt “Spurgeon
Harley Bulgren
Camp Fire Girls
David Saunders
Wednesday Guests and Local Visits Highlight Iowa County notes
Mrs Art Weber and Mrs Delbert Weber visited Mrs Emil Grief in Coxgon on Wednesday afternoon. Cedar Rapids visitors and other callers traveled through on Monday. Dining guests from Dubuque included Mr and Mrs William Keiser. Ruth Hunter joined the Rose home in Marion for Sunday evening. Anamosa visitors came to see Mr and Mrs Fred Kromminga Tuesday evening. David Cartano left for Ames as a junior at Iowa State College. Max Specht attended Farm Bureau board meeting in Anamosa. Mrs Wilbur Cartano and Mrs Edgar Thomas visited Charity Thompson in Onslow. Jones county Women plan a camp at Camp O Dethi on Sept 15–16.
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Castle Grove
Homemakers Club
Ed Schemmel
F. H. Kromminga
John Wacker
William Lubben
Loren
Richard
Nancy
Richard Tjaden
Leo
Patty
Henry Tjaden
Julie Ann
Janice
Herman Tjaden
Amber
Edgar Thomas
Lafayette
Ind
Thomas
Wilbur Cartanos
Don Hamer
Jody
Janet
St. Louis
Mr. Hamer
Emil Hamer
Max Specht
Missionary Society of the
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Anamosa
Fred Kromminga
Kromminga
Raymond Kromminga
Richard Kromminga
George Gerdes
Jesse
Georgia
Terra Bella
Calif
Paul Gerdes
Paul Black
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Hunter
Marion
Edmund Pelat
Wisconsin Rapids
Spencer
Iowa
George A. Rickels
Janet Greenawald
John Andreesen
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Richard Groat
Farm Bureau District
Town City
Art Weber
Delbert Weber
Emil Grief
Coxgon
Elmer Tiedeman
Herbert McKinney
Fred Kromming
Guttenberg
William Keiser
Dubuque
William F. Marsh
County Distributes Surplus Food to Needy Families
Surplus commodities with a retail value of about 4853 dollars were given to Jones county families in the first half of this year. Iowa counties participate under the U S Department of Agriculture program distributed by the state social welfare department and local boards.
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Jones’ County
Rolla R. Glenn
State Board of Social Welfare
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
State Department of Social Welfare
Boards of Supervisors
Ten cows killed in truck crash near Boyden
A truck mishap near Boyden killed ten cows when a blow-out caused loss of control. The driver escaped injury.
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Boyden
Rural Schools Sold for Four Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Four
Eight rural shops in the Postville school district sold schoolhouse buildings and contents for a total of 4974.50. The sale covered both structures and their contents.
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Postville
Social visit notes and local gatherings in Iowa and Minnesota
Langworthy Robert Arduser visited the Harvey Lamp home in Sheffield Iowa. A string of weekend visits and dinners includes Gerd Prull with Eilert Prull at Frank Peter man home, John Reuter and family, and many others in Monticello and surrounding towns. Groups toured, hosted dinners, and attended picnics while families shared holidays and travel. A fire cleanup crew gathered at Harold Bieden’s to clear debris and build a milking shed on the Julius Johnston farm known as the Fred Stadtmueller farm.
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Ross
Gerd Monck
Harold. Bideen
Calite
Julius Johnston
Fred Stadtmueller
Bulldozer Cuts Phone Line Hurts Rural Rock Valley Area
A bulldozer at work near Rock Valley town hall severed a telephone cable, leaving about a hundred rural families without phone service for a day. Local crews repaired the line and restored service.
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Rock Valley
Townr Hall
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Locaoer
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Monticello Monument CO
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Zion, Ill
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Buck Creek
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Manchester Park
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Lew Porter
Labor Day
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Leonard Kremer
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St. Dominic Villa
Eagle Point Park
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Monona
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William Rickels
Albuquerque, N.M
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Iste Ee
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Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
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