Jones County Farm Bureau Women Host Home Furnishing Meetings
The Jones County Farm Bureau women’s division holds a series of social tea gatherings across the county this week ahead of the Home Furnishing project starting in November. Miss Nora Workman of Iowa State College is guest speaker, outlining project phases while Mrs. Bernard Cass urges rural women to join and form Homemakers study groups.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Monticello
Anamosa
Center Junction
Olin
Miss Workman
4-H Club Banquet Set for Martelle County Boys
Ed Helgens, chairman of the county 4-H club committee, announced after a committee meeting that a county-wide 4-H banquet will be held in Martelle in late October. The program will honor outstanding boys with prizes medals and special awards, with details to be announced later.
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Ed Helgens
Martelle
Farm Management Tour At McLaughlin Farm Draws 50 Attendees
Fifty farmers and their wives attended the Farm Management tour at the W. D. McLaughlin farm west of Monticello last Saturday. L. G. Albaugh from Iowa State College discussed the farm outlook. J. J. Wallace of Cedar Valley Farm Business Association analyzed the McLaughlin farm versus other association members. The Cedar Valley Farm Business Association sponsored the meeting with Jones County Farm Bureau.
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W. D
Vernon Barrack
Des Moines
Farmers’ Union
Bradley N. Davis
Town City
Arthur Fairbanks
A. M. Black
Stella
Margaret
Manchester
Alice Howie
W. D. McLaughlin
J. J. Wallace
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
L. G. Allbaugh
Iowa State College
Gladys Hosford
W. A. Montgomery
Cedar Rapids
Castle Grove
Monticello
J. A. Howie
October 31 set for farm inspection requests
The final date for farmer cooperators in the 1937 Agricultural Conservation program to request farm inspections is October 31. Ray Stivers of the Jones County Agricultural Conservation committee announced the deadline, with county offices to receive inspection requests through that date. Completion of checks for requests filed before November 1 is expected soon after.
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Ray Stivers
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Towa State Agricultural Conservation Committee
AAA
Washington
4-H Judging Teams In State Competition
The Jones county 4-H clubs send a boys dairy cattle judging team and a girls demonstration team to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Members include Frederick Faust Monticello Maynard Kuhns Chester Miller and Leo Bonjour. The girls team from Rome TruHeart club is coached by Louise Cook and competes Wednesday at 1 30 p m while the boys contest is Monday at 8 a m.
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Jones County
Waterloo
Frederick Faust
Monticello
Maynard Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Chester Miller
Martelle
Leo Bonjour
Olin
Rome
Tru-Heart
Louise Cook
Four Carloads of Poles Arrive for REA Project
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric reports four carloads of poles received at Olin with 13 additional carloads shipped to the county this week. A medical exam screened 163 men for project employment, with more exams planned as crews begin line construction this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Maquoketa Valley
Wayne Jeak
Jones County Farm Bureau Advances 1938 Program Plan
The Jones County Farm Bureau board forms a planning committee to draft the 1938 program. The panel will meet October 13 with the county agent, 4-H club agent, and Henry Eichling district extension agent to map the agenda. Members include Wm McLaughlin Monticello president W B Clark Scotch Grove vice president Glenn Jones county voting delegate Mrs Bernard Cass Scotch Grove county home project chairman Ed Helgens Monticello boys 4 H club county committee chairman.
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Jones County Farm B
Adlestat
Farm Bureau
Henry Eichling
Wm. McLaughlin
Monticello
Jones County Farm Bureau
W. B. Clark
Scotch Grove
Glenn Jones
Bernard Cass
Ed Helgens
Local leaders named for 4-H, cattle, and electric coop roles
Harold Hartman of Anamosa leads the county girls 4-H club committee. Louis Lorenzen of Olin chairs the Beef Cattle association. A. B. White of Anamosa presides over the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric cooperative.
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Harold Hartman
Anamosa
Girls’ 4-H Club
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
The
Beef Cattle Association
A. B. White
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative
Farm Bureau Board Maps ThreeWeek Membership Drive
The Iowa Farm Bureau plans its annual membership drive at the Ana musa meeting. The event starts Monday October 4 and runs for three weeks with Allen Kline Willis Kriser and Henry L Busching assisting.
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Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Anamusa
Allen Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Wills Kriser
Henry L. Busching
Jones County Livestock Marketing Committee Formed
The Jones county Farm Bureau appoints a livestock marketing committee led by Louis Lorenzen of Olin as chairman with Irving Hintz Monticello Reuel McColm Anamosa J. B. Sechusen Center Junction and Otto Danne man Amber. Duke Arthur Iowa State extension marketing specialist and Herman Aaberg Chicago Producers' Association representative meet with the committee. The group drafts marketing recommendations for Jones county to be included in the 1928 Farm Bureau program.
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W. D. McLaughlin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Duke Arthur
Iowa State College
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers’ Association
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Reuel McColm
Anamosa
J. B. Sechusen
Center Junction
Otto Danneman
Amber
Lime and Phosphate Put New Life In Worn Out Pasture
Jones county farmers can revitalize worn pastures by applying lime and phosphate fertilizer this fall and reseeding legumes in spring. Phosphate can wait till spring. experiments at Mount Pleasant state hospital farm show lime sweetens soil and boosts forage. A mix of sweet clover alsike clover timothy bluegrass and oats can be sown next spring after soil is treated. Lime payments under soil building funds offer $1.25 per ton for those in the program before November 1 if not at the limit.
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Jones County
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Agricultural Conservation Program
Wyoming Golden Wedding Anniversary Honors Andersons
Mr and Mrs Chris Anderson were toasted by friends and relatives at a home gathering on Wednesday, with a Sunday family dinner hosting 63 attendees before the actual anniversary. The event featured a cake with a wreath, grandchild pretended wedding, and notes on their long marriage and family ties across Iowa and Illinois.
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Chris Anderson
Cate
Max Hamilton
Onslow
Sterling, Ill
Zachariah
Elsie Anderson
Anderson
Minnie Dean
Gridley
Grand Juncion
Wyoming
Ernest
Anamosa
Ina Newell
Albert
Davenport
Corwin
Rock Island
Clara Hamilton
Edna Rothweiler
East Moline
Ill
Presbyterian Church
Modern Woods Men
0.C.F
Royal Neighbor
Rebekah
Industrial Society
Everready
Priscilla Clubs
Austin F. Parsons
Viola
Albert Hintz
Henry W. Hintz
Stanwood
Lutheran Church
G. J. Zeilinger
Walter Holtz
Hazel Reade
Diana Fret Club
Peter Eichhorn
Paul Levien
Robert Platner
Reade
W. H. Scarcliffe
Herbert Alden
Jane Inglis
B. L. Wherry
Wilfred Wherry
D. F. Wherry
Ben Warren
Kyle Poole
Lee Kerr
Rock Falls
Henry A. Schmitt
G. Hutton
Olivet Church
Cedar Rapids
Etta Tracy
Mount Vernon
William Reynor
Monticello
Lee Hanson
Ezra Sams
Hale
Jessie McMaster
Johanna Peterson Koranda
Herman Gutzeit
Emil Paulsen
Lloyd Preston
N.C. Holst
Harold Willison
Kenneth Kennedy
Spirit Lake
Duane Wilcox
Duane
Keith Lemon
Iowa City
Pottle
C. A. Rowe
Mildred Cottrell
Clinton
Ruth Sears
George Overholt
Dorothy
Harold
Lozier
Gilman
Fletcher
Muriel Johnson
Laura Smith
Horace Barber
Kellar
Bridge
R. J. Bone
L. M. Smith
John Paulsen
Alvena Paulsen
Delbert Pierce
Don
Burlington
L. B. McKinstry
R. J. Kleineck
Ed Kleineck
Manchester
Lyle Thompson
Thompson
Center Junction
Paul Ketchum
Chicago
Oakdale
Irene Chatterton
Kentucky
R. W. Chatterton
Chatterton
Alva Edwards
R. E. Chaplin
Onslow News Roundup of Events and Moves
Paul Smith shipped two carloads of top cattle from Wyoming totaling 49 head weighing 1236 pounds each selling for 18.75 at Chicago. Numerous social visits, club meetings, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and community gatherings are noted including Busy Bee 4-H, Larkin club, and bridge and five hundred games.
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Paul Smith
Wyoming
Chicago
Local Socials and Rural News from Castle Grove Area
Local notices cover visits, entertainments, and farm events in Castle Grove and surrounding townships. Topics include church activities, road work completion, farm meetings, funerals, family visits, and a mix of personal milestone notes, with nearby towns noted for travel and gatherings.
Missionary Sale Planned at Ons low Church
Ons low Presbyterian Missionary society schedules a two day rummage sale in the Community hall on Oct 15 and 16. The first Ladies' Guild pillow slip party and tea yielded about $30 in profit with Mrs. B L Wherry as chair and several named helpers.
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S. P. Eberhart
Clarence Eberhart
Hopkinton
Clarence Hosford
Sidney Schweitzer
Richland Township
F. D. Deischer
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Red Bridge
Linn
S. M. Hosford
Manchester
Sons of Sand Spring
W. A. Hicks
S. G. Hutton
State Federation
Des Moines
Missionary Society of the
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Guild
B. L. Wherry
C. I. Fayram
Horace Barber
Roxie Bullock
Elva Hall
Agnes Fletcher
Elizabeth Orr
George French
C. R. Smith
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Livestock Marketing Committee
Francis Woodworth
Klaude Dick
B. A. Woodworth
Lincoln Highway
Illinois, Indiana
Ohio
Julian Day
Alma Thomsen
Elizabeth Marshall
Helen Levsen
Lucile Jansen
Doris Ingversen
Lee Lincoln
Gaylord Willman
Roy Tompkins
Paul Westphal
Wayne Westphal
Anna Mae Tidman
Ivan Mader
R. A. Peters
J. A. Hoegen
New York
France
Paris
H. F. Dolan
Anemosa
Roy Bender
Herbert Delong
Long Beach
Calif
Wherry
Delong
Mabel Barrett
L. M. Barrett
Henry Nissen
Peter Fredericksen
Peter Jansen
Gus von Sprecken
Hawthorne Club
Memorial Hall
Ralph Orth
L. M. Koch
Circle of Wyoming
Order of the Eastern Star
J. W. Waite
G. A. Reade
C. T. T. Club
C. A. Reade
W. H. Alden
W. B. Searcliff
Urbana
Otto Rohwedder
University Hospital
Thurney
Jones County Council of
Rebekahs
1.0.C.F
Wyoming Lodge
August Hansen
Jack Sprat
W.W. M. Fursell
Tama
Woman's Relief Corps
M. H. Morse
H. H. Roberts
Rockwell City
E. L. Koch
Nashua
JL. M. Koch
Koch
Maxine Cook
Jane Dick
Verna Allen
Iowa
Colege
Cedar Falls
Vera Tompkins
John Wherry
Carnell College
Lyle Tompkins
Don Wherry
Dillon Bronson
Los Angeles
Dr. Bronson
James A. Bronson
Bronson
Harriet Shaffer
Mercy
W. G. Smith
Emma
Harriet Alden
Joseph Yates
Lisbon
Ida Haun Kettlesen
Ada Stewart
Fred Conmey
Jeanne Roush
W. S. Roush
Presbyterian Training School For
Nurses
Lloyd Fadley
Peter Broderson
Herman Broderson
Esther
Chris Hanson
R. W. Waite
Lorraine Hanna
Alva Streeper
Samuel Shannon
George Lyon
Halifax
John Peterson
Larkin
Oral Schlemme
Dora Martens
Ina Jansen
M. Hosford
Fred Hahn
Earlville
Herman Raschke
Alva Hahn
George Heiken
Cass
Hersian
Aisbie
Fieam
George Rickels
G. Mardorf
Anna Moenk
Delaware
Richard Covington
Henry Gerrets
Miss Holub
Albert L. Holub
Buffalo Township
Prairieburg
Michigan
Globe
Chevrolet
Saginaw
Sper
Syypes
Sistry
Farmers Implement Company
John Deere Store
Cedar St
Ee Weeld
Se.s
Red Network
Iowa Electric Company
Childress -Hoag Motor Co
Ford and Lincoln Zephyr
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