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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1955
Page
2
Tripoli Leader editor association notes publication every Wednesday in Tripoli Iowa Bremer County since 1894. Publisher William A Buckley lists subscription rates three dollars per year in state and three fifty elsewhere.
A 1953 comparison shows France at 703 pounds per capita of milk and dairy products, while the United States trails at 682. Ireland and New Zealand top Europe with 1382 and 1349 pounds respectively. The Netherlands and Italy are near the U.S. in total dairy use. Italians and Dutch labor costs for dairy items rise. Switzerland and Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand record high milk intake. U.S. average 164 quarts per person per year.
Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H held its April 4 gathering at the Zwanzigers with 15 members a leader and three visitors present. Roll call addressed a new unit plan for room decoration and demonstrations covered a dresser scarf and drawer pulls. Zipse discussed study accessories and desk use and records were checked. The next meeting on May 2 at Frederika High School will feature a mother daughter tea and a better grooming show.
Legal transfers listed include Carl C. Drape and wife to Don ald D. Schoof and wife and Henry W. Youngquist and wife for 1% of certain lots in Waverly with nominal revenue of $25.30. H. C. Nolting and Harry H. Hagermann to Fareway Stores Inc. for west third of lot in Original Town of Waverly with $11.00 revenue. Herman A. Biermann to Hulda Bock and husband for parts of Carl and Wilhelmine Schroter Plat in Tripoli with $1.10 revenue. Louie C. Wedemeier et al to Clarence J. Wedemeier and wife for undivided 3/4 interest in portions of section 16 with $33.00 revenue.
Crowded out last week locals and guests gather for religious ceremonies and dinners. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walsh welcome daughter Margaret Ada born March 31. Families from La Porte City Readlyn and Waterloo join in confirmations and church events for Karen, Imogene Heinemann, Danny Drewis, Katharine Benetta, Mary Susan Bennett and others.
Denver high school gym hosted an athletic banquet last Tuesday with about 125 attendees. Dinner served by home economics students. Supt. Gray presided. Mon Whitford spoke. Letter winners included Donald Meier for boys basketball.
Gene Knapp is noted for baseball with Nor bert Bruns and Jerry Holm in basketball and baseball roles. Billy Steege leads baseball, James Kurtt leads basketball, with managers George Farris and Louis Becker. Girls basketball letter winners include Katherine Lahmann and Carol Lynn Soldwisch as captains, plus Barbara Droste and others.
Four year old Jerry Hammer of Colfax escaped serious harm after falling from a ninth story window. He reportedly slipped upstairs unseen by his parents and grabbed a bedspring as the window gave way.
Listing of farm machinery and an old pickup including 1941 J D Model B tractor, New Idea 14 A spreader, Black Hawk rake, David Bradley loader and plows, McD equipment, a 1947 Chevrolet half ton pickup, two Hudson feeders, steel tanks, dairy gear, cream separator, milking machine and related small items. Some items like hoses and pails noted.
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