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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1964
Page
3
Community notes recount births and moves for families including Geo Rompf and Lucbs. Migration details cover Andrew Carstensen relocating to Wadena Minnesota. prices from markets of 55 years ago list eggs butter potatoes veal chickens hogs and corn with specific cents and dollars.
Iowa and Nebraska boundary commissions agree the Missouri River centerline should mark the state line after channel shifts. The main hurdle is Carter Lake, a Nebraska-side body technically in Iowa, with residents fearing Omaha annexation. Property rights protections are to be maintained for those affected by the change.
Regular pack meeting of the Cub Scouts was held Monday night at Tripoli Town Hall. Opening flag ceremony by Mrs Rettig's den No 4. Awards presented: Richard Rettig Dale Weidler Brian Blasberg James Biesterfelt Bear badge Mickey Opheim Mark Moeller Wolf badge. Mrs Magnall's den received denner stripes. Mr and Mrs Perry Crittenden showed slides on April conservation theme. Closing ceremony by Mrs Rettig's den No. 4.
Iowa State University will host a five day summer workshop for teachers of modern foreign languages in Iowa August 10 14 1964 co sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction. The program targets junior and senior high school teachers junior college language teachers qualified elementary teachers in FLES and others entering the field. The workshop features lectures discussions curriculum materials audio visual techniques and language lab practice with a multilevel flexible schedule and a practical focus for use in local schools. Orrin Nearhoof Foreign Language Consultant Iowa Department of Public Instruction Des Moines will supply further details.
Mrs Minnie E Selby celebrated her 100th birthday on April 14 at Eastlawn in Odebolt. Despite her age she remains alert, active daily, reads without glasses, and recites Shakespeare while discussing politics.
Iowa State economist William Uhrig notes slower hog slaughter and rising prices through July. With a rising market, a least-cost ration may beat least-time feeding, as indicators show fewer farrowings and smaller pig crops across major hog states. He expects prices to remain strong into fall, with summer farrowings offering potential profit despite a 5 percent production rise adding $2 to first quarter prices.
Fourth grade students in Ackley were asked to write letters to any person on any subject. David Miller chose to write to Queen Elizabeth II after the birth of the royal prince and received a reply written on Buckingham Palace stationery. The piece ends with a moral urging readers to build on their lot rather than chasing payoffs.
Four members of President Johnson's cabinet will attend the Democratic Midwest Conference in Des Moines from May 7 to 9. Interior Secretary Stuart Udall Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman Labor Secretary W Willard Wirtz and Welfare Secretary Anthony Celebrezze will join panel discussions on the party's national platform.
April 19 marked the 60th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schettler longtime Larchwood residents. Their children hosted an open house in their honor.
Roy Davis harvests large lemons from a Newton tree with one fruit measuring 14 inches in circumference and 4 inches across weighing 115 pounds. He notes the tree has four more lemons and 60 to 70 blooms on the branches, amid an odd claim about a dentrifice that stops truth decay.
Monday features baked wieners scalloped potatoes sauerkraut peaches bread and butter and milk. Tuesday offers chili and crackers carrot and celery sticks doughnuts apple slices bread and butter and milk. Wednesday serves barbecued luncheon meat hash browns vegetable fruited Jell O bread and butter and milk. Thursday includes pork and gravy mashed potatoes corn pudding cheese and peanut butter sandwiches milk. Friday presents tuna or peanut butter sandwiches potato salad creamed peas fruit cocktail dessert milk.
A 19 year old Belle Plaine resident Jerry W Anderson was chosen as Iowa Star Farmer of 1964 by the Iowa Future Farmers of America He farms 260 acres, commutes daily for chores and has a 20000 investment in livestock machinery and supplies District Star Farmer degrees were awarded to Robert Seamans Sumner Terry L Weaver Garner Merlynn Bean Albert City John Wasson Stuart and David Bower Bridgewater
The Readlyn VFW Auxiliary hosted a coffee for Wapsie Valley teachers during a Readlyn school system meeting on a Tuesday afternoon. The group met again at Mrs Earl Rommel’s home Tuesday evening and voted to donate five dollars to Alaska earthquake relief three to the hospital fund two to the cancer fund and to insure cancer coverage for all members. Elected officers include Mrs Earl Rommel president Mrs Paul Meyerhoff vice president Mrs Jim Klodt junior vice president Mrs Ronald Wolf chaplain Mrs Hartley Seydel secretary Mrs Walter Meier treasurer Mrs Ben Nordstrom Mrs Harold Schroeder and Mrs Ernest Spier trustees.
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