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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1960
Page
2
The notice states second class mail registration in Tripoli Iowa under the 1879 act, second class postage paid at Tripoli, publication every Wednesday, established since 1894, official newspaper for Tripoli and Bremer County. Publisher is William A Buckley with annual subscriptions $3.50 in Iowa and $4.00 elsewhere in advance.
Readlyn ettes 4 H club members exhibited 36 clothing projects on August 2 judged by Mrs Ed Lohmann and Mrs Siggelkow with Cheryl Schroeder Dianna Stumme and Kathy Staack winning style revue in junior intermediate and senior divisions A second show August 3 at Karen Heffernan's home featured 58 articles from Tens N Teens club with judges Mrs Kenneth Werner and Mrs Walter Schwerin and Ellen Elinor Stumme chosen alternates plus a busy business meeting enrollment cards gate signs and revised meeting date August 22 reported by Vhy Burrow and Beverly Kohagen
Special activity awards were given to any 4 H girl who wished to enjoy study and record her activity. Garden record books were rated with Blues Jane Juhl Do R Best Vicki Burrow Tens N Teens Vivian Nuss Do R Best Elaine Schwerin Sumner Sparklers Mary Ann Buchholz Tens N Teens Marilyn Beam Tens N Teens Carol Zwanziger Wapsie Whirlwinds Ruth Leuenberger Wapsie Whirldwinds Nancy Youngblut Franklin Starlettes Sharon Zwanziger Wapsie Whirl winds Susan Carroll Wapsie Whirlwinds Janet Michael B Square Jeanette Haar Clover Teenerettes Barbara Dietz TNT Betty Ann Judas TNT Marsha Bull TNT Colleen Schoephoer ster Leroy Gopherettes Kathy Becker Cedar Chums Betty Fig anbaum Leroy Gopherettes. Jacksons Patricia Stout Jolly
Bremer County Extension lists events Aug 20 girls demonstrate at North Iowa Fair Aug 23 4 H skating party Cedar Falls Aug 26 State Fair begins.
The Tripoli Leader reports results from the city fair with Intermediates and Seniors prize lists. Names of clubs including Readlynettes Bets, NRG, Clover Teenerettes, Leroy Gopherettes, and Dutiful Daughters appear among dress contest and clothing project winners. State Fair entries and top honorees in dress divisions are noted.
How to handle potato fruit formation greens on stored potatoes avoid greenings by curing in a dry dark place for a week and storing in darkness plant seed pieces for reliable potato plants and grow two corn rows for better pollen distribution blossom end rot in tomatoes from moisture fluctuations mulch to stabilize moisture and reduce cultivation needs
The Bremer county girls' club booths were ranked with NRG taking first place followed by Franklin Blue Belles in second and Leroy Gopher ettes in third. Readlynettes placed fourth, Maxfield Merry Maids fifth, Cedar Chums sixth, B Square seventh, with Tens N Teens Biz E Bees tied for seventh. Waverettes eighth, TNT ninth, Jolly Jacksoons tenth, Dutiful Daughters eleventh, Do R Best twelfth, Franklin Starlettes thirteenth, Clover Teenerettes fourteenth, Summer Splitters fifteenth, Jefferson Jills sixteenth, Wapsie Whirlwinds seventeenth, and Peppy Pals nineteenth.
Bremer County wool growers received 3379.95 in 1959 marketing year payments under the National Wool Act. Payments tied to marketings from April 1 1959 to March 31 1960 at 43.2 percent for shorn wool and 0.75 dollars per cwt for unshorn lambs. Deductions funded wool and lambs promotion, and the program aims to boost U S wool output to 300 million pounds.
The article describes wool payments capped at 62 cents per pound for applications received by May 1, 1960. It notes the 1960 marketing year runs until March 31, 1961 and payments for marketing during that period will be issued next summer.
Diane Kirkman five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eldon Kirkman Toledo recently had fourth toe on right foot amputated after foot got caught in bicycle back gears while riding with her brother. 50 William G Alexander received 50 year Masonic certificate from Mt Vernon Lodge AF and AM. Alexander became a Mason at age 23.
An old advertisement copy promotes ITCH-Mereius for external skin irritations with a 48¢ refund offer. It promises relief within minutes and clearer skin. The piece notes availability at O Brien’s Sundries in Tripoli and urges purchase from any druggist.
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