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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is a second class newspaper in Tripoli Iowa published each Wednesday established since 1894. Official newspaper of the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County. Subscription rates are 3.50 per year in advance in Iowa and 4.50 elsewhere. Edited by Robert J Sassman with William A Buckley as publisher.
Calendar items list meetings for 4-H committees and citizenship groups at County Extension Office State Bank Waverly and Extension Office Waterloo with times from 8 p m to 1 30 p m plus a devaluation note for 4 H junior cattle feeders at Rath Packing Co Waterloo
Eight Bremer county 4-H youths took part in the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines last week with two demonstrations. Ross Ager and Larry Lageschulte of Tripoli presented Keep ’em Running, earning a red ribbon. Gregory McGinn of Plainfield spoke on Photographing Your 4-H Livestock, earning a white ribbon. Other ribbons went to Milan Busching of Waverly for entomology, Keith Heffernan of Ionia for outdoor electric, Ross Ager for indoor electric with red, and Gary Howe of Janesville with an Angus steer. Garry Brandenburg of Waverly showed two Holstein dairy heifers. placings are not available.
Bremer county 4-H home economics entrants at the 1962 Iowa State Fair earned six blue ribbons for ten home furnishing exhibits. Exhibits from Readlyn Readlynettes 4-H club include accessories background and a picture mounted in a painted frame. Other participants were Beverly Kohagen of Waverly with a chair bench pad and Cheryl Watson of Waverly with simple window curtains. Janet Youngblut of Oran presented a home furnishings design or furnishing fact.
A long list of winners across divisions and projects features Mary Ann Wood Kathy Droste Faithe Joachim Peggy Watson Cheryl Watson Nancy Droste Carol Carlson and many others. The catalog covers Junior Intermediate and Senior divisions with portfolios, bulletin boards, dressers scarves, pillows, curtains, and painted frames awarded for items made of cloth wood metal and fabric.
Denver hosts honor events for Lester Wiesel relatives on August 19 celebrating two birthday honorees Mrs. Francis Baker and E. G. Baker as Lt. and Mrs. Baker plan to move to Seattle. Other guests arrive from Iowa City Coralville Evansdale and Waterloo. Anna Schumacher marks her 95th birthday with the Schumacher family and is recovering from a hip fracture. The Seegers return from Toledo and visitors from Watertown Wisconsin join Emil Degelau. Walther League and Immanuel League exchange hosts with student pastor Henry Mack.
An old advertisement touts a topical itch relief product claiming rapid quieting of itching and antiseptic action to speed healing. It markets use for eczema insect bites foot itch and surface rashes with a money back offer at O Brien s Sundries in Tripo, dated 18 35.
A compact item notes Tillmanns project and garden record books. The fragment indicates cataloging or archival entries for garden records. No further specifics available.
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