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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1954
Page
4
Citizens in Tripoli and surrounding areas are asked to observe Dec 15 as Safe Delving Day to cut traffic deaths. The campaign stresses rural road risks, farm dependence on transport, and three musts: obey rules, be courteous, and stay focused while driving or walking.
Scores show Readlyn defeating Plainfield 56 55 in a crime filled night and Frederika beating Denver 58 37. In girls action Frederika lost 56 40 to Denver while Readlyn triumphed 68 60 at Frederika. The line note credits cautious players as the key to the late comeback.
Pvt. Donald D. Buenger RA 17 406 345 Co B Iston Medical Training Center BAMC Fort Sam Houston Texas. Mr and Mrs Elmer Wilharm added the annual Boy Scout Council dinner held at Black's Tea com Thursday evening.
Walter Sommer attended the Fair Board Association meeting in Des Moines. A Social Security representative will be at the Waverly courthouse on Friday Yee 17 from 10 to 12 to assist with federal old age and survivors insurance applications. IS 97 Shelby county’s oldest resident, Mrs Christina Berger, celebrated her 97th birthday. born in Denmark and living in Shelby county since 1900, her husband died in 1922.
Local notices express thanks to friends and clergy for support during hospital stays and at home. Names include Mrs. Alfred Pleggenkuhle and Rev. Puhlmann A A Krause cited for prayers. A separate item reports mail box vandalism near Scarville with over 30 boxes damaged. Grinnell feature notes Albert Hackett enjoying a home made tricycle at 85.
A flock of 175 yearling Hy-Line hens is described as very good and laying at an 80 percent rate. The note highlights steady production and healthy performance in the laying operation.
The record notes 2000 bales of hay mainly clover stored dry. It lists 2500 bushels of corn and 150 bushels of oats, all described as more or less. No conditions or buyers are stated.
One of the newest lines of farm machinery to sell this winter features McD equipment mostly used one to two seasons and well kept. Items include a Farm Machinery McD Super H tractor less than a year old and like new with under 30 acres plowed, a McD 238 Power-lift cultivator, a McD Genius 214 slat moldboard plow, a McD No 200 tractor spreader with under 75 loads, a McD No 62 combine with motor two seasons, a 15 ft disk in A-1 condition, a McD power mower, a McD tractor planter with fertilizer attachment, an McD endgate feeder with grass seed attachment, a McD rubber-tired trailer wagon, a McD steel flare box, a McD corn binder, a McD one-hole corn shelter with motor, Shield Bantam stalk cutter, a Galloway wagon lift, an Ottawa 42 ft steel elevator, a four-wheel flat bed trailer wagon, a four-section harrow with folding drawbar and a two-section spring tooth harrow.
Miscellaneous items include tractor chains, stone boat, Heat Houser for McD tractor, 325 gal fuel barrel with hose, grease pail with pump, milking equipment, milk cans, washing tub, pails, calf pails, electric water heater, hog feeders and troughs, cement troughs, portable hog houses, paint sprayer, gas pots, ladder, fence posts, fence gear, wheelbarrow, feed bunks, crib sections, flock feeders, electric fountains, chick feeders, waterers, and a 300 size electric brooder.
Round table and four chairs plus a large extension table, a small table with two chairs, two dressers, a full size bed with springs, a single bed with springs, a large red plastic covered lounge chair, three occasional chairs, a rocker, two seven foot benches, a wash tub on a stand and other miscellaneous items.
Shirley J Buchholz daughter of Readlyn residents and Charles W Bell son of Stanhope New Jersey family married at St Matthew's Lutheran church Readlyn. Ceremony officiated by Rev E J Dornbusch with organist singer. Reception for 100 in church parlors. Bride wore white satin with lace kept train veil pearls. Out-of-town guests from Stanhope Chicago Waterloo Tripoli Fredericksburg Frederika Sumner. Groom stationed at Waverly Air Base.
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