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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
2
December 28 Bremer County Extension Council meeting at Carver's Restaurant in Waverly at 7 pm. December 29 Younger 4-H members party at 7 30 pm at Tripoli Community Grade School Gym in Tripoli.
Bremer county Extension office reports new plans for a 100 stall confinement dairy system and four small feed bin designs. Sample copies are available locally. orders go to Iowa State University in Ames Iowa 50010. Bin plans cover 20 45 170 and 340 bushels built with two inch lumber and plywood.
Tips for sewing leather differ from fiber fabrics. Stabilize with rayon seam tape, avoid pins, pound seams with a mallet, cement and lift, bevel edges, pare seam allowances, cut triangles on curved seams, tie threads at stress points, and test pressing with a cloth to protect the leather.
The Readlynettes 4-H club met at Vicki Seydel with nine members three visitors and two leaders. A December 15 Christmas party was planned. Members agreed to wear uniforms or pay a fine. Officers installed: Debbie Minnaert president Connie Rommel vice president Carol Lau secretary Jody Minnaert treasurer and Vicki Seydel historian.
James W. Schwartz, professor and head of Iowa State University technical journalism, reports 419 job requests for 36 graduates. Most requests target editorial positions, with notable demand in public relations, advertising, and daily newspapers. Fearlessness, he says, builds confidence.
Elinor Block urges readers to re claim the Christmas meaning amid shopping frenzy. She counsels smaller gifts, restful reading, and church attendance as two spinster sisters welcome a distressed child into a quiet holiday morning.
From Iowa Farm Outlook, 1967 hog profits expected to soften from 1966 but hog slaughter to rise. Cattle feed and slaughter volumes forecast with mixed price movement and potential strength in fed cattle. Dairy income rising with higher milk prices. eggs and poultry output up may depress prices versus last year.
A holiday piece from Fairacre celebrates a baby’s birth as part of the Christmas spirit in the village. The note invites readers to enjoy the season and mentions library hours on Saturday December 24 and Saturday December 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with closures otherwise, wishing a joyful Christmas and New Year.
A Iowa Board of Regents member proposes a blacklist of architects who miss budget estimates by large margins and hamper projects. The plan targets architects whose bids exceed estimates, with Ned Perrin of Mapleton cited in discussions over a University building addition running 60 percent over the architect’s estimate.
In New York from 1867 to 1870s Marines were called on repeatedly to assist authorities in destroying illicit distilleries and enforcing revenue laws, reflecting a frontier era effort to curb illegal liquor production.
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