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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1957
Page
3
Local notes list numerous weekend visits in Waterloo, Waverly, Den ver and nearby towns. Families like Brase, Morgen, Geipel, Bergmann, Holm and Selck are noted hosting or visiting relatives, with two births announced: Terry Jay Hennings on Jan. 6 and Murray Lynn Holm on Jan. 11, plus Mark Andrew Vega born Jan. 9.
Bremer DHIA cooperative completed December testing with 1004 cows in 47 DHIA herds and 2718 cows in 138 owner sampler herds. Nine standard and nine OS herds moved from Butler to Bremer. Average production for the period was 929 pounds of milk and 35.8 pounds of butterfat per cow. 166 animals ear tagged and 77 lactation records reported. Names of cows over 400 pounds listed from multiple Iowa towns.
Sunday evening visitors attended in honor of Mr. Lawrence Snelling's birthday at his home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schuldt, Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Heidemann and Roger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zabel, Mr. and Mrs. Will Essmann, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buchholz, Dennis and Diane, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Snelling, and Don Koschmeder.
M H Miller named Industrial Agent for Chicago Great Western with Ft. Dodge HQ. Randolph Schuknecht recovering from pneumonia. Ray Palmer to Arizona for railroad civil engineering work. Market prices listed for eggs, poultry, potatoes, oats, corn, hogs, veal. R J Mueller closes Tripoli shoe shop and returns to Sumner. Bertha Lewis to resign from Northwestern Bell Jan 31 and move to Minneapolis. E A Carstensen becomes manager. Hattie Tiedt and Emil Seekatz wed at St Pauls. Town of Tripoli receives 1724.85 from motor vehicle fuel tax. Mrs Caroline Nolting funeral. Irwin J Franklin dies. New 16mm sound or silent projector for Tripoli schools. Lahmanns garage break-in. about 75 dollars stolen. Tripoli Independent tops Delve Coliseum 83 to 78 in basketball. Henry Degelau dies at 83. Local injuries from ice falls: Louise Matthiesen, Mrs Towne. Poock anniversary at Denver Legion hall. Mrs Caroline Schellhorn dies 94. Mrs Lawrence Moeller dies in Waterloo. Norma Jean Axon funeral. graves for Mrs Max Diemer. Death of Amelia Wagner, 89, LaVerne.
Bremer county reports a record 141 4-H beef projects weighing in for the new year. Doyle Gordon, the extension director, notes 77 individual steers, 52 head in nine junior-feeder pens, and 12 FF.A. steers. The junior-feeder program teaches buying selling and economical gains with careful feeding and record keeping.
Leo H. Orth, chairman of the Bremer County ASC, explained 1957 soil bank grazing rules and said details of the corn and spring wheat acreage reserve programs will be available at the county ASC office in Waverly. The final date for entering 1957 contracts is March 8, with contracts begining in 1957 usable through March 15. Under new rules, land entering the 1957 reserve may be grazed until contract approval but not after March 14, and grazing is generally prohibited during the reserve period unless emergency permission is granted.
Otto B. Hanson, 69, resumes farming after leaving Adams county road maintenance for 28 years. He shifts from public works to tending crops, reflecting a long service in local infrastructure before retirement plans.
Bremer county groups study buying principles for large appliances. Mrs. Fritz Dettmer of Washington township Mrs. Dennis Kirchhoff of Frederika and Mrs. Vaughn Conklin of Polk hosted neighbors at club meetings. Pearl E. Pardee county extension home economist led the lessons.
J. M. Snyder underwent major surgery Tuesday morning at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Stay and condition not disclosed.
Attendees at the Manchester wedding of David Skeries and Wanda Steffen include Mrs. Paul Walker of Waterloo Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt Mrs. Bill Hills Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmidt and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meyer.
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