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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1962
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official paper for Tripoli town and Bremer County Iowa printed weekly. Established 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher and Robert J Sassman as editor. Subscription rates are 3.50 per year in Iowa and 4.50 elsewhere in advance.
Calendar notes events in Tripoli including Farm and Home Management School at Town Hall January 18, 9 30 to 3 00 p m 4 H selected training January 20 at County Extension office 1 30 p m and Family Living County Committee meeting January 26 at Town Hall 1 30 p m
Clover Teenerettes meet at Sharon Volker home on January 2 with seven members three leaders and three mothers. Business run by Judy Haar. record books checked. Valentine party planned. talks on Blue Horse and bed making. Next meeting February 1 at Carolyn Kasemeier. Franklin Blue Belles meet January 8 at Ann and Joyce Albrecht home with ten members. March 3-10 National 4-H Week announced. talks on grooming and furniture. next meeting February 12 at Linda Laistikow’s. Do-R-Best 4-H Club selects farm bureau program committee. twelve members attend. talks cover Blue Horse picture study and closet organization. Peggy Juhi elected vice president. meeting closes with record-book checks. Leroy Gopherettes meet January 8 at Doneth Zipse’s. ten members plus leaders and guests present. new members initiated. multiple talks and demonstrations on furniture care and cleaning. various members cited for projects and demonstrations. Sumner Sparklers January meeting at Sumner home with six members, one visitor, two leaders. picture study Blue Horse. talks on house cleaning and balance. Christmas gifts acknowledged. next meeting February 5. plan new unit for room.
At the January 8 4-H gathering, 14 members of the Wapsie Whirlwinds heard health and posture tips from Marlene McElvinny. Other talks centered on practical skills and evening activities aimed at improving participation.
Plans for a pancake supper were discussed as Tripoli 4-H members prepare for National 4-H Week. Members will tour the Little Brown Church and the Museum in Waverly when weather warms, and each girl will bring scissors scraps of material and buttons to the February 5 meeting at Janis Davison's home, reported Ruth Leuenberger.
James Cary Bennett sustained serious injuries when his left sleeve was pulled into a corn picker. His forearm was mangled by the gears though his hand avoided the mechanism.
A calf born at the Curtis Espey farm near Hartley lacks a lower jaw. The animal is healthy and can suckle yet there is doubt it will eat solid feed when grown.
Harvey Shields of Aftan fell while moving hay in the mow and fractured his leg when a bale tipped, throwing him from the hay mow to the floor.
Ben Derbey of Albia showed a soybean plant bearing 143 pods and standing about three percent feet high. He also exhibited another plant reaching six feet with 81 pods.
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