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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1956
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper for Tripoli Iowa and Bremer County William A Buckley serves as publisher The paper has operated since 1894 and is published weekly on Wednesdays Subscription rates are 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Mrs. W. A. Robertson named American Legion auxiliary president with a full slate of officers from Sumner and nearby areas. New Legion commander Paul Springer succeeds Wilbert Becker, with Harold Snyder and Andrew Nicklaus as senior and junior vice commanders. Also noted are church, school, and civic events, funerals, marriages, and local visits across Sumner and surrounding towns.
Henry Leonhart had surgery at Allen hospital in Waterloo. Rebec ca Sue Schroeder born June 26 to Mr. and Mrs. James Schroeder. Arlin Rucker had back surgery after a week in Scholtz hospital. Cub Scout Pack awards went to Loran Griese David Trewin and Donald Radloff Keith Radloff. Keith Smith named top Scout O Rama ticket salesman earning $10 equipment. Funeral in Elmhurst for Mrs Henry Schneer. Mrs Herman Walters recovering from surgery. 35th anniversary surprise party for Mr and Mrs Alvin Sassmann. Lyman Ardren and family back from Crane Creek Minnesota. Darlene Koepke after Allen Memorial surgery. Thomas Wilkinson visiting aunt in La Porte City.
The Clover Teenerettes 4 H club celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 1 with guests, games, and songs. Karen Schwandt and Julene Schwabe performed piano solos while Lois Schwerin played accordion and Joann Hildebrandt sang a solo.
The reinforced story notes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bennett of Reinbeck own a Rite Heat electric iron made by the American Electric Heater company in 1908. It was used until recently and is now showcased in the Reinbeck Courier office.
A historical note identifies the pirate Blackbeard by his birth name Edward Teach, detailing the connection between alias and identity and noting how archival records corroborate the attribution.
A long chain of visits and appearances across Iowa towns includes Fred and Jerry Reed in Waverly, the Lew Roie home near Hawkeye, a cousins party at a Methodist church, and numerous family gatherings in Waterloo Independence Tripoli and New Hampton. Ed Bearbower’s funeral in Independence is noted and Arlan Carroll’s son Johnny Lee is born in Germany while Theron Carroll’s family shares news of the event.
Breeding flocks this year include many two year old hens, hot weather quickens culling and lowers egg output. Prices are expected to rise as storage is tight and quality gaps widen. A strong winter market is forecast, while broiler production stays about 20 percent above last year but faces rising feed costs.
4 H leaders and the 4 H boys committee met at the Bremer County extension office in Tripoli to review summer activities and plan the county fair. Doyle Gordon and David Breeze outlined demonstrations and judging workouts and discussed fair plans. Attending leaders and committee men included Ernest Knoploh Wilbert Wiedemeier Delbert Wittenburg Wilson Milius Claude Hastings Bob Chapin Martin Schweer Edwin Leistikow Bob Vosseller Ivan Epley Harold Brandenburg Clarence Bull Roger Bergmann Harold L Whitney and Duane E Wylam.
A former Iowan Captain Cliff Kraemer from Fairview near Storm Lake now based in Tulsa piloted the Boeing 707 prototype jet. He served on an evaluation team testing the new passenger aircraft.
The note mentions attendance at a gathering, highlighting that it was the first time in 15 years to be present. It emphasizes a milestone moment and long-awaited return.
Pfc. Virgil G. Buhr and Pvt. Ronald W. Krueger, Denver, finished a 24 day field training course with the 10th Infantry Division in Grafenwohr Germany. The tests covered squad platoon and company combat tactics and individual survival under simulated battle conditions. Buhr and Krueger are graduates of Denver High School with prior civilian work as a farmer and at Borden Ice Cream Co respectively. They entered the Army in 1955 and 1951, trained at Fort Riley, Kansas, and arrived overseas last November.
A sequence of conveyances lists Caroline Keller Rose and husband to Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Co for west 22 feet of lots in Waverly. J F Brayton to John Thull Brayton. Bowdish to Vincent H. Carstensen. J J Gallagher to Richard L. Cousin. Eileen M Schield to Cedar Valley Investors Inc quit claim. Robert W Ramker to William H Muehling. Theodore Drape and Donald Pauley to John Martin Hoffman. Frank W Davenport to Paul S Kosbau. Donald Rex Swinton to Robert C Mong. Alfred H Rieck to Wm W Sell. Revenues range from $1.10 to $22.00.
Extension Director Doyle Gorden warns in Bremer County that a fast growing grasshopper population endangers field and garden crops. The Iowa State College publication IC-348, Control Grasshoppers Now, lists four insecticides dieldrin toxaphene heptachlor aldrin with usage and waiting periods.
Manning's oldest male resident Frank Prater marked his 95th birthday this week, highlighting his long life in the community and well known local presence.
Duane C. Bahlina of Sumner, son of Mr. and Mrs Gu Bahlina, with the 85th Infantry Regiment in Bamberg Germany, recently completed a 24 day state training test with the vine infantry division in Germany. He now awaits overseas orders after arriving from Fort Rien Kan. He previously worked for Farmer Co. and other local firms.
The text notes Hawaii comprises nine islands with nine inhabited. It references the archipelago and basic geographic fact without further details.
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