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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1966
Page
4
A small classified ad promotes Blue Lustre as a cleaner for bugs and upholstery. It notes rental of an electric shampooer for 1 and provides Tripoli Hardware Co contact dial 882 3303.
Finder of lost sunglasses and case please contact Dennis Bergmann at 882-3001 in Tripoli.
Senator Vernon H. Kyhl will travel this week to the 1966 midwestern conference of the council of state governments at Pheasant Run Lodge in St. Charles Illinois from July 17 to 20. The council includes 12 midwest states and features top state officials. The meeting aims to discuss inter state concerns and uniform legislative drafting. The note also recalls Joseph Priestley’s 1772 discovery of nitrous oxide later linked to pain relief in 1799.
A series of gratitude notices from Iowa residents expresses thanks for cards gifts flowers and visits. Names include Mr and Mrs Erwin Beck Mrs LaVern Schmidt Mr and Mrs Lorenz Sell of West Liberty and Lorenz Zander with thanks to Rev W H Klein doctors and nurses for hospital care and support.
Sp Raymond J Buchholz RA 17-716-341 Btry D 1st Missile Bn 66nd Arty Nike Missile Base Grafton Illinois appears as the latest address of Tripoli forces personnel in the record.
Mrs. James Berquist formerly Lorraine Herman of Waukon and her husband depart for India where he will teach at Gurukul Seminary in Madras for five years.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent and Iowa State University horticulturist Ben F. Vance outline steps to raise next year’s raspberry harvest. Remove and burn old fruiting canes after harvest, trim new shoots, prune black berries to 30 33 inches and purple to 33 36 inches, apply mulch and multi purpose fruit spray, and keep beds weed free.
The Plainfield community will sponsor the Bremer County dairy princess contest this year. Contest judging and the coronation are set for Saturday July 23 during Plainfield’s centennial celebrations.
The note instructs to send the plant in a plastic bag and place it in a crush proof container. It requests complete information for identification including location found, plant height and spread, and any helpful details. It advises consulting the County Extension Director about forwarding the plants to Iowa State University.
The Tripoli LRA announces Royce Leggett and Ray Wilken of Plainfield as co chairs for a dairy princess contest. Entries are available from Tom Leggett Wilken or the Bremer County Extension Office in Tripoli. Eligibility includes residency in Bremer County, age by June 1966, high school graduation, and dairy income requirements. The Bremer County winner advances to the Iowa Dairy Princess contest in Des Moines in October.
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