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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1971
Page
4
Advertisement-style notice offering carpet cleaning with Blue Lustre and a $1 rental price. Includes contact phone 882-3303 for Tripoli Hardware in Tripoli Iowa. Also promotes Host brand carpet cleaner rental for $1 with Rettig Furniture Tripoli Iowa and phone 882-4285.
Expressions of gratitude from multiple families for kindness shown after deaths and illnesses. Mrs. Grant Rourke and relatives thank friends for meals cards flowers masses and memorials and bless all who helped in Iowa. The Block family credit visits prayers and support from VFW American Legion Rev Kappelmann and doctors. The Goodenbour family thanks neighbors friends and caregivers for Ricky’s accident and hospital stay.
Roger Nolting of Dubuque was crushed by a bale of hay suffered a broken neck and is in the hospital under cervical traction to realign the vertebrae.
Mary Hoppenworth of Biz-E Bees 4-H Club won senior division selection among 17 candidates to compete with county entrants at the Iowa State Fair Dress Revue. Kristi Dienst was chosen as senior division alternate, with numerous seniors and intermediates named from counties including Tripoli, Readlyn, Sumner, and Winter.
Rudy Hartwig a Postville service station manager retires after decades collecting objects removed from flat tires since 1947. His trove weighs 35 pounds and includes a phonograph needle a ten inch rake tine wood glass screws nails and more.
Iowa's unemployment rate eased to 3.8 percent in May, down from 4.0 percent in April, with 48,300 unemployed in mid May. The civilian workforce reached 1,259,100 as employment rose to 1,210,800, while manufacturing payrolls grew and average weekly earnings reached 159.60 dollars. Unemployment insurance payments dropped by over one million dollars from April to 2,530,719.08.
Mrs Edna C Morris of Stockport was honored upon her retirement as Van Buren County home economist by fellow staff and the Farm Bureau Women. In 1959 she received the district service award from the U S Department of Agriculture at a national extension home economics meeting.
Local item from Tripoli Iowa reports on community happenings and brief notices from the town. Names, dates, and places are referenced in concise updates typical of small town newspapers.
Twenty three Bremer County 4-H members attended the Bremer Chickasaw Bi County Camp at Hickory Village near Madrid June 30 to July 3. Marilyn Kirchner Sharon Miller and Jody Betten led with Keith Denner as boys chaperone offering swimming archery canoeing and crafts under state 4 H staff.
The record lists participants such as Nilges Sumner Champs James Hill and others across groups like Jefferson Superiors and Wapsie Whirlwinds with counselors Beth Einel and Minerva Basco. The State 4-H Camp is owned by the Iowa 4-H Foundation, operated as a non profit by Iowa State University, with land and facilities financed entirely by contributions.
Right members attended the VFW Auxiliary gathering on July 12. A motion approved four outdoor flags for American Savings Bank, Tripoli Nursing Home, and Tripoli Community Schools. Door prize plan extended for another year in a revised form. Membership rules state missing two meetings leads to a two month removal, with eligibility restored by attendance. Profit from Stanley sales reported at $48.00.
Col Russell Jones, Marengo native and 28 year military veteran, returns after fifth tour in Southeast Asia. He has earned eight medals including the first medals ever awarded Americans by the Vietnamese government. he is son of Paul Jones of Marengo.
An unclear excerpt notes Carl Wil discussing Bon and vegetarianism for about twenty years. The text mentions an unrelated measure of produce or weight with odd units and numbers, but the meaning is fragmented and imprecise.
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