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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1956
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader, official Tripoli Iowa newspaper of Bremer County, established 1894, with William A Buckley as publisher. Published weekly on Wednesdays. Subscriptions $3.00 yearly in Iowa, $3.50 elsewhere, mail at second class rate under act of March 8 1879.
Bremer County Iowa farmers in the 1955 wool marketing year will receive incentive payments under a four year program. The shorn wool rate is 44.9 percent of dollar returns with 77 cents per hundredweight for pulled wool on lambs and yearlings. Drafts start around August 1, 1956.
Reports from Sumner Champs and County Line Boys 4 H clubs detail July meetings with eight and fifteen members. New secretary Dennis Blume elected. demonstrations on electric motors and economical feed carts planned for the 4 H fair. tours scheduled and refreshments arranged.
Mr and Mrs Matt Leyh observed their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house in Salem E U B church parlors attended by 175 guests. They married July 12 1931 in Sioux Falls SD and live on a Fayette county farm with six children and three grandchildren.
Farmers in Bremer County are urged to vote Friday July 20 on 1957 wheat marketing quotas. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm at the ASC Office in Waverly with national support levels $2 per bushel if quotas pass or about $1.21 if they fail. Outcome does not change 1957 acreage allotments.
Readlyn residents share family celebrations and gatherings. St Pauls Ladies Aid held an annual picnic at the park with a 65 plus committee. Mervyn Buenzow marked their fifth wedding anniversary with relatives visiting and card games. A Readlyn reunion gathered McCoy relatives from Clinton, Chicago, Worth, Hobart, Marshalltown, Oelwein, and Readlyn. Baptism at St Matthew's Lutheran for Daniel Dean Wedemeier with sponsors. Evonne Hartmann attends college in Boulder Colorado. Mrs. Adella Buhrow honored on her birthday with family guests. Pfc Elston R Buhrow home on leave from Fort Sill.
Farmers in Bremer County face July 20 deadline to sign 1956 soil bank agreements as ASC chairman Albert Brandt urges rapid action. By midweek 112 agreements signed, with many more farmers planning to enroll. landlords may sign by August 31.
County Age Office outlines exact obligations for farmers seeking soil bank benefits. Clear guidance on eligibility, documentation, and steps needed before destroying any crop acreage.
Ted Christensen and his brother Francis spent the holiday together at Spirit Lake. Tyun underwent an appendectomy. Francis drove to visit and comfort him as the hospital reports appendix removal.
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