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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1960
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is a weekly Iowa newspaper established 1894. It is the official paper of Tripoli and Bremer County with second class mail status and postage paid in Tripoli. Publisher William A. Buckley. subscriptions are 3.50 per year in town and 4.00 elsewhere.
Regular Biz E Bees meeting at Helen Mallie’s hosted 22 members two leaders two visitors and one judge. Demonstrations were held to select county day delegates. bake sale postponed until after the fair. meeting date moved from July 27 to Aug 1 with Ann Buckley coordinating Town Hall. Cheryl Blasberg Marlene Shonka first place junior demos. Barbara Rathe and Ann Buckley win senior and junior individual demos.
July 28 junior 4-H boys demonstration contest at Waverly Sales Barn 8 p m. July 30 deadline for agricultural entries for Bremer county 4-H Fair. August 3 County Extension council meeting at Extension office Tripoli 8 p m.
The July regular meeting of the Leroy Gopherettes featured talks by Marsha Bull on her 4 H camp activities and Barbara Dietz on care of the sewing machine. Demonstrations included Making the Apron by Dianne Peters and Mary Bergman, Putting in a Placket and a Zipper by Betty Judas, and Putting in a Hem by Sandra Warnke. Barbara Dietz and Joyce Dooly led a county demonstration Laying and Pinning a Pattern. The junior team presented Easy Pressing Aids by Margaret Kirchmann and Joann Bolte, and the junior single P Q of Pattern Laying by Betty Figanbaum. Attendees discussed bringing items to the August 3 achievement Show at Doneth Zipse’s and the Style Show that evening. Colleen Shoephoerster volunteered as a page for the County Demonstration Day.
Gardeners and shoppers learn to handle corn quickly to preserve sweetness. Hydrocooling and ice packing help maintain quality from farm to market. Bright green husks, dry silk, and plump kernels indicate high quality. refrigerate or use corn promptly.
Keith Wilson, a first grader in Clarinda schools, was injured after sliding a teeter totter plank and a splinter punctured his abdomen. He required surgery and hospitalization as replacements for wooden units progress to metal teeter totters.
This garden column notes safe times to divide perennials from late July to early August, cites bellflower and iris care, advises removing diseased foliage, and warns against peony transplanting until September. It also covers fall bulb planning, crabgrass control, and watering guidance for Iowa lawns.
County 4-H clubs send teams and individuals to State Fair demonstrations. District reps include Kermit Roever and David Zwanziger from Janesville with “You May Save a Life” on artificial respiration. Kenneth Nuss presents “Proper Use of Hand Tools” from Sumner. Other seniors earn blue and red ribbons for dairy animal judging, birds, gasoline safety, halter care, and brush cleaning.
The judges for the evening were Larry Carmichael vo ag instructor at Tripoli and Larry Statler vo ag instructor in Waverly. The junior demonstrations will be held July 28 at 8 p m in the Waverly Sales Barn.
June sales of U S savings bonds in Bremer county totaled 63770 dollars, boosting the six month county total to 831757 and reaching 64 percent of the 1960 quota. County chairman Carl E Hagemann of Waverly noted Iowa’s June bond sales exceeded 9 million dollars for the first half, giving the state 78705172 toward its quota while Iowa leads eight Midwest states in dollar volume and percent of goal.
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