Bremer County Extension Calendar of Events
July 30 Senior 4-H boys demonstration night at Tripoli Town Hall seven thirty. July 31 deadline for Bremer County 4-H fair entries. August 3 meeting of agricultural fair superintendents eight thirty p m at the fair grounds Waverly. August 5 County Extension council meeting eight p m at the County Extension office Tripoli.
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Tripoli Town Hall
Bremer County
Fair Grounds
Waverly
Tripoli
Four 4 H Clubs Hold Meetings Across July
Readlynettes 4 H club met July 8 at Anita Klodts with 10 members. Demonstrations on Making a Meringue Topping Pie by Kathy Meier and Barbara Stahl. The Biz E Bees meet July 15 at Barbara and Susan Schmidt home with next meeting Aug 12 at Jane Rathbone home. Clover Teenerettes tour gardens and select county demonstrations. Zipse judged.
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Readlynettes 4-H Club
Anita Klodt
Kathy Meier
Barbara Stahlhut
Marjorie Blume
Barbara
Susan Schmidt
Jane Rathbone
Debra Chapin
Kay Ormston
Mary Lahmann
Nancy Hoppenworth
Mary Hoppenworth
Clover Teenerettes 4-H Club
Debra Thurm
Farm Bureau
Clover Teenerettes
Rader
Zipse
Tripoli
Judy Lantzky
Theresa Uhlenhopp
Jan Meier
Barbara Rieck
Audey Hildebrandt
Elloha Pries
B Square
Mary Arns
Paulette Hartman
Karen Pothast
Sheila Holt
Janice Meier
Brenda Mueller
Kathy Rossel
Barbara Bahlmann
Franklin Blue Belles
Julie Ann Diers
Diane Cornmesser
Kathy Herman
Franklin
Larry Lageschulte elected FFA chapter treasurer
Larry Lageschulte son of Mr and Mrs LaVerne Lageschulte is elected treasurer of the FFA chapter for the coming year. He will be a senior and his project is sheep. He previously won the Star Greenhand award and holds a district creed speaking gold rating and served as parliamentarian. He also has sheep and beef projects, belongs to 4-H, and is vice president. He attends Faith United Church of Christ and takes part in school bands and choirs.
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Larry Lageschulte
LaVerne Lageschulte
F.F.A
Larry
4-H
Faith United Church of Christ
Jim Kuhrt
Stanwood angler nets 38 inch flathead catfish
Jake Kinkead of Stanwood caught a flathead measuring 38 inches long and 9 inches wide with a head across, tipping the scales at 27 pounds.
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Jake Kinkead
Stanwood
First Foreign Language Paper in the Colonies
The Philadelphia Zeitung was the first foreign language newspaper in the colonial period, issued in 1732 by Benjamin Franklin to reach German speaking readers and broaden colonial journalism.
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Colonies
Philadelphia Zeitung
Benjamin Franklin
Garden Bulbs and Raspberry Tips From Extension Experts
County extension director Gene Vincent offers bulb planting timing with Ben Vance advising fall plantings of tulips daffodils and hyacinths. For raspberries A E Cott recommends pinching new shoots pruning old canes and resuming sprays to curb anthracnose while a green manure crop like rye can improve soil this fall or next spring.
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Ben F. Vance
Iona State University
A. E. Cott
Iowa Highway Patrol Cuts Unmarked Patrol Cars
The Iowa Highway Patrol has reduced unmarked patrol cars from 75 to 27 to place more marked cars on roads. Safety Commissioner William Sueppel supports keeping some unmarked cars as a deterrent to speeding and violations and plans to maintain them on the highways.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
William Sueppel
Demonstrating in 4 H Girls' Program At Tripoli High School
One county 4 H demonstration event at Tripoli High School on July 17 drew 128 girls. Top 20 demonstrations were chosen to perform at the Bremer County fair on August 7, with many groups and participants listed, including Readlynettes, Leroy Gopher ettes, Jefferson Jills, Tens N Teens, Wapsie Whirlwinds, and others, plus blue ribbon recipients and ongoing food and nutrition demonstrations.
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Tripoli High School
Bremer County
Franklin Blue Belles
Nancy Burrow
Audrey Moeller
Maxfield
Merry Maids
Cynthia Kingery
Tens N Teens
Susan Carroll
Wapsie Whirlwinds
Susan Werner
Colleen Schoephoerster
Leroy Gopherettes
Sumner Stars Shine At Tripoli Event
Sumner stars Alicia Creager Susan O'Brien and Sarah O'Brien lead enrollees Jolyn Mueller and Ann Heffernan in a Tripoli Leader feature. The piece notes clocks and time as a humorous aside about lateness for appointments.
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Sumner
Alicia Creager
Susan O’brien
Sarah O'Brien
Tens N
Jolyn Mueller
Ann Heffernan
Iowa Crime Rate Rises Six Percent Despite Lower National Pace
A partial reading from the federal statistics notes Iowa's crime rate increased by about six percent in 1963 but remains roughly half the national rate. The report highlights relative safety in Iowa amid broader crime trends.
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Iowa
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Gation
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Connie Rommel
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Eaning Repairing
Carol Lau
Readlynettes
Marian Ingham
Janet Michael
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Our Daily Bread
Nancy Porter
Kathy Smith
Karen Heffernan
Sharon Biermann
Marilyn Borcherding
Rebecca Creager
Sumner Stars
Judy Feuchtwanger
Caryle Lageschulte
Janet Kuethe
Leroy Goypherettes
Sue Ann Pleggenkuhle
Maxfield Merry Maids
Sharon Briden
Jacksonettes
Leroy
Biz E Bees
Barbara Schmidt
Carole Lageschulte
Tens N ‘Teens
Sylvia Harms
Linda Rathe
Mary Ann Beck
Jefferson Jills
Tripoli Hardware
Broiler
Tripoli, Iowa
Robert H. Kuhrt
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Tripoli! Sales Co., Inc
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