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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli town and Bremer County Iowa. It is published weekly on Wednesdays, established in 1894, with a national editorial association imprint. Subscription rates are 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere, payable in advance.
Tripoli Town Council approved a six and a half block curb and gutter program with plans to hire an engineer to survey blocks for proper drainage. Property owners may pay over 10 years via a special tax assessment, a painless financing method. The editorial urges local support, noting improved streets and increased property values.
Iowa 4 H convention plans leadership training and state officer elections from June 19 to 22 at Ames. Bremer county selects Judy Sickles among eight girls to run for state office. county 4 H girls listed by club names. Meeting notes cover demonstrations, Achievements Day prep, and a mothers program with sewing workshop and county home economist talk.
Franklin Blue Belles held their mother-daughter meeting May 28 at the Reiter home with 10 members two leaders three mothers and two visitors present. Date of the square dance moved to June 26 from 25. Next meeting June 17 at Carol Rohrssen home. A special meeting June 4 at Werners to make Rally day posters. Susan Werner spoke on The Care of Hands. Donna Reiter demonstrated Ironing a Blouse. Mary Judy Werner and Ruth Reiter presented sewing and craft topics. Mothers received gifts. Better grooming event May 22 at the Werner home named Mary and Ruth as top and runner-up. Tea slated for May 28 at the Reiter home. TRIPOLI TEEN TIMERS meet June 13 at 7:30 at Tripoli Town Hall. Leroy Gopherettes held their mother-daughter May 13 at Leroy No. 1 school with all mothers present and many grandparents.
A string of 4-H club notes from Tripoli area meetings details May and June gatherings. Attendees ranged from 10 to 22 members with leaders and visiting parents present. Topics included softball between clubs, camp plans, demonstrations on grooming and sewing days, and county office candidacies.
Robert Pierce of near Columbus Junction died when a brush-cutting machine struck him after a low-hanging limb toppled his tractor into the cutter's path. The report notes a contrast in salinity, stating more salt exists in the Atlantic than the Pacific.
Henry W. Hinton explains vocational agriculture as a public school farming program for high school students. It covers crops and livestock, machinery, farm buildings, business management, farm records, soils, citizenship, and participation in groups. Freshmen take English, math or algebra, general science, and one elective, potentially vocational agriculture.
The Leader initiates a weekly farm series by Mr Histon stating this is the first installment. It signals ongoing coverage of agricultural topics and farming life to readers.
Regular Tripoli FFA meeting June 4 approved a tractor rodeo on Aug 16 with Tripoli Poultry Day. Members assigned duties to obtain equipment, place FFA signs on Highway 93 entrances, and weed plots. Next meeting set for July 2 at 8 p m and softball practice June 9 at 1 p m at Ronald Lohmann’s home. The group also noted cancer warning from the American Cancer Society.
Welfare report shows Old age assistance 13938.50 to 295 recipients averaging 67.99 each. Three cases of aid to the needy blind total 209.50 averaging 69.83 per case. Aid to dependent children involved 15 cases with 55 recipients totaling 19750 averaging 111.17 per case and 30.32 per recipient.
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