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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
2
June 21 Family Living Committee meeting at 1 30 PM at the County Extension office in Tripoli. June 23 26 County 4 H Camp at the State 4 H camping center in Madrid. June 28 Second 4 H livestock judging workout at 8 30 AM.
Tat Bill and Sara Thoms hosted the Townline Cowboys June 6 with 20 members attending and Paul Miller as guest. July 1 Tour planned for July 7 or 21, committees named, demonstrations presented. Also coverage of Dayton Dodgers 4-H meeting with 15 members, two leaders, two visitors, flowers for mothers, and funds sent to IFYE. Biz-E-Bees and TNT clubs held June sessions with roll calls and upcoming camp plans. Ten Teens Tens-N-Teens reports on June 10 hostesses and twelve members sharing appreciations.
Leaders formed a club and scheduled Demonstration Day for June 21 at Bonnie Alcock's. Articles for the fair were listed and sewing topics distributed. Demonstrations covered buttonholes, waistband attachment, sewing machine cleaning, and hemming. Lectures addressed garment labels and thread tension.
Iowa State University economist Francis Kutish says weather drives when feeder cattle prices weaken. Dry spells hit central and southern plains earlier, sparking potential early marketing, but recent rains offer temporary relief. If rains don’t continue, ranchers face selling pressure as more cattle graze. Prices likely fall this fall as feeders must be bought cheaper to yield fair returns.
Sen Clifford Vance of Mount Pleasant is elected chairman of the legislative budget and financial control interim committee. Rep Floyd Edington of Sheffield is named vice-chairman and Rep Casey Loss of Algona serves as secretary, with the note of a Hawaii volcano crater included in the text.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent relays advice on asparagus, sweet corn, strawberries, tomatoes and mulching. Stop cutting asparagus tops now, fertilize and water, avoid salt weed control, and heed proper renovation. Do not remove corn suckers. Renovate strawberries, thin old plants, fertilize and water, and maintain weekly irrigation plus a regular spray program. For tomatoes, begin staking pruning and early disease spray. mulch now with straw or soybean mulch to conserve moisture.
Open class entries for the state fair are due July 25 for most departments, announced Paul Miller, Bremer county extension assistant. Entry blanks may be picked up at the Bremer County Extension office, Tripoli. Closing dates: July 25 for horses cattle swine sheep carcass contests and individual farm exhibits. July 31 textiles and photographic salon. Aug 5 culinary. Aug 6 agriculture fruits vegetables flowers apiary. Aug 9 Iowa art exhibit.
E Howard Hill, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, told about 300 county officers that Iowans must prepare to defend the Shaff plan of legislative apportionment amid a heated 20th century state issue. The plan creates a 99 member House and a 58 member Senate. The Farm Bureau also urged a moratorium on local government spending that would raise property taxes, arguing cost increases fall on property owners.
The Iowa Board of Public Instruction removes four small districts Rembrandt and Marathon in Buena Vista county A C L in Wayne county and Steamboat Rock in Hardin county from the approved list effective July 1 1964. Removal means they cannot receive state aid for schools.
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