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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1958
Page
4
The Tripoli Leader is the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa’s official weekly newspaper published each Wednesday. Established 1894 the paper lists William A Buckley as publisher with annual subscriptions 3.00 in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
The Waterloo Courier and Governor Loveless clash over road priorities, each seizing a single factor as complete truth. The Courier criticizes an allocation formula ignoring construction difficulty and material availability. Loveless pushes traffic counts, ignoring connectivity and economy, aiming a Des Moines bypass that may fuel provincialism and partisan bias.
January meetings at the Zander home involved 16 members with leader Robert Chapin. Gifts were exchanged, $5 donated to International Farm Youth Exchange, and demonstrations given. February results include wins and losses in basketball and a Dad’s night upcoming. March notes cover 4-H Week wear, window display, fruit storage talk, cocoa and pie crust demos, and a next meeting at Sylvia Zekoff’s home. The article also highlights Tripoli library services, a two dollar family card, and appeals for readers to visit and support reading.
This week March 16 to 22 marks the first nationwide read ing promotion effort under the Wake Up and Read banner. Leaders in business education government and the arts back the campaign as a public good and libraries are presented as essential to an informed reading public. The American Library Association backs the program with many national groups coordinating efforts to aid in the drive.
A compilation of social visits and dinners in Sumner and nearby towns. Residents including Clara Hildebrandt, Will Heideman, Dora Henning, Bertha Drape, A E Reick, Grant Schoephoerster, Lydia Dahrkopf, Hazel Ager, C C Clary, Hazel Bowers, Guy Hinkley, Wm Duenow, and others hosted or visited at homes in Sumner Fredericksburg Waterloo Eagle Grove and near Waverly. Families including the Hildebrandts and Heinemanns hosted guests over the week with extended visits across several households.
Tripoli residents and neighbors from Waterloo Sumner and nearby towns spent the weekend visiting families and attending social events. Highlights include 40th wedding anniversary honors for Ed and Bertha Treloar in Waucoma and various Sunday gatherings at homes in Tripoli Douglas Township and surrounding communities.
Bremer County extension director cites Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College saying beef-cow herds could be profitable in coming years if weather holds and dairy stock liquidation is limited. He forecasts a smaller 1958 calf crop and potential shrinkage in steer numbers, with cattle numbers not rising much this year and possibly dipping.
The report notes a year-to-year decline in milk and beef cows but a rise in beef steers calves and heifers, with dairy stock on hand to offset downturns. Steer numbers reflect feed conditions and cycle stage, while hogs and sheep present divergent outlooks and price expectations into 1959.
Kutish predicts gradual expansion of the national sheep industry over the next few years. After a downturn that ended in 1957, the January 1 count shows this year's lamb crop likely higher than last year. Growth will mainly be farm stock driven due to labor shortages in range states.
J T Bump and his wife transfer ownership to Edith Elma Alderman and Winnifred a legal notice recorded in the county records. The filing formalizes a transfer of property rights between the named parties.
Multiple parcels in Sumner County change hands through several deeds. Holsinger and heirs sell blocks and additions for a Revenue of 6.60. Frank Lang and wife convey to Guy Bailey and wife for 30.80. Walter Sauerbrei and wife deed to St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Readlyn for 1 with tract in northeast corner of section 11. 91-12. Gustav H. Laube and wife with Henry W. Meswarth and wife into 844 of aw and wy of owl in section 25-93-12 for 12.10.
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