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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1968
Page
2
Iowa communities expand support for employed women through training options at schools and colleges, on the job placements by employers, and employment services. Child day care and domestic services also create opportunities, with Extension Service planning for 1969 asking councils to engage before April 1.
Dale Shires County Extension Director notes beef cattle prices likely to stay reasonably strong for the next two years with moderate production expansion. ISU expert Gene Futrell cites January 1 inventories, small dairy cattle decline, beef cow increases, and a larger 1968 beef calf crop boosting feeding and replacement stock.
A list of events includes March 14 7 to 10 pm at State Bank Waverly for clothing construction, March 19 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at Frederika Fire Station for clothing construction, and a weed and insect control session 10 am to 3 pm at Plainfield Methodist Church, plus March 21 clothing construction.
Mrs. Dena Gerken of Sibley reports an amorphophallus plant in bloom after 18 years. The tropical Asiatic herbaceous plant grows a large bulb planted outside in summer and produces a stem in winter. The plant and flower can weigh over 100 pounds.
March meetings at Carla Jaschen’s home and the Leroy Gopherettes covered pancake supper planning for March 18, Red Cross and cancer drives, rebuilding a 4-H planter in Frederika, and a spring better grooming contest. Members shared grooming talks, color lessons, pattern pinning demos, and a March 9 workshop on wardrobe planning and measurements. A Cedar Chums mother daughter tea featured hair styling demo and outfit tips.
Local families from Waverly Waterloo Fairbank Tri poli Oelwein Sumner and other nearby towns spent Sundays and weekdays visiting relatives, attending events, or calling on friends. Notable notes include Ada McConkey hosting a Senior Citizens meeting and hospital stays for Emma Malzahn and surgeries for Mrs Weidemann.
A sizable pike weighing 12 pounds 2 ounces was ree caught in 1963 near Guttenberg Iowa. The fish was ree caught from a boat during a fishing expedition on the Mississippi River region.
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