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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1963
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Published weekly since 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher and Robert J Sassman as editor. Subscriptions are 3.50 a year in Iowa and 4.50 elsewhere.
The Tens n Teens 4-H club met at Janice and Nancy Brase home with 15 members and leaders. Bonnie Alcock spoke on a Kansas City trip. projects included health focus and Red Cross drive help. Members shared sewing equipment notes and demonstrations covered sewing boxes pressing ham and sleeve roll, fabric care, and hair care tips.
Iowa veterans and their families received 96 million dollars in cash benefits and services during fiscal 1962. Compensation for service connected disabilities and total permanent non service connected disability pensions went to 45,782 living veterans totaling 41,467,108 dollars. Death compensation and pensions were paid to dependents of 15,785 deceased veterans amounting to 13,048,959 dollars. GI dividend and indemnity payments totaled nearly 13 million to veterans and beneficiaries.
Iowa readers learn of a small but historic oil find northeast of Keota in Washington County. Natural Gas Pipe Line Co. of America drilled a discovery well during testing for an underground gas storage reservoir. The Pecatonica member of the Platteville limestone yields oil around 1,000 feet deep, with initial flow about 14 gallons per hour, far below commercial norms but seen as a hopeful first step for Iowa's oil prospects. Government interest and prior bills for $75,000 incentives are noted, along with Governor Hughes’s light reaction to the momentous jar of oil from Iowa’s first bona fide well.
Mr and Mrs Milton Gibson of Bagley Custodial Home observed their 65th wedding anniversary. Both in fair health for their years. Mr Gibson enjoys political talk and walks to the business district daily in good weather.
A Rhode Island hen endured 20 days of subzero cold buried in snow beside the chicken house owned by Grover Johnson in Alta Vista. The bird emerged alive after the prolonged freeze, highlighting resilience of poultry in harsh winter conditions.
Mrs. Sadie Schoephoerster dies at 82 near Sumner with funeral at Salem EUB church and burial at Zion cemetery. Survivors include three sons and a daughter among 12 grandchildren. Mrs. Maude Adams dies at 76. services at Sumner Methodist with burial at Union Mound. Also noted are community notices of visits, club events, and residents’ movements in Sumner and surrounding areas.
Friday and weekend gatherings reported across multiple towns with visitors and family events. Mary Wolfgram and Janes weekend visits noted, while Mr and Mrs Marvin Buhr welcomed a girl born March 10 with grandparents listed in Sumner. Visitors included Herbert Carr family from Waterloo and Wilmer Seaman family from Jesup joining Gordon Seaman and Dora Henning’s relatives in Tripoli.
Potatoes themselves are not fattening, it is preparation that adds calories. boiled potatoes 45 calories per 4 cup diced serving, mashed with fat and milk 115, French fries 155, hash browns 235. Butter adds 100 calories per tablespoon. One serving daily supports the four daily fruit and vegetable servings.
Attention seekers learn of a non medical method developed by Ball Clinic since 1919 to relieve arthritis and rheumatism. The free illustrated book claims over 70 000 people benefited and promises no obligation no agent contact by mail to The Ball Clinic Dept 000 Excelsior Springs Missouri via postcard.
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