This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1958
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. It is published weekly on Wednesdays and has been established since 1894. William A Buckley is the publisher with annual subscriptions set at 3.00 in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Fifty two leaders met at Tri poli Town Hall on May 6 to enjoy a coffee and hear about the 1958 59 educational program from Mrs Emory Creager chair man of the Family Living Committee of Bremer Extension Council Six lessons for leader training include Table Decorations August More Effective House keeping September Business Affairs of the Homemaker October Conservation of Clothing November Yeast Rolls January and Understanding the Child Age 15 February A January chair caning workshop in several county areas and a planned fall hobby fair plus a frosting and desserts demonstration open to all. The county home economist will also present a lesson Let Your Home Reflect Yourself to groups requesting it. Attendees listed from various towns with demonstrations and entertainment noted.
National Extension Homemakers Week runs May 4 to 11 with a coffee event at Tripoli Town Hall last Tuesday marking the theme Today’s Home Builds Tomorrow’s World. Bremer County leaders highlighted volunteer service and program reach with 1450 rural and urban families touched and 94 women serving as leaders.
The Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H club held a mother daughter tea on May 5 in the Frederika school gym with Judy Schwerin and Nancy Mueller as hostesses. Daughters presented small potted plants to their mothers and to judges. Judy served as usher for Rally Day.
An agricultural extension service report lists subjects taught to local homemakers Clothing 552 Food and nutrition 650 Health practices 312 Family life 504 House and surroundings 169 Furnishings and equipment 156 Safety 166 Home management 176. The program is a collaboration of county officials Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture. Extension Service family living committee members aiding Bremer County include Mrs Gay Steege Waverly Mrs Ralph Juhl Waverly Mrs J B Sickles Janesville Mrs Emory Creager Sumner Mrs Emil Leistikow Fairbank Mrs Charles Morgan Sumner Mrs Clarence Christopher Waverly Mrs Ray Dowling Waverly Mrs Bernard Nolte Sumner and Mrs Hadley Bruer Tripoli.
Janet Hildebrandt 18 and James Hagenow 17, both Sumner area youths, will be Bremer county delegates to the state 4-H health camp near Madrid. The Hildebrandts and James Hagenow are listed as the respective families.
State leaders at Iowa State College plan a July health activities camp to train delegates who will strengthen programs in communities and counties. About 100 4-H members are expected, including Janet, an eight-year Cloverteenerette member, and James, six-year participant in livestock projects with the Maxfield Rangers.
Bremer county farmers have 194 agreements totaling 3916.1 acres to place in the corn acreage reserve for the current crop year. This compares with 151 agreements covering 2807.5 acres last year. The program, part of the soil bank, aims to reduce plantings below basic crop allotments to curb surpluses.
Farmers earned payments for land held out of production. Land must not be harvested or grazed, kept free of noxious weeds, and protected from erosion. The 1958 acreage reserve signup began last January with heavy demand. funds exhausted and many farmers placed on waiting lists. An additional authorization later allowed most on waiting lists to complete their applications.
Otto W. Sorensen of Harlan, having completed 59 years in barbering, estimates he has given about 156,479 haircuts. He notes the typical price is 25 cents and shares a dime when asked why he began barbering, suggesting readers check the want ads.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.