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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official town newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Published each Wednesday since 1894, it operates under second class mail status with readership in Iowa and beyond. William A Buckley serves as publisher with annual subscriptions set at 3 dollars in Iowa and 3 dollars fifty cents elsewhere.
The Leroy Gophers 4-H club met May 14 at Clinton and Vickie Burrow’s home with eight members and one leader, Bill Burrow. A club tour is set for June 22 followed by a noon potluck. Jeff Sowers spoke on Don and How He Keeps Clean and Healthy, and a weed control discussion closed the meeting.
Bremer County farmers weigh dairy herds to stabilize income. Extension Director Doyle Gordon cites Iowa State College dairyman Floyd Arnold on essential management skills and facilities. Key questions include records, labor-saving facilities, cow housing, sanitation to prevent diseases, and a regular calving cycle with a 10 month lactation plan.
Bremer County concluded its eleventh ring test since April 1953, 12.77 percent of tested herds showing suspicious results, down from 38 percent at the initial test. Fewer herds tested suggests some farmers are leaving dairying. The brucellosis committee hopes area plan blood testing can begin soon. each herd is entitled to calf hood vaccination from a local veterinarian.
Sumner High School graduates 63 students including Lonny Arthur Janet Biermann Marianne Bixby James Borcherding Harley Brase Ronald Coleman Joy Donaldson JoAnn Fridley Marjorie Gaede W R Gonnerman Lavonne Gray Richard Haupt Janet Hildebrandt Eleanor Holzman Larry Hoth Lyle Jackson Allen Carolyn Mary Johnson Rachel Jones Arnold Jurgensen Janice Kenneth Kasm ei er Walter Kent Jr Jolene Klemp Eugene Knoploh Carolyn Koch Allan Kuethe Larry Legh Mary Lou Lienau Elaine Braun James McCue Dianna Gerhardt Meier Charles Mary Meyer Richard Minkel Donald Mohlis Marguerite Mohr Connie Marlys Mueller Janice Niedert Dennis
Lawrence Flaun of Drake University gave the commencement address in Sumner while Rev G W Wirena of Bethel Presbyterian Church West Union spoke at baccalaureate. Allen Kroblin bought Heuer Truck Line expanding his fleet to about 200 vehicles. About 220 employees or leased operators will join Kroblin with 35 families moving to Sumner soon. Heuer offices span Chicago Muscatine Marshalltown Waterloo Hutchinson Denver Tulsa. Local church assignments include Rev P H Bechman to Salem EUB Sumner and Rev E M Miller to Ventura with a farewell for the Millers. Mr and Mrs Veryl Murphy celebrated their 25th anniversary May 16. Cedar Rapids neighbors aided Herman Zell preparing ground after a fall. Jane Hoth to wed Roger Hoppenworth June 1 at St John’s Buck Creek. Kroblin plans a 50 by 100 addition to the Sumner project. Several local wedding, church and school notices follow with community events and family milestones.
Itch relief claim promises quick results using ITCH-ME-NUT to deaden itching and burning in minutes. Advertises use for eczema, foot itch, ringworm, insect bites, surface rashes with a money back note at OP TRIBUNE'S.
After visiting her mother and brother and his wife, Mrs. Ella Farnum, Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Fort Dodge and daughter Mrs. Marcelyn Knowles of California visit their daughter and sister and family Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pagel. Allen Kuethe, Sumner High senior, wins a partial tuition scholarship at Loras College in Dubuque after exams. Mr. and Mrs. George Dedor, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Diekman, and Louie Boderman return from a trip to the East, visiting Julius Dedor and his wife in Patterson, New Jersey.
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