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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the National Editorial association paper published each Wednesday since 1894 in Tripoli Iowa. It operates as the official newspaper for the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County with William A Buckley as publisher. Subscription is 3 dollars per year in advance in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
The Tripoli Fire Department launches a fund drive to buy a resuscitator for emergencies. The device is user friendly and operates automatically after activation. Only a small portion of the $600 goal has been raised, mostly by firemen, with plea for community support to save lives.
Several 4-H clubs report May activities with at Horton Hall a Franklin Goal Getters meeting, and May 28 demonstration day. Ellanor Hirsch named state convention attendee while Karla Kay Busse becomes treasurer. Dining and upcoming bake sale planned. other clubs announce meetings, projects, and junior and senior grooming winners.
Soybeans, though a relatively new Iowa crop, have become a major economic driver and the state's second largest cash grain. From 1925 to 1956 Iowa production exploded from 98,000 bushels to 51 million, with over 11 percent of U.S. soybeans grown there. In 20 counties 24 processing plants turn beans into oil meal and animal feeds, while oil serves both food and industrial uses in caulking, paints, soaps, and numerous other products.
Bremer County Extension Director Francis A Kutish notes ISU economist says hogs should be ready for early fall sale. He cites lower December prices than 1956 due to larger slaughter, with 1957 showing a rise in spring pig crops and heavier hogs at market as production shifts.
Kutish notes hogs being marketed now are older than last year’s spring lots. He cites food costs lower than a year ago and even 1952 while overall living costs rise. Medical care shows the greatest increase since 1952, with clothing prices rising only slightly.
The Iowa Development Commission notes Iowas farm family level of living index reached 187, well above the national average of 140, based on farm electricity, telephone, automobile access, and product value. Iowa leads in farm automobiles and nearly full saturation for electricity and telephones.
A sobering Iowa Department of Public Safety vignette describes a wreck where a motorist, cresting a hill at top speed, cannot brake in time. The sole remains wedged into the floorboard beside the gas pedal, a single, moving emblem of a fatal crash.
The report lists numerous local rites and gatherings including the baptism of Denver and Debra Keith in St John’s Lutheran with Rev Mette presiding and sponsors named. It notes the funeral for Arthur Segebarth in Fredericksburg and many graduates and parties across Sumner, Tripoli, Waterloo, and surrounding towns with attendees and family ties.
PINHOOK Mr and Mrs Robert Schmidt of Tripoli were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Dale Grahlmann and children. Bruce Pals was a Waverly caller Wednesday. His grandparents were mentioned in the fragment.
State Bank of Waverly sues C. J. Abbas of Fredericksburg in a Bremer County District Court case. Chrystel Vorwald files against Victor D. Weidler in another Bremer County civil matter. Auto accident involvement noted.
There is a will on file in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court Bremer County Iowa for Lee O Peacock deceased. The court fixed June 3 1957 at 10 am for probate at the Bremer County Court House Waverly Iowa. Mary C Loucks Clerk District Court May 4 1957. American clipper ships could average about 400 miles per day.
On May 10 1957 the district appoints an administrator of the estate of Mary Tegtmeier deceased Bremer County all persons indebted must pay and those with claims must send them to the court for allowances legally authenticated by May 10 1957
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