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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. It is published weekly on Wednesdays and has been established since 1894. Subscription is $3.00 per year in advance within Iowa and $3.50 elsewhere. William A Buckley is the publisher.
Editorial argues Loveless vetoed both revenue and capital improvements, admitting his budget unsound. Legislature approved near his ask, while debate centered on sales tax rate. Vetoing risks fiscal stability, politics, and future funding for state institutions. calls for compromise and warns of harm if repeated.
Citizens of Tripoli are urged to turnout next Tuesday to vote on granting Northern Natural Gas Co a 25 year franchise to distribute natural gas. The vote will influence federal approval and the future utility option for industry and homes. The company bears election costs and would install a townwide distribution system.
Bremer County Extension releases quotes Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College forecasting hog prices to stabilize after a 15 to 20 percent drop in early 1957 slaughter. Slaughter for mid year expected similar to 1956, with a late spring peak and a fall low near December. Feeder and lower grade cattle demand remains strong as margins tighten and feeder cattle rise about 4 dollars from last year.
On May 10 1957 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed Emma Beisner of Waverly Iowa Bertha Tegtmeier of Tripoli Iowa as Administratrices of the estate of Mary Tegtmeier deceased All persons indebted must pay and those with claims present them to the Court for allowance The appointment is dated May 10 1957 Oliver J Reeve attorney Waverly Iowa
Bremer county farmers will face acreage checks to determine compliance with allotments and soil bank agreements. ASC officials led by Leo H. Orth will visit townships to estimate or measure cropland by June 30, with a likely August 1 compliance deadline for corn.
Frederika 4-H club gathered at the school gym on May 6 with 13 members, two leaders, and 10 mothers. Special guest Mrs. E W Kirchhoff attended. two girls were chosen for the Boone 4-H Camp, and Sharon Zwanziger will attend the state convention.
Several couples listed obtained marriage licenses including Roger Thurm 18 and Shirley Lobeck 18 of Readlyn. Virgil Hesse 17 and Berdean Schellhorn 17 of Fredericksburg. Jack Decker 21 and Marlene Wassam 20 of Janesville. Kenneth Wedemeier 18 of Waverly and Carol Sievers 18 of Fredericksburg. Virgil Meyer 22 of Sumner and Norma Abbas 17 of Fredericksburg.
Ray Kunert and Wayne Schulze of Humboldt, cousins, recently entered the armed services as a pair. Their fathers also enlisted in World War I during 1917, continuing a family tradition of military service across generations.
Bremer county clubs select 21 groups to judge junior and senior contestants at Tripoli Town Hall on June 1 at 12 30 pm Mrs John Sickles Janesville Mrs Lucy Vosseller Plainfield and Mrs Oswald Worthman Sumner will judge Senior girl to receive trip to 4 H state convention June 19 22 Rally day June 7 Names of selected girls from many clubs listed with several still to be chosen Also Storm Lake note Leo Douglass earns 50 year Mason pin
Friends and relatives of 33 Bremer county residents established "living memorials" in their names over the past year, announced by the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society. Memorials fund cancer education programs and research, with acknowledgments sent to designated family members. Names of the deceased are listed from Memorial Day last year.
A fragmented OCR shows a list of individuals including Olen Sree Olga Hastings H Hastings Fred Engel Beeman Halverson Fred Kurtz Mrs tee bert Wittenburg Darsey Diem Mrs H J Ballard Mr John Zek Sophie Klammey Bruce Harper Mrs Fred Eckstein Mrson P Krueger Anna Apys Ante Clausing Archie Clary. Names appear as a column in a historical notice.
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