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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1958
Page
2
Tripoli Leader lists editorials and notices as the official paper of Tripoli Iowa Bremer County since 1894. Published each Wednesday with second class mail under federal act. Publisher is William A Buckley with yearly subscriptions 3 dollars in Iowa and 3.5 dollars elsewhere.
Bremer county extension director Doyle Gorden says at a Sept. 17 meeting forms and materials were given to local veterinarians to begin blood testing all beef and dairy herds reacting to the ring test. Farmers should test cattle about 30 days before a sale and verify sale dates with a veterinarian. Blood testing must finish within 18 months of start, and county can be declared modified brucellosis free if criteria are met.
4-H members from Maxfield Readlyn Jefferson Jills and Readlynettes attend Sept meetings. Hedy Schweer elected president of Maxfield club. bake sale planned Sept 27 at Moeller Auto Mart Readlyn. Lynda Hansen hosts Jefferson Jills Sept 16. new officers named. Readlynettes elect officers Sept 8. Barbara Stahlhut and Cheryl Schroeder join. Leroy Gophers elect officers Sept 25. six members and three visitors attend. All clubs emphasize leadership and demonstrations with final notes on upcoming meetings.
Family attendees discussed annual program planning. Suggestions by Mr Gordon guided the club’s future. November family night planned. Douglas Sowers chosen as assistant leader. Film Materials Handling reviewed. Monthly meetings set for the third Monday. Next meeting October 20 at Larry Eick’s home.
Pullet eggs measure about a quarter cup each, so two are about half a cup. The apple crop may be the largest since 1949, six percent bigger than last year. Jonathan Winesap and Delicious are common Iowa fall varieties for eating and baking. Three medium apples weigh a pound. store in a cool place or refrigerate in plastic bags to prevent moisture loss and shriveling.
Bremer County Extension Director cites Iowa State College economist Lee Kolmer. Since 1940 Americans have eaten less pork and lamb and more beef and poultry as incomes rise. 1959 will bring higher hog supplies, but beef demand has grown for moderately finished beef, with cattle fed heavier weights and more grain feeding in the last decade.
A list of marriage licenses shows Ralph Howard Gaede 22 Sumner and Ruth Helen Diemer 20 Sumner among couples from Sumner Des Moines Waverly Tripoli Waterloo and Readlyn along with other ages and hometowns including Darlwin Otto 19 Readlyn Beverly Bruns 18 Denver and Leola Hovns 16 Waverly.
Bremer County selects six 4-H members as tops in record books. Eleanor Bahlmann Plainfield. Jan et Hildebrandt Sumner Clover teenerettes. Karen Milius Denver. Carol Tiedt Readlyn. Judy Werner Sumner. Sharon Zwanziger Frederika. Wapsie Whirlwinds.
Readlyn notices small town life with Joe Fettkether visiting parents from Hollywood and grandfather Thomas Farrall from North Dakota. Births include Audrey Kay Henning in Waverly Mercy Hospital and Dennis Dale Peters in Sumner Community Hospital. Diekman family reunion lists many relatives from Los Angeles to Fairfield and Winnemucca visiting George Henkle’s home along with other local guests.
Mrs Elsa Venter of Waterloo and numerous families from Winnemucca Nevada Dunkerton Shell Rock Evansdale and Waverly shared visits with Mr and Mrs Jake Henkle and families over the weekend and in observance of Mrs Poocks birthday. Mrs George Henkle and Mrs Bob Chevally also visited Mrs Howard Bye of Waverly.
A series of real estate actions includes Verner H Sehweer and wife conveying lots 5 and 6 for $1 in Readlyn. Ce dar Valley Investors buys from Bremer County $30 for an acre parcel in section 34-92-14. Herman J Schoof and wife deed land to Floyd C Wilson for $1. Alvin W Sassman and wife with Duane A Sassmann transfer lot 3 with structures to Floyd W Sassmann for $1. revenues range from 55 cents to $22.00, covering parcels in Den ver and surrounding townships.
On September 12 1958 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed John D Nolting as administrator of the estate of Sophia Ann Notting deceased. All creditors must file claims with the court and all debts should be paid to the administrator at 653 Hope Ave Waterloo Iowa. Attorney W C Hahle of Sumner Iowa signs the notice.
Lloyd Freking a 15 year old from Marion township received over 100 stitches in his left forearm following a farm accident. He was removing a can vas from a wind rower before swathing oats when the belt caught and the reels began to revolve, catching his arm in the sickles.
Rodger Pfadenhauer of Burlington located a watch he had lost nine years earlier in the identical garden plot. The timepiece still runs and remains in good condition aside from minor rust on the edge of the hands.
William Holle, a farmer east of Adair, was injured when a rock from a power lawn mower struck his ankle. A separate note mentions a first silo in the area and a long-ago manor, with scattered garbled phrases about dimensions, rock loads, and a missing three year old daughter.
Britt walked the Milwaukee railroad during a sharp cold wave when a neighbor spotted her and assisted in easing a worried neighbor.
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