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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1960
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the town and Bremer County newspaper established in 1894. It is published weekly each Wednesday with second class mail status and Tripoli postage paid. Publisher William A Buckley lists subscription rates of 3.50 yearly in Iowa and 4.00 elsewhere.
Bremer County Extension lists activities including Jolly Jackson 4-H girls demonstration at Dairy Cattle Congress on October 6 at 9 30 a m. An 4-H leaders meeting is set for October 10 at 8 p m at the County Extension office and ticket deadline for the banquet is October 14.
Multiple 4‑H clubs report September activities including Cloverteenerettes meeting at Betty Judisch’s home with enrollment party planned at Carolyn Kasemeier’s house and officers elected. Readlynettes at Barbara Stalhut’s for last year with new member Cecelia Schroeder joining and new officers. Douglas Rockets elect officers at Allan Alcock’s home. demonstrations on cheese dips and talks on silo fillers disease and breeding, hayride planned. Maxfield Rangers meet at Larry Steege’s home, officer slate set and hayride planned. Tripoli Boosters host 14 old, 2 leaders, 5 new. new officers elected and hayride scheduled. Dutil Daughters meet at Janet Heine’s home. two new members join and new officers elected.
The October outlook predicts plentiful cheese with price specials at retail markets. Beef, lamb, and pork supplies remain ample with lean cuts favored for burgers and stews. Fall potatoes arrive in large quantities, cranberries set records for fresh and canned products, poultry prices stay low, and turkeys and rice offer strong value this month.
Tripoli FFA honors Bob Zander as Boy of the Week. A Tripoli High School junior, he holds the Chapter Farmer Degree and manages ten acres of corn and a strawberry plot. He owns a Hereford steer won in Bremer County Fair calf scramble and works on tool shed cleaning, lawn fence repairs, and dehorning calves with his father. He plans future supervised farming expansion and tractor overhauls in the Ag shop.
Mr. and Mrs. LeLand Bergmann of Tripoli visit with Mrs. Ruehs. Hazel Ager hosts a Sunday school party at the Ager cabin. Clary and Duenow share time with Fredericksburg relatives. Ruehs and Schwemm couple attend a birthday. Ella Lemke visits relatives in Waterloo, Charles City, and Chicago. Bertha Duenow stays through Sunday. French guests with Sassmanns, Denver, travel from Thursday to Sunday. Gladys Hanan spends Friday afternoon at the Duenow home. Jeannie Davison hosts a pizza party and teen dance for her sixteenth birthday. Lee Holm and C C Clary share meals in Waterloo. Duenow guests at Marklehom in Fredericksburg. Schortau reunion participants in Oelwein. Harken and Joe Dean families visit relatives in Oelwein.
The fragment notes Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Omvig of Cedar Falls hosting an afternoon and supper gathering with unspecified guests, indicating a social event in a local area. No further details on date or attendees are provided.
The Tripoli Leader lists numerous Sunday visits across Iowa towns including Tripoli Sumner Cedar Falls Readlyn Waterloo Readlyn and Charles City with families and relatives of Hildebrandt Bergmann Duenow Lofgren Markle Bartz Mahnke and French among those host and entertained. The record notes gatherings on October 5 1960 with extended family and friends from Des Moines Chicago Fredericksburg New Hampton and other locales.
Don and Mrs Downs along with daughters joined Mr and Mrs Franklin Downs and their daughters for a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Stanley Bahlmann. Effie Wagner planned a visit with Mr and Mrs Steve Griffith at Mt Auburn. Clarence Mann and family visited his sister near Jesup with Mr and Mrs Reedy.
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