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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1955
Page
2
Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. It publishes weekly on Wednesdays and has been established since 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher. Subscriptions run 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Bremer county farmers supplied 11 158 bushels of 1954 crop soybeans under price support loans and purchase agreements that matured May 31. James M. Eveland, ASC chair, reported Bremer deliveries at 32 percent of the county total. Nationwide Iowa deliveries topped 8,206,000 bushels across 93 counties, led by Kossuth with 567,000. The Bremer totals show oats at 7,097 bushels, other commodities minimal. An 80 acre Boyden area farm sold for 455 per acre to Henry Warntjes and Eugene Hofmeyer from the Joseph Kack estate.
The Tripoli 4-H club met at Jackie Lobeck’s home on Tuesday October 11 at 7 30 PM. Six blue and three red project books were returned after review by Mrs E W Kirchhoff. New members Jeanine Cole Karen Bockhaus and Kathryn Klemp were initiated. Officers elected included Louise Hoppenworth president and Julie Soles treasurer. The club plans meetings on the second Tuesday each month and a program planning session November 4 at 2 PM at Mrs Leo Tonne’s home. 14 members attended with four visitors and leaders present.
The T.N.T. 4-H club met October 5 at Carol Warnke home with 21 members present plus 2 leaders and 2 visitors. Officers elected include Carol Warnke president, Helen Beam vice president, Barbara Bockhaus secretary, Wanda Mueller treasurer, Judy Garner reporter, Eleanor Hirsch historian. Leroy township formed a new group, the Leroy Gopherettes, with 13 girls meeting October 17 at Doneth Zipse home. officers include Janice Craun president and Kathy Kuethe reporter, among others.
Mrs. John Wykert of Columbus Junction ends forty years of Sunday school teaching. She did not miss a Sunday for twenty two years and says she may resume teaching in the future.
Montie McCoy, a three year old from near Montour, vanished from home and after an intensive search was located in a cornfield about a quarter mile away.
Bremer county shows a drop in old age assistance cases from 302 in November 1941 to 212 last month, with average payments rising from 20.19 to 54.70 dollars. The month also reports two aid to the blind cases totaling 109.50 dollars, 24 aid to dependent children totaling 2,182 dollars across eight recipients.
Harley Chumbley, aged 6, is recovering after being struck by a scoop attached to a crane that toppled From control. He sustained chest injuries and was unconscious for about half an hour.
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