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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1976
Page
5
4-H members in Texas learn by doing under the Cooperative Extension Service to plan wardrobes, sew, knit, and crochet. Coats and Clark recognizes excellence with medals, trips to National 4-H Congress, and $800 scholarships for 1976 winners to be honored at the Chicago gathering November 28 to December 2.
The 1976 Bremer County Extension Hobby Fair drew more than 1,700 visitors on October 14. Registrations showed attendees from sixteen Northeast Iowa counties plus California and Illinois, with twenty two displays and demonstrations by area residents. Door prize winners included Sharon Funk, Bernice Jahnke, Sue Allen of Tripoli, Mrs. Melvin Carney of New Hampton, Lois Oltrogge and Kandie Schwartz of Readlyn and Waverly, Marvin Baker of Tripoli, among others. Demonstrators pictured include Verna Duhrkopf Sumner twine craft Dode Westendorf Tripoli country carving K C Johnson Elma whittling Mrs Melvin Warneke Barbie doll house and other items Duane Wurzer Lawler clock display Kathy Palmersheim Lawler making inexpensive Christmas decorations cards and gifts.
Summary of obituary notices and community items: deaths, weddings, anniversaries, and local events in Sumner and nearby areas. Includes funeral details for Sumner relations, births, hospital notes, and memorial funds, with multiple families and regions named.
Iowa Conservation Commission says the final 44 days of split duck hunting open October 23 at half an hour before sunrise. The reopening affects Des Moines area hunters as the season resumes after a pause.
Iowa hunters prepare for a long raccoon season running from October 30 to January 23 1977 with no bag or possession limits and hours not restricted by day. The season notes statewide raccoon habitats and a general average pelt value of 17.85, plus landowner permission reminders.
Readlyn Troop 101 held its first pack meeting on Sept 28 with five new Cub Scouts Monty Padget Buddy Thurm Danny Drenner Scott Leistikow and Shane Ryan joining to bring total membership to 21. New den mothers Nancy Erhardt Barbara Weers C Berryhill and Bonnie Erickson were introduced while top fitness scorers Steven Weers Jeff Suhr earned ribbons and a trip to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
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