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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1961
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is a weekly newspaper in Tripoli Iowa established in 1894. It operates as the town and Bremer County official paper with publisher William A Buckley and editor Robert J Sassman. Annual subscriptions cost 3.50 in state and 4.50 elsewhere in advance.
Maxfield Merry Maids met Oct 16 at Eunice Huebner home with full attendance. Officers were installed at candlelight ceremony led by former president Susan Oltrogge. Planning for a program book set for Oct 28 at Joyce and Janice Strottmann. Wapsie Whirlwinds met Oct 2 at Frederika Town Hall. New officers installed Carolyn Lahmann president, Carol Zwanziger VP, Mary Lahmann secretary, Janis Davison treasurer, Judy OConnell historian, Ruth Leuenberger reporter. Officers and leaders received corsages. Pledge of Allegiance recited. Roll call asked what members hope to learn in Home Furnishing. Banquet tickets and a $5 donation to the 4-H Camping Center approved. New record books and goals handed out. Meeting adjourned. next gathering Nov 6 at Judy Bahlmann. Tens-N-Teens 4-H club at Douglas Center Schoolhouse held roll call on New Year idea with 19 members present. Two mothers, one visitor, and new leaders Mrs. Stanley Bockhaus and Mrs Elmer Brase attended. Club voted to donate to State 4-H Camp at Madrid Town. New record and expense books distributed. new literature issued. Officers installed. Vicky Burrow gave talk Choosing A Picture.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent urges readers to lift gladiolus corms before frost. ISU horticulturist Ben Vance advises loosening soil, removing stems to an inch, and dusting with fungicides. Cure corms in 80 to 85 degree air for four to five weeks, then store at 35 to 40 degrees in ventilated trays.
Extension Family Living presents Hobby Fair at Tripoli Town Hall October 26 from 1 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM. October 27 is the deadline to purchase 4-H banquet tickets. November 2 to 4 4-H awards banquet begins at 6 30 PM in the Riviera ballroom Janesville.
Mr and Mrs Otto Meier celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary at home on Sunday with children Lavern Meier of Sumner Harvey Hartman of Sumner Merwin Meier of Readlyn and others present. Carol Hartman’s birthday was also noted.
The article from the Tripoli Leader advises bulb planting with soil level just below container rims, then thorough watering. Bulbs need 10 to 12 weeks of cold storage at 40 to 45 degrees, using basements or outdoor trenches. After chilling, grow indoors at about 60 degrees with ample light, then blooms emerge in 2 to 3 weeks. For roses, protect against winter with soil mounding after cleanup, using 10-inch soil mounds, then cover with straw or leaves once frost nears. Remove mounds in spring to avoid root damage and poor growth. Continuous care includes tying canes, pruning in spring, and avoiding soil from the bed.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent urges fall fertilization now for next year’s corn, noting it saves spring time and can be as effective as spring applications. Farmers should act before freeze up and use ammonium or urea based nitrogen to minimize leaching.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent and Iowa State horticulturist Ben Vance advise planting spring flowering bulbs now for indoor bloom during late winter and early spring. Use quality bulbs and clay pots with a sand peat soil mix and drainage material, place bulbs close but not touching, and orient tulips with flat side to wall to direct growth.
A large pumpkin on the Mrs. Nienkark farm in Maquoketa grew through a wire fence, with one half maturing on each side.
The John Young family of Traer celebrated a Traer high school homecoming as five of the seven living siblings returned to the school where four of them had graduated over 50 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Smith of Algona marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Lifelong Kossuth county residents, Mr Smith played locally for nearly five decades, retiring in 1956.
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