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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1957
Page
6
The Tripoli Leader is Tripoli Iowa’s official town and Bremer County newspaper published weekly since 1894. William A Buckley serves as publisher with annual subscriptions of 3.00 in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Jefferson Jills meet at Connie Yarring ton with 15 members. Demonstrations and ribbons highlight fair results. Also reports from Maxfield Merry Maids Wapsie Whirlwinds and upcoming meetings. Hog price outlook notesLimited hog supply elevates prices but imports expect price shift with August market influx.
Iowa State College economist Francis A. Kutish says a 20 percent cutback in egg type chick hatch during the first half of 1957 will shrink laying flocks this summer and fall, though egg output may stay near last year in late summer and fall. By year end, fewer layers reduce production below 1956. June shows a below year ago turkey hatch, but total 1957 hatch may be 4-5 percent above 1956. Storage and prices drop, while hog slaughter remains weak, limiting packing plants to minimum capacity.
Iowa sheep will provide almost 4 of the total wool produced in the United States this year, per the Iowa Development Commission. 1957 Iowa wool output is estimated at 8,496,000 pounds, up about 6 from 1956, with 1,063,000 sheep shorn, over 6 more than last year, while the national output falls about 3. Iowa fleece weight holds at eight pounds, matching 1956 and the 1946 55 ten year average.
Nine Bremer County 4-H members showed 15 dairy heifers at the Iowa State Fair. Ronald Orth won the county’s only first place with a junior yearling calf, plus a Holstein cow second and a Guernsey senior yearling at tenth. Other placings include Jersey and Guernsey entries with multiple ribbons and honorable mentions across the Douglas Rockets Maxfield Rangers and Washington Herdsmen groups.
John R. Axon son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Axon Tripoli completed recruit training Aug 29 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. The 11 week course covers basic military subjects and firing all basic infantry weapons. Upon completion new Marines are assigned to a unit for further infantry training or Marine Corps schools.
County Extension Director Doyle N. Gorden of Tripoli reports about 300 hay conditioners used on Iowa farms this year. Ken Barnes of Iowa State College notes conditioners speed hay curing, especially after rain, with cost around 700 dollars and potential payback on large hay acreages. Preliminary tests show conditioners speed curing without changing hay quality, aiding dairy farms. A separate farm accident involved a milk truck crash near Coggan, destroying 85 milk cans and 10,000 gallons of milk. Earrings date back to pre historic times.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Wehling and friends celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary with guests including Stroemer Ludwig Strottmann Koschmeder Buhr and Buhr families. The Platte home hosted visiting friends and a later church wedding reception occurred in Denver. Dornbusch and Jacobs attended a clergy physicians conference at Wartburg. Mrs Wehling and Mrs Dornbusch toured Yellowstone recently. Mrs Lorenz Strottmann was a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital after surgery.
Pinhook hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kuethe and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Matthias who visited Waverly on Wednesday. Fredericksburg guests Mrs. Harold Ellsworth and James called on Mrs. Clyde McConkey Friday evening. Bruce Pals, returning from Independence, will enter Wartburg College in Waverly Tuesday. Alfred Hahn and sister from Waverly visited brother L. Braun at Sumner Community Hospital Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leo McDonough also mentioned.
Weekend trips and Sunday visits around Sumner noted with several families traveling to Wisconsin Dells and Waterloo. Local gatherings included St Bridget’s Altar and Rosary Society and Methodist Ladies Aid. Mentions include teaching at Mentor school and various calls on neighbors and relatives. a stray quote about eschatology ends the fragment.
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