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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1966
Page
2
The text records theTripoli Iowa newspaper as a second class mail publication under the act, with publication basics and rates. It notes establishment in 1894, the publisher Robert J. Sassman, and subscription costs 3.50 within Iowa and 4.50 elsewhere. Official paper for Tripoli and Bremer County.
Governor Hughes described inmate crews from Riverview prison farm aiding Des Moines Capitol grounds work. He proposed using prison labor to remove dying elms statewide to counter Dutch Elm disease amid a worker shortage.
Six Bremer County 4-H members received Certificates of Recognition in the State 4-H Demonstration contest at the Iowa State Fair. Two teams and two individuals performed on Friday Aug 26 including Wool Wise by Margaret Kiichmann and Maureen Schoephoerster, Looking Ahead by Joanne Fay and Janet Kuethe, Low Bacteria Means High Quality Milk by Joe Gitch, and Milking Machine Pulsators by Tom Poock. They were accompanied by leaders Mrs. Arthur Kirchmann Mrs. Ray Kuethe and Harvey Guenther.
Bremer County Extension Director reports a bullish mood for soybeans with prices around 3.60 a bushel in late August and forecasts of 2.75 to 3.25 in Central Iowa for much of 1966 67. Official 1966 crop forecasts predict 860.5 million bushels nationally and 146.3 million in Iowa, with gains driven by acreage and modest yields.
Pinook granddaughter Pamela Sus, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Buzzah, baptized at Waucoma Sunday with Father Drummy officiating. Neighbors and relatives including the Fay and Pals families, McConkeys, OConnell, and others attended church and visited in homes across Cresco Waterloo and Frederika. Mrs Ada McConkey noted for hosting and attending multiple calls and events.
Eight Bremer County Extension Council members toured Iowa State University facilities on August 30 including the agricultural engineering, agronomy, horticulture, animal science, home economics, and veterinary clinics. Dean Marvina Anderson outlined moves to area Extension offices and closer specialist access, while President W. Robert Parks called council members partners in planning programs.
The Weekly Garden Column by Gene Vincent advises planting peonies now with 5 eye divisions for best results. Choose sunny, well drained sites, shallow planting, and mulch after frost. Also outlines indoor wintering of parsley and chives in 5-6 inch pots and a pot-in-soil transplant method for herbs.
Adults attend a one day camp on September 27 from 9 00 a m to 4 00 p m at Camp Inga wanis in Waverly.
Iowa officials expect 300 to 400 married men without children to be drafted in October as part of an overall draft call of 859 men. Lt Col Victor Gillespie notes the rise from June to September, while Iowa records the nation’s lowest draft rejection rate at 26.1 percent.
The Darel Timsons of La Porte City run a family pet business that began when Bonnie and Declan Timson received a pair of guinea pigs two years ago. Since then they have housed 118 guinea pigs.
Leather is sold by the skin not by the yard. Choose pattern with simple lines, make muslin mockups, and determine skin count from pattern. Use 3/8 to 1/2 inch seam, pick uniform weight skins, orient pieces same direction, reinforce seams, and use a leather needle with heavy thread for 8 to 10 stitches per inch.
A reader note explains that 10 to 12 inches of snow roughly equals 1 inch of rain. The rule of thumb helps convert snow accumulation to potential water equivalent for weather planning.
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