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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1964
Page
2
Sept 12 junior cattle feeders sale day at Rath's Yards Waterloo starts 8 am. Sept 14 skating party at Cedar Falls 7 30 pm. Sept 17 boys leaders meeting at Extension office 8 pm. Sept 18 adult camp at Camp Inwanis 9 am.
The RAVE rural amateur variety entertainment contest will be held with the Farm Bureau annual meeting on October 7. Open to Farm Bureau member families or groups with 75 percent members, contestants may perform vocal acts, instrumental pieces, skits, talks, or dances up to six minutes. Judging will emphasize entertainment value. Contact Mrs. Kenneth Ager, county music and recreation chair, Fredericksburg, at Frederika 275-4522.
August and September club meetings recount activity across 4-H groups in Jefferson Superior. Members shared fair entries and demonstrations on tree book making soil erosion canning and ribbons earned at the fair. New member Larry Lee joined, business notes set record deadlines and year start date, and bake sale and Family Night plans were announced.
A five generation gathering occurred at the cottage of Mr and Mrs Donald Johnson in Shel don near East Okoboji with relatives spanning five generations present.
State Representative William Scherle of Henderson has announced his candidacy for floor leader in the house and Representative Paul Knowles of Davenport is also mentioned as a potential candidate.
Bremer County extension data, citing Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell, projects a near 750 million bushel U.S. soybean harvest in 1964 with 125 million bushels forecast for Iowa. Prices may stay near loan rates, with CCC holdings likely to drive supply next summer. exports may reach 190 million bushels as domestic demand softens for meal.
Extension horticulturist Ben F. Vance notes only early blooming mums reliably flower in August and September in Iowa. late varieties may bloom in October or later, risking frost damage. Plant ready-to-bloom mums now, observe flowering dates, and ensure ample water. Also includes lawn seeding guidance with bluegrass and creeping red fescue, rolling sod before watering, and fertilizer use. warns against irrigation delays and mentions patent share in U S automobiles.
Bremer County Farm Bureau Women meet at the Farm Bureau building. Recreation games produced winners Corrine Meyer and Myrtle Rubendall. Plans include RAVE contest, district workshop in Fayette, county workshop in Tripoli with neon luncheon, hobby fair, a reading awards presentation at the 4 H banquet, and a Sept. 18 recreation camp at Camp Ingawanis. Election of officers named Harley Albrecht chairperson, John Beam vice chair, Oscar Haefner publicity chief.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Platte hosted visitors from Tripoli Cedar Rapids and Sioux Falls while Mr and Mrs Clarence Ganske and Sandra joined Elmer Tiedt Jr. in Cedar Rapids. The Meihosts hosted Muschs from S D and Sioux Falls. Funeral attendance for Theodore Ecker in Baldwin Wisconsin noted. The Hagenow family welcomed a son born at Summer. Otto and Elmer Platte visited in Waterloo.
Farm Bureau women sponsor a fall bus tour to Faribault Minnesota on September 30. The trip costs four dollars plus coffee stops and meals. The bus departs from the Farm Bureau office at 6 a.m. and reaches Plainfield at 6 20 a.m. En route visits and stops are listed.
State Hospital and School for Crippled Children no children under 18 allowed for visit Woolen Mills Cheese and the Nutting Truck and Caster Company invite reservations and move in by Sept 19 to Mrs Rd Mrs John Beam M Meier Mrs Harold Mrs Raymond Poo Harley Albrecht Ney should Shop in Tripoli
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