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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official weekly newspaper of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Published each Wednesday since 1894, edited by William A Buckley with subscription rates of 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
The August Clover Teen Erettes meeting at Hildebrandt home welcomed new leaders Mrs. Allen Buhr and Mrs. Weylard Rieck and new members Betty Judisch and Jeanette Voelker. New officers were elected and a report on the Iowa State Fair given. Do-R-Best 4-H also met with plans for family night, new leaders appointed, and multiple committees named. Tripoli Teen Timers held a Sept 12 session with new officers and members. Leroy Gopherettes met Sept 9 with officers elected and activities planned. Safety tips on cellar stairs and guidance on extending cut flower life were included, along with breakfast milk nutrition notes.
Community or church dinners can feature rich red strawberries or cherries as a topping for desserts. Article notes buying frozen berries from local lockers or grocers, with thaw times: 8 to 10 pound cans require 16 to 22 hours, 20 to 30 pound cans need 25 to 30 hours.
Eleven Bremer county 4-H boys completed their 1957 junior feeder projects last Wednesday night after starting in January with calves on feed. They earned ribbons for their work, showing progress in animal husbandry and responsible project completion.
Youth and families toured the Bath plant in Waterloo on Sept 11 to view results of a year’s work feeding calves. Dressing percent alive grade carcass grade and gain rate were shared. Blue ribbons went to Bergmann Strottmann Christopher and Orth brothers. red ribbons to Repp Miller Bull Burrows and Strottmann. Heffernan won a white ribbon.
Iowa State College farm economist Francis A. Kutish expects the 1957 soybean crop to be about the same in total supply as 1956 after carryover. He notes the 1956 crop was unusually early, prices peaked in December 1956 and then declined, with supplies not as large as expected and prices rebounding. Prospects have improved in the western Corn Belt, Illinois could be down, and demand faces stiffer world competition for soybeans and soybean oil and copra.
The article notes anticipated shifts in oilseed and feed supplies, with cottonseed and flaxseed oil down and lard up. Kutish forecasts soybean oil prices in 11 to 13 cents, and soybean meal around 45 to 55 dollars per ton. It cites a 1956 57 average soybean meal price near 46 dollars, rising to about 50 due to drought.
Duane H Judisch son of Mr and Mrs Paul Judisch Route 3 Waverly completed recruit training Sept 4 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Calif Training included 11 weeks instruction in all basic military subjects and the firing of all basic infantry weapons He will now take up communications with the rank of private first class His present address is Pfc Duane H Judisch 1-557-231 0-3-2nd ITR MCB Camp Pendleton Cal
Wendell Michael announces Bremer County Extension program for 1957 58 focusing on weed control soil conservation brucellosis meat type hog marketing and 4 H family living. Council members listed include Dayton Waylord Ambrose Douglas Michael Franklin Kenneth Werner and Mrs E W Kirchhoff with township reps urged to visit the extension office in Tripoli.
Excalibur is the famed sword associated with King Arthur. The legend centers on a blade of mystic power wielded by the monarch, symbolizing rightful sovereignty and heroic prowess.
Mr and Mrs Charles Beard of Dallas Center celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their children traveling from distant places. Genevieve flew 7000 miles from Tokyo while Charlotte traveled 100 miles, the family covering a total of 10728 miles for the event.
Fragmentary note describes S Cotton and U S First Massachusetts building vessels in 1803. Unclear subject details and entities due to damaged text.
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