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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1960
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official Tripoli Iowa Town and Bremer County newspaper published each Wednesday. It was established in 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher and offers subscription rates of 3.50 per year in Iowa and 4.00 elsewhere.
September 30 dairy cattle congress judging contest scheduled. October 4 Fegwise adult home economics leaders training luncheon at 12 30 with lesson at 1 30 at Tripoli Town Hall. 4 H boys county annual meeting at Tripoli Town Hall at 8. October 6 dairy cattle congress demonstration team Jolly Jackson at 9 30 a m.
Jerry Mark of the International Farm Youth Exchange to Jordan will speak at the 4 H boys annual meeting in Tripoli Town Hall on Tuesday evening October 4. The program includes county officer elections with six nominees from clubs and remarks by retiring president Art Becker.
Bremer county extension director Gene Vincent notes many soils can benefit from liming even in continuous corn. He cites ex ISU agronomist J A Stritzel on acidifying effects of repeated nitrogen fertilization. Liming improves nutrient availability soil biology and structure, adds calcium and magnesium, aids legume establishment, and can raise long term yields. profits drop when lime is skipped.
William Heffernan of Ionia is named among seven Iowa youths nominated on Sept 16 for 1961 IFYE trips abroad under the National 4-H Club Foundation. Final selections and country assignments await months of review by foundation officials. Heffernan, ISU agriculture senior, has held local 4-H offices and led campus clubs.
Tripoli Chapter officers for 1960-61 attended an officers training school at New Hampton on Monday September 12 with nine other northeast Iowa chapters. Sophomore Tom Manson begins his second year as reporter and swine producer. Jerry Biermann will serve as president for the year, with Wayne Lageschulte as vice president and Paul Homan as secretary. Fred Hildebrandt is treasurer. all are recognized for long FFA tenure and varied productive projects including dairy cattle swine beef and sow and litter.
Extension director reports many calls about drying corn as northern leaf blight spreads across Bremer County this fall. The bluish grey affected leaves resemble frost days, with large elongated spots forming as plants dry. Helminthosporium leaf blight does not persist in soil year to year, but windborne spread can reach 20 to 30 miles, impacting ear nutrients and yield without clear estimates.
Listing numerous transfers and notices: William Henry Sassmann to Darwin G and Marie Pelley for 100 ft by 918 ft in section 26 91 13. Bell & Sons Co to American Marietta Co. Isadore C Best to Henry R and Shirley M Huebner Jr. Fred Milius to Clara Heideman. W S Ragsdale to Paul H and Ruth Zwanziger. Bertha Wittenburg to Elda Seegers Wittenburg. Norman Mattke to Carnation Co. John M Snyder to Tripoli Sales Co. Anna Tiedt Guardianship to W H and Esther Happel. Includes values, plats, and locations in Denver Readlyn and surrounding townships. Revenue figures listed for each transfer.
A cautionary note on relationships. People who once relied on each other may drift apart as tensions rise. Shared goals fade and disagreements widen. Trust erodes, expectations clash, and the social fabric weakens, leaving only fragile connections behind.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stromsten of Corydon recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. He is 98 and she will soon be 93, highlighting a long marriage and milestones reached by both spouses.
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