County Supervisors Enforce Load Limits on County Roads
Bremer county supervisors imposed embargoes on bituminous surfaced roads to limit heavy trucks this spring. The measure, overseen by county engineer Farl H. Welshons, specifies tonnage limits on eight sections including Buck Creek road, Horton road, Clarksville road, Bremer-Westgate road, Klinger road, Knittel road and nearby routes, with 8 to 10 ton limits.
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Bremer Coun
Bremer County
Rosing
Farl H. Welshons
Horton Road
Waverly City Limits
Iowa No
Clarksville Road
Iowa No. 218
Butler County Line
Bremer-Westgate
Iowa No. 63
Iowa No. 3
Black Hawk County
Tripoli City Limits
Merchants Host Easter Ham Drawing and Egg Hunt
Tripoli Commercial Club merchants sponsor an Easter event with a drawing for twenty five canned hams at the American Savings Bank corner Saturday April 21 at 3 00 p m Registration tickets available at participating merchants Friday morning Each merchant issue a receptacle for registrations Prizes limited to one per family Winners must attend to claim Prize Children under 12 compete in the Easter Egg Hunt at Tripoli Town Hall starting 2 00 p m with free treats and a lucky number for each child Numbers posted in merchant windows correspond to prizes at each shop
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American Savings Bank
Tripoli Town Hall
Interstate Power Demonstrates New Electronic Range in Tripoli
Interstate Power Co will display the electronic range and demonstrate its use in Tripoli at town hall. Two sessions are scheduled for 7 p m and 8 p m on Tuesday April 10. The public is invited and an afternoon demo is planned for Tripoli High School students.
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Interstate Power Co
Interstate Power Company
Tripoli
Tripoli Town Hall
Spring Concert by Instrumental Music Dept at High Auditorium
The Community School's Instrumental Music Department presents a spring concert Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program features Bree Separate elementary bands for 5th and 6th graders, the 28-piece junior band for seventh to ninth graders, and the senior band performing nine varied pieces. Admission is free.
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Ent
Amunity School
Pring
Lece
Senior Class Play at Wapsie Valley Set for April 9 10
The Wapsie Valley High School Senior Class presents a three act comedy Meet Me in St. Louis on Monday and Tuesday evenings April 9 and 10 at 8 00 PM in the Little Theater. Four daughters aim to stop moving to New York while a cast of John Reith Linda Lehmkuhl Judy Warneke Connie Lampe Jeanne Prentice Jim Gallup Sara Jane McKone Dale Wehling Doreen Hein Joan Snyder Marlene Wehling Jim Dugger Bill Werner Bill Stromgren Andrea Koldt and John Matthias perform under director Mrs Neva Rakowicz.
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Wapsie Valley High School
St. Louis
New York
John Reith
Linda Lehmkuhl
Judy Warneke
Connie Lampe
Jeanne Prentice
Jim Gallup
Nominations Open For Master Swine Producers Award
Bremer county begins nominations for the 1962 Iowa Master Swine Producers awards. Entry requires a 10 sow operation and five years of self-raised hogs. Records must cover farrowings, pig counts, weights, and sales. It is a developmental project not a contest. top producers will gain public recognition in fall 1962.
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Bremer County
Gene Vincent
Iowa
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Iowa State University
Vincent
Towa
Golden wedding anniversary and 1912 marriage
Mr and Mrs Charles H Smith of Tripoli celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on a Wednesday at 5 p m. The couple wed Melva A Meier at her parents home, Mr and Mrs Fred W Meier, on March 28 1912, in a ceremony conducted by Rev Chapman. Mr Smith is the son of Mr and Mrs Leonard J Smith.
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Charles H. Smith
Tripoli
Smith
Melva A. Meier
Fred W. Meier
Rev. Chapman
Leonard J. Smith
Sassman son released from Sumner hospital
Jeffrey Sassman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sassman, was discharged Monday from Sumner hospital after a brief stay beginning Friday.
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Jeffrey Sassman
Robert Sassman
Sumner Hospital
Leah Leonard Returns Home From Sumner Hospital
Leah Leonard daughter of Peggy Leonard was discharged and returned home Wednesday from Sumner Hospital after hospitalization.
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Leah Leonard
Peggy Leonard
Sumner Hospital
Tripoli High Third Period Honor Roll Names 65 Students
Tripoli High announced the third nine week honor roll with 65 students earning at least a B average. Seven students earned straight A’s: Sandra Aubrey George Emkes Laura Hurmence Sandra Bergmann Gladys Blasberg Robert Brewer Sharon O Connell.
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Tripoli High
Robert Campbell
Sandra Aubrey
George Emkes
Laura Hurmence
Sandra Bergmann
Gladys Blasberg
Robert Brewer
Sharon O'Connell
Traffic Violators For Past Month Assessed Fines
Four persons were assessed a total of $22.00 in fines plus costs during March in Tripoli Mayor Barnes' court. All four violations were moving traffic offenses. Peter Belsky Chicago careless driving 10.00. Ronald Mastin Tripoli speeding 5.00. Lorenz Poock Hawkeye speed 2.00. Darrell Buchholz Tripoli failure to have control 2.00.
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Tripoli
Barnes
Peter Belsky
Chicago
Ronald Mastin
Lorenz Poock
Hawkeye
Darrell Buchholz
Salvation Army to Pick Up Donated Items in Tripoli
The Salvation Army red shield truck will be in Tripoli on April 18 to collect paper magazines clothing rags furniture pots and pans dishes knickknacks and other discard items. Watch for the red shield truck for pickup service.
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Salvation Army
Red Shield
Tripoli
Denver High School Honors 26 for Third Period
Denver High School announced that 26 students earned third nine week honor roll status, requiring no grade below RB. Seniors named: Katherine Kalainoff Constance May Diane Meier Marilyn Meier Janice Rogers Dennis Saltzman. Juniors include Rosemary Bloeser Margaret Colburn Carol Heineman Peggy Herrmeyer Dean Meier Julianne Meyne W Richard Moeller Marie Platz Miriam Platz Diane Sage. Sophomores Janice Baier David Daniels Bonnie Griese Jean Schlotman Carol Schneider Dennis Schroeder Paulette Seegers. Freshmen Gary Konarske Terry Luloff David Trunnell.
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Katherine Kalainoff
Constance May
Diane Meier
Marilyn Meier
Janice Rogers
Dennis Saltzman
Rosemary Bloeser
Margaret Colburn
Carol Heineman
Peggy Herrmeyer
Dean Meier
Julianne Meyne
W. Richard Moeller
Marie Platz
Miriam Platz
Diane Sage
Janice Baier
David Daniels
Bonnie Griese
Jeannine Schlotman
Carol Schneider
Dennis Schroeder
Paulette Seegers
Gary Konarske
Terry Luloff
David Trunnell
Wapsie Valley to Host Exhibition Basketball Game
The senior class of Wapsie Valley High School arranged an exhibition with Don Nelson's Town All-Stars and the Titus Air Falls from Waterloo at the Wapsie Valley gym on Tuesday, April 17.
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Wapsie Valley High School
Don Nelson
Town All-Stars
Titus Air Fails
Waterloo
Wapsie Valley Gymnasium
Local Elementary Principal Attends Annual NEA Meet
Fred Smith, principal of Part Tri City elementary, attended the NEA department of elementary school principals meeting in Detroit. The theme Guideliness to Excellence covered leadership, testing, creativity, media use, classroom organization, and teaching machines. Smith noted the interest in teaching machines but urged careful material selection due to uncertain research on overall value.
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Fred Smith
Tripoli Community School
Department of Elementary School Principals
NEA
Detroit
Smith
Governor Erbe Drops Plan for Iowa Tourism Booklet
Gov Norman A Erbe ends push for 43000 state funds to print a half million copies of a 22 page tourism booklet amid a political smear. He seeks private funding now as Iowa Tourist Promotion Council forms with John Brockway as president. committee chair denies politics, council weighs fundraising options.
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Norman A. Erbe
Erbe
Legislative Interim Committee
State Executive Council
Executive Council
John Brockway
Des Moines
Iowa
Brockway
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
Remains Hospitalized After Waterloo Incident
Carl Bahlmann remains hospitalized at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after being taken there on March 24.
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Carl Bahlmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Mrs Cynthia Bishop Released From Mercy Hospital
Mrs Cynthia Bishop has returned to the home of Dr. and Mrs. W G Goebel after being hospitalized at Mercy hospital in Waverly.
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Cynthia Bishop
W. G. Goebel
Mercy Hospital, Waverly
Move to Waverly Mrs Klemp D Dated to Waverly Friday
Mr and Mrs James Klemp relocate to Waverly with Mr Klemp taking Kaiser Furniture duties there. He is employed there and began his day, following a move on Friday.
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Waverly
James Klemp
Kaiser
Monmore
Convalescing Mrs. Heideman Returns Home
Convalescing Mrs. W. H. Heideman, formerly a surgical patient at Sum ners hospital, was discharged and returned home on Monday.
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W. H. Heideman
Sumners Hospital
Scout-o-rama ticket sales begin Saturday in Waterloo
Tickets for the 1942 Wapsie Scout-o-rama go on sale at 9:00 a.m. April 7 through local Cub and Boy Scout units. The event on May 5 at the Hippodrome Auditorium in Waterloo features themes Worlds of Scouting with 120 packs and troops. Admission is 2:00 to 8:30 p.m. Children under 14 admitted free with a paying adult. proceeds fund equipment for local units and the Ingawanis camping area near Waverly.
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Hippodrome Auditorium
Waterloo
William Stevens
Scoutorama
Ingawanis
Waverly
Scout-o Rama
National Youthpower Congress Attended By Carol Zwanziger
Carol Zwanziger returned from Chicago where she attended the National Youthpower Congress held March 28 31. She was one of 12 Iowa winners with a project on food and fitness surveying classmates nutrition planning a weekly menu shopping for a week and featuring a nutritional breakfast. Her display highlighted milk’s value and eating habits as part of a school project.
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National Youthpower Congress
Carol Zwanziger
Frederika
Chicago
Iowa
Ness
Carol
Harold Zwanziger
The
Tripoli
Legion Auxiliary Plans April Meeting and Hawaii Slides
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting on April 10 at 8 p m in Town Hall. Delpha Frese will present slides from the Hawaii trip. Hostesses for the event are Hazel Chapin Emma Kelsey and Alvine Schroeder.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Town Hall
Delpha Frese
Hawaii
Hazel Chapin
Emma Kelsey
Alvine Schroeder
NFO Sausage Supper Set for Monday Evening at Sumner
Bremer County NFO will sponsor a sausage supper Monday evening April 9 at the American Legion Hall in Sumner. Serving to start at 5 30 to 8 00 P M. Evening speaker will be Oren Lee Staley National President of the NFO from Rhea Missouri. Those interested in the NFC program are urged to attend.
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Sumner
Bremer County Nfo
American Legion
Oren Lee Staley
NFO
Rhea
Missouri
Sway-back Bridge East of Tripoli Closed to Traffic
High water from the Wapsipinicon river has closed the sway-back bridge east of Tripoli to traffic for safety. A key decision on reopening to limited travel will depend on further damage findings after an inspection. A new bridge is planned for this year with construction set for late May or early June, length expected 100 to 150 feet, per Bremer County officials.
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Tripoli
Wapsipinicon
Bremer County
Bremer County Board of Supervisors
Spring snow slows warmth with slow readings average
High readings are slow to arrive with spring snows. total snow 6.8 inches across three days and 0.68 inches moisture. Temperatures ranged from 70 to 15 degrees. Farmers fear delay to spring work as J. M. Haydon reports daily at 6 pm.
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J. M. Haydon
Airman Gundel to Duty in Spain During Leave
A/10 and Mrs. Lawrence C. Gundel of Las Vegas Nevada are on a 15 day leave with Rev. and Mrs. Geo J Gundel. Airman Gundel is stationed at Nellis AFB and will be assigned to duty in Spain mid month.
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A/10
Lawrence C. Gundel
Las Vegas
Nev
Geo. J. Gundel
Gundel
Nellis Air Force Base
Spain
Tripoli Track Team Competes In Triangular Indoor Meet
Tri- city indoor triangular meet at College High fieldhouse features Tripoli and Janesville with College High. Don Blasberg wins mile. Alan Schwemm ties for first in 50 yard dash. Moeller places in mile relay, 440 dash, broad jump. Bunger shows in hurdles. Eighteen Tripoli athletes compete. seven travel to Iowa City for Class A state indoor meet.
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Tripoli
Janesville
College High
Cedar Falls
Don Blasberg
Alan Schwemm
Larry Moeller
Dixon Bunger
Joe Rausch
Dennis Bergmann
Charles Mueller
Steve Biermann
Justin Biermann
Clinton Burrow
Carl Brooks
Virgil Block
Dennis Juel
Dennis Bahlmann
Roy Drewis
Darrell Hinrichs
Bill Garner
Alan Kuecker
Iowa City
Mueller
Blasberg
Brooks
Schwemm
Bergmann
Hinrichs
Tripoli Bowling Union Sets Third Annual Recognition Banquet
Tripoli Bowling Association plans its third annual banquet for Monday evening May 14 at the Riviera Ballroom in Janesville. Eligible guests include all league bowlers, team sponsors, and their spouses. Tickets go on sale Monday evening at $1.75 per person, with each league appointing a sales rep. The event aims to honor season winners with a 7 p.m. start and trophy and prize presentations for both men’s and women’s teams.
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Tripoli Bowling Association
Riviera Ballroom
Janesville
Funeral Services for Robert Buss Held in Denver
Robert W. Buss, 78, died of a heart attack Tuesday in Waterloo. Funeral services were held Friday at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Denver with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his widow Martha Gielau Buss and three daughters, plus brothers, a sister, and five grandchildren. Preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, one granddaughter, two brothers and four sisters.
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Denver
Robert W. Buss
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Church
C. F. Hafermann
Matthias Abbas
Arthur Mixdorf
Wilbur Gielau
Harold Gielau
Wm. Buss
Ernest Buss
Edwin Buss
Germany
Martha Gielau
Bremer County
Lavern Steege
Waterloo
Leroy Happle
Readlyn
Earl Matthiesen
Otto
Albert
Minnie Lubbert
Elma
Iona
Tripoli Youth Arrested in Car Theft Ring
A 17 year old Tripoli boy was arrested Thursday by Waverly police in a stolen car taken from behind the Maxfield tavern. He admitted stealing three cars in Waverly and two in Tripoli, plus two breakins and several thefts from cars and shops. Breakins reported at Colburn Feed Mill and Tripoli Implement Co. An adding machine was taken in both breakins. He remains in parental custody pending juvenile court action.
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Tripoli
Waverly
Maxfield
Tripoli-Waverly
Colburn
Tripoli Implement Co
State Conservation Com Announces Personnel Changes
The State Conservation Commission announces a reorganization with Arden H. Mead of Des Moines named chief of administration, taking over from Les Faber who becomes director of planning and coordination. Ray Mitchell becomes chief of lands and waters, Joe Brill is promoted to parks superintendent, and Robert Rollins becomes superintendent of enforcement in the fish and game division.
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State Conservation Commission
Commission
Arden H. Mead
Des Moines
The
Conservation Commission
Mead
Les Faber
Faber
Ray Mitchell
Joe Brill
Ottumwa
Mitchell
Robert Rollins
Newton
Fish and Game Division
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Linda Barry
Charles Block
Karen Bockhaus
Carol Bock
Karen Boeckmann
LeRoy Bonarden
Larry Bunger
Karla Busse
Diane Drape
Larry Judisch
Jackie Lobeck
Judy O'Connell
Duane Schumacher
Naomi Thalacker
Sue Towne
Lois Wagner
Judy Whitney
Joyce Boldt
Diane Brase
Mary Brewer
Robert Everding
Hazel Haynes
Caroline Kehe
Dennis McNamee
Sharon Nacke
Kenneth Nuss
Barbara Rathe
Loren Sommerfelt
Karen Watts
Kathy Aubrey
Marilyn Beam
Doug Boeckmann
Mary A. Buchholz
Joann Buchholz
Mark Bull
Sandra Ellison
Mike Fink
Keith Heffernan
Elaine Klenzman
Marshall Wilharm
Kathy Whitney
Allan Alcock
Allen Blasberg
Vicky Burrow
Kathleen Dirksen
Bonnie Eick
Diane Feuchtwanger
Susan Lohmann
Sharon Miller
Barbara Primus
Jane Rieck
Mary Westendorf
Karla Zander
Denver High School
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Ramon H. Green
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Legion Auxiliary
Panthers
Robert Buss
Mr. Buss
State Conservation Com
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