Tripoli High opens 1958 baseball season Thursday
Tripoli High School baseball kicks off its 1958 campaign with an afternoon game against Morrows Snn. Coach Stan Higdon leads the squad. Remaining schedule includes Plainfield at home April 14, Janesville away April 17, Denver away April 21, Sumner away April 24 and May 2 sectional eve games April 28 to May 2.
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Tripoli
Snn
Plainfield
Janesville
Denver
Sumner
Stan Higdon
Wapsie Valley Bond Election Set For Friday
Voters in Wapsie Valley Community School district will decide Friday on a proposed 530 000 bond to acquire a site and build a new high school to serve Readlyn Oran and Fairbank students. The Franklin township site would be central with polling at Center School.
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Wapsie Valley Community School District
Readlyn
Oran
Fairbank
Franklin Township
Center School
April Showers Then Warm Sun Returns This Week
April showers came on time with unseasonably cold readings, then a warm sun broke through. Rain totals reached about 0.49 inches across four days, with highs to 61 and lows to 27 as weather observer C. W. Ryan logged daily extremes from April 2 to April 8.
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C. W. Ryan
Former Frederika Resident Mrs Banwell Dies in Nashua Burial
Funeral services were held for Mrs. George Banwell 59 a former Frederika resident at St Michael Catholic Nashua. Burial followed in the Nashua church cemetery. She was born Cicely Mary Mooney Oct 5 1898 on a Leroy township farm later moved to Douglas township and Frederika area. Married Feb 9 1929 to George Banwell. Survived by husband a son George Jr a granddaughter and a brother J E Mooney. Preceded by parents two brothers and a sister.
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Frederika
George Banwell
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Nashua
Flynn
Banwell
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Hampton
Cicely Mary Mooney
Michael Mooney
Leroy Township
Douglas Township
George Jr
J. E. Mooney
Kindergarten Registration in Tripoli School District
Registration for next year's kindergarten in Tripoli Community School District will be held tomorrow in the kindergarten room at Tripoli Grade School. Mothers with last names A through M should bring children 9 a.m. to 12 noon, while those with last names N through Z go 1 to 4 p.m. A child must turn five on or before November 15, 1958 to be eligible.
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Tripoli Community
Tripoli
Combined Choirs To Present Cantata Sunday Evening
Three Tripoli churches unite for a cantata The Wisen Saviour at 8 p m Sunday in St Peter s Evangelical and Reformed church Mass choir from Grace Lutheran Congregational and St Peter s FE and R directed by C J Kimbal Free will offering collected during the worship service in word and song
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Tripoli
Democrat Nomination Contested In Bremer County Supervisor Race
John Corkery of Sumner announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Bremer county supervisor from the Third district, opposing E. E. Graves of Tripoli Leroy township farmer who had announced earlier. The seat is held by Republican B. H. Schnadt of Sumner, term expiring Jan 2, 1959. Dinner guests of Mr and Mrs H H Bull included Mr and Mrs L E Garrett of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Louis Rohrssen.
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Bremer County
John Corkery
Sumner
E. E. Graves
Tripoli
Leroy Township
B. H. Schnadt
GOP
H. H. Bull
L. E. Garrett
Chicago
Louis Rohrssen
Study Your Lesson in The Leader to Pass Your Driver's Exam
A condensed lesson from The Leader outlines key Iowa traffic rules for the tougher written license test. It covers safe passing practices, penalties for unsafe maneuvers, no pass zones, required stopping rules, and signaling requirements as of 1954, noting cautions about yellow lines and proper signal use.
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Leader
Iowa
Waverly Man Files On GOP Ticket for County Attorney
Mervin Flander of Waverly filed as a Republican candidate in the June primary for county attorney. He would succeed James Coddington, who is not seeking re election. Flander has served as assistant county attorney since last year and is with the firm Niewehner and Flander. He has practiced in Waverly since 1954 and graduated from Drake University Law School in June 1953.
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Waverly Man
Mervin Flander
Waverly
James Coddington
Flander
Niewehner and Flander
Drake University Law School
Poock Weds Pierce At Readlyn Sunday
Margaret Poock of Waterloo wed Ernest Pierce son of Mrs Iona Brinkman of Waterloo in St Pauls Lutheran Readlyn with 100 guests. Rev W A Ave-Lallament led the double ring ceremony. The couple plan a Florida honeymoon and will reside at 1039 Newton Waterloo after April 20.
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Readlyn
Margaret Poock
Waterloo
Fred Poock
Ernest Pierce
Iona Brinkman
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
W. A. Ave-Lallament
Emil Stumme
Betty Richmann
Ruth van Duyn
Robert Abel
Barbara Burkhardt
Janesville
Lowen Poock
National Bank
Pierce Conoco’ Station
Florida
Newton
Cancer forum at Sumner Tuesday night
Bremer county chapter of the American Cancer Society sponsors a film and panel discussion at Sumner high school auditorium the program titled Cancerama will screen The Other City A panel of four physicians including Dr Cecil Seibert Dr Clark Cooper Dr Vincent Carstensen and Dr William Perrin will answer audience questions written in advance Refreshments and door prizes will be provided Mrs Elmer Rucker of Denver chairs the Bremer County chapter
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Bremer County
The
American Society
Sumner
Cecil Seibert
Waterloo
Iowa
Society
Clark Cooper
Vincent Carstensen
Waverly
William Perrin
Elmer Rucker
Denver
Furlough Ends as Cpl Boevers Plans Overseas Duty
Cpl and Mrs Lloyd Boevers arrive home Sunday morning to visit parents Mr and Mrs Otto Buls and Mr and Mrs Lorenz Boevers and other relatives and friends. Boevers will return to Camp Pendleton after two week leave and then likely be sent overseas.
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Cpl
Lloyd Boevers
Otto Buls
Lorenz Boevers
Boevers
Camp Pendleton
Interstate Power To Sponsor Baking Roasting Show Here
Interstate Power Co announces a baking and roasting demonstration at its local office on Friday April 18 from 10 am to 5 pm. Free barbecued hams will be given away hourly from 12 noon to 4 pm. Free coffee will be served during the demonstration hours, manager E. H. Stehn said.
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Interstate Power Co
E. H. Stehn
Minor Improvements Voted by Council At Meeting Monday
Tripoli Town Council approved several small projects at Monday night’s regular session. The curb near the W H Warner electric shop will be lowered to widen the driving area by about a foot. A new water main will be laid this week on First Street NW between Third and Fourth Avenues NW and on Fourth Avenue NW between Main Street and First Street NW. A summer street improvement plan was discussed but not acted on pending an engineer’s survey. The clerk was instructed to check eligibility for a federal aid grant to build a new sewage disposal plant.
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Tripoli
W. H. Warner Electric Shop
First Street NW
Third
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue NW
Main Street
First Street
March Mayor's Court Fines 10 Violators in Tripoli
Mayor George V. Barnes reports a busy traffic court in Tripoli during March with fines totaling 52 dollars from 10 violators. Names include Arthur Neuendorf of Tripoli for improper driving, Alvin Greenberg of Fredericksburg and John Woodson of Hawkeye for speeding, and Joe Adelmund and Herb Sievers of Tripoli for parking and license issues. Other cases list Ray Logan of Oelwein for improper turn and related parking fines, with various information filed by city and town marshals.
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Tripoli
George V. Barnes
Arthur Neuendorf
Ed Bany
Alvin Greenberg
Fredericksburg
Bany
Paul Kuethe
John Woodson
Hawkeye
Kuethe
Paul Bremer Jr
Joe Adelmund
Leonard Siegel
Herb Sievers
Ray Logan
Oelwein
Main St
Leo Towne
Margaret Schroeder
Readlyn Farm Bureau Youth Meeting Invites County Singles
In Bremer county, single youths from high school seniors to age 30 are invited to a Readlyn VFW Hall meeting next Monday at 8 p m to form a Farm Bureau Young People's group. Ed Lindner Jr will show slides on his South Pole experiences and Lavonne Scharnhorst will lead a discussion. Recreation and refreshments provided.
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Bremer County
VFW
Readlyn
Farm Bureau
Ed Lindner Jr
South Pole
Lavonne Scharnhorst
Pig With Six Hams Born on Block Farm Fails to Hit Market
A pig born at Paul Block’s farm on Monday had six legs and six hams, promising high bids from packing companies if it had survived. The animal died before marketing could begin, as Mr and Mrs T R Olmstead visited Ezra Olmstead in Shell Rock.
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Paul Block
Paul
Mrs. T.R. Olmstead
Shell Rock
Ezra Olmstead
Tegtmeier to Open Bowling Alley in Opera House Here
Tripoli gains a bowling alley as Lavern Tegtmeier buys the old Tripoli Opera House from Geo Lindsley. Four alleys planned with possible expansion after removing theatre seats and stage. Floors to be ready in 60 days. Saturday night shows end, Darrell Evans hands out remaining prize money. Tegtmeier will operate with his father in the Tegtmeier Oil Co. and run the alley locally.
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Tegtmeier
Tripoli
Lavern Teegtmeier
Geo. Lindsley
Darrell Evans
Edwin Tegtmeier
Drawing Prizes Awarded at Farmers Store
Winners of drawing prizes at the Farmers Store last Saturday were Mrs Albert Green large rabbit Duane Holm chocolate rabbit Ernest Neuendorf small rabbit Leo Towne chocolate egg and G R Rettig chocolate egg.
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Albert Green
Duane Holm
Ernest Neuendorf
Leo Towne
G. R. Rettig
Funeral Tuesday for Ernest Spier at Readlyn Church
Funeral services for Ernest C. Spier, 61, were held Tuesday at Matthias Funeral Home in Denver and Zion Lutheran Church in Readlyn. He died Saturday at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo. Born May 18, 1876, in Bremer County, he married Bertha Hagenow in 1903. Survived by two sons, Elmer and Arnold, and a daughter Lydia. Preceded by parents and wife, plus three brothers and three sisters.
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Readlyn
Ernest C. Spier
Matthias Funeral Home
Denver
Zion Lutheran Church
Elmer Jacobs
Church
Henry Hagenow
Wilbert Hagenow
Arthur Borcherding
Clarence Spier
Emil Spier
Harold Meyer
Spier
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Bremer County
St. Matthew's Church
Bertha Hagenow
Elmer
Cedar Falls
Arnold
Cresco
Lydia
Arnold Stumme
Clermont
Meeting to Form Softball League Scheduled Tonight
A meeting of all persons interested in forming a softball league this summer will be held at Tripoli Sales Co. tonight at 8 o'clock. Games will be played at night on the school football field under the lights. Anyone wishing to play, manage or sponsor a team is urged to attend.
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Tripoli Sales Co
Oltrogge Hosts 56th Anniversary at Readlyn
Readlyn residents Mr and Mrs Carl Oltrogge celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary with a Sunday evening gathering. Attendees included Clarence Oltrogge and family, Burton Beevers and family from Tripoli, Howard Matthews and family, Irene Koschmeder and family, Ernest Oltrogge, Lorenz Oltrogge and family from Readlyn, and others.
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Readlyn
Carl Oltrogge
Clarence Oltrogge
Burton Beevers
Tripoli
Howard Matthews
Irene Koschmeder
Waterloo
Ernest Oltrogge
Lorenz Oltrogge
Condition improves for Denver Savings Bank cashier
S. C. Kimm, cashier of Denver Savings Bank, is convalescing at his home after a five day hospital stay in Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage but is reported recovering nicely.
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Denver
S. C. Kimm
Denver Savings Bank
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
New Secretary Named at Tripoli Cooperative Creamery
Ed Lohmann was appointed secretary of Tripoli Cooperative Creamery Co and assumed duties on April 1, succeeding resigning secretary Mervyn Ormston.
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Ed Lohmann
Tripoli Cooperative Creamery Co
Mervyn Ormston
Frese Couple Visiting In Arizona For Phoenix Stay
Mr and Mrs H J Frese departed Tuesday afternoon for Phoenix Arizona to spend two weeks with their son Mr and Mrs Jack Frese and their grandson Johnny in a family visit arranged through the relatives and the travel plans indicate a brief western sojourn.
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H. J. Frese
Phoenix
Ariz
Jack Frese
Johnny
Dies at Oelwein Pinhook
Fred Dis ley of Oelwein former resident dies at his daughter home Friday night. He is buried at St. Bridget's cemetery Monday morning.
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Oelwein
Fred Disley
St. Bridget’s
County to vote in June on forming conservation board
Bremer county residents will vote in the June primary on forming a county conservation board. A petition gathered 1 106 signatures for a special ballot, presented to the Board of Supervisors by the county conservation and sportsmen’s club. If approved, the board would be appointed by supervisors to manage parks wildlife and conservation areas with levy authority from the supervisors and approval from the Iowa Conservation Commission. The levy ranges from 12 mills to 1 mill. Surrounding counties have already established boards and Fayette will vote in June.
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Bremer County
County Conservation Board
Board of Supervisors
Conservation and Sportsmen's Club
James Coddington
Iowa Conservation Commission
Bremer
Fayette
Large Easter ham draw draws crowd despite rain
A large crowd attended the Easter Egg Hunt for kids and a ham drawing last Saturday afternoon. About 260 children joined the event with over 150 prizes. winners include Mrs. Oscar Quade, Mrs. Elmer Towne, Mike Fink and many others, while several drawn yet absent.
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Oscar Quade
Elmer Towne
Mike Fink
Mabel Hunemuller
Fred C. Fink
Elmer Peters
Fred Hildebrandt
Elmer Gaede
Herman Tegtmeier
Aaron Ludwig
Danny Lee Brase
Alma Tegtmeier
Janet Schneer
C. R. Douglass
Bob Lohmann
Clara Bergmann
Gary Boevers
Ruth Boeckman
H. W. Banser
Lois Bergmann
New Officers of Tripoli VFW Post Installed Wednesday
Brandenburg Krueger Post Veterans of Foreign Wars installed new officers at a post meeting last Wednesday night in the post home. Commander Geo Riedinger led the slate with L L Moeller as senior vice commander Donald Dilley junior vice commander Carl Ryan quartermaster Harold Waschkat judge advocate Forrest Bolte surgeon E J Fink chaplain Robert Hankner trustee and Robert Sassman adjutant.
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Brandenburg- Krueger Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Geo. Riedinger
L. L. Moeller
Donald Dilley
Carl Ryan
Harold Waschkat
Forrest Bolte
E. J. Fink
Robert Hankner
Robert Sassman
Joy Fran Donaldson and Harley Joens to Wed in Sumner
Sumner wedding announced for Joy Fran Donaldson and Harley Joens. Joy Fran, a Sumner High School senior, will wed Harley Joens, son of Mrs Esther Joens of Waverly and the late Edwin Joens, at St John Lutheran Church in Sumner on Sunday at 3 p m. Harley Joens is a Wartburg College junior.
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Joy Fran Donaldson
Harley Joens
Sumner
J. W. Donaldson
Joy Fran
Esther Joens
Waverly
Edwin Joens
St. John Lutheran Church
Miss Donaldson
Sumner High School
Wartburg College
Brother of L H and Fred Fink Quoted on Hospital Stay
Edwin H. Fink of Alameda California suffered a heart attack and is recovering in an Alameda hospital. He is getting along satisfactorily and will stay hospitalized about two more weeks.
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L. H
Fred Fink
Edwin H. Fink
Central Ave
Alameda
Calif
Biz-E-Bees 4-H Bake Sale Set for April 12
The Biz-E-Bees 4-H club will hold a bake sale Saturday April 12 from 1 to 4 PM at Bock's Plumbing and Heating.
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Biz-E-Bees 4-H
Bock’s
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Readlyn Church
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Arizona
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Douglas Kuker
Roger Block
Dennis Schwein
LeRoy Bonarden
Donald Dohrmann
William F. Goetz
Richard Meyer
Frederick Lahmann
Larry Judisch
Larry Rathe
Virgil Henning
Suzanne Towne
Betty Osborn
Karen Brase
Mary Martin
Geraldine Kelsey
Duane Bremer
Conservation Board
Bake Sale
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