Tripoli Community School District hires two new music teachers
The Tripoli Community School District Board announced two new music teachers for next year, Franklin Koch to vocal music and Aiton Dresselhaus to instrumental music, while three positions remain to be filled. Several current staff have signed contracts with a $200 yearly raise. the Leroy No. 4 rural school will close next year.
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Tripoli Community School
Dorothy Brunner
Dorothy MelIntee
Richard Semler
E. R. Shriver
John Casey
John Mullen
Ted Olmstead
Henry Hinton
William Gardner
Carol School
Helen Bunger
Patricia Puffer
Eileen Barrack
Ruby Servest
Betty Goodenbour
Bertha Weidler
Wilma O'Connell
Arvella Pipho
Fred Smith
Hazel Chapin
Blanche Sauerbrei
Elizabeth Larsen
Lorene Krueger
Marion Tucker
Esther Joens
Marie Kuhr
Helen Dreyer
Marcella Bales
Ann Huck
Betty Snelling
Leroy No. 4
Shriver
Tripoli Red Sox Set Annual Meeting Date
The Tripoli Red Sox announce their annual meeting for Saturday April 13 at 7 p.m. in the Tripoli Town Hall to organize the team and elect directors for the coming season. All interested are urged to attend.
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Tripoli Red Sox
Tripoli Town Hall
Bank at Frederika Reports Assets and Deposits
The Bank at Frederika reports total assets of 590 660 77 with total deposits of 537 124 74 including 192 846 05 in time deposits and 271 831 78 in demand deposits. Capital stands at 30 000 surplus 15 000 and undivided profits 8 536 03. Fred Rewoldt serves as president and F D Rewoldt as cashier.
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Fred Rewoldt
F. D. Rewoldt
Minor boundary changes planned for Wapsie district
Public hearing Tuesday in Waverly reviewed small shifts in the proposed Wapsie Valley Community School district boundaries. About 50 residents attended as minor territory and assessed valuations were discussed. The largest adjustment touched Fayette County east of Oran affecting a few farms favoring Delwein’s reorganization area. one farm each in Black Hawk and Bremer counties were also affected. A follow up hearing is expected near month’s end with a likely April 30 meeting. If no objections arise, boards of education in Bremer, Black Hawk, Fayette, and Buchanan counties will set an election date for the district’s reorganization. The Wapsie district includes Readly in Oran and Fairbank depots and nearby rural districts.
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Wapsie Valley
Waverly
Ftal
Black Hawk County
Bremer County
Boards of Education
Bremer
Black Hawk
Fayette
Buchanan
Wapsie
Readly
Oran
Fairbank
Veral
Wayside Inn Gets Face Lifting Job
An unusual face lifting operation was performed Monday on the Wayside Inn at the north end of the business district. The building was cut in two, the top half raised about three feet and new sides added to fill the gap. Remodeling the upstairs aims to provide more suitable living quarters for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Niemeyer.
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Wayside Inn
Gordon Niemeyer
School District To Sell Two Rural Properties by Bid
The district will sell two rural properties by sealed bids opened Thursday April 25. Items include two school houses Rima No. 3 Leroy township and Union No. 5 Frederika township, the land, furnishings and fixtures, plus 35 large pine trees from the Frederika site. Bids may cover any or all, with sale method to maximize proceeds. One-half acre lies with Leroy and 1.34 acres with Frederika. Legal sale terms are on page 9.
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Tripoli Community
Rima No
Leroy Township
Union
Frederika Township
Leroy
Frederika
Beam and Creager Nominated for Bremer Conservation District
Nomination papers filed for John Beam of Ionia and Richard Creager of Sumner for two seats on the Bremer Conservation district commission. An election will be held at the American Legion hall in Sumner on April 24 from 5 to 8 PM to fill the vacancy caused by Flynn Brayton’s term end. Holdover commissioners are August Buhr and Glen Shere.
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John “Eam Tenia
Richard Creager
Sumner
Bremer Conservation District
American Legion Hall
Flynn Brayton
Beam
Douglas Township
Mr. Creager
August Buhr
Glen Shere
Janesville
Doctor Barry to Close Office for Osteopathic Conference
The office of Dr. C R Barry will be closed next Monday through Wednesday as he attends the 25th annual National Osteopathic Child Health conference and clinic in Kansas City Missouri on those dates.
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C. R. Barry
Kansas City
Tripoli merchants offer free tickets with every purchase
Shoppers in Tripoli can win one of 25 Easter hams in a merchant sponsored promotion. From April 10 to 20, customers receive a free ticket with each $1 spent or charged, entering a drawing at 3 p.m. April 20 at the bank corner. An Easter egg hunt for children under 15 follows at the Town Hall.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Commercial Club
Sixth in Series of Lenten Vespers at Grace Church
Grace Lutheran church hosts the sixth mid-week Lenten vesper tonight at 8. The theme is In Christ We Overcome Mis understanding. Guest soloist S A Maurer will sing I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked.
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Grace Church
Grace Lutheran Church
S. A. Maurer
Jesus
Lenten Service Nears Final Weeks at St Peter’s Church
St Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church sponsors Lent services with the next to last gathering scheduled for tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The sermon theme is In the Garden.
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St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mrs Mabel Kuhrt Hospitalized in Waverly Morning
Mrs Mabel Kuhrt was admitted to Mercy hospital in Waverly on Thursday morning, documenting a local medical entry for the day.
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Mabel Kuhrt
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Carol Thran Weds Air Force Lieutenant in Hawaii
Carol Thran daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Thran married Lt David Arthur Tomson of Strongville Ohio on March 23 in the Protestant chapel at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii The bride a State University of Iowa nursing graduate is employed at Leahi hospital Honolulu Her husband serves with the Pacific Division Air Force Military Transport Service as a navigator
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Readlyn
Carol Thran
Oscar Thran
David Arthur Tomson
Strongville
Ohio
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
State University of Iowa School of Nursing
Leohe Hospital
Honolulu
Pacific Division
Air Force Military Transport Service
Postal Service Curtailed Here Starting Saturday
Postmaster Ray H. Fink announced sharp nationwide postal cutbacks unless Congress provides 30 million dollars. Beginning Saturday, post offices close on Saturdays with no window service, rural delivery halted, and hours reduced to 830 am to 5 pm weekdays. Third class mail and money orders suspended April 29 pending funds.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Prep Baseballers beat Readlyn to open season 10 to 7
Tripoli High opened the 1957 baseball season by defeating Readlyn 10 to 7. Readlyn led 2-0 in the first, but Tripoli surged with seven runs in the second and added runs in later innings to secure the win. Olejniczak had three hits including two doubles for Tripoli.
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Prep Baseballers
Readlyn
Warriors
Jerry Snelling
Dennis Olejniczak
Tripoli Battery
C. Matthias
R. Gruber
F. Merrill
Tripoli
Panthers
Olejniczak
Busse
Snyder
Kramer
Seven Members in Siegel Church Confirmation Class
Seven members in the 1957 confirmation class will take vows in services Sunday at St. John s Evangelical and Reformed church Siegel. The Rev. W D Weidler will lead. Names include Jerry Biermann Fred erick Hildebrandt Roger Buchholz Vernon Buchholz Phyllis Kappmeyer Joyce Schnurstein Joyce Buls.
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St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Siegel
W. D. Weidler
Jerry Biermann
Frederick Hildebrandt
Roger Buchholz
Vernon Buchholz
Phyllis Kappmeyer
Joyce Schnurstein
Joyce Buls
Transfer To Allen Memorial For Surgery In Waterloo
Fred Joens was moved from Mercy hospital in Waverly to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo for surgery on Tuesday morning.
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Waterloo Hospital
Fred Joens
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Senior Class Play Will Be Presented Friday at School
The Tripoli High School senior class stages the comedy Tattletale in the school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. The cast includes Ronald Sommerfelt and Joy Eichmann as Mr and Mrs Blaine and Yale Kramer as Artie with Carol Blame as Isabel and Jolane Tegtmeier as Patty.
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Tripoli High School
Mrs. Blaine
Ronald Sommerfelt
Joy Eichmann
Artie
Yale Kramer
Isabel
Carol Blame
Patty
Jolane Tegtmeier
Ida May
Jeanie Biermann
Ted
Roger Drape
Paul Cummings
Marvin Gatch
Monica
Trudy Nerge
Louella
Darlyl Bull
Barney
Oscar Kreis
Mrs. Nixon
Elaine Haverkamp
Jerry Snelling
Miss Wiggam
Barbara Bang
Walt Kennedy
Leonard Stumme
Mr. Whittaker
Kenny Rettig
Bixley
Ralph Bolte
Lorimer
Sherrie Sauerbrei
Woman's Club
Hetty Heaton
Marian Blasberg
Quiz
Barbara Bockhaus
Carol Schoof
New Beauty Salon Opening in Tripoli by Mrs Krueger
Mrs Frederick Krueger formerly Dee Bock announced the opening of Dee's Beauty Salon in Tripoli next Monday. The shop will be in the Biermann building one block west of the Interstate Power Co corner. She is a Paris Academy of Beauty Culture graduate and has worked last year as an operator in Waterloo.
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Tripoli
Frederick Krueger
Dee Bock
Dee
Beauty Salon
Biermann
Interstate Power Co
Krueger
Paris Academy of Beauty Culture
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Open Sealed Bids For Tripoli School Bonds April 29
Sealed bids for 410000 dollars in Tripoli Community School district bonds to build a high school will be opened at 8 p m Monday April 29. Interest rate up to 3 4 percent, semiannual payments May 1 and November 1. First bonds mature November 1 1958 with amounts scheduled for redemption through 1976.
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Tripoli Community
Peacock and Kane Return From Pharr Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Lee O. Peacock arrived home Wednesday after a two and a half month vacation at Pharr Texas. Mr. and Mrs. J R Kane of Sumner accompanied them, completing a two week Pharr visit.
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Lee O. Peacock
Pharr
Tex
J. R. Kane
Sumner
Mrs. Peacock
Dr Magnall Attends Cedar Valley Veterinary Meeting
Dr. L. J. Magnall attended a Cedar Valley Veterinary association meeting in Waterloo on Monday evening.
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L. J. Magnall
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
Waterloo
Open House Planned for Moeller Home this Weekend
A two day open house for a new Moeller Construction Co. home will run Saturday and Sunday from 1 30 to 5 p m near Tri Poli Grade School. The residence features a living room planter built in oven and stove in the kitchen and a finished basement with three bedrooms and combined living dining area. Materials and fixtures supplied by Hasbrouck Voetmann Lumber Co W H Warner Block Klemp Plumbing Heating Rettig Furniture supplied floors carpet and draperies with Rettig s furnishing the home for the event.
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Moeller Construction Co
Tripoli
L. L. Moeller
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
W. H. Warner
Block & Klemp Plumbing & Heating
Rettig Furniture
Rettig’s
Readlyn V. F. W. Had Officer Installation At Meeting Thursday
READLYN Special Officers of the Wayne Teisinger post Veterans of Foreign Wars were installed Thursday night. Named were Hartley Seydel commander R. J. Freitag Jr. senior vice commander Glenn Fortsch junior vice commander Gordon Miller judge advocate Herman Cordes chaplain Erwin Stahlhut surgeon Paul Oltrogge adjutant James Macken quartermaster and Earl Rommel service officer.
Confirmation Service For Four Youths At Crane Creek
Four youths will take confirmation vows at St. John’s Lutheran Crane Creek Sunday at 10 30 a m. The service will be led by Pastor Dr Em Fuchs. Confirmands are Joanne Beevers Judy Hinrichs Marietta Schuldt and Larry Lohmann, children of local families. Public invited to attend.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Em. Fuchs
Joanne
Ewald Beevers
Judy
Walter Hinrichs
Marietta
Leo Schuldt
Larry
Walter Lohmann
Denver Voters Reject $7,000 Water Mains Bond
Denver voters rejected a $7,000 bond issue to extend water mains into the northern part of town. The tally was 87 yes to 66 no, with 91 yes needed for a 60 percent majority. The plan aimed to serve 10 or 11 homes using wells with low water tables.
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Denver
Easter Cantata by Combined Choirs at E and R Church
The Easter cantata He Lives Again will be presented by the combined choirs of Congregational and St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed churches next Sunday at 8 PM in St. Peter's Church. Public is invited. a free will offering will be taken. The program features solos and choral numbers including The Prayer Perfect Faith Is the Victory Remember Joseph's Garden Unseen Angels and He Lives with Mrs Daniel Jahnke and Mrs Frederick Drewis performing duets and S A Maurer and C J Kimbal directing.
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Congregational
St. Peter's
James Klemp
S. A. Maurer
C. J. Kimbal
Fifteen to Be Confirmed In Grace Church
Fifteen members of the 1957 confirmation class will be received into Grace Lutheran church membership during the Sunday morning worship at 10:30. The group includes Leonard Block, Elmer H. Buchholz Jr., Peggy Christoffer, Mary Louise Goetz, David Ray Guhlow, Jeannie Martin, James Martin, Paul McNamee, Beverly Ann Mohling, David Mohling, Richard Niemeyer, Dale Rieck, LaJean Slack, Julie Soles, and Glenyce Waschkat, approved after at least 200 hours of Biblical instruction in the past two years.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Church Council
Parish Education Committee
Leonard Block
Elmer H. Buchholz Jr
Peggy Christoffer
Mary Louise Goetz
David Ray Guhlow
Jeannie Martin
James Martin
Paul McNamee
Beverly Ann Mohling
David Mohling
Richard Niemeyer
Dale Rieck
LaJean Slack
Julie Soles
Glenyce Waschkat
Patrolman to Speak At Commercial Club Next Monday Night
Stanley Koch of the Iowa Highway Patrol will address the Tripoli Commercial club at the Town Hall next Monday. He will also present a safety film. Dinner, served at 7 p.m. by Grace Lutheran church ladies, requires reservations to be made with the secretary by Friday. An important business meeting precedes the program.
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Stanley Koch
Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli
Ladies of Grace Lutheran Church
Baked Hams to Be Given Thursday at Interstate Office
Free baked hams will be given away all day tomorrow at the Interstate Power Co office as part of a cooking demonstration. One ham will be awarded each hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendees register to win. free coffee will be served and the public is invited.
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Interstate
Interstate Power Co
Confirmands Named for Siegel and Frederika Lutheran Churches
Eight youths from St. Pauls Siegel and St Johns Frederika Lutheran Churches were announced for confirmation this week by Rev. Cyril Jandrey. The nine o clock Sunday service at St Johns will confirm Judy Schwerin Roger Pleggenkuhle Fred Kezar and Lloyd Warnke, followed by a 1045 oclock confirmation at St Pauls for Kathryn Zander Vern Bockhaus Duane Peters and James Miller.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Frederika
Cyril Jandrey
St. John’s Church
Judy Schwerin
Roger Pleggenkuhle
Fred Kezar
Lloyd Warnke
St. Paul’s Church
Kathryn Zander
Vern Bockhaus
Duane Peters
James Miller
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Bank At
Farmers Savings Bank
State Superintendent of Banking
Fayette County
del- Wein
John Beam
Ionia
Sumner Farmer
Ripoli
Richard Wolf
Sophie Rathe
Mr. Wolf
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Louis Lobeck
Wm. Hagenow
Henry Lobeck
Fred Kuhlmann
Henry Schedtler
Henry Fratzke
Jesup
Fred Block
Henry Bunger
Air Force Man
Ray H. Fink
Plainfield
Siegel Church
Texas
Clarence Nerge
Betty Lou
Harold A. Haverkamp
J. C. Haverkamp
Miss Nerge
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Navy
New York
L. Moeller
Readlyn V. F. W
E& R
Koch
Siegel, Frederika Lutheran
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