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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1967
Page
1
Residents prepare for a special election Tuesday April 25 to decide on buying and installing lights and poles for the baseball field. Estimated cost totals about 15 000 with 6 900 on hand and 2 100 more expected from tax funds, while school district interest in using the facility is noted but not committed.
The Readlyn division assigns Dean Berg as gas manager. He began Monday, a Elkader native with nine years in gas service. Berg and wife Doretta have two children and live in Elkader. The company plans a household survey and May 15 gas main work to assess needs. Mrs. Harry West dies in Mississippi City after a long illness. funeral in North Minn. Mrs. Westwood is mother of Mrs. Arnold Tha former Tripoli residents.
The Iowa State University dean’s list honors 885 students for the winter quarter. Bremer county names include Denver Marian Buhr Dor othy Fridley Robert Meyer Tripoli James Burrow Waverly Richard Anderson Arlen Koelling. High scholastic standing requires a 3.5 GPA with at least 15 credit hours. a 4.0 equals an A and a 3.0 equals a B.
The eighth annual association banquet is planned for Wednesday May 3 at 6 30 p M in the ballroom of the Duk Inn. Attendees may purchase tickets at league meeting or in advance through the committee.
Caroline Jahnke 76 died Monday at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m in St Pauls United Church of Christ Denver with burial in Fairview cemetery. Rev E Eugene Wetzel to officiate. She survived by two daughters Mrs William Diercks Waterloo and Mrs Raymond Steinberg Denver and a sister Mrs Ralph Smith Waterloo. Matthias Abbas Funeral Home Denver in charge.
Gerald Funk of St Louis is spending a few days in the Alfred Koch home to recover from recent surgery.
Admission for Readlyn event is $1.75 per person and covers both dinner and the dance.
The Bremer county American Legion Auxiliary plans the spring county conference in Denver Legion hall at 8 p m on Wednesday April 26. Delegates from Janesville Tripoli Sumner Waverly Plainfield and Denver will attend. Mrs Vern Oberlieu of Waverly is current Bremer county president. Election of new officers will be held at the meeting.
Mrs. Gloria Merrill, Bremer county speech therapist, will be guest speaker at the Kindergarten Mothers' meeting tonight at 7 30 in the West grade school cafe teria. Mothers of next year's classes are invited. Mrs Helen Bunger will show the film Tommy Goes to Kindergarten. Hostesses include Mrs Louis Balvang Mrs Leo Leuenberger Mrs Bernard Miller and Mrs Leland Timmer man.
Tripoli High School students competed at Sumner in vocal and instrumental groups. The vocal department earned three division I ratings, matched by the instrumental department. Winners include Gayl Westendorf Sue Wente Diane Nacke Marilyn Blume Audrey Hildebrandt Donna Kappmeyer Dennis Marquardt Marlin Weidler Steve Kerr Alan Heinemann Elaine Meyer and others.
Gerald Tonne, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Tonne, was admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo Tuesday after fracturing his left arm during a physical education class.
Final rites for 87 year old Siegfried Struck were held Saturday afternoon at Faith United Church of Christ. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Born August 16, 1879, he died Thursday at Mercy Hospital in Waverly. Survivors include his widow Anna two sons Gottfried and Ewald and four daughters Mrs. Hennings Mrs. Brandenburg Mrs. Wille and Mrs. Leverence. Rettig Funeral Home managed arrangements.
The Iowa Highway Patrol license examining team worked Saturday at Tri poli Town Hall serving 81 persons. Issues included 41 operators 1 chauffeur 9 instruction permits and 7 temporary driving permits. They gave 12 written tests and 11 driving tests. Examiners will return to Tri poli on Saturday May 20.
Funeral services for Fred Schellhorn age 88 were held Monday at St. Pauls Lutheran church Siegel with burial in the church cemetery. Casket bearers were Orville Serfoss Arthur Kammeyer Lavern Waschkat William Zander Ervin Essman and Lorenz Zander. Survivors include his widow three sons Walter and Rudolph of Fredericksburg Elmer of Waterloo one daughter Mrs Valord Warneke Sumner two brothers Henry Waverly Ernest Waterloo and eight sisters Minnie Kammeyer Sumner Christine Pries La Porte City Emma Essmann Lena Zander Linda Bairs Waterloo Hilda Zander Martha Waschkat Tripoli and Louise Schellhorn Waverly.
Dr. Selig Korson announces the ninth annual open house at the Mental Health Institute Independence. From 1 to 4 p m visitors will tour with patient hosts and staff volunteers presenting slide stories and displays on mental health progress and alcohol treatment. Groups may register at the main administration building.
Tripoli Fire Department answered a call at the Walter Hinrichs farm Monday noon. The blaze was limited to a single wall of the farmhouse and traced to an electrical entrance cable severed by strong Monday winds.
Senior Citizens in Tripoli host a potluck at Town Hall on Wednesday April 26 at 6 00 p m A meal follows with entertainment to conclude the event.
Mrs Edw Weihe came home Saturday from Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo after a two week stay as a patient.
Richard Bergmann son of Lyle and Mrs Bergmann of Oelwein joins a group of high school musicians selected for scholarships to attend the Dorian Music Camp at Luther College this summer. The June 11 to 17 program offers private lessons section rehearsals conducting theory and literature along with chorus participation.
Karen Heffernan selected for makeup staff of the Upper Iowa College drama Caligula in Fayette. The play runs May 25 to 27 on the Upper Iowa campus with Karen joining fellow staff members.
The week’s weather readings were taken at 6 p m daily except Tuesday and at 12 noon on Tuesday by J M Haydon the weather observer.
The Tripoli VFW post will host a steak fry stag at the post home on Friday night April 21 starting at 7 00 p m. Advance tickets are on sale and 2.00 meal tickets are available at the door per the planning committee
Funeral services were Tuesday for Rudolph Pavelec Sr., 69, at Faith United Church of Christ with Rev. Wilmer Grunwald officiating. Burial followed in Fremont Cemetery. Born July 16, 1897, he died Saturday at his Tripoli home. Survivors: wife Erdena, daughters Mrs. William Olmstead of Colorado Springs and Mrs. Romaine Coontz of Denver, and son Rudolph Jr. of Tripoli. Pallbearers: Edward Pavelec Jr., Reinhold Pavelec, Earl Neuendorf Jr., Vern Meihost, Milton Neuendorf, Ronald Neuendorf.
A gravel road intersection four miles northwest of Tripoli caused a fatal crash Saturday morning. Leonard G. Arp, 21, died when his eastbound car hit Lawrence Schwartz’s southbound pickup, sending Arp’s car into a telephone pole and Schwartz into an embankment. Schwartz, 61, of Tripoli, remained hospitalized in serious condition at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral services for Arp were held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Siegel.
Third district World War I Veterans gathering at Tripoli Town Hall Sunday drew 180 registrants. Frank A. Van Kerckhove of Waterloo elected district commander. Bremer county auxiliary officers include Mrs. Ann Moehling Denver president Nell Hartman Waverly conductress and Lillian Schield Waverly guard. Lunch followed.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kirchhoff Mr. and Mrs. James Nuss Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Snelling and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heinemann joined in Dubuque for the third annual John Deere bowling tournament held Saturday and Sunday.
Wm Seelhammer has returned from Mercy hospital in Waverly after undergoing an appendectomy there on Monday. He was admitted Saturday for the procedure and is listed in satisfactory condition.
Denver High School schedules a swing show on Monday and Tuesday, April 24-25 at 8 p.m. The program Roads to Rhythm features the swing band, swing chorus, girls glee club, men’s group, and a Tijuana brass group with large and small ensembles. Admission will be charged.
Norman Flanscha, 38, of Sumner died at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester at 8 00 p m Tuesday. Services are pending at Milnes Gersonde Funeral Home in Sumner. He is survived by his wife Delores daughter Becky and son Mark his parents Mr and Mrs Herman Flanscha four sisters Mrs Lawrence Viola Albrecht Fredericksburg Mrs Luella Tegtmeier Mrs Alfred Leone Buhr Sumner and Mrs Clarence Ruth Boeckman Tripoli and a brother Herbert Waterloo.
Mrs Roger Benarden travels from Hawaii to join her husband in Honolulu where he is on a week’s rest leave from Vietnam.
Mrs. Orville Haase came home Sunday from Mercy hospital Wa verly after undergoing surgery on Monday.
A Bremer County traffic fatality occurred as a casket bearing service followed the burial in a church cemetery. Richard Woodman Ronald Sievers Wm Kappmeyer Ellsworth Zell Yale Kramer and Everette Funk served as bearers. The deceased, born August 28 1945, recently discharged after a three year U S Army tour including Vietnam duty, worked at John Deere Tractor Works Wa Arp. Rettig Funeral Home oversaw the services.
Tripoli girls defeat West Union 75 to 59 with five relay wins. Nancy Burrow leads 80 meter hurdles. Shirley Meyer clinches 880 yard run. Glenda Matthias wins the 440 and anchors the medley relay. Tammy Kelsey and Barb Schmidt star in sprints and shuttle relays.
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