Summer recreation program eyed for Tripoli
Maynard Reynolds, Frederika coach, outlines a two part summer program at the Tripoli Commercial club meeting. The plan includes sports and crafts with parental craft material costs, a Red Cross swimming program, and supervision by a committee from Community Chest Red Cross Commercial club and town council. A harvest festival and centennial planning are also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Reynolds
Frederika
Tripoli
Reynolds
Waterloo
Red Cross
Robert Kuhrt
Community Chest
George Lindsley
Paul Voetmann
Commercial Club
Wm. Hurmence
Town Council
Sumner Couple Wed In Sunday Ceremony
Shirley Ann Moeller and Eugene J. Huck were united in marriage Sunday at St. John American Lutheran church in Sumner. The bride, a 1953 Sumner High School graduate and Kroblin Transfer bookkeeper, wore a nylon tulle gown with Chantilly lace and a cathedral train. The groom, a 1952 Sumner High School graduate farming with his father west of Sumner, served as his bride’s escort beside a bridal party of relatives. The ceremony featured organist Mrs. Albert Dienst and vocalist Mrs. Paul Affeldt singing several hymns. Out-of-town guests were from Storm Lake and West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ann Moeller
Edwin A. Moeller
Sumner
Eugene J. Huck
Leslie Huck
John Mohr
St. John American Lutheran Church
Sumner High School
Kroblin Transfer
Larry Huck
Jerry Dorn
Readlyn
Albert Dienst
Paul Affeldt
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Diane Foster
Waverly
Larry Moeller
Leonard Huck
Leo Sauerbrei
Tripoli
Lee Pape
West Union
Sandra Sue Michelson
Fairbank
Clarence Huck
Miss Michelson
Storm Lake
West UN
Tripoli Panthers Split Two Baseball Games
Tri oli High School baseballers split two games last week, beating Plainfield 16 1 then losing to Denver 8 4. Nicklaus allowed five hits while Ohrmann and Knelling led a nine hit attack. Dohrlan homered for Tripoli, but four errors and early Denver scoring doomed the second game. The Panthers travel Readlyn Thursday and Frederika next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Plainfield
Denver
Panthers
Readlyn
Frederika
Nicklaus
Trioli
Ohrmann
Nelling
Panters
Dohrlan
Snelling
Laube
Ammeyer
Mohling
I'm
Koelling
Sportsmen's Club Announces Kids' Night and Largest Fish Contest
The Wapsie Sportsmen's Club in Bremer county promotes Kids' Night for next Tuesday April 26 at Towne Service station, while outlining the Largest Fish Contest running March 1 to December 1. Prizes in seven species classes will be awarded at the club dinner in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sportsmen's Club
Bremer County
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club
Bremer
Fayette
Chickasaw
Butler
Black Hawk
Sportsmen’s Club
Mayor Urges Tripoli Cleanup and Safe Driving
A notice from Mayor Rudolph Piegers asks Tripoli residents to dispose of rubbish and debris this spring. He urges reporting drivers who exceed the speed limit in residential and business areas to protect children and improve safety. Dogs are not allowed to run at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Rudolph Piegers
Readlyn Seniors To Chicago Trip In April
Readlyn High school's senior class will visit Chicago April 21 22 and 23 as guests at Don McNeill's Breakfast Club and the Board of Trade They will tour Shedd Aquarium Field Museum Planetarium and Museum of Science and Industry The group will see a stage show The Rain Maker with chaperones Mr and Mrs Darrell Grinnell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn High School
Chicago
Don McNeill
Condition Of Boy Struck Near Denver Improves
Roger Eick eight, seriously injured last Friday when struck by a car driven by Mrs. Rick Christoffer near Denver, is improving while hospitalized at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eick of Denver, who said he was walking home from school when he crossed the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Eick
Denver
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Fred Eick
Rick Christoffer
Tripoli
Wedding Banquet for Bride and Groom Held in Parish Hall
A reception for 375 followed the ceremony with Vera Frisch in charge of guest book and Lois Bergmann Leanne Schultz at gifts. Betty Haupt Velda Ferguson poured. Art Herman made the tiered cake cut by Janice Huck Shirley Stahlhut. Ladies Circle provided refreshments. The couple will be at home after May 2 west of Sumner. The bride wore a toast silk traveling ensemble and an orchid corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Alta
la Porte City
Jesup
Waverly
Waterloo
Tripoli
Denver
Readlyn
Cedar Falls
Maynard
Postville
Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Sauk Rapids
Minneapolis
Vera Frisch
Lois Bergmann
Leanne Schultz
Betty Haupt
Velda Ferguson
Art Herman
Janice Huck
Shirley Stahlhut
Nancy Pape
Ruby Sell
Bernie Traeger
Anne
Last Rites Wednesday for George Johnson 67 Lifelong Resident
Funeral services were held at Rettig Funeral Home for George Johnson 67 lifelong Tripoli resident who died of a heart attack Monday at Christie Convalescent Home Cedar Falls. He was a meat cutter in Tripoli and Oelwein and is survived by two nephews Gale Johnson Auburn Washington and Dane Johnson Pocatello Idaho plus two Dunerton cousins. Burial in Fremont Cemetery with six casket bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rettig
George Johnson
Tripoli
Christie Convalescent Home
Cedar Falls
A. C. Woodcock
Congregational Church
Fremont Cemetery
E. G. Michael
Leslie Kelsey
E. H. Stehn
M. W. Bennett
Will Brockman
Carl Bahlmann
John
Mary Johnson
Oelwein
Sumner Community Hospital
Christie
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Gale Johnson
Auburn
Wash
Dane Johnson
Pocatello
Idaho
Dunkerton
Frank
Will
Edward
Albert
George
Readlyn Hosts 492 Students for State Music Test
Readlyn High School hosted 492 students from 26 schools for the final soloists and small groups contest for class D schools of northeast Iowa. Readlyn contestants earned 14 Division I ratings including various solo, quartet, and sextet entries. Denver and Plainfield participants also received Division I ratings across multiple vocal and instrumental categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn High School
Iowa
Allison
Bristow
Center Point
Denver
Dinsdale
Dunkerton
Elma
Finchford
Fredericksburg
Hazleton
Hawkeye
Janesville
Lime Springs
Oran
Orange Township
Plainfield
Quasqueton
Randalia
Ridgeway
Rowley
Shell Rock
Stanley
Wadena
Walker
Winthrop
George Gundacker
Supt
Wieland
Betty Richmann
Shirley Judisch
Jeanette Nolte
Bruce Wieland
Dorothy Otto
Karen Buhr
Kay Sutherland
Carol Chester
Janice Ellermann
Barbara Dickman
School Board Hires Voc Ag Teacher for 1955 56
Henry W. Hinton age 36 of Farmington was hired by the Tripoli Board of Education as vocational agriculture teacher for the 1955 56 school year. He is married with one child and has taught vocational agriculture at Farmington for three and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Hinton
Farmington
Tripoli Board of Education
Hinton
Frederika Seniors Present Desperate Ambrose Play
Frederika Special reports the Frederika High School senior class play Desperate Ambrose a western will be shown in the high school auditorium next Tuesday at 8 p m The cast includes Marlin Blume James Bockhaus David Hagedorn Jean Heffernan Joyce Krause Virgil Lampe Idean Mueller Marlene Mueller Betty Jean O Connell Harriet Schwartz Marilyn Schmudlach and Bill Zekoff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederika
Ambrose
Frederika High School
Marlin Blume
James Bockhaus
David Hagedorn
Jean Heffernan
Joyce Krause
Virgil Lampe
Idean Mueller
Marlene Mueller
Betty Jean O’connell
Harriet Schwartz
Marilyn Schmudlach
Bill Zekoff
Farm Fire Destroys Barn and Crops Near Readlyn
A Friday blaze on the Alvin Matthias farm six miles south of Readlyn destroyed a large barn corn cribs and a hog shed with hay and grain all lost. The house garage and machine shed were saved. A saddle horse and several cattle were kept safe by neighbors. Insurance covers the loss. exact amount not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Alvin Matthias
Here
Dunkerton
Denver
Waverly
Hoegh appoints Mueller June Dairy Month chairman in Bremer County
Governor Leo Hoegh names Wm E Mueller a Tripoli farmer as June Dairy Month chairman for Bremer County. Mueller to form a county committee to aid dairy promotion as Iowa cooperates with the American Dairy Association and other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. E. Mueller
Tripoli
Bremer County
Leo Hoegh
Mueller
Leo A Hoegh
State of
Iowa
Carol Huebner to Wed Leonard Huck in Readlyn June 19
Readlyn announces the marriage of Carol Huebner to Leonard Huck of Waverly. The ceremony will be on June 19 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Readlyn. Miss Huebner teaches in Williamsburg and Mr. Huck is a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Huebner
Leonard Huck
Readlyn
Paul Huebner
Carol
Waverly
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Miss Huebner
Williamsburg
Huck
Hasbrouck Voetmann Lumber Co Adopts New Name
The Hasbrouck Lum ber Co. has been renamed Hasbrouck Voetmann Lumber Co. Manager Paul Voeymann announced the change after the Iowa charter renewal. No personnel or operating changes will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasbrouck- Voetmann Lumber Co
Hasbrouck Lumber Co
Mgr
Paul Voeymann
Iowa
Laraine Rettig Weds Duane Meyer In Readlyn Ceremony
Laraine Rettig daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul W Rettig wed Duane Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Herman Hesse in a Sunday ceremony at St Peter s Evangelical and Reformed church Readlyn. The bride wore Chantilly lace and nylon with a Chantilly lace veil and carried red roses on a white Bible. Guests numbered 350 at a Town Hall reception. The couple will reside in Readlyn after April 22 following a trip to the Ozarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laraine Rettig
Paul W. Rettig
Duane Meyer
Readlyn
Herman Hesse
Waterloo
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
L. H. Fink
Carol Steege
Town Hall
Judy Schlichting
Elaine Juel
Marlys Koch
Lavonne Meiner
Tripoli
Betty Boderman
Charlotte Daniels
Beverly Muller
Ozarks
Tripoli High School
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Readlyn High School
Farmers Co-op
Big crowd fills Tripoli for Dividend Days drawing
More than 2000 shoppers packed Tripoli streets for the Tripoli Commercial club Dividend Days finale. Leon Kleiss won $100, Walter Beisner $50, ten $5 prizes went to local residents, with proceeds backing special shopping bargains and local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
American Savings Bank
Commercial Club
Executive Group Meets on School Reorganization
The executive group met Wednesday night with six of seven members present to pursue answers for the Tripoli bus service reorganization. R C Gaard explained questions. an Iowa State College specialist will attend the next full study group meeting, with public invitation. Only the current Tripoli bus area is under consideration unless districts apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fink
Pres. G. R. Xettig
Royal United
Rettig
L. J. Magnall
Tripoli
R. C. Gaard
Waverly
Iowa State College
Magnall
Shaffer Schmidt Vows Exchanged At Elgin Church Iowa
Shirley Shaffer and Richard Schmidt exchanged wedding vows Sunday at Illyria Community church Elgin Iowa. The couple will reside at 1134 Bertch Waterloo after a south honeymoon. Bridesmaids ushers and flower girl named. reception hosted for about 400 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaffer-Schmidt
Elgin
Iowa
Shirley A. Shaffer
Grant Ave
Waterloo
Ralph Shaffer
Richard A. Schmidt
Harry Schmidt
Trippoli
Illyria Community Church
E. G. Stienman
Janice Shaffer
Jeannie Shaffer
Marilyn Shrader
Bill Hills
Tripoli
Wanda Shaffer
A. S. Peters
Cedar Falls
Robert Schmidt
Tom Kerr
Harry Meyer
Sumner
Tim Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Helen
Hazel Rathlisberger
Janice Torkelson
Bertch
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Joe Adelmund
Joe Ann
Dale W. Krueger
Herman Krueger
Rath Packing Co
Sell Construction Co
Grace Lutheran Church
Baseballers
Voc. Ag
Gov. Hoegh
Leon Kleiss
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