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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1964
Page
1
Tripoli Iowa council in a special session unanimously adopts daylight savings time for town business from April 26 to October 4 1964 with clocks in the town hall set forward at midnight April 26 1964. Bremer County also votes DST effective midnight Saturday aligning with nearby communities.
Dennis McNamee son of Mr and Mrs Ed McNamee was elected secretary of AMRH at State College of Iowa for 1964 65. Other officers named were Don Jorgenson president Dave Taylor vice president and Bruce Eilers treasurer. AMRH members are all men in residence halls who voted Wednesday. Mrs F H Bockhaus entered Allen Memorial hospital Wateroo for observation and treatment.
Wapsie Valley teachers resign or transfer as Donald Welsh leaves for East Waterloo High School and Lee Mowrer moves to Adel High School. Gerald Inglebrett will join to teach industrial arts. Mrs. Inglebrett switches to Readlyn and Fairbank elementary posts. Vonna Buchholz and Onnie Bowers take language arts and English roles. Edward Ware becomes head boys basketball coach. The district plans continue as readjustments occur across Oran Readlyn and Wapsie Valley. The district will observe daylight saving time starting April 26.
Tripoli High will hold the class of 1964 commencement Friday evening May 22 in the high school auditorium per superintendent Howard Pigg. Dr Garbee president of Upper Iowa University Fayette will speak. The senior class has 43 members. Baccalaureate is Sunday May 17 in the auditorium with Rev E F Puhlmann delivering the address.
The Tripoli Woman's Club will entertain the senior girls and their mothers on Wednesday evening April 29 at 7 30 at the Tripoli Town Hall. Mrs Gene Vincent will give a screen print demonstration. Hostesses include Mrs L J Magnall Mrs Richard Ophheim Mrs W B Weeber Mrs Robert Thurness and Mrs Donald Larsen.
David K. Owens principal announces that Wapsie Valley High School will hold the class of 1964 commencement on May 19 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium Ray Bryant head of the education department at Iowa State University Ames will give the address Sunday evening May 17 at 5 p m in the same auditorium.
Tripoli's Volunteer Fire Department answered two fire calls in the past week. On Wednesday they fought a tractor fire at the Wilbert Hartman farm. damage to the tractor estimated at 200 dollars. On Thursday they controlled a grass fire along the highway at the J. M Snyder farm in the north city limits.
The Wapsie Sportsmen's Club hosts its annual ladies night Tuesday at 7 p m in Tripoli Town Hall. Guest speaker is Bremer County Supervisor Robert Benck, who runs a travel agency in Waverly and will show slides of world visits. Non members may join for 2.00. Grace Lutheran church members will provide the meal with entertainment and door prizes.
The Iowa Highway Patrol license examining team was at Tripoli Town Hall Saturday morning and served 86 patrons during the session. The list included seven new operator licenses, one expired operator, 47 operator renewals, 22 chauffeur renewals, four instruction permits, one driving failure, two written test failures, and two vehicle failures.
Tripoli women's city bowling association held its annual meeting at the Tripoli Bowl-In. For the 1964-65 season, Betty Holm was elected president Gladys Rettig vice president Carla Bremer secretary treasurer and Doris Milius sergeant at arms.
Funeral service was held in Parrott & Wood Chapel Waterloo for Mrs. Gertrude Farris a former Tripoli resident Rev H H Rowsey First Brethren Church Waterloo officiated with interment in Fremont Cemetery Tripoli Casket bearers were Jack Farris Robert Hill Larry Straw Max Ward Don Ward and John Osgood Mrs Farris born September 6 1870 in Butler County died April 16 in Scholtz Memorial Hospital Waterloo Survived by son Burton Holmes Waterloo and daughter Mrs Eva Hill New Hampton preceded by husbands John Holmes 1924 and Ed Farris 1942 and daughter Mrs Jessie Ligue March 1964
Two new vacancies exist at Tripoli Community Schools after resignations in the past week. Names include James Holliday and Angela Jacobs. The district plans to seek a social studies and wrestling coach combined position to launch wrestling at Tripoli High School next year.
The American Cancer Society Iowa Division Inc announces living memorials for three Bremer county persons from Jan 6 to Apr 6: Henry Acker Albert Rathbone and Mrs Burton Stumme. Donations in memory benefit cancer research education and service and are inscribed in the Iowa Living Memorial Book.
Tripoli Community School board approved leasing part of school land for a new three classroom special education unit adjoining the south entrance of the high school junior high addition. Final county wide approval rests with a joint meeting at Tripoli High School Monday.
The honor roll for the fifth six weeks at Wapsie Valley High School lists straight A students across grades. Seniors include David Judisch Elaine Warneke Gloria Wehling Janet Youngblut along with juniors Marian Buhr Ronald Moeller and others such as Beverly Bockholt Kathy Frame and James Donnelly. Sophomores and freshmen feature multiple students including Dorothy Buhr Sharon Buhr Sharon Blasberg and Mary Ann Gipper among names noted for high academic achievement.
Mr and Mrs Otto Rieck attended the WWI meeting held Sunday in Charles City. The report notes local residents and veterans gathering to discuss war efforts and community support.
Tripoli Community School music departments present solos and small group state music contest numbers in two centers tonight. Vocal numbers in the music room and instrumental numbers in the auditorium stage. Public invited to move between centers during the evening.
The committee overseeing the annual bowling banquet reminds that ticket reservations close April 25. The event is May 5 at Readlyn Community Building starting at 7 p.m. Roast beef and mashed potatoes headline the menu. tickets available at Tripoli Bowl-In.
Tripoli High placed second in a Sumner triangular meet with Sumner and Tripoli competing Wednesday. Bruce Bunger set a THS 180 low hurdles school record at 21.8 while Darrel Hinrichs won the 100 yard dash in 10.3 and helped lead several events for Tripoli including mile and relays.
Interstate Power Co presents 500 dollars to the Tripoli Commercial Club for future development. At a noon luncheon last week Keith Barker of IPC spoke for the company and awarded a 500 dollar check to club president Kenneth Freyholtz. The club plans to buy equivalent shares of the Tripoli Development Corporation in the club name.
Bruce Bunger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bunger, was elected to a cabinet post at the Northeast District Iowa Association of Student Councils convention held at East High School in Waterloo. He is a sophomore at Tripoli Community High School. Other attendees included Keith Heffernan Doug Boeckmann Steven Schwemm Allan Alcock Sharon Miller and Principal Robert L. Campbell. More than 300 student council members and advisors from 33 schools in northeast Iowa attended.
Tripoli High school will host a Tuesday exhibition of industrial arts and home economics. from 7 30 to 8 30 pm exhibits and demonstrations will be in the shop and home economics rooms. a style show follows at 8 30 pm in the high school auditorium. there is no admission and refreshments will be served after the show.
At a regular meeting on April 17 1964 the Bremer County Board of Supervisors found bids were wrongly advertised for a 100 by 40 foot steel pre fabricated rigid frame building and rejected all bids. The building will be reset at 10:00 A M May 13 1964.
Dr Herbert Max of Waverly will seek the Democratic nomination for the 42nd Iowa Senate District including Bremer Butler Grundy counties. He vows to debate issues with Republican incumbent Vernon Kuhl in November while continuing his role as Wartburg College education head and active in state educational groups and local civic bodies. He is married with four children.
Tripoli High School defeated Janesville 10-6 in seven innings and shut out Plainfield 12-0 in five. Allan Alcock hit a grand slam in the Janesville game and homered twice against Plainfield while freshman Sam Kehe earned the complete win with no hits in five innings. Scheduled dates include April 23 at Dunkerton and April 27 versus Turkey Valley.
The Homemaking Department at Wapsie Valley High presents Mannequins at Midnight a style show Tuesday at 8 pm in the auditorium. All girls in the department model school made and home projects. Janet Youngblut and Gail Harbourkamp co chairmen with Mrs Dean Colby as instructor. Refreshments follow in the cafeteria.
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Peter Lutheran church in Denver for Anna Milius 84 who died Tuesday Rev Wm Barrack officiated and burial followed in the church cemetery Casket bearers were Werner Kroenecke Edmund Kohagen Vernon Luther Wilson Milius Emil Thoms and Henry Wenthe Mrs Milius was born November 10 1879 Arrangements were by Matthias Abbas Funeral Home Denver
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