Easter ham drawing draws large crowd in Tripoli
A sunny Sunday afternoon saw a large turnout for Tripoli Commercial Club hosted Easter ham drawing and egg hunt events. About 430 children under 12 searched for prizes with around 30 hams awarded to listed winners including Paul p Louis H Gienau Dar Hemingson and Gene Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P
Louis H. Gienau
Dar Hemingson
Gene Johnson
Wikner
Nadine Mager
0. Peters
R. H. Brase
Helena
Werner Wolf
Wilburt Peters
Walter Lohmann
Ick Weidemann
Joe Adelmund
Je Heinemann
Carl Iywalsky
Rochelle Kuethe
Yonne Koschmeder
Leoghhuldt
Coleen Ka
Panthers fall to Fredericksburg in 8-7 tilt
Tripoli High baseball dropped two recent games. A 8-7 loss at Fredericksburg followed tough hitting with three errors aiding the foe as locals went 0 for in state. Upcoming games include Plainfield on Thursday and a home stand to close the week at West Central meet.
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Fredericksburg
Panthers
Fredericks
Plainfield
West Cen
Aynard
Weather Observations and Dates From 19th Century Notes
Fragmentary weather table lists dates in April and March with numbers that appear to be temperatures or readings. It includes entries such as 19 Noon, April 1, 72 4, and values like 58 33, 99 59, and 91 73. The readable items resemble a historical meteorological record.
Stummes to Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
John W. Stumme of Denver and his wife will observe their 60th wedding anniversary with a noon dinner for close family and a 2:30 to 5 p m open house at St Peter Lutheran church parlors. The couple married April 10, 190 at St John Lutheran in Maxfield. They have 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Denver
John W. Stumme
St. Peter Lutheran Church
E. H. Stumme
L. A. Stumme
Muscatine
L. A. Sagert
Independence
Mildred Stumme
Stumme
Emma Blasberg
St. John Lutheran Church
Maxfield
Shirley Mohling Named Airline Communications Agent
Shirley R. Mohling of Tripoli has been assigned as communications agent for Northwest Orient Airlines. She will be stationed in Minneapolis after completing Weaver Airline Personnel School extension and Kansas City resident school.
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Shirley R. Mohling
Carl Mohling
Tripoli
Northwest Orient Airlines
Minneapolis
License Examiners Report Serves 91 at Tripoli Town Hall
Iowa Highway Patrol license examination team served 91 patrons at Tripoli Town Hall. Morning session issued 10 new operator licenses and 52 renewals, plus 20 chauffeur renewals, 3 new chauffeurs, and one expired license. Three instruction permits issued. One driving failure and one vision failure recorded. Team to return Saturday, May 19.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli Town Hall
Panther Cindermen Triumph in Triangular Meet
Tripoli High School cinder men won the Fredericksburg triangular meet on Monday scoring 76 points to Turkey Valley 35 and Fredericksburg 24. Dennis Bergmann led with wins in broad jump and a strong high jump tie while contributing to the winning 440 yard relay. Joe Rausch and Alan Schwemm added multiple victories as Tripoli dominated field events and claimed key sprints. Next meets include a Plainfield triangular and the Comet relays with Wartburg College hosting the conference tournament on April 30.
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Tripoli High School
Turkey Valley
Fredericksburg
Panthers
Dennis Bergmann
Schwemm
Auch
Joe Rausch
Roy Drewis
Dixon Bunger
Garner
Charles Muelle
Alan Schwemm
Darrel Hinrichs
Charles Mueller
Bergmann
Bill Garner
Nashua
Plainfield
Charles City
Wartburg College
Sumner
Sumner Aces
Tripoli Panthers
Tripoli
Steve Biermann
Football Thorn
Tripoli High Vocal Dept Presents Spring Concert Tue May Day
Tripoli High vocal groups will perform their annual spring concert on Tuesday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. The program serves as preparation for the spring contest at Independence on Saturday May 5. No admission fee. Mrs Ronald Mastin leads vocal activities at Tripoli Community schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli High School
Independence
Ronald Mastin
Tripoli Community Schools
Northeast Iowa Trout Streams Now Well Stocked
Trout stocking ramps up in northeast Iowa with thousands of rainbow and brown trout placed in streams across Allamakee Clayton Delaware Dubuque Fayette Howard Mitchell Winneshiek counties during April 9 16. Streams listed include Clear Creek French Creek Hickory Creek Livingood Springs Paint Creek Teeple Creek Waterloo Creek Bloody Run Creek Buck Creek Joy Springs Kleinlein Creek South Cedar Creek Elk Creek Richmond Springs Swiss Valley Creek Plum Creek Glover's Creek Grannis Creek Mink Creek Otter Creek Bigalk Creek Big Mill Little Mill Creek Dalton Lake Spring Creek Turtle Creeks Bohemian Coldwater North Bear South Bear Trout Run Twin Springs West Canoe Creeks.
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Iowa
Allamakee County
Clear Creek
French Creek
Hickory Creek
Livingood Springs
Paint Creek
Teeple Creek
Waterloo Creek
Clayton County
Bloody Run
Buck Creek
Joy Springs
Kleinlein Creek
Grannis Creek
Otter Creek
Howard County
Bigalk Creek
Jackson County
Big Mill
Little Mill Creek
Dalton Lake
Mitchell County
Winneshiek County
Bohemian
Coldwater
North Bear
South Bear
Trout Run
Twin Springs
West Canoe Creeks
Douglas Township FB Women Report Meeting Results
Thirty seven attended the regular meeting of the Douglas township Farm Bureau women at Mrs. Stanley Feuchtwanger’s home. Supper was served by officers and assistants. They planned a museum visit in Waverly and a luncheon at Mrs Herb Joens home with meat and vegetables lesson noting higher meat consumption but insufficient vegetables. A prior meeting April 10 in Mrs Laverne Rieckenberg’s home reported. 34 ladies and 13 children attended. Wm Krueger was hospitalized at Scholtz Memorial in Waterloo.
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Douglas Township
Bremer County
Waverly
Herb Joens
Laverne Rieckenberg
Allen Bergmann
Douglas Township Farm Bureau
Mayor Barnes Issues Rigid Warning to Resident Dog Owners
Mayor George V. Barnes issues a notice enforcing seizure and destruction of dogs found at large if not claimed within two days, with owners paying accruing costs upon proper identification. The notice also bans burning trash on wash days, warns against burning leaves on blacktop roads, and emphasizes enforcement of two hour parking zones and bicycle safety qualifications.
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Barnes
George V. Barnes
Annual Bowling Banquet Tickets Lag Behind
Tripoli Bowling Association reports slow advance sales for the third annual bowling banquet set for Monday May 14 at the Riviera Ballroom Janesville. Deadline is May 11, tickets cost 1.75 and include dinner and entertainment. Reservations via league secretary or at the Tripoli Bowl-In. Eligible attendees include bowlers who joined or sponsored any league in the past year and their spouses.
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Tripoli Bowling Association
Riviera Ballroom
Janesville
Tripoli
Local Women Earn WIBC Patch for Triplicate Scores
Tripoli Bow In honors three local women and one from Frederika for rolling triplicate scores. Jean Magnall 192 on April 12 and Ruth Boeckmann 126 on November 30 are named, along with Alice Bockhaus 124 on March 15. Ruth Rosel from Frederika 143 on April 3 is also cited.
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Frederika
WIBC
Tripoli
Jean Magnall
Alice Bockhaus
Ruth Boeckmann
Ruth Rosel
Local Teacher Involved in Auto Accident
Wm. Silverstrand, instructor at Tripoli Community schools, was in an auto accident Thursday evening while driving home for Easter weekend. The crash occurred about 20 miles from Council Bluffs. His injuries are not known. His home address is 415 Houston Ave., Council Bluffs.
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Wm. Silverstrand
Tripoli Community
Council Bluffs
Houston Ave
Birthday Dinner Honors Andrea Kappmeyer in Waverly
Dinner guests at the Erwin Kappmeyer home in Waverly on Sunday celebrated Andrea Kappmeyer's 16th birthday. Attendees included Edwin and Win Buls and Lori, Herschel Miller and Rex, Lawrence Buls and family, Emma Kappmeyer, and William Buls along with other relatives from Shellsburg Sumner and surrounding areas.
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Erwin Kappmeyer
Waverly
Andrea
Edwin Buls
Lori
Edwin Kappmeyer
Herschel Miller
Rex
Shellsburg
Lawrence Buls
Sumner
Emma Kappmeyer
Wm. Buls
County Cancer Soc To Hold Program In Denver City Hall
Mrs Gerald Witmer education chairman for Bremer county announces a program for ladies at Denver City Hall on Thursday April 26 at 2 pm and 7 30 pm Three films will be shown State crusade chairman Mrs J A Liercke of the Iowa Division ACS will speak All women in the community are invited.
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Denver
Gerald Witmer
American Cancer Society of Bremer County
Denver City Hall
J. A. Liercke
State Crusade
Iowa
A.C. Society
Mrs Jerry Martin and Jona than Leave for New Home
Mrs Jerry Martin and Jona than, who have been visiting at the Harold Kuethe home, left Wednesday morning to join Sgt Jerry Martin at Parris Island South Carolina where they will make their home.
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Jerry Martin
Jonathan
Harold Kuethe
Sgt
Parris Island S. C
Good Will Society Sets Initial Meet For 1962
The Good Will Society of the Lutheran Children's Home Waverly will hold its first 1962 meeting Friday at 2 pm in Memorial hall on the campus. Officers include President Mrs C F Hafermann Denver Vice President Mrs Victor Steege Maynard Secretary Mrs Herold Miller Tripoli and Treasurer Hedwig Moehl Waverly. The program theme is Looking Toward the 1963 Children Home Centennial with a panel on Changes Since 1863 led by Dr R H Riensche moderator and staff members Ethel Dudde Marie Haefner and Eric Gertmann. Campus school children will present a program under Mrs Frances Trey and Pastor S M Schreitmueller Waterloo will lead devotional services.
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Good Will Society
Lutheran Children's Home
Waverly
Memorial Hall
Children's Home
C. F. Hafermann
Denver
Victor Steege
Maynard
Herold Miller
Tripoli
Hedwig Moehl
R. H. Riensche
Home
Ethel Dudde
Marie Haefner
Eric Gertmann
Frances Trey
S. M. Schreitmueller
Waterloo
Coffee Day Benefit for Iowa's Mentally Retarded May 2
FE. H. Maxfield of Waverly is county chairman to coordinate Bremer planning for the May 2 Coffee Day. James Friedl of Waterloo announces the event as the Iowa Restaurant Association leads restaurants statewide to raise funds for Iowa’s mentally retarded children. Participating eateries will offer coffee on the house while customers donate to the collection can.
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FE. H. Maxfield
Waverly
Bremer County
James Friedl
Waterloo
Area c
Iowa Restaurant Association
Iowa
Iowa ‘Restaurant Association
Fair Exhibitors Cattle Must Be Brucellosis Tested
Bremer County Iowa among 74 counties with brucellosis testing rules for fair entry. County Extension Director Gene Vincent notes county not yet a modified-certified area. Several Iowa counties are listed as modified-certified, allowing identified cattle from those herds to meet entry requirements with negative tests and official veterinary certificates.
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Bremer County
Iowa
Gene Vincent
Audubon
Boon
Carroll
Clinton
Delware
Dickinson
Emmet
Fayette
Green
Hamilton
Lyon
Mitchell
Monona
Montgomery
O'Brien
Oscola
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Polk, Sac
Scott
Wapello
Warren
Winnebago
Wright
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The
Tripoli Commercial Club
Panther
Hmacher
Kmann
Key Valley
Lavern Aschulte
Arnold Zander
V . Teil Weidler
John W. Stummes
Airline Communication Act
Panther Cindermen
Edwin Tegtmeier
Henry Tegtmeier
Leslie Lauck
R. Bunger
Wilbert Frahm
Brian Larry
Grace Lutheran Church
A. Thalacker
Emelia Sommerfelt
Paul Judisch
Judy Kiefer
Arthur Frahm
Neva Warneke
Evansdale
Donald Judisch
Spring Valley
Cal
Judy Kieferl
Wm. Krueger
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Sweet Marsh South
Sweets Marsh
County Cancer Soc
St. John E&r Church
Siegel
St. John Evangelical and Reformed Church
Bill Kappmeyer
Richard Buhrow
V. D. Weidler
David ’ ’ vi
Drape
Allen Mueller
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