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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
1
The 21st annual Fish Fry in Tripoli drew 2 108 attendees despite intermittent rain and a 4 45 start for serving. About 1 200 pounds of walleye fillets were served with 500 pounds sold at club cost, leaving 300 pounds for future events.
Bremer county reported June sales of series E and H savings bonds and Freedom Shares totaling $30,779, bringing mid year county sales to $274,674 or 34 percent of its 1968 quota. State leader Scott county at 77 percent, Van Buren 63 percent, Linn 61 percent. Other counties show varying progress with Black Hawk 59 percent and Fayette 46 percent.
The Young Homemakers will host a potluck picnic dinner at Split Rock park on Thursday Aug 8 at 12 30 with pop provided. If it rains the event moves to Tripoli Town Hall.
A community fish fry lists plentiful ingredients and donations including 5000 tea biscuits 650 pounds cole slaw 22 gallons pickles 69 pounds butter and 1100 pints milk. The grand prize for four at Tepee Tonka Resort plus 50 dollars vacation money went to Manford Heineman Readlyn with a 25 dollar savings bond second prize and third prize awarded at the drawing.
The Bremer County Fair runs Thursday through Monday with rides at the midway and a Monday sale. Exhibits include home economics and livestock judging with a teen dance at 8 pm Friday. The Bremer County Fair Queen contest crowns the winner Friday night at the Memorial Wartburg campus with ten county candidates. One candidate is Colone Hoins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoins.
Daily weather notes taken at 6 p m with noon reading for Ayden by the weather observer. Includes temperature and conditions for the day as recorded by the station.
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Reaky Piegers 99 who died Sunday at Hillcrest Home Sumner of old age complications. Rev Keith D Selberg officiated at Faith United Church of Christ with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by son Rudolph and daughter Helen Kleiss both of Tripoli, three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Attending a dinner at the Arlin Hunemuller home in Waterloo were Lavern Haverkamp and family from Frederika, Herman Stahlhut and family, Eugene Stahlhut and family from Sumner, Carol Stahlhut and family, Omaha, Walter Hunemuller, Dennis Haverkamp and Wendy. Steven, home on leave, will return to California and then depart for Vietnam.
Sp4 and Mrs Harold Hyde came home Thursday from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri where he was discharged after two years in the Army They reside at the farm home recently vacated by the David Hagedorns in rural Ionia He will resume employment at the Chamberlain Corp Waterloo.
Tripoli Community school students must pre register on August 15 and 16. High school 9 through 12 grade students report to the secretary's office for registration and schedule checks. Elementary students pay book rental and may register at the high school building. lunch ticket sales and school insurance are offered during registration. Lunch prices are set for elementary and junior-senior grades with 30 cents per meal and weekly or bi weekly ticket options. Milk and miscellaneous snack charges apply. no refunds noted.
Mr and Mrs Larry Bock arrive Friday afternoon from Colorado Springs Colorado where he is stationed and will spend the day on leave with their parents.
Max Ambrose was discharged Friday from Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterlo o after surgery Tuesday morning to repair a tendon injury in his left leg.
St Pauls Lutheran ladies host a chicken and ham supper in Siegel on Thursday August 22 from 4 30 p m Menu includes chicken and ham mashed potatoes gravy 24 hour salad sauer kraut corn relish rolls coffee and assorted pies Adults priced at 1 50 and children under 12 at 75 cents Proceeds support church activities.
Tripoli Community Board of Education sets Monday September 9 as election day for a 140000 building addition to the junior-senior high school. The plan includes a new shop with finishing room art room electronics lab classroom shop classroom gymnastics and wrestling room extra storage and office space adding about 9000 square feet.
The Tripoli Sox closed their regular season with a 12 to 8 victory over Spillville. They finished as western division champions of the Northeast Iowa baseball league with a 6-3 record while Decorah led the eastern division at 8-1.
Waterloo resident Larry Bright has been named manager of the Tripoli Bowl In. Rev. Harry Feistner, lessee, confirms the lease of bowling equipment and building from owner LaVern Tegtmeier. Bright, previously at Maple Lanes Waterloo, will start duties Aug 18 and move into the upstairs apartment as housing is arranged. Open bowling begins Sun Aug 11 at 2:30 p m, with extended hours Aug 19–24 from 10:00 a m. League play starts Mon Aug 26.
Mrs Gustav Buchholz was taken to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo after fracturing her knee cap in a fall at her home Thursday.
The Bremer County Fair shows increased entries in garden dairy rabbits poultry and other classes for 1968 while crops and some livestock dip. D D Offringa and Gene Vincent plan to join the open house Sunday afternoon at the 4 H exhibits building to celebrate Extension's 50th anniversary with memorabilia displays and a souvenir brochure. Beef auction closes Monday at 10 am.
Geneva's Beauty Shop in Tripoli will be closed on August 12 13 and 14 for a short break according to announced schedule.
Allan Alcock delivered a first inning three run homer to spark Tripoli in a dominant baseball victory over Spillville. Alcock drove in four runs, while Tripoli posted 13 runs on 11 hits and Spillville managed 8 runs on 2 errors.
Tickets remain available at Ray's Clothiers and Tripoli businesses for Tripoli Night at Waterloo Hawks baseball park. The Aug 8 game features Waterloo Hawks versus Clinton at 7 30 p m with a bus option from Tripoli High School at 6 p m and head count for up to four buses.
Dr. L. J. Magnall and Mrs Magnall with Tony and Paul spent the weekend at the John Magnall home in Utica Illinois. They visited John Magnall’s hospitalized mother in Peru Illinois and attended nurse graduation ceremonies at Rockford Illinois for two of Dr Magnall’s twin nieces.
Mrs. Dorothy Chapin came home Friday after nine and a half weeks in Scholtz Memorial hospital Waterloo. Jeff Chapin had stayed with Clifford Jeens in Hudson and Jean Chapin from Cedar Rapids visited over the weekend.
Summer commencement exercises were held Friday at 7 30 p m at O R Latham stadium Cedar Falls MI. Among 381 candidates were Vicky Jean Burrow who graduated with honors with a B A in business education and Diana Jane Higgins Drips who earned a B S in lower elementary education.
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