Grand Champion shown at Bremer County Fair shows
At Bremer County Fair the Grand Champion 4H Beef show was the 14H Baby Bee steer shown by a daughter of John Axon Route 1. The steer weighed 75 pounds and was exhibited in Lon. Other winners included Hereford Reserve Champion Alan Lohman Angus Reserve Champion Mark Alexander Shorthorn Champion Jim Hill Crossbreds Champion and Reserve Marcia Janssen with names and addresses listed.
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Bremer County Fair
Mr.ohn Axon
Route 1
Jer County
Hereford
Alan Lohman
Ron Lohman
Readlyn
Angus
Mark Alexander
David Alexander
Plainfield
Jim Hill
Leonard Hill
Waverly
Denise Diers
Julius Diers
Sumner
Marcia Janssen
Dawn Axon
Larry Hanson
Tripoli
License Examiners Set for Saturday Morning in Tripoli
Iowa Highway Patrol license examiners are scheduled for Saturday morning August 18 from 8 a.m. to noon. Renewals issued until noon while written and driving tests run only until 11 a.m. The license examining team will not return to Tripoli until September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli
Michael Taken by Ambulance to Allen Hospital
E. A. Michael was transported by ambulance Tuesday morning to Allen hospital in Waterloo where he remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Michael
Allen Hospital
Waterloo
Funeral Services For Delpha Frese Held Here Tuesday
Mrs. Delpha Frese 78 died early Sunday at her home. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli with Rev. Keith Selberg officiating. Interment in Fremont cemetery. Survived by husband H J Frese Tripoli, daughter Lois Laverty Carlisle Iowa, son Jack Mission Viejo California, four grandsons, two great grandsons, three sisters, three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delpha Frese
Faith
Mary (Stoner) Miller
H. J. Frese
Tripoli
George
Lois) Laverty
Carlisle
Iowa
Jack
Mission Viejo
California
Clothing sale at John Schnieders residence
Saturday, August 18 from 9 to 7 at 501 South Main street a sale of girls boys and misses clothing value marked at forty dollars in an informal residential listing
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John Schnieders
501. S. Main
Tripoli School Board Adopts 1973 74 Budget Summary
Tripoli Community School board approved the 1973 74 budget at a public hearing August 13 with no objections. General fund 749 363 dollars and schoolhouse fund 54 420 dollars total 803 783 dollars. General fund taxes per 1000 assessed value set at 43 10 dollars, down from 47 52, a 4 mill reduction due to anticipated state aid.
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Board of Education At
Tripoli Community School
Volunteer Painting Sessions at Maple Hills Rescheduled
The second volunteer painting session at Maple Hills Country Club is moved to Friday August 17 at 5:00 p.m. The session covers applying the second coat of latex paint to riding and pull cart sheds. Volunteers should bring their own brushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Hills Country Club
Denver Days festival organizers named for August event
Denver announces the annual Denver Days celebration on August 17 and 18 with host committees for kids events Tug-O-War horseshoe tournament talent show teen dance seating and speaker systems tickets garden tractor pull farm tractor pull concessions and more led by Ray Steinberg Tom Lupardus and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Ray Steinberg
Tom Lupardus
Tom Marley
Lyle Soldwisch
Willard Mohling
Allan Gielau
Wilbert Foelske
Duane Harms
Craig Keough
Dean Larsen
Joel Wikner
Burton Piehl
Tom Brettmann
Lorence Platte
Jim Kasemeier
Shirley Buss
Roger Thurm
Danny Drewis
Norbert Schmitz
Ron Milius
Ken Pollock
Norbert Bruns
Laverne Leistikow
Moeller Son Transferred Back to ICU After Accident
Steve Moeller, hospitalized at Allen Memorial after an automobile accident on July 29, was moved back to the intensive care unit Tuesday evening. He is slated for additional surgery Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Robert Moeller
Allen Memorial Hospital
University of Northern Iowa grants 114 M A degrees
Elizabeth Tracy of Tripoli joined 113 other graduates as UNI awarded master of arts degrees at the 26th summer commencement on Friday August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Tracy
Tripoli
University of Northern Iowa
Slingshot slate and pulling contest set for Sunday
Jaycees announce a sling pulling contest this Sunday at First Avenue KC and H Farm Service with seven classes and four prizes. First prize is 25 dollars, others include 10 and 7 dollars, entry fee 7 dollars. Divisions cover several weight classes for tractors and sled pulls. Rock Club hosts a Rock Swap at Woods Park Sumner August 18 and 19 with hours 7 am to 9 pm and a silent auction and pot luck planned for Saturday evening.
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Jaycees
First Avenue
KC & H Farm Service
Iowa
Woods Park
Sumner
Agust
Trucker's Trailer Hit by Train Near Postville
A truck carrying 433 pigs was struck by a noon train near Postville on August 4. Harold Blaschke, of Ringdale Arkansas, and his son were injured. The trailer split, scattering pigs onto the track and farmland. local farmers aided the scene as Blaschke and another occupant were taken to the Postville hospital.
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Harold Blaschke
Ringdale
Ark
Mr. Blaschke
Mr. Ire
Postville Hospitalation
Bremer County Seeks Farmers for 1973 Storage and Drying Loans
Bremer County ASC offers six percent simple-interest loans at 85 percent loan coverage for storage facilities and drying equipment for price supported 1973 crops. Eligible items include cribs bins and drying gear. applications due within 30 days of farm delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
ASC
Bremer
Commodity Credit Corporation
Plan Senior Citizen Tour of Hawkeye Tech John Deere Site
The Hawkeye Institute of Technology of Waterloo offers a free Tuesday August 28 bus tour for seniors from Tripoli Frederika area. The trip includes Hawkeye Tech Museum of History and Science and new John Deere construction sites. Bus seats 36. reservations required. It departs Frederika Fire Station at 9 30.
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Hawkeye Tech
John Deere
Hawkeye Institute of Technology of Waterloo
Tripoli- Frederika Area
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Museum of History and Science
Frederika Fire Station
Arnold Brunscheon Funeral Rites Held At Readlyn
Funeral services for 48 year old Arnold H. Brunscheon were held Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church Readlyn. He died unexpectedly from a heart attack at Allen Memorial hospital. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife Joan and three sons Danny, Jeffrey and Ronald in Korea. He leaves a twin brother Alvin and brothers Werner and Fred Thies, and a sister Berniece Thies. He was born September 10, 1924, in Franklin township Bremer County. He worked at Rath Packing in Waterloo and ran Arnie’s Tap in Readlyn. He was a lifetime Readlyn resident and belonged to the Readlyn Volunteer Firemen and Community Club.
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Readlyn
Zion Lutheran Church
Arnold H. Brunscheon
Allen Memorial Hospital
Franklin Township
Bremer County
Iowa
Fred
Mamie (Wasserfort) Brunscheen
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Arnie
Steam Engine Show at Antique Acres Near Cedar Falls
A Cedar Falls area farm Antique Acres hosts a summer museum of giant steam and gas engines. The Reeves steam traction engine and other antique farm machinery are shown from June to September with a Threshermen's Field Days steam show August 23–26. Admission is $1 for adults to support preservation efforts.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Highway 218
Town Hall Tripoli Lunch Plan for Bishops at Waterloo
The Tripoli Town Hall at 9 45 a m will pay each passenger for his own lunch planned for Bishops at Waterloo. Reservations can be made by calling Mrs David West at 8823388.
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Tripoli
Waterloo
David West
Reinhardt Kueker Funeral Rites Held in Tripoli
Funeral rites for Reinhardt Kueker 52 were held Monday at Grace Lutheran Church Tripoli with Rev James Mattson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Kueker born August 8 1921 in Bremer County Iowa was the son of William H and Alwina Lamprecht Kueker and worked at Construction Machinery Co of Waterloo. He died August 10 at Allen Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. He is survived by Shirley two brothers Arnold Des Moines and Erhardt Sumner.
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Reinhardt Kueker
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
James Mattson
William H. and
Alwina (Lamprecht) Kueker
Bremer County
Iowa
Construction Machinery Company of Waterloo
Allen Memorial Hospital
Men's City Golf Tourney At Maple Hills Planned
Maple Hills Country Club hosts the Men's City Golf Tourney with two days of play August 16 and August 23. Over fifty members have signed up, with Kim Kehe as club manager accepting entries through Wednesday. Championship flight plays 27 holes total with 18 on August 16 and 9 on August 23. lower flights play 18 holes across both Thursdays. Entry fee is $2.00.
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Maple Hills Country Club
Kim Kehe
Greene golfer wins invitational in playoff at Maple Hills
Dick Stuntz of Greene captured the top prize in the third annual one day invitational at Maple Hills Country Club with a 106 total after rounds of 36 35 35. Kim Kehe of Tripoli finished runner up in a sudden death playoff, birdie-4 to even par 5.
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Greene
Kehe
Maple Hills Country Club
Panasonic Stereo
AM-FM_ radio
Dick Stuntz
Stuntz
Kim Kehe
Jack Knutson
Nashua
Kim
Knutson
Tripoli
Tom Larson
Fred Grawe
Waverly
Tripoli 1933 Graduates Hold 40 Year Reunion
Tripoli high school class of 1933 gathered at the Ken Rose room in Tripoli for their 40 year reunion Friday evening. Attendees included Earl Judas Dixon Arnold Zander Francis Rebholz Homer Nevermann Wes Bockhaus with several spouses listed. Several members did not attend and deceased classmates are named. A greeting was sent by former teacher Mrs Very Sturdh Sell from Seal Beach California.
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Tripoli High School
Ken Rose
Tripoli
Earl Judas
Dixon
Iowa
Arnold Zander
Francis Rebholz
Cedar Falls
Homer Nevermann
Seattle
Wash
Wes Bockhaus
Melvin
Rosalea Waterman
Guynn
Alfred
Lucinda Dohrman
Boeckmann
Waverly
Virgil
Muriel Tiedt
Farrill
Readlyn
Clair
Helen Jacobsen
Hammetter
Sumner
Mabel
Gebert) Wilen
Waldron Duecker
Ray Block
Viola (Hackbarth) Mooney
Clifford Kleiss
Nelson Niemeyer
Thelma Bolte Bierman
Lester Boeckmann
Robert Sorg
Returns Home After Heart Attack Recovery
Erwin Bock was released from St. Paul Ramsey hospital in Minnesota on August 4 and returned home to convalesce after 22 days in the hospital following a heart attack.
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Erwin Bock
St. Paul Ramsey Hospital
Minnesota
John Berlin Returns Home After Hospital Stay
John Berlin was discharged and returned to his home Monday following hospitalization at Allen Hospital in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Berlin
Allen, Waterloo
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Ngus
Aucarry Hanson
Tripoli School Board
Maple Hills
Tripoli Leader
Ear Postville
ASCS
Arnold Brunscheon
Wilbur Mahlstedt
Everett Tessmer
Robert Popes
Merlyn Dettmering
Robert Hildebrandt
Edward Schroeder
Shirley
Arnold
Des Moines
Erhardt
Lawrence Heinemann
Matt Sexton
Curt Thomas
George Brubaker
Jon Gielau
Brian Hamilton
Pat Minnick
Rick Forsman
Melvin Krumm
Dick Festival
Craig Parr
Pat Sexton
Craig Steege
Bill Astor
Dave Bennett
George Webber
Terry Bradford
Fred Jaspers
Grant Kincaid
Wendall Stuntz
OhMole
John Poock
Tom Dutcher
Don Angel
Waukon
Dave Destival
Oelwein
Dave Severson
Herb Meyers
Gary Stafford
John Young
Don Schrage
Bob Butler
Bob Dutcher
Mason City
Willie Schilling
Mike Fink
Erv Kuecker
Dwayne Clapp
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