Red Sox Face Sumner In Final Home Tilt Sunday
Red Sox seek a season-ending win at home against arch rival Sumner Sunday at 2 15 p m makeup after rain postponement. Tripoli beat Readlyn 5 0 to move into fifth place as Poock and Fink limited Readlyn with clutch pitching and two double plays. Fredericksburg topped Nashua 4 3 and Oelwein outlasted Sumner 6 5 in league games.
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Red Sox
Sumner
Tripoli
Sox
Readlyn
Larry Poock
Ralph Fink
Poock
Fink
Temperature Swing Low After Warm Week in Tipoli
Local residents faced a sharp cooling trend after a spell of rain. Temperatures fell from the 80s to the 40s as a 1.1 inch rainfall last Wednesday followed by overcast skies brought a week of daily extremes. Weather observer C. W. Yan recorded temperatures from mid-60s to near 90 across several days, with a total precipitation around 21 inches for the year in Tipoli.
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Tipoli
C. W. Yan
Three Tripoli Residents Win Meadowbrook Golf Flights
In the Meadowbrook Country Club match play finals three Tripoli residents claimed flight titles. T A Shriver defeated Jim Berg 3 1 to win the junior flight while Bob Kuhrt beat Lloyd Johnston 4 and 3 for the senior fourth flight. Bill Buckley won the first flight 1 up over John Gorman. Gene Reimler edged Eldo Kehe 1 up in the fifth flight, after Kehe beat Roy Pease in the semifinals. Joe Sexton defeated Norm Theiss 4 and 3 for the club championship. both finalists hail from Sumner.
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Tripoli
Meadowbrook Country Club
T. A. Shriver
E. R. Shriver
Jim Berg
Bob Kuhrt
Lloyd Johnston
Murray Gissel
Bill Buckley
John Gorman
Mel Harris
Eldo Kehe
Gene Reimler
Roy Pease
J. P. Snelling
Laverne Lampe
Floyd Hobbs
Bob Ambrose
O. B. Kerr
Joe Sexton
Norm Theiss
Sumner
No Prizes Awarded In Latest Drawing At Club
Prizes were not claimed in the Tripoli Commercial club weekly drawing last Saturday. No winner claimed the $25 first prize, and the $10 consolation prize also went unclaimed by Claude Block Forrest Bolte Emil F Buchholz Lloyd Moeller and Vernon Wikner. First prize next Saturday will rise to $50 in trade certificates. a similar unclaimed drawing occurred previously with a $75 first prize.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
Claude Block
Forrest Bolte
Emil F. Buchholz
Lloyd Moeller
Vernon Wikner
Next Week's Leader Delayed By Labor Day Holiday
The Tri Poli Leader will publish one day late due to Labor Day. The issue will be mailed Thursday instead of Wednesday with deliveries Thursday afternoon and Friday morning on routes. News and advertising deadlines are extended one day for next week only. Regular schedule resumes the following week.
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Tripoli
Important Meeting Of American Legion Here Next Tuesday
The local American Legion post invites all members to Town Hall Tuesday night at 8 o clock for an important meeting. Commander E G Michael says officers will be elected and other important business will be discussed.
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American Legion
Town Hall
E. G. Michael
Couple Wed in Siegel Church Wedding
Wed Last Week Mr and Mrs Yale Kramer pictured after their wedding at St Pauls Lutheran church Siegel on Sunday Aug 17 Mr Kramer is son of Mr and Mrs Mandel Kramer Tripoli His wife is daughter of Mr and Mrs Reidolph Schwarze Tripoli Mrs Kramer graduated from Tripoli High School last May Her husband is a student at Gates College Waterloo The couple is making their home with Mrs Kramer’s parents.
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Yale Kramer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Siegel
Kramer
Mandel Kramer
Tripoli
Reidolph Schwarze
Tripoli High School
Gates College
Waterloo
Thirty football candidates prep for Tripoli High season
Thirty candidates train daily under Coach John Mullen as Tripoli High prepares to open its 1958 season. Eight lettermen remain with several injury and equipment issues. Mullen shifts from a straight T to a winged T offense while facing a nine game schedule with only three home games and Quad County league play.
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John Mullen
Tripoli High School
Mullen
State University of Iowa
Panthers
Coggon
Monona
Strawberry Point
Arlington
Calmar
Carol Schoof to Wed William Gardner at Waverly
Engagement announced for former Tri poli teachers Carol Schoof and William Gardner. They will marry at 4 p.m. December 27 at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Waverly. Schoof attended Wartburg College and ISTC Cedar Falls, taught in Tripoli. Gardner also ISTC graduate, taught in Tripoli, both to teach in Aurora this fall.
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Tripoli
Carol Schoof
William Gardner
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Waverly
Miss Schoof
William Schoof
Wartburg College
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Gardner
Arthur Gardner
Des Moines
ISTC
Aurora
Volunteers Needed to Move Equipment to New High School
Help is requested tonight Wednesday to relocate equipment from the old high school to the new campus. Volunteers should meet at the old building at 7 p.m. The work is expected to take about two hours.
Army Pvt Struck Completes Basic Training at Fort Carson
Army Pvt Charles W Struck completed basic training and spent 14 days with his wife Betty, and his parents and friends at Sumner Route 3. He returned Thursday, August to Fort Carson for further training.
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Army
Charles W. Struck
Betty
Sumner
Aus
Fort Carson
Chicken Supper At St John’s Lutheran Church
St Johns Lutheran Church Spring Fountain sponsors a chicken supper in the church parlors on Wednesday September 3. Dinner starts at 5 30. Adults cost 1.00 and children 50 cents.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Tripoli Power Outage Baffles Officials
Interstate Power Co. operating superintendent Phil Suchy said the cause of Tripoli's Sunday power loss is not yet located. Power was off citywide from 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. with southeastern Tripoli area remaining dark until 1:55 p.m. as crews worked to pinpoint the failure.
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Tripoli
Phil Suchy
Interstate Power Co
Denver Still Alive In State Baseball Tourney At Sumner
Denver Cedar Valley league champions stayed alive in the Io wa Amateur Baseball association title fight at Sumner Monday night by turning back Independence 6-3. It will play West Union 8-5 winner over Stacyville Tuesday night in the double elimination tourney. If Denver wins another game will be played Thursday night. if Denver loses West Union will be champion. West Union earlier won its first two games, beating Independence and Stacyville. Denver’s only prior game, a 3-0 loss to Stacyville, featured a one-hitter by Dave Ray.
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Denver
Iowa Amateur Baseball Association
Sumner
Independence
West Union
Stacyville
Larry Poock
Leagues Begin 30-Week Bowling Season at Tripoli Bowl-In
Tripoli opens a 30 week bowling season next Monday with about 210 players including 150 men and 60 women. Men bowl on Monday and Wednesday for merchant teams, and church leagues on Tuesdays. Women bowl Thursdays. A mixed league may form later, for 25 weeks. Open bowling runs Tuesday evenings to 8 45 p m Friday 7 11 p m and Sat Sun 2 11 p m. Men have five leagues with six teams per league and five players per team.
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Tripoli
Lavern Tegtmeier
Tegtmeier
Ronald Strottmann Patient After Farm Tractor Accident
Ronald Strottmann, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Strottmann, is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after a tractor rolled over him on his father's farm. He suffered a fractured pelvic bone.
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Readlyn
Ronald Strottmann
Lorenz Strottmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Ronald
Weekend Fishing Trip to Cleveland Minnesota
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Maurer of Waterloo and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwemm left Friday morning to spend the weekend fishing at Cleveland Minnesota. They were joined Saturday and Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Meyer and Richard.
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Stephen A. Maurer
Waterloo
Carl Schwemm
Cleveland
Minn
Ben Meyer
Richard
Breaks Collarbone Of Clarence Wolfe At Home
Clarence Wolfe father of Mrs. E A Carstensen broke his collarbone in a fall at their home last Sunday and is confined to the house.
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Clarence Wolfe
E. A. Carstensen
Struck Completes Basic Combat Training at Fort Carson
COMPLETES TRAINING son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Struck of Tripoli recently completed eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Carson Colorado. He is a 1953 graduate of Federika High school and a former employee of Farmers Produce Co. here.
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Army
Charles W. Struck
Carl H. Struck
Tripoli
Fort Carson
Colo
Frederika High School
Farmers Produce Co. Here
Building at Old New High Schools To End Next Month
Eldon R. Shriver said building work on Tripoli Community School district’s old and new high schools will extend past the start of school next Tuesday. The new high school's industrial arts room and gym will continue for 2 3 weeks after school begins, while the rest should be ready. Mid September expects completion of the kitchen addition to the old high school with floor laying and painting beginning this week.
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Tripoli Community School
Eldon R. Shriver
Carolyn Rogge Weds William Riggle in Grace Lutheran
Carolyn Rogge daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Rogge married William C Riggle son of Mr and Mrs Homer Riggle in Grace Lutheran church here on Saturday afternoon The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev William F Goetz with organist Mrs Fred Downing of Waverly and vocalist Mrs James Tharp. The couple planned a weeklong wedding trip to the Ozarks and will reside on a farm near Iowa City.
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Carolyn Rogge
Henry C. Rogge
William C. Riggle
Homer Riggle
Iowa City
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
Fred Downing
Waverly
James Tharp
Sabrina
Joan Keil
Mason City
James Campbell
Tiffin
Earlis Butterbaugh
Franklin Koch
Grace Parish Hall
R. R. Downing
C. Vern Donahoo
Sumner
Shell Rock
Barbara Downing
Elaine Ranshaw
Rock Valley
James Walker
Neva Miller
Lois Huth
Washta
Kathleen Dunahoo
Valitha Dunahoo
Mary Jo Rogge
Leon Fett
Ether
Oelwein
Minnesota
North Liberty
Waterloo
Fontanelle
Ozarks
Tripoli High School
Wartburg College
State University of Iowa
University High
Fishing Trip Returns After Week in Canada
Lorraine Schuldt and Clarence Bahlmann of Tripoli were among nine men who returned Saturday evening after a week fishing in Canada.
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Lorraine Schuldt
Clarence Bahlmann
Tripoli
Canada
Pvt Larry K Struck Home On Leave
Private Larry K Struck spent a sixteen day leave with his parents and returned Friday to Fort Belvoir Virginia.
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Larry K. Struck
Fort Belvoir
Home From Hospital Returns For Krueger Couple
Mr and Mrs August Krueger came home Tuesday from Rochester where he had three weeks of medical treatment.
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August Krueger
Rochester
Mr. Krueger
Peggy Von Oldham weds Donald Lammers in Colesburg
Peggy Von Oldham daughter of Mrs Althea Oldham of Waterloo and the late Max Oldham married Donald Raymond Lammers son of Mr and Mrs Gregor Lammers Earlville on Thursday at St Patrick's Colesburg in a double ring ceremony performed by Father Kroll New Vienna. The couple will reside on a farm near Colesburg.
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Peggy von Oldham
Garber
Althea Oldham
Waterloo
Max Oldham
Tripoli
Donald Raymond Lammers
Gregor Lammers
Earlville
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Colesburg
Father Kroll
New Vienna
Carol Lammers
Judith Oldham
Sumner
Joyce Knipper
Hopkinton
Maxie Oldham
Manchester
Venice
Roger Bush
Gary Barnhart
Wm. Meyer
Fred Ni
Lakeside Ballroom
Guttenberg
Park Rapids
Minn
Mr and Mrs Rathbone visit Waverly as family tours
Mr and Mrs Robert Rathbone and family visited Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Leon Kleiss and family in Waverly. The Kleisses plan to move to Humboldt Saturday as Mr Kleiss takes a new post as district supervisor for Massey Ferguson Co.
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Robert Rathbone
Leon Kleiss
Waverly
Kleiss
Humboldt
Massey-Ferguson Co
Tripoli Congregational Members Attend Union Church Service
A group of 40 from Tripoli Congregational church attended Sunday services at Community church Union where Rev L F Gatch pastors. A picnic dinner with Rev and Mrs Gatch followed. Mr and Mrs J C Doran and family of Beaver also attended.
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Tripoli Congregational Church
Union
L. F. Gatch
Frederika Methodist supper by W S C S Thursday Sept 18
Annual chicken supper sponsored by Frederika Methodist W S C S to be held Thursday September 18 with proceeds supporting church activities and missions.
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Frederika Methodist
W.S.C.S
Council orders cost estimates for Tripoli sewage plant
Tripoli town council at a special meeting ordered cost estimates for a new sewage disposal plant and approved paying resurfacing costs of about 13 500 dollars. The Hanson firm of West Union was retained to assess plant needs and industry sewage loads. Two school crossing signals costing nearly 600 dollars will be ordered for the new high school area on Highway 93, with signals on both north and south sides to control traffic in both lanes.
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Tripoli
Bert B. Hanson
West Union
Hanson
Firemen's Dance Ticket Sales Lag in Tripoli
First reports on the annual Tripoli firemen's dance show weak ticket sales for September 16 in Janesville. Firemen say purchases fund fire protection, noting equipment bought from the fund and that proceeds support a yearly dinner for the men and wives. they urge community support to replenish future equipment funds.
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Tripoli
Janesville
About 80 Scouters At Annual Barbecue Tonight
About 80 Bremer district Boy Scout leaders and committeemen are expected to attend the annual outdoor barbecue at Wapsie Sportsmen's club park near Tot's Lake tonight. Elmer Wilharm of Tripoli is arranging the barbecued chicken and sweet corn dinner. A report on membership status will be given and fall quarterlies and 1959 program notebooks will be distributed.
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Bremer District
Wapsie
Tripoli Stores to Close for Labor Day Observed by Club
Tripoli businesses will close next Monday for Labor Day following the Commercial Club schedule. The post office lobby will be open but no town or rural postal service will be provided. Tripoli Community School District will reopen for a half day on Tuesday after the holiday.
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Tripoli
Commercial Club
Ray H. Fink
Tripoli Community
Eldon R. Shriver
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