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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1967
Page
1
Tripoli City schools opened on Monday with 804 students, up from 779 a year ago. Elementary grades Kindergarten through sixth total 439 students versus 403 last year, while junior and senior high grades seven through twelve total 365, down from 376. Grade by grade counts list Kind 64, 1st 71, 2nd 61, 3rd 63, 4th 58, 5th 65, 6th 57, 7th 59, 8th 65, 9th 68, 10th 58, 11th 60, 12th 55.
Anna Pagel Eid, 98, died recently. Funeral services set for Friday at Rettig Funeral Home and Lundberg Funeral Home, Cannon Falls. Burial in Urland Lutheran Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mrs S A Maurer, Mrs Bertha Weidemann, Mrs Sally Estrem. sons Orville Eide and others. Arrangement by Tripoli Funeral Home.
Applications for shotgun deer licenses for Iowa’s 7 season become available September 1. Licenses issued on a first come, first served basis with no drawing. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at county recorders and Conservation offices. Zones 1 2 3 hunt December 2 3. zones 4 5 6 hunt December 2 3.
Lawrence Schwartz returned today from Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after surgery to treat four patients.
A Social Security Administration district office representative will visit Waterloo at the Court House on September 11 and 25 from 9 to 11 a.m. in Sumner at City Hall on September 19 from 9 to 11 a.m. People may also call the Waterloo district office, room 702, Black Hawk Building, West Fourth and Commercial Streets.
Tripoli Leader will mail one day later due to Labor Day. Publication moves to Thursday. delivery to post office boxes Thursday afternoon and on routes Friday morning. News and advertising deadline extended one day for next week only. Regular schedule resumes the following week.
The Ladies of St John’s Lutheran Church Crane Creek will host a steak supper starting at 4 30 PM on Thursday August 31. Menu includes steak mashed potatoes gravy sauerkraut baked beans salad cranberries relish tray rolls apple and cherry pie coffee milk. Tickets cost 1 25 for adults 75 cents for children 12 and under. Public invited.
Muscatine Republican Sen. David Stanley will address a morning coffee at Tripoli Town Hall on Thursday Sept 14 at 10 45 AM. He is the Republican candidate for U S Senate and the Bremer county Republicans promote the event. Stanley will also appear in Waverly on Sept 13.
Mr and Mrs Otto Buls and Edward Biermann Readlyn visited Iowa City Saturday to see Biermann’s wife at University Hospital on the 5th floor. They also stopped in Bettendorf to visit Lloyd Boevers at home.
The Rev Keith D Selberg aged 33 will assume pastoral duties at Faith United Church of Christ on September 1 and deliver his first sermon at the 10 15 a m service He and his wife Patricia and two children have moved into the parsonage He has eight years in ministry previously serving Zion United Church of Christ Poland Indiana and earlier two congregations He was guest speaker in May when the church voted 100 percent to accept him by ballot The church office notes the vacancy followed the resignation of Rev E F Puhlmann on March 1 and interim pastors helped since then
Mrs Leona Miller visited her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs August Bergmann on Sunday. Ruby Menke vacationed in Annandale Minnesota last week. Mrs Herbert Wittenburg Readlyn visited Monday evening with Mrs Sophia Bock. Mr and Mrs Henry Frese Waverly called on Mrs Agnas Thran Saturday afternoon. Mrs Matilda Williams and Mrs Fred Oltrogge Waterloo spent Wednesday with Agnas Thran. Jeanette Phelps returned Saturday from Waverly after several days with her sister Mrs Joe Kruger. Mrs Wm Luhring and her son Waverly spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs August Bergmann. Mr and Mrs Clark Snelling visited their grandfather Harry Heine Monday. Mrs Amanda Tietje Waverly visited Mrs Minnie Koschmeder Thursday afternoon. Mrs Agnas Thran attended the ODe an Wittenburg wedding Saturday morning at Readlyn.
Mr and Mrs Frank Holm of Waterloo visit Christ Meyer Monday afternoon. He returned Saturday from Sumner hospital where he had been since Wednesday. Mrs Emma Boeckman and Mrs Herbert Sievers joined the visit.
The Bremer county Extension service home economics committee schedules an Outdoor Living Study at Camp Ingawanis for plants insects recreation and landscaping. Advance reservation at the Extension office in Tripoli is required unless bringing a sack lunch. Information from Pearl K. Pardee Extension home economist. Tuesday.
Voters in the Tripoli Community School District will choose one director on Monday September 11. Lloyd Moeller, farmer from Fremont township, has filed nomination papers for the vacancy in District No. 3. Incumbent Ervin C. Heinemann will not seek re election. nomination papers must be filed by September 12 at noon with secretary Robert H. Kuhrt, requiring signatures of at least 10 qualified electors.
St Johns Evangelical and Re formed church in Siegel hosts a chicken and ham supper on Wednesday September 6 from 5 PM. Menu includes chicken and ham mashed potatoes gravy baked beans sauerkraut salad rolls pie and coffee. Adults 1.25 children under 12 0.75. A bazaar will also be held at the church located one mile west and 1.5 miles south of junction 63 and 188.
Tripoli closes on Monday for Labor Day with stores and services affected. The Tripoli Commercial Club calendar. Tripoli Community School System suspends classes under Supt. Howard Marquardt. Limited postal service, morning star route mail, and Courier deliveries will occur. no mail dispatch or rural delivery on Labor Day.
Graduates of the class of 1967 may pick up their annuals at the high school on Thursday August 31 and Friday September 1.
Kansas City officials announce 1968 summer Head Start applications due by November 15 in the north central regional office. Summer runs June 15 to August 15, 8 to 10 weeks. full year programs require 75 days notice. Funding hinges on Congress action and continued operation under a continuing resolution.
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation announces a county based homemaker program to aid low income families. About 25 homemakers operate in Allamakee Bremer Chickasaw Fayette Howard and Winneshiek with county supervisors coordinating services and referrals to resources like Social Security.
Allen Kuecker son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Kuecker left Sunday morning by plane from Waterloo for Kansas City where he will study at Weaver Airline Schools. He completed a two year home study course.
Funeral services for Ernest Quade 67 were held at St Pauls Lutheran church Siegel with Rev W H Klein officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. He died Saturday evening Aug 26 at Mercy hospital Waverly after a long illness. Survivors include wife Gertrude one daughter Mrs Robert Wendland Fredericksburg two sons Vernon Plainfield and Harold Waverly nine grandchildren and one brother Oscar Tripoli. Rettig Funeral Home Tripoli was in charge of arrangements. An obituary appears on page seven.
The Tripoli Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Firemen's dance at the Riviera Ballroom in Janesville on Friday September 1. Floyd Warren Orchestra will provide music and advance ticket sales are underway with all proceeds going to the Firemen's fund.
Thirteen members of Tripoli high school’s graduating class of 1927 gathered August 20 for a dinner at a New Hampton restaurant. Howard Bockhaus served as emcee while attendees shared reminiscences. Mable McIntyre McGaffee won the prize for traveling the greatest distance. teachers A. A. Belknap and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. King also attended and were recognized.
Bremer county Extension service invites participation in a no charge landscaping project Sept 21 22 in Tripoli. Margherita Tarr ISU landscape architect and Pearl Pardee Extension home economist will advise on plant selection and placement. Participants must sign in at the Extension office in Tripoli.
Carol daughter of the LaVern Haverkamps Frederika left Sum ner hospital and returned to her home on Thursday following treatment locally.
Paul Magnall and Duane Waterman left Monday for Lincoln Nebraska to attend the Boy Scouts national conference of the Order of the Arrow at the University of Nebraska this week.
Matthew Brooks of Waterloo spent a few days last week with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Edw Weihe while his parents moved to the new home they purchased in Waterloo.
Weather readings recorded by J. M. Haydon, observer, show daily conditions at six o clock p m with Tuesday excluded and a noon check listed for the period.
Thirty six players report for the start of practice at Tripoli High School on August 21 led by Head Coach Eldon Ott. The Panthers, led by 12 seniors and nine juniors, prepare for an eight game schedule beginning with Sumner Aces at home on September 15 and later Cedar-Wapsie conference games.
Denver special reports funeral services for Harry H. Smith 79 of rural Readlyn conducted August 28 at First Evangelical Brethren church in Waverly. He died Thursday at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo after a three week admission. Burial followed at Mt Vernon township cemetery. Surviving widow Gladys two children J K Smith and Ivadell Eyestone both of Waterloo, two sisters Jennie Court and Sadie Cook of Chicago.
Ray H. Fink announces barbecued chicken served family style at the Tripoli VFW Post Home on Monday September 4 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Admission is 1.25 dollars for adults and 75 cents for children under 12.
July sales of series E and H United States savings bonds and freedom shares in Bremer county totaled 24,973 dollars, giving seven month totals of 389,375 dollars for 76 percent of the 1967 goal. statewide July sales reach 7,663,019 dollars for 50 percent of the goal. Lyon leads Iowa at 90 percent, with Van Buren 80 and Decatur 79. Nearby counties show varied progress in seven months.
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