Circus Coming to Tripoli Next Sunday Eve in Town
Schmidt's Trained Elephant and Wild Animal Circus showcases at North Town Park in Tripoli for one night. Gates open 7:30 p.m. with 8 p.m. performance. Advance tickets 75c adults 25c children. gate 85c adults 35c children. Acts include dancers unicyclists jugglers and wild animals. Also Congregational church dinner Sept 7 at Town Hall 5 p.m. Adults 1.25 children 65c.
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Circus
Women’s Fellowship of
Tripoli Congregational Church
Tripoli Town Hall
Ildren
Services for Mrs Nellie Grover Friday at Frederika church
Funeral services for Mrs R A Grover, 71, of Frederika, will be Friday September 2 at 2 pm in St John s Lutheran Church Frederika, with Rev W H Klein. Burial will be Alcock cemetery. She is survived by husband Ray, three daughters Mrs Leslie Hagedorn of New Hampton, Mrs Lorraine Denton of Waterloo, Mrs Robert Oman of Cedar Falls, and son Elton Grover of Waterloo, plus 11 grandchildren.
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R. A. Grover
Frederika
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. H. Klein
Alcock Cemetery
Ray
Leslie Hagedorn
New Hampton
Lorraine Denton
Waterloo
Robert Oman
Cedar Falls
Elton Grover
Ipoli Fire Department Buys New Truck With Fundraiser Funds
The Ipoli Fire Department unveiled a new $4,000 pumper truck financed entirely from its annual Firemen’s Dance proceeds. The vehicle, No 2 pumper with water tank and hose, replaces the 1930 Chevrolet retired after 1020 miles.
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Ipoli
Wapsie Valley bids on fuel, insurance, TV sets
Wapsie Valley school board met August 22 to open bids for gasoline, No 2 fuel oil, bus insurance, and television sets. Readlyn Oil Co. submitted low bids for gasoline and fuel oil, Burton Stumme Insurance for insuring 12 buses and a pickup at 550.12, and Fairbank Furniture Co. provided three 23 inch TV sets at 174.00 each for installation in elementary buildings. A KWWL program will provide science history and reading content.
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Wapsie Valley
Readlyn Oil Co
Readlyn
Burton Stumme Insurance Agency
Fairbank Furniture Co
Iowa
KWWL
Waterloo
James R. Alexander
Annual Retail Sales Tax Report Shows Decline for Tripoli
The Iowa State Tax Commission’s annual tabulations show Tripoli’s fiscal year ending June 30 1960 falling to 40 911.22 from 41 277.61 reflecting a drop of 366 39 and an 18 319 50 decline in retail business. County totals exceed one million dollars with Waverly Sumner and rural areas posting mixed gains and losses in tax collections and listed firms.
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Tripoli
Iowa State Tax Commission
Waverly
Sumner
Denver
Readlyn
Janesville
Frederika
Plainfield
Nine trial notices filed for September term of Bremer County District Court
Ninety nine trial notices for the September term of Bremer County District Court are listed with Judge William P. Butler presiding. The docket includes 61 new cases since the last term, comprising 18 criminal and 43 civil matters, with numerous pairings of plaintiffs and defendants and several appeals and reorganizations noted.
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Bremer County District Court
William P. Butler
Nora M. White
Robert S. Wilford
Raymond Ralph Campbell
Larry Hoffman
L. E. Fisher
Universal Clt. Corporation
Edwin Zander
Margaret M. Connell
Clark Oberdiear
Obe's Cafe
State of Iowa
Lawrence William Lindner
Verlyn James Bohle
James Lavern Dunaway
OMVI
Charles Wilbur Becker
Donald Wayne Anderson
Clifford Leroy Hurst
Michael John Hannan
Wayne Donald Wilson
Donald William Matthias
Clifford LeRoy Goodnow
Donald K. Weekley
David Frank Bean
Harry Zipse
Robert Duane Donlon
George Robert Joyce
Robert Wayne Flege
Kenneth Charles French
Charles Glenn Hare
Jefferson Transportation Co
Donald Richman
Robert William Zummak
The
Korean Veterans Service Compensation Board
Walter Schwerin
Frederika Mill
Kenneth Latwesen
Leonard H. Dettmer
R. W. Drewis
Bremer Oil Co
Eldred Pierce
Phil W Freese
Pauline Sampson
Donald Sampson
Equity
Elvera B. Koepke
Casper Otto Koepke
Waverly Ready Mix Co
Panther Gridders Prep With Stiff Daily Workouts
Tripoli High School football team has grown to 38 players and is training intensively for the September 9 opener against Sumner. Coach Marion Ruebel notes two hard scrimmages this week, praising progress but urging more work on defense and offense as he plans to reuse last year’s single wing while emphasizing defense.
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Tripoli High School
Sumner
Marion Ruebel
Next Week's Leader Delayed By Labor Day Holiday
The Tri Poli Leader will publish a day late due to Labor Day. The issue will be mailed Thursday instead of Wednesday with delivery to Tripoli post office boxes Thursday afternoon and on routes Friday morning. News and advertising deadlines extended one day for next week only. regular schedule resumes the following week.
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Tripoli Leader
Tripoli
Two Take Out Papers For Tripoli School Board Posts
Nomination papers for two Tripoli Community School District director posts are due Friday at noon. Clarence Buchholz seeks director at large, Lynn Wilson files for district No. 4. Treasurer Robert M. Ambrose runs for re election. Election is Monday September 12 from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
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Tripoli
Clarence Buchholz
Lynn Wilson
Robert M. Ambrose
Funeral Services Held Saturday for Henry Schortau
Funeral services were Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27, for Henry Schortau, 74, with Rev. W. H. Klein officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. He was born March 10, 1886 in Bremer county, married Christina Harms in 1914, lived in Frederika, worked at Bath Packing Co. 1941–55, retired in 1955 due to ill health, suffered a stroke earlier this year, died Aug. 25. Surviving: wife Christina, son Lawrence, two grandsons, Frederika residents. one brother and one sister.
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Christina Harms
Bath Packing Co
Waterloo
Lawrence
Frederika
Five More Kids Win Bikes in Leader's Contest
Five winners are announced in The Leader subscription contest an event with Schwinn bikes. Winners include William Ganske Jr Sumner Route 2 and Michael Nuss Frederika son and daughter of local residents along with Allen Heinemann Tripoli Dean Petersen Waverly and Patricia Gaede Sumner Rt 3. The contest closes Aug 31 at 5 00 pm any subscriptions after this time are ineligible. The bike drawings will be held Sept 3 at 10 00 am at Tripoli Town Hall and any child not reaching the required quota may still claim their earned checks.
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Wm. Ganske, Jr
Wm. Ganske
Sumner
Michael Nuss
E. J. Nuss
Frederika
Allen Heinemann
Lawrence Heinemann
Tripoli
Dean Petersen
Grading Project North of Horton Approved
Bremer County board of supervisors approved a four mile grading project north of Horton from Highway 188 to Chickasaw county line. Low bidder Don Visser of Cedar Falls will start September 5 with project completion set for November 19, though county engineer expects serviceability by December 1 after rock crushing by county crew.
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Bremer County Board of Supervisors
Horton
Highway 188
Chickasaw County
Don Visser
Cedar Falls
Earl Welshons
Denver Wins State Title Advance To ABC Regional
Denver ball club defeated the Dysart club 7-1 to capture the State amateur baseball championship and clinch a spot in the ABC Regional tournament at Pierre South Dakota. Jerry Duen limited Dysart to four hits while Don Sowers went 5 for 5 with four RBIs. Denver opens regional play Saturday September 10 against the Wisconsin state champion or the Pierre club.
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Denver
ABC
Denver Ball Club
Pierre
S. C
Dysart Ball Club
Dysart
Jerry Duen
Don Sowers
Wisconsin
Stores and Schools to Close on Labor Day in Tripoli
Tripoli businesses will shut next Monday for Labor Day under the Commercial Club schedule. There will be no town or rural postal service that day, though the post office lobby remains open with no window or star route service. Tripoli Community School pupils face a Monday class cancellation, and courthouse offices will be closed Saturday and Monday.
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Tripoli
Commercial Club
Ray H. Fink
E. R. Shriver
Court House
High Wind and Rain Sunday Marks Week Weather
The report notes very close readings to last week with daytime highs in the 80s and nightly lows mainly in the 60s. Friday and Saturday dipped to the 50s while Sunday brought strong winds and driving rain around 4 30 pm, causing motorists to pull over. Rain totals showed .90 inches for Sunday and .27 Monday, with Friday at .05. J M Haydon recorded daily temperature extremes.
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Tripoli
J. M. Haydon
Cub Scout Parents Meet to Discuss Shortage of Help
Parents of Cub Scouts in Tripoli Town meet to tackle a shortage of Den Mothers. Two resignations left four dens short and the group near standstill. Cub Master Harlan Johnson seeks replacements for three vacancies and urges interested residents to contact him. Despite the staff gap, boys remain enthused about meetings as Grace Lutheran Brotherhood sponsored the unit last year.
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Tripoli
Maa
Harlan Johnson
Grace Lutheran Brotherhood
Chicken-Ham Supper at St Matthew's Lutheran Church
A chicken ham supper is planned for Sunday September 4 at St Matthew's Lutheran Church one mile north of Readlyn on Highway 3. Sponsored by the Ladies Aid serving begins at 4 p m. Admission is 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for children.
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St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Highway
Ladies Aid
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Tripoli Grain and Feed Co
Nellie Grover
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F. Klemp
Renny
Fuel, Inc
District Court
Panther
Henry Schortau
Cub Scout
Tripoli High
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Doug Bell
Dennis Bergmann
Jerry Biermann
Chuck Block
Vern Bockhaus
Doug Boeckmann
Roger Buchholz
Dixon Bunger
Larry Bunger
Clinton Burrow
Don Dohrmann
Martin Drewis
Roy Drewis
Claire Duecker
Michael Fink
Bill Garner
Ron Hackbarth
Dennis Hagedorn
Fred Hildebrandt
Robert Hildebrandt
Larry Judisch
Gary Klenzman
Larry Lohmann
Dennis McNamee
Richard Meyer
Jay Patterson
Rudy Pavelec
Joe Rausch
Roger Reed
Ron Rewoldt
Gary Schnurstein
Daniel Schumacher
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Mark Schwarze
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James Holliday
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