Tripoli Merchants Promote Christmas Wings and Gifts
Tripoli merchants launch an annual Christmas promotion offering 550 in merchandise gifts. Two drawings December 13 and 20 will award a Westinghouse dishwasher and 15 turkey dinners. 15 winners drawn each drawing, prizes limited to one per week in town. Santa visits December 13 and 20 with kiddie shows at 1 30 p.m. and free treats.
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Yual
Tripoli
Westinguse
Ember
Uise
Santa Claus
Santa
Five-Time Jane Kooli Hard Time Dance Night Opens
The Five Time Jane Kooli VFW Post hosts a hard time dance on airday December 13 with music by Adolph Steinbronn.
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Jane Kooli
F.W. Post
Adolph Steinbronn
Adult Education surveys planned at Tripoli High
Tripoli High plans an adult education program this year with courses on Monday evenings starting January 19 in two hour sessions. Hawkeye Institute of Technology coordinates area VII programs while funds limit eight classes. Registration is four dollars, with eight session courses exempt from the eight class cap. Interested readers should submit first and third preferences to Tripoli High by December 9.
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Leon Kirciff
Awkeye Institute of Techogy
Area VII
Iowa
Tripoli
Ember 9
Frions
Christmas Music Concert by Junior and Senior High Bands
Junior high band performs Air and March Purcell The Christmas Song A Christmas Medley and The Merry Bells of Christmas. Senior high bands play Overture to the Messiah Winter Wonderland A Christmas Suite and A Christmas Festival. Vocal department directed by Mrs Janiece Bergland. Public invited with no admission.
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Purcell
Torme
Vocal Music Department
Janiece Bergland
Tripoli Council Votes Salary Boost for Officials
Tripoli town council approved a new pay scale at the November 3 meeting. Council members will earn 10 per meeting with a 300 cap and the mayor will be paid 1000 per year. The changes take effect January 1, 1970.
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Tripoli
Dairy Promoters Plan First Banquet in Tripoli
The Bremer Dairy Promoters announce their first annual meeting and banquet on January 22 at 8 p.m. in Tripoli Town Hall. A plaque will honor Bremer County's Distinguished Dairyman for 1970. guests include an Iowa staff member and the Iowa Dairy Princess. Tickets are $1.75, limited to 200, with memberships at $2 for 1970.
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Bremer Dairy Promoters
James Redies
Route 3
Waverly
Tripoli
Bremer County
American Dairy Association of Iowa
Iowa
Weather Readings At 6 P M Daily Except Tuesday
J M Haydon Weather Observer reports daily weather readings taken at 6 p m except Tuesdays and at 12 noon for the week. Data include temperature and atmospheric conditions as recorded for the period.
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J. M. Haydon
Weather Observer
Christmas Mailing Tips From the Postal Department
Postmaster Ray H. Fink urges early mailing to ensure Christmas delivery. distant-state parcels by Dec 1, local areas by Dec 13. greeting cards by Dec 10 for distant states and Dec 15 for others. Emphasizes ZIP codes, return addresses, and labeling standards.
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Ray H. Fink
Thanksgiving Turkey Drawing Winners Named
Twenty persons won turkeys at the annual Thanksgiving drawing on Wednesday afternoon. Winners include Alfred Boeckmann, Diane Bull, Janet Leisinger, Kathy Krueger, Florine Kirchhoff, Ella Milius, Mrs. Art Meyer, H. W. Krueger, Mrs. Carl Schwemm, Mrs. Howard Tegtmeier, Dave Bloem, Mrs. Merlyn Heidemann, Clara Dettmer, Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz, Ewald Boevers, Ricky Goodenbour, Myrtle McNamee, Brad Bunce, Tamara Rosol, and Jack Weidemann.
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Alfred Boeckmann
Diane Bull
Janet Leisinger
Kathy Krueger
Florine Kirchhoff
Ella Milius
Art Meyer
H. W. Krueger
Carl Schwemm
Howard Tegtmeier
Dave Bloem
Merlyn Heidemann
Clara Dettmer
Lawrence Schwartz
Ewald Boevers
Ricky Goodenbour
Myrtle McNamee
Brad Bunce
Tamara Rosol
Jack Weidemann
Sumner and Tripoli Officials Attend Extension Training
Six Bremer County officials among seventy three participants from twenty one communities at a University Extension orientation in Waterloo. Sumner councilmen elect Henry Hochberger and Paul Fridley plus Mayor Matthew Leyh attend with Tripoli councilmen elect Wilbur Mahlstedt and Mayor-elect Edward Bennett. Session covered administration finance meetings outside help and citizen representation.
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Bremer County
Waterloo
Sumner
Henry Hochberger
Paul Fridley
Matthew Leyh
Harold Laube
Wilbur Mahlstedt
Tripoli
Edward Bennett
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
Messiah to Be Held by Waterloo Choral Association
The messenger reads that a sixty voice Waterloo Choral Association will present Messiah at 3 p.m. Sunday December 7 at Hoover Junior High School in Waterloo. Soloists include Chas Matheson and David Smalley of UNI. Directed by John Evenson with Barbara Brooks as a member.
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Hoover Jr. High
Waterloo
Waterloo Choral Association
Chas Matheson
David Smalley
UNI
John Evenson
Barbara Brooks
Legion Auxiliary Meets for Christmas Party at Town Hall
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet December 9 at 7 30 PM at the Town Hall for a Christmas party. A $1 gift exchange is planned and LaVera Fink leads the entertainment. Hostesses include Kay Osborn Darlene Holm and Pat Warner.
Iowa Shotgun Deer Season Opens This Weekend
The Iowa shotgun and muzzle loader deer season begins this weekend with zones 1I 2 and 4 open December 6 7 and 8 zone 3 and 5 on December 6 and 7 Shooting hours are 8 am to 4 30 pm Permitted weapons include specific gauge shotguns and muzzleloaders with rifle slugs Deer of any age or sex may be taken with a bag and possession limit of one, except red rock unit in Marion County allows only buck with forked antlers on public land Hunters must wear blaze orange for safety.
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Red Rock
Marion County
Iowa
Luhring Set for Vietnam Leave From Minnesota Home
Marvin Luhring served as caller in the Ernest Haase home on Monday afternoon. He departed Tuesday morning for San Francisco en route to Vietnam after a leave with his parents, Mr and Mrs Arlan Luhring.
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Marvin Luhring
Ernest Haase
San Francisco
Vietnam
Arlan Luhrings
Buchholz Patient at Allen Hospital After Knee Surgery
Roger Buchholz son of Mr and Mrs Dale Buchholz is a patient at Allen hospital Waterloo following knee surgery Tuesday morning.
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Roger Buchholz
Dale Buchholz
Allen Hospital
Waterloo
All-State Music Festival to Air on WMT-TV Sunday
The all-state high school music festival will be broadcast on WMT TV channel 2 Sunday December 7 from 11 30 a m to 12 30 p m The event features the 285 member all state band 210 member orchestra and 600 member all state chorus with about 1100 students from 202 Iowa high schools including six Tripoli vocal students Bill Hildebrand Marilyn Blume Paul Kammeyer Marlin Weidler Steve Pint and Mary Fink directed by Mrs Bergland THS vocal music supervisor.
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WMTTV
Channel 2
Iowa
Tripoli High
Bill Hildebrand
Marilyn Blume
Paul Kammeyer
Marlin Weidler
Steve Pint
Mary Fink
Delores' Flower Shop Hosts Open House Christmas Show
About seventy five attended the open house Christmas show at Delores' Flower Shop Sunday. The door prize winner of a poinsettia plant was Mrs. Marguerite Carstensen.
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Delores
Marguerite Carstensen
Family Fish Fry Friday Night at VEW Post Home
Tripoli VFW Post will host a family fish fry on Friday December 5 at the post home. Serving begins at 5 30 p m and runs to 8 p m. The general public is invited and admission will be charged.
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VEW Post
Tripoli
Young Homemakers Plan December Pot Luck and Caroling
The group will meet at Janice Mueller's home at 12:30 for a pot luck dinner on December 10. A $1 grab bag will be available. After dinner, members will visit the local Nursing Home to distribute gifts and sing carols.
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Janice Mueller
Panthers Squeeze Out 59-57 Victory at Orange Township
Tripoli high school boys rallied from an eight point deficit in the final quarter to edge Orange Township 59 to 57. Coach Dave Ray praised 45 percent shooting but lamented weak free throw shooting and poor defensive rebounding, noting injuries to Magnall Boeckmann and Heinemann as the game wore on.
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Tripoli Boys
Orange
Panthers
Panther
Dave Ray
Ray
Paul Magnall
Willis Hildebrandt
Paul
Barry Boeckmann
Charles Heinemann
Stormont
Sumner
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Haydon
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Bodress
Ep. Sn
Ace Nine
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State Conservation Commission
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