Tripoli Merchants Offer 40 Turkeys with Fixin's
Tripoli merchants offer free turkeys with fixin's to Christmas shoppers. Forty winners will be named over two Saturdays December 12 and December 19, with 20 winners each day. Winners announced at 3 pm in participating stores. prizes must be claimed by 4 pm. Drawing held at Ambrose Auto Co at 2:30 pm. Santa letters collected via Tripoli Leader. Christmas edition published December 23.
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Tripoli
Fixin's
Ambrose Auto Ca
Santa Claus
Town Hall
Time to mail out-of-state Christmas parcels now
The article urges sending distant state parcels promptly with sturdy, properly packed mailers and single-sided addresses. It notes 4c unsealed greeting cards, 5c letter-rate mail that can be forwarded with return address, and the four 5c Christmas stamps. Local post office offers free labels and two box lobby drops. The Post Office will stay open until 5 p.m. on two Saturdays, December 12 and 19, for convenience.
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Tripoli
Rites to Be Held at Readlyn Thursday For Fred Beisner
Funeral services for Fred F. Beisner 87 will be held Thursday at Zion Lutheran church Readlyn with a 2 PM service after a 145 PM prayer service in the church parlors Matthis Abbas Funeral home is in charge Surviving are his widow two sons Raymond and Emil both of Fairbank a daughter Mrs Charles Hart Independence one brother John Beisner and a sister Mrs William F Krueger both of Tripoli Casket bearers are Clarence Beisner Leo Beisner Walter Beisner Mervin Sassmann Orlyn Westendorf and Leo Willbranat
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Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Fred F. Beisner
Fairbank
Beisner
Matthias-Abbas
Raymond
Emil
Charles Hart
Independence
John Beisner
William F. Krueger
Tripoli
Clarence Beisner
Leo Beisner
Walter Beisner
Mervin Sassmann
Orlyn Westendorf
Leo Willbranat
Soil Testing Workshop Attended in Cedar Rapids
Paul Tiedt and LeLand Bergmann of Tripoli attended a Smith-Douglass soil testing and fertilizer workshop in Cedar Rapids this week. The annual session helps them advise Tripoli farmers on fertilizer programs to boost crop profitability.
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Paul Tiedt
LeLand Bergmann
Tripoli
Cedar Rapids
Smith-Douglass
Mrs Donald Dettmering Hospitalized After Surgery
Mrs Donald Dettmering was admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo for surgery Monday. She was assigned room 151 and is reported hospitalized following the procedure.
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Donald Dettmering
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Retarded Classes Moved Into New Education Unit
The Bremer county special education unit for retarded children moved three educable classes into the new building Monday morning while construction continues nearby. The unit lies just south of Tripoli High School in Tripoli.
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Bremer County
Tripoli
Robert Funk Dies After Car Crash at Highway Junction
Robert Funk twenty died at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo after a wreck at the junction of Highways 63 and 188. He had been living with Mr and Mrs Dan Kirchhoff rural Tripoli. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Robert Funk
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Dan Kirchhoff
Tripoli
Deer Shotgun Season Opens December in Iowa
Iowa hunters await a likely record harvest as shotgun deer season starts December 12 with Zone One open two days and Zone Two covering the rest of the state for four days. The State Conservation Commission sets an all time deer population at 36 700 and 16 000 permit holders expect strong hunting activity. Shooting hours run 8 am to 4 pm with a daily limit of one deer and a season limit of one deer.
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Minnesota Line
Waterloo
Winterset
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone reelects two directors
Annual meeting held December 1 in Plainfield elected Lucy Wesseler and Edwin Wilken to three year terms on the Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co board. Both directors are residents of Plainfield.
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Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Plainfield
Lucy Wesseler
Edwin Wilken
Mrs Melvin Krumm Wins TV Set at Tripoli Hardware
Mrs Melvin Krumm claimed one of the top prizes in the current number matching promotion at Tripoli Hardware. She won a GE portable television set on Monday afternoon as the second week of prizes posted each Monday until Christmas. Winners must bring the complete gift catalog when claiming a prize.
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Melvin Krumm
Tripoli
Krumm
Biesterfelt Bros Open House For Hubbard Sunshine Feeds
Biesterfelt Bros of Tripoli invites farmers to an open house Saturday December 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests can win door prizes and receive free jackets with Hubbard Sunshine Feeds purchases, plus free ham sandwiches coffee milk and suckers for kids.
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Biesterfelt Bros
Tripoli
Hubbard Sunshine
Hubbard
Step-sister funeral held for Mrs Anna Blech
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kowalsky and Nora accompanied Arnold Kowalsky of La Porte City to Oelwein on Sunday for the funeral of Mrs. Anna Blech, the Kowalsky family’s step-sister.
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Carl Kowalsky
Nora
Arnold Kowalsky
la Porte City
Oelwein
Kowalsky
Anna Blech
Local Church Votes To Build 17 Classrooms Unit
Faith United Church of Christ in Tripoli approved a proposal to construct a 17 classroom educational unit after a morning service. The plan passed with 75 percent of 227 votes. The 3,650 square foot facility is estimated at $126,000. Ground breaking is planned for next spring.
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Membership of
Faith United Church of Christ In
Tripoli
West Central Downs Tripoli in Twin Nonconference Wins
West Central of Maynard girls hosted the Tripoli Pantherettes Tuesday and swept both nonconference games. In the A game West Central won 57 to 32 with Mary Parsons leading the Quakers with 25 points.
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Tripoli Pantherettes
West Central
Maynard
Mary Parsons
Janet Schweer
Vicky Burrow
Susan Wente
Diane Schwarz
Charlene Everding
Elaine Meyer
Verla Zander
Jackie Krumm
Diane Hartman
Marleen Shonka
Madeleine Krumm
Charleen Shonka
Tripoli
West Central Girls
Peggy Fox
Sharon Bierman
Tripoli Panthers Face Denver in Cedar-Wapsie Clash
Tripoli Community High School prepares both the Panthers and Pantherettes for Cedar-Wapsie conference games at Denver on Friday night. Boys and girls look to improve records after recent conference losses. past meetings favored Tripoli girls, while the boys split last season.
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T.H.S
Denver
Tripoli Community High School
Panthers
Pantherettes
Cedar-Wapsie
Tripoli
Tripoli Boys
Denver Girls
Tripoli Girls
Wapsie Valley
Dunkerton
Plainfield
Janesville
Fredericksburg
Turkey Valley
Wapsie Village
Appendectomy for Walter Hinrichs at Allen Memorial
Walter Hinrichs underwent an appendectomy on November 28 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and was expected to be home today.
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Walter Hinrichs
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Railroad Company Sues 1964 Property Tax Assessments
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad sues in Polk county district court to stop Bremer County Auditor Dorothea Slemmons from certifying 1964 taxes due in 1965 on railroad property in Bremer county and to bar Treasurer Sadie King from collecting those taxes. The suit also contests the 1964 assessment by the Iowa State Tax Commission against Rock Island property in Bremer county and names 64 other Iowa counties as affected.
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Railroad Company
The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Polk County
Bremer County
Dorothea Slemmons
Phil Gross
Gross
Sadie King
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa State Tax Commission
Rock Island
Iowa
Break-in Reported at Wilson's DX Service Station Denver
DENVER Special thieves forced the overhead garage door to gain entry at Wilson's DX service station in Denver Wednesday night. Wayne Wilson, proprietor, reported only a small amount of money taken, with damage to the cigarette machine and a cash register.
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Denver
Wilson’s
Wayne Wilson
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Darrel Terpstra
Jean Halgren
Panther
Samone
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Diane Schwarze
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Wilhert Prater
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