Attempted Break-in At Tripoli Liquor Store
Tripoli town marshal reports an attempted break-in at the liquor store in Tripoli. The break-in occurred early Tuesday December 26 between 2:00 am and dawn, discovered by an employee. Entry was attempted at the north door with the outside door forced open and the inside door secured by a steel cross bar. Authorities from the State Liquor Commission Bremer County sheriff and local police are pursuing a lead and investigating.
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Tripoli
State Liquor Commission
Bremer County
Funeral Services for Henry Buss 84 Held in Tripoli
Henry Buss 84 died Sunday December 24 after two weeks as a patient at Sumner hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Faith United Church of Christ in Tripoli with Rev. Keith D. Selberg officiating. Burial followed at Fremont Cemetery. Casket bearers included Maurice Treloar Howard Treloar Clarence Buss John Schrage James Hyde and Leslie Lohmann. Survivors: four sons Fred and Lawrence of Tripoli Robert of Evansville Indiana Roger of Waterloo. two daughters Mrs John Pruin Shell Rock and Mrs Gilbert Christensen Lawler. Funeral arrangements by Rettig Funeral Homes.
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Faith
Fred
Lawrence
Tripoli
Robert
Evansville
Ind
Roger
Waterloo
John Pruin
Shell Rock
Gilbert Christensen
Supervisors Buy Car and Maintainer at Dec 20 Letting
Bremer county supervisors awarded a Galaxie Ford 500 at 1385.58 with trade in and two pickups totaling 3392.94 plus a 24000 GVW truck at 3082.92 with trade in. Waverly Motor won the car and trucks contract from five bids. Hanstrom Hubley Marion secured an Allis Chalmers M100 maintainer with wing and plow at 23900.00 from two bids.
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Bremer
Hanstrom-Hubley
Marion
Allis Chalmers
New Year's Eve Party Planned at Tripoli VFW Club
A public New Year's Eve party is planned at Tripoli VFW Club on Saturday Dec 30 starting at 9 p.m. Admission will be charged. Live music by Adolph Steinbronn. A lunch will be served. Advertisement appears elsewhere in the issue.
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Tripoli
VFW Club
Adolph Steinbronn
Tripoli Music Mothers Plan January Meeting
The Tripoli Music Mothers group will gather Wednesday evening January 3 at 8:00 in the high school home economics room for a community planning session and social.
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Tripoli
Jaycee Meeting in Tripoli This Thursday
Regular meeting of the Tripoli Jaycee chapter will be held Thursday December 28 in the meeting room of the VFW club Tripoli.
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Tripoli
Jaycee
VFW Club
Mrs. Boderman Admitted To Allen Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Herbert Boderman was admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Sunday at noon for unspecified medical evaluation or treatment.
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Herbert Boderman
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Football Banquet Honors THS Conference Champions Monday Eve
The Tripoli High School football banquet to honor the conference champions will be held Monday January 8 at 7 00 p m in the Tripoli Town Hall. Tickets cost 2 00 each and are available at Farmers Savings Bank Frederika Kuhrt Insurance The Hub Farmers Store American Savings Bank and the high school office. a program will follow the dinner.
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Farmers Savings Bank
Frederika
Kuhrt Insurance Agency
Farmers Store
American Savings Bank
Tripoli
Tripoli Senior Citizens Plan 6 O'clock Potluck
The Tripoli Senior Citizens will meet for a 6 o'clock potluck dinner at the Town Hall on Wednesday January 3. Mr and Mrs P L Crittenden oversee entertainment and hostesses are Mrs Henry Meswarth and Mrs Ella Milius.
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Tripoli
P. L. Crittenden
Henry Meswarth
Ella Milius
Tripoli Leader Delays Publication for New Year Holiday
The Tripoli Leader will publish Thursday instead of Wednesday next week so staff may enjoy the New Year holiday. News correspondents get an extra day on deadlines for this week. normal publication resumes January 10.
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Tripoli
Public meeting explains Tripoli school addition plan
Tripoli Community School Board invites voters to a public meeting Friday December 29 at 8:00 p m in the high school auditorium to discuss the proposed addition and remodeling of the junior senior high school. Hawkeye Institute of Technology staff member George Bennett will discuss curriculum value and benefits with Hawkeye Vocational Technical School. Marvin Stenson the planning architect will also attend. A brochure detailing the addition has been mailed to households. Tripoli Jaycees sponsor a Teen Hop January 6 from 8:30 to 11:30 in the Tripoli Town Hall with live music by the Distortions.
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Tripoli Community
Board of
George Bennett
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Hawkeye
Tripoli
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs. Caroline Schnurstein
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Schnurstein 76 will be Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church 2:00 p.m. with a 1:45 p.m. prayer service at Rettig Funeral Home Tripoli. The Rev A C Koengeter will officiate. burial in the church cemetery. Casket bearers are Lorenz Meier Lavern Foelske Richard Buhr Ray Fink Carl Lobeck and Wm Kuker. She died of an apparent stroke December 24 at her home. She is survived by a son Lavern Tripoli and a daughter Mrs Edward Schroeder Tripoli.
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Caroline Schnurstein
Grace Lutheran Church
Rettig Funeral Home
Tripoli
A. C. Koengeter
Lorenz Meier
Lavern Foelske
Richard Buhr
Ray Fink
Carl Lobeck
Wm. A. Kuker
Tion Board
Wapsie River
Emma Schwer
Wm. E. Mueller
Wapsie Sportsmen’s Club
Vern Schildroth
Dick Truog
Les Boeckmann
Fred Farr, Sr
Peggy Herrmeyer
Denver
New Guinea
Elmer Platte
Readlyn
Lawrence Heinemann
Tripoli Bowl
Waverly
Harley Hay
Tripoli Community School
LaVern Schmidt
William Propp
Grand Jurors to Report at 1 30 Monday Jan 8
Grand juror selections for Bre mer county district court were announced last week but reporting time changed to 1:30 p m on January 8. The 10:00 a m report is canceled by recent legislation. Trial jurors are chosen for the first quarter of 1968 and will be alerted with no fixed reporting date until cases are assigned.
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Bremer County District Court
Recap of 1967 Tripoli Area News in Two Parts
A two part recap of principal 1967 news from the Tripoli Leader highlights Jan events in Bremer county Iowa. It notes church calls political fundraising road funds and local business and school changes with multiple obituaries and civic notices throughout January.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Schools Resume Tuesday Morning After Holidays
Tripoli Community Schools superintendent Howard Marquardt says classes will restart Tuesday January 2 at the regular time. Students had been dismissed December 22 for holidays.
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Tripoli
Howard Marquardt
Extension Service Recaps Year of Diverse Programs
In 1967 Bremer County Extension linked with the University and expanded public programs from agriculture to welfare and elm disease control. Led by Marvin Redies the council oversaw 4-H clubs, youth activities, TV action for fourth and sixth graders, and home economics projects with 2,000 staff consultations, 100 meetings, and 6000 publications distributed.
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Bremer County Extension Services
Iowa
County Extension Council
Marvin Redies
Waverly
William Burrow
Frederika
Dean Dietz
Plainfield
Elston Bull
Extension Home Economics Committee
Home Economist
Dale Shires
Pearl Pardee
Extension Home
Kermit Hildahl
Jan Asmus
Tripoli
Tripoli Jaycees Announce Christmas Lighting Winners
The Tripoli Jaycees named Eugene Buenger first in the annual Christmas lighting contest. Buenger’s display showed Santa with sleigh and reindeer under multicolored lights, repeating last year’s win. Second went to L L Moeller for blue lit house and red green shrubbery, third to Robert Selck with a manger scene under blue lights near a huge evergreen. prizes were 15 10 and 5 dollars, with six honorable mentions named by judges from Summer Jaycee chapter.
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Tripoli
L. L. Moeller
Santa
Moeller
Robert Selck
Selck
Seleks
Tripoli Jaycees
Tripoli observes New Year holiday closures
Most Tripoli businesses will close Monday January 1 for the New Year per the Tripoli Commercial Club schedule. Buhr's DX Station and N R Ambrose Oil Co will close at noon January 1 and 5 30 p m December 31. The post office will offer limited service with no window or rural delivery on January 1. All Iowa liquor stores close at 6 p m December 30 per the liquor commission.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Commercial Club
Buhr
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Ray H. Fink
Iowa
Final Pre Christmas Promotion Drawing Winners Named
Tripoli merchants awarded 15 turkey dinners in a three drawing promotion with five alternates. Winners included Glen Gienau Lenora Miller Hilda Sievers Gert Pavelec Mrs Walter Boderman E L Dancer Gene Peters Perry Gaede Todd Redies Lilly Koch Jim Dettmer Luvern Mirs Erhardt Lahmann Gustav Jaschen Roger A Buchholz Alternate winners Dennis Buchholz Jene Kirchhoff Donald Dettmering. About 425 visited Santa at the Town Hall plus movies and treats. 895 total attendees set a new record.
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Glen Gienau
Lenora Miller
Hilda Sievers
Gert Pavelec
Walter Boderman
E. L. Dancer
Gene Peters
Perry Gaede
Todd Redies
Lilly Koch
Jim Dettmer
Luvern Mirs
Erhardt Lahmann
Gustav Jaschen
Roger A. Buchholz
Dennis Buchholz
Jene Kirchhoff
Donald Dettmering
Frederika Exchange Upgrades to Automatic Number ID System
Frederika subscribers switch Friday to automatic number identification after the changeover at 8 30 a m. Wayne Miller of Butler Bremer Mutual Telephone Co says callers will use a two digit DDD code before the party’s number for long distance station to station calls. Non dial studies such as collect or person to person must still use the operator. The company spent 22000 dollars converting three exchanges Plainfield Tri Poli and Frederika with no rate increase for subscribers.
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Frederika
Wayne Miller
Butler- Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Miller
Butler-Bremer Telephone Co
Plainfield
Tripoli
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Buss
Jaycee Meeting
Marvin Stenson
E. F. Puhlmann
Wisconsin
Roger Heese
Diane Nacke
Voice of Democracy
V.F.W
Fred H. Bockhaus
Sumner Hospital
Harold Kehe
Ervin Taylor
R. F. Klemp
Block and
Wapsie Valley
Smoke Town
Kenneth Bahlmann
Iowa V.F.W
Frederika Dam
Tripoli Community School Board
Ben F. Moeller
Ewald Miller
W. H. Kallenbach
Potter Siding Creamery
Louise Lau
Erwin Towne
Wapsie Sportsmen
Faith United Church of Christ
N. C. Syndergaard
Donald Fish
Jerry Snelling
Richard Meyer
Alvin Hahn
Vic’s Food Market
Osseo
Wis
Geo. Mikkelson Farm
Plainfield Telephone Exchange
Tripoli Band Mothers
Carolina Bergmann
Warner Electric
Myrna Mueller
Clara Towne
Anna Mae Bergmann
Mueller Construction
Suzanne Towne
Davis Corners
Tripoli Grain and Feed
W. J. Peters
Lavern Hay
Tripoli Community Schools
Tripoli Developmen Corporation
Rock Island
Dennis Button
Aaron Ludwigs
Walter Fergemann
South Main Street
Tripoli Merchants
Farm Bureau Women’s District
Ida Buhrow
Alvin Sommer
My Redeemer
Bremer County Historical Society
Leslie Biermann
Tripoli High School Club
Clara (Schwemm) Wachtel
Hilbert Mixdorf
John Stumme
Carl F. Bahe
Harold O’connell
Weylard Rieck
TV Action Club
Jaycees
Buenger
Sumner Jaycee
R. O. Wikner
Leo Towne
Robert Kuhrt
H. J. Frese
H. H. Hoppenworth
Wendall Kuethe
THE
Buengers
the Moellers
Selcks
Postal Service
Santa Claus
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