Rettig's Five Take Team Title in Women's Bowling Tourney
Rettig Furniture wins the Tripoli tournament team championship with 2,691 pins. Elaine Boeckmann claims the singles title, while Jean Magnall and Ruth Buckley win the doubles. Clippers finish runner-up, Moeller Auto third, Biesterfelt fourth. Magnall tops All Events with handicap. Mary Platte leads handicap totals.
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Tripoli
Rettig’s
Elaine Boeckmann
Jean Magnall
Ruth Buckley
Rettig Furniture
Clippers
Moeller Auto
Readlyn
Biesterfelt Bros
Moellers
Biesterfelts
Grace Kuethe
Yvonne Tegtmeier
Donna Sauerbrei
Betty Holm
Marlene Drewis
Mary Platte
Post Office Building Plans Published for Tripoli Site
The Tripoli Leader reports tentative blueprints for a new Post Office on Main Street between 1st Avenue and the rail tracks. Government leases 7,326 square feet, with a 10 year lease, private construction and government leaseback. Bid by March 6 to Des Moines Post Office.
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Tripoli
Main Street
1St Avenue
The
Post Office Department
Tripoli Business District
Fred B. Agnew
Des Moines
Iowa
Ray F. Fink
Tri li Creamery Annual Meeting at Town Hall
The Tri li Creamery annual meeting will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday February. A dinner will be served at 1 30 followed by the meeting.
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Trili Creamery
Congregational Laymen's Fellowship Elects 1960 Officers
The Congregational Men's Fellowship elected new officers for 1960 during a meeting last Wednesday. Arthur A. Belknap was chosen president, William Hurmence vice president, and Kenneth A. Chapin secretary treasurer. The group set the Father Son banquet for March 6 at Tripoli Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Men’s Fellowship Club
Arthur A. Belknap
William Hurmence
Kenneth A. Chapin
Tripoli Town Hall
Cars Collide Sunday At Artesian With Two Badly Injured
Two Waterloo residents were badly injured in a Sunday afternoon two car collision at Artesian. Malvern Walker suffered a fractured hip rib injuries and cuts and his condition was serious at Allen Memorial Hospital. His wife Thelma has a fractured nose and cuts but her condition is now satisfactory. Their daughter Sally had cuts and bruises and two other persons in the Walker car are in satisfactory condition. Driver of the other car was Robert Meyer 20 of rural Sumner who escaped injury though his car had front end damage. Meyer was turning into a driveway as he approached from the north. Walker was northbound on Highway 63 and collided with the Meyer car.
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Malvern Walker
Allen Memorial Hospital
Thelma
Sally
Mary Elliott
Catherine Elliott
Waterloo
Robert Meyer
Sumner
Meyer
Walker
Highway
Artesian
Waverly VFW to Sponsor Needy Equipment Drive
Waverly VFW Post No 2208 announces an annual magazine subscription campaign to fund free home use sick room equipment for ill or disabled residents. Items include portable nebulizers, hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, and crutch attachments. Donations not solicited. representatives will explain the plan locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Cretzmeyer
Waverly
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Waverly
Funeral Services Held Sunday for Clara Moeller 75
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Moeller 75 died Jan 28 were Sunday at 1 30 p m from Matthias Funeral Home and 2 p m at St Pauls Lutheran Readlyn with burial in the church cemetery Rev W A Ave Lallemant officiated Pallbearers were Leo Wittenburg Harold Schroeder Burton Stumme Stanley Gehrke Victor Happel and Richard Turner She was born July 5 1884 in Dayton township and lived in Bremer county all her life Baptized at St Johns Lutheran and confirmed April 3 1898 at Spring Fountain Her marriage to William C Moeller occurred May 23 1906 at St Johns They lived on a farm near Readlyn Mr Moeller preceded her in death Survivors include four daughters Mrs Art Herman Readlyn Mrs Esther Andrews Oelwein Mrs Erna Sell Sumner and Mrs Aleta McMillan Iowa Falls and a son Burton Readlyn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Moeller
Matthias Funeral Home
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Church
W. A. Ave-Lallemant
Leo Wittenburg
Harold Schroeder
Burton Stumme
Stanley Gehrke
Victor Happel
Richard Turner
Moeller
Dayton Township
Bremer County
St. John's Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
William C. Moeller
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Art Herman
Esther Andrews
Oelwein
Erna Sell
Sumner
Aleta McMillan
Iowa Falls
Burton
Government agency buys Wilharm properties at sale
The U S Government through the Small Business Administration bought seven pieces of Wilharm property at a Federal District Court sale in Waterloo. The overall price was 140000 dollars. Properties include Farmers Produce Co of Tripoli and Clarion operations, Tripoli Canning Co equipment, a 120 acre poultry farm, and a Denver poultry and egg pickup station.
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U. S
Small Business Administration
Elmer
Emaline Wilharm
Federal District Court
Waterloo
John Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Farmers Produce Co
Tripoli
Tripoli Canning Co. Inc
Clarion
Tripoli Canning Co
Hwy. 93
Denver
Knittel Creamery Reports Strong 1959 Finances
Knittel Co operative Creamery announced a profitable 1959 with butter sales totaling 410,598 pounds and 240,584.77 dollars in butter sales revenue. Other incomes from butter milk cream hauling and related services brought total receipts to 251,769.64 dollars, with patrons paid 229,529.65 dollars for butterfat and expenses at 20,394.93 dollars, yielding a year end balance of 1,845.06 dollars and net worth of 36,279.86 dollars. Average butter price was 0.5870 per pound and fat price 0.6954, with 1,603,052 pounds of cream and 330,025.39 pounds of fat received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knittel Co-op
Knittel
Legion Auxiliary Meeting at Town Hall on Feb 9
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at Town Hall on Tuesday February 9 at 8 p m Hostesses for the gathering are Mrs Erwin Volker Mrs W W Sell and Mrs Pearl Buchele A topic on Americanism will be presented by Mrs L H Fink
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Town Hall
Erwin Volker
W. W. Sell
Pearl Buechele
L. H. Fink
Annual Ice Fisheree At Prairie du Chien This Weekend
Sportsmen from many Mid West states will gather in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin on Saturday and Sunday February 6 and 7 for the Tenth Annual V F W Ice Fisheree. Fishing hours are 9 a m to 3 p m each day with a grand Banquet and Jamboree February 6 at the National Guard Armory. Prizes include boats motors a movie camera and sporting gear.
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Mid- West States
Prairie du Chien
Wis
New
National Guard
Honor Roll List Highlights 68 Tripoli Students Named
Tripoli Community Schools released 68 students qualifying for the first semester honor roll. Six earned straight A’s. The list includes seniors Sydney Rirksen Mark Wikner and many juniors sophomores and freshmen across senior junior sophomore and freshman classes with dozens of named students.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Community Schools
Sydney Rirksen
Mark Wikner
Don Dohrmann
T. A. Shriver
Sandra Aubrey
Diane Drape
Gun Safety Course Sponsored by Waverly Scouts
A NRA gun safety course for all is set in Fellowship Hall at Waverly Methodist Church starting Monday February 8 at 7 30 P M with subsequent sessions on February 15 22 and a final class February 27. Led by Bob Hickle NRA instructor, it offers certificates and a Safe Hunter patch for graduates, plus supervised shooting and a famous .45 Colt Peacemaker. Fees are 50 cents for patch and handbook, but attendance is encouraged for all regardless of ability to pay.
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Fellowship Hall
Waverly Methodist Church
Troop 90
Post 90
Waverly
National Rifle Association
Scout
Bob Hickle
Lampe Family Celebrates 40th Wedding Anniversary
A local sports roundup notes the girls' basketball team winning 25 20 with Linda Barry leading locals scoring 9 points, O Connell 7, Darr yn Lampe 5, and Caroline Kehe 4 as notable performances. The item also mentions a 40th wedding anniversary celebration for a Lampe family member and lists several players with initials and partial surnames.
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I Lampe
Ambrose
Schnurstein
Hagen
Soniel
Linda Barry
O’connell
Darryn Lampe
Caroline Kehe
Tripoli Girls Rally for 50 26 Win Over Reinbeck
Tripoli girls basketball topped Reinbeck 50 to 26 Tuesday night to push the team record to 13 wins and four losses. Guard Mary Bremer played standout defense and Ruthanne Joens led scoring with 26 points on 12 field goals and two free throws.
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Tripoli
Reinbeck
Mary Bremer
Ruthanne Joens
ISU Landscaping Specialist to Conduct Workshop
Margherita Tarr, landscaping specialist from Iowa State University at Ames, will supervise a workshop at Tripoli Town Hall on February 9, 11 and 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Bremer County Agriculture Extension Service cooperates. Pearl Pardee and Gene Vincent from the local Extension office assist.
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Margherita Tarr
Iowa State University
Ames
Tripoli Town Hall
Bremer County Agriculture Extension Service
Pearl E. Pardee
Gene Vincent
Tripoli Ball Teams Edge Denver in Thriller Doubleheader
Tripoli hosts a double header with a dramatic late finish as the boys’ team edged the Denver Cyclones by one point on a last-second set shot by Douglas Bell. The girls’ game went to Tripoli 37-30 with a seven-point final margin after a tight defensive battle and late surge. The Panthers and Cyclones traded leads through the decisive periods, while the box scores show close shooting and late free throws sealing outcomes.
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Tripoli
Denver Cyclones
Douglas Bell
Cyclones
Denver
Pantherettes
Denver Girls
Joens
Lampe
Kehe
Aed Et Bremer
Schnurstein
Hagen
Neta
Souris
Taierincate
Eet
PFT
Buss
Metthiss
DeVries
Dorn
Deatels
Plainfield
Wapsie Valley
Janesville
Gehrke
Wapsie
Fredericksburg
Billy Kehe
Panthers
Bob Matthias
aSawe Drewis
Meyer
Bell
Duenow
Dohrmann Ie
Oe Matthias
Matthias
R. Platte Inote
Happelee
Saltzman Heckais Ie
Kurtt —O
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Rettig
Doris Nerge
Margaret Fink
Jane Ducker
Kaye Holm
Leona Bock
Glenyce Boeckmann
Clara Towne
Gladys Rettig
Mardell Kirchhoff
Alice Krueger
A. A. Belknap
Congregational Laymen’s Fellowship
Wilharm
Knittel Creamery
Legion Auxiliary
Jean Ambrose
Kay Barry
David Bennett
Varina Bettenga
Leonard Block
Ruth Drewis
Gary Duenow
Doris Hildebrandt
Audrey Kappmeyer
Paul McNamee
David Mohling
Nadine Schnurstein
LaJean Slack
Julie Soles
Marianne Wikner
Sharon Zwanziger
Joanne Beevers
Elizabeth Braatz
Fred Hildebrandt
Phyllis Kappmeyer
Donald Kohagen
Helen Mallie
James Miller
Marietta Schuldt
Kathryn Zander
Joyce Axon
Charles Block
Roger Block
Carol Bock
Karen Bockhaus
Larry Bunger
Karla Busse
Barbara Dietz
James Fuchs
William Garner
Paul Homan
Larry Judisch
Frederick Lahmann
Jacklyn Lobeck
Carolyn Mixdorf
Judy O'Connell
Terri Sampson
Suzanne Towne
Joyce Johnson
Bervin Johnson
Story City
Mr. Johnson
Orville O'Connell
Harold O’connell
Frederika
Miss Johnson
Cal Woods Pharmacy
Mr. O'Connell
Commercial Bookkeeping Service
Waverly Scouts
Fred Brase
Mrs
Ernest Brase
T. C. Reuscher
St. John Lutheran Church
Western
Douglas
Emma Hoppenworth
Theodore Reuscher
C. C. Hankammer
Rosalie
Alvin Brase
Harold
LeeRoy
Harlan
Bock
Nets
Cedar-Wapsie Boys
Denver Wapsie Valley
Cedar-Wapsie Girls
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