Census Bureau reports 1963 retail trade in Bremer county
Bremer county had 251 retail establishments that year with sales of 29.0 million dollars, up 14 percent from 1958. Food stores reached 5.1 million, eating and drinking places 1.8 million, service stations 2.5 million, auto dealers 5.0 million, general merchandise 1.3 million, and hardware and farm equipment 5.5 million. Statewide figures show 30,915 establishments in Iowa with 3,887.6 million dollars in sales.
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Bremer County
U. S
Cnsus
Cnsus Bureau
U S. Department of Commerce
Yunty
Aseline
Oneral Merchandise Group
Iowa
Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Blue and Gold Banquet Honors Cub Scouts at Town Hall
The Blue and Gold Banquet for Tripoli Cub Scouts was held at Tripoli Town Hall Sunday evening. Keller's den opened with ceremony before a potlatch meal. John Weidler of Wakota district spoke, Roach earned Silver Beaver, and several scouts received pins and arrow points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Pf. i. Keller
Virgil Weidler
John Each
Plainfield
Wakota
Boy Scouts of America
Wapsipinicon
Roach Haseen
Holm
Sidney Tegtmeier
Steve Hagen
Jarrel McKeown
Richard Kttig
Richard Rettig
Kevin Kirchhoff
Bear
Spener Holm
L. J. Jagnall
Prairie du Chien Ice Fisheree Set for Weekend
The 15th annual ice fisheree will be held in Prairie du Chien on Saturday and Sunday, February 0 and 21. Competition starts after 7 AM on a remote lake three miles north of Prairie du Chien and closes each day at 4 PM with prizes awarded after the Sunday 3 PM drawing. Registration near the lake opens at 7:30 AM both mornings.
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Prairie du Chien
Sis
Te Lake
Address of Duane Covers Noted in Oxnard
The address listed for Duane Covers is 141 Wolff St Kenlc ourt Apt E Oxnard California 031. The fragmentary data shows a residential location in Oxnard California with an apparent street and unit designation.
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Duane
Wolff St
Kenlcourt
Apt. E
Oxnard
Calif
Iowa City patient Clarence Forberg admitted Feb 8
Clarence Forberg, patient at General Hospital Iowa City, was admitted February 8 to Ward C 4th Floor room 43. The readable text notes his Iowa City address as part of the record.
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Iowa City
Clarence Forberg
Eneral Hospital
Highway Patrol License Team to Visit Tripoli Saturday
The Iowa Highway Patrol license examining team will be at Tripoli Town Hall on February 20 from 8 a.m. to noon. Residents may renew or qualify for a new license. Bring your social security card. Renewals ok during the morning. written and driving tests offered 8 to 11 a.m. The team will not return until March 20.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli Town Hall
Tripoli
Frederika Creamery Officers Re-elected At Feb Meeting
The Frederika Co operative Creamery Co held its annual meeting Feb 2 at the Frederika Fire Station. Will Hagedorn was re elected president and Waldo Ruehs re elected secretary. New officers are Ray Dirksen vice president and Walter Sells director for three years replacing Randall Niedert. The cooperative served 80 patrons with total receipts of 420 788 10 and milk figures of 10 168 825 pounds can milk and 2 238 016 pounds bulk milk. Fred Benz is employed as the buttermaker. Lunch concluded the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederika
Frederika Co-operative Creamery Co
Will Hagedorn
Waldo Ruehs
Ray Dirksen
Walter Sells
Randall Niedert
Co-operative
Fred Benz
Readlyn Cooperative Reports Record 1964 Year
Readlyn Farmers Cooperative reveals the best year in its history at the annual meeting on February 9. Total sales reached 1 819 477.59 with service income of 63 656.58 and a total volume of 1 883 134.17. Net savings totaled 95 932.77 and patron refunds reached 8.9 percent on merchandise 1.7 percent per bushel on grain and 35 percent on storage. Taxes paid were 14 001.00. W H Happel was re elected president.
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Farmers Cooperative
Readlyn
Virgil Peters
W. H. Happel
Tripoli Panthers Open Sectional Bid Tonight
Tripoli Panthers start their class A boys sectional bid tonight at 8 30 in Wapsie Valley gym against Wapsie Valley after a first round bye. Nashua vs Valley of Elgin also on tap with finals Feb 18 at Wapsie Valley. Wapsie Valley beat Maynard 61 43 Monday. Class B games at Denver lead to Thursday 7 30 p m final. Denver overtime win over Sacred Heart and Fairbank IC beat Plainfield.
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Tripoli Panthers
Wapsie Valley Gymnasium
Panthers
Wapsie Valley Boys
West Central
Maynard
Tripoli Boys
Nashua
Valley of Elgin
Wapsie Valley
Elkader, Central
Fayette College
Denver
Fairbank
Immaculate Conception
Fredericksburg
Sacred Heart of Oelwein
Colburn Feed Mill Open House Set for Feb 25
Colburn Feed Mill Division will hold an open house Thursday February 25 from 9 a m to 4 p m at their Tripoli business. Area farmers are invited to attend. Refreshments and prizes accompany a special treasure chest deal and other details are available on request.
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Colburn
Colburn Feed Mill Div
Tripoli
ISU Dairy Short Course Set for Ames in March
Iowa State University will host a dairymen short course in Ames March 15 to 17. Harold Van Horn says sessions cover breeding feeding and dairy management taught by 14 university staff. Register via county extension director or Harold Van Horn Morrill Hall with a $15 fee for books materials banquet meals.
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Iowa State University
Ames
Harold van Horn
Morrill Hall
Iowa
Buhrs Return From Southern Trip Visiting Friends
Mr and Mrs Harry Buhr came back Saturday after a two week trip through the southern states. They visited Mr and Mrs Carl Drape and Mr and Mrs Robert Lenius in Florida and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Buhr
Florida
Carl Drape
Robert Lenius
Bank and Post Office Close for Washington's Birthday
Bremer County banks including American Savings Bank will close on Monday February 22 in observance of Washington's birthday. Postmaster Ray H. Fink says star routes run but there is no rural delivery or counter service. courthouse also closed per county auditor Dorothy Slemmons.
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Tripoli
Washington
American Savings Bank
Bremer County
Readlyn Town Seeks Librarian Applicant
Town of Readlyn invites applications for a part time librarian position about 15 hours weekly. Applications required at Town Clerk’s office by February 20. (12-2)
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Readlyn
Free Pancake and Sausage Day in Tripoli
Feb 18 brings free pancakes and sausage to the Tripoli Town Hall from 10 a m to 4 p m. Local cooperative businesses sponsor the event to thank shoppers in the Tripoli trading area. Attendees bring their appetite and family for a free meal with syrup butter coffee and milk.
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Tripoli
Curtis Neuendorf Undergoes Surgery for Ruptured Appendix
Curtis Neuendorf 13 son of Mr and Mrs Darrel Neuendorf is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo after surgery Thursday morning for a ruptured appendix.
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Curtis
Darrel Neuendorf
Sonia
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Home on Leave for Clark Snelling
Clark Snelling of Ft. Hood Texas is spending a 15 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Snelling.
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Clark Snelling
Ft. Hood, Tex
Mrs
Lawrence Snelling
Mrs Henry Meswarth Home From Hospital
Mrs Henry Meswarth returned Friday from St. Francis hospital in Waterloo where she had been a patient.
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Henry Meswarth
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Graveside Service At Maynard For Mrs Minnie Buenneke
Mrs Minnie Buenneke 75 of Scranton died February 10 at home. Funeral held Friday at First Lutheran Scranton with burial at Maynard led by Rev Geo J Gundel of Crane Creek. She was aunt of Paul Buenneke Denver sister in law of Rev and Mrs Sigmund Bredow Waverly and Mrs Lydia Warnke and Mrs Ernest Oltrogge Maynard and cousin of Ed Meyer Waverly.
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Minnie Buenneke
Scranton
First Lutheran Church
Maynard
Geo. J. Gundel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Paul Buenneke
Denver
Sigmund Bredow
Waverly
Lydia Warnke
Frederika Bank Leads Women’s City Bowling Tourney
The Tripoli event concluded Sunday night at the local lanes with Frederika’s Farmers Savings Bank winning team honors on a 2761 handicap. Top doubles went to Rochelle Kuethe and JoAnn Krueger. Nadine Mayer captured the singles top mark with a 640 handicap series. Bergmann and Nerge posted top all events scores amid tight competition among Kramer-Crittenden, I.M.C. Corp., State Farm, Clippers, and others.
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Frederika Bank
Tripoli
Farmers Savings Bank
Frederika
Rochelle Kuethe
JoAnn Krueger
Kaye Osborn
Karen Bockhaus
Janice Fink
Clara Tonne
Joyce Nuss
Donna Sassman
Trivona Drewis
Elaine Berg
Nadine Mayer
Nadine
Elaine Bergmann
Elaine
Carla Bremer
Jean Magnall
Geneva Selck
Alice Bockhaus
Doris Nerge
Margaret Buenger
Nadine Mager
Donna Sauerbrei
Margaret Bueng
Thias
Colburn Feed Mill
Gladys Bunger
Gladys Rettig
Plan Advance Ticket Sales for Scouts Pancake Supper
Tripoli Boy Scouts schedule their annual pancake supper in Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday February 27 from 5 30 to 8 00 p m Tickets will be sold in advance during a town canvass and at the door Admis sion is 50 cents per plate The event funds local scouting activities and invites the public to attend.
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Tripoli
Boy Scouts
Mental Health Center to Move Offices in March
Cedar Valley Mental Health Society board met in Waverly to plan relocation of the Mental Health Center. A building at 117 First St. NE will be remodeled and ready by March 1. the office will close the first week of March. Local volunteers from multiple towns assist with decorations and the move.
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Waverly
The
Cedar Valley Mental Health Society
State Bank
Jerome Aleff
First St
Selma Carroll
Frederika
H. R. Wiley
New Hampton
Fred Waalkes
Aplington
Re-upholstering Class Opens at Tripoli Town Hall
An adult and 4 H project invites locals to an orientation on March 4 at 8 p m in Tripoli Town Hall. The session covers equipment needs, fabric, remolding ideas, and planning for area chairmen while emphasising team effort.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Town Hall
Pancake Supper by Tripoli Boy Scouts at Town Hall
Tripoli Boy Scouts sponsor a pancake supper at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday February 27 from 5 30 to 8 00. The menu includes all you can eat pancakes sausages and beverages including chocolate or white milk and coffee. Admission is 50 cents per plate.
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Tripoli
Tripoli Girls Reach Semi finals in sectional tourney
Tripoli, South Winneshiek, Fredericksburg and Wapsie Valley won second round girls sectional basketball games. Tripoli beat Plainfield 47 to 42. South Winneshiek defeated Eastern Allamakee 76 to 45. Fredericksburg edged Turkey Valley 44 to 43. Wapsie Valley narrowly beat Dunkerton 55 to 53.
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Tripoli
South Winneshiek
Fredericksburg
Wapsie Valley
Plainfield
Allamakee
Turkey Valley
Dunkerton
Wapsie Valley Gymnasium
Annual Meeting of Tripoli Community Chest Set for Feb 22
The Tripoli Community Chest will hold its annual meeting Monday at 2 p.m. in Tripoli Town Hall. All contributors to the 1964 fund drive are members with voting rights. A director will be elected for a three year term, with nominations opened from the floor. the retiring director is Howard Holm.
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Robert T. Dell
Paul Houston
Iowa Mental Health Authority
IMHA
IMEA
James Coddington
Ivan Ackerman
Waverly
S. B. Leihtman
Vince Steffen
New Hampton
Melvin Dreier
Dumont
Tri-County Mental Health Center
Dell
Coddington
H. W. Rathe
Robert Gremmels
E. T. Koopman
Herman Diers
Gene Vincent
Tripoli
Lorence Platte
Wendell Matthias
Denver
Carroll
Frederika
Bremer County
Chickasaw County
Kenneth Nieman
Paul Steege
Stanley Ellison
Fredericksburg
Julian Natvig
Dennis Olsen
Fred Anderson
Leichtman
Robert Ruppert
H. R. Wiley
C. W. Clark
George Pimlet
Nashua
Butler County
D. M. Everson
Shell Rock
Erwin Wix
Guy Olson
Willis VanderKooi
Allison
Wilbur Thomas
Parkersburg
Waalkes
Aplington
Joseph Truit
Cecil Starkweather
Greene
Harley Duffield
Bristow
Community Chest
Tripoli Community Chest
Tripoli Town Hall
Howard Holm
Mrs George Hagen Enters Sumner Hospital for Observation
Mrs George Hagen entered Sumner hospital on Tuesday for observation after an illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hagen
Sumner Hospital
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Sports County
Rairie du Chien
California
Highway Patrol
Hagedorn
Frederika Creamery Company
Readlyn Cooperative
W. C. Maynard
S. H., Oelw
Fairbank I. C
1.S.U
Bank
M. Buenneke
Kramer-Crittenden
I.M.C. Corp
Bergmann Hatchery
State Farm
Clippers
Carol Mat
Zoella Benz
Ruth Rosel
Frances Hahn
LaDonna Bergmann
Shirley Mack
Tripoli Girls
Tripoli Girls Action
Pantherettes
Plainfield Girls
Evelyn Klunder
Tripoli Pantherettes
Janesville
Turkey Val
Janet Schweer
Vickie Burrow
Susan Wente
Elaine Meyer
Charleen Everding
Verla Zonda
Madeleine Krumm
Marleen Shonka
Diane Hartmann
Oo Tripoli
Charlene Everding
Sharon Biermann
Verlan Zander
Jackie Krumm
Madeliene Krumm
Charleen Shonka
Denver Jeu
Denver Datsaorences
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