Bremer County approves road department pay raises and manual
Bremer County Supervisors approve a 6 to 10 percent pay increase for road department staff and adopt a personnel manual from 1961. Earl H. Welshons is hired as engineer at 50 dollars yearly. Overtime pay begins for employees, and foremen gain 13 percent with 24 hour call. Sick leave rises to one day monthly. The board sets 1133 dollars in escrow with Illinois Central for automatic crossing signals south of Waverly, the county's share of a 10 197 dollar grade crossing project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Board Ofvisors
Earl H. Welshons
Bremer
First National Bank
Waverly
Illinois Central Railroad Co
Iowa State Commerce Commission
ipoli Community Schedules Early Dismissal for Jan 12
Ipoli Community Schools will dismiss Thursday January 12 to finish the first semester and prepare for the second. Classes resume January 13 at the usual time as announced by Supt Howard Marrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipoli
Lasses
Poli
Howard Marrett
Kday
Rts
Bond sales exceed goal in several Iowa counties
In Bremer county November bond sales reached 199 percent of the 11 month goal with $31,787 in series E and H savings. Overall Iowa’s November sales totaled $6,989,280, placing the state at 96 percent of its 11 month quota of $7,260,? for 1966. Other area counties posted results: Lock Hawk $3,731,408 109 percent, Butler $883,526 101 percent, Chickasaw $750,446 100 percent, Fayette $1,305,122 106 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Furteen
Iowa
Lock Hawk
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Blood Bank Unit Readlyn to Hold Tuesday Donations
Readlyn FW post and Tripoli FW post sponsor a blood drive on Tuesday Jan 10 from to 6 p m Donations welcome from volunteers in Tripoli who can sign up after 4 p m by calling 882bs Donors receive lunch and coffee at the Tripoli VFW post and Christmas trees will be picked up Sunday Jan by the Tripoli Jaycees curbside starting at p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Tripoli
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set at Tripoli Town Hall
Legion Auxiliary post Bockhaus-Bartels will hold its regular meeting at Tripoli Town Hall on Tuesday January 10 at 7:30 p.m. Hostesses are Mrs. Anna Slack and Mrs. Blanche Debel with a program on Legislation led by Mrs. Gladys Rettig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bockhaus-Bartels American Legion Auxiliary Post
Tripoli Town Hall
Anna Slack
Blanche Debel
Gladys Rettig
Banner Year for Iowa Industrial Growth in 1966
Iowa Development Commission reports 15,466 job opportunities created by 312 plants locating or expanding in Iowa. Capital expenditures on plants and equipment totaled $237 million, up $28 million from the prior year, with all figures the highest in the commission's records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
The
Development Commission
Commission
Iowa Personal Income Climbs to 6.4 Billion in 1966
Total Iowa personal income reached an estimated 6.4 billion dollars in 1966, up 9.4 percent from 1965. Farm marketings added 3.3 billion, an 11 percent rise, while manufacturing output climbed above 10 billion to 10.1 billion, a 13 percent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
New Vocal Music Instructor Named for Denver Elementary
Mrs. Norma E. Kroemer of Cedar Falls began duties January 3 as elementary and secondary vocal music instructor for the Denver Community School. She succeeds Mrs. Barbara Eckerman who resigned to join her husband in Connecticut. Kroemer trained at SCI Cedar Falls with a piano major in voice and has prior teaching experience in Central City and Dike. Her husband is a Cedar Falls printer and they have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Norma E. Kroemer
Cedar Falls
Barbara Eckerman
Connecticut
Kroemer
SCI
Central City
Dike
Puhlmann Accepts Call to Wisconsin Church
Reverend E F Puhlmann resigns as pastor of Faith United Church of Christ Tripoli effective March 1 after 13 years to accept a call at First United Church of Christ Osseo Wisconsin. During his tenure, two congregations merged in 1961 and a 16 classroom Christian education unit costing $120 000 was completed in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Puhlmann
Faith United Church of Christ
Tripoli
Puhlmann
First United Church of Christ
Osseo, Wis
Faith Church
First Congregational Church
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sesson
Gary Moeller
Robert Moellers
Allen Memorial
Arnold Thalacker
Grace Church
St. Paul’s Lath Church
Maynard
Lutheran Church
Camp Gawanis
Wapsie Tsmen
Th Park
Waverly Man to Head County Cancer Campaign
Roger Hesse of Waverly was named campaign chairman for Bremer county’s 1967 cancer fund drive announced by Mrs. Elmer Kuker Bremer county American Cancer Society chair. The campaign plans target April with Hesse and family on a farm east of Waverly. He runs a real estate and insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Hesse
Waverly
Bremer County
Elmer Kuker
American Cancer Society
Hesse
Marion
Young Homemakers Meet in Tripoli Town Hall
The Young Homemakers meet Thursday January 12 at 1 30 p m in Tripoli Town Hall. Mrs Lyle Huebner will host and lead a lesson on Physical Fitness. Attendees are asked to wear slacks and elections of officers will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Town Hall
Lyle Huebner
Notice of skating at sewage plant lagoons risks
Per sons skating on the sewage disposal plant lagoons will be doing so at their own risk by order of Tripoli Town Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Fink Hospitalized for Observation in Waterloo
L. H. Fink was admitted to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Wednesday for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Fink
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Tripoli Women’s Bowling Association Meeting Set
Tripoli Women’s Bowling Association plans a city tournament at a meeting Monday January 9 at 8 p m in Tripoli Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Women’s Bowling Association
Tripoli Town Hall
Auto Insurance Rate Hike Is in Prospect for 1967
Iowa insurers face rising premiums after the state insurance commissioner approved liability and property damage rate increases filed by the NBCU. The changes take effect in January, averaging about per cent for the typical motorist and over 10 per cent for commercial drivers, with NBCU members representing 15 per cent of Iowa auto insurance.
Double Deductions Expected On Iowa Federal Returns
Iowa taxpayers may see two deductions on federal returns for 1967 due to the 1966 Iowa withholding change. Many will also receive state refunds in 1967, which must be reported as income on 1967 federal returns. Adjust exemptions to balance state and federal tax totals in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Funeral Rites for Mrs A Weires Held at Waverly
Funeral services were held at St. Marys Catholic church Waverly for Mrs Anna Weires 77 who died Thursday at Mercy hospital Waverly after a stroke. She had been a patient since Oct 9 Surviving are eight daughters and one son including Mrs Ray Fink Tripoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Waverly
Anna Weires
Mercy Hospital
Ray Fink
Tripoli
VFW Auxiliary Meeting Set for January Ninth
The VFW Auxiliary will hold a meeting Monday evening January 9 at the Post Home with Verlee Gronemeyer as hostess.
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VFW
Verlee Gronemeyer
Ed Jahnke Admitted To Allen Memorial Hospital
Ed Jahnke is a patient at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and will be admitted Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jahnke
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Tripoli News Notes From 1966 July to October
Recap of Tripoli area events in 1966 July through October covers festivals budgets school openings and local sports. Highlights include promotional ties to the est festival July 18 19 and the annual Commercial Club July 12 plus appointments to the county fair board. Community activities span harvest fairs softball and band concerts with 4-H demonstrations and tax budget talks. Local sports include Tripoli Panthers football and softball wins, and Bremer county Farm Bureau gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Allison Bristow
Plainfield
Bremer County
Tripoli High School
Tripoli Red Sox
New Hampton
Bremer County Board of Education
Mary Niemeyer
Wapsie Sportsmen’s Club
Gladys Bunger
Frederika
Tripoli Jaycees
Tripoli Development Corporation
R. D. Dunneman
Waterloo
State Conservation Commission
H. Hoppenworth
Harold Doepke
Floyd Bacon
Veryl Buchholz
Robert Hildebrandt
Melvin Bergmann
Fremont Township
Yellow River Forest
Fredericksburg
Genial Gem
Lester Gaede
Nashua
Tripoli Town Hall
S. A. Maurer
Don McNeil
Chicago
Leader
Ervin C. Heinemann
Wm. Heffernan
VFW
Tripoli Panthers
Turkey Valley
Tripoli Public Library
Leslie Kelsey
August Winzenburg
Janesville
Judy Feuchtwanger
Panthers
Gene Hyde
Sumner
Gayl Westendorf
Kent Mueller
Ken Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Social Welfare Payments in December Listed Bremer county totals and details
December 1966 welfare report from Iowa lists Bremer county figures. Old age assistance covers 136 recipients with grants and medical totals, while medical aid to the aged, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and aid to the disabled show specific case counts and dollar amounts, totaling 22 867 dollars for 347 persons with three cases opened and three closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Bremer County
Adult Evening Classes to Begin January in Area Districts
Hawkeye Institute announces adult evening classes start January 23 across 16 community districts in merged Area VII. Programs include knitting, bridge, crafts, electronics, math, farming, typing, and high school completion, with enrollment open immediately and courses running 16 to 72 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Area VII
George Bennett
Hawkeye Institute
Tripoli
Waverly Shell Rock
Sumner Community
Bennett
Plainfield Varsity Defeats Tripoli In Close Dual Meet
Plainfield varsity wrestling defeated Tripoli 33 to 13 on Tuesday night with reserves winning 15 to 8. Individual matches featured several pins including 95 P Dietz over T Blasberg and 180 P Hartzell over T Buchholz, plus multiple forfeits and close decisions. The team schedules note a Jan 10 meet with Wapsie Valley and a Jan 14 Tripoli invitational across several nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Tripoli
Jay Dietz
Steven Blasberg
Very Green
Curtis Neuendorf
Bruce Gieiau
Stan Gritzner
Ron Hartzell
Roger Buchholz
Ken Miller
Paul Engert
Ken Dicke
Allen Heinemann
Tim Caswell
Dan Whitney
Dave Hauser
Darwin Harmening
Dave Franzen
David Saschen
Dave Spree
Garald Zander
Paul Zander
Gary Wedeking
Hwt
Logen Harms
Roger Sheldon
Cedar-Wapsie Conf basketball resumes Friday night
The Cedar-Wapsie conference reunites after the holiday layoff with Tripoli Panthers and Pantheret tes hosting Denver teams on their home court. Friday games also feature Dunkerton at Fredericksburg Wapsie Valley at Plainfield and Turkey Valley at Janesville while Jan. 10 brings no conference action except Tripoli girls at Fayette.
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Wapsie Valley
Here
Tripoli
Denver
Greene
Janesville
Nashua
Plainfield
Turkey Valley
Cedar-Wapsie
Tripoli Panthers
Pantherettes
Dunkerton
Fredericksburg
Fayette
Dunkerton Eee
Dunxerton
Crossing Signal For Buck Creek Road Approved
Bremer county supervisors approved and signed a railway crossing signal project for Buck Creek road four and one half miles northwest of Sumner. The county and railway shares are about 9118 and 1013 dollars respectively with maintenance after completion. The highway department seeks bids on 1967 season materials including metal culverts tile steel sheeting bridge lumber sign posts and bridge hardware with estimated totals around 44000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Highway Commission
Chicago Great Western Railway
Buck Creek Road
Sumner
Earl H. Welshons
Bremer
Bremer County
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Oe County
County Road Department
Emer County
Lood Bank
Olunteers
Per
Legion Auxiliary
Wisconsin
County Cancer Campaign
Young Homemakers
Women’s Bowling Assn
J. M. Haydon
Cp. Snow
A. Weires
H. J. Frese
Tripoli Men’s Bowling Association
Ernst Drewis
Gene Vincent
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Tripoli Community School
Howard Marquardt
Daniel Ambrose
Gail McLavey
Richmond Cafe
Edna Richmond
Eldon Ott
THS
South Park
Tripoli Panther
Tripoli Vfw Post
Clarksville
Dysart - Geneseo
East Buchanan
Grundy Center
Hudson
Independence
Jesup
la Porte City
North Tama County
Parkersburg
Reinbeck
Waverly-Shell Rock
Vo-Tech
Allison-Bristow
Aplington
New Hartford
Falls Avenue
Richard Harms
Tripouli Community School
Mike White
Randy Neuendorf
Paul Carroll
Don Binie
Mike Harris
Curt Hansen
Larry Leuenberger
Ken Beard
Mike Ripley
David Boeckmann
Arven Haase
Merlin Nuss
Cedar-Wapsie Conf
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