Bremer County Supervisors Set 1934 Budget and Duties
Bremer County Iowa dispatches January 2 1934 meeting approves bank depositories limits and county office payments. Officials Schwem Lang and Ducker organize year electing chair and adopt resolutions allocating funds, appoint district bridges crews, and set newspaper bid contest with Tripoli Leader and Sumner Gazette as official papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Bremer County
Frank Lang
C. G. Schwem
Wm. Ducker
Lang
Recorder's
Bremer County Board approves 1934 wage scale and relief plan
The Bremer County Board sets 1934 wage rates for labor, tractor operators, truck drivers, patrolmen, and bridge crew with specific cents per hour figures. It authorizes county Emergency Relief Committee members and designates several residents to manage Emergency Relief funds under State and Federal guidelines. The board also adjourns to Jan 5 and cancels a delinquent road poll tax for Otto Buhr due to disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Iowa
Clyde L. Herring
State of
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
State Emergency Relief Committee
Board of Supervisors
Bremer County
Iowa State Emergency Relief Committee
Harry H. Hagemann
Waverly
Frank Lang
Sumner
Herman Bast
Denver
Charles Coykendahl
Walter Fergeman
Tripoli
Schwem
Otto Buhr
M. M. Kingsley
F. W. Smith
J. P
H. A. Morey
Schwein
Gradermen
C. L. Elliott
Jack Flynn
Harry White
L. E. Nitcheer
John E. Evarts
Cort Manuel
Cecil Bolton
A. F. Schraeder
Herman Stoffregen
Ernest Kalkworf
Fred Witte
Adolph Ho
Notice of Hearing on Tripoli High School Plans
A public hearing will be held at 1:00 p m January 17 1934 at the Tripoli town hall Bremer county Iowa on proposed plans specifications and contract form for a high school building with heating and plumbing. Estimated costs are about 35000 for the building and 7500 for heating and plumbing Objections may be filed by any interested person. Dated January 5 1934 M W Bennett Secretary of the Independent School District of Tripoli Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Waverly Journal
Sumner Gazette
Waverly
Tripoli Leader
C. G. Schwein
Frank Lang
Wm. Ducker
Jackson
Lafayette
Polk
Washington
R. Stephenson
Sumner Town
Peter Garden
R. E. Robinson
Paul J. Amlie
M. D
Tripoli
H. F. Westendorf
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Schwein
M. M. Cartwright
Polk Township
George M. Vosseller
Fritz
Sumner
Independent School District of
M. W. Bennett
Independent School District
Tripoli School Names New Health Officers
Arnold Neilsen and Orville Stoffregen are named health officers for six weeks to inspect for clean hands faces fingernails and ensure hair is combed and handkerchiefs are clean. The class reports six week tests this week and aims to complete grades in the nine ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Neilsen
Orville Stoffregen
Little Red Riding Hood
Fifth Grade Studies Poetry And Health Habits
Fifth graders under Miss Conklin read Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poems and drew illustrations such as Ship of State and The Wreck of the Hesperus. They also studied daily health hours, noting ten hours sleep, six to seven work hours, four hours of play, and one hour of meals. Zenovia Henning and Lenora Bolte created an attractive health board titled Play Brings Good Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ship of State
Zenovia Henning
Lenora Bolte
Looking Backward In the Leader's Files 1909
Twenty five years ago this week H C Kirkpatrick and family moved into rooms above the Mercantile. A wedding in Sumner drew many locals as John Koeneke wed Miss Hazel Cass. Various locals visited relatives and travels included Meier’s visit to Maynard and Gunsalus family trips to West Union. Historic prices show eggs at 25c and hogs at 5.75. Local movements include Meyer and Schwein returning from Rochester and Hankner visiting Waterloo, plus Mrs Krull breaking her arm and Rodemeyer visiting Waverly families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Kirkpatrick
Mercantile
Sumner
John Koeneke
Hazel Cass
G. F. Meier
Maynard
H. J. Bunger
Klinger
John Martens
Frank Gunsalus
West Union
Conrad Meyer
C. F. Schwein
Rochester
Minn
Ed Hankner
Waterloo
Adam
Wm. Krull,sr
Wm. Rodemeyer
Waverly
Wm. Block
Civil War Vet James M Ferris Dies at 91
Ten years ago a local item notes James M Ferris a Civil War veteran died at his Fredrika home December 29 1923 aged 91 years 10 months 6 days. Also reports A F Rebholz meeting travelers Henry and Mrs Martens from Ripon and Milwaukee Wis W C Fergeman returns to duties at the Hub after a week ill with a cold and word of G W Hazzett death at his Waterloo home Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Ferris
Frederika
A. F. Rebholz
New Hampton
Henry Martens
Ripon
Milwaukee
Wis
W. C. Fergeman
G. W. Hazlett
Waterloo
Five Years Ago Deaths and Fire Reported in Tripoli Area
Five years prior, January 9 1929 notices list the deaths of Mrs Sophia Kuhrt 70 at her daughter's home southwest of Tripoli Mrs Henry Bierman nee Haase at her northwest town residence and Chas T Leverenz 72 a former local businessman at his south town home January 4 Fire from an overheated furnace prompted the St John s Lutheran church fire department callout the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Kuhrt
H. H. Schmidt
Tripoli
Henry Bierman
Nee Haase
Town
Chas. T. Leverenz
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sixth Grade Semester Tests and Reading Schedule
Beverly Ambrose and Janice Goodenbour report sixth graders will take semester tests Thursday and Friday. English reviewed nouns subjects predicates and punctuation on Monday. Pronouns began on Tuesday. Heidi finished and a new book will be started this week. Geography review and a history chapter The Long Fight for Independence were studied with a test Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidi
Beverly Ambrose
Janice Goodenbour
Seventh Grade Review Schedule and Reading Highlights
Seventh grade notes show semester tests on Thursday and Friday with English focus on adverbs. Students studied lists of verbs adjectives and adverbs and identified adverbs that modify them. In reading they covered the poem Trades by Amy Lowell and last week read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Violet Shipp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Lowell
Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
Violet Shipp
Classroom notices on poetry and tests
Last week in reading we studied If by Kipling and Roses in the Subway by Dana Burnett and a declaration Robert E Lee by Gamaliel Bradford. Tests in most subjects this week. Absent on Monday were Gretchen Hanff Donald and Howard Nielsen. Lee Lou Morf.
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Kipling
Dana Burnett
Robert E. Lee
Gamaliel Bradford
Gretchen Hanff
Donald
Howard Nielsen
Lee Lou Morf
Funeral Attendance and Local Illness Updates
Sunday morning about nine o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Otterstetter motored to Westgate Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. H. Latimer. Mrs. Henry Koch is recovering from an attack of the flu which has kept her confined to her home for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Biermann have both been victims of the flu the past week, but are now on the road to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Otterstetter
Westgate
J. H. Latimer
Henry Koch
Adolph Biermann
Community Notices From Potter Siding Social Roundup
Mr. and Mrs. August Fredericks and Mrs. Fred Lohmann visited the Wm. Rucker home Tuesday. The Schroeder daughter visits the Behrends family. Mrs. Bogen opened Warren No. 9 school after vacation. Darlene Redies birthday party included Kukers Redies and Fredericks. George Schroeder and Mrs. Redies hosted lunches. Lamphrechts and Pries visited Kuker family. Henning entertained Sunday. Lohmanns visited and Lucille Lohmann celebrated a birthday with a lunch. Leslie Lohmann and George Schroeder were at Waterloo Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Fredericks
Fred Lohmann
Wm. Rucker
Wm. Schroeder
Wm. Behrends
Bogen
Warren No. 9
Darlene Redies
Ernest Kuker
Art Kuker
Gustav Redies
Henry Redies
Art Redies
Louie Kuker
Wm. Lohmann
Lucille Lohmann
Lohmann
Esther Lohmann
Henry Lohmann
Tripoli
Leslie Lohmann
George Schroeder
Waterloo
Senator Sorghum Blames Opposition for Failures
A Plain quotes Senator Sorghum blaming the opposition for national troubles. He admits his election binds him to politics, leaving little time to save the country as worries about losing the next term occupy him.
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Sorghum
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Ducker
First National Bank
State Bank of
Waverly Savings Bank
Farmers State Bank
Plainfield
Denver Savings Bank
Readlyn Savings Bank
Readlyn
American Savings Bank
Farmers Savings Bank
County Recorder
County Recorder’s Office
District Court
State Bank of Waverly
Bremer County Independent
Waverly Democrat
Flora Hutchinson
Fred Nuss
Sarah Cooper
Esther Lemke
Lutheran Orphans Home
Helen
Mildred
Dorothy
James Woods
Harold
Marie
Margaret Heideman
Leslie
Gwendly Moyer
Minnie Borchers
Emily Hubbard
Akinley
Wnndt
The
Henpeck
Tripoli School News
Miss Boyle
Lenora’s
Zenovia’s
Miss Conklin
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