Two Bremer Road Projects Awarded at Ames
Iowa Highway Commission awarded two Bremer county road surfacing jobs at Ames on Monday. Project 8187 covers an eight inch base on Buck Creek road with a bituminous surface, Western Engineering Co., Harlan bid $40,193.62. Project 8955-9 on Denver to Janesville road calls for 6 inch base and surface treatment with Rohlen Construction Co., Estherville bid $178,375.06. Work on both starts by June 1 and ends by Sept. 19.
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Bremer
Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Bremer County
Farl Welshons
Buck Creek
Western Engineering Co
Harlan
Denver
Janesville Road
Rohlen Construction Co
Estherville
Bremer County Farm Bureau Kick-off Dinner 127 Attends
One hundred twenty seven Bremer County Farm Bureau leaders attended the annual kick off dinner at Tri Poli Town Hall Monday noon. The event provided information and materials for membership work. The program was led by Ray Lageschulte and a committee ofFarm Bureau leaders. Ken Thatcher, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, spoke, with the Women’s committee serving the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Tripoli Town
Ray Lageschulte
Eldon Schoephoerster
Lloyd Mowatt
Paul Lageschulte
Floyd Clewell
Roger White
H. H. Hildebrandt
Erwin Haverkamp
Dayton
Leland Alcock
Douglas
Edward Moeller
Franklin
Ray Dirksen
Frederika
Wilbert Peters
Fremont
Floyd Robinson
Jackson
Leland Ebaugh
Jefferson
Gerald Harrington
Lafayette
Milton Meyer
Leroy
Raymond Poock
Maxfield
Arthur Mehmen
Polk
George Freeman
Sumner
Harold Brandenburg
Warren
Waldo Albrecht
Washington
Ken Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Robert Kuker Takes Office Jan 6 as Readlyn Mayor
Readlyn special report: Robert Kuker sworn in as mayor on January 6. Re-elected councilmen Virgil Peters Earl Rommel and Melvin Boehme also sworn in, with Larry Trepp and Harold Wehling starting first term. Appointments named by Mayor Kuker: Arnold C Poock clerk Burton Stumme treasurer Ray Hoeg street commissioner Charles Troxel town marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Robert Kuker
Virgil Peters
Earl Rommel
Melvin Boehme
Larry Trepp
Harold Wehling
Kuker
Arnold C. Poock
Burton Stumme
Ray Hoeg
Charles Troxel
Teen Hop Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a teen hop at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday evening January 18 from 8 to 11. Admission is 50 cents with door prizes offered. Bob Mickelsen will DJ.
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The
American Legion Auxiliary
Tripoli Town Hall
Bob Mickelsen
D.J
Farmers Savings Bank Publishes Call Statement
The Farmers Savings Bank of Frederika publishes its call statement in this week's issue at close of business Dec 206. Total assets stand at $865,287.59 up from $760,587.50 on Dec 28, 1962, a gain of $104,700.09. Deposits total $778,255.97, up from $681,207.14, a gain of $97,048.83. Common stock par value $30,000, surplus $20,000, undivided profits $37,031.62. Fred Rewoldt is president and FDP. Rewoldt is cashier.
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Farmers Savings Bank of
Frederika
Fred Rewoldt
Bank
FDP
Rewoldt
License Examiners Set for Tripoli Saturday Morning
License examiners will be at Tripoli Town Hall Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon for renewals anytime during the session. Written and driving tests will be given between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. only. The examining team will not return to Tripoli until Feb. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Town Hall
Tripoli
Heidemann Funeral Service Held At Tripoli
William H. Heidemann 78 died Sunday at Sumner hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held today at Faith United Church of Christ with Rev. E F Puhlmann officiating. Interment followed at Faith Cemetery. Heidemann, born May 25 1885 in Bremer County, was married to Martha Thie man in 1911. Survivors include his widow three children Irene Peters Leslie and Lawrence of Tripoli two grandchildren three great grandchildren and one sister Carrie Poock Readlyn. Rettig Funeral Home assisted.
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William H. Heidemann
Sumner Hospital
Faith United Church of Christ
E. F. Puhlmann
Faith Cemetery
Peter Mahlstedt
Adolph Biermann
Erwin Kuecker
William Buls
Elston Boldt
Ernest Drewis
Bremer County
Emilie Schirch Heidemann
Schlueter
Martha Thieman
Waverly
Tripoli
Walter
Irene) Peters
Leslie
Lawrence
Carrie Poock
Readlyn
Rettig Funeral Home
Dr. H L Kennedy Dies Former Tripoli Dentist
Word came that Dr. H L Kennedy, a former Tripoli dentist, died in Mason City on Tuesday. Funeral services will be held Friday in Mason City with burial in Cedar Rapids.
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H. L. Kennedy
Tripoli
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
THS Concert Band Heads to District Festival Saturday
Tripoli High School concert band travels to Plainfield for the Cedar-Wapsie Conference band festival with four northern schools Turkey Valley Fredericksburg Plainfield and Tripoli. Kenneth Carpenter Parsons College Fairfield directs. A free public concert at 7 30 p m showcases individual performances and a combined finale with all four bands.
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Tripoli
Plainfield
Turkey Valley
Fredericksburg
Kenneth Carpenter
Parsons College
Fairfield
Final Rites for Sam Galloway Pending at Waterloo
Funeral services are pending for Sam A. Galloway 79 who died Tuesday morning in West Plain Missouri. The body will arrive in Waterloo Friday with Locke Funeral home handling arrangements. Galloway retired from the Waterloo fire department in November 1945 and later served as town marshal in Tripoli before moving to West Plain. He is survived by two sons Wayne Galloway Cedar Falls and Max Galloway Boise Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Galloway
West Plain
Waterloo
Locke Funeral Home
Galloway
Tripoli
Wayne Galloway
Primrose Drive
Cedar Falls
Max Galloway
Boise
Idaho
Sumner Jaycees Sponsor Dale Carnegie Course Night
The Sumner Junior Chamber invites men and women to a Dale Carnegie Course presentation on Thursday January 16 at 730 pm in the Sumner Theatre. Area director Leif Schreiner says the session covers effective speaking human relations and leadership techniques with a notable memory demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Jaycees
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Sumner
Dale Carnegie
Sumner Theatre
Leif Schreiner
Harold Brandenburg Named Chairman County Ext. Council
County Extension Council members met in Tripoli to organize for 1964 selecting Harold Brandenburg of Waverly as chairman and Ralph Albrecht of Sumner as vice chairman. Mrs. W. H. Heffernan was secretary and Stanley Busching of Waverly remained treasurer. New members include Wallace Miller Sumner Oren Briden Janesville Gordon Card Plainfield Ray Fairholm Denver Lorenzo Lenius and Albrecht. Regular meetings set for the first Wednesday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Wallace Miller
Sumner
Oren Briden
Janesville
Gordon Card
Plainfield
Ray Fairholm
Denver
Lorenzo Lenius
Waverly
Albrecht
Mrs. Heffernan
Edwin Weidler
Edwin Leistikow
Fairbank
Milton Soldwisch
Leslie Huck
Busching
Brandenburg
NFO Launches Million-Farm Drive in Bremer County
The National Farmers Organization begins contact with more than a million American farmers in Bremer County within 60 days. Six teams and 18 two-man units will contact every farmer, member or not, to update progress and explain bargaining plans for master contracts in grain dairy and meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Harvey Kuhlman
NFO
National
Corning
Kuhlman
Funeral Service for Herman Keding at Faith United Church
Herman Adolph Keding 90 died Friday after six weeks in Sumner hospital. Funeral Monday at Faith United Church of Christ with Rev. F F Puhlmann officiating. Casket bearers Reinhardt Bunger Donald Keding Erwin Schultz Larry Buhr Fred Fink Mervin Buss burial in church cemetery. He was born October 30 1873 in Bremer county and married Anna Matthies en and Clara Martens. Surviving are four children eight grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Arrangements by Rettig Funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith United Church of Christ
Herman A. Keding
Sumner Hospital
F. F. Puhlmann
Reinhardt Bunger
Donald Keding
Erwin Schultz
Larry Buhr
Fred Fink
Mervin Buss
Herman Adolph Keding
Bremer County
Henry Keding
Leroy Township
Leroy No. 4
Church Council
Keding
Walter
Tripoli
Erwin
Sumner
August Wolfgram
Herbert Zickuhr
Waterloo
Rettig Funeral Home
Alma Schober rites held at Grace Lutheran church
Alma Ida Noebel Schober, 88, died January 8 at her Tripoli home. Funeral Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Arnold Thalacker officiating and burial in Grace Lutheran cemetery. Casket bearers listed. Born December 6, 1875 in Linda Saxony Germany she married Herman Schober October 12 1896. Survived by son Paul of Tripoli. preceded by daughter Helene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rettig Funeral
Grace Lutheran Church
Alma Ida Schober
Herman Schober
Paul
Tripoli
Helene
Boeckmann Returns Home After Surgery
Erwin Boeckmann was released from Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo on Tuesday after undergoing surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaves
Erwin Boeckmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Hospitalized Mrs Colburn Taken To Sumner Hospital
Mrs Kathryn Colburn was hospitalized and taken to Sumner hospital Tuesday She expects to be released today Wednesday in a brief local health notice with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Colburn
Sumner Hospital
Tripoli Bowlers Set Dates for City Tournament
Tripoli Women and Men Bowlers announced dates for the 1964 city tournament with singles doubles and team events. The women will compete February 8 9 for singles and doubles and February 11 13 for teams with entry 275 plus 50 cents per person for scratch and handicap all events. Deadline February 4 averages February 1 handicap 180x70. Men’s tournament runs February 16 19 with singles and doubles Sunday unless a shift is needed and team events Monday to Wednesday. entry 300 per man per event plus 100 for all events. Both events list rules and prize cash.
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Tripoli
Duane Holm
Frederika Infant Selected to Sample Heinz Baby Foods
Frederika Annette Bahlmann three months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bahlmann, was chosen by Mrs. Jean Meritt Heinz Co to sample and compare baby foods. Free samples will be sent to Mrs. Bahlmann as the infant tries cereals and junior foods, with color flavor and texture compared. Regular reports will track the baby's preferences as Heinz tests new processing.
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Frederika
Annette
Kenneth Bahlmann
Jean Meritt
Baby Feeding Couselor
H. J. Heinz Co
Baclmann
Fre mont Cemetery Association annual meeting notice
The Fre mont Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on January 16 at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Alfred Koch Transportation help is available by calling Mrs Leslie Kelsey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Cemtery Association
Alfred Koch
Leslie Kelsey
Bremer County Extension Education Fund Financials for 1963
The Tripoli Leader reports the Bremer County Agricultural Extension Education Fund 1963 receipts 14990.00 and expenditures 14901.76, ending balance 6487.50. Compared with 1962 receipts 14997.00 and expenditures 15347.27, the chairman is James D. Kerr and the treasurer Stanley R. Busching.
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Tripoli Leader
Bremer County Agricultural Extension Education Fund
James D. Kerr
Stanley R. Busching
Home from hospital for Carl Bahlmann
Carl Bahlmann returned home on January 7 from Scholtz Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after a several week stay as a patient.
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Carl Bahlmann
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Bathkes to Celebrate Golden Anniversary Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Bathke of Sumner will mark their 50th wedding anniversary on January 22. A family dinner is planned January 19 at their home. Married January 22, 1914, at St. John's Lutheran in Sumner, Mrs. Bathke is Roseline Mueller. They have five children Don Hunemuller in Dubuque, LaVerne in Alameda California, Delbert Finder in Readlyn, Lowell Buhr in Sumner, and Everett Cole in Tripoli, along with 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Christ Bathke
Sumner
Bathkes
Tripoli
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bathke
Roseline Mueller
Don Hunemuller
Dubuque
LaVerne
Alameda
Cal
Delbert Finder
Readlyn
Lowell Buhr
Everett Cole
Early Monday Fire at Denver Hardware
Denver firemen responded to an upstairs apartment above Saunders Hardware early Monday morning. A short circuit in the garbage disposal unit is believed to have caused the blaze. The fire was brought under control with no serious damage. Waverly fire department was summoned for possible assistance.
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Denver
George Saunders
Saunders Hardware
Waverly
Crane Creek Church Brotherhood Elects Officers
The Brotherhood of St. John's Lutheran church Crane Creek held its annual officer election on January 6. Elected officers are Alfred Blasberg president Leonard Mixdorf vice president L C Schuldt treasurer Clarence Buchholz secretary and Merlyn Heidemann chaplain. Merlyn Heidemann and Arnold Stromer named to the purchasing committee.
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Brotherhood of St. John’s Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Alfred Blasberg
Leonard Mixdorf
L. C. Schuldt
Clarence Buchholz
Merlyn Heidemann
Arnold Stromer
Week's Weather Readings Reported by Observer
J M Haydon records daily weather readings at 6 p m except Tuesday and at 12 noon on Tuesdays, detailing temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric conditions observed throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Haydon
Weather Observer
Tripoli Town Council Approves Street Lighting Modernization
Tripoli Town Council held a special session to review a proposed contract with Interstate Power Co to update the residential street lighting program. Keith Barker district manager from Ocdlwein presented details along with Phil Suchy and Walter Steward of IPC. The council received a full explanation of the plan and its expected improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Interstate Power Co
The
Power Co
Keith Barker
O¢dlwein
Phil Suchy
Walter Steward
IPC
Tripoli Boys Rally Past Plainfield in 84 34 Victory
Tripoli High School boys varsity basketball dominated Plainfield 84 34 here last night after a 59 49 Friday loss to undefeated Wapsie Valley. Wapsie Valley remains undefeated as Tripoli trails in a close first half before a decisive third quarter run. The Tripoli girls fell twice, 55 24 to Wapsie Valley and 37 29 to Plainfield, in a separate week of action.
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Tripoli High School
Plainfield
Wapsie Valley Boys
Tripoli
Wapsie Valley
Tripoli Panthers
Panthers
Alcock
Brieger
I Krumm
Kuhrt
Boeckmann
iFink
Juel
Kehe
Weidler
Mike LeVake
Schweer
F Meyer
Everding
F Burrow
F Schwarze
Schuldt
Zander
G Hartmann
G C. Shonka
Krumm
M. Shonka
Kuethe
Fink
Mee
Wapsie Valley Mt
Schwarze
Burrow
Friday and Tuesday girls basketball results and schedule
Summary of girls games with Plainfield Dunkerton Fredericksburg and Janesville results across Friday and Tuesday matchups. Includes conference schedule January 17 21 and 18 20 with Turkey Valley Wapsie Valley Dunkerton Fredericksburg Tripoli Denver and related non conference games.
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Plainfield
Denver
Dunkerton
Janesville
Fredericksburg
Turkey Valley
Wapsie Valley
Tripoli
Field
New Hartford
West Union
Elgin
Plainfield Girls
Commercial Club To Hold Monthly Meeting Monday
The Tripoli Commercial Club plans its regular meeting Monday evening at the Tripoli Town Hall. A 7 o'clock dinner will be served by Grace Lutheran church ladies, followed by 8 p m business proceedings. New officers begin their duties. last year’s attendance committee will contact members for dinner reservations.
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Commercial Club
Tripoli Commercial Club
Tripoli Town
Ladies of Grace Lutheran Church
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New Readlyn
Farmers Savings Bank
Wm. H. Heidemann
Sam Galloway
Oren Lee Staley
National Nfc
Herman Keding
Alma Schober
Grace Lutheran
County Ag. Extension Education
Chris Bathkes
Denver Hardware
Crane Creek Church Brotherhood
Max. Min
Cp. Snow
Barker
Fred
4Th St
7Th Ave
Axon’s
Tripoli Community School
Cedar-Wapsie
Ray H. Bunger
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