Annual Grace Church meeting reports 1954 figures
Grace Lutheran Church at Tripoli held its annual meeting in Grace hall with Raymond Bunget presiding. Reports from Pastor Goetz and treasurers covered current and building funds, plus memorial and cemetery funds. Four new council members were elected, officers installed, and 1955 budgets set with 1954 giving totals of $28,527.85 across funds.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Grace Hall
Raymond H. Bunget
William F. Goetz
Vernon Wikner
R. O. Wikner
Raymond H. Bunger
Ed. Tegtmeier
Wiliam A. Kuker
Alfred H. Bieck
Arlene Fink
Victor Nacke
Walter Sommer
Fred Bleck
William A. Kuker
Henry Kruse
Erwin J. Volker
William A. Mueller
Raymond
American Lutheran Church
Wartburg College
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Waverly
Building Fund
Grace Lutheran Memorial Fund
Bailey-Wed To Ruth Emanuel In Waterloo Chapel
Leo E. Bailey and Ruth Ellen Emanuel wed Saturday evening at Grace Methodist church Hull chapel in Waterloo. Ceremony by Dr. George E. Hunt. Bailey son of Everett Bailey Tripoli. Bride daughter of Hattie Allen Valley Ford California. Reception for 24 at Bailey home. They will reside 905 Lafayette St Waterloo.
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Hull
Grace Methodist Church
Waterloo
Ruth Ellen Emanuel
Leo E. Bailey
Everett Bailey
Tripoli
George E. Hunt
Hattie Allen
Valley Ford
Calif
Clifford Bentley
Leroy Donaldson
Mr. Bailey
John Deere Tractor Works
F. W. Woolworth & Co
West Side
Lafayette St
Congregational Church Elects Three Members To Finance Committee
At the Jan 9 1955 annual meeting First Congregational church elected Lowell Goodenbour Carl Asmus and Charles Smith to the finance committee. They also served last year with Mr Smith as chairman and the 1955 pledges exceeded all prior signatures by $800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Lowell Goodenbour
Carl Asmus
Charles Smith
Mr. Smith
Tripoli FFA Chapter Splits Two Games With Waverly
The Tripoli FFA chapter split two Saturday night games with Waverly. The first team lost 38 to 36 as they trailed by 23 to 9 at halftime but closed the gap. Kenneth Joens and Jerry Snelling led with 10 points each, and Bill Boeckmann added eight.
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Tripoli F.F.A
Waverly
Kenneth Joens
Jerry Snelling
Bill Boeckmann
Kramer's Produce Falls In Overtime To Corrugated Box
Kramer’s Produce lost 63 to 62 in overtime to Corrugated Box of Waterloo in a YMCA league game at Waterloo. The Boxers, recent invitational winner and league leader, overturned a slim Kramer lead in the final quarter and overtime.
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Kramer
Produce
Corrugated Box of
Waterloo
Corrugated Box
YMCA
Holm
Boo
VFW Auxiliary Plans Talent Show
VFW Auxiliary held a regular meeting at the Town Hall with Mrs. Marlys Ryan as hostess. Members approved curtains for the new VFW home and urged bringing tea towels. They announced a talent show at Town Hall on Feb 15 and urged participation via Mrs. Towne or Mrs. Eichmann.
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VFW Auxene
Town Hall
Marlys Ryan
Independence State Hospital
Iowa City Veteran’s Hospital
Marshalltown
Old Soldier's Home
Des Moines Veteran’s Hospital
USC
Eldora Training School
Toledo Juvenille
Alta Vista
VFW
Leo Towne
C. C. Eichmann
Buhrow Family Hosts Birthday Dinner Festivities
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Buhrow entertained Thursday evening guests in honor of Mrs. Buhrow’s birthday. Attendees included Clarence Westen dorf, Caroline Westendorf, Emma Boeckmann, Fred Joens, Mary Bruse, Henry Kruse, John Buhlmann, and Alvina Bergmann. Wednesday night the Buhrows welcomed George Buhrow, Sonia, and Leo Buchholz of Waverly for dinner in celebration.
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H. F. Buhrow
Buhrow
Clarence Westendorf
Caroline Westendorf
Emma Boeckmann
Fred Joens
Mary Bruse
Henry Kruse
John Buhlmann
Alvina Bergmann
George Buhrow
Sonia
Leo Buchholz
Waverly
Help in Moving Mrs and Mrs Conrad Sell Assist Lobecks
Mr and Mrs Conrad Sell traveled to Waterloo Thursday morning to help Mr and Mrs Ed Lobeck move into their newly remodeled home. Mr Sell returned Friday night while Mrs Sell stayed until Sunday evening. The home the Lobecks moved to was inherited by Mrs Lobeck.
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Conrad Sell
Waterloo
Ed Lobeck
Mr. Sell
Mrs. Sell
Lobecks
Lobeck
Town Hall Calendar Week’s Upcoming Meetings
A town hall calendar lists events for the week including Music Inc on Saturday January 22, Scouts on Monday January 24 and Farm Bureau events with Funk seed corn. Extension Service, Sportsmen and additional Extension Service sessions run Tuesday January 25 and Wednesday January 26.
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Scouts
Farm Bureau
Funk Seed Corn Meeting
Sportsmen
Fine Weather Holds In Tripoli As Snow Steals Elsewhere
Winter remains mild in the Tripoli area with below freezing temperatures most days and only a trace of snow. Highs reached 37 on Friday while Monday dipped to five above. Readers see daily temperature highs and lows from January 12 to 18 as Old Man Winter lingers.
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Tripoli
Mercury
Waterloo
E. C. Biermann
Denver Music Minstrel Benefiting Rand Fund
The Denver Music Boosters stage The Darkie Jam boree in three acts two evenings January 26 and 27 at 8 in the high school auditorium. Proceeds aid the Rand Uniform fund with a Denver cast of 14 plus a full chorus and band.
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Denver
Rand Uniform Fund
Denver Music Boosters
Boosters Club
Farl Schumacher
North Cedar Falls
Sherry
G. R. Jondahl
Harrison
Sharon
Karen
Pearl
Jean Steege
Dana Schumacher
Edith Schmidt
Marlo Schnurstein
Merwin Schoof
Earl
Sharon Schumacher
Bill Biemann
Danny
Seaman Ron Warner Joins Round the World Cruise
Ronald H. Warner USN seaman son of Mr and Mrs W H Warner Tripoli participates in a round the world cruise aboard the USS Midway an attack carrier loaded with jet fighters. The ship heads to the Far East with the Seventh Fleet for operations in the Japan Korea Formosa area with ports including Cape Town Colombo Singapore Malaya Manila Yokosuka and Pearl Harbor.
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USS
Midway
Ronald H. Warner
Seaman
USN
W. H. Warner
Tripoli
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Japan-Korea-Formosa
Capetown
South Africa
Colombo
Ceylon
Singapore
Malaya
Manila
Philippine Islands
Yokosuka
Japan
Pearl Harbor
T.H
Panthers fall to Plainfield in last conference game
Tripoli girls lose 51 31 at Plainfield in a tight first half 29 21. Victory solidifies Plainfield fourth while Tripoli finishes tied for third with Janesville. Next Tuesday the teams travel to Fayette for non conference games before sectionals. Boys schedule includes Sumner and Nashua games and the state tournament.
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Tripoli Girls
Plainfield
Pantherettes
Tripoli
Janesville
Fayette
Sumner
Nashua
Frederika FG FT Pft
O'Connell
Bockhaus
Abbas
Schmudlach
Tom Mueller
Tripoli Frederika
Frederika
Denver
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Grace Church
Ruth Emanuel
Congregational Church
Tripoli Ffa Chapter
Reinhold R. Pavelec
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Music, Inc
Paul Voetmann
Des Moines
Kellogg’s
Midas
Betty Brite
Lewes Bleth
Viviano
Oke
Rath Black Hawk
Oscar Mamyer
del Monte
Swift’s
van Camp
Dole
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Williamstown
OWA
Seaman Ron Warner
ForTort Duecker
Bulseo Scaptane Sauerbrei
Seeeneenersmwseeeeee
T. Nerge
Biermann Bolte
Bremer County Conference
Readlyn
Plainfield Tripoli
Fredericksburg
Finchford
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