Dental Week Observed in Bremer County Schools
National Children’s Health week prompts Bremer county schools to host a two week dental health program led by Selma Carroll and dental hygienist Austa White. Visits cover brushing education in elementary classes and 50 minute assemblies for junior and senior highs featuring a film Matter of Choice.
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Bremer County
Selma Carroll
Austa White
Plainfield
Waverly-Shell Rock
Janesville
Waverly-Sr
Denver
Sumner
Durant
Wapsie Valley
Readlyn
High School
Oran
Fairbank
Frederika
Tripoli
Iowa Heart Association Final Quarter Memorial Gifts
Iowa Heart Association reports October through December 1961 memorial gifts totaling $5 674 69. Donations support heart research in Iowa and nationwide, with official receipts and kin acknowledgments. Bremer County gifts totaled $7.00.
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Iowa Heart Assoc
Iowa
Tryig
Own Heart Association
Grand Ave
Des Moines
Bremer County
Local Cub Scouts January Meeting Sets Open House
The January Cub Scouts gathering at Tripoli Town Hall featured a cabin slides show by Scoutmaster Ted and a post presentation plan for an open house. Awards were given including Bear awards to Michael Ryan Ricky Mill and Hal Bauer and Gold and Silver Arrow to Haluer.
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Tripoli
Ted
Tot
Carl Ryan
Den
Michael Ryan
Ricy Mill
Hal Bauer
Hal Uer
Ax Ambrose
Danny Biestert
Harold Root
David Schucher
Michael Kirchhoff
Roy Buchholz
Wayne Mast
Randy Iller
Craig Ducker
James Edt
Ichael Kirchoff
Mny Biesterfelt
E-Vear
Brian Selck
Kehe
Rodney Quass
Char Heinemann
Willis Hillden
Old and
Silverarrow
Kim Kehe
Willis Hilrandt
Uts
Bremer County Men Named Champion Corn Growers
Forrest S. Howe of Janesville is Bremer county champion with 152.72 bushels. Claude L. Carpenter of Waverly, Lester Pruisner, Edwin Brase of Sumner and Romeine Brase of Sumner retain past titles. Engraved plaques were awarded at a Janesville banquet for producing 100 bushels per acre in a five acre plot in the annual contest sponsored by a hybrid seed corn company.
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Forrest
Forrest S. Howe
Janesville
February Draft Call Names Two For County Quota
Bremer county sets February draft quota at two men Kent Chester formerly of Plainfield and Allan W Beck of Sumner named in the Feb 6 call. About 300 men now classed 4-F will be re checked under a new classification by Selective Service. 1-Y category formed for those unfit under current standards.
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Bremer County
Plainfield
Kent Chester
Allan W. Beck
Sumner
Selective Service Group
Readlyn Mutual Insurance Names New Secretary Director
Keith Snodgrass is named secretary and a director of Readlyn Mutual Insurance Association replacing Albert H. Matthias who resigns effective February 5 after 15 years as secretary and 13 years as director. Snodgrass, 2.5 year Readlyn resident and Spahn and Rose assistant manager, will assume duties February 5. The association has grown from 2.0 million to about 54 million in assets. Annual meeting set for Saturday March 2.
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Keith Snodgrass
Readlyn Ins. Association
Albert H. Matthias
Readlyn Mutual Insurance Association
Readlyn
Spahn and Rose Lumber Co
Keith
Maynard High School
Uxthias
Readlyn Association
54 Students Named To Wapsie Valley Honor Roll
Fifty four students qualified for the honor roll at Wapsie Valley High School for the third six weeks period. A B average or higher earned honors with on the straight A list: Seniors Sharon Fette Judy Yuber and John Reith. Juniors Ruth Bast and Dennis Negner. Sophomore Elaine Warneke. Freshman Marion Buhr. The B average list includes numerous seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with names: Pat Corcoran Ruth Deterding Jim Dugger Imogene Fink Jim Gallup Doreen Hein Andrea Klodt LaVonne Kuker John Matthias Sara Jane McKone Karen Moeller Pat Moeller Veronica Sauerbrie Joan Snyder Judy Warneke Marlene Wehling Bill Werner Karen Fette Sandra Gehrke Darrell Hartman Karen Judisch Roy Kastli Nancy Milks Donna Reiter Becky Rundle Ruth Thurm Deanna Wittenburg Betty Fox Karen Frame Gail Haberkamp David Judisch Shirley Kuker Robert Lorber Kathy Otto Michael Rathe Tom Strumpel Gloria Wehling Roger Westphal Janet Youngblut Sandra Ganske Susan Matthias Audrey Moeller Ron Moeller Deanna Stumme Craig Venzke Carol Wehling Nancy Youngblut.
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Wapsie Valley Igh School
Sharon Fette
Judy Yuber
John Reith
Ruth Bast
Dennis Negner
Elaine Warneke
Marion Buhr
Pat Corcoran
Ruth Deterding
Jim Dugger
Imogene Fink
Jim Gallup
Doreen Hein
Andrea Klodt
LaVonne Kuker
John Matthias
Sara Jane McKone
Karen Moeller
Pat Moeller
Veronica Sauerbrie
Joan Snyder
Judy Warneke
Marlene Wehling
Bill Werner
Karen Fette
Sandra Gehrke
Darrell Hartman
Karen Judisch
Roy Kastli
Nancy Milks
Donna Rei
Mil ler Named 1962 Easter Seal Campaign Chairman
Appointment of Mrs L W Miller of Waverly as chairman of the 1962 Easter Seal campaign in Bremer county was announced by Mrs Ted Little of Des Moines president of the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc The 1962 Easter Seal drive runs Mar 15 through Easter Sunday April 22 in this area and nationwide Sponsored by the Waverly Wa Tan Ye club and Bremer county 4 H clubs
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L. W. Miller
Waverly
Bremer County
Ted Little
Des Moines
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
United States
Wa-Tan-Ye Club
Bremer County 4-H
Readlyn couple to note silver anniversary
Mr and Mrs Muri Lockard of Readlyn observe their silver anniversary on Sunday. Married February 4 1937 in Readlyn the couple are parents of Verne Readlyn and Myrna Boeckmann Waverly with four grandchildren. A family dinner will be held in Denver Sunday. The Lockards run a hardware store in Readlyn.
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Muri Lockard
Readlyn
Mabel Maurer
Verne
Myrna
Robert Boeckmann
Waverly
Denver
Lockards
Fire department responds to Wikner farm blaze near Tripoli
Tripoli's volunteer fire crew was summoned shortly after 7 a m Friday to the Vernon Wikner farm south of Tripoli. Only slight damage was reported as an electrical wire burned off in the hog house.
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Tripoli
Vernon Wikner
Debel Couple Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary
Local residents report Mr and Mrs Theo Debel observed their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday January 28 at home. Guests included Anna Marsh Burlington sister of the bride Mrs Walter Sorensen Waterloo Debels sister and Mr and Mrs Robert Rich Judy Waterloo daughter Mrs Rich attended by wedding attendants Mr and Mrs C J Kimball. The couple’s wedding date is January 31.
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Theo. Debel
Anna Marsh
Burlington
Debel
Walter Sorensen
Waterloo
Mr. Debel
Robert Rich
Judy
Rich
C. J. Kimball
Final Rites for Amanda Bartels at Zion Readlyn
Funeral services for Amanda Bartels were held Monday afternoon at Zion Lutheran church Readlyn. She died Friday at Bonarden nursing home Waterloo. Rev. Elmer Jacobs conducted the services and burial followed in Zion church cemetery Readlyn. Casket bearers were Murl Lockard Earl Teisinger Leo Meyerhoff Oscar Thran Otto Meier and Wm Kuhlman.
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Amanda Bartels
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Bonarden
Waterloo
Elmer Jacobs
Zion Church
Cacket
Murl Lockard
Earl Teisinger
Leo Meyerhoff
Oscar Thran
Otto Meier
Wm. Kuhlman
Readlyn Farm Home Destroyed by Fire This Wednesday Morning
Readlyn special report states Clarence Klenzmann’s farm home four miles east of Readlyn on Highway 3 was completely destroyed by fire this Wednesday morning. Origin of the blaze is undetermined.
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Readlyn
Clarence Klenzmann
Highway 3
Welfare payments in Bremer County January total 17968
State Department of Social Welfare reports January payments in Bremer County totaling 17968 across four public assistance programs. Old age, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and disabled recipients combined to 193 payments or 264 beneficiaries, with medical costs rising and per case averages shifting year over year.
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State Department of Social Welfare
Bremer County
Area Sees Brief Warm Spell Before Return of Cold
The Tripoli area enjoyed seasonal temperatures with farmers harvesting corn after snow, then sunshine settled the snow and allowed work to resume. No moisture fell last week and temperatures ranged from 38 degrees to a low of minus one. Daily highs and lows were recorded at 6 p.m. by J. M. Haydon, local weather observer.
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Tripoli
J. M. Haydon
Ice Fisheree Set For Feb 3 4 in Prairie du Chien
The 12th annual V F W ice fisheree in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin runs Saturday and Sunday February 3 and 4. More than 2000 in prizes including boats motors and sporting gear will be awarded. Fishing starts 9 a m and ends 3 p m with prize ceremonies Sunday after the contest closes.
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Prairie du Chien
V.F.W
Wis
Creamery meeting set for Feb 6 at Tripoli Town Hall
The Potter Siding Creamery Co. holds its annual meeting at the Tripoli Town Hall on Tuesday evening February 6 at 7 45. W H Kallenbach secretary.
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Potter Siding Creamery Co
Tripoli Town Hall
W. H. Kallenbach
Honor Rolls at Tripoli High Are Revealed
Tripoli High announces two honor rolls for the period and semester. 70 students made the nine week roll and 68 the semester roll. Seniors Joyce Axon and six others earned straight A’s since term start, with dozens of BB AB and CB averages listed next to each name.
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Robert Campbell
Sandra Aubrey
Larry Bunger
Virgil Block
Laura Hurmence
Elaine Klenzman
Robert Brewer
Joyce Axon
Linda Barry
Charles Block
Karen Bockhaus
Carol Bock
Karen Boeckmann
LeRoy Bonarden
Karla Busse
Dixon Bunger
Diane Drape
George Emkes
Bill Garner
Paul Homan
Larry Judisch
Jackie Lobeck
Carolyn Mixdorf
Judy O'Connell
Duane Schumacher
Elinor Stumme
Naomi Thalacker
Suzanne Towne
Judy Whitney
Hospital visit and social visit at Waterloo
Mr and Mrs Arthur Bunger visited Walter Hunemuller at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Saturday afternoon. They were supper guests at the Leo Kern home in Waterloo.
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Arthur Bunger
Walter Hunemuller
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Leo Kern
Will Attend Assembly
Supt Howard Pigg will travel to Des Moines for a Iowa State Education delegate assembly meeting Thursday Friday and Saturday to participate in the event.
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Howard Pigg
Des Moines
Iowa State Education
Waverly Resident Is Named County Head of Cancer Crusade
Waverly resident Joe Gardner was named chairman of the educational and fundraising Cancer Crusade for Bremer County next April. Mrs. Elmer Rucker of Denver, chairwoman of the Bremer County American Cancer Society chapter, announced plans to launch an extensive educational drive to place life saving literature in every Bremer County home. The chapter aims to reverse statewide trends of cancer deaths by emphasizing early diagnosis and treatment.
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Joe Gardner
Waverly
Bremer County
Elmer Rucker
Denver
American Cancer Society
The
Cancer Society
Tripoli Boy Scouts Open House Sunday Afternoon
Tripoli Boy Scout Troop led by Scoutmaster Ted Olmstead and Assistant Verne Schildroth will hold an open house Sunday February 4 from 1 to 5 pm at their new cabin site south of Wapsie Sportsmen's park, one and a half miles east of town. Cub Scouts and families are invited to tour the cabin, with free hot coffee and guides along a timber path four blocks south from the park. Dress warmly as access is by walking and weather permitting a good turnout is expected.
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Tripoli
Ted Olmstead
Verne Schildroth
Wapsie Sportsmen's Park
Boy Scouts
Second Annual Swing Show at Tripoli High
Tripoli High school music departments present their second annual swing show on Feb 6 and 7 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Kathy Klemp Sharon Miller Bill Garner Sue Towne and a girls' trio perform vocal numbers with the swing band backing. twirlers will give an exhibition. Admission charged.
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Tripoli
Tripoli High School
Kathy Klemp
Sharon Miller
Bill Garner
Sue Towne
Buenger Couple to Observe Silver Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Carl Buenger of Tripoli celebrate 25 years of marriage with an open house February 4 from 2 to 4 pm at St Peters United Church of Christ parlors in Tripoli They married February 6 1937 in Oelwein Their son Allyn and wife Marlene are their children The Buengers moved from farming to Tripoli and Carl works at Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor Co
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Carl Buenger
Tripoli
St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Buenger
Lasola Kirchhoff
Oelwein
Allyn
Marlene
Waterloo Valve Spring Compressor Co
Pantherettes Beat Dunkerton 59 37 Friday Night
Tripoli Pantherettes won their seventh conference game by defeating Dunkerton 59 to 37 here Friday night. Darlyl Lampe scored 41 points on 15 field goals and 11 free throws as the Panthers led 19-3 after one period and 37-15 at halftime. The Panther boys also fell to Dunkerton 62-49 as Dunkerton pulled away in the second half.
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Tripoli Panther Girls
Dunkerton
Tripoli
Pantherettes
Dunkerton Girls
Panther
Darlyl Lampe
Panther Boys
Panthers
Dunkerton Five
Wapsie Valley
Plainfield
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Ocal Cub Scouts
Wapsie
Sandra Ganske
Susan Matthias
Audrey Moeller
Ron Moeller
Deanna Stumme
Craig Venzke
Carol Wehling
Nancy Youngblut
Muri
Fire Department
Wikner Farm
Readlyn Farm
Tripoli High
Diane Brase
Paulette Brase
Mary Brewer
Clinton Burrow
Robert Everding
Caroline Kehe
Dennis McNamee
Sharon Nacke
Kenneth Nuss
Barbara Rathe
Loren Sommerfelt
Karen Watts
Tim Wilson
Marilyn Beam
Doug Boeckmann
Janice Brase
Mary Buchholz
Joann Buchholz
Joyce Buls
Mark Buls
Sandra Elison
Mike Fink
Keith Heffernan
Marlys Kelsey
Marshall Wilharm
Kathy Whitney
Allan Alcock
Sandra Bergmann
Allan Blasberg
Gladys Blasberg
Sharon Braatz
Vicky Burrow
Kathleen Dirksen
Cancer Crusade
Fredericksburg
Turkey Valley
West Cenral
Fayette
Dunkerton Over Plainfield
Elkader
Cedar Wapsie
Tripoli FG FT Pft
D. Lampe
Alcock
Kehe Magnali
O'Connell
Tripoli Moeller Re
Bunger Schumacher Rausch Boeckmann
Bergmann
Boerding
Klenzmann
Schmidt Weidler Burrow
Plainfield Tripoli Iit
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