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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1969
Page
5
Denver children in the summer swimming program will start July 14 at the Waverly pool with sessions for kindergartners and up. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. Cost is 1.50 plus 2.00 pool use. bus transportation is 0.26 per trip. Buses depart from the elementary at 8:45 a.m. Classes run three weeks, Monday through Friday, through August.
Social visits and gatherings span Frederika and nearby towns with numerous family meals, birthdays, weddings, showers, and anniversaries. Flooding from the Wapsipinicon River devastates the region, washing out highways, flooding fields and basements, requiring firemen to pump water and rescue livestock.
The notice lists numerous transfers including Emma Lou Oldenburger to Stanley and Audrey Nygaard at Ridgewood Add Waverly for 29.70. Amy B. Mishler to Alvin and Viola Price for 5.50. Evelyne Flege to Mary Hess for 16.50. Warrell V. Hall to Robert and Ruth Struckman for 1.65. Frederika Co op to Farmers Butter and Dairy Coop for 18.15. Leota Petratz and spouses to Ella Elsie and Gartha Raether for multiple lots. Plainfield Methodist Church to Eugene and Pauline Cruse for 5.50. Mervin J. Flander to Wayne and Alice Brown for 14.30. Vernon J. Hackett to Vernon and Vera Luther for 6.60.
Mediary Garden Center sues Harold Melton for judgement. Joyce B Schuster sues Dale W Schulter for divorce. State of Iowa charges Dennis Lee Schwein with driving while suspended. State of Iowa charges Garry L Gerloff with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Sharon Liddle Schwem sues Dennis Lee Schwem for divorce.
Joseph C. Jahnke age 21 of Bremer and Carol Ann Beam age 21 of Waverly received marriage licenses. The notice lists Both parties as applicants. The record confirms the filing and eligibility details for the union.
Miss Helen Comfort, longtime director of lunches at Algona High School, retires after 40 years in Iowa public schools. She spent 23 years in Algona overseeing the preparation and service of over 2 million meals.
The Bremer County Iowa Conference Board will meet July 23 1969 at 7 30 PM at the Court House in Waverly. Taxpayers will be heard on the proposed expenditures for the fiscal year beginning January.
Community events include visits by Pinhook and Waterloo residents to Maynard, Grahlman reunion, Kroblin Sullivan wedding in St Louis, and a 40th wedding anniversary open house for Elmer Knoedler. Flooding closed roads last week. Several visits, guests, and hospital news appear, with updates on local families and a Sumner funeral.
Bremer County Extension Office reports widespread issues from anthracnose on ash and maple, needle blight on evergreens, and various insect damage. Recommendations include removing infected leaves and twigs, fertilizing, spraying fungicides such as Captan malathion and zineb with spreader stickers, plus bagworm and aphid controls. For details contact the Extension Office in Tripoli.
The Tripoli Iowa school board will meet July 14 1969 at Tripoli High School at 8 00 PM to hear taxpayers on estimated expenditures for 1969 70. A detailed receipts and expenditures statement will be available at the hearing.
Malinda Corell retires from the newspaper trade after three decades of service. She worked as a correspondent from her hometown of Greeley for the Manchester newspapers.
Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Anderson of Essex were feted on June 20 celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends.
Kerndt Monument Works in Waukon Iowa advertises cemetery monuments and markers with contact details. The notice presents a local business focus on memorials and stonework services.
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