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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
1
The Tripoli Town Council chosen Paul Schober as town clerk, with duties starting August 1. Five applicants sought the $100 monthly post, and the council discussed securing the town hall, locking council room doors, and possibly using the mayor’s office as a storage space.
Gene Vincent Bremer County Veterinary Director reports a swine near the middle of Dayton Township is quarantined for hog cholera. This is the second case in Bremer County this year, with the other occurring in Dayton Township. Vincent urges swine producers to vaccinate promptly to curb the spread of infection.
The Tripoli Commercial Club schedule calls for business closures on Independence Day July 4 with several service establishments remaining open. The American Savings Bank and local liquor store will be closed. Postal service will have no window service or rural delivery, though the morning star route will operate and incoming mail will be sorted. no outgoing mail.
Annual reunion to be held July 7 at Denver City Park with a noon potluck and coffee provided. Auxiliary to meet July 9 at 8 p m in Tripoli Town Hall with Nora Peacock and Leora Irigens as hostesses. installation of new officers planned.
The 40th Dreier reunion will be held July 7 at Sumner Park with a 4 person dinner at noon.
Claude Whitehill named principal for Wapsie Valley Elementary amid district changes. He will transition from prior roles in Tama and Clear Lake as the family plans to move to the area around August.
Minnie Everding, 87, died of a stroke at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo after hospitalization since June 25. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Readlyn with Rettig Funeral home in charge. Rev. Erich Dornbusch officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery with casket bearers Lawrence Kussatz Henry Schroeder William Kleinschmidt Victor Kelsey Arthur Klemp Leslie Judisch. Survived by daughter Elda, sister Mrs Oswald Sell of Waverly, and brother Otto Judisch of Eelso Washington.
Frank Ulish announces the fourth Slow Down and Live drive distributing 120000 pamphlets in 45 Port-of-Entry towns along Iowa borders on July 3 and 4. Drivers entering Iowa from neighboring states will receive a safety card detailing speed laws. The cooperative effort between the American Legion and the Iowa Department of Public Safety warns of a dangerous Fourth of July weekend. Participating towns include Burlington, Fort Madison, Keokuk, Dubuque, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Shenandoah, Leon, and many others across the state.
Readlyn special report notes Mr and Mrs Henry Hagenow marking 25 years of marriage with a June 26 dinner in Janesville. They wed June 26 1938 at Zion Lutheran Readlyn. Attendants and ushers are listed. son James hosted, Jo Pries assisted, Velda Knoploh signed guest book. The couple farm near Readlyn with one son James.
Tripoli's Red Sox routed the locals 20 to 0 in an exhibition game at Independence Sunday evening. The locals forfeited in the bottom of the eighth. Tripoli pitcher Jerry Snelling delivered the lone hit for the locals in the first inning.
The County Board of Education proposes a 1964 budget of 71,555 dollars with 9,037 dollars from non taxed income and a tax levy of 62,518 dollars, which is 7,848 more than 1963. A public hearing on expenditures is set for July 15 at 8 30 p m in the county superintendent's office at the courthouse in Waverly.
Funeral services for Ernest H Moeller, 73, were held Friday at Rettig Funeral Home. He died Wednesday at Gold Age Nursing Home New Hampton, where he resided since June 1. Rev. E F Puhlmann officiated. Interment at Faith United Church cemetery with Tripoli Veterans of Foreign Wars post giving military rites. He was born June 6 1890 in Bremer county and lived on a Tripoli area farm before hospitalization. He leaves a brother Herman of Tripoli and sisters Mrs Frank Holm of Waterloo and Mrs Emma Boeckmann of Tripoli. one brother and sister preceded him.
A Social Security Administration district office representative will visit Sumner City Hall on July 24 from 9 to 11 a.m. and Waverly Courthouse on July 11 and 25 from 9 to 11 a.m. People may also call the Waterloo district office at 702 Black Hawk Building West 4th and Commercial Streets, phone 234-1554.
Mrs. Cletus Goodenbour was admitted as a medical patient at Sumner hospital on Saturday and returned home on Sunday.
Funeral services for Frank A. Bremer 82 will be held Wednesday at 1 45 at Rettig Funeral Home and at 2 at Faith United Church Rev E F Puhlmann will officiate with interment in the church cemetery Bremer born in Germany March 14 1881 was the son of August and Pauline Bremer Survivors include four daughters Sonia Bergmann Mrs Alvin Bergmann Mrs Kenneth Woods and Mrs Vernie Holm Sumner and Mrs Louis Hagedorn Ionia two sons Paul Tripoli and Arnold New Hampton 27 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren
Farmers in Bremer County were reminded that July 31 marks the loan maturity date for 1962 crop soybeans, extending the original take over date by two months. Those with outstanding farm or warehouse loans may redeem and market through commercial channels by deadline, while purchase agreement option holders have 30 days prior to July 31 to notify the county ASCS office if delivering under agreement terms. About 73,400 bushels were covered under price support as of June 24. The ACP notes 640 farmers volunteered to partner with Uncle Sam, with 725 Bremer County farmers set to receive $62,000 in federal cost shares for conservation work. costs are shared with farmers contributing cash or labor. The county ASC urges understanding ACP benefits and ongoing conservation practices benefiting soil, water, and woodlands.
Doyle Adams, game manager of Sweet Marsh unit, has been assigned a new area by the Iowa Conservation Commission and will take his new post about Oct. 1 as game manager of the Co Lyn unit southeast of Des Moines near Russell. No successor has been named to fill the Sweet Marsh vacancy.
Richard Juel Carl Krumm Paul Magnall and Craig Ducker spend this week at Camp Ingawanis near Waverly, engaging in activities and leadership programs.
Arthur Fred Kulow, 66, died Monday at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo after a month as a patient. Services are Friday at 9 a.m. at Rettig Funeral Home with committal at Hillside Cemetery in Whitewater Wisconsin. Survived by widow Dora Tripoli Comm. School faculty, son Irvin Lansing Michigan, three grandchildren, brother Raymond Kulow and sister Mrs. Elsie Graff Riceville. Born Oct 2 1896 in Dubuque, he had lived in Tripoli the past four years.
Mr and Mrs Henry Hagen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 pm and a family dinner at 5 pm at Faith United Church parlors. Out of town guests came from Illinois Minnesota Waterloo Cedar Falls Charles City Waverly Sumner Tripoli and Parkersburg.
Janesville held its Cedar Valley League lead after a tense Sunday game as Allison pressed in the 10th. Dick Bye delivered the game winning two-run single in the 10th, while B Prange hit a two-run homer for Allison in the eighth. Denver beat Readlyn 7-4 to join the chase, and Greene topped Fredericksburg 6-1 to share second place.
Jack Trusty and his daughter Helen underwent tonsillectomies at Sumner hospital on Saturday. Helen returned home on Sunday while Mr. Trusty remained for recovery until Monday.
Mr and Mrs F C Dodd and family of Waverly Mr and Mrs Reuben Buhr and daughters of Oelwein and Mr and Mrs Edward Rosenthal attended the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Edwin Buhr at Sumner Sunday Patricia Buhr visited with the Rosenthals and Sharon Buhr arrived Monday to visit her grandparents this week
High school graduates entering Iowa State University as freshmen attend orientation programs in June and July across five colleges. Clinton Burrow and parents from rural Tripoli join the engineering program, undergoing two days of tests counseling and tentative scheduling for fall courses.
The Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H club invites people to Frederika park on July 4 for a lunch stand featuring maidrites watermelon ice cream potato chips lemonade and coffee. Proceeds support club activities and programs.
Tripoli community launches three softball leagues for 90 boys and 60 girls in the district. Junior league ages 8 to 13 with three teams. senior league ages 14 to 17 with three teams. Schedules include Cubs Rockets Mets and results, with team sponsors and managers noted for Mets White Sox Douglas and Twins. several league slots awaiting sponsors and managers.
Iowa's May nonfarm employment reached a record 701,400 with a 18,000 year over year gain. Unemployment fell to 23,200 but the seasonally adjusted rate rose to 2.6 percent as the April to May increase exceeded typical patterns. Manufacturing average weekly wage reached 105 dollars, near double the 1949 level.
Erich Poock returned Friday from Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo where he had been hospitalized the past nine days.
Mr and Mrs Art Brockmeyer, after visiting relatives here, returned to their Inglewood California home on Friday.
Bremer County retail sales for October through December 1962 dropped to 6 637 637 from 6 797 156 a decline of 159 519 while Tripoli posted a 29 786 rise and Sumner Waverly and non permit holders fell. Other towns grouped in one tally showed a 41 075 50 increase.
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