Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty-Five Years Ago
A digest of Tripoli area events from June 27 and July 4 1907 notes Stagner couple returning from Missouri Eva Leege resigning for Waterloo dry goods work Martha Rosenthal leaving Tripoli House Tripoli Leader changes ownership G L Kirkpatrick buys paper Louie Fink starts as clerk windstorm damages 25 windmills and barns market prices from 1907 and local anniversaries cafe sale paving project school district expansion and various local incidents including a tractor accident and church marriages, remodeling projects and staff changes.
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L. W. Stagner
Missour
Eva Leege
F. C Schultz
Waterloo
Martha Rosenthal
Tripoli House
Tripoli Leader
G. L. Kirkpatrick
E. S. Baker
Louie Fink
Tripoli Mercantile
Local Weddings Mark June Ceremonies in Chapin and Tri Poli
Home on Leave will be gone for a month. Shirley Ann Barney of Chapin and Larry Dean Poock, son of Mr and Mrs Erich Poock of Tripoli, wed in a double ring ceremony at Selum Methodist Church Chapin on Saturday June 3 officiated by Rev Kenneth Harden. LaJean Slack wed Larry Hansen at Grace Lutheran Church on June 10 at 7 30 in the evening with Rev A Thalacker presiding. Miss Slack is the daughter of Mrs Lima Slack of Tripoli and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Merle Hansen of Ashland Nebraska. Leader ads bring results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Theodore Bang
Grace Lutheran Building Committee
Theo Beck
Augusta Meier
First Congregational Church
Tripoli
Colleen J. Schmidt
Harry Schmidt
Lloyd L. Claypool
Sheffield
A. C. Woodcock
N. RB
Ambrose Oil Co
Ambrose
Tripoli Community
Roth Construction Co
Laurens
Betty Lou Nerge
Clarence Nerge
Harold Haverkamp
J. C. Haverkamp
Waverly
Haverkamp
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
Elmer Towne
Marlene Chapin
Lynn Chapin
New Hampton
Allyn Buenger
Carl Buenger
Congregational Church
Tom Fukuyama
Little Brown Church
Nashua
Peggy Lea Johnson
Cedar Falls
Allen David Sell
Douglas A. Fose
Robert T. Fauth
Peace Memorial Church
Chicago
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Eden Theological Seminary
Webster Grove
Fauth
Jose F. Vega
Sumner
Puerto Rico
Shirley Ann Barney
Merle Hansen
Ashland
Nebr
Lynes Pushes Shorter Talks at State Republican Meet
William S. Lynes, former Speaker, sponsors a Bremer county resolution at the Republican state convention urging fewer speakers and five minute talks. He calls for a concise platform, to be easily understood and kept to one page if possible, noting he is not a candidate this year.
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Bremer County
William,s. Lynes
House
Governors Oppose National Guard Reductions Plan
Iowa governors vow to block personnel cuts and unit disbandments in the National Guard after Defense Secretary McNamara urged reductions. The group at Hershey Pa signals a united front to resist downsizing, seeking to maintain current guard strength amid wider state and national implications. There is no authenticated earthquake swallowing record.
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Iowa
Erbe
Defense
Robert McNamara
Hershey
McNamara
Iowa Driver Education Beginnings and Growth Across Schools
Records show Eldora started driver education in 1940 41 with Shenandoah learning the course in 41 42 and Des Moines expanding to North and East High Schools by 46 47. By 61 62 about 85 percent of four year high schools offered it as an elective while around 67 percent of licensing age youths were trained. Standards require certified teachers and at least 10 semester hours in safety education. The data also lists teacher experience ranges with 68 instructors under one year.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Eldora
Shenandoah
Des Miones
North
East
Iowa
Undefined Long School Course Credits Aired For Graduation
During the scholastic year 96 schools offered an education course for graduation credits but did not require graduation. Meanwhile GG High provided the course without a required graduation condition.
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Gg High
National Gem and Mineral Show at Des Moines
The National Gem and Mineral Show will be held in Des Moines with organizers highlighting displays, vendor booths, and special exhibits. PRENTIS will lead the program with talks on gems, minerals, and collecting priorities.
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Des Moing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter C. Fergemann
August Kummelehne
Nora Gunsalus
Tripoli Theatre
Carlson Paving Co
Warren Township
Warner Electric
Romaine H. Lee
U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Fallon
Nev
Norma Lee
Readlyn
Fter
Alaska
William S. Lynes
Iit Lom Rage
Paul F. Johnston
Prentis
SWIFT
Gus Glaser
Wieners
Our
Florida Fruit
Fem
Pke
Nestle’s
Meyer
Jug
California
New
Robin Hood
Canning
Washington
Bing Cherries
Pepsi-Cola
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