Tripoli's Hopes for League Title Dashed By Denver
Tripoli's Cedar Valley league title chances faded last Sunday as Denver beat the Red Sox 11-3, led by Kurtz on the mound and Poock at the plate. Sumner looms as a potential hinge, with Waverly and Readlyn needing victories to force a tie. Two other Sunday games were rained out and postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Denver
Red Sox
Sumner
Cubs
Waverly
Readlyn
Kurtz
Nce
Larry Poock
Nicklaus
Upingle
Ted Olmstead
Duane Holm
Olmstead
Holm
Sassman
Poock
Moeller
Mullen
Fink
Bock
Oran
New Vocational Ag Instructor Prepares Farm Visit Schedule
Henry Hinton, the new vocational agriculture instructor at Tripoli High School, attended the Des Moines instructors conference last week. About 290 registered, with talks by Bernard Ebbing, Howard Hill, Wayne Pratt, and ASC panel. He is getting acquainted with the department and plans a farm visit schedule.
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New Vocational Ag
Henry Hinton
Tripoli High School
Des Moines
Bernard Ebbing
Rath Packing Co
Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau
Wayne Pratt
ASC Panel
Hinton
Vocational Agriculture Department
Ground Observers Organize Meeting Tonight in Town Hall
Ground Observer Corps volunteers are urged to attend an organizational meeting this evening at Town Hall at 8 p m. Steven Fahey of Cedar Falls will conduct and outline a local post training program. Iowa posts will enter 24 hour alert tomorrow. volunteers of any age with normal vision and intelligence may serve two hours weekly.
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Ground Observer Corps
Steven Fahey
Cedar Falls
Air Force
Iowa
Two Gatherings At Denver City Park Sunday Afternoon
Denver special report notes two family picnics at City Park on Sunday. The Bartett family from Kelso Washington Fredericksburg New Hampton Waterloo Sumner Oelwein Readlyn and Denver shared a noon picnic with about 75 attendees. The Guenther family from Chicago St Paul Minn Vinton Fort Dodge Waterloo Charles City and Denver also held a noon picnic with 35 members present.
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Denver
Bartett
Kelso
Wash
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Waterloo
Sumner
Oelwein
Readlyn
Guenther
Chicago
St. Paul
Minn
Vinton
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Picnic honors Elsa Alcock and Tommy in Cedar Falls
A Sunday gathering at Josh Higgins park Cedar Falls honored Mrs. Elsa Alcock and Tommy from Long Beach California. Guests included Will Fink and many local families as they visited relatives and friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Higgins
Cedar Falls
Elsa Alcock
Tommy
Long Beach
Calif
Will Fink
Wm. Krueger
E. J. Fink
Clara Schmidt
Lavern Schmidt
Ernest Drewis
Ed Jahnke
Danny Jahnke
Augusta Kuhrt
Interstate Power Surveys Patrons On Service
Interstate Power Company mails sixth questionnaire in 14 years asking customers to rate service employees and value for money. District manager F C Lynes urges frank replies to identify problems, with surveys returned in prepaid envelopes and tabulated at the district office by town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate
Interstate Power Company
F. C. Lynes
Marian Blasberg and Sassmann to report to congregation
Marian Blasberg and Marian Sassmann representing St John Lutheran church and the Luther League of Crane Creek will brief the congregation after Sunday services. They attended a district Luther League convention at Cedar Falls last week and a full program of studies and lectures yielded spiritual blessings. Lillian Fuchs and Geraldine Lohmann, delegates to last year’s leadership training school, attended the banquet and evening session of the convention Saturday.
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Marian Blasberg
Marian Sassmann
St. John Lutheran Church
Luther League of
Crane Creek
Luther League
Cedar Falls
Lillian Fuchs
Geraldine Lohmann
Readlyn Vicinity Residents Seek New Community School District
A petition filed with Bremer County officials seeks to form the Community School District of Readlyn, serving Readlyn and surrounding townships. A hearing is set for July 26 at 7 30 p m in Waverly courthouse, with objections due by noon that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
R. C. Guard
Court House
Waverly
Maxfield Township
Franklin
Dayton
Fremont Township
Bremer County
Bennington Township
Black Hawk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Tripoli
Oats Harvest Starts In Earnest In Tripoli Area
Farmers in the Tripoli vicinity begin harvesting a bumper oats crop after a brief rain lull. The USDA forecasts a second largest crop in U S history with favorable weather nationwide. Rain totals ranged from .13 to .73 inches across four periods as temperatures stayed mostly in the 80s and low 90s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Corn Belt
E. C. Biermann
Auto Fire Extinguishes Car Blaze in Downtown Tripoli
Tripoli firefighters answered a downtown call at 9 p m Tuesday to extinguish a vehicle fire owned by Clarence Oltrog ge in front of The Farmers Store. The blaze was caused by defective wiring.
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Tripoli
Clarence Oltrogge
Mrs Eva Bennett Learns of Sister Mary Nauman’s Death
Mrs Eva Bennett received word Sunday evening of the death of her sister Mrs Mary Nauman of Van Nuys California. She will be remembered as Mary Leege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Bennett
Mary Nauman
van Nyes
Calif
Mary Leege
Two From Tripoli Attend Lutheran Leadership School
The twelfth annual Iowa district Luther Leagues leadership training closed at the Bible Conference Grounds near Cedar Falls. Delegates Shirley Blasberg and Trudy Nerge reported enrollment of 238, the highest on record. Main lectures were given by Rev. William A. Adix, Rev. Adolf G. Schardt, and Rev. Henry Hoesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Luther Leagues
American Lutheran Church
Cedar Falls
Shirley Blasberg
Trudy Nerge
Grace Lutheran Church
William A. Adix
First Lutheran Church
Manchester
Adolf G. Schardt
St. John American
Henry Hoesman
Columbus
Ohio
American Savings Bank Reports June 30 Assets and Deposits
Total assets at close of business June 30 stood at 1 699 921 69. Deposits totaled 1 559 466 35 a drop of 46 949 33 from 1954. Demand deposits 849 645 25 down 16 059 79. time deposits 420 082 65 up 12 605. Government deposits fell 9 720 59 to 27 355 84. Capital includes 50 000 capital 50 000 surplus 37 955 34 undivided profits and 2 500 reserves. Aug Krueger president L H Fink cashier. New director C W Hildebrandt.
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American Savings Bank
U. S
Aug. Krueger
L. H. Fink
C. W. Hildebrandt
Wm. Ambrose
Tripoli Independent School District Expenditures Report
The Tripoli Independent School District totals for the year ending June 30 show general fund expenditures of 105,538.16 with 6,255.18 from the special courses fund. General fund receipts were 109,319.33 including 38,722.89 from tax and 41,912.90 from tuition, with state aid and other income balancing. Salaries totaled 77,627.69 and social security plus Iowa retirement levies added 3,947.
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Tripoli Independent School
Family Gathering Honors Daughters Visiting From Out of Town
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thoms of Klinger hosted a Friday evening gathering for relatives including their daughters Mrs. Roger Kohlman and Lynn of St. Louis and Mrs. James Scroggins and Sandra of Festus, with a sizable group of family members from Jesup Readlyn Bremer Tripoli and Waverly attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Thoms
Klinger
Roger Kohlman
Lynn
St. Louis
James Scroggins
Sandra
Festus
Willard Ruehs
Bonnie
Benny
Nancy
Jesup
Wm. Hagenow
Readlyn
Werner Wedemeier
Mary
Doctor Lesiak Leaves Sumner For Buffalo Center Clinic
Dr. John Lesiak, who practiced in Sumner for over a year and recently moved there from Sumner, has departed last week for Buffalo Center to join a partner doctor in the Buffalo Center clinic. He has been associated with Dr. James Whitmire in the Sumner clinic.
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John Lesiak
Sumner
Buffalo Center
Lesiak
James Whitmire
Sumner Clinic
James Hassman Weds Shirley Zipse in New Hampton
Pvt. James Hassman of Fort Riley Kansas married Shirley Zipse in a candle light ceremony at St. Pauls Lutheran New Hampton. The couple celebrated with 250 guests from multiple states and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hassman
Shirley Zipse
New Hampton
Fort Riley
Kan
J. C. Hassman
Plainfield
Clarence Zipse
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Paul T. Meyer
Paul Hassman
Spencer Pink
Joe Klenske
Cedar Rapids
Georgena Peters
Gwendolyn Holt
Lynn
Richard Schelling
Roger Arges
Waverly
Keith Hasman
Shelly Klenske
Terry Lee Hassman
Don Zipse
Alva Griffeth
Martin Lamprecht
Arty Leichtman
Loran Knutson
Shirley Moetch
Fort Riley, Kan
Pastors Attend Institute at Wartburg Seminary
The Rev. Elmer Jacobs of Zion Lutheran Readlyn and the Rev. William F. Goetz of Grace Lutheran Tripoli join the Pastors Summer Institute opening on Wartburg Theological Seminary campus in Dubuque. Faculty speakers hail from Holland Norway Sweden and Germany with analysts and scholars from Saint Paul Fair Haven and Dubuque. The first week ends Friday noon.
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Elmer Jacobs
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
William F. Goetz
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Alvin N. Rogness
T. F. Gullixon
St. Paul
Louis P. Lochner
Fair Haven
N. J
National Broadcasting Company
Paul Leo
Ruth Block Attends Iowa Lutheran Convention as Delegate
Ruth Block attended the Iowa District Lutheran League convention on the Bible Conference grounds near Cedar Falls, serving as an official delegate on Saturday and Sunday.
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Ruth Block
Iowa
Luther Leagues
American Lutheran Church
Bible Conference
Cedar Falls
Dennis Kirchhoff Fractures Hip From Falling Tree
Dennis Kirchhoff fractured his hip Monday when a dead tree he was removing toppled onto him. He is convalescing at his home.
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Dennis Kirchhoff
Young People’s Conference At Mt Pleasant Attended
Joy Eichmann Ronald Henninger and Jolene Tegtmeier attend the Evangelical and Reformed Young People’s conference at Mt Pleasant this week as delegates from local groups.
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Joy Eichmann
Ronald Henninger
Jolene Tegtmeier
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. Carl Lobeck Undergoes Major Surgery
Mrs. Carl Lobeck had major surgery at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Friday and is recovering satisfactorily.
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Carl Lobeck
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Stewart Family Visits Mrs. C. A. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart and their Lakewood California family visited Friday with Mrs. C. A. Stewart.
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Robert Stewart
Lake Wood
Calif
C. A. Stewart
County Budget Increases To 1 061 129 For 1956
Bremer county plans a 1956 budget of 1 061 129, up from 907 794 in 1955. Local tax support rises about 44 000, with 542 168 to be raised next year. Estimated non tax income totals 368 000, and unencumbered balance expected at 150 961 starting Jan. 1 1956. board to meet Aug. 8 at 1 30 p m in Waverly to hear taxpayers.
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Bremer County
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Waverly
Glenys Richmann Feted With Week of Showers Ahead of Wedding
Readlyn special reports a week of pre nuptial showers for Glenys Richmann who wed Robert Wedemeier of Oran on July 10 at Immanuel Lutheran. Hosts include Mrs Lorenz Steege and Carol Denver June 22, Mrs Virgil Peters June 28, Mrs Emma Klenzmann June 29, and a June 30 linen shower at Readlyn. July 5 brings a Sunday school group and families from Immanuel Lutheran. Rehearsal dinner hosted by the Richmanns Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Klenzmann
Oran
Doris
Charles) Buenzow
Waterloo
Darlys Poock
Klinger
Charles Everding
Readlyn
Richmann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ed Piehl
Joyce Piehl
Mary Jane Matthias
Ernst Richmann
Buhr Enters Scholtz Memorial Hospital for Treatment
H H Buhr entered Scholtz Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Saturday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoitz
H. H. Buhr
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Nevermanns Return From Illinois Visit
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Nevermann came back Thursday night after a week in Illinois. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. William H. Doerring, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckenberg of Villa Park, and Mr. and Mrs. William J. Nevermann of Lombard.
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H. H. Nevermann
Illinois
William H. Doerring
Fred Stuckenberg
Villa Park
William J. Nevermann
Lombard
Bergmann Hatchery Expands With New Addition
Owner LeLand Bergmann announced a Monday start on a 20 by 64 foot addition at the Bergmann Hatchery building to expand a chick hatching business. Moeller Construction Co. is erecting the south end extension with footings poured that day. Bergmann will hatch Hy-Line chicks for Butler and Bremer counties next year, expanding beyond Bremer county where he held the exclusive franchise.
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LeLand Bergmann Anouced
Moeller Construction Co
Bergmann
Butler County
Butler
Bremer
Bremer County
Tripoli 4-H Club Ice Cream Social Planned
The Tripoli Teen Timers 4-H Club will sponsor an ice cream social at Tripoli Town Park on Tuesday evening July 19. Beefburgers ice cream cake and coffee will be served starting at 7 30 p m.
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Tripoli
William Goetz Jr Secures Wartburg Seminary Post
William Goetz Jr has secured employment at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque. This appointment positions him for roles within the religious education institution and its community in Dubuque Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
William Goetz Jr
Wartburg Theological Seminary
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Cedar Valley League
Tripoli Waverlyne
Denver Oran
Denver City Park
Lutheran Leadership School
Wm. F. Goetz
Glenys Richmann
Commercial Club
Royal United Shows
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Leader
Royal United
Johnson and
Owen
Radio City Music Hall
New York
Palace Theatre
Las Vegas
Desert Inn
Milton Berle
Raubie and Day
Pat
Willa Levelo
Middlewest
Lee Powers
Bergmann Hatchery
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