Poultry Egg Days Contests Outlined by Chairmen
The Poultry and Egg Days event outlines show a bird and flower show tied to the 17 division lower show. Prizes include 3 for first and 1 for second in two divisions singers and parakeets. Flower prizes: 3 and 1 for gladiolus, 2 and 1 for other flowers. Kiddies parade precedes shows with $2 for first and $1 for second/third in categories. Parade builds include queen attendants and Tripoli High marching band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Kimjal
Tripoli Hardware Co
Interstate Power Co
P. L. Crittenden
Rettig Funeral Home
North Town Park
Les Lauck
Walter Sommer
Leslie Kelsey
Tripoli High School
Rev Lester Gatch to lead church 80 miles away
The Rev. Lester E. Gatch of the Congregational church in Tripoli will become pastor of the Congregational Community church, 80 miles southwest near Union, leaving Tripoli in early August. He has served nearly four years, helped with regional church roles, and will depart after commanding three years at Pilgrim Heights Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Gatch
Congregational Church
Tripoli
Congregational Community Church
Iowa
Union
Marshalltown
Gatch
First Prize Totals $50 This Saturday In Weekly Drawing
Local notices report a weekly drawing with a first prize of $50 to be awarded Saturday evening. Names such as Meyer and Bergmann appear in the prize list along with consolation prizes for Vere F, Kimbal, Williamson, and Benler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
As al- Bergmann
Royse Tel Lernate
Priz Vere
Tank Kimbal
Za Oeliamson
Ben Mler
Discharge Received by William From Fort Gordon
William arrived Wednesday evening from Fort Gordon where he received his discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark William
Fort Gordon
Bidders Purchase School Buildings Land and Equipment
Tripoli area sale totals 2236 dollars for three former school properties and related items. Douglas No 6 buildings and equipment sold for 655 dollars, Warren No 9 for 639 dollars, Warren No 8 for 551 dollars, St Pauls Lutheran Siegel bought land for 75 dollars, and kitchen items from the old home economics room brought 316 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 63
Tripoli
Robert Kuhpt
Douglas No. 6
Warren 9
Warren No. 8
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Siegel
Separate Groups For Square Dancing Here This Friday
Town hall square dancing will split into a younger group 7 30 to 9 pm and teenagers after 9 pm. Fees are 15c for younger dancers and 25c for teenagers and older persons. Rock and roll records will be played. Chaperones are Mr and Mrs Wesley Bockhaus Mr and Mrs LeLand Bergmann and the Ray Bungers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Ray Bunger
Wesley Bockhaus
LeLand Bergmann
Ray Bungers
Town Park
Ball Park
Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers at Tuesday Meeting
Tripoli Legion Auxiliary installed officers on Tuesday, July 8. New officers include President Mrs. G. R. Rettig, First Vice President Mrs. Robert Selck, Second Vice President Mrs. Lavern Platte, Secretary Mrs. Lowell Goodenbour, Treasurer Mrs. W. H. Warner, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Emma Kelsey, Chaplain Mrs. Fred Holm, Historian Mrs. H. H. Bull, Sergeant at Arms Mrs. Kenneth Chapin, with installing officer Mrs. Kenneth Kuhrt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli American Legion Auxiliary
G. R. Rettig
Robert Selck
Lavern Platte
Lowell Goodenbour
W. H. Warner
Emma Kelsey
Fred Holm
H. H. Bull
Kenneth Chapin
Kenneth Kuhrt
Oren Larson
Shirley Mohling
Legion
Harry Buhr
Star Route Arrives At Frederika P O Earlier Times
Frederika special report says star route mail now arrives earlier than last week. Oelwein to Waverly delivery comes at 9 30 a m and Waverly to Oelwein at 4 10 p m. Frederika remains served by a Sumner rural carrier in addition to star route service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederika
Keith Carroll
Oelwein
Waverly
Sumner
Carroll
Tripoli 1958 Summer Recreation Finishes Next Week
Tripoli wraps up its sixth and final week of the 1958 summer recreation program with croquet finals and a cracker-eating contest. About 80 children total, split by age, have participated with activities at Town park, South and Town halls, plus baseball, hiking, and crafting under Mrs. Leslie Kelsey and Mrs. Robert Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Leslie Kelsey
Mary K. Sommer
Kelsey
Robert Schmidt
Dennis Olejniczak
Town Park
Ball Park
South Park
Sons of Tripoli Readlyn residents train in Missouri
Sons of Tripoli and Readlyn residents attend the ROTC summer camp at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Cadet Bruce W Wieland 20 son of Stephen P Wieland Readlyn trains with Iowa State College Ames program. Master Sergeant Everett M Bailey 31 son of Everett M Bailey Route 1 Tripoli serves six weeks as summer camp instructor. Training ends early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Tripoli
Readlyn
Reserve Office Training Corps
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Bruce W. Wieland
Stephen P. Wieland
Iowa State College
Ames
Everett M. Bailey
Route 1
Tripoli
Bailey
Chicago
Dorothy
Elmwood Park
Shriver Undergoes Major Surgery At Scholtz Memorial
Supt. Eldon R. Shriver entered Scholtz Memorial hospital today for major surgery Friday morning. Mrs. Les Kelsey spent Friday with her sister and family Mrs. Claude Carpenter in Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon R. Shriver
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Les Kelsey
Claude Carpenter
Horton
Readlyn Woman Dies in Illinois Rites Held
Readlyn marked the death of Mrs. Wilhelmina Mixdorf 69 of Readlyn with funeral rites conducted by the Rev. Elmer Jacobs. Services were at Matthias Funeral Home in Denver and Zion Lutheran Church in Readlyn. She died July 8 in Huntley Illinois after a cancer battle. Survived by her son Leonard Mixdorf and daughter Mrs. Herman Deackman. Burial followed in church cemetery. Casket bearers included Arnold Doepke Reinhardt Tegtmeier Heinrich Deackman Albert Mixdorf Alvin Mixdorf and Hilbert Mixdorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Readlyn
Leonard Mixdorf
Tripoli
Elmer Jacobs
Matthias Funeral Home
Zion Lutheran Church
Wilhelmina Mixdorf
Mixdorf
Huntley
Herman Deackman
Church Cemetery
Arnold Doepke
Reinhardt Tegtmeier
Heinrich Deackman
Albert Mixdorf
Alvin Mixdorf
Hilbert Mixdorf
Winds Bring Rain and Cool Temperatures This Week
A week of rain and cooler weather with the heaviest rainfall Monday at 2.91 inches. Total since last Wednesday reached 3.3 inches. daily highs ranged from 74 to 84 degrees and lows from 52 to 64 as reported by local observer C. W. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Ryan
Tripoli enrollment above state median for last school year
Tripoli Community School district will enroll 830 students this fall, above Iowa's statewide last year median of 712. The high school will have 215 in grades 9 through 12, above the 193 state median. Iowa voters created 85 new districts between July 1957 and June 1958, reducing total districts from 3,323 to 2,779.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Tripoli Community
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
R. C. Gaard
Bremer County
Tripoli Community High School
Tripoli-Frederika
Douglas - and - Richland
Gaard
Bergmann Introduces Egg Marketing Service at Hatchery
LeLand Bergmann announces a new egg marketing program at Bergmann Hatchery. A cooler has been installed for direct shipment to a large food store chain. First shipment is set for next Tuesday. An ad with details appears elsewhere in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergmann Hatchery
LeLand Bergmann
Bergmann
Seventy Five Local County ASC Officers Assume Duties Soon
Bremer county's 14 community Agricultural and Stabilization Conservation committees will elect a county ASC committee in Waverly on Saturday July 26. Community and county committeemen begin one year terms August 1. Township committees manage price support loans acreage conservation reserve agreements and allotments. Ballots mailed this year totaled 2690 with 512 returned, compared to 2107 mailed and 551 returned last year. List of township ASC members includes Dayton Waylord Ambrose and others across Franklin Fremont Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Leroy Maxfield Sumner Warren Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
ASC
Waverly
Bremer
Dayton
F. Waylord Ambrose
George W. Buenzow
John C. Kasemeier
Arnold Bohle
Ernest Schedtler
Douglas
Edgar L. Bergmann
Edwin Buchholz
Ewald Stumme
Leland Alcock
Charles E. Dietz
Franklin
Henry Reiter
Emil W. Schneider
Henry G. Buckholt
Leo Reith
Lavern Herman
Frederika
William J. Hagedorn
Ernest J. Nuss
Craig G. Alcock
Herbert Miller
Herbert Sievers
Fremont
Mervyn W. Ormston
Lloyd W. Moeller
Alfred Mallie
Robert Chapin
Clarence Buchholz
Jackson
Roger A. Whitney
Albert J. Loveland
H. Claude Briden
Glen W. Shere
John B. Sickles Jefferson
Harry Koepke
Lloyd G. Bloeser
Wallace W. Stokes
Eldon Briden
Thomas S. Place
Lafayette
Harold Mueller
Edward Vosseller
Leo Ship
Harry W. Kleppe
Edwin C. Brase
Evan J. Burke
Gene Rhea
Warren
Richard L. Ormston
Harold A. Brandenburg
Harold Kaiser
Lester Leisinger
Howard G. Palmer
Washington
Verne E. Ressler
Harley Albrecht
Herbert Zelle
Charles F. McGinn
Walter Winzenburg
Volunteers Needed for Tot's Lake Cleanup Night
Members of the Sportsmen's Club call for volunteers for an annual Tot's Lake cleanup tonight Wednesday. President Walter Steward says plenty of help and several power mowers will finish the job quickly, reporting time at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tot’s Lake
Sportsmen's Club
Walter Steward
Expenses and Receipts Rise for Tripoli Schools
The 1957 58 financial statement shows Tripoli Community School receipts near 800 000, up about 150 000 from 1956 57, with expenses around 590 000, up from 200 000. A major income source was redemption of 415 000 in U S Treasury bills purchased in 1956 57. Interest on those bills totaled about 9 000. Tax collections rose by about 37 000 and state general aid increased by 5 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Community School
The
Leader
U. S. Treasury
License Examiners Set Examinations and Renewals
Drivers license examinations and renewals will be offered in Town hall council room this Saturday morning. After this Saturday, license examiners will return to Tripoli on September 20 and October 18 Saturday mornings. Examinations and renewals have recently occurred in Tripoli during the morning of the third Saturday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Tripoli
Traffic Timer Aids 17 Traffic Arrests and 25 Warnings
TriPoli police report 17 traffic arrests and 25 motorist warnings since the town’s traffic speed timer began use last Wednesday. Mayor George V. Barnes said the timer has slowed traffic to legal speeds. Fines run $1 per mile per hour over the five mph limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
George V. Barnes
Readlyn Sportsmen Hold Annual Kids Fish Day
Readlyn (Special) The Readlyn Sportsmen's club hosted its annual Kids' Fish Day on Sunday. Prize winners included Lyle Matthias, Loren Knief, Dale Wehrling, Gary Schmidt, Jerry Dorn, Gerald Berryhill, Diane Tiedt, Kenneth Staack, Chrystal Wittenburg, LaVonne Kuker, Vicky Cozart, Barbara Stahlhut, Sharon Larson, Debra Leistikow, and Martin Schlichting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn Sportsmen's Club
Lyle Matthias
Loren Knief
Dale Wehling
Gary Schmidt
Jerry Dorn
Gerald Berryhill
Diane Tiedt
Kenneth Staack
Chrystal Wittenburg
LaVonne Kuker
Vicky Cozart
Barbara Stahlhut
Sharon Larson
Debra Leistikow
Martin Schlichting
Red Sox to Host Fredericksburg After Four-Week Layoff
Tripoli's Red Sox, sidelined last Sunday, return home at 2 15 p m to face Fredericksburg after a 2 1 loss at Nashua. Dennis Olejniczak’s injury looms as Nashua pitcher Masher stifles Tripoli, while Readlyn falls 14 6 to Fredericksburg. Denver over Sumner 7 5 and Oelwein over Janesville 10 0 highlight Sunday action in the Cedar Valley league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Red Sox
Fredericksburg
Sox
Nashua
Oelwein
Denver
Sumner
Janesville
Readlyn
Dennis Olejniczak
H. Masher
Jejniczak
Waverly
Masher Wild
Olejniczak
Larry Poock
Jerry Snelling
Poock
Snelling
Masher
Duea
Ray
Harwell
Borcherding
Wilbur
Burg
Mrs Leo Westendorf Released From Hospital
Mrs Leo Westendorf returned Thursday after 11 days at Sumner Community hospital with an improving condition following a broken back sustained in a June 29 fall. Mrs Eldo Kehe and Kim called at the P A McIntyre home Sumner Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Westendorf
Sumner Community Hospital
Westendorf
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Kimbal
Lester Gatch
Legion Auxiliary
Frederika P. O
Town of
Community Chest
Missouri
Paul Kuethe
Charles R. Hamlett
Mini-Quip Corp
Decatur, Ill
Ed Bang
Illinois
Marlene Jean Drewis
Sandra Bany
Miss Drewis
Randolph Drewis
Route 3
Miss Bany
Ed Bany
O’brien
Drugstore
Farmers Produce Co
Geraldine Lohmann
Walter Lohmann
Future Farmers of America
Readlyn Sportsmen
Mehling
Spier
Chapin
Hth
Hyde
Vernon
AB Bot
Mohling Spier
Fink
Holm
P Hoppenworth
Mohling
If Snelling
P Laube
Rf Renninger
Rf Schmidt
Ec Moeller
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