Budget Estimates for Three Towns in Leader This Week
Budget notices publish proposed 1957 expenditures for Tripoli Readlyn and Frederika with hearings set Aug 6. Tripoli proposes 1790 dollars, taxes down to 20090, cash balance 3089.96 and unencumbered balance 3000 by year end. Readlyn proposes 2109 with 6209 from unencumbered funds and 7000 taxes. Frederika hearing Aug 6 at 8 pm in Council Chambers. expenditures estimated at 1800 with 1180 from non tax income and tax levy about 9.83 per 1000 assessed value.
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Tripoli
Readlyn
Frederika
Iso
Readiyn
Bvd
Council
Farmers Savings Nk
Independence wedding unites Anna Muench and Richard Haverkamp
Anna Helene Muench daughter of Mr and Mrs John Muench Independence married Richard Haverkamp son of Re and Haverkamp Waverly in a candlelight ceremony July 8 at Immanuel Lutheran Independence Revered Louis Sagert officiated before 200 guests Organist Duane Manson Independence sang Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee and Wedding Prayer Brides gown of silk and rose point lace featured fitted bodice and chapel train with pearled accessories Reception followed for 160 at the church parlors Guests traveled from Omaha Appleton Tecumseh and other Iowa towns to attend the ceremony and celebration
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Anna Helene Muench
John Muench
Independence
Richard Haverkamp
Re. &. Haverkamp
Waverly
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Louis Sagert
Gerhardt Bunge
Bellevue
Duane Manson
Laverne McLaren
Esther Haverkam
Elaine Haverkamp
Joanne Kopf
Duane Haverkamp
Erwin Haverkamp
Sumner
John Muench Jr
Marvin Haverkamp
LaVerne Haverkamp
Richard Hubbart
Des Moines
Paul Schwake
David Hubbart
Carl Pensel
Colesburg
Alvin Kuehn
Grafton
Emma McLaren
Charles Gruner
Judd Miller
Waterloo
Richard Forney
Maxine
Haverkamp
Tripoli
George Kopf
Dean Rebschull
Neal Kemp
Helen Mueller
Appleton
Wis
Sharon Pensel
Barbara Bany
Independence High School
First Lutheran School
Blue Island
Ill
Omaha
Neb
Tecumseh
Guttenburg
Hawkeye
Hazelton
Iowa City
Rowley
Palmer
St. Donatus
Strawberry Point
Garnaville
Frederika
Arlington
ASC sets soil bank rules for damaged crops and hail
Bremer county ASC chairman Albert Brandt explains the soil bank program during hail damage across counties. Each case requires separate appraisal. normal yield payments are not allowed and the appraisal dictates final payments added to acreage reserve with county committee determination.
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New Soil Bank
Albert Brandt
Bremer County
ASC
Brandt
Cream Social by Veterans Auxiliary Tuesday Night
The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary will sponsor a cream social at the VFW home on Tuesday night July 24. Rain is possible. Menu includes maidrites cake ice cream and Coke.
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E Cream Social Acties
Neert
V. Fw
Denver Playground Activity Continues For 145 Children
Playground activities in Denver persist with 145 children taking part in croquet horseshoes checkers and softball. A croquet tournament qualifying rounds will be shot this week with trophies for croquet horse shoes checkers mill and girls softball winners. A pet parade is planned last week of activities and a Donkey Ball game is to be sponsored. Denver Midgets beat Waterloo Optimist Cubs 5 4 and 12 6 in two games while Pee Wees lost 8 7 to Wav erly and Tripoli games yielded 3 2 and 13 0 victories. Girls softball results include St John edging St Peter 16 14 and 13 12 with first round complete.
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Denver
Godfrey
Cubs
Waterloo
Denver Pee Wees
Dick Moeller
Pee Wees
Bob Matthias
St. John
St. Peter's
St. Paul's
St. Peter’s
Tripoli Hardware Ends Bottle Gas Business Here
Tripoli Hardware announces it has disposed of its bottle gas business effective today. Skelgas Service of Waverly is named dealer for the area.
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Tripoli Hardware
Skelgas
Gade
Waverly
Funeral Rites Today For G. W. Schweer Resident of Readlyn
Funeral services for G William Schweer 74 of Readlyn were held today at Matthias Funeral Home Denver and Immanuel Lutheran church Klinger. He died Sunday in Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo from a cerebral hemorrhage. Burial was at the church cemetery. He was born May 4 1882 in Bremer county and married Emma Matthias Feb 22 1906. He leaves wife three sons Elmer Martin Readlyn Arnold Denver a brother a sister ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter.
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Readlyn
Matthias Funeral Home
Denver
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Klinger
G. William Schweer
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Wm. F. Reddel
John Sondermeyer
Delbert Wittenburg
Walter Warneke
Ed Rathe
Reinhold
Henry Schweer
Elmhurst
Fred Wassmann
Crete
Ill
Temperature Peak Reaches 94 as Week Warmth Breaks
The Tripoli area records a 94 degree high on Sunday with cooling to the 80s thereafter, while Tuesday brings a late downpour of .18 inch boosting soil moisture for crops. A New Hampton tornado injures one and damages three farms and a country club. Farmers harvest oats in fair weather as weekly temps range from 57 to 94 with daily readings listed.
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Tripoli
New Hampton
New Hampton Country Club
C. W. Ryan
Last Rites Friday For Mother of Mrs Floyd Sauerbrei
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Friday at St Peter s church Eldorado for Mrs Anna Pape 82 formerly of West Union who died Tuesday at Waverly Convalescent home Surviving are four sons George Clermont Clarence and Ferd and Grant Monona and four daughters Mrs Leslie Huck Sumner Mrs Richard Thiemann Waverly Mrs Louis Dorn Fairbank and Mrs Floyd Sauerbrei Tripoli
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St. Peter’s Church
Eldorado
Anna Pape
West Union
Waverly
George
Clermont
Clarence
Ferdinand
Grant
Monona
Leslie Huck
Sumner
Richard Thiemann
Louis Dorn
Fairbank
Floyd Sauerbrei
Tripoli
Sommer Reunion At Sommer Park Artesian
The annual Sommer reunion gathered at Sommer park in Artesian. The oldest attendee was Mrs. Clara Schmidt of Tripoli and the youngest Penny Jo Buhr of Readlyn. The 1957 reunion is planned for the third Sunday in July at Sommer park.
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Sommer
Sommer Park
Artesian
Clara Schmidt
Tripoli
Penny Jo Buhr
Maynard Buhr
Readlyn
Beverly Buchholz Is Honored at Bridal Shower
Beverly Buchholz was honored at a Wednesday evening bridal shower at the Rue ben Engert home. Mrs. R. O. Wikner Mrs. Rueben Engert and Marianne Wikner hosted with games and lunch. Buchholz is to wed Charles Gabe on July 29.
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Beverly Buchholz
Rueben Engert
R. O. Wikner
Marianne Wikner
Miss Buchholz
Charles Gabe
Sixth Week Schedule for Tripoli Summer Recreation Program
The sixth week lineup includes July 23 to 27 with activities for kindergarten to seven year olds at Town Park featuring playtime story telling crafts and stunts plus swimming for older children. The rest of the week covers baseball at the ball park crafts 3-D plaques croquet Chinese checkers horseshoes a dress up parade and a beginning croquet tournament with games contests and a stunt to perform.
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Tripoli
Town Park
Ball Park
Bremer County Reaches 65 Percent Bond Quota
Bremer County's June sales total $107,046, lifting the six month savings bond investments to $905,506 and 65 percent of the 1956 quota. Iowa's six month average is 54 percent. national average 48.6 percent, with 53 counties above state average and 80 above national. Six month Iowa total was $90,103,091, down 10 percent from 1955 but the highest since 1949. Surrounding counties show varied totals and quotas reached.
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Bremer County
Savings Bond Division
Iowa
Butler
Chickasaw
Farewell Party for Prof Handrich at Readlyn
Readlyn special report details a farewell party for Prof E G Handrich and family at St Pauls Lutheran church. Handrich leaves after 12 years as principal to join Bethlehem Lutheran school in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Speakers include Rev J L Strelow and several teachers and pastors from area churches.
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Westgate
Gaudian
Harold Schmidt
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Waterloo
Dennis Klug
Carol Huck
Klinger
Albrasch
Artesian
Wm. F. Reddel
Mrs Floyd Sauerbrei Undergoes Surgery at St Francis
Mrs Floyd Sauerbrei, patient at St Francis hospital in Waterloo, underwent surgery Tuesday morning.
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Floyd Sauerbrei
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Funeral Tentatively Set for Herman Kirchhoff 72
Funeral services for Herman Kirchhoff 72 are tentatively set for Friday afternoon at 1 30 from Rettig Funeral home and at 2 from St Peters Evangelical and Reformed church Burial will be in the church cemetery He died Tuesday morning A lifelong Bremer county resident he farmed before retiring and moved to Tripoli three years ago He was born Sept 18 1883 son of Dietrich and Mrs Kirchhoff He is survived by his wife Anna and several children.
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Herman Kirchhoff
Rettig Funeral Home
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Kirchhoff
Bremer County
Tripoli
Dietrich Kirchhoff
Anna
Town Hall Gets New Exterior Look After Renovation
Tripoli Town Hall received a new exterior appearance as painter Les Kelsey and crew redecorated the building. They sanded and sealed exposed cement work, repainted window frames, and covered rear cement blocks. entrance lamps will be refinished to finish the job.
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Tripoli Town Hall
Les Kelsey
Purchase of police car for two town marshals
Town Council bought a gray 1953 Chevrolet sedan for official use by Town Marshal Ed Bany and Assistant Marshal Paul Kuethe. The vehicle was placed in service on July 7.
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Ed Bany
Paul Kuethe
John Prestien Stricken With Heart Attack
John Prestien is seriously ill at Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo after a heart attack last Wednesday evening and a Saturday hospitalization.
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John Prestien
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Readlyn Boy Romaine Matthias Hospitalized After Fall
Romaine Matthias son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Matthias is a patient at Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo with a crushed vertebra from an accident on July 5.
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Readlyn
Romaine Matthias
Alvin Matthias
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Red Sox finish season at Readlyn in Cedar Valley race
Tripoli's Red Sox end regular season Sunday at Readlyn as they chase fourth in the Cedar Valley league. Sumner leads with 8-1 while Denver is 7-1. Readlyn beat Janesville 6-2 and Denver beat Waverly 11-5 to stay in pursuit.
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Red Sox
Readlyn
Tripoli
Sumner
Janesville
Waverly
W. L. Pet. Sumner
Denver
Readlyn School to Ask for $71 000 Budget for 1956 57 Year
Readlyn Independent School district proposes expenditures of 71000 for the 1956 57 year with 51000 from non tax sources and 20000 from taxation. Budget hearing set for 8 p m August 9 at the high school. Last year tax amount was 18000 and district valuation 619039 with 393114 in money and credits.
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Readlyn School
Readlyn Independent
Leader
Furlough Soldier Visits Kin in Tripoli Area
Pvt. Maynard Klemp arrives on a 15 day furlough from Fort Lewis Washington to visit his wife and other relatives and friends in the Tripoli vicinity.
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Pvt
Maynard Klemp
Fort Lewis
Wash
Tripoli
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