Harvest Festival crowds fill Tripoli streets at finale
A large crowd estimated at 3,500 packed Tripoli for the Harvest Festival finale hosted by the Commercial Club. The event featured a $200 cash drawing, stage acts, a street dance, a band concert, and carnival rides, ending at midnight. Grand prize went to Clarence Balte for $100 with other winners including Frank Beggerow and Louis Balte.
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Tripoli
Commercial Club
Clarence Balte
Frank Beggerow
Louis Balte
Duane Holm
Henry Buhrow
Wm. C. Oberleu
Ed Schroeder
HH. Nevermann
Chuckie Johnon
Art Tegtmeier
Louis Wedemeier
Robert Schmidt
Roger Block
H. H. Hoppen
Marriage of Carolyn Harms to Harold Happel near Denver
Carolyn Louise Harms of Denver wed Harold Happel of Waverly at St John Lutheran in Maxfield township. The ceremony featured Rev. William Barrack, with bridesmaids in nile green satin and red rose bouquets. Hosts and guests came from multiple Iowa communities. couple to reside in gery after two weeks in California.
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Denver
Willam Barrack
Carolyn Louise Harms
Fred Harms
Harold Happel
Waverly
Henry Happel
Waterloo
St. John Lutheran Church
Maxfield Township
William Barrack
Kalleen Kohagen
Harold Kaiser
Donna Clark
Verlaine Harms
Charles City
Ruth Ann Pipho
Readlyn
JoAnn Harms
Judy Meier
Debra Steege
Erwin Happel
Lester Happel
Marvin Happel
Elvira Hahlweg
Atkins
Sumner
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Emil Degelau
C. R. Besh
George Christman
Don Hartmann
Ernest Pipho
Ann Beshh
Elaine Koha
Gery
Happel and Lweg Construction Co
Denver High School
Patient Victor Weidler undergoes surgery at Scholtz Memorial
Surgical patient Victor Weidler underwent surgery on July 19 at Scholtz Memorial Hospital in Waterloo and is expected to return home this Wednesday afternoon.
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V. Victor Weidler
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Duenows Celebrate 25th Anniversary in Frederika
William and Nellie Duenow marked their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday with a family noon dinner at their home and an open house at the Methodist church in the afternoon. About 125 guests from multiple towns attended, with James Mahnke presenting corsages. The couple wed July 26, 1930, at Leroy Minnesota, and have lived in Frederika the past 15 years with three children, Charlotte, Harlan and Gary.
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Frederika
William Duenow
Methodist Church
Waverly
Waterloo
New Hampton
Elma
Charles City
Fredericksburg
Nashua
Tripoli
Riceville
Vincent
James Mahnke
Joe Roethler
Art Mahnke
Leigh Alcock
Myrtle Rausch
Wilma
Helen O'Connell
Shirley Buckendahl
Dean Wiltse
Harold Zwanziger
Carl Abbas
Will Hagedorn
Arnold Sweetie
August Buckendahl
Nellie Ackley
Leroy, Minn
Robert Templeton
Allan Sell Improving at Sumner Hospital
Condition of Allan Sell who was critically injured in an accident just west of Tripoli is reported as improving. He remains hospitalized at Sumner after being unconscious for several days. Sell, on leave from the army, was alone in the car when it overturned on Highway 93, and the vehicle was heavily damaged.
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Allan Sell
Tripoli
Sumner
Sell
Dairymen To Meet Here Friday On Promotion Program
Bremer county creameries milk plants and dairy men are invited to a Friday night meeting at Tripoli Town hall. President Wm Mueller says the session will discuss the nation wide dairy promotion program and seek reactions to making the 2c levy on butterfat permanent year round. Iowa Dairy Promotion Association reps will attend and report. A smorgasbord, courtesy of the IDPA, will close the meeting.
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Bremer County
Tripoli Town Hall
Wm. Mueller
Iowa Dairy Promotion Association
IDPA
Flower Show at Frederika Church Basement
The annual flower show sponsored by W.S.C.S. will be held at the Methodist church basement in Frederika on Wednesday afternoon August 3. The program begins at 2:00 PM and a 50 cent lunch will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Frederika
Blind Negro Tenor to Headline Grace Lutheran Concert
James A. Tanner, a blind Negro tenor, wraz a Waterloo vocal trio, will give a concert Thursday night at Grace Lutheran church at 8. The program replaces the Wings Over Jordan choir tour, cancelled last Friday when the group disbanded. Tanner, an Iowa native with a Fisk University BA, has sung in Handel's Messiah and appeared in St. Louis and Minneapolis. Admission is free with a free-will offering.
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James A. Tanner
Waterloo
Grace Lutheran Church
Wings Over Jordan
Mr. Tanner
Iowa
Vinton School For the Blind
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
Fort Dodge
Two From Tripoli Attend Junior Bible Camp
Marianne Wikner and Mary Louise Goetz of Grace Lutheran Tripoli will attend Wartburg college Junior Bible camp. The event runs July 31 to August 4 with registration at 3 p. m. Sunday. The camp, for northeast Iowa children aged 11 to 14, carries the theme Walk With Christ Work for Christ.
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Christ
Wartburg College
Marianne Wikner
Mary Louise Goetz
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Iowa
Teen Age Driving Club toDiscuss Insurance Rates Friday
The July meeting of the Tripoli Teen Age Driving club will be held Friday night at the Town hall starting at 7 45. An insurance agent will discuss rates and how teenagers affect them. General public is invited. Club officers are to attend a special executive meeting at the school house tonight at 7 30.
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Tripoli
Heat Wave Returns to Tripoli After Brief Break
A prolonged heat spell grips Tripoli with highs near and above 95 to 100 degrees and nights staying hot. Canadian air mass promises cooler, with possible showers. A light 0.32 inch rain offers moisture as farmers push field work. oats nearly finished and some second-cut hay in progress. Daily temps end 6 pm show persistent extreme heat.
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Tripoli
Wea
E. C. Biermann
County sales dip in first quarter 1955 report
Bremer county retail sales and taxes fell modestly in the first quarter of 1955 versus 1954, with totals of 79 519.92 dollars in taxes on 3 975 996 dollars in sales. Tripoli and Waverly followed the county trend, while Sumner and rural non permit returns rose. per merchant averages show Waverly, Tripoli, Sumner, and rural areas all within roughly eight to nine thousand dollars in sales per outlet.
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Bremer County
Iowa Tax Commission
Tripoli
Waverly
Sumner Merchants
Sumner
Rural
Mrs Lloyd Warnke undergoes surgery in Sumner hospital
Mrs Lloyd Warnke of Fredericksburg underwent surgery on Saturday at Sumner Community Hospital and is reported to be improving rapidly.
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Lloyd Warnke
Fredericksburg
Sumner Community Hospital
Bremer County 4-H Fair Opens At Waverly August 8
Bremer County 4-H Fair opens Monday August 8 with entry day. Judges include Jean Loving Dale Williams Tom Wick ersham and Grover Miehe. Events run through Thursday August 11 with swine beef sheep rabbits poultry garden dairy demonstrations displays and a grand finale parade and market stock sale.
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Waverly
Bremer County
Bremer County Fair Association
Jean Loving
Cedar Falls
Dale Williams
WOI
Iowa State College
Tom Wickersham
Grover Miehe
Lisbon
No Legion Meeting Postponed to September 6
No Legion meeting will be held in August. The next meeting is set for September 6, with the annual election of officers on that date.
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Legion
Emergency operation for Darwin Bull at Allen Memorial Hospital
Darwin Bull underwent an emergency appendectomy at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo on Sunday afternoon. The incident required prompt surgical intervention and recovery is expected to proceed under standard post operative care.
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Darwin Bull
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Local Entries Do Well In Racing At Hampton Sunday
Dale Schmidt placed in the money five times at the Iowa Thoroughbred Horse Racing meet at Hampton Sunday. He rode two winners, finished second twice and ninth once. Walter Sommer's horse finished a close second in a thriller.
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Hampton
Dale Schmidt
Iowa Thoroughbred Horse Racing Association
Walter Sommer
Rev Reuben Topp Installed Sunday At Clarksville Church
The Rev Reuben J Topp was installed as pastor of Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed church Clarksville in a Sunday evening service. Installing officer Rev Joseph Newgard of Dix, retiring Iowa Synod president, and sermon by Rev Herbert Wintermeyer of Latimer. Topp and family have moved into the Clarksville parsonage after serving Buck Creek and Tripoli as a substitute pastor.
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Reuben J. Topp
St. Paul's Evangelical
Three Local Clergy Attend Wartburg Pastor Institute
The 17th annual Pastor's Institute at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque closed its second week with 233 attendees from 20 states and five foreign countries, a institute record since 1938. Clergy Rev. Hugo Beyer, Rev. Elmer Jacobs, and Rev. William F. Goetz participated from Buck Creek Readlyn and Tripoli.
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Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Hugo Beyer
St. Joh's Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Elmer Jacobs
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
William F. Goetz
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Tri City Tripoli wins 8-7 over Readlyn to wind up league run
Tripoli Red Sox edged Readlyn 8-7 as Ray Fink hit a decisive ninth inning homer to break a 7-7 tie, in a high scoring comeback after Readlyn built a 6-0 lead. Tripoli improved its position while Sumner clinched the league title with a 15-3 win over Waverly. Denver downed Oran 9-1 as Bitterly and Buenzow starred. Ice cream social set for Grace Luther League on July 28.
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Tripoli
Oran
Readlyn
Red Sox
Waverly
Sumner
Denver
Ray Fink
Fink
Duea
Wolff
Schmidt
Holm
Mullen
Sauerbrei
Bock
Sassman
Lehmkuhl
Falk
Moeller
Duca
Matthias
Koschmeder
Kuethe
B. Lehmkuhl
Thran
Polk
Freitag
O. Schutte
D. Schutte
Sumner Whips Waverly
Sumner-Waverly
Ray Siegfried
John Chezik
Siegfried
Chezik
Wason
Herb Buenzow
R. H. E. Denver
Grace Luther League
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Clarence Bolte
Carolyn L. Harms
William Duenows
James E. Tanner
Tripoli Boys
Germany
Lyle J. Kammeyer
Edwin Kammeyer
Eldon J. Hoppenworth
H. H. Hoppenworth
Hoppenworth
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fort Lee
Oberusel
Ord. Co
DAS
APO
N.Y
Kammeyer
Fort Leonard Wood
Texas
Virginia
Kansas
Europe
Hopstaten
Cpl
Lyle J. Kam
Reuben Topp
Clarksville Church
Pastor’s Institute
Tripoli Schools
Tripoli Public Schools
Patricia Puffer
Cresco
Carol Jean Schoof
Wilma O’connell
Henry W
R. H. E. Sumner
Olson
Morgan
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