Tri-Poli fund drive ends soon for resuscitator
Last Call Issued In Fund Campaign For Resuscitator. A Tri poli community drive seeks $600 for a resuscitator. Donations totaling $429.55 fall short, with Chief Howard Holm urging contributions at American Savings Bank or fire department, as the device will aid emergencies and be shared with doctors and ambulances. The schedule for Tri ple pig fun day and poultry egg shows is listed in separate notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club Committee
LeLand Bergmann
Tripoli
Howard Holm
Holm
American Savings Bank
Fire Department
Interstate Power Co
Fables Needed for Wapsie Sportsmen’s Picnic Tables
Wapsie Sportsmen’s club seeks donated picnic tables for the annual Fish Fry. Anyone willing to provide a table should contact K. J. Kuhrt at Kuhrt Thiefs for pickup and return after the event. Phone 65.
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Wapsie Sportsmen’s Club
K. J. Kuhrt
Kuhrt
Funeral Pending for Mrs Matthiesen 74 Died Tuesday
Funeral services are pending for Mrs Louise Matthiesen 74 who died at her daughter's Waterloo home Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. The remains are at Rettig Funeral Home. She is survived by two children Donna Mrs Howard Nielsen Waterloo and Randy Kankakee Ill and two grandchildren. She lived most of her life in the Frederika and Tripoli vicinities.
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Louise Matthiesen
Waterloo
Rettig Funeral Home
Prize Draw Adds Another $25 Treasure Chest Sal
Weekly Tripoli Treasure Chest drawing offers a $25 first prize at 9 p m Saturdays. Last week John Henning claimed the top prize. other names drawn included Mrs Willard Seegers Loyce Lenius Mabelle Arnemann and Lena Hartmann. If the winner is absent a $10 consolation is awarded. No purchases needed and registration blanks are available at local merchants. Winners must be present to claim prizes. names announced in participating stores at 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
John Henning
Willard Seegers
Loyce Lenius
Mabelle Arnemann
Lena Hartmann
Farewell Picnic for Hinton Family at Meadowbrook Club
Mr and Mrs Henry Hinton and Billy were honored at a farewell picnic Monday evening at Meadowbrook Country Club Sumner. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Richard Semler and Duane Cedar Falls Mr and Mrs John Casey and family Mr and Mrs John Mullen and family Mr and Mrs Ted Olmstead and family Supt and Mrs Eldon R Shriver and L B The Hintons left Wednesday for El Segundo California where Mr Hinton will teach.
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Henry Hinton
Billy
Meadowbrook Country Club
Sumner
Richard Semler
Duane
Cedar Falls
John J. Casey
John Mullen
Ted Olmstead
Eldon R. Shriver
L. B. the Hintons
el Segundo
Calif
Hinton
California trip for Fink family relatives visit
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Fink left Saturday for Des Moines to dine with James Carson and Marcia. They flew to Alameda to spend two weeks with E. H. Fink and family and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
L. H. Fink
Des Moines
James Carson
Marcia
Alameda
Calif
E. H. Fink
McNamee Couple Attend 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ed McNamee attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Edgar Wollentein in Waverly on Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. McNamee
Edgar Wollentein
Waverly
Annual 4 H Fair Opens at Waverly Grounds Tuesday
Bremer county announces its annual 4 H Fair at Waverly fair grounds next Tuesday through Friday. The four day event features 4 H competition displays demonstrations and livestock entries with a carnival on the midway and a full schedule of band music judging scrambles and a market livestock show culminating in Friday’s auctions.
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Bremer County
Waverly Fairgrounds
FFA
Country Club
Rochelle Duecker Weds Wendall Kuethe in Grace Lutheran
Rochelle Duecker daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Duecker married Wendall Kuethe son of Mr and Mrs Harold Kuethe in Grace Lutheran church Sunday night. Rev William F Goetz officiated with Alice Kuethe as maid of honor and Lloyd Goodenbour best man. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple, Tripoli High graduates, work in Waterloo and reside above the Tripoli Mercantile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochelle Duecker
R. W. Duecker
Wendall Kuethe
Harold Kuethe
Grace Lutheran Church
William F. Goetz
H. C. Rogge
Alice Kuethe
Lloyd Goodenbour
Waterloo
Burton W. Diercks
Rodney
G. R. Rettig
Richard
Leo Sauerbrei
Carolyn
Goetz
Clair
Larry Duecker
Tripoli High School
Bath Packing Co
Buhr Chevrolet Co
Tripoli Mercantile
Lawrence Franzen
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Patricia Hilmer
Larry Dirks
Readlyn
St. Lucas
Visits Here by Miss Lola Kelsey and Relatives
Miss Lola and Lyle Kelsey of Storm Lake arrived Monday and plan to visit relatives this week. They are accompanied by their grandmother Mrs Martha Aders who will visit her sister Mrs Arthur Aschbrenner and Miss Esther Lempke.
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Lola
Lyle Kelsey
Storm Lake
Martha Aders
Arthur Aschbrenner
Esther Lempke
Bake Sale by St John’s Luther League at Interstate Power
St John’s Luther League Crane Creek sponsors four bake sales set for Saturday August 3 starting at 1 pm at the Interstate Power Co office. Proceeds go to league activities and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
Luther League
Crane Creek
Interstate Power Co
Last Rites Tuesday For Loy Young 65 Formerly of Tripoli
Loy Young 65 a former Sumner and Tripoli resident died Saturday night after a heart attack at St Josephs hospital Mankato He had surgery two weeks earlier and was to go home Saturday Funeral services were Tuesday at Congregational church Mankato with burial in Hutchinson Minn He is survived by his wife two sons James and Wayne a daughter Nila eight grandchildren three brothers Marvin Sumner Arden Waverly and Glen California and a sister Evelyn California
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Sumner
Loy Young
Mankato
Minn
Sumner and
Tripoli
Congregational Church
Hutchinson, Minn
Mr. Young
St. Joseph's Hospital
James Young
Young
Sumner High School
Alice Kroblin
Lake Charles
Minnesota
James
Wayne
Nila
Marvin
Arden
Bids Open Tuesday On Tripoli Curb and Gutter Project
Town Council will open bids for the 1957 curb and gutter project at Town Hall next Tuesday at 8 PM. Lowest qualifying bid wins. work must start by Aug. 19 and finish by Sept. 19. About eight and a half blocks of 30 inch concrete curb and gutter. engineer’s estimate around 14 000 dollars. expectations of lower bids due to nearby city letting.
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Tripoli
Seek to Reactivate Boy Scout Troop at Meeting Here Aug. 5
A Tripoli town hall meeting next Monday night will discuss reactivating the local Boy Scout troop after two years of inactivity. Parents of 11 to 16 year olds and interested residents are urged to attend. A Wapsi pinicon Area council representative will lead the session to determine if the troop will be reactivated.
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Boy Scout
Tripoli
The
Boy Scouts
Wapsipinicon Area
Puerto Rico visit ends as Woneldorphs head to Kansas
M Sgt and Mrs R H Woneldorph from Puerto Rico spent Tuesday to Friday with grandmother Mrs Millie Goodenbour and C H Eichmann. They left Friday for Council Bluffs to stay with Mr and Mrs A L Goodenbour. Woneldorph, stationed in Puerto Rico, reports to Salina Kansas on Aug 10.
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Puerto Rico
R. H. Woneldorph
Millie Goodenbour
C. H. Eichmann
Council Bluffs
A. L. Goodenbour
Woneldorph
Air Force
Salina
Kans
Marine corporal improves after Camp Pendleton surgery
Cpl. Charles W. Hay underwent surgery July 15 at the Naval Hospital in Camp Pendleton California. His condition is reported as improving satisfactorily. His address is Cpl. Charles W. Hay 1519176 U.S.M.C Ward 24 U.S. Naval Hospital M.C.B. Camp Pendleton Calif.
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Cpl
Charles W. Hay
Naval Hospital
Camp Pendleton
Calif
U.S.M.C
U. S. Naval Hospital
M.C.B
Attending Pilgrim Heights Congregational Camp
Billy Kehe Caroline Kehe Helen Mallie T A Shriver and Rev L E Gatch are attending a Congregational camp at Pilgrim Heights near Montour this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Kehe
Caroline Kehe
Helen Mallie
T. A. Shriver
Rev. L. E. Gatch
Pilgrim Heights Congregational Camp
Montour
10th Annual Fish Fry At Ball Park Next Sunday
The Wapsie Sportsmen's club hosts the 10th annual Fish Fry in Tripoli and nearby areas at the ball park. Meals run from 5 to 8 p.m. with eight fryers ensuring quick service. If rain, event moves to Buhr's warehouse. Indoor prizes worth over 500 dollars start at 8 p.m. Prize display shown at Block & Klemp Plumbing. Entertainment includes a Little German band. Tickets cost 1.25 dollars. children under school age admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club
Tripoli
Buhr
Block & Klemp Plumbing & Heating
Orth Named A S C Committee Chairman of County
Leo H Orth of Washington township was re elected chairman of the Bremer county ASC committee at the annual convention in Waverly. Walter Warneke Maxfield township was elected vice chairman and Albert Brandt Jefferson township named third member. Ernest J Huck Jefferson township and Edgar L Bergmann Douglas township were named first and second alternates. Terms run one year from Aug 1. The committeemen oversee county level farm programs including price supports acreage allotments soil bank and cost sharing conservation. Orth Warneke Brandt have prior service on the committee.
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Leo H. Orth
Washington Township
Bremer County
ASC
Waverly
Walter Warneke
Maxfield Township
Albert Brandt
Jefferson Township
Ernest J. Huck
Edgar L. Bergmann
Douglas Township
Couple returns from Northwest trip visiting major sights
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bunger came home last Wednesday night after a tour of the Pacific Northwest. They visited Bad Lands, Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore Memorial, Yellowstone, Grand Coulee Dam, Spokane, Seattle, Victoria, Portland, Redwood Forest, San Francisco, Reno, Salt Lake City, and met Homer Nevermann, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Nevermann, in Seattle.
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R. J. Bunger
Pacific Northwest
Black Hills
Mt. Rushmore Memorial
Yellowstone Park
Grand Coulee Dam
Spokane
Seattle
Victoria
British Columbia
Portland
Ore
Redwood Forest
San Francisco
Reno
Nev
Salt Lake City
Utah
Tripoli
Homer Nevermann
H. H. Nevermann
Golf Tournament Sees Shriver Take Second in Flight
In Greene Sun day men’s invitation golf tournament Floyd Hobbs of Plainfield Wayne Schutte and Norm Theiss of Sumner also competed Eldon Shriver won second place in the second flight and earned a prize merchandise prize for his effort.
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Greene Sunday
Floyd Hobbs
Plainfield
Wayne Schutte
Norm Theiss
Sumner
Eldon Shriver
Shriver
Eight Years in Panama Zone Navy Man reports for duty
Mr and Mrs Arnold Hoppenworth and Kenneth left Sunday for Illinois and Wisconsin after two weeks with Carl Hoppenworth Frederika and with Henry W Hennings family He served in the Navy in the Panama Canal zone for eight years and will report for duty in Washington
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Arnold Hoppenworth
Kenneth
Illinois
Wisconsin
Carl Hoppenworth
Frederika
Henry W. Hennings
Navy
Panama Canal Zone
Washington
Funeral Sunday for Edwin Bergmann 55 Heart Attack Victim
Edwin Bergmann 55 of Frederika died Thursday of coronary thrombosis at Tama County Home Toledo where employed 1½ years. Funeral services were held Sunday at Rettig Funeral Home Tripoli and Methodist church here. He is survived by wife Fietta, son Robert and daughter Betty Pose. Burial Alcock cemetery. casket bearers listed. Born Jan 29 1902 in Bremer county.
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Frederika
Rettig Funeral Home
Tripoli
Edwin Bergmann
Calvin Spree
Plainfield Methodist Church
Alcock Cemetery
Carl Neuendorf
Ruben Schnurstein
Wayne Bravener
Robert Miller
Fred Hahn
Marviss Harms
Bergmann
Tama County
Toledo
Bremer County
Ernst and
Melosine Bergmann
St. Paul’s Church
Siegel
Douglas Township
Fietta Bany
Robert
Betty Pose
New Hampton
Alvin Bergmann
Selma Zander
David Smith Named Vo-Ag Instructor Succeeding Hinton
David Smith, an extension youth assistant for Buchanan County, Independence, signs to teach vocational agriculture at Tripoli High School for the coming year. He will replace Henry Hinton, who resigns to move to California. The Hintons plan to leave today. Smith, a Manchester native, has been in Independence five months since graduating from Iowa State College. He is married with one child. Effective Aug. 15, Smith and his family will move here once living quarters are secured.
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David Smith
Buchanan County of Independence
Tripoli High School
Henry Hinton
California
Hintons
Smith
Manchester
Independence
Iowa State College
Chapin Receives Safe Driving Pin for 26 Years
Kenneth A. Chapin, Tripoli rural carrier, was honored for 26 years of safe driving. He earned a pin from the National Safety Council via the Post Office Department and a certificate signed by Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and NSC president Ned Dearborn. Local postmaster Ray H. Fink presented the award amid staff. Chapin’s record includes one chargeable accident and about 500000 miles on his rural route since 1930.
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Kenneth A. Chapin
Tripoli
Post Office Department
National Safety Council
Arthur E. Summerfield
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
Ray H. Fink
Chapin
Red Sox to Play Extra Cedar Valley Round on Aug 11
Tripoli's Red Sox stay in the Cedar Valley league chase as Denver clinches first. The top four teams Denver Tripoli Janesville Readlyn will stage an extra game Aug. 11 to settle second place and eligibility for the State ABC tournament at Waterloo. Denver holds the title, while Readlyn could force a three way tie for second. Denver’s 5-2 win over Tripoli featured seven hits apiece and five Tripoli errors. Ralph Fink pitched well for Tripoli, while Dennis Duea struck out 23 in relief for Denver.
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Tripoli
Red Sox
Denver
Janesville
Readlyn
Plainfield
Ralph Fink
Jerry Duea
Duea
Dennis Olejniczak
Ray Fink
Ron Henninger
al Bock
Bob Moeller
Walter
Koelling
Duca
Kehoe
Mrs Carl Bahlmann's California visit ends
Mrs Carl Bahlmann returned Saturday evening from California where she spent seven weeks with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Gerald Chambers, Kathy and Rebecca in Downey, and with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Ervin Bahlmann in Huntington Park.
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California
Carl Bahlmann
Gerald Chambers
Kathy
Rebecca
Downey
Calif
Ervin Bahlmann
Huntington Park
Holm to Dallas for State Farm convention trip
Mrs. Duane Holm took Duane Holm to Waterloo Sunday for a flight to Texas where he attends a State Farm insurance agents convention in Dallas. He will return Thursday.
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Duane Holm
Bradley and
Spencer
Cheryl Garcia
Waterloo
Texas
State Farm Insurance Agents
Dallas
Mrs Virgil Kingsbury Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Virgil Kingsbury was discharged Friday from Sumner Community Hospital where she had been a medical patient, ending a period of treatment and convalescence.
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Virgil Kingsbury
Sumner Community Hospital
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Ues
Tractor Roadeo
Tripoli F.F.A
John Casey
Calfornia
Europe
Vern Shhield, Waverly
Angel
Leader
Matthiesen
Sal
Waverly Grounds
Leo Orth
James Eveland
Panama Zone
Vo-Ag
Moeller
RH Moeller
Rf Poock
Sassman
Sauerbrei
If Olejniczak
Henninger
Sf Bock
Ce Fink
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