Primary Election Monday To Settle Several Contests
The 1954 primary election will settle party nominations with voters in Bremer and nearby counties. Six Republican governor candidates include Wm. S. Lynes among favorites. a 35 percent threshold could decide the nomination or the state convention may pick. County races feature Bolte and Heideman seeking supervisor, Coddington and Love for county attorney, Sassman and Schmidtke for sheriff, plus several district supervisor contests. Incumbents and challengers line up across Republican and Democratic slates amid a busy, undecided fall election.
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Bremer County
Wm. S. Lynes
Tripoli
H. C. Bolte
Conrad F. Heideman
Heideman
J. W. Coddington
Robert Love
Love
Arthur Sassman
Denver
R. L. Schmidtke
Sumner
Harley Ehlert
B. H. Schwadt
W. A. Notbahn
R. W. Schwabe
W. H. Ganske
Harold McClure
Waverly
F. L. McAlpine
H. H. Cleveland
O. L
Red” Davis
Mary Cretzmeyer Loucks
John Sperry
Edward Knott
Local Horses Take Several Places at Independence Meet
Tripoli area riders saw strong showings at the Iowa Thoroughbred Racing Association card in Independence with Ragtime winning the first race, Distinctive second in race four, Uncle Rob third in race five, and Bee Hills fourth in race two. Dale Schmidt rode all four winning mounts and also rode Bobby D to a fourth-place finish in race three. Upcoming meets are at Waverly on June 13 and Independence on July 5.
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Tripoli Sportsmen
Iowa Thoroughbred Horse Racing Association
Independence
Ragtime
Elmer Joens
Distinctive
Walt Sommer
Uncle Rob
Sommer
Bee Hills
Joens
Dale Schmidt
Tripoli
Bobby D
Cecilcker
Waterloo
Association
Waverly
Readlyn
Kuethe
Moeller
Dan Buhr
John Mullen
Ray Fink
Cacker
Wayne Kuethe
Larry Poock
Duane Holm
Bob Moeller
Holm
Mullen
Poock
Biermann Family Reunion Held in Tripoli on Sunday
About 26 Biermann relatives gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs atrench for the annual reunion. Attendees came from Waterloo Tripoli Waverly Fredericksburg Readlyn and Oelwein. Oldest present was Mrs Louise imann of Fredericksburg. Next year’s reunion will be at Mr and Mrs Harol near Fredericksburg on the last Sunday of May 1955.
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Biermann
Atrench
Itend Biermann
Waterloo
Tripoli
Waverly
Fredericksburg
Readlyn
Oelwein
Extr Mohling
Louise Imann
Yous
Teresa
Leonard Dettmer
Eunion
Harol
Office Closed Two Weeks By Doctor Bary
The office will be closed from June 6 to June 20, inclusive, as announced by Dr. C. R. Bary. The notice lists dates and the doctor's name.
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C. R. Bary
Heavy Rains and Colder Weather Halt Fields Nearby
Heavy rains and cooler conditions in the Tripoli area slowed field work for the week ending June 1. About 3.25 inches of rain fell with temperatures ranging from 46 to 78 degrees. Daily readings by E C Biermann show varied moisture and nightly lows in the 40s to 50s.
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Tripoli
E. C. Biermann
Program Friday to Wind Up Union Vacation School
A joint program at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church marks the end of Union Daily Vacation Bible School begun May 24. Enrollment rose from 121 to 126 with average attendance 118. The event will feature songs, a review, a filmstrip Our Protestant Heritage, and pupil handiwork displays. Free will offering to cover school expenses.
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St. Peter’s
Northern Minnesota visitors return from Deer River trip
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Millard Pries returned Monday evening from Deer River Minnesota where they spent the vacation at Bowen's Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Parker of Waterloo stayed at the Snyder home during their absence. On Sunday the Pries and Snyder couples visited Mrs. Leon Dexter in Blackduck Minnesota.
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J. M. Snyder
Millard Pries
Deer River
Minn
Bowen’s Lodge
G. M. Parker
Waterloo
Snyder
Pries
Donna Mae Eichman to Wed V C Funk This June
Donna Mae Eichman and Vincent C. Funk announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The ceremony is planned for June 20 at 2 30 p m at St Peters Evangelical and Reformed church in Tripoli. The bride attends Iowa State Teachers College and graduated Gates Business College, with Theta Alpha Chi. She works in the Engineering Research Division at John Deere Tractor Works in Waterloo. The groom is employed by Mid Continent Petroleum Corporation.
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Donna Mae Eichman
Vincent C. Funk
Albert Funk
R.R
Waterloo
Emma Lien
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tripoli
Iowa State Teachers College
Gates Business College
Theta Alpha Chi Sorority
John Deere Tractor Works
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Biesterfelt Bros Buy Horton Yards Business
Biesterfelt Bros livestock dealers buy the butcher hog and boat business along with all trucks and equipment of Horton Stock Yards from Harold Hacke. Effective June 1, Biesterfelts will run operations from Tripoli and Horton with trucking from either station. Hacke plans remain unspecified.
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Biesterfelt Bros
Horton Yards
Horton Stock Yards
Harold Hacke
Biesterfelts
Tripoli
Horton
Hacke
Stroke Suffering at Cedar Falls Convalescent Home
Herman J. Bunger, longtime resident, suffered a stroke last week at Christie Convalescent Home in Cedar Falls. The attack left him paralyzed on his right side and unable to return to his home as previously planned.
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Herman J. Bunger
Christie Convalescent Home
Cedar Falls
Frederika Vacation Bible School to Start June 18
Frederika special report Vacation Bible school at the Methodist church begins June 18 and runs to July 2. Teaching staff includes Mrs Jim Kerr Mrs Cecile Dilley Mrs Stanley Bahlmann Jean Heffernan Verjean Hemingson Sandra Dirksen Helen O Connell Harlan Duenow and Rev Carl Carlsen pastor. Topic Life and Teaching of Jesus.
Baptism Attendees At St Marys Waverly For Michele Lynn
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Crittenden and families along with Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Wilson and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Crittenden attended the baptism Sunday at St Marys church in Waverly for Michele Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Feringa. Following the services they were dinner guests of the Feringa family.
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P. L. Crittenden
Lynn Wilson
J. P. Crittenden
Luanne
St. Mary’s Church
Waverly
Michele Lynn
Geo. Feringa
Feringa
Birthday Guests Honor Mrs Koch Birthday
Mr and Mrs John A Koch hosted a Sunday supper for Mr and Mrs Stanley Koch Virginia and David Waterloo in Waterloo in honor of Mrs Kochs upcoming birthday on Monday.
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Stanley Koch
Virginia
David
Waterloo
John A. Koch
Koch
Confirmation Service For Four Youths At Frederika
Confirmation services will be held Sunday morning at St John’s Lutheran church by Rev A A Krause, pastor. Those to be confirmed are William Zwanziger, Joyce Wiltse, Patricia Abbas and Ruth Pleggenkuhle.
Shirley Jean Buchholz to Wed Thomas Price Sunday
Mr and Mrs Elmer Buchholz announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Shirley Jean to Thomas W Price Jr The wedding is set for June 20 at 2 pm in Grace Lutheran Church Tripoli
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Shirley Jean Buchholz
Thomas Price
Elmer Buchholz
Shirley Jean
Thomas W. Price, Jr
Grace Lutheran Church
Tripoli
Ground beef sandwiches served at town park concert
The Women's Fellowship of Congregational Church will serve ground beef sandwiches cake and ice cream at a band concert on June 8 at the town park. In case of rain servings move to the church basement.
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Women’s Fellowship
Congregational Church
Last Rites Thursday For George Bentley Denver Resident
Funeral services were held today at Matthias funeral home and Fairbank Methodist church for 81 year old George Bentley of Denver who died Monday at Mercy hospital Waverly. Cremation or burial planned in Fairbank cemetery. Bentley survived by five daughters Rosetta Jaschen Ed ward Schrader Francis Mastain Edith Poustan Juanita Wolfe and a son Clifford plus 18 grandchildren. He was born in Fairbank Oct 30 1872 and farmed near Fairbank before moving to Denver residence with his daughter. He formerly worked for Rath Packing Co Waterloo.
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Matthias Funeral Home
Denver
Methodist
Fairbank
George Bentley
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
John DeLong
Fairbank Cemetery
Wallace Bentley
Herbert Bentley
Herman Bentley
Russell Bentley
Fred Bentley
Forrest Bentley
Mr. Bentley
Leland Bentley
Lydia Adams
Edward Schrader
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Bentley
Schrader
Rosetta Jaschen
Francis Mastain
Cedar Rapids
Edith Poustan
Traer
Making Home Here Johnny Diaz Joins Sommer Family
Johnny Diaz of the Lutheran Children's Home in Waverly now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sommer. The brief item notes patients in hospital.
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Johnny Diaz
Lutheran Children’s Home
Waverly
Walter Sommer
Local residents undergo surgery at Sumner hospital
Verlyn Drape and William Kammeyer, residents of the area, are patients at Sumner Community hospital with Drape having recently undergone surgery.
Neighbors Help Will Kraft Plant Soybeans at Home
In Sumner neighbors gathered at Will Krafts home to plant soybeans while he recuperates after two weeks in the hospital. Ladies provided a noon dinner for those helping with the act of support.
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Sumner
Will Kraft
Grace Lutheran announces summer worship times at 10 a.m
Grace Lutheran church will hold worship at 10 o clock during June July and August with Sunday school and Bible classes from 9 to 10 and an 8 o clock German service on the first and third Sundays.
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Grace Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church
Red Sox Schedule Trip To Denver For Sunday League Game
Tripoli's Red Sox, after a 4-3 loss to Readlyn in Cedar Valley league play, head to Denver this Sunday for another league contest. Readlyn defeated Tripoli to move to 1-1 in league play, with Readlyn rallying in the eighth on Kuethe and Koschmeder. Sumner beat Denver 6-1 as Buhr cleared the bases with a pinch double in the seventh.
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Red Sox
Denver
Tripoli
Readlyn
Waverly
Dale Kuethe
Arlin Moeller
Kuethe
Don Koschmeder
Sumner
Marvin Buhr
Holm and Wool
Cedar Valley League
Pet
Tripoline
Christine Claus 84 Former Tripoli Resident Dies in Colorado
Mrs. Christine Claus 84 native of Tripoli died May 15 in Weld County General Hospital Greeley Colorado after two years of failing health Funeral services were May 18 with burial at Linn Grove cemetery She was born Sept 19 1869 and married E W Claus Sept 12 1890 They later moved to North Dakota and to Greeley in 1919 Survived by three daughters three sons 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren including relatives across Iowa Michigan Wyoming California and Arizona
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Christine Claus
Tripoli
Weld County General Hospital
Greeley
Colo
Claus
Harold Ashburn
Linn Grove Cemetery
Christoph
Sophia Claus Wilharm
E. W. Claus
North Dakota
Trinity Lutheran Church
Friendly 12 Club
Ashburn
Fay Roberts
Saginaw
Mich
Robert Dempsey
Casper
Wyo
Earl
Lowell Fink Receives Music Award at Ames College Banquet
Lowell Fink son of Mr and Mrs L H Fink and Maurice Smith of Janesville earned honors at the annual Music Honors Banquet at Iowa State College Ames. Fink graduates June 11 with an electrical engineering degree and received a bronze award in instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Fink
L. H. Fink
Bremer County
Iowa State College
Ames
Lowell
Maurice Smith
R. G. Smith
Janesville
Donald D. Buenger
Otto Buenger
Tripoli
Wartburg College
Vacation Bible School Starts at Frederika Church
St. John's Lutheran church opened daily Bible school on Monday with sixty children enrolled. Theme is The Lord's Prayer. Teachers include Rosella Bockhaus Donna Nuss Karla Kay Town Carol Sievers Mrs Sherwood Pleggenkuhle and pastor Rev A A Krause.
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Frederika
St. John's Lutheran Church
Rosella Bockhaus
Donna Nuss
Karla Kay Town
Carol Sievers
Sherwood Pleggenkuhle
A. A. Krause
Hand Injured in Accident at Gus Bull Station
F. W. Bergmann suffered a severe laceration of the right hand in an accident Wednesday morning at Gus Bull station. Mayme DeLuhrey visited from Saturday until Tuesday with Mrs. C. A. Stewart.
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F. W. Bergmann
Gus Bull Station
Mayme DeLuhrey
Andrew
C. A. Stewart
Resurfacing Work On Highway 93 In Tripoli Might Start Soon
Hallett Construction Co. of Minneapolis has the low bid to widen and resurface Highway 93 from the south corner to the Wayside Inn corner in Tripoli. Glenn Doty of the district engineer's office in Mason City said the bid will likely be accepted and work could begin in about a month. The project includes asphalt resurfacing from the south corner to the paved start at the Wayside Inn corner, and water service replacements with copper tubing by property owners along the route.
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Tripoli
Wayside Inn
Hallett Construction Co
Minneapolis
Glenn Doty
Mason City
Hallett
Iowa State Highway Commission
Leader
Dreyer Family’s Southern-Centered Postcard Tour
Mr and Mrs Robert Dreyer Barbara and Terry returned Wednesday evening from a southern trip visiting New Orleans Florida coast Cuba three days and back up the east coast Smoky Mountains Indiana and Chicago during a multi city circuit.
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Robert Dreyer
Barbara
Terry
New Orleans
Florida
Cuba
Smokey Mountains
Indiana
Chicago
Editor pays his fine prints it in paper satire
A bystander watched Marshal Ed Bany tag the editor’s car. the editor later paid a $2 fine plus $1 costs before Mayor Rudolph Piegers. The notice says the editor’s name will appear in the monthly arrest list alongside others, with no special favors for anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bany
Warner’s
W. A. Buckley
Rudolph Piegers
Theo H Bany to Be Guest Speaker at Grace Lutheran
Theo H Bany a Wa verly native and son of Mrs L C Bany Tr ipoli will be guest speaker at Grace Lutheran church Sunday at 10 o clock worship. Bany recently graduated from Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque and will, after ordination, take pastoral duties at St John's Lutheran Rosemount Minnesota.
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Theo. H. Bany
Waverly
Bremer County
L. C. Bany
Tripoli
Grace Lutheran Church
Bany
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rosemount
Minn
Mrs Mahoney Moves Into Former Allen Rieck Home
Mrs. Kathryn Mahoney has moved into the house formerly occupied by the Allen Rieck family. Weekend guests include her son James of Minneapolis another son Thomas of Faribault and his friend Milton Walters. James is spending some time here.
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Kathryn Mahoney
Allen Rieck
Herman Kirchhoffs Honored On 35th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Herman Kirchhoff were surprised by their children at a Sunday gathering for their 35th wedding anniversary. Guests from Sumner Waterloo Cedar Rapids Tripoli and nearby joined a basket dinner and well wishes for the couple.
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Herman Kirchhoffs
Herman Kirchhoff
Earl Kirchhoff
Sumner
Lavern Korte
Ray Fenelon
Waterloo
Albert Debel
Bertha Debel
Cedar Rapids
Lavern Kirchhoff
Jene Kirchhoff
Michael
Mary Block
Mary Pries
Tripoli
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Minnesota
V. C. Funk
Hai and
Solars
Frederika Methodist Vacation Bible School
Big Northern
Edward Buchholz
Sauerbrei
Schmidt
Tripoli AB RH Holm Sveerbeseen Arcancecccesceenpeecssee
Bitgemmendonss Aseee Mullen
Vie
Ralph Fink
Oteemeennen Ceccer Nay Sauerbreit Biesterfelt Selckeds
Meier
Ahampoee
Matthias
Koschmeder
W. Kuether
Snipe, &S
Colorado
Frederika Church
Drick, Anderson and
Siegfried
No. 63
No. 3
Doty
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