04 Jun 1969
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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1969
Page
1
The Vacationers Home Show runs June 6 to 8 at Waverly Grounds with free admission. Exhibits cover gravel materials, flowers, lawn care, photography, pool information, and more. Iowa Wild Life exhibit features birds snakes and mammals. shows run Friday to Sunday with music, square dancing, and demonstrations by local groups.
Marine Corporal Steven Otto, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Otto of Readlyn wa, is serving aboard the light guided missile cruiser USS Galveston. The ship recently visited Galveston, Texas for the first time in seven years after returning from a four month tour in the Western Pacific and is headed to the Mediterranean with the U S Sixth Fleet.
The Tripoli Food Locker will be closed on Saturday June 14 for a full day closure as announced in the district notice.
Denver special report notes funeral services for Henry Stumme 87 retired Readlyn farmer at Zion Lutheran Church Readlyn with burial in church cemetery He died Sunday afternoon at Denver Sunset Home where he resided since August 31 1965 He was born June 14 1881 in Maxfield Township Bremer County son of Christopher and Minna Matthias Stumme He married Anna Buhr February 12 1908 she died in 1947 Surviving children include Floyd Waterloo Walter Sumner Ralph Fairbank Elmer Dunkerton two daughters Erna Westendorf Sumner Helen Thurm Readlyn sixteen grandchildren thirty six great grandchildren three brothers John Denver Art Waverly Arnold Clermont one sister Mrs Fred Anna Kelling McGrath Minnesota Preceded by wife two sisters Ernst Platte and Henry Lo beck two brothers Herman and Emil one grandchild and one great grandchild Body taken to church at noon from Cleveland Funeral Home Readlyn
The Klemp Plumbing and Heating shop will be closed through Sunday, June 15, with normal hours resuming afterward.
Conservation officials plan a rough fish control project in the Martin Lake segment of Sweet Marsh. A population survey using an electric shocker will gather age weight and measurement data to compare game and rough fish, with captured game fish released in other segments. If needed rotenone will be applied to eradicate rough fish and restore recreation.
The Louis Gitch Family near Sumner will host an International Farm Youth Exchange student in July. A. G. Srini vasa Reddi of India will stay July 11 to 30, visiting Iowa dairy farms and later Wisconsin. Reddi, from Anantapur, India, farms rice vegetables nuts dairy cattle and seeks hands on dairy experience. He leads Village Youth Club and sits on the District Cattle Breeders Association. The program is run by the National 4-H Foundation with 4-H sponsorship through members and friends.
Brandenburg Krueger Auxiliary will assemble at the Post home Monday evening June 9 at 8 p.m. Marlys Ryan will serve as hostess.
Mr and Mrs Paul Hartman and Mr and Mrs Ray McKeown flew from Des Moines by chartered plane to Florida spending time at Fort Myers and Cape Coral. They returned Friday morning.
Readings taken at 6 p m daily except Tuesday and at 12 noon. J M Haydon reports weekly weather observations from the local station. Temperature, precipitation and conditions are summarized with daily trends and notable changes across the period.
Little league baseball registration is set for Monday June 9 from 1 to 3 p m at Tripoli south park. Dave Ray program administrator reminds a parent must accompany the boy. Practice starts June 10 with sessions through June 20. Games begin June 23 for intra city and inter city play over an eight week period. Intra city games 8 to 12 year olds on Mondays and Tuesdays. Inter city competition for 8 to 12 and 13 to 15 year olds runs Thursdays and Fridays.
The Legion Auxiliary will meet June 10 at 7 30 at the Town Hall. Reports on Pan Americanism by Darlene Holm and Community Service by Kay Osborn will be given. Officers will be elected. Hosts include Vada Platte Eva Selck and Elsie Volker.
Community leaders in Tripoli seek volunteers aged 14 and up for a three year program aiding Meri Van Ahn, a two year old with cerebral palsy. Volunteers will assist at Meri’s home with rhythmic movement therapy designed to retrain the brain. Coordinator A C Koengeter provides details at 882 3004 and sessions begin Monday with early arrival required.
Tripoli observes Memorial Day with traditional services attended by a near capacity crowd. The ceremony at Faith UCC Cemetery concluded with a salute to the nation’s dead, led by guest speaker Rev. Fred Brown. Local veteran groups VFW and American Legion Post organized the event.
Bremer County Board of Supervisors approved the first supplement to the Secondary Construction Program at the May 26 meeting. The add included paving at the Shield Bantam plant entrance in Waverly, a 350 foot approach on highway No. 3 costing about 3500 dollars, and a 1 mile grade between sections 25 and 36 in Maxfield township from Klinger east. A 0.75 mile grading project near Douglas township was dropped at landowners’ request, with funds from the original program. The board also contracted Pest-Kil Chemical Corp of Des Moines for monthly rat control at county dumps east of Plainfield and south of Waverly. Word said Stockwell and Wolfs Hatchery road work near Waverly will delay until mid September.
All members invited to the Jaycee installation banquet on Thursday June 5 at the Wayside Inn in Tripoli Social hour starts at 6 dinner at 7.
Mrs. Lawrence Block Mrs. Wm Hurmence and Mrs. Paul Duncomb were summoned to Nevada on Monday due to the serious illness of their brother Ross Kelsey who is hospitalized at Story County hospital in Nevada.
Tripoli Community High School bands announce four summer concerts directed by Earl Dickinson. Events on the tennis court near the high school with a Harvest Festival show downtown if weather requires an indoor gym plan at the elementary school. Ice cream socials feature Music Mothers, Frederika Lutheran ladies, Harvest Festival, and Faith UCC bell committee.
The M W S Youth Fellowship hosted a Sunday farewell at the church basement with Rev Gerald McGee. Congregation shared a potluck supper and social hour as he prepares to serve the Republic and Fredericksburg congregations after June 15 with affiliation of Frederika and Plainfield churches and no new pastor yet chosen.
Dr Weeber's office will be closed from June 11 to June 29. Patients are advised to make adequate drug purchases before the closure to avoid interruptions in treatment.
The Senior High Marching Band of Tripoli Community High School will join two events next week in Iowa. On Wednesday June 11 they perform in the Dairy Day Parade at Freder icksburg and on Thursday June 12 attend the Mason City Band Festival with about 86 bands from Iowa and southern Minnesota. Free lunches swimming and movies are offered. A massed band concert at 4 pm precedes the crowning of the 31st North Iowa Band Queen Judy Boeckmann daughter of Mrs Angie Boeckmann.
Tripoli girls softball opens a 16 game schedule under coach Dave Van Ahn. The team swept a double header at Fredericksburg 19 10 in the JV and 18 5 in the varsity. Thirty one players in grades 9 through 12 attend practice, with most games scheduled as double headers.
Tripoli Sox blank Fort Atkinson 6-0 on Sunday afternoon behind Bob Baily who struck out 15 and gave up two hits. The Saxons plated five runs in the first inning to seal the victory as Fredericksburg and Memorial Day results followed with Elma beating Tripoli 2-0 and other league games noted for June through August schedule.
The Young Homemakers will meet Wednesday June 11 at 1 30 p m at the Town Hall. Afterward they will adjourn to Mrs Everett Williams home where she will give a talk and demonstration on ceramics.
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