Tripoli Summer Recreation Program Starts Monday
Tripoli launches its six week summer recreation in South Park near the high school with 85 registered children. the program runs in two age groups from first grade through grade 10 under Mrs Don Larson and Mrs Robert Thurness assisted by Connie Schmidt and Mike Fink. a crossing at highway 93 south main and 7th avenue will be supervised before 9 am. children should bring a shoe box for crafts and projects. first week activities include craft boxes, baseball, badminton, croquet, weaving, volleyball, and games.
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Tripoli
Don Larson
Robert Thurness
Connie Schmidt
Mike Fink
Highway 93
South Main
7Th Avenue
Badmitten
425 Attend 4-H Rally Night in Waverly June 2
The Bremer county 4-H rally night at Wartburg Chapel Auditorium in Waverly drew about 425 attendees. Officers were elected for girls and boys county posts, with Vicky Burrow and Allan Alcock leading as presidents. Honorary members Mrs. John Beam and Ivan Epey were inducted for service to the clubs.
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Bremer County 4-H
Wartburg Chapel
Waverly
Vicky Burrow
Yancy Youngblut
Jana Feuchtwanger
Uth Tilmanns
Anet Michael
H Boys
Allan Alcock
Dennis Juhl
Richard Gambaiani
Duane Carolus
Tom Sickles
John Beam
Ivan Epey
Jemer County
Two People Fined in Justice Court for May
Two persons were fined in Justice of the Peace J. M. Hayton's court during May. All town cases resulted in fines totaling 16.00. Charles Block of Tripoli was fined 5.00 for improper parking. Leslie Gissel of Waterloo was fined for speeding, 11.00. Costs were added in all cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hayton
Charles Block
Tripoli
Leslie Gissel
Aterloo
Dietz Wins 1963 DeKalb Agricultural Award
Charles L. Dietz, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Dietz of Ionia, wins the DeKalb agricultural accomplishment award as an outstanding Tripoli High School senior. He served as Tripoli FFA secretary and president, excelled in scholarship and farm activities, and plans to farm on his father’s land after May graduation. He is the 12th Tripoli winner, to be added to a sponsor plaque.
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Charles L. Dietz
DeKalb
Charles Is
Charles Dietz
Ionia
Tripoli High School
Tripoli Future Farmers of America
Charles
Tripoli
Death of Chester Hope in Waterloo Funeral Thursday
Chester Hope aged 23 of rural Dunkerton died Monday at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo from pneumonia. Funeral services set for Thursday in Moravia. Survived by widow and two young sons Gary and twin two months, daughter Jane four, and sister Mrs. Howard Pigg.
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Chester Hope
Dunkerton
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Moravia
Jane
Gary
Wartburg Names Thalacker Secretary of W Club
John Thalacker of Tripoli has been named secretary of the W club at Wartburg College for next year. A junior social work major, he is son of Rev and Mrs Arnold Thalacker of Tripoli and an organizer among Wartburg lettermen promoting athletics.
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John Thalacker
Tripoli
Wartburg College
John
Wartburg
Thalacker
Arnold Thalacker
Buchholzs Observe 25th Wedding Anniversary at Town Hall
Fremont Special Mr and Mrs Clarence Buchholz marked their silver anniversary with a Sunday celebration at Tripoli Town Hall. Rev Gundel gave a brief message and a program featured Veryl Dennis and Diane Buchholz Marietta Schuldt Donald Blasberg and Sharon Schuldt. About 200 attended a 430 dinner and 125 visited in the evening. Attendants included Leo Schuldt and ringbearer Lloyd Ol trogge Des Moines with flower girl Mrs Dalton Kowalsky La Porte City. The couple married June 4 1939 at St Johns Lutheran Crane Creek and have farmed in the Tripoli area with three children Veryl Dennis and Diane at home.
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Crane Creek
Henry Knoploh
Tripoli
Veryl
Dennis
Diane
Mrs Carl Kirchhoff Undergoes Surgery at Allen Memorial
Surgical patient Mrs Carl Kirchhoff was admitted to Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo on Monday afternoon for a procedure performed Wednesday. The report notes the operation occurred today with her condition not disclosed.
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Carl Kirchhoff
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Town Council Warns Beebe Gun Violators Here
Tripoli Town Council issues a warning to Beebe gun violators citing the town ordinance on illegal firearm use. The notice notes Beebe guns damaged person and public property and states that those violating the ordinance will be prosecuted.
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Tripoli
Bowling Team Competes in BPAA Tourney at Waverly
Rock Island's Produce bowling team with Robert Meyer Vern Bolte Larry Bock Richard Meyer and Jerry Snelling bowled in the BPAA tournament at Waverly Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Produce
Robert Meyer
Vern Bolte
Larry Bock
Richard Meyer
Jerry Snelling
BPAA
Waverly
Dairy Month Spotlight Highlights U S Dairy Growth
The article notes rising per capita dairy and meat consumption in the United States since the 1930s and 1950s, with 1962 figures showing higher dairy intake. It argues milk products offer value, ease, and less waste, and links dairy industry growth to June Dairy Month and local economic benefits.
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Ature
Assumed Duties as County Extension Assistant Last Week
Kermit Hildahl began duties as county extension assistant in Bremer county last week. A March graduate of Iowa State University in Ames, he will direct 4-H activities in Bremer. Hildahl farmed in Howard county near Elma and served 10 years as a local 4-H leader. He also served in the U S Army in Korea and spent six weeks last winter as a student teacher of vocational agriculture in Sumner. He has been an extension trainee in Story and Worth counties. Married with two daughters Kirsten 4 and Heidi 1, the Hildahl family lives at 305 1st St NE Tripoli.
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Kermit Hildahl
Bremer County
Hildahl
Iowa State University
Ames
Howard County
Elma
Korea
Sumner
Story
Worth
Kirsten
Heidi
1St St. NE
Tripoli
Townwide water mains disinfection planned by mayor
On Thursday June 11 from 4 p m to about 6 a m the town will clean and disinfect water mains using chlorine. The water bell will sound at the start and residents should draw enough water for drinking until 6 a m Friday. Chlorine is harmless but may affect taste. George V Barnes mayor.
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George V. Barnes
Arnold Plattes Note Their 30th Anniversary
Arnold and Erna Platte marked 30 years of marriage with a Saturday dinner in an Oelwein restaurant for their son LeRoy Platte and spouse. A Sunday picnic at Readlyn park hosted relatives from Dike Waterloo Waverly Tripoli Sumner Fairbank and Cedar Falls. Elmer Platte wore yellow and white mum corsages and the cake was Bible-shaped.
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Arnold Platte
LeRoy Platte
Oelwein
Readliyn Park
Dike
Waterloo
Waverly
Tripoli
Sumner
Fairbank
Cedar Falls
Elmer Platte
Paul Matthias
Rudolph Ludwig
Aaron Ludwig
Judy
Erna Westendorf
Campbell Family Brief Home Visit Return from Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell and family came home Sunday from St. Petersburg Florida after a 10 day visit with his mother Mrs Louise Campbell and Mr and Mrs Robert Anderson En route they stopped to see Lt and Mrs Larry Carmichael at Ft Rucker Alabama
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Florida
Robert Campbell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Louise Campbell
Robert Anderson
Larry Carmichael
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Tripoli Teachers Attend State College of Iowa Workshop
Tripoli Community Schools teachers Mrs Helen Bunger Mrs Ruby Servoss and Mrs Bertha Weidler will attend the 15th annual school public relations workshop June 21 22 at the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. The event brings together about 125 leaders from Iowa business farm labor and civic groups and school personnel to discuss education developments under the theme What Goes on in the Classroom an Inside look at the Teacher in Action. Dr Ned Flanders of the University of Michigan will preside. Sponsored by the Iowa State Education Association and SCI G H Holmes SCI director of college relations chairs the workshop.
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Helen Bunger
Ruby Servoss
Bertha Weidler
Tripoli Community Schools
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Ned Flanders
University of Michigan School of Education
Iowa State Education Associaton
Tripoli Commercial Club Dinner Set for Monday
Regular dinner meeting of the Tripoli Commercial Club will be at Town Hall Monday at 7 p m Dinner served by Faith United Church of Christ ladies. Reservations called in to secretary Raymond Bunger before Friday noon. Important meeting as final plans for Tripoli Poultry and Egg days will be reviewed. Last dinner before fall schedule in September.
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Tripoli
Regents refuse approval of Iowa dorm project
The state board of regents rejected the University of Iowa request for a 2.3 million dormitory project and directed a search for cheaper alternatives. Preliminary plans had set spending at 3299 dollars per bedroom, with a goal to cut costs by several hundred dollars per bed.
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State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
University
Mrs Ira Elliott to Move Saturday on Main Street
Mrs Ira Elliott and family will move Saturday from the Art Lau residence on Main Street to the home vacated by the James Holliday family. The Holliday family departed Monday for Arizona. the Bruns property is involved in the transfer.
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Ira Elliott
Art Lau
Main St
James Holliday
Virgil Bruns
Holliday
Arizona
Fink Family Visits. Frank Improves From Pneumonia
Mr and Mrs L H Fink were at the K C Frank home in West Union Friday. Mr Frank entered Palmer Memorial hospital in West Union with pneumonia. He is making satisfactory improvement.
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L. H. Fink
K. C. Frank
West Union
Frank
Palmer Memorial Hospital
13 Bremer County Dairymen to Receive Certificates
Thirteen Bremer County dairymen will receive certificates for outstanding dairy herd production for the 1963 64 year. Dairymen honored completed their Dairy Herd Improvement Association testing in April. Each honored dairyman posted at least 450 pounds of butterfat per cow during the year, placing their herds in the top 40 percent of DHIA tests.
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Bremer County
Gene Vincent
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Iowa DHIA reports record cow milk and fat yields across Iowa
Vincent cites Don Voelker of Iowa State University noting 1 402 herds completed a year of testing with an average 11 362 pounds of milk and 427 pounds of butterfat per cow an all time high for the Dairy Herd Improvement Association in Town. Compared with 1963 state averages of 7 410 pounds and 282 fat, outstanding DHIA records in Bremer county include Neil Fox and Son Sumner 14 285 pounds milk and 534 fat per cow and other producers in Readlyn Waterloo Tripoli Waverly Janesville and Plainfield with milk yields ranging from 10 407 to 14 490 pounds and fat from 451 to 534 pounds.
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Vincent
Don Voelker
Iowa State University
Voelker
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
DHIA
Bremer County
Neil Fox and Son
Sumner
Venice Rathe
Readlyn
Walter Hesse
Waterloo
LaVerne Schmacher
Howard Tegtmeier
Tripoli
Roland Arns
Waverly
Allen Buhr
Leo Orth and Sons
Ralph Albrecht
Wendell Michael
Clyde Sorge
Janesville
Robert Chapin
Dale Swinton
Plainfield
Bankruptcy Auction Of Rock Island Produce Co. Building
Bankruptcy officials announce a sale of the Rock Island Produce Company building in Tripoli and equipment. The 60 by 210 foot building features a full basement. A complete listing of items to be sold will appear in next week's issue.
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Rock Is
Rock Island Produce Company
Tripoli
Tripoli to Disinfect Water System With Chlorine Treatment
Tripoli's Town Council and Mayor Barnes request cooperation as the water system will be cleaned and disinfected starting Thursday June 11 at 4 p.m. and ending Friday at 6 a.m. Residents should stock drinking water in advance due to strong chlorine levels. Mayor Barnes assures no harm from drinking the water and notes the measure is precautionary.
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Tripoli
Barnes
Mrs Ed McNamee flies to Pellston to greet son Paul
Mrs Ed McNamee traveled to Pellston Michigan on Friday to join her son Paul McNamee on his return home Saturday from North Central Airlines where he is employed. He is drafted into military service effective July 1 and will spend the rest of the month with his parents and friends in Des Moines.
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Ed McNamee
Pellston
Mich
Paul McNamee
Paul
North Central Airlines
Des Moines
Goodens Visit Patient at Sumner Hospital
Mr and Mrs Cletus Gooden bour visited Mrs John Schwabe in Colwell Friday evening. She is a patient in Sumner hospital.
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Sumner Hospital
Cletus Goodenbour
John Schwabe
Colwell
Mother Hospitalized In Sumner Hospital
Mrs. Fred Boderman of Sumner, mother of Herb Boderman, is a patient in Sumner hospital.
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Fred Boderman
Sumner
Herb Boderman
Sumner Hospital
Tripoli Red Sox Set for Cedar Valley Opener at Janesville
Tripoli Red Sox travel to Janesville on Sunday to begin the Cedar Valley league season amid a five team setup. Frederickburg visits Allison in the other Sunday game. Allison crushed Tripoli 28 to 1 in Sunday’s opener as Prange pitched and the locals drew ten walks.
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Tripoli Red Sox
Janesville
Fredericksburg
Allison
Denver
Sox
Tripoli
Red Sox
Candidates for Dairy Day Princess at Waverly
Bremer county's 1964 Dairy Day Princess contest lists Bonnie Sue Alcock Tripoli Mardella Brandenburg Waverly Joyce Brickman Sumner Dianne Casady Plainfield Joanne Chandler Plainfield Nancy Droste Waverly Sandra Ellison Waverly Margyne Heiser Waverly Katheryn Herman Readlyn Kathie Steege Waverly Patricia Stout Janesville Kathy Whitney Waverly All candidates will appear in the parade Friday afternoon with the princess announced Friday evening during the concert program.
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Bremer County
Waverly
Bonnie Sue Alcock
Tripoli
Mardella Brandenburg
Waver
Joyce Brickman
Sumner
Dianne Casady
Plainfield
Joanne Chandler
Nancy Droste
Sandra Ellison
Margyne Heiser
Katheryn Herman
Readlyn
Kathie Steege
Patricia Stout
Janesville
Kathy Whitney
Dairy Princess
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South Park
W” Club
C. Buchholzes
Town Hall
United
USDA
United States
Germany
England
Austria
France
Italy
Arnold Plattes
J. M. Haydon
S.C.1
G. H. Holmes
SCI
Tripoli Commercial Club
Bremer County Dairymen
Arthur Jahnke
Frederika
Viola E. Haag
C. F. Hillman
Strumple
Everding
Boeckmann
Gruber
Klenzmann
Prange
RHE
Allison Fredericksburg
Dairy Day Princess
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