Post Office Dedication At Tripoli Draws 200 Attendees
Over 200 people attended Tripoli's new post office dedication held Saturday afternoon. Dignitaries from Waterloo, Frederika, Sumner, Cedar Falls and more joined Ray H. Fink, the local postmaster, along with honored guest Mrs. L Gwen Lemley who unveiled a 50 star flag. Main ceremony featured the Tripoli High School band, open house with refreshments, and a flag-raising by VFW representatives.
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Ray H. Fink
Wm. S. Ogle
Waterloo
E. A. Alcorn
West Union
National Association of Postmaster
Tripoli High School
L. Gwen Lemley
Post Office Department
Special Fourth Drawing Promised by Tripoli Merchants
The Promotion Committee of the Tripoli Commercial Club announces a Special Pre-Fourth Prize Drawing to be held Saturday July 1 at 9 p m near the American Savings Bank corner. Registration tickets go on sale Friday at participating merchants with tickets entered by customers after signing. Winners must be present to win. only one prize per person. prizes include lawn farm and picnic items valued around 140 dollars.
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Tripoli Commercial Club
Themerican Savings Bank
Vorite
Tckets
Rettig
Vincent Party Plans Month at Colorado State University
Mr and Mrs Gene Vincent and Lily will travel to Colorado Colorado State University this Saturday. They plan to stay about a month while Mr Vincent attends university duties.
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Gene Vincent
Lily
Fillins
Col
Ten 4-H Boys From Bremer County Attend State Short Course
Ten 4-H boys and Bremer County Extension staff prepare for the annual State 4-H Boys Short Course at Iowa State University. Delegates include Garry Brandenburg and Ruben Krebs among others, with citizenship interviews and tours of experimental farms planned.
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Iowa State
Gene Vincent
Duane Steinhart
Bremer County
Garry Brandenburg
Townline Cowboys
Ames
Iowa State University
Ruben Kreb
Clinton Burrow
Harold Platte
David Zwanziger
Ronnie Milius
Bob Zander
Mike Pauley
Leo Driscoll
Kenny Chandler
Ice Cream Social at Congregational Church
The Women’s Fellowship hosts a supper and social during a band concert on June 20. Serving starts at 5:30 with maidrites baked beans potato salad ice cream pie cake and coffee. If rain occurs serving moves to the church parlors.
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Women’s Fellowship of the
Congregational Church
Beevers Child Undergoes Surgery At Allen Memorial
Surgical patient Gary Beevers four year old son of Mr and Mrs Ewald Beevers entered Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo Monday. He underwent surgery Tuesday morning and is improving satisfactorily.
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Gary
Ewald Beevers
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Mrs. K A Chapin Returns From Sumner Hospital
Mrs. K. A. Chapin is back at home after a surgical stay at Sumner hospital concluding Monday afternoon.
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K. A. Chapin
Sumner Hospital
Weekend Basketball Scores and Upcoming Games
The Women's League saw Seniors defeat Freshmen Sophomores 29 to 6 and Juniors top Pencil Pushers as June 15 features Seniors versus Pencil Pushers at 7 39 PM and Sophomores against Juniors at 9 PM. Junior League results include Lutheran Creek Rockets and others with Grace Lutheran beating Crane Creek 15 to 4 and coming games listed for June 14 16 and 19 across Douglas Tripoli Boosters Congregational Sumner Readlyn Ford Farmers and more.
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Une
Douglas
Tripoli Boosters
Congregational
Crane Creek
Tripoli
Readlyn
Sumner
Frederika
Ford Farmers
Second Semester Honor Roll Names 26 At Denver School
Ronald Knudson announces honor roll for both the second and fourth nine week periods at Denver Community School. Students earning honors include seniors Betty Ardren Rosalie Fuller Sandra Goodsell Barbara Matthies Daniel Moeller Char lene Saunders Marjorie Saunders Dennis Schumacher. juniors Connie May Diane Meier Marilyn Meier Patricia Platte. sophomores David Droste Julianne Meyne Richard Moeller Marie Platz Miriam Platz. freshman Janice Baier and eighth grader Terry Luloff.
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Denver
Ronald Knudson
Denver Community School
Betty Ardren
Rosalie Fuller
Sandra Goodsell
Barbara Matthies
Daniel Moeller
Charlene Saunders
Marjorie Saunders
Dennis Schumacher
Connie May
Diane Meier
Marilyn Meier
Patricia Platte
David Droste
Julianne Meyne
Richard Moeller
Marie Platz
Miriam Platz
Janice Baier
Terry Luloff
Donald Schmidt
Dean Meier
Diane Schumacher
Judy Canfield
David Daniels
Bonnie Griese
James Leonhart
Evelyn Dorn
Dennis Saltzman
Diane Sage
Wapsie Valley Teachers Win National Science Grants
Superintendent James R Alexander reports two Wapsie Valley teachers received National Science Foundation grants for eight week summer institutes. Stephen Wieland will attend the Physics Institute at Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln from June 19 to August 12 to study modernizing high school science courses. Arthur Finke will attend the Foundation's summer institute at Wisconsin State College River Falls for eight weeks starting this week and ending August 5.
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James R. Alexander
Wapsie Valley Community School
National Science Foundation
Stephen Wieland
Wapsie
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
Nebr
Wieland
Arthur Finke
Wapsie Valley
Wisconsin State College
River Falls
Wis
Finke
Shields to Work at Publishing House This Summer
Robert W. Shields writes from Kennewick Washington that he and his family are moving to 706 South Hartford Street. He will work this summer for R Wallace Pischels, yearbook publishers, Court Street Paseo Washington. Next fall he resumes teaching English and the high school yearbook class at Kennewick Senior High. The 1961 yearbook he helped complete was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top 50 journalism projects in the United States sponsored by the Newspaper Fund Inc.
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Robert W. Shields
Kennewick Senior High School
South
Hartford Street
Kennewick
Washington
R. Wallace Pischel’s
Court St
Paseo
Wash
Kennewick Senior High
Wall Street Journal
New York
United States
Newspaper Fund, Inc
Bremer County Dairy Princess Contest Planned for Readlyn
Bremer County Dairy Promotion Committee announced a county Dairy Princess contest to be judged and crowned during the Readlyn Picnic on June 21. Readlyn Commercial Club offers cash prizes, with the winner advancing to the Iowa Dairy Princess Contest in Cedar Rapids and eligible for a $250 college scholarship. Applicants must be Bremer county residents 18 to 23 on Oct 1, 1961, single, high school graduate, and connected to a dairy-farming family.
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Bremer County
Readlyn
Bremer County Dairy Promotion Committee
Readlyn Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Dairy Council
Tripoli Red Sox Aim For First Win at Fredericksburg
The Tripoli Red Sox travel to Fredericksburg on Sunday seeking their first league victory after three straight losses. They fell 5-1 to Sumner as the offense stalled until late, with Readlyn and Waverly each knocking in one run in earlier losses.
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Tripoli Red Sox
Fredericksburg
Sox
Readlyn_ ball club
Waverly
Sumner
Drivers Exam Team Visits at Tripoli Saturday Morning
An Iowa Highway Patrol examination team will be at Tripoli Town Hall on Saturday June 17 from 8 30 a m to noon for renewals new licenses and student permits. The team will not return until Saturday July 15.
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Tripoli
The
Iowa Highway Patrol
Tripoli Town Hall
Commercial Club To Meet Next Monday June 19
Regular meeting of the Tripoli Commercial Club will be Monday in the Town Hall starting at 8 p.m. There will be no dinner served before the meeting. This will be the last formal meeting until September. Members urged to attend as promotion plans will be discussed. The Poultry and Egg Days committee will have a tentative schedule of events set.
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Commercial Club
Tripoli Commercial Club
Poultry and Egg Days
Voluntary Car Safety Check Planned for Tripoli Saturday
The Tri Poli Commercial Club sponsors a courtesy voluntary safety check in Tripoli on Saturday June 17 from 9 to 12 and 7 to 9. Main Street will host two lanes from St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church. Police and Highway Patrol assist. A Safety Checked sticker will mark cars found in safe condition.
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Tripoli
Main Street
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tripoli Commercial Club
Highway Patrol
Dennis Olejniczak Among 83 Spring Letterwinners at TC
Dennis Olejniczak of Tripoli was among 83 spring athletic letterwinners at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Dr J H Witham said letters went to 23 in track 17 in baseball six in tennis and five in golf with 17 track and 15 baseball freshmen also announced. Dennis earned a baseball letter and completed his four years with 391 graduates earning a bachelor of arts degree.
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Dennis Olejniczak
Ed Olejniczak
Tripoli
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
J. H. Witham
Dennis
University President to Deliver Sunday Sermon
Dr. Wm Jamieson president of Dubuque University will deliver the sermon at the Congregational church Sunday morning.
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Wm. Jamieson
Dubuque University
Congregational Church
Weather observer notes warm spell and gentle week
Local observer J M Haydon records a warm week with highs near 90 degrees and nights around 60. Rainfall totals 0.37 inches. corn beans hay and strawberries are in full swing as gardens bloom. Daily highs ranged from 62 to 68 with cooling evenings.
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J. M. Haydon
Summer Recreation Program Starts Monday in Tripoli
The Tripoli Community School district opens an eight week summer program Monday June 19 under adults Richard Opheim Jean Ambrose with Laura Hurmence and Connie Schmidt assisting Opheim leads recreation including baseball badminton volleyball hikes and chaperones the swimming group for ages 8 to 16 Ambrose heads crafts and arts The first three week schedule runs through Friday with swimming lessons crafts and park recreation arranged each day at South and North parks and grade school locations
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Tripoli Community
Richard Opheim
Jean Ambrose
Laura Hurmence
Connie Schmidt
Waverly Pool
South Park
North Park
Denver Legion elects new Post officers led by Henry Abbas Jr
Henry Abbas Jr. was named commander of American Legion Post in Denver at their annual officers meeting Monday evening. Werner J. Moehling was chosen as vice commander along with August Wille adjutant Edward L. Meade finance officer Harold J. Kurtt sergeant at arms Louis Hoppenworth historian Arthur Sasmann service officer and Paul Koepke chaplain.
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American Legion Post
Denver
Henry Abbas Jr
Werner J. Moehling
August Wille
Edward L. Meade
Harold J. Kurtt
Louis Hoppenworth
Arthur Sasmann
Paul Koepke
June Dairy Month in Iowa Reaches 25th Silver Anniversary
Iowa marks the 25th annual June Dairy Month highlighting the dairy industry's nation leading role in economy and health. The state reports 92 000 dairy farms with 830 000 milk cows producing about seven percent of cash farm income from milk and related sales while beef from dairy herds accounts for about 35 percent of state beef.
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America
Iowa
Fewer Cows Higher Output Across Town Dairy Farms
Thirty years ago Town had 184,660 farms with 1,218,000 dairy cows averaging 6.6 per farm. Today exactly half as many farms retain dairy cattle as part of operations, changing the dairy farming landscape.
Record-keeping boosts dairy herd production confirms DHIA data
Long-term DHIA comparisons show herds with careful record-keeping outperform state averages in cows per herd, milk per cow, and butterfat. In Iowa 1961 DHIA herds averaged 29 cows per herd vs nine statewide, with 10 520 pounds milk per cow vs 7000 statewide and 401 pounds butterfat vs 259. Production testing yields $2 65 return per feed dollar and $233 income over feed costs per cow.
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Donald Voelker
Robert Fincham
Wallace Taylor
Iowa State
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Denver School
Dairy Promotion Council
William Mueller
Hartley Seydel
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Dalton Meyer
Ralph Albrecht
Art Rieckenburg
Jack Reed
Lorence Platte
Louis H. Warnke
Fairbank
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