Tripoli Red Sox Drill Oran In 18 To 1 Rout
Tripoli Red Sox hammered Oran 18 to 1 in a Sunday Cedar Valley league game. Pooch started for Tripoli with Dunkerton prospect Duea finishing as the reliever. The hot afternoon saw 16 Tripoli players, 5-run first inning, 9 walks by Oran, and no Tripoli errors.
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Tripoli Red Sox
Oran
Tripoli
Red Sox
Smith
Walter Beisner
Pooch
Rundle
Heineman
Duea
Dunkerton
Waverly
Waverly Bears
Waverly Sunai
Big Racing Meet Sunday Evening On Waverly Track
An outstanding program of run ning races is set for Sunday evening at the Waverly fairgrounds. Walter Sommer of the Iowa Thoroughbred Racing Association says the meet should attract strong entries from a wide area. Tripoli fans plan to attend after a Sunday afternoon baseball game and many will bring picnic dinners. Races start at 7 o clock with steel football bleachers moved to a vantage point near start and finish. Summer has three horses entered in the meet.
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Waverly Fairgrounds
Walter Sommer
Iowa Thoroughbred Racing Association
Tripoli Man
Tripoli
Waverly
John Tegtmeier Funeral Services Held in Sumner
Funeral services for John Tegtmeier 94 eldest Sumner resident were heldFriday afternoon at St John American Lutheran church with burial in the Lutheran cemetery Rev John Mohr officiating He was born Sept 19 1861 son of Mr and Mrs August Tegtmeier married Clara Plagens Feb 8 1900 and lived in Sumner Survived by three sons Werner Davenport Leslie and Arthur and four daughters Zatha Mrs Harry Buentzow Mrs Clarence Schnor Sumner and Mrs Roland Gray Fay ette He was preceded by his wife daughter Ida and two sons Herman and Walter.
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Sumner
John Tegtmeier
St. John American Lutheran Church
John Mohr
August Tegtmeier
Clara Plagens
Tripoli
Werner
Davenport
Leslie
Arthur
Zatha
Harry Buenzow
Clarence Schnor
Roland Gray
Fayette
Ida
Herman
Walter
Readlyn Host To Kid's Fish Day Coming Sunday
Readlyn Sportsmen's Club sponsors a Kid's Fish Day at the pond two and a quarter miles west of Readlyn and a quarter mile north. Prizes will be awarded for fishing from 1 30 p m to 4 p m. Open to youngsters up to 15. Over 5 000 bull heads placed by the State Conservation Commission promise strong angling. A refreshment stand will be on site.
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Readlyn
State Conservation Commission
Last Rites For Mrs Driscoll At Sumner
Services for Mrs Elizabeth Driscoll 93 were held Friday at Berg Chapel. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery southeast of Sumner. She died Wednesday at Fayette County Home where she had lived since 1947. She was born November 29 1862 near Sumner. Surviving: son Newton Indianapolis and two grandchildren. Husband died in 1948.
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Sumner
Elizabeth Driscoll
Berg Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
E. M. Miller
Driscoll
Fayette County
John Fortsch
Newton
Indianapolis
Ind
Jury to Report for June 27 Duty in Waverly Court
The trial jurors for the March 1955 term are to report for jury duty on Monday June 27 at 10 a.m. in the Court House at Waverly.
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Court House
Waverly
Banys Win Dairy Diet Derby at Bremer County
Mr and Mrs Oscar Bany of Tripoli won the Dairy Diet contest sponsored by the Bremer County Dairy Council finishing with record weight losses. Oscar Bany shed 32 pounds and Mrs Bany lost 174 pounds in four weeks among 13 contestants. They will compete in the State Dairy Festival June 29 at Waverly. Each received a $25 prize after official weighing at Tripoli Creamery.
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Oscar Bany
Tripoli
Bremer County Dairy Council
Waverly
Mr. Bany
Mrs. Bany
Tripoli Carnival Dates Set for July 25 and 26
The Tripoli Commercial Club announced the annual street carnival will run Monday and Tuesday July 25 and 26. The club met at Town hall after a dinner by the Congregational church Women’s Fellowship, with about 25 members present. Harry Buhr presented a film titled American Harvest.
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Tripoli
Sumner and Tripoli in tight Cedar Valley title chase
In Sunday Cedar Valley league games Sumner edged Readlyn 5 to 4 and Waverly defeated Denver 16 to 7. Sumner and Readlyn both held early leads as Sumner narrowed the gap. Waverly and Denver traded blows with Waverly pulling away late for the win.
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Sumner
Tripoli
Readlyn
Waverly
Denver
Chezik
Siegfried
Miller
Uhl
Lehmkuhl
Keder
Morgan
Holm
Wason
Gielau
Bitterley
Willard
L. Pet. Tripoli
Waverly Weeen
Oran
Tripoli Teen Driving Club Sets Friday Meeting
The Tri poli Teenage Driving club plans a June meeting Friday night June 24 at 7 45 at the Town hall. Members are urged to attend bring dues and post ideas for a nickname for the club.
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Tripoli
Bremer County Extension Council elects members
Elections completed in each township to elect a Bremer County Agricultural Extension Council member. Floyd Andre appoints Loey Vosseller temporary chairman and Mrs. Donald Zipse temporary secretary. Council members listed include Herald Burns Kenneth Werner Gordon Shipman Lucy Wosseller Mrs. Ethel Zipse Ralph Carpenter Kenneth Sowers Ernest Knoploh Wendell Michael Mrs. Erwin Kirchhoff Vernon Wikner A. J. Loveland Elmer Schweer and Lloyd Mowatt.
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Bremer County Agricultural Extension Council
Floyd Andre
Loey Vosseller
Donald Zipse
Herald Burns
Kenneth Werner
Gordon Shipman
Lucy Wosseller
Ethel Zipse
Ralph Carpenter
Kenneth Sowers
Ernest Knoploh
Wendell Michael
Erwin Kirchhoff
Vernon Wikner
A. J. Loveland
Elmer Schweer
Lloyd Mowatt
Mrs Anna Slack Returns Home After Surgery
Mrs Anna Slack returned home Monday morning from Sumner Community Hospital where she underwent surgery last week Tuesday. Her condition is greatly improved.
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Anna Slack
Sumner Community Hospital
Stanley Klemp Discharged From Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Stanley Klemp returned home Friday from Scholtz Memorial hospital in Waterloo after a two week stay.
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Stanley Klemp
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Buhr Attends Girls State Banquet in Cedar Falls
Carolyn Buhr attended the Girls State banquet held Saturday evening at Cedar Falls, marking a formal state event with local attendance.
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Carolyn Buhr
Cedar Falls
Lots Of Fireworks But Little Rain To Quell Dreuth Threat
The sky stayed overcast with thunder rumblings but rain did not arrive as hoped. Limited county showers occurred, but most areas remained dry and rain is still needed. Local observer E. C. Biermann notes daily highs and lows for June 15 to 21, with temperatures ranging from 79 to 90 degrees and nightly lows from 52 to 61.
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E. C. Biermann
Drinking Way Into County Jail Seems to Be On Increase
The Bremer county jail is becoming busier as intoxication arrests rise. By mid 1955 there were 15 intoxication and 10 DWI arrests, totaling 25, up from 18 a year earlier. Sheriff logs show jailings climbed from 30 in 1954 to 115 in that year, with 1918 and 1919 recording far fewer.
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Bremer County
Harley Ehlert
Bremer
Iowa
Bremer County Cancer Fund Drive totals $4262.91
Norman Fintel reports the 1955 Bremer county cancer fund-raising drive raised $4,262.91. The final report lists town by town contributions from Waverly Community Chest to individual donors and special gifts, with amounts ranging from $5 to $1,500 across 20 locations.
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Bremer County
Norman Fintel
Waverly
Community Chest
Plainfield
Alvin Lynes
Frederika
Hazel Bowers
Tripoli
Sumner
Otto Busching
Janesville
Charles Koepke
Denver
Dorothy Degelau
Readlyn
Ethel Rommel
Polk
James Good
Douglas
Stanley Bockhaus
James Kerr
Leroy
Albert Rieck
Orville Herman
Lafayette
Gerald Harrington
Warren
Dale Buchholz
Dayton
August Seehase
Washington
W. W. Moeller
Jackson
Congregational Women Sponsor Supper Tuesday at Town Park
The Congregational Women's Fellowship will sponsor a supper on Tuesday evening June 28 at the Town park. Choices include sandwiches hot dish pie ice cream and coffee. Serving starts at 5 30 and runs during the band concert. If it rains the event moves to the Congregational church.
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Congregational Women’s Fellowship
Congregational Church
Pauline Michael Weds Arthur Bunger in Waterloo
Announcement details the marriage of Pauline Michael from Waterloo to Arthur Bunger of Tripoli. The ceremony occurred Sunday June 12 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waterloo with Dr. G E Melchert officiating and attendants Mr and Mrs Robert Steward of Cedar Heights.
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Arthur Bunger
Tripoli
Pauline Michael
Waterloo
Trinity Lutheran Church, Waterloo
G. E. Melchert
Robert Steward
Cedar Heights
Colburn Enrolls In Des Moines Secretarial Program
Cheryl Colburn daughter of Mrs Kathryn Colburn of Tripoli has enrolled at the American Institute of Business Des Moines according to E O Fenton school president Miss Colburn a graduate of Tripoli High School is taking the junior secretarial course.
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Cheryl Colburn
Kathryn Colburn
Tripoli
American Institue of Business
Des Moines
E. O. Fenton
Miss Colburn
Tripoli High School
New Egg Law Could Boost Bremer County Egg Income
Bremer county egg producers may gain thousands of dollars under a new Iowa egg grading law effective July 1. Extension Director Dick Mathews says the law rewards well graded eggs, raising demand and prices for compliant co operatives and all Iowa producers through improved inspection and labeling.
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Iowa
Bremer County
Dick Mathews
Waverly
Mathews
Meier Family Reunion Held at Denver Town Park
In Denver Town Park a Meier family reunion drew about 60 relatives to a noon picnic. A dinner program was led by committee members Eugene Meier Iowa City Theodore Diereks Readlyn Fred Meier Waterloo and Reuben Widdel Waverly. Committees for next year were named with Schmidt Readlyn Bonarden Readlyn Harvey Meier Denver and Harold Meier Readlyn.
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Denver
Meier
Eugene Meier
Iowa City
Theodore Diereks
Readlyn
Fred Meier
Waterloo
Reuben Widdel
Waverly
Theodore Schmidt Jr
Virgil Bonarden
Harvey Meier
Harold Meier
Mrs Lawrence Block Improves After Hospital Stay
Mrs Lawrence Block returned home from Sumner Community hospital Sunday and is improving in her recovery.
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Lawrence Block
Sumner Community Hospital
Patient Carl Schwemm at Rochester Methodist Hospital
In Rochester Minnesota Carl Schwemm remains a patient at Methodist hospital Rochester since last Wednesday.
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Rochester Hospital
Carl Schwemm
Methodist Hospital
Rochester, Minn
450 Tots Enjoy Annual Fish Day Held Here Sunday
The Wapsie Sportsmen's Club hosted Kid's Fish Day at Tot's Lake with about 1,500 attendees and 450 young anglers. About 2,000 bullheads were caught between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Prizes went to multiple youths for longest and shortest fish, most fish, and special trophies, with winners from Tripoli and other towns.
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Tot’s Lake
The
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club of
Tripoli
Duane Bremer
Lloyd Bergmann
Dennis Christopher
Waterloo
James Rathe
Dixon Bunger
Tommy Schultz
Lowell Fruedenberg
Parkers Prairie
Minn
David Bennett
Davenport
Woodrow Klemp
Denver
Harry Buhr
Larry Bunger
William Goetz
E. F. Puhlmann
Becky Sue Bockhaus
Frederika
Nancy Buhr
Cheryl Bunger
Susan Halie
Jane Baumgartner
Russel Beevers
Duane Schumacher
Nashua
Ronnie Rathbone
Fredericksburg
Leonard Helms
GBCC Meeting Set for Plainfield June 27 at Eclipse Lumber
The Greater Bremer County Committee invites all interested persons to attend a meeting in Plainfield on Monday night June 27 at Eclipse Lumber Co. The event is open to the public and supporters are urged to join.
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Greater Bremer County
Eclipse Lumber Co
Plainfield
Gatchs and Marvin Attend Northeast Iowa Congregational Meeting
Rev and Mrs Lester Gatch and Marvin attended the Northeast Iowa Association of Congregational Churches gathering in Meringor Monday.
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Lester Gatch
Marvin
Northeast Iowa Association of Congregational Churches
Merregor
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Auerbrei
Atennes
Youngblut
Moeller
Small
Ammeyer
Cf. Olm
D. Smith
P Ray Fink
Widgier
Nicklaus
Bennett
Cf Ock
B. Rundle
Rf Dohrmann
Ray A
See Rink
Poock
D. Smith Oran Klieman
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Eoa
Hageman
Knudson
Mrs. Dricoll
Bremer Dairy Diet
Extension Council
JoAnn Davis
Duane
Paul Bremer
Miss Davis
Parker Davis
AIB
Dennis
Jimmie
Denver Town Park
Dick Thompson
Jack McSweeney
Sweet Marsh
Conservation Commission
GBCC
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