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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
4
Ford dealer touts high turnover with a wide selection of late model used cars. They claim rock bottom prices and low reliance on used car profits to sustain business, urging customers to take advantage of the influx of trade-ins and large inventory.
Wanted ads seek an upholstering repair and refinishing worker for furniture duties. Jodie Haydon lists phone 92-1 in Tripoli. Also seeking bean pickers to start around July 15, with in-person replies to Marvin Redies at a rural junction 93 and 63, one mile north and east.
A series of thank you notes from Mrs. Will H. Biermann Mrs. Walter Steward Jr and Julie Ann and Suzanne Niemeyer convey appreciation for cards gifts flowers and visits during hospitalization and after returning home Special mentions go to Rev and Mrs Puhlmann for their visits and prayers expressing lasting gratitude
Twelve Bremer County 4-H clubs send delegates to the State 4-H Boys Short Course at Iowa State College Ames June 25 27. Representing the county are Larry Strottman Readlyn Maxfield Rangers Eugene Knoploh Sumner Dayton Dodgers Arthur Beaker Jr Plainfield Polk Hustlers Lloyd Scharnhorst Waverly Douglas Rockets George Maloy Co La Pi Ca Waverly Ronald Orth Waverly Washington Herdsmen Donald Juhl Waverly Townline Cowboys Mark Chapin Janesville Jackson Beavers Lauren Milius Denver Maxfield Rangers Herbert Krebs Sumner County Line Ronald Lohmann Tripoli Tripoli Boosters Daryl Pals Sumner Leroy Gophers Roger Volker Sumner Dayton Dodgers. They are joined by Eugene Frank youth assistant and Fred Thoms Waverly club leader. Eugene Knoploh will usher.
The Iowa Taxpayer's Association reports a slight decline in county welfare costs for 1955. External care costs dropped from 24,831 in 1954 to 22,209 in 1955, with per person cost falling from 1.31 to 1.18. County home operating cost was 13,925 for 1955, housing an average of 52 inmates, with average weekly inmate cost at 5.15 versus 5.75 in the prior three years.
Army Specialists Third Class Virgil D. Buhr and Ronald W. Krueger, both Denver natives, recently joined a day long field training exercise with the 10th Infantry Division's 85th Regiment in Bamberg Germany. Buhr, 20, and Krueger, 22, entered service in May 1955 arriving overseas in November. Buhr is the son of Geo Buhr Route 1 and graduated Denver High School in 1954. Krueger is the son of Otto P. Krueger and a 1951 Denver High School graduate who previously worked for the Borden Co in Waterloo.
Applications are now being accepted for Conservation Officers Candidate's school to be held in Des Moines later this summer or early fall. Appointment in both fish and game and lands and waters divisions will follow preliminary examinations. Applicants must be 25 to 38 years old and residents of Iowa for two years prior to the exam with other physical requirements. Write to State Conservation Commission, East 7th and Court Ave. Des Moines for forms.
Legal aged couples from Waverly include Arthur L Geweke and Norma J Ebert both of Waverly Ern est Juel Rod age 50 of Waverly and Irma M Schwake 46 of Waverly Everett H Meier 22 of Frederika and Chrystal Meyer 20 of Sumner James E Borgen 21 of Excelsior Minn and Elizabeth E Mueller 22 of Waverly.
County Recorder John Sperry announced license increases effective July 4. Fishing licenses rise from 1.50 to 2 dollars, hunting licenses from 1.50 to 2, and combined fishing and hunting licenses from 2.50 to 3.50. Sperry reminded residents about the new rates and related notices.
The notice states that all men aged sixteen years and older must obtain a license after July 4. It emphasizes compliance and outlines the post Fourth of July licensing requirement for eligible individuals.
Crosby, formerly of Albi, becomes music instructor at Readlyn school. He succeeds David, who is in the army at Fort Ning Ga. Ben assists.
Richard Semler of Tripoli High announces resignation from his teaching post. The longtime educator, who served as manager of Black Appliance Falls, steps down after a spring term and years of service.
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