Frederika Area Sees Only Contest for School Board Posts
In Frederika one contest forms for two director seats with Harold O Connell Wm Duenow and James Kerr as candidates. Tripoli candidates Alfred Rieck and W H Bockhat seek reelection. Denver nominates LaVern Kurtz for director and Velma Doepke for treasurer. Readlyn will use write ins as no nominations were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Frederika
Harold O'Connell
Wm. Duenow
James Kerr
Arlie Rausch
Reorganized Community District
Alfred Rieck
W. H. Bockhat
Denver
LaVern Kurtz
Velma Doepke
Readlyn
S. E. Gehrke
E. Venzke
Readlyn Mutual Insurance reports large 1955 gain
Readlyn Mutual Insurance association announced a gain of over two million dollars in force for 1955. Insurance in force on January 1 rose to 40,663,295, with receipts of 245,321.68 and disbursements of 116,966 creating a balance of 128,354.78. An emergency fund of 100,000 was noted. In the election of officers John Hesse Louis Widdel and A H Matthias were reelected directors. officers cited were F W Pouck president Heese vice president Matthias secretary and Widdel treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn Mutual Insurance Association
John Hesse
Louis Widdel
A. H. Matthias
F. W. Pouck
Heese
Matthias
Widdel
Memorial Service Planned At Grace Church For Mrs Hanff
Funeral services for Mrs. E A Hanff 64 of Wykoff Minnesota were held at Immanuel Lutheran Wykoff with Rev W J Pilgrim and Rev Alvin H Fritschel. A memorial service at Grace Lutheran church will be held tonight at 8 with obituary and sermon by tape recording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
E. A. Hanff
Wykoff
Minn
Martha Weger
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. J. Pilgrim
Spring Valley
Alvin H. Fritschel
Preston
Alfred H. Ewald
St. Paul
Minnesota
American Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran
Gretchen
Herman P. Senft
Marie
George Bogas
Dubuque
Veronica
Norbert Augst
Clara City
Fred Frase
Vernon Wikner
August Fredrichs
William F. Goetz
Tripoli
Johanna Jungblut
Kurt Weltner
Waverly
Arnold Angus
Waterloo
Fritschel
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
E. A. Selck
Leland Edward
Rman Hagenow
Clarence Waskownd
Art Borcherding
Sumner
Anfy
Grace Luran Church
Frit‘chel
Public card party at Frederika School Friday
The Parent-Teach club of Frederika School hosts a public card party Friday evening with admission 35 cents. Lunch will be served. Also, Mr and Mrs Elmer Gaede visited Friday evening at the George Lewis home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TS Club
Frederika School
Ymn
Mrs. Elmer Gaede Visted
George Lewis
Funeral services held for Christoph Drape lifetime resident
Funeral services were conducted for Christoph Drape 83 at Rettig Funeral Home and St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church. He died Sunday after a prolonged illness and was buried in St. John's Cemetery. Survivors include five sons, three daughters, 16 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Preconditions and family details trace back to Douglas township and German immigrant roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christoph Drape
Rettig Funeral Home
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Mr. Drape
St. John’s Cemetery
Douglas Township
Raymond Buchholz
Robert Drape
Duane Drape
Allen Drape
Dale Drape
Kenneth Latwesen
Johann Heinrich
Marie Sophie Schuette Drape
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Maxfield Township
G. Hagamann
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
J. Rein
Henry
Guttenberg
Theodore
Ruben
Erwin
Waverly
Paul
Waterloo
Theodore Nevermann
Long Beach
Calif
Fred Buchholz
Lloyd Peters
Fred
William
Christian
Sophie Biermann
Frederika appoints citizen panel on school reorganization
Frederika officials named a citizen committee to study school reorganization. Members include Harold Ager Hazel Bowers August Buckendahl William Burrow Mrs Keith Carroll Ray Dirksen William Heffernan Mrs James Kerr Harold Mowatt Herman Mueller Frederic Rewoldt Douglas Sowers and Emil Tonn.
Young People Plan Safety Belt Sale At Meeting Here
At the regular monthly business meeting of Tri poli Farm Bureau Young People they decided to sell safety belts as part of their safety program this year. The next Young People's meeting is tentatively set for Saturday evening March 24, postponed one week due to the State Assembly in Ames on March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Farm Bureau
Young Peoples
State Assembly
Ames
Beisners Visit Roxie in Iowa City Sunday
Mr and Mrs Walter Beisner spent Sunday with their daughter Roxie Beisner in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Beisner
Roxie Beisner
Iowa City
Honor Roll Pupils Named at Tripoli Public Schools
Supt. E R Shriver announced 77 pupils earned a B average for the first six weeks of the second semester at Tripoli Public Schools. Forty high school and 37 grade school students are listed across all grades, with numerous seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen and middle grades named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
E. R. Shriver
Coretta Bitterman
Shirley Blasberg
Ruth Block
Lou Ann Everding
Fred Mallie
Betty Lou Nerge
Martyn Oltrogge
Judy Schlichting
Phil Snyder
Larry Vo
Melvin Bull
Elaine Bick
Carol Heinemann
Gerald Mohling
Shirley Mohling
Karen Pinch
Kathryn Rieck
Margaret Schwemm
Eloise Ratliff
Jean Ambrose
Kay Barry
Mary Bremer
Louise Hoppenworth
Nadine Schnurstein
LaJean Slack
Mark Wikner
Douglas Bell
Marilyn Buchholz
Jeannine Cole
Donald Dohr
Marlys Kelsey
Dennis Wiblishouser
Marshal Wilharm
Grace Ann Gaffey to Wed May 26 to Maynard Coach
Engagement of Grace Ann Gaffey, Tripoli High School English teacher, to Melvin Kupferschmid of Maynard announced by her mother Mrs. Dorothy Gaffey Waterloo. A May 26 wedding is planned. Gaffey is ISTC Cedar Falls alumna. Kupferschmid, ISTC graduate with a master’s from Western Illinois and summer work at Drake. He is Maynard High principal and girls basketball coach, state champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ann Gaffey
Tripoli High School
Melvin Kupferschmid
Maynard
Dorothy Gaffey
Waterloo
Miss Gaffey
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Kupferschmid
ISTC
Western Illinois State College
Macomb
Drake University
Des Moines
Samuel Kupferschmid
Mediapolis
Maynard High School
Eight From Here At Discussion Meeting For Church Merger
Eight persons from Tripoli attended a discussion meeting Sunday at New Hampton on the national merger of Congregational and Evangelical and Reformed churches. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mallie, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Les Kelsey, the Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Gatch, E. L. Dancer, Harlan Johnson, Willard Holm, Mrs. E. F. Puhlmann, Paul Rettig and Mrs. Harry Heine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
New Hampton
Alfred Mallie
Kenneth Chapin
Les Kelsey
L. E. Gatch
E. L. Dancer
Harlan Johnson
Willard Holm
E. F. Puhlmann
Paul Rettig
Harry Heine
Roxie Beisner Named At SUI Smarty Party Honor
In Iowa City 550 State University of Iowa coeds with a B average or better for the first semester are invited to a Smarty Party luncheon at Iowa Memorial Union Roxie Beisner of Tripoli daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Beisner is among those invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Roxie Beisner
Tripoli
Walter Beisner
Two Drivers Fined in Mayor's Court on Traffic Charges
Two persons appeared before Mayor Rudolph Piegers on traffic charges. Carroll Busch of Waverly was fined $5 and $1.50 costs for careless driving. Roger Kimbal of Tripoli was fined $10 and $1.50 costs for careless driving and driving over a town water hose. Busch information filed by Town Marshal Ed Bany and Kimbal by Assistant Marshal Paul Kuethe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Piegers
Carroll Busch
Waverly
Roger Kimbal
Tripoli
Busch
Ed Bany
Kimbal
Paul Kuethe
Readlyn Honors Seven Students for Second Six Weeks
Readlyn High School reports seven students on the honor roll for the first six weeks of the second semester. Seniors Edna Bast Robert Meyerhoff Joyce Piehl Herman Rinkloff. Juniors Diane Buhr Mary Huebner Shirley Lobeck Donald Meyerhoff Janice Schuldt. Sophomores Gloria Poock Mary Steinbronn Carol Tiedt. Freshmen Otto Bast Karen Hagenow Sharon Leistikow Myrna Lockard Larry Oltrogge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Readlyn High School
Edna Bast
Robert Meyerhoff
Joyce Piehl
Herman Rinkloff
Diane Buhr
Mary Huebner
Shirley Lobeck
Donald Meyerhoff
Janice Schuldt
Gloria Poock
Mary Steinbronn
Carol Tiedt
Otto Bast
Karen Hagenow
Sharon Leistikow
Myrna Lockard
Larry Oltrogge
Two Men Leaving Monday for Military Induction
Don Bremer of Tripoli and Allen Drape of Waverly prepare to enter the armed forces Monday as Bremer county's quota. Claude Carroll of Frederika is appointed to the county draft board, replacing resigning John de Neuf of Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bremer
Tripoli
Armed Forces
Bremer County
Allen Drape
Waverly
Claude Carroll
Frederika
John de Neuf
E R Women’s Guild to Host Family Dinner Friday Night
The Women's Guild of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church plans a Friday family dinner. Members should bring a covered dish and utensils and coffee will be served. A film You Time and Cancer will be shown at the next meeting on March 15 at 1 30 with coffee hour to follow. hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Guild of
St. Peter’s
Clarence Bahlmann
John Bahlmann
L. K. Bell
Erich Poock
American Legion Auxiliary to Meet March 13
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday evening March 13 at 8 in the Town hall. Hostesses for the gathering are Ina Benarden Caroline Tonne and Anna Slack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ina Benarden
Caroline Tonne
Anna Slack
Bergmanns Honor 35th Wedding Anniversary Hosts
Mr and Mrs F W Bergmann were Sunday supper and evening guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Brandt in Waverly to honor their 35th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bergmann
Henry Brandt
Waverly
Working Committees Of Commercial Club Appointed By Board
The Tripoli Commercial Club executive board met at the Town Hall and named working committees for 1956 57. Members include Membership led by LeLand Bergmann and Leonard Siegel. Finance and Auditing led by E H Stehn. Program with multiple monthly chairmen. Credentials Rudolph Piegers. Decorations Herold Miller. Flowers G R Rettig. Park E H Kuker. Signs Ed Tegtmeier. Publicity W A Buckley. Fly and Rat Control L J Magnall. Reception Club officers. Road Harry Buhr. Promotion Paul Voetmann. Greater Bremer County reps Kuker and Block. Community Development Elmer Wilharm with several associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tripoli Commercial Club
LeLand Bergmann
Leonard Siegel
F. F. Carstensen
C. J. Kimbal
E. H. Stehn
F. J. Biesterfelt
Ray Block
L. J. Magnall
Robert Dreyer
Alfred Rieck
Paul Voetmann
FE. H. Stehn
E. R. Shriver
Robert Ambrose
L. H. Fink
Rudolph Piegers
P. L. Crittenden
Herold Miller
William Hurmence
Walter Steward
Gordon Niemeyer
Flowers
G. R. Rettig
Lavern Schnurstein
Park
E. H. Kuker
Lavern Tegtmeier
Leo Towne
Ray Bunger
Ed Tegtmeier
Robert Kuhrt
Wm. Schlichting
W. A. Buckley
Wm. F. Goetz
S. A. Maurer
Dr. L. J. Magnall
Leslie Dettmer
Harry Buhr
Wm. A. Kuker
K. J. Kuhrt
Harry Juel
William A. Buckley
Greater Bremer
Elmer Wilharm
L. E. Gatch
Fred Fink
Adult Farmers Seek Talk on Soil Fertility in Ames
The Adult Farmers Evening School will present a Monday night program on soil fertility with an Extension service representative from Ames. He will cover fertilizer carryover, application recommendations, and how to obtain an accurate soil sample for testing. Eighteen farmers attended last Monday. Elmer Schnadt spoke on electric ventilation installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adult Farmers Evening School
Extension Service
Ames
Elmer Schnadt
Frese Family Honored at Farewell Dinner
Mr and Mrs Jack Frese and John were honored Sunday evening at a farewell dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs G R Rettig and Richard. Also present were Mr and Mrs Frese and John Alice Krueger Mr and Mrs Lorenz Bunger Larry and Lorri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frese
John
G. R. Rettig
Richard
Frese
Alice Krueger
Lorenz Bunger
Larry
Lorri
Unusual Notice Highlights Bremer County Mutual Meeting
A Bremer County Mutual Insurance 81st annual meeting is set for Saturday at 1 30 p m in Tripoli Town hall. The story recalls the 1876 first annual meeting and outlines early policies, officers and township representatives with a call for all policy holders to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leader
Bremer County Mutual Insurance Association
Tripoli
Bremer County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Israel Freeman
Walther
Freeman
W. H. Wobbeking
Coddington Seeks GOP Nomination For County Attorney
Waverly attorney James W. Coddington announced his bid for re election as Bremer county attorney on the Republican ticket in the June primaries. He has practiced six years in Bremer county and since 1952 has been with Coddington Hemingway. He is finishing his first term, earned a 1950 JD from the State University of Iowa, is a World War II veteran with the 8th Air Force, and is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Coddington
Waverly
Coddington
Bremer County
Richard M. Hemingway
Coddington & Hemingway
State University of Iowa
8Th Air Force
Tripoli Sees Early Spring Amid Snowy Setback
Tripoli and nearby areas enjoyed a hint of spring with readings reaching 55 degrees but snow and sleet interrupted the mood. The week brought mild days, fog and drizzle, and a late-season wintry end as temperatures fluctuated from 18 to 55 degrees over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
E. C. Biermann
Truck Plates Arrive at County Treasurer Office
Truck plates have arrived at county treasurer office in Waverly. Bring your registration when you come to pick them up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Treasurer’s Office
Waverly
Election Details For New Tripoli District
A special school election will be held Monday April 16 to elect five directors and a treasurer for the newly formed Tripoli Community School district. Directors terms run to cover up to the third regular election with a two year treasurer term starting July 1 1956. Nomination papers are available March 17 with a filing deadline noon April 6. Voters will cast ballots at Tripoli Town Hall from noon to 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Community
Tripoli Community School District
Tripoli Town Hall
Bertha Zickuhr to Celebrate 100th Birthday Friday
Mrs. Bertha Zickuhr of West Union marks her 100th birthday this Friday. She has lived in West Union since 1952 after years in Frederika. Her daughter Alma, a Palmer Hospital bookkeeper, accompanies her in celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Zickuhr
Frederika
West Union
Zickuhr
Daugther Alma
Alma
Palmer Hospital
Trials Set For March Term Of Bremer County Court
Trial notices posted for the March term in Waverly include Minnie Kielman vs Clarence Ellerman and Dolores Hunemuller vs Cecil E Morse. The docket adds four criminal cases led by Richard J Andrzejewski and Eugene Abbas, plus eighteen civil actions including multiple equity divorces and interparty disputes among several named parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County District Court
Waverly
Minnie Kielman
Clarence Ellerman
Dolores Hunemuller
Cecil E. Morse
State of Iowa
Richard J. Andrzejewski
Eugene Abbas
John A. Church
B & B Cooperative Oil Co
Roy E. Fox
Margaret Voetter
Harry T. Hicks
Glenn Lentz
Marvel I. Lentz
Leo Thornton
Equity
Rohlff Memorial Clinic
Joe Rosol
C. A. Hanson
Richard D. Rathbun
Deske Implement Co
Earl Wosseler
George A. Andorf
Minnie Andors
Merle A. Graeber
Helen Graeber
Graybar Electric Co
John Dilley
Dorothy L. Frisch
Walter R. Frisch
Verlyn Buls
Beverly Bull
Jimmie Kolb
Berdine Kolb
Roger Strom
Mildred Woods
Et al
Equity-Partition Action
Robert Bryan
West Side Sales & Service, Inc
Wapsie Sportsmen's Club Starts Picnic Ground Cleanup
Members began cleaning the Tot's Lake area by burning off grass and rubble and performing a general cleanup. The next step involves removing trees and limbs with chain saws, with volunteers sought. The club plans to have the grounds usable for members this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tot’s Lake
Wapsie Sportsmen’s Club
Ralph Fink of Cedar Rapids Visiting Mother This Week
Ralph Fink of Cedar Rapids is spending the week with his mother, Mrs. Malinda Fink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fink
Cedar Rapids
Malinda Fink
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Eadlyn Insurance Association
Carl Leisinger
Dorothy
Curtice D. Goodenbour
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Miss Leisinger
Meyer's Drug Store
Mr. Goodenbour
Rath’s
SUI ‘Smarty Party
E & R Women’s Guild
Commercial Club
Warren No. 8 School House
M. Farrington
Isaac Trumbeaux
Verly
Jonathan Freeman
Otto Walther
Otto
Fred Heine
Alice
Arlyn Hesse
Hulda Hesse
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Artesian
Miss Heine
Rath Packing Co
Hesse
GOP
Sportsmen’s Club
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